Homecoming Attire

I haven't mentioned on my blog yet, but I have my Homecoming dress!!! *YAY!!!*...i also have the jewelry and shoes I am going to wear too. They are all soooooooooo beautiful and i cannot wait to post pictures of them on my blog!!!...though, it's going to have to be after Homecoming on Jan. 23rd...sorry...from what I understand, the whole dress thing is supposed to be a surprise. I've shown my family and close friends though; they all really like it. I think it is GORGEOUS and am sooooooooooooooooo excited to wear it and get escorted onto the court by my friend, Clay.
My school doesn't have football, so we do our Homecoming during our Basketball season...so, I'm getting escorted onto a court instead of a field. Oh well, still fun! :P

y'all can probably expect a truck-load of pics of homecoming to show up on here the day after lol...no joke

Lack of sleep- not of fun!! :]

Like I have mentioned in several of my previous posts, my totally awesome cousin Aaron is in town visiting from Wisconsin. For the past week that he has been here I really haven't gotten much sleep b/c the four of us kids have been staying up late playing Monopoly til about 4 in the morning. It's become somewhat of a tradition, I'd say....though I never manage to to win :[...idk what's up with that...hummmm....something must be wrong with my strategy. If anyone who reads this has suggestions, I'm open. lol. We have played a total of 8 games now and I can never manage to hold my winning status until the end of the game. Now I have a burning desire to win atleast one game b4 he leaves so that I can drop the title of being the only one out of the four of us who hasn't won a single game. lol. Well, i take that back...i don't think my sister has won yet, but that doesn't really count since she only rarely plays with us anyway. Monopoly is a game she despises so she only played a couple times.

anyway...

I am COMPLETELY enjoying being free from school. Though I still have to work on a World History Honors paper. I am writing an essay on different world religions. I plan on comparing and contrasting several of them. I LOVE doing stuff like this b/c it is so interesting to look at different religions and see how some of them are somewhat similar to Christianity yet fall so helplessly short of being the one true way. It breaks my heart to see all the deception out there, but it also allows me to see how very blessed I am to have been brought up in the Truth.

I'm very excited about this project and I'll let you know how it comes along :)

Christmas Fellowship with Friends

This Christmas season has been so wonderful because I have gotten the chance to spend precious time with friends and loved ones. I went to a Christmas/ Hanukkah party at my friend's on Sunday; it was really neat because we had a short worship time and took Communion during the party. There was such a feeling of Peace-it was amazing!

We had to leave the party early b/c I had to be dropped off at a babysitting job, but I was really glad that I was able to be there for the time I was.

I got a picture in front of the tree before I left :)

Before we headed back to Kilgore we stopped and visited some friends that we normally don't get to see but a couple times a year. We took a group picture with the three Stegall kids, their 4 girls, and my cousin Aaron.

We took another picture of just the four of us at my aunt and uncle's...we had to drop off my baby cousin that we took to the party.

We didn't back in town until really late and I was overjoyed to be out of the car and once again have my own space....I'm not a big fan of being squished in a minivan with 6 other people for three hours. LOL

I was away for a couple days babysitting and when I came home around 1 o'clock Wednesday morning I saw something that a friend had left for me....

Isn't it CUTE! :)

It was a sweet surprise to find waiting at home for me...from an equally sweet friend :)

Michael's MONSTER!!!

For Christmas this year my class drew names of people to buy presents for. This year I drew Michael's name...which was funny that I just so happened to get his name this year b/c i had it last year too. He put down on his paper that he wanted a Monster energy drink...the same thing he put down last year. lol.
I bought him this mega sized Monster drink that he drank in like less than five minutes. It was HYSTERICAL b/c four different guys in my class were drinking Monsters and were so wired up it was crazy!!

Yea, he really loved his........... lol

Goofing Around! :D

A couple of my friends and I were helping transport some of the props for the elementary Christmas play (which were bunches of huge stuffed animals), when we decided to have a little fun goofing around. We got some pictures of the fun :D

We just hangin' out!! lol

Me and the Teddy Bear [that was almost as tall as me] lol

Michael gives the bear a ride on his shoulders

Michael: NICE bear!!! LOL

Kylie, Me, and Michael..is Kylie licking the crocodile??

What's Michael lookin' at????

Me and Tony chillin' ;)

Michael in Detention with Tony...LOL

Michael, Tony, the croc, and Kiersten in Detention...jk!

My Escort

I asked and he said "yes"....my escort for homecoming is Clay Thompson, one of the Starters for the Varsity Guys Basketball team.

I plan on taking PLENTY of pictures of homecoming, and myself on the Homecoming Court, so I'll be able to post some of them for you guys!

I've decided!!!

I have officially decided on who I am going to ask to escort me at homecoming!! Finally I have decided!! There were several well qualified young men, and it was very difficult to narrow it down to who i did. I did though, and I will be asking him next period.

...I'll be able to post his name after i ask him...provided he says yes, of course

trying to decide...

Ok, so I have to pick someone to escort me for Homecoming. I have about three different people I'd like to ask, but as of now I have nooooo idea who to go with. This is a really special time and I want it to be as perfect as possible. So, I'm trying to decide who to pick. Bad news is, I have to have someone picked by this Friday..................and i'm still not sure

Biology grade!!

So...i found out I made a 93 on my Biology. Not as great as I hoped, but not as horrible as it could have been. Pautsch is letting us do test corrections so that'll bring my grade up a little. This test didn't mess up my average, so it's all good :)

Prayer Request

Hey you guys,

I have a friend who is having heart surgery today and needs prayer. She goes in at 10:30am this morning. If you would, please pray for her!

