11.20.2010

here are some of my favorite sayings from wild horsefeathers!

here is one little girl who would rather...
be showing than shopping
clean a stall than her own room
whisper to horses than talk to boys
be trotting than texting
tack up a pony than play with dolls

i'd rather be a barn bum than a couch potato

i'd rather ride like the wind than go with the flow

i'd rather saddle up than settle down

And the topper...

if at first you don't succeed...
DO IT LIKE YOUR TRAINER TOLD YOU!!


=D

8.21.2010

dude ok i just thought of a really cool and insanely unique story character name: devarynne!!! alright you all can feel sorry for my future children... i mean they wont get mixed up with other girls named shivawn or alastair, will they?:]

o&o:) macka isley

7.10.2010

I need help choosing a name for my story about stardust!! do you have any ideas? please leave a comment with your ideas!!!

-MM

6.28.2010

here is celtic chaos!!:)

chapter 3

by the time we got home, mom had somewhat reconciled herself to the idea of having the wedding at our house. we got home and started making the plans. that was saturday. on monday, the relatives started arriving. i never knew we had so many relatives on mom's side!! first, her siblings: alastair, aruna, vanora, shivawn, drue, and kylin. alastair's children are brina and archana; aruna has allana, jenna, sheena and ru. vanora's are tanith and sierra, shivawn's are noreen, ryan, and derryth; drue has edryd, cameron and shayla and kylin has rhiannon. then there's our greats: great aunts shanna, winnifred, alair, and aidan, and great uncles pat, sam, and ry. none of our greats are married except aunt aidan and uncle ry. mom's parents, innana and cadeyrn, her grandparents, flanna and oppa, and archana has a daughter named allanora and noreen has a baby named nora. so we had a very full house that week, and i cant remember anyone's names! i had to sleep on the floor in the basement, along wih my siblings, aunt shivawn, cousins archana, sierra, noreen, shayla, allana, jenna and sheena! it was so crowded we had a schedule for when anyone could use the bathroom!! i'm telling you, it was insane at our house. aunt bryn (the bride) hadn't even arrived yet!!

haha so do you like it? should i have left out all the names? tell me, i want to know!!!

--macky

5.12.2010

here's the next chapter to the novel!!!:)

chapter 3

on thanksgiving day, as the whole family was seated around the dining room table of the Colorado farmhouse, with both table leaves out as far as they could go, Stardust's mom and dad prayed over the meal and relatives. Stardust, bored as usual during a prayer, busied herself with recounting all family present at the table. first, her siblings. Ursa, age 25, Ryan, age 22, Nova, age 18, Andy, age 16, me(Stardust), age 15, corona, age 11, Moonbeam and Moondance, age 8, Leo, 6 1/2, Luna, 5, and Stella, who is 2. Ursa is married to Mike, Ryan is married to Shayla, and Nova is engaged to Peter. Granny and Poppa, Mom's parents, and aunt Cathy and aunt Bryn are here. Dad's family, including Nonna, Oppa, aunt Allie, uncle Dylan, aunt Callie, uncle Joe (aunts Allie & Callie are twins), uncle George, not to mention Adelaide, Desi, Devlin, Cal, Alex, and Ellie, the cousins. Stardust sighed inwardly. isn't she done praying yet? she looked at their friends, the Hookers and Rivers, and counted Mr. and Mrs. Hooker, Loraynne, 16, Peyton, 12, Lulu and Jojo, 8, Mr. and Mrs. River, Lynne, 17, Misty, 14, and Chase, age 10. finally, Mom was done praying. Stardust said amen with everyone else, then dug into her mashed potatoes.

later that day, Nova took Corona and both pairs of twins to get ice cream for the pumpkin pie. Shayla decided to go with them. Stardust made a face. when Nova turned towards her, she smiled and quickly shook her head. Nova shrugged and walked away as Stardust breathed a sigh of relief. Andy, Stardust's brother, saw her sigh and walked over. "look Dusty, I know you don't like Shayla, but it's been 4 years since Ryan met her. why don't you act nicer to her?"
"you don't like her either." Stardust mumbled. "Dusty-" Leo interrupted him with a "hey, look at me!" as he rode in on uncle Dylan's shoulders. everyone smiled. Leo giggled. Stella burbled. Stardust picked up the baby and turned on the football game.

(end of chapter)

so how'd you like it? please leave comments, they help make the story better!
-Mgirl

P.S. OK i know the chapters are really short, but they kinda have to be!!

5.11.2010

ok here is chapter 2 of "celtic chaos"!

chapter 2

finally, after organizing all 7 closets in our house and cleaning each sink drain, we got into the car and drove to the airport to pick up innana.
"where is she?" my brother dru asked impatiently(surprise, surprise) "there! in the bright green sweater!" selene yelled as she waved to innana. "ah me, it's sae good to see ye children!"(innana has an irish accent)"ach, selene, arlette, raylynne, lil' gracie, ye've grown sae big! dru, child, yer nearly a man! well we all ahd better get home! ach, sae much work ta do!" (my mother finally got a word in edgewise) "b-but mother, we just want you to come home and relax! there's no work to do!" innana stared at us in surprise."but hasn't bryn talked ta ye? ach, tha' lass! we mus prepare for her weddin'!" mom gasped,"but mother, bryn's wedding isn't till next summer!"
"yer tellin' me she hasn't called ye?"
"no, not a word!"
"well bryn was engaged to drystan, until last month. she told him she didn't want him to celebrate her 37th birthday!"
"you mean he believed her?!?!!?"
"mm-hmm. so she ditched him for dyllon."
"so why do we have to prepare? why isn't she getting married next summer?"
"ahh, drystan was sae angry he said e'd ruin her wedding next year! so she decided to get married next week."
"oh?"
"here."
"oh!"
"at your house!"
"oh, no!"

