The Blessing and Dedication of Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center

This afternoon Dad,Mom,Jamie and I went to the Blessing and Dedication ceremonies at eleven o'clock. The place where they were holding the ceremony stuff was in this big white tent with a ton of chairs and a few fans that were only towards the front. We got there right on time but the only seats left were in the back so that is where we sat. Mom said that the heat index today was 110. Everyone used their hand outs they got to fan themselves. It was very nasteyyyyy hot. The whole thing started out with a lady named Sister Rosemary welcoming everyone. Then four important people remarked about some stuff. That took a very long time!!! Next everyone stood up and sang "Lord of All hopefulness"(I didn't know this song). We stood up some more and did the "Rite of Blessing with Most Reverend Francis. Next we sang another song called "Psalm 93 All the Ends of the Earth,I didn't know that one either. After singing Most Reverend Walter read Matthew 4:23-25 from the Bible. Then they had the Gathering of the Waters. Basically the dumped water from the Jordan River,River Seine (Where St. Francis was born) and some water form the fountains at St.Mary's and more. They took some kind of plant and dipped it in all the water and,then took it out and flinged it out behind him. I am not Catholic so some of the stuff they did during the ceremony seemed odd to me. I think we prayed about five times after that. After all that Sister Rosemary came back and declared the dedication. At the end we sand "Ode to Joy". That song a DEFINITELY knew. Then we went out of the tent to watch them pour the water into the fountain and start it up. By now I was sweating a lot. Dad,Mom,Jamie and I went into the hospital for a tour in the lovely AC. When I walked into St.Francis it didn't even look like a hospital. They have marble counter tops,marble floors,really comfy chairs,water cascading down the entry,flat screen tvs in every room,Egyptian bathrobes and slippers in each bathroom with a shower in it. The whole hospital could be a resort if it wanted to!!! It was all so wicked awesome. After about thirty minutes of looking around Jamie and I's tummy were grumbling so we went to have some food they had there. On the paper they said "light refreshments". Well.. I didn't think they were "light" at all. They had crab dip,chicken balls,meat balls,a unleavened bread type bread,vegetables,cookies,puff balls,little miniature cakes and a lot more. It was SOOO good!!! After about fifteen or so minutes we went home.

Chili's

Yesterday afternoon for Dinner Dad and I went to a new restaurant down the street called Chili's. We got there and was escorted to our seats. I had water and Dad had Coke to drink. We shared a big thing of chips and dip for an appetizer. The dip had cheese and beef in it, the chips were good too. For the main course I had Cajun chicken pasta and Dad had Marguerita grilled chicken. The chicken in my pasta had some serious fire on it. I had to dip it in the sauce in the bottom of the plate to make it less fiery in my mouth. I ate about half of my food (Dad did too) and doggy bagged the rest for Mark Aaron and Dad did the same. For desert we had chocolate tower that Dad and I shared. On the bottom of it was rich moist molded cake still piping hot, inside it was chocolate and maybe some caramel, on the top was a honkin big thing of vanilla ice cream with hard chocolate on it. It was heavenly,I almost died and went to heaven (LOL). Dad paid the bill and then went home.

Nationals vs. Dodgers

Yesterday afternoon A bunch of people from my Youth group and I went to see the Nationals vs. Dodgers game. We rode in the church van for about an hour in a half. We then parked in a parking deck. We payed for our tickets and went through to get one a the subway. Travis bought the wrong ticket so he had to go back and ask to get a all day pass. All during this Joe,Daniel and Jamie had to "go" bad but there was no public restroom in the Subway station for some odd reason. The other thing was that there was no AC in the Subway station except for some fans here and there. Finally we got on the Subway but there was no AC there either!!! After a while on the Subway I started feeling sick like I was going to pass out. I didn't though. Soon we got off at the "Mall" in D.C. To go get some food. When we walked across the "Mall" to go to get something to eat. By now the boys had been "holding it" for thirty minutes. When we got into the History Museum everyone had to go to the bathroom. So we all did. Then we went downstairs to see if there was any food. It was closed so we decided to eat at the RFK stadium instead. Once again we walked across the mall to the Subway station. After getting off the Subway we walked straight to RFK. Of course there were the street vendors selling water,soda,hotdogs and peanuts. By now I was dragging bad. I was very tired from hopping train to train and with it being all hot to top it off. We got in the line to get in. While we waited I lay down on the curb because I was just so hot and tired at the time. A Police man came over to see if I was ok. I said I was ok. He then asked if I have been drinking water I said I had some but it was sorta warm. Then the Police dude walked away. Soon it was time to get through the doors. They checked bags and then scanned our tickets. The boys wanted to get autographs and I just wanted something wet to drink. So I went up to the line and I smelt the hot dogs.. once again almost passed out. I gave my money to Mr. H and asked him if he could buy my sierra Mist with my money. He took it and I went to sit down. Then Mr. H came had a few sips of my Sierra Mist. I then got up and we started walking to our seats. It took I while to get there because I started feeling light headed once in a while so I sat down every few ramps. We were all the way up in the yellow seats near the tippy top. Once we sat down things got cooler. There was a small breeze. I was ok. Soon John and the boys came up to the seats. A lady sang the National Anthem and a guy threw the first ball. Soon things were getting to. By the third inning I was getting thirsty again. So we walked down to get a drink. I ordered my drink but once I smelled the hot dogs I thought I was gonna pass out. So I sat down. The I stood back up and went back to out seats. I stayed there the whole game after that. This guy from the Nationals team who's last name is Wilkerson made a grand slam!!! It was really cool when everyone stood up and clapped for him. Well at the end it was Nationals 7 and the Dodgers 0. We won. John said for everyone to go the bathroom cause there was not gonna be anymore stops after this. So we all did. Then we slowly walked to the Subway. It was packed with peoples. Soon we got on the Subway car filled with people. By now I wasn't feeling to swift and neither was Daniel. Daniel's head hurt real bad. So anyway we got off that Subway and got on to another that was less packed. I was happy then. We then went on another train that we rode all the way to the Subway Station where we started off at. Then we all walked to the church van and got in. When I am bored I sing and I couldn't help it either!!! I just aimlessly sang for no apparent reason. I talked to Joe almost the whole time because neither of us could fall asleep unlike everyone else in the van. We were in bumper to bumper traffic because a dump truck broke down I think. One we were out of the traffic we were very close to the church. In about fifteen minutes we were back at church ready to be picked up to go home and get some sleep. By the it was two thirty a.m!!!