Biology

I have this 60 question Biology test next period...which isn't anything extremely unusual, but I studied maybe a total of 45 minutes....so now I'm a little worried. I have to get at least a 96, or I'm pretty much ruined for the resta the semester. The last test i took and didn't study for, I ended making a 93 on (after doing test correction), but it still dropped my class grade from a 99 to a 95...pretty stupid if you ask me. I don't really see how one test could drop my average in the class 4 whole points, but it did...so now I know I can't afford to make anything but high A's for the rest of this quarter.



uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................I'm sick of school.

HOMECOMING!!! ;)

I've wanted to post about this all day, and now that school is over I can!! (I was told I couldn't say anything about this until after school when everyone had already heard the announcement of who got selected)

I was voted Homecoming Sweetheart for my class by the Varsity Basketball Guys. They all voted yesterday, and I found out the results last night at like 9:30. I soooooooo wanted to make a post then, but when my Principal called to tell me I had gotten it, he also said that I had to act like I didn't have a clue I was chosen. Yeah...that was murder! lol I wanted so badly to tell my best friend, but had to comply and wait until they announced it at the school pep rally. What was kinda funny is that earlier today one of my friends was like "So, you think ya won?". I wanted to tell her so bad, but couldn't...so I had to just act like i was blowing it off and was like "ehhh...I'll find out at the pep rally if i did or not."


This whole thing is an extra incentive to eat REALLY healthy during my Christmas break...i have to go dress shopping and that has the potential to be a disaster if I don't. So now I have a feeling I'll be working out extra hard this next month or so. The Homecoming game is on January the 23rd, so I am going to try and eat as healthy and exercise as well as I can until then.


Man, I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo excited! This is a really special thing and I can't wait! :)



btw, you were right, Pautsch!...here it is =)

Happy Friday :)

It's Friday again! SWEET! I'm just chillin' out in Comp. lit class right now; I finished my assignment so I'm free to post on my blog. My class had to do an assignment using Microsoft Word; we had to create a 2 page newsletter with at least three articles with a common theme. The assignment was actually pretty fun and really creative. Props to Coach P! :) lol.
I did my newsletter with the common theme of health and beauty. I enjoyed it a lot and was really glad that I was free to pick something that interests me personally instead of having a topic or theme assigned to me.

Christmas

Ok, so my Computer Lit teacher told us to blog about what we wanted for Christmas. I normally wouldn't pick that to make a post about, but since I'm receiving a grade for this, I should probably post about what he told us to... I have a hard time writing about this b/c i feel like I sound selfish lol.






So, here's my list of stuff I'd like...but could totally live without :)

• An audio Bible
• An mp3 or ipod
• A new Radio/CD player
• Money or gift cards
• A new phone

2 Weeks! :)

The count-down begins! *Whoot-whoot!!* I get out for Christmas in a lil less than 2 weeks. Man, I am READY for a break from school! My 16 yr old second coisin Aaron will be coming down from Wisconsin to visit, so that'll be really neat to have him in TX for a little while. I saw him for the first time in about ten years this past Summer when my family went to Wisconsin for a visit. We four kids (Josh, Bri', Aaron and I) all had so much fun spending time with each other and catching up on the past ten years we had been apart, that we decided that Aaron needed to come down and see TX and stay a while during his vacation. At first it didn't look like it was likely to happpen, but everything came together and he's set to fly in on the 19th. It'll be really fun showin' him how life is down here in the south lol. He's really had NO exposure to anything but Wisconsin (and next-door city, Chicago), so I think he might enjoy seeing something new.
I'm really looking forward to him coming :)

It's Friday!! :)

YAy! It's finally Friday! I do have to say though that this week of school has gone by really fast...that could be b/c I was only at school 3 days this week. On Tuesday I was gone on our trip to Dallas and then on Wednesday I wasn't able to make it to school because I was a little under the weather. I was fine towards the middle/later part of the afternoon, but went ahead and took the whole day off to make sure I was well rested and recovered.

Now I'm ready for the weekend! :) I finished my homecoming stuff that I had to type up and turn in to Mrs. Wisdom...which by the way, was not fun. lol. I had to come up with several ideas for decorations and items for us to sell during Spirit Week. It was hard to come up with ideas because I really didn't have a lot of time to devote to it b/c of other things that I had to take care of this week. Thankfully I still managed to come up with a few. Now I'm just ready for the night of Homecoming to be here so that we can be done with all the fundraising, planning, etc.


Well, that's my update for now! Talk to you guys later! :)

High School Trip to Dallas

Today my school took a group of high school students to see the King Tut Exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. The exhibit was AMAZING! It was so neat to be able to look at everything they had found in King Tut's tomb and know that what you were looking at was was over 3, 000 years old... wow! Seeing all those things made me want to step back in time and be able to see what life was like for them. I've always been fascinated with the Egyptian people and their culture, so having the opportunity to go and see this exhibit was something I'll always remember.
The exhibit was only visiting 5 cities in the U.S. and after that will return to Egypt where it will stay...so to go and see this was truly a once in a lifetime experience.

After the we had finished walking through the exhibit we walked 8 stinkin' blocks to get to the Spaghetti Warehouse, where we had planned to eat. I was in 3 1/2 in. heels, so walking 8 blocks to the restaurant, and another 8 blocks back to the parking garage (a block from the museum) was miserable! I didn't know we were going to have to walk a total of 16 blocks (not counting the almost ten rooms of the exhibit), or I would have worn more comfortable shoes. One of my guy friends offered to let me ride on his back, but I felt bad for making him do that...after all it wasn't his fault that I was stupid and wore heels. LOL.
Another one of my friends got tired of walking so he just jumped in a cab...after walking about ten blocks I knew he had a good idea :)...unfortunately I didn't know which parking garage my group had parked in, so I had to just keep walking with the group cuz I wouldn't have had a clue where to tell the cab driver to go.

