HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Today is a VERY special day at my house! Not only is it New Year's Eve day, but it is also....

HAPPYBATTY'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is my little brother's birthday! ^-^ 

 My sister, Sasha, already sang to him on her post, but I'll do it again (:

Happy Birthday To You!!

Happy Birthday To Youuuuu!!

 Happy Birthday To Dear HappyBatty!

Happy Birthday To Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

 

(yellow is his favorite color :3) 

 

And Happy New Year to all of you! Enjoy the LAST day of 2012!!!!!

 

Thanks for reading!

~Duchess CleverClaw~

Finally posting!

Hello! I know what you're thinking:

"Wow! She's actually posting something! D:" 

Yes, yes I know. I haven't posted in a while. But I've been busy, as I'm sure a lot of you have too. 

Anywho, I hope everyone's Christmas was GREAT! I know mine was! 

These are the last few days of 2012. Isn't that weird? Time goes sooo fast, it seems like. I remember last year's New Year's Eve like it was yesterday! Whooo-ee time flies!!

The New Year is a great time to make some resolutions - meaning plan on what you'd like to do better this next year. Maybe you could plan to be a little nicer to your family, or decide to only take a second helping if you really are hungry (that's a big one for me.. hehehe). Or maybe you want to keep your room cleaner. Whatever you choose, make sure you pick somehting that's realistic. Not something like, "By the time 2013 is over, I hope to be a millionaire." LOL! 

 

So, what are some of your New Year's Resolutions? 

A few of mine are to finish the book I'm writing, and maybe even start one that can actually get published! I have a few ideas floating around in my head, but I'm not quite sure if any of them are good enough... ya know? 

Well, anyways, I'm running out of time, and I gotta go eat dinner soon. 

Oh, one more thing, though. From now on, I'm afraid I most likely won't reply to any comments unless they are a direct question posted on the "Ask Duchess" page. I have a 30 minute limit on the computer, and I'm afraid that if I replied to aaaaalll the many many comments you publish, I wouldn't have time to do anything BUT reply to comments... but I DO read every single one of them(: 

Well, gotta go! Bye! Have a GREAT rest of 2012!!

Thanks for reading!

~Duchess~

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I hope everyone is excited for Christmas tomorrow, but I also hope that everyone remembers the TRUE reason for the season.

CHRISTmas. Christ is the reason for the season. Many, many years ago, a little baby was born in a stable, because there was no room for him in any of the Inns. Jesus.

I hope that as you open your presents tomorrow, you remember that the greatest gift we have even been given is the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

"For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Sorry this is short, and I probably won;t be posting much until January or so. But i WILL continue to count all of your comments for the giveaway. :) No worries. ;)

Here's how everyone is standing right now:

1st- Starrygem with 82 comments

2nd - AllRiseSilver with 62 comments

3rd - Kinyonga with 47 comments

(Still needs one alliteration comment)

4th - TwixGirl101 with 43 comments

(Still needs four alliteration comments)

If you don't see your name on the 1-4 list, you can change that! Just comment away! ;)

Thanks for reading!

SNOW!!

 When we went to bed on Wednesday night, the snow had just begun to fall on our green lawn. The next morning, here's what we woke up to:

 Take a look at THAT! At LEAST a foot! 

As of right now, we have 17 inches of snow! In a day and half!!! CRAZY!! Schools here were cancelled yesterday and today!! 

I was worried we might not have a white Christmas this year, but it looks like we DEFINITELY will now! XD

Oh, and what did you guys think of the quiz?? Too easy?? Too hard?? Stupid?? What??

Thanks for reading!

 p.s. Like the new signature Sasha made for me? :D She also made the new banner, I forgot to mention! :D

See how much you know about me!

Get Your Own Quiz!, More Quizzes

Thanks for reading!

~Duchess~

My NEW BLOG!! :D

 Check out my new blog! :D Don't worry, it's not replacing this one, just an additional one that YOU can all be authors on! :D 

click here to check it out! :D

It's just a work in progress, so there will be many changes and updates and more intersting stuff including music, pages, cool text, and posts! XD for now there's just one. One lonely little post. 

Be sure to check it out! :D And commenting on it will also count for the giveaway! :) 

And remember - ANYONE CAN BE AN AUTHOR! Just email me at mickey.evil.gerbil@gmail.com, or comment letting me know what your email is and I'll send you the author request ASAP! :D 

Thanks for reading!