Water Country USA 2005

Yesterday at nine o'clock Mom,Dad,Jamie,Matt and I went to Water Country USA. It was an hour away so I brought some books and my CD player. I finished my Girls of Many Land Yup'ik, Minuk:Ashes In the Pathway. I needed a break from reading to I listened to my cd player. Sooner than it seemed we saw the sign for Water Country USA. We waited in line to get in the parking area. When we got out I put on sunscreen on because I didn't want to get burnt. Jamie and Matt didn't though. So we walked in gave out tickets to the persons. Of course we had to take a picture of the water country sign in front of the park like always. The we went on our first ride called "Jet Scream". It was a half covered tube slide with bright green one seater tubes. I was nervous while waiting in line because I didn't know if it was going to be scary or not. Once I was actually on the ride it was nice. I did it again after my first time. I can't remember all the rides we went on but the two I remember are "Turbo Racers" and "Hubba Hubba Highway". "Turbo Racers" was like those slides at the State Fair except it was bigger and had water on it. At the end of race I got up and started running. I slipped and fell on my butt and in the process tried to catch myself with my hand. I hastily got up and walked over to Mom and Dad. When they were speaking everything I heard sounded muffled along with the fact my wrist was killing me and so was my butt. Jamie went with Matt again on "Turbo Racers" while Mark went to take our heavy bag back to the car with my sandals in it. Soon I was hearing normally. After some more rides my feet started burning because the pavement was hot. Once or twice I almost cried it hurt so bad!!! For lunch I had chicken strips and French fries with a Mountian Dew: Code Red. It was pretty good although where we sat there was stupid wasps that kept coming around us. I HATE wasps,bees ectra. So we moved to a table that was away from the trash can. We went to "Adventure Isle" next. It had a leisure water ride where u just went around and around,four scary slides and monkey bars across a small portion of the pool.After thirty or so minutes we went to some other rides. Last but not least came "Hubba Hubba Highway". I had bugged Mom and Dad to go there all day long because in the website it said that it was the biggest attraction in the park. It wasn't THAT cool. It was a leisure ride almost like "Adventure Isle" except it was longer and had little water spouts here and there.I went around like five times. By then I was tired and so was everyone else. So we went back near the entrance were Jame and Matt rode "Malibu Pipeline". I didn't go on it because it was a closed tube slide and I don't like those. So we waited. Dad and mark started getting on my nerves. Soon it was almost time to leave. Dad,Mark and I went to the candy shop to get vanilla Dippin Dots for me to eat because I was thirsty while Jamie and Matt rode the "Jett Scream" for the last time. Then we went home!!!

4th of July 2005

This afternoon Mom,Dad,Jamie and I went to Mr.R's house for Dinner. They had soft and hard tacos with beef and chicken. It was quite tasty.Along with out family there was a some others. One of the kids named Aaron is sorta weird like. He thinks he has a time machine,communicates with martins and thinks that he is friends with them. He is just plain out weird. Anyway, I sat in the adults room because the children's room was very crowded. Soon we left to go see the fireworks near the resovoir. I rode in the car with the C. family. I noticed while we were going to find a parking that there was a ton of people . Like every block there was cars lined up. Finally we parked and started walking. We walked for like nine minutes. Once we got to the area we were sitting in all the kids went down to the water to skip rocks. I sat in the grass. Soon the fireworks started. I couldn't see very well due to the fact two big trees were in the way. If you stood near the water you could see them better. So for twenty minutes we watched the show standing up. After that time it was dark. We started walking in the dark which is hard when you can't see what is in front of you. Safely we all got to our cars. The R's dropped us off at our house.