At least I got my exercise for today! :)..which wouldn't have been so bad if I had been wearing flats.


All in all , the trip was fantastic and tons of fun! I'm glad we not only got to see the incredible Tut exhibit, but also had a whole day of fellowship and fun with one another!

Somewhere in the Middle by Casting Crowns

Hey! I heard this song, loved it, and wanted to post the lyrics for you guys. It's from one of my favorite bands ever; they are SO anointed! I have a link here that you can click on if you would like to hear the song too, instead of just seeing the lyrics.

Somewhere between the hot and the cold
Somewhere between the new and the old
Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be
Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Somewhere between the wrong and the right
Somewhere between the darkness and the light
Somewhere between who I was and who You're making me
Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle
Are we caught in the middle

Somewhere between my heart and my hands
Somewhere between my faith and my plans
Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves
Somewhere between a whisper and a roar
Somewhere between the altar and the door
Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more
Somewhere in the middle You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control
Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle

Lord, I feel You in this place and I know You're by my side
Loving me even on these nights when I'm caught in the middle, caught in the middle

headin' back to Texas...

This is my last full day in Shreveport, which means my Thanksgiving break is coming to a close :( I'm really not excited about going back to school but I'll only have a few weeks before I am out again for Christmas vacation. I have a lot to get done between now than then, though. My school's homecoming is in January, and because I am on the Student Council I am one of the people in charge of making sure that Spirit Week (week of homecoming), homecoming itself, and the Homecoming Bash that follows the game, goes well. The bash's theme this year is going to be a Glow-in-the-Dark Rave. (I came up with the theme..which is cool b/c out of several suggestions, i came up with the one that was selected :) Unfortunately, I'm one of only three people who has to come up with, and give a written list of, ALL the decorations (and prices) we are going to need. I have to have that turned in by Dec. 5 so I know I need to jump on it ASAP. I've also got a World History Honor's project that I need to start on...that'll be due in a few weeks...I need to pick a topic to do it on. I really don't want it to be a last minute thing, so I'll get on it as soon as I finish the Homecoming plans and get all that outta the way and turned in to Mrs. Wisdom (who just so happens to be the coolest, most amazing Student Council sponsor EVER!..and one of the best English teachers out there!:) Cool fact about her: she's been a reporter/journalist for one of the most well known newspapers in Arkansas, she's been to law school, has been a pilot, a school administrator, and an English teacher..not to mention a mother of three. My school is soooo blessed to have her there. I just recently found out that she had previously done all these things-like gone to law school and had been a reporter-and it amazed me so i thought I'd brag on her a lil :) She was telling us stories during class about what she had done as a reporter, and she said that she interviewed Bill and Hillary Clinton several times. She also had several visits with Hillary that were completely off the record and just as two people having tea and talking. She even had a previous presidential candidate say that when he was elected into office he wanted her to work for him...he didn't win, but that's still an honor to have someone like that say that they wanted you to work for them because they was so impressed with your work. Pretty awesome if you ask me! :)



Well, when I get back to school on Monday I'll have a regular schedule, then on Tuesday I am going with a group from my school to see the King Tut exhibit that is visiting Dallas. Dallas is one of 5 cities it is stopping in before it goes out of the country. I think it's going to be super fun and really neat to see all the different things that are part of the exhibit. One of my teachers, who saw the exhibit when it got here a couple months ago, said that they had a chair that King Tut sat in when he was a child that is still well preserved. Sounds really cool to me :) Can't wait to see it. It's going to be extra fun b/c I'll be with my friends...and get to skip a whole day of class :) *whoot-whoot!!!*

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! :)

Happy Thanksgiving, you guys! I pray you all have a very blessed time with family and friends! Eat lots of turkey :)

Thankful for...

It's almost Thanksgiving, and I'm making a post about what I'm thankful for. Here's my list...it's pretty long, but I've got a lot to be thankful for so it's gotta be :)

*My Savior's death and resurrection (and through that, my Salvation)

*My wonderful family -including my extended family (grand, and great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins)- who love me (I love you, too! Thanks for putting up with me for 15 yrs lol. By the way, your support and encouragement has meant the world!)

*My beloved mentor/friend (I love and appreciate you so much!...you hold a very special place in my heart )

*My spiritual family...there's something that bonds you stronger than blood.

*My awesome friends who rock (School is bearable because of you guys :)

*My teachers (thank you for all your hard work)

*Pautsch (you've been a great guy to know...and a big "thank you" for letting me do Bio corrections lol)

*The country I live in

*The privilege of being free

*AIR CONDITIONING (I think I'd die without it...those of you who know me, know I'm not joking either )

*The house I live in (it's STILL under "construction" lol...when will it ever not be?)