~Duchess~

(who is too lazy to add her signature :P) 

THANK YOU, TRINH6!! And art! ^-^

 A big thank you to Trinh6! she donated a bunch of items to use for next month's giveaway prizes! ^-^ 

I won't show you the items, because I want it to be a surprise. :3 

But thank you to Trinh6! :D 

Here is "Thank you" in a bunch of different languages! ^-^ 

감사합니다! (Korean)

¡Gracias! (Spanish)

Дзякуй! (Belarusian)

Je vous remercie! (French)

Danke! (German)

Köszönöm! (Hungarian)

Eskerrik asko! (Basque)

Dankie! (Afrikaans)

and many many more! XD lol!

 And here is the art I've been telling some of you about!! :D

Pinetail and Icepool from my book! ^-^

Hazeltail and Bramblewhisker (also from my book :3) Personally, I think Hazeltail is one of the bestest cats I've ever drawn! :D

And the KITTENS!! (From left to right) Goldkit, Pebblekit, and Heatherkit! :D

Thanks for reading!

"tested" Hmm... really??

 Hi! I don't know how to start this post... erm... Take a look at this!

If you can't read that (because it's blurry or something) it says "Writing your own Jam-A-Grams is currently being tested by members only." 

Now, I'm sure all of us non-members are familiar with that message - it pops up whenever you accidentally click the typing box thingy-ma-bobber. But have you ever thought about the wording on it?

"writing your own Jam-A-Grams is currently being tested"

Soo.. are us non-members EVER going to get to do it?!? I think several months is WAY long to "test" something out...

What do all you guys think?? 

I remember when I became a non-member, not being able to type on jam-a-grams was one of the hardest things to get used to... I think non-members should be able to! How 'bout you? ;)

 

Thanks for reading!

Random Stats. .-.

Okay, so this post is kinda random, so sorry if it bores you. :P 

But here are some things about my blog that I'm really excited about!! :3 

I now have 1021 comments!!!!! 

I now have 6989 pageviews!!! And almost every day, the number approaches 100!! If this keeps up, by the end of the year I'll have almost 9,000 pageviews!! (\^-^/) YAY!!

you can click these to make them bigger :3

And here's a list of how many views my most popular posts/pages have had! :D

 And here are the most popular countries that have viewed my blog! There are more, but these are the most frequent ones. 

I've had views from Argentina, Iraq, Pakistan, Belgium, Croatia, and lots more that it won't let me see right now for some reason DX 

But anywho, just thought I'd share! ;)

Thanks for reading!

p.s. A Christmas look will soon be coming to my blog! :3 Along with a Christmas song! Let me know what YOUR favorite Christmas song is, and it just might be the one I choose to have play automatically! :D 

Check these out!

Hey! Be sure to check out these AWESOME blogs! Join them too!!

Firestar's Awesome AJ Blog

The Jungle Hidout (A book written by 1w2w3w!) 

and 

Warriors: SkyClan's Beginning (A book written by Schiebeplanenwagen!)

 And here's a picture of my den! It's all ready for CHRISTMAS!!

(Christmas is my all-time favorite Holiday everrrrr!!!! :3) 

Thanks for reading!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (early ;P)

 Merry Christmas, everyone! :D Even though we're early, this is Schiebeplanenwagen, 1w2w3w, and I wishing you a very merry Christmas! XD lol

I'm interested to know: What are y'all asking for fer Christmas?? Comment and let me know! 

I figured for all you giveaway people, you're running out of stuff to comment, so I thought this'd give you something to talk about! lol!

Thanks for reading!

How to get music on your blog

How to add music in 8 easy steps! :D Hope it helps! 

 I highlighted everything in black so that the different colored stuff would show up. 

 Step 1) go to SoundCloud.com. Click here to go there

 2) Find the song that you want by searching here:

3) Click the "play" button next to the song to make sure it's the song you really want. Sometimes, there are different versions of the song, or it's a cover (meaning sung by someone else).

4) Once you have found the one you want, click the "share" button, and then the pencil next to the widget code

5) edit the player to look however you want it. You can choose whether it plays automatically or not, whether to show the album artwork, and what color it is. Once you've customized it, copy the widget code by right-clicking and hitting "copy"

6) Go to Blogger Layout and click "add a gadget" wherever you want the song to be. 

7) scroll down until you see the HTML/JavaScript gadget. Click it, then paste the code that you copied into the text box. 