(end of chapter)

so did you like it? i need your ideas! and comments!!! come on people!!!!!
i will be posting the next chapter tomorrow, along with the next chapter of the "novel" about stardust!!! TTFN!!!!
-macky
ok here's chapter 2!!!

chapter 2

the copier hummed as it scanned the pages. it rolled out a clean sheet of crisp, white, printer paper, then started vibrating as the ink block moved back and forth across the new page. stardustglanced around nervously to make sure that no one was within hearing range. after the machine finished, Stardust crept up to her room to begin studying.

several hours later, Stardust woke with a start. she blinked slowly as she raised her head.then she heard what had woken her so suddenly. her eldest sister, Ursa, and her sister's husband were in the entryway right below stardust's room, talking to her parents. stardust shoved the answer key to friday's math test in the back of her binder and tore out of her room. she ran downstairs and tackled mike in a bear hug. out of the corner of her eye, stardust noticed 2-year-old luna and 4-year-old stella looking at them curiously. ursa had been 21 when stella was born and 23 when luna was born. now, at 25, ursa was married and had 2 kids, penny and kyle, with another on the way. stardust jumped up to answer the door.

(end of chapter)

ok, i know, it needs work! does anyone have any better ideas for ursa's name? it has to do with like stars and planets...
ok and any ideas on how i should rework the last sentence? i need your ideas!!! please comment!!!!!

-macky:)

5.10.2010

a short story

ok i was just cleaning out my school shelf and found an old story i wrote in like 5th grade! it is 4 chapters long, so i'll keep working on it. meanwhile, i'll also be posting new chapters of "celtic chaos" each week. ok here is chapter 1! enjoy!!:)

chapter 1

stardust, a 15-year-old girl, grumbled as she was, once again, grounded, this time for stealing a purple lotus from a local electronics store. a few months ago if she'd done this sort of thing, before her parents became christians, she might have gotten away with just a scolding. "stardust!" her younger twin sisters, moondance and moonbeam whisper-shouted. they were 8 years old, with misty gray eyes and silvery blonde hair. "what are you two doing out of bed?" stardust asked, her voice softening. the girls glanced at each other."we wanted to say good night to you." they both said at once. "okay. well you should get back in bed now." stardust whispered. the twins scampered back to bed.

the next day at school, stardust rushed through her classes. she paused on her way past the teacher's desk after math. she stunk at math and they had a big test next friday. she glanced out in the hallway, but it was clear of teachers. then she rummaged through the stacks of paper on mr.phillip's desk until she found what she was looking for. she shoved it in her binder and hurried to lunch.

(end of chapter)

well, did you like it? i really want feedback here! tell your friends, family, everyone! if i get positive feedback then i might try to get it published!
-mckenna

P.S. i need ideas for a title!

i give up!

ok i give up!! i am having writer's "loss of inspiration" with the untitled story, so here is a new book called... umm... "chaos crisis"? or maybe... "irish crisis"? no ive got it!! "celtic chaos"!!! ok well here it is!:)

chapter 1

hi everyone! im raylynne mcCrady. i just wanted to tell this hysterical story about my family.
i was trying to write a story for this contest, when...
"raylynne!" my mom, kellyanne, marched into my room at top speed. "lynne, your innana is on her way! from IRELAND! we have to clean this house! find your sisters and lets move MOVE MOVE!!!!!"(innana is gramma). she raced out of my room. now, you have to understand, my gramma is like OCD about dust. if there's a single speck of dust ANYWHERE in our house, you can trust innana to find it. i scurried out of my room and promptly bumped into two of my older sisters, selene and arlette. i asked what they were doing and they said mom told them to dust all of the ceiling fans (which i had dusted already), color coordinate the pencils, then alphabetize and categorize the recycling cans in the pantry! i gulped then headed downstairs to get my instructions from mom...

(end of chapter)


-mgirl

5.04.2010

i have yet another blog, this one's address is www.sherlockeinstein.blogspot.com
sorry have not posted next chapter yet, i am working on it!!!!!

mckenna

4.27.2010

ok here is chapter 2!!!!!

chapter 2
Dawn

the wind was howling through the trees. the leaves rattled like thousands of voices crying out at the cold. Dawn shivered and tried not to feel the icy chill creeping down her spine. she ran as fast as she could through the frozen heather to a small cottage glowing with light through the sleet. the gray cottage, sunken deeply in soft earth, had stood there as long as dawn could remember. she burst inside, slamming the door behind her. "dawn, is that you?" her mother called from a back room. dawn sighed and trudged back outside to get another bucketful of water for her chores.

4.26.2010

ok here it is!!!

chapter 1
Bree

The waves crashed on the Irish sea cliffs far below where Bree was standing. She turned her head slightly to the left, and out of the corner of her eye she could see arawen, her snow white horse running free through the patch of shamrocks. As Bree watched, arawen jumped over a fallen tree with graceful ease, like a deer jumping over a brook. She smiled. As she turned back to the cliffs, Bree heard the sounds of distant thunder. Across the sea, she could just barely see Cathay's sister island, a green jewel in the midst of a stormy gray sea. A white seagull swooped out across the bay, disappearing in the distance as the evening mists moved in and the sun dipped low behind the oncoming storm clouds.
ok this is my new blog...
each week i am going to blog a new chapter of my story, and you all can comment on it and be my editors! sound cool or what? i dont know what the title is going to be so i need some suggestions...
i dont have the chapter written yet but when i do i will blog it!!!!
TTFN!!!!!!
-Mgirl