*Shoes ;)

*Warm clothes (especially my rockin' awzum reversible Hurley jacket from you, Brady :)

*Food *yummm*

*Text messaging...and other forms of communicating with those I love

*The ability to learn...it's painful sometimes but worth it in the end

*My blog! (without it, I'd have resort to other methods of expressing myself...don't know what I'd do)

Today

Today a miracle happened!...well, not quite but it's still worth noting. I took 2 tests and 2 quizzes today and I didn't really study for any of them, (Yeah, not a smart decision, but what I chose to do this time) but still managed to make a 105, a 102, a 92, and a 85. The 85 wasn't so great but I was 1 of only 3 that passed, so my Biology teacher is letting us do corrections for half credit- which will bring my test grade up to a 92 and half %..not too shabby considerin' I wasn't prepared (which by the way, I take complete responsibility for). lol


Something happened after school today that made me a little upset...I'm not going to go into detail b/c of the nature of the situation, but it really frustrated me and made me sad :( I was disappointed with how this situation ended up turning out...it was something I wish could have been avoided...and I kinda thought the whole thing was a little unnecessary.
Even writing about it right now, I'm still a little sad about how it turned out, so I'm going to close this subject before I say too much. -_-


On a better note, I don't have homework tonight *whoot-whoot!!*, and I have the pictures I talked about in my last post :) Here they are:

This is the city we performed in! :)

This is one of the two random guys who asked to take a picture with me...should I be flattered or weirded out? LOL



Here's the second of the two guys



Here's me in front of the Many Pizza Hut...not sure why I took a picture in front of the sign telling their business hours, but for some reason I did lol.



This is me and my friend on the way there...we were bored so we were takin' pictures



We passed through this tiny town called "Goat Hill" (funny name, huh?), and thought it would be fun to get a picture of ourselves in front of it....



Pictured here is my sister (to the left), two of my team members, and me (on the right).



It was a great trip and I'm glad I got some pics of it :)

Weekend in Louisiana

On Friday my Theater Arts team went and performed in Many, Louisiana at a patriotic event the city was having. The whole event was really touching and I now have a greater respect and reverence to those who have served our country in war, and who have paid the ultimate price to keep America free. I appreciate their sacrifice so much, and thank God that we have brave men and women living here that are willing to leave their family and friends and go fight for our country. My cousin is in Iraq right now, so that in a big way allows me to see just how hard it is on families to have loved ones away.

My Theater Arts team was at the event for about four hours. It was outside...so that meant we were in the biting cold wind for a while lol. We had gotten there early so we all just kinda walked around and looked at all they had set up there.
While we were walking around I decided to have my friend Emily take a picture of me, when this guy (1 of 2 that were standing nearby) was like, "hey, my friend wants to be in your picture!". I was kinda surprised, so I was just like "ok.....sure". Then after I took a pic with him, his friend wanted one too, so I took one with him. It was kinda random and a little funny lol. I'll post the pics when I get home and can transfer my pics to my computer (I'm at my grandparents' right now and don't have my USB connector cord). I actually got several pictures from my trip that I'm planning on posting for ya.

After we left Many, I went to see my family in Shreveport and we had our early Thanksgiving meal. We had it early this year since this was the only time my cousin was able to come into town. It was really enjoyable and the food was WONDERFUL!!! :)

Now I am over at my Grandparents. I have to go back home tomorrow b/c of school on Monday. I get out Tuesday afternoon for my official break...which is something I totally don't get b/c, seriously, what are we going to get done on Monday and a half day Tuesday? I'm convinced they should have given us the whole week off. But they didn't, so i have to head back to Texas for Monday and Tuesday, then I'll be free to come back to LA for a few more days.

On Monday I have a Biology test that I should probably be spending time study for, but this weekend isn't a weekend I'd like to cramp with that lol. Normally I'd be freaking' out bout studying... but, honestly, spending time with my G.parents is more important right now.

I had a thought come to me the other day: God never intended us to be so busy in life that we develop misplaced priorities that cause us to no longer "have time" to connect with those we love. When we get so busy that we lose touch with the ones we love, something isn't right.I just have a hard time believing that it's God's plan for lives for us to live in such a rushed state, because we're "busy". This causes us to have less time to devote to what truly matters...
I shared this with my Friend today and she was like, "You're missing your parents aren't you?" Answer to her question: Oh yeah!!!

It's really painful, and it's extra hard, as a teen, when it's your parents who you rarely even see or connect with. Though it positively challenges me to MAKE time for what's important, I sometimes get this incredible urge to run from the situation. I think it's that fight or flight response lol. At first I was ready to take this on and deal with it for the next year and a half, but now I just want to run. I know it sounds weird cuz that would mean seeing them even less, but somehow it seems like it would make it easier to deal with. I'm sorry if that sounds bad or weak, or whatever, but that's honestly that's how I'm feeling right now.
I know that we have things that come up in our lives that we just have to pray our way through...this is just one of those things. But God is always faithful to see us through anything :)

sorry bout the gap in posting

Sorry i haven't been able to keep my blog posts as frequent as i would like. This week has been insane so i haven't been able to get on and make posts. It'll be the weekend soon and you can probably expect another post then. More later.
~Blaire

All Smiles

I just got back from seeing Christian comedian Bob Smiley (funny coincidence, huh?..that a comedian would have that last name lol) . He was GREAT!! He is the epitome of hilarious, and a wonderful guy to sit and listen to. I went to see him with my youth group. I invited one of my good guy friends to go along with me; he did and we had an enjoyable time together. I was really glad i went and really hope Bob comes back to Kilgore sometime soon :)

TGIF!!

It's finally friday! :) Praise the Lord!

After school i have to babysit, but other than that i've got the weekend free. I'm planning on trying to get over to Longview to get my hair trimmed and get a present for my friend at church that just had a birthday. I'm not sure what to get him so i'm gonna head over to the mall and look around in PacSun for something he might like.

