YOUTUBE!!!!!!

Hi everyone! I still don't have more of my story! I got tired of trying to figure out the puzzle by myself so I looked up hints and it still didn't work! I think I messed something up and I got so sick of it that I haven't gone back to it yet. SAW makes me hate Sudoku.... =P

Anyways, you know that photo contest I talked about in my last post? Well, I spent 2 hours taking photos and 1 hour editing and then  I entered and WON!!! It was so exciting! I took all of the pictures and I'm the one in them all as well. I have 7 photos to share with you all, enjoy! =D

This one is based off of Danger on Deception Island! I thought it was cute! =D

My least favorite of all 5 of my Phantom of Venice photos...I'm supposed to be a cat. =P

This one is kinda cool. I finally found a use for that pirate costume I had lying around!

I took all of these photos using instagram so the editing isn't anything special. It's really basic, trust me. If it was complicated I would have failed at it.... miserably.

I really like this one! It's currently my fb profile pic! I meant it to be based off of The Phantom of Venice but now that I think about it, it could be used for The Captive Curse as well! =D

This photo is the one that won! It's also based off of VEN but really could work for CAP. I love it! When I showed to my sister she was all, "Where did you get a magnifying glass?!" I honestly have no idea, it was buried in my closet, along with the rest of the stuff I used in these photos. =D

This is the last photo! It's based off of Tomb of the Lost Queen! I thought it was suck an original idea but 2 or 3 other people did photos based off of TMB as well... I really like this one! It looks really old and cool! Haha! =D

Hope you all like my pictures! I might post some of the others I didn't enter in the contest later. I was also thinking of doing stuff on YouTube, what do you guys think? It would probly just be me randomly talking about random stuff... Come to think of it, it would be this blog only video... LOL!!!! Ok, if I post a vid I'll let you all know!

Peace off!
~Sarah =D

Hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted the rest of that chapter, I've been so busy... You're probly expecting the rest of that chapter, huh? I'm sorry but I don't have it. I was working on the puzzle today and I kept messing up but I'll get it soon! In the mean time, I have some other cool stuff to talk about! YAY!!!

I'm sure many of you have seen this video but it's awesome! It's a video of Little Jackalope demonstrating the "magic mug" It's so cool, I want one! =D

I love Little Jackalope, her laugh is so cute! =D

So if you read this blog a lot you've probly heard of Marissa who runs the Nancy Drew Forever Fan Page on Facebook. She's has contests on fb every once in a while and she just posted about her next one. It's a contest on the best photos based off of a ND game! She's had contests with drawing and editing and stuff like that, that I'm terrible at. I'm excited because I'm a photographer (not professional)  so this is right up my ally! If I get the time I'm going to take some awesome pics and blow her mind! I'm so excited! =D

Well, that's all my exciting news, hope you enjoyed it!
~Sarah =D

Hi everyone! I finally stopped being lazy and wrote a chapter for my story. That wasn't the greatest idea... It turns out the next thing I have to do in the game is solve the monster puzzle. I've everything else. That puzzle takes a while and I wanted to post something today. But I promise you that I will finish that puzzle today and finish this chapter tomorrow! A two part chapter.... haven't had that before! Interesting! One more thing before I stop rambling (And I hope this makes up for my epic fail here.) The cover of TMB was released a couple of days ago! YAY!!! Enjoy! =D

Chapter 25 part 1

           I left to go up to my and when I passed the front desk, Miwako called me over and gave me a package.

           "Thanks!" I said and headed back upstairs.

            I opened the package and saw that it was the monster puzzle from George. It turned out that a monster puzzle is five Sudoku all mashed together. Great... I thought... this'll be a piece of cake, not.

Here's the cover isn't it awesome! Btw it wouldn't let me copy and past so I had to write it out on here so sorry if I messed something up.

Hi! Sorry it's been so long. I actually don't have a chapter for you today. The next day I have a lot of free time I'm gonna sit down and write a bunch of chapters!!!!!! Anyways, HerInteractive has been releasing a lot of cool new info! They have a new still for the new game coming out fairly soon and.... they just released pictures of a new user interface!!!!! Btw, if you have no idea what that is, don't feel bad.... I didn't either until I looked at the pictures, haha! =D

The new main screen:

I'm hoping one of the extras is the scrap book! That was always my favorite part of being able to see her room! This screen is really cool but some people really liked looking at the books so we'll have to wait and see how this turns out.

Now my computer is being weird and makes everything I type start in the middle.... not sure how I feel about it.... Anyways, the new difficulty level screen:

 This is cool. It makes me think of the dossier games... I'm not entirely sure why. Honestly, I miss the badges but this is very artsy and I think it's really cool! =D

I don't know how to fix this typing thing! Oh well...... The new options screen:

I love this change! The old options screen (honestly) was simple and kind of bland but this one is really cute, fancy, and just fun! =D

In the last picture you may have also noticed the inventory at the bottom of the screen. All of the items are from the Curse of Blackmoor Manor, haha! I hope this new game is really good and all the changes end up being liked by all of the Nancy Drew fans out there. I've noticed that some are very skeptical of them. I don't blame them, I was very shocked when I first saw this but I'm excited for the change! 

