Cinderella Sarah’s favorite burgers and fries….she loves Five Guys.  Five Guys is a sure sign your child has graduated from being a kid to an adolescent.  They stop wanting the mass produced burger with the toy and graduate to the hand made patties and fresh potato French fries.   I didn’t take my kids to the mass produced burger places before Five Guys.  They liked Chick Fil A, then when Five Guys showed up….they were hooked.

April 16,   I bet whoever reads these pages is wondering why I am keeping a journal for my Prom month.  It wasn’t my idea, actually.  It was an “assignment” from my artist Grandma, the one who is my Mom’s Mother.  She felt that my mom would want me to have this as a memory someday for my children, especially if one is a girl.  I think it’s because Cinderella Grandmom believes all Cinderellas are special and should keep a diary ( and they are plotting.) ha ha.  Plus it’s a drawing exercise.  My favorite burger and fries are Five Guys.  Yep, we have Five Guys here is Florida!  I love Five Guys.  We’re going there for dinner tonight!

 

Woo Hoo..half the way there.  Today we find out that our teen age Cinderella does have a favorite ice cream flavor, or in this case, flavors….

April 15,  TGIF!  I don’t have any practice this weekend.  We won our game today.  My dad was there and after the game he suggested we go to Kilwin’s to get ice cream.  Yes!  We love ice cream at our house and in the non-snowbird season in Florida, you can actually walk in a normally busy place like Kilwin’s and get served immediately.

Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream is one of my favorites.  I also like Chunky Monkey, but we don’t have any Ben & Jerry’s stores around here and sometimes it’s just fun to get that cone and sit by the Port St Lucie River and eat ice cream on a late Spring afternoon.  That’s what’s nice about Florida.  Stuart, Florida is a great place to hang out and we go there a lot.

  

When doing a daily log of a character, it’s sometimes hard to make everyday special, even for Cinderella.  Not every day of our lives is a “ta da” day…….so Sarah has painted a picture to show everyone….

April 14,  We had our school art show tonight.  This is a copy of a painting I did that my art teacher entered into the show.  My artist grandmother loves it! 😊
  

I was feeling inspired today….I didn’t add color to this sketch because I liked this so much that I wanted to save it for for future projects.

April 13,  I had a dream last night about being Cinderella.  I guess all this Cinderella stuff is getting in my head.  Anyway, I dreamed of a horse and carriage and then remembered taking a picture of this horse and buggy.   Maybe I should just go with this Cinderella thing.  Is is so bad?

  

A day in the life of a modern day Cinderella…..these rainbow lizards really are running loose at the Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach, Fl. 

April 12,   We had batting practice today but coach let us go early because she had an appointment.  I still haven’t spoken to anyone yet about the pink sea horse.  It was quiet at home so I came over here to sit by the lagoon and do my homework.  There’s all these freaky lizards running around.  No one knows where they came from.  Somebody said they think someone let them go and now they are eating our smaller Florida lizards.  These larger ones like to hang out on the sidewalk or open grass.  I’ve been trying to get good sketches of them but they run away every time I try to sneak up on them.  This guy was really close to me.  I don’t think he saw me so I was able to get this sketch. I think the rainbow ones are the “boys.”

  

Some more back story….Sarah’s step Dad find a lost treasure and we find out how her mom passed away…..to whoever asked, yes, I worked a “pink horse” into the story….

April 11,   So today another mom mystery.  Dad found this little pink sea horse pendant with sapphire blue eyes.  He doesn’t remember ever seeing it before.  He found it in an old jewelry box.  I remember that old red jewelry box.  It still plays the music but the little tiny ballerina bit the dust.  My mom’s aunt had given it to her.  I remember her telling me she used to play with it in my aunt’s bedroom.   I’ll have to ask my great aunt or my grandmother if  they know anything about this  pink sea horse pendant. It’s really beautiful.   It looks enameled and the sapphire eyes are so beautiful.  We don’t talk about what happened to my mom.  It’s very upsetting and it was  one of those accidents that should never have happened.  She was taking a walk one morning, 2 years ago.  Some jerk playing with his cell phone and texting lost control of his car. No more mom.  Still hurts.

  

So here is Day 10.  Some “back story” pieces are being woven into the story…..I meant to add why Sarah drew the juvenile Sandhill crane but the story took a path of it’s own.

April 10,   Well it’s another nice sunny day here in Florida.  On Sundays,  we go out for breakfast when there isn’t a sports activity.  Sunday breakfast can be good or bad depending on my evil step-sisters. Today they were annoying.  They are going on and on about my prom and the glass slippers and how they wished they could have worn them.  Of course they think the whole glass slipper thing is awesome.  Like I really want advice from them.  Unfortunately, they played the “Dad” card.  Stephanie asked about my real dad and what would he have wanted?  Really, I just don’t know.  My dad had four brothers.  Two of my uncles have boys, one never got married and the other never had kids.  So I am the only girl on Cinderella Grandma’s side of the family.  I guess she’s looking forward to my prom….UGH!

(Sandhill  baby we saw by the water.)

  

Some down time….( just a side now….I am handwriting these and what pops in my head…..if I were actually typing these, there would be adjustments to grammar).   Some of my ideas and sketches here are coming right out of my real sketchbooks.
April 9,  I had a softball game this morning.  We won 5-2.  Yay.  Went home, got showered.  Everyone was out.  I grabbed my sketchbook and came back down by the water and I am sketching, plus reading a book.  I actually have an open/free day.  No pesky Cinderella Grandma, no annoying step-sisters.   Just me and a nice warm Florida breeze with the lovely view of the nuclear power plant.  It’s nice to know we live so close to one of these.  My Aunt lives down in Jupiter and I don’t even think that she’s far enough away from this thing.  Uhm? This is Florida and we get hurricanes but it’s ok to build one of these on the coast down here?   I guess they don’t think of these things?  I hope we never get a nasty storm.  Manny and friends are floating around.  There’s also a ton of dolphins out in the lagoon today.  Actually, I can’t think of a Bette way to spend my Saturday afternoon.  Going to stop and read now.
  

So for those of you who didn’t read the first posts….I am participating in International Fake Journal Month where you write a journal in the first person as someone else….if you missed the first 7 days, go back to April 1st and catch up with the story.

Here is day 8…

April 8,  My artist grandmother came for a visit today.  She drove us down to the water where we sat and sketched together.  My grandmother travels a lot to paint and when she’s home she takes me out sketching with her.  We sat by the bridge and watched the manatees snuff around for food. There is one that likes to come over to get his belly scratched.  We call him “Manny” for lack of anything more creative to name our blubbery friend.  Manatees are gentle creatures that live in a delicate balance between their lives and dealing with inconsiderate humans.  Anyway, Manny came up and played with our feet dangling in the water.  Grandmom and I sketched and talked about stuff like the Prom and old fashioned shoes.  She thinks I should just wear the shoes for Promenade and wear something more comfortable the rest of the evening.  This way both the Cinderella Grandma and I are happy.

  

Sarah is coping with her ancestry and being an athlete…..

April 7,  Another Day at school.  I had softball practice after school.  I really just play softball to have fun.  Soccer is my real sport.  I have a few college teams that offered me spots on their team.  My grandmother never really liked me to play sports.  She thinks that it’s unCinderella-like.  I am glad my Dad was able to convince her that sports, especially soccer, are good for learning leadership and confidence building skills.  There are many times I really miss my mom so that she could be here.  She always kept the Cinderella Grandmom on a leash.  It’s funny, I have a softball game the day before the Prom and she’s having a fit that I could get hurt or something before the “big day.”