I only have two weeks before i get out for Thanksgiving break. I can't wait to go to Shreveport and see the family. I think I'll spend the weekend there with them and then go with them t0 church. It's the church i grew up in, so i like getting to visit and see everyone. There's a lot of new people there now, but something about the church still seems a little like home. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that my grandparents and greatgrandparents go there, along with a whole bunch of people i knew during my early childhood. There's a lot of memories there and going back is always a treat :)

Rest, a movie, and some cookies to boot

I am about to settle in for a night of rest and relaxation :) The day is drawing to a close and i have no homework, so i am about to kick back and watch a movie with my siblings and cousin while i eat chocolate chip cookies and allow myself to nod off to sleep...sounds like a fantastic plan to me :)


P.S.~ i made a 90 on that Geometry test i was talking about in my last post. Not as high a grade as i would have liked, but considering the fact i didn't study for it, i'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

Postponed :(

Wow, so the root canal i was supposed to have today was postponed...dang it! That not only means that i have to find another day i can get over there, but i’m also going to be stuck in Geometry today (i have a test today in that class that i purposely didn’t spend time studying for b/c i was planning on being out today). Right now i’m really frustrated b/c the reason it was postponed could have been avoided.

And i’m really irritated b/c this is the second time my appt. has been pushed back....aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well...

Thursday's root canal

On thursday i will be going to have a root canal finished, and right now i have to say i'm more excited than scared about it...i'm glad i get outta school for a half of a day to get it done :)..and i'm glad i'll finally get this tooth taken care of. I had gone to the dentist about two weeks ago to have it taken care of then, but they told me that they were going to have to send me to a specialist b/c of a "curve" in my tooth (don't know exactly what that means, but they told me if they tried to do it they ran the risk of having one of their instruments break off in there and not be able to get it out. Yikes!!). So, all that to say: I'm having a root canal on thursday, and if you would, keep me in your prayers :)

Like i said in my previous post, i thought i was going to be taking a test today that was supposed to help me figure out what to go to college for, but it turns out it wasn't my grade taking it this year...so i was in class all day. I was looking forward to not being in classes for the first half of the day. But, it wasn't that bad. None of my teachers assigned ANY homework to us (write that one down in the history books, people!!! LOL). Plus i made a 102 on a Cyrano de Bergerac literature test i didn't study for *whoot-whoot*...was happy bout that one! :)

Well, i think i'm going to try to catch a quick nap before i go to church tonight, so i'd better sign off. TTYL :)

Quick post

Hey you guys, i only have a couple minutes until the bell rings for me to go to Biology, so i'm having to type this really quick.

I thought i was supposed to be taking the PLAN test during this time, but it turns out there was a lack of communication in the school office, and it's really another grade that's taking it. I was kinda bummed out cuz if i was taking the test today, I'd be outta class right now lol...which would be really great :)...yea, the class i'm in right now isn't so bad but i have to go to Geometry soon and i am not lookin' forward to it :(

Tuesday Update

Last night's self-defense class was pretty awesome...i learned a lotta cool stuff, and now i've gotta warn people not to come up behind me and try to scare me or they just night get an elbow in the gut lol j.k. I was glad that i was able to learn some practical, useful tools for defending myself...hope i never have to use them, though.

Well, i am back at school now...i almost stayed home and slept b/c i was soooo stinkin' tired this morning. I accidentally overslept by an hr and 15 mins, and i still was dawg tired. Yea, and this happened on a day that i had to leave my house early for school...seriously, what are the odds...well quite large actually, taking into account that this kind of stuff always happens when you least need it to lol.

I just found out yesterday that my Theater Arts team is supposed to go to Many, LA to perform at some special thing that they're having there that all these dignitaries and stuff are supposed to be there. It's great and all, but it's on the same day that my family is getting together for Thanksgiving...not a good schedule conflict. I think what we are going to do is just have my parents pick my sister and i up from Many on their way to LA that way we can go and perform but still be able to visit the family in Shreveport. Hopefully that'll work out as well as it sounds like it will ;)

Monday's here!

Today is Monday...again. lol that means i am once again back at school :( Like i have mentioned before, it's not my favorite place in the world to be. My computer lit teacher is sick today so we have a sub and he's letting us just chill and mess around on our computers...which so totally beats working on an assignment :)



I'm ready for this evening to get here cause i have a self-defense class tonight. not exactly sure how i'm gonna fit it in with all my homework, but we'll see how it turns out. I'm pretty excited bout it..i'm glad i'll be learning how to better defend myself just in case someone ever decides to do something stupid. Not really expecting that to happen, but you just never know so it's good to have the advantage by being prepared.







Thanksgiving is just round the corner, and i'm tellin' ya, i don't think i've ever been more ready for it to finally be here (i get to see my family and have like three days outta school). My family is actually going to be having our Thanksgiving dinner and get-together a few days early this year b/c one of my relatives only has like a couple days she can come down so we are having it while she is here. I'm excited b/c it means i get spend time with my family and not have to worry bout school for a few days..which is always nice.



School is a whole other subject i could go off on, and i will, but with mild restraint.
It's been one of the most character-testing experiences ever...and it's been going on for like three straight years like this. Frankly i am getting sick of what i've been having to put up with and i'm really hoping it changes soon...


Well, i've gotta go- got Biology in a couple minutes. Talk to you later!

With Hope

Right now, even as my heart is breaking over news i received earlier today about a loved one, i am comforted by the fact that God Almighty is still in control and is mighty to save and rescue in times of trouble. He is faithful to those who love and put their trust in Him. A reassurance of this is found in Psalm 91, (verses 14-16 shown)

14 "Because he [she] loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him [her]; I will protect him [her], for he [she] acknowledges my name.

15 He [She] will call upon me, and I will answer him [her]; I will be with him [her] in trouble, I will deliver him [her] and honor him [her].