Her has also created a merchandise store on their website! It's really cool, you should check it out! They don't have Koko Kringle bars... yet! 

Here is the screen shot from the game. And with it, I bid you farewell. .... yeah, I'm not going to ever say that again. I made myself think 'what the heck?!' so.... yeah. Bye, I'll try to post again tomorrow! 

~Sarah =D

This is a note at the bottom of the page.

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted for a while! You know how last time I told you about me playing all of the games before the new one comes out? Well I have now finished 9 of them! I have to get a couple of them from the library. My sister told me she might have Treasure in a Royal Tower somewhere in her room but I don't think she's had the time to look yet. I put that game, Haunted Carousel, and Shadow Ranch on hold at the library. I'm first in line for 8 and 10 but I'm EIGHTH on the list for 4!!!! That's insane!!! I have never seen that many people wanting a Nancy Drew game at the library! I have to give it to them though, they chose a really good one!

We have the official release date for Tomb of the Lost Queen (aka TMB)!!!! It comes out on May 8th and pre-orders start April 3rd!!!! I'm not promising to pre-order this one cuz the last couple of times I did that it didn't work out....

I don't believe I told you that I'm going vegan for lent! It's hard but all in all not that bad. I mostly eat apples and pasta but that is something I can live with! Haha!

Here is the next chapter in Shadow at the Water's Edge! This is chapter 24! We're probly gonna end up with like 50 chapters or something ridiculous like that. I guess that's what happens when you're trying to make the chapters short enough to post on your blog! Haha, enjoy! =D

Chapter 24

            After talking to Miwako I went to see Takae for another lesson.

            “Hello Nancy-san,” she greeted me as I sat down, “Today we will be learning Chado, the tea ceremony.”

            “Tea ceremony, what’s that?” I asked.

            “It is much more than just making tea. It is the perfect exercise of balance, and courteous friendship. Many spend their lives perfecting the ceremony, but today I will simply be teaching you the basics.”

            “Sounds great!”

            “ The tea ceremony is foremost a gift. You are preparing a very special visit for friends, and preparing to make certain every detail is perfect. Now there is a lot to learn, be ready. I’ll be asking you questions one I finish.”

            She told me about all the different items you use to serve tea. There was a lot of different stuff and afterwards she asked me to repeat what all of them were called. It took me a couple tries but I  got it eventually.

            “Wonderful, Nancy-san! I would be honored to be invited to take tea with you.”

           

            “Thank you!”

            Suddenly the lights flickered and went out! We both looked around and then we saw the silhouette of the shadowy figure that I had seen before! It walked past the room, outside. Takae gasped. When the lights turned back on I turned to her, to make sure she was ok.

                                                                                                                

            “Are you ok, and what was that?” I asked.

            “I am fine, why would I not be? What do you mean?”

            “I saw something, just minute ago. Something walked by the room outside.”

            “It was the wind, the power lines, and shadows. Nothing to worry about.”

            I decided to let it drop, “I guess so… goodbye.”

            “Good bye, Nancy-san.”

I was to lazy to proof read this beyond what my computer caught, hope it's ok.... =/

Hi everyone!!! Sorry about not posting for the past few days. So much awesome stuff has happened so I decided that no matter what else I have going on I just had to post today! First, last night I went to the Father Daughter Dinner Dance that we go to every year. My sister and I switch off each year and this time it was my turn! It was sooooooo much fun!!!! It started as a very formal Dinner but by the end of the night my dad, a couple of our friends, and I were dancing like a bunch of crazy people with balloon hats!!! It was awesome! =D

HerInteractive has been doing some small contests lately. They post pictures of their employees and we get to caption them and whoever comes up with the best caption wins!!! There's always some fun little prize. This time it's an iPhone case. There's something else if you don't have and iPhone but they haven't told us what that is yet. I hope I win this one! I think I came up with a good one! =D

Are any of you trying to play all of the games before the new one comes out? A lot of Nancy Drew fans are and I'm one of them! I think HerInteractive should give like half off the new game when it comes out to everyone who does it. I started on Monday and I'm already on Ghost Dogs! I had to skip Treasure in a Royal Tower cuz I don't know where that game disappeared to. I asked my sister cuz she thinks it's in her room but she hasn't had a chance to look yet. I did play Secrets Can Kill Original and Remastered so I've played 7 out of 26 so far!!! There really are 26 games out already but it only seems like 25 cuz of SCKR. I prefer the original one. I wasn't a big fan of the art work in that one.

And now for something random!!! POKEMON THEME SONG!!!!!! I have my iPod on shuffle while I'm writing this and that came on. It's like one of my favorite songs so I just had to incorporate that some how! Haha! =D

This post is really long so I think I'll keep the next chapter for the next post! Teehee!  Oh! My brother got a new car! ... yes random but since I'm sharing excting news! It's awesome! I think it's like a Sonata or something like that...