For 1w2w3w, here is the code you need to copy for the song that you wanted. 

automatically playing one:

 <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F46361515&amp;color=00e7ff&amp;auto_play=true&amp;show_artwork=false"></iframe>

Non-automatically playing one:

<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F46361515&amp;color=00e7ff&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false"></iframe>

8) click save, and voila! Your blog is musical!! XD 

I hope this helps! Be sure to click "helpful" at the bottom of this post if it helped you out. ;) 

Thanks for reading!

I don't know what to call this...

 Hello, all! 

Commenting for the giveaway is off to a stunning start! Great job, everyone!! :) 

I was gonna say more, but I have to get off  the computer... 

Quickly, though:

I am working on drawing a picture of Heatherkit, Goldkit, and Pebblekit from my book! :D If you haven't read it, then you won't know who I'm talking about so you should read it. ;P lol 

Alls I'm gonna say about it is that I was amazed by the adorableness of 'em! And I'm the one that DREW them! lol! It's like they just popped up on the paper - I definitely can't draw as good as these three turned out!

Anywho, gotta go!  Have a fantastic day! (or night! lol!)

Thanks for reading!

Prizes and Flashbacks

 Prizes are posted! :D Check 'em out on the Monthly Giveaway Page!

And more blogs have been added to the "More Blogs" page! :D Schiebeplanenwagen's book blog, 1w2w3w's book blog and his AJ blog!

I thought this was pretty :3

 And here's a random picture of me as a member!

Not much different than my non-member self, eh? lol

 the main thing missing is the sword XD

 Course, my DEN was a bit different...

Sorta.. lol I've actually kept a lot of stuff similar! notice any offhand??

Anyways, have a great day! No time to publish/reply to comments, but I DID count them! They're over there

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Thanks for reading!

I GOT DUCHESS BACK!!

I FINALLY DID IT!! :D

Here she is! :D Looking as beautiful as ever! x3 lol

My poor lion is once again locked up, but what-ev! At least I have Duchess back!! :D

Thanks for reading!

 (who is finally DUCHESS again! XD)

VERY quick..

Hey all! This is gonna be VERY quick, but I'm running out of time, and this laptop is slow. lol 

Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that the comment thing is over there now

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and that I haven't finished counting all your comments yet. Don't worry if you look at that and you're like "What?!?! I posted WAY more than that!" I haven't added all the comments to it yet...

Starrygem: Please select your prize. You may choose anything on the Giveaway page that isn't labeled "taken", and anything that isn't the heart chocolate box and the ice pond. 

So, I think that's it..

Oh! One more thing!

I'm going to be getting Duchess BACK! I've had my fun, I've been a NM lion for a while. I'm ready to go back to being my old wolfy self. XD lol

Have an awesome day! And sorry this post and many former posts this whole week have been really lame and have had no pictures... Things will settle down after tomorrow when I turn in my LAST essay! D: 

Thanks for reading!

December Monthly giveaway!

 Okay, so I haven't thought about what the prizes are going to be this time around yet, but I have thought of the rules! :D So you guys can start commenting, and I'll have the prizes posted tomorrow or Wednesday. Sorry about the delay.. I'm really busy this week writing my LAST essay for this class I'm taking! :D YAY! JUST ONE MORE!!! I got 107% on the last one I turned in, so I'm hoping this one goes almost as well. :3 wish me luck! :D lol

• You must comment at least 5 "alliteration comments" 

(credit to StarryGem/SilverDawn for the idea :3)

An Alliteration comment is one like this:

"Something simply smells similar to salt" 

Or something like that. lol Most of the words all start with the same letter. They don't have to be perfect (a few non-matching first letters is OK ;)

Aaaaaand....

• Your comments may be on ANY of my three blogs!! :D So, S&A Animal Jam Talkshow, Warriors: The Returning Series, and this blog! :D 

Have fun! :D

People are coming over in just a few minutes, so I don't have time to publish the comments some of you have already posted.. I'll do that tomorrow. :) 

PeppyWolf, I'll be sure to get your prizes to you as soon as possible, and StarryGem, the Ice Pond and the Chocolate Heart Box thingy are both taken. You may choose your prize now :) 

And no one has let me know if they like the automatically playing music or not. Do you?? Or do most of you have the sound turned off when you're on most of the time like I do? lol

And I'll be adding a few new blogs made by 1w2w3w and Schiebeplanenwagen to the Other blogs page tomorrow. :) 

Thanks for reading!