16 With long life will I satisfy him [her]
and show him [her] my salvation."

I am crying out to my Daddy God, needing His comfort and peace during this time. I feel like the Lord had been preparing me for this for a while now. It seemed that everywhere i turned i was being reminded to cherish moments with family and friends, not allowing anything to be incorrectly prioritized that would therefore cause me to miss out on those special moments.
To live with the constant reminder that this old, decaying world is not our home, yet a glorious Place filled with the Presence of God is what awaits Christians upon the end of this life. When we complete our time on earth, our life will not "end" but will just be beginning. Isn't that wonderful!!

Friday!! :)

It's finally Friday!! I'm sooooooooooooo ready for the weekend; this week has been pretty wild.

I'm going to see a movie tonight then going to hang out at the mall. I'm hoping that it'll be a nice way to relax after such a crazy week at school. Saturday is looking pretty nice for me, i get to see my baby cousin, so i'm excited bout that :) I plan on just chillin' the rest of my weekend...that's if i don't have a boat-load of homework assigned to me beofore then lol.

holding my tongue..showing some wisdom

I could choose to write about the outcome of the election, the problem I'm having with one of my teachers, or the crazy amount of quizzes i've got to study for, but i'm showing some wisdom and choosing to write about something else -mainly b/c of Proverbs 29:11 which states "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man [or woman] keeps himself under control." Ouch. So, i'm keeping myself "under control" and am going to post something not including any of the topics above.



Last night I had the opportunity to go and see Dennis Swanberg with my youth group. I was supposed to work the nursery last night at church but there were only a few kids, so the other worker covered it for me (it was only her two kids and her nephew that showed up). Getting to take time off and just spend time laughing was great. Dennis was sooooooooo funny, and it was really cool b/c during some parts of his routine i knew what was coming up next b/c i had heard a program on Focus in the Family that they had him on, and parts of his routine were the same as the one he did last night. Even though i knew what was coming i still found myself laughing like it was my first time to hear it. lol

It was enjoyable...and now i'm back at school.....bummmmmmer!

FYI

Hey, you guys! From this week on, my Comp Lit class will be changing a little. We won't be spending time working on our blogs; instead we will be doing some other stuff with Microsoft programs. Because of this, i more than likely won't be able to have something new up on my blog every day. I will try my best to, but without having that class time to work on it, it might become a little difficult. So we'll see how it goes, but more than likely my post will probably be only 3 or 4 times a week.

Hope you continue to read and comment, though! I REALLY enjoy reading what you have to say in response to what i post!!

ELECTION DAY!

Today is Election Day!!! Don't forget to vote!!

it's monday

Well, it's monday again, so that means i'm back at school :( ...if you couldn't tell, it's not one of my fave places to be. Seeing my friends is great and all, but if you ask me, school's about 5 months too long lol. Right now i'm just chillin' out in computer lit class. No one else has added anything new to their blogs, so there's nothing for me to read and comment on, so i figured i'd just make a post myself :)

Weekend Update

Yesterday I went with a couple of my friends to Mall St.Vincent and to the Boardwalk.

One of my guy friends picked out and bought me a REALLY CUTE Hurley jack from PacSun as my birthday present. O my goodness, i luv it soooo much. It's adorable and it's reversible so i can wear it two ways :)

1st way...

2nd way..isn't it awesome?

He also got me a couple other things along with my jacket...one was a super cute ring that matches my jacket like perfect...i luv it too :)

My baby cousin came along with us. Like aways, it was a joy to have him around. Above is a picture of him and me in front of the river at the Boardwalk. Isn't he cutest little thing ever? :)

One more!!

Only one more Geometry class! Score!! (this post only makes since if you read my previous one) lol.

Ready for the weekend!

I am soooo ready for the weekend! I'm going to spend Saturday in Shreveport. I get to see my grand & great-grand parents, along with my aunt and baby cousin. I'm going to be bringing a couple of my friends along and we're going to hang out at the Boardwalk afterwards. I'm looking forward to it. I've only gotta make it through two more Geometry classes and I'll be there LOL. Yeah, i hate Geometry. Everyone in the class doesn't get it (except for Paul the Math Wiz LOL), and i get so bored in there i nearly fall asleep every day...i feel bad that i do, but i've just bout tried everything to stay awake- from caffeine mints to pinching myself. lol. Two days ago everybody in the class fell asleep (including me)...i was surprised she didn't get on to us. I know she saw us cuz there's only 5 of us in there lol.

A WONDERFUL Birthday! :)

Wow! I had a GREAT Birthday! I can’t think of anything that could have made it better.
I got my sister to curl my hair for me and I wore a pretty tiara to school (picture of it up top). I got a whole lotta complements on my hair and all throughout the day people kept telling me “happy birthday!”. I had a couple people text me this morning to say happy birthday, and I even had someone call and leave me a “happy birthday” message on my cell phone. It was the sweetest thing. I was smiling all day :)
During my lunch period my dad came up to the school and brought a cookie cake and cupcakes for me and my friends.

It was actually really cool how it worked out, because a few weeks before (and up to my birthday), the one thing I really wanted to happen on my birthday was for someone to either come up to the school and eat with me or to take me somewhere to eat. I decided not to tell anyone b/c I didn’t want anyone to do it just b/c they knew I wanted it…if they did it, i wanted it to be completely something they thought of themselves.
When my dad came up to the school I was like, “awesome!...I got the whole ‘someone coming to eat with me’ part”.

Then after school my friend, Clay, took me to eat at Applebee's for my birthday present (how awesome is that!?! lol)…that was the whole “someone taking me somewhere to eat” part (so it just so happened I got both someone coming to eat with me, and having someone take me to eat :). It was so neat because Clay had no clue I wanted someone to do that. He told Kristi that he didn’t know what to get me for my birthday b/c (according to Kristi) “the scrapbook I made him was the perfect gift to give him and he couldn’t think of anything special enough to top it”. But his decision to take me to eat was the perfect thing. And it was really special because it was something he came up with himself, not knowing I had wanted that for a while.

I know I will remember this birthday! It was truly enjoyable!

BIG thank you to all of you who either called, texted, or told me "happy birthday!" in person (or left it on my blog)...you are part of what made my B-day so special :)

Root canal, flowers, and a birthday tomorrow :)

Yesterday i went and had some work done on my teeth. I was praying that it wouldn't end with me having to get a root canal, but unfortunately it did. They started it but were unable to finish because of a "curve" (whatever that is), and if they tried to precede with the root canal they ran the risk of having an instrument break in there and them not be able to get it out *yikes!!*. Now they are sending me to a specialist in Longview that only does root canals and should have me fixed up in less than an hour... bad part is that i have to wait two weeks before i go.. :/

After my apt yesterday was over i was in so much pain it was CRAZY! But I had people praying for me so that helped a lot (thank you to those who did!!)...what also helped make things better is that my friend, Brady, stopped by my house and brought me a bouquet of white flowers. :) They're so pretty and they made my evening. It was really sweet of him to think of me and bring them by...I love them!! I have them in a vase on my desk and i like to just look at them b/c they're so pretty!

(The lighting made them look a lil yellow...they're white though- same flowers in the picture at the top of my post).

Aren't they beautiful? :) ...i really like them

__________________________________________

Tomorrow is my Birthday and I'm really excited. I'm going to get my sister to curl my hair and I'm going to wear the tiara that my friend, Mrs. Teresa gave me several years ago. It's beautiful and I'm really excited to wear it...it makes me feel like a Princess -which i am because i am a daughter of the King of Kings!! :) I sorta hesitated before deciding to wear it tomorrow b/c i'm a lil afraid of people mistaking it and thinking i'm doing it b/c i'm "stuck-up"...I guess if they do, though, it's their problem lol.

P.S.~ I'm sorry i haven't been as faithful in my posting something every day..sometimes life gets in the way ...or homework for that matter lol. Which reminds me, i completely forgot my Biology book in my locker after school today *ooopps!*...that means I'm gonna have to get to school early tomorrow and scramble to get my Bio homework done. Fun-Fun!! lol. ..hopefully i'll be able to get it done sometime before 3rd period. We'll see!! lol

yay!!

Score!! Clay really liked his scrapbook...which made me happy because i spent a whole week working on it. lol. When he saw it he gave me a big hug and said "This is prolly my favorite gift out of all of them" :)

*That made me happy* :)




Topic change:

I only have a few more classes before i get to leave for my dentist apt. *yipp-yipp*. I'm glad that i get to leave school early, but am not exactly looking forward to having my teeth drilled on either lol...o well, it's better than sitting through the History class i would be in during that time...i'm not kidding either!!!

closing out the day

Well, the weekend is just about over *bummer*. Tomorrow i have school and a Dentist appointment *another bummer* (but i'll be happy to get this tooth that's been giving me problems taken care of...so, maybe it's not such a bummer after all. lol.)

My day ended very well. I completely finished Clay's scrapbook and will give it to him tomorrow. *SCORE!!*

Another plus to my day is that my wonderful Friend, Mrs. Teresa called an explained something to me that had confused and bothered me a few days ago (same subject i was talking about in my post about "Healing"). I felt a lot better after hearing what she had to say about it. So, thank you, Mrs. Teresa! :) I love you!!

needing to vent...

I'm sitting here at home spending my Sunday afternoon relaxing...alone. Once again it's just us kids at home (mom is gone studying with her college group and dad is working). Honestly, sometimes I get really frustrated because I feel like my parents are ALWAYS gone. I know they have to be- mom has her TONS of schoolwork to do, and dad has to work like crazy just to make ends meet, but still i hate the fact they both have to be busy and gone the majority of the time. It'll get better once my mom finishes school...she'll be making money so hopefully my dad will be able to slow down a little. I have no idea what her work schedule is going to be like, so i don't know if i'll actually see her more or not. I guess we'll see when she starts working in about 14 months.

I'd describe myself as a pretty independent person who enjoys her alone time, but too much of it isn't something i'm crazy about. I guess that's why my parents' being gone so much has really started to wear on me. Most of the time i'm pretty ok and cool with it, but then I have days like today where it kinda bums me out a lil bit. I think part of what gets me is that i truly feel like part of my teen life is being spent without them here (i mean, come on, my sixteenth birthday is going to come and go and my mom is still going to be in school). Like i said, most of the time i'm pretty ok with how things are having to be right now (despite the fact that it's been a REALLY difficult change to get used to), but when i stop and think about it, it makes me a little sad...
But being able to talk about it on my blog and share how i feel about all that's happening has helped. ...guess i just needed to "vent" for a few minutes.

just chillin'

I didn't have any homework this weekend *whoot-whoot!!* so i get to thoroughly enjoy it by just hanging out and not doing much. Last night i went to a football game with a friend, this morning did a little house cleaning, and then babysat for like 3 hours. So, really i've has a pretty laid back weekend so far. I'm planning on spending the rest of my evening finishing up the scrapbook i made for my friend, Clay. Some of his really good friends are graduating this year so i wanted to get some pictures of them and pics from his 16th B-day party, and put them together in a book that he could have. It's turning out really well- I'm proud of it :) Hope he likes it...we'll find out on Monday ;)

Funny Blonde Jokes

I am in the mood to laugh so I am posting some funny blonde jokes from ahajokes.com

( No offense to any blondes...these are just really funny)




Q: Why do Blondes wear earmuffs?
A: To avoid the draft.


Q: How do you make a blonde laugh on Saturday?
A: Tell her a joke on Wednesday.


Q: Why do blondes work seven days a week?
A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.

Q: How does a blonde commit suicide?
A: She gathers her clothes into a pile and jumps off.

Q: How do you get a blondes eyes to twinkle?
A: Shine a torch in her ears.

Q: How do you drown a blond?
A: Leave a scratch and sniff at the bottom of the pool.

Q: How do you confuse a blonde?
A: You don't. They're born that way.

Q: How do you drive a blonde crazy?
A: Give her a bag of M&Ms and tell her to alphabetize them.

Q: Why don't blondes like making KOOL-AID?
A: Because they can't fit 8 cups of water in the little packet.

Q: How did the blonde burn her ear?
A: The phone rang while she was ironing

Q: Why are there no brunette jokes?
A: Because blondes would have to think them up


Hope you enjoyed them!! :) I thought they were hilarious!!!

in deep thought...

Ok, right now I've gotta admit that I am a frustrated and a little perturbed. Something that was said in Bible class REALLY didn't sit well with me. It was on the subject of "healing". I respect my teacher and to the best of my memory haven't ever disagreed with something he's taught me but this seemed to make me almost nauseated.
I just need to pray for revelation right now because I'm really confused and am not exactly sure what to think or believe.


But, on a better note: MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 6 DAYS!! :)

An Unexpected Blessing :)

Some very thoughtful person decided to bless me and pay for my Student Council t-shirt. This was very unexpected, and really blessed my heart. I have no idea who paid for it, but I really want them to know that I think that what they did was really kind, and I'm very grateful to them for it.
What they didn't know was that I had a few rather large expenses come up that had to be paid this week, and i was sorta stressing bout gettin' the money for my shirt turned in. But God was faithful (as always) and provided...through an unexpected blessing :)

Post-Volleyball Celebration

After our last game, the team went to Cheddar's to celebrate the season's end. We had a great time and enjoyed hanging out and actin' goofy LOL

Me blowin' a kiss to Erin

This is me with my Coach. He's awesome :)


Me, Alex, and Brittany F.


Now that the season is over, I have my Friday nights back! Wooohooo!! :) It was fun, but I'm happy to have a break.

hello :)

Hey, you guys! I wasn't able to update my blog over the weekend like I would have liked to because my computer was running an anti-virus program that caused my Internet to go 1/6 of its normal speed, which in turn meant that it would have taken nearly FOREVER (seriously, i mean it!!) to upload the pics I was planning on posting. I will try to post them soon though..they're from my team's Volley ball party that we had after our last game. We all went to Cheddar's, ate there, hung out, and acted goofy. It was fun :) I'll put a couple of the pics up soon. ttyl!

Happy 16th, Clay!!!

My friend Clay's 16th Birthday is on Monday. So, for those of you reading this that go to my school, make sure to high-five him and tell him "happy birthday" when you pass him in the hall :)

Picture Day!!!

Today is my school's picture day!!!! Whoot-whoot!!!...NOT. LOL. No, j.k. it's aight...i don't really mind all that much; i just don't like the fact that they are having us take pictures on a day that it's raining...

On a completely different note: You know that History project I've mentioned on here (the one I had to stay up late working on and still only got like 10% of it done)? Well, it turns out I don't have to do it because I've got so much extra credit built up in that class...sorta wish I'd known that before I wasted my evening on it, but still, I'm super glad i don't have to do it...cuz that would mean spending more time on it, and frankly, i don't have the time to waste on a crazy History project that was really irrelevant to what we're learning. lol

just sittin' here...

I'm just sitting here in Computer Lit class and I really want to go home. I'm super tired and have already fallen asleep in class like three different times. Today in chapel I performed with my Theater Arts team and it went really well, but I was in a lot of pain so it made it hard...i'm still in a little bit of pain and just want to be in bed right now, or sitting on my couch in the living room watching T.V. or a movie (we have ice cream at the house that would go perfect with that:) . If I knew I wasn't going to be doing anything in any of my classes today, I'd probably go ahead and go home. I have stuff I can work on there...like my stinkin' Honors World History project....bummer.

I stayed up late last night working on it and only got the beginning stages of it done. I had a friend offer to help my out with it, and at the time I thought there wouldn't be anything he could do, but I'm tellin' you last night I was REALLY regretting turning him down. I seriously could have used the help lol.

Missing Caedon... :(

Caedon had to go home today... :( so when i got home from Volleyball practice the house seemed a little empty without my lil Caedon baby there...i miss him...a lot. I'm gonna post some cute pictures of him so I can look at them when I get on my blog :)




He fell asleep holding the toy gun he had been playing with. Cute, isn't it?




This is him saying "Cheeeeeseee!!!"...






...then he decided he wanted a closeup...a really, really closeup!






AAAHHHH!!! He eats rubber duckies!! LOL.







Those are only a few of the cute pics I got of him, but for those of you who don't know him and therefore can't fully appreciate his cuteness *smile*, I'll stop posting them right now so I don't bore you too bad. I personally could sit here and look at pictures of him all day because I think he is one of the most precious things ever, but I'm his cousin so I'm probably a lil biased:)

15 days!!!

Wooohooo!! I only have 15 days 'til my Birthday (it's on the 29th)! Score! I can't wait!