Day 9:Going Home

On Saturday morning once again just like at the last hotel we slept at I woke up freezing. For some odd reason if you blast the AC all night it is gonna be cold in the morning.John and Mr. A. went to go fix the trailer. John said some guys who do race cars used some drill thingie and popped that tire off and put it VERY quick. The coolest part was that it ONLY cost five dollars. So everyone woke up went downstairs to have breakfast. I got dressed and was ready to go in a few minutes.Soon John came back drenched because it was raining outside. Soon we were on the road again. Of course there was the fights,the yells the annoyance etc... Soon it was time to have lunch. We stopped at a Wendy's slash gas station. I got Spicey Chicken fillet combo. It was delicious. Soon we were back on the road again. It was about an hour later when Daniel had-pee-BAD. Joe took a bottle with Mellow Yellow in it and swished it back and forth in front of his face. Daniel A. laughed so hard he cried!!! It was pretty funny. Soon we passed over a cannel of water. That was pretty funny also. After fifteen minutes we stopped at a gas station and we all relieved ourselves. Once again we got in the van and headed out. Toward the Lacy started grinding my last nerve!!! She was talking about some show that was bad and I told her to please stop but she didn't listen. So I said please shut-up. So I yelled at her to shut-up. Soon Megan said Lacy and Annie can't talk til we get to the church. I shut my mouth til I got there unlike Lacy who talked. Mark Aaron met me at church and we picked up my bags and we went home.

Day 8:Leaving M-Fuge

On Friday morning everyone had to pack up and put stuff in the trailer so we could get on the road to get on home. Before we left we had our last Breakfast at camp. I had chopped up potatoes.Then we went to have individual pictures done next to this building where some water contraption was. Everyone was standing in line to get individuals. Daniel R. was up there when all of a sudden came a blast of water. It got everyone wet. I believe it had something to do with a prank pulled on Bryan W. earlier in the week. It was quite funny yet my whole backside got wet. So we all prayed with Bryan. Next we all piled into the car. This time I sat ALL the way in the back with Lacy and Gage. I got quite annoyed with them after a while. When I got annoyed with people I took my notebook and gently hit them(NOT). It hurt when I did it but it didn't leave any bruises or anything. I fell asleep after a while. I woke up to a rumble strip we were driving on. Mr. S opened the back door I mumbled "I am gonna hurt whoever just opened that door!!!" Then I looked back and saw Mr. S and said "What happened why is the door open?" Then I looked at the trailer tire and saw a completely limp,flat torn up tire. Soon a sheriff came and we drove half way in the grass up a down ramp.Once we got to a gas station the "guys" started looking at it and trying too get it off. It was REALLY rusted so it was quite difficult. The coolest thing is that some guy came by and gave us a tire that fit PERFECTLY!!! Some other people gave u some tools to get it off and a car jack Since all the middle schoolers were all bored we decided to go in the van to get some bolts for the tires. Lemme tell you,that is NOT a good idea!!! Three girls and few boys who have been cooped up in a fifteen passenger van for quite a few hours tend to start to get agitated with each other. I was SO close to hitting Lacy so hard with all my might it isn't even funny!!! Well there was no bolts so we went back to the gas station to find all the kids who stayed were cleaning up the parking lot!!! Eddie was the one who started cleaning,I was amazed. M-Fuge really must of made a BIG impact on his life I guess. So the lady who was there let us leave our trailer there. We unhooked it and we drove to the nearest EXIT. We found a Sleep Inn. John paid like ten dollars and no tax less than the original motel we were gonna use. So all of us got our over night bags and found our room. I was in a room with Donna and Megan. I took a shower. John ordered Pizza from Domino's because we hadn't had Dinner yet. I had Pepperoni pizza. Then I went to sleep on the floor again.

Day 7:At M-Fuge

Thursday was the official last day of M-Fuge.I woke up at my normal time.For breakfast I had chopped up potatoes, Then I went to Quiet Time and Biblestudy.It was all good. Next came "Send Off".Then we went over to our track sites for the last time.I had lots of fun hanging out with Rikki,Sergio,Fronze,Sandy and many,many more kids.I miss them already!!! But I figure I shouldn't be sad because I made an impact on them just by wanting to play with them. Most kids who are Spanish or African American don't like us white people because they think white people are rich and snotty. Who knows maybe I planted the seed of Salvation on them which someone else will come and help the reap a harvest!!! One girl asked me if she could have my name tag I said No but u can have these beads I got in a Send Of Celebration one night. So I gave them to her.For lunch we had ham with cheese,Lay's chips and kool-aid.Soon we headed back to camp.Some of the girls started to cry but I wasn't. I am not one to be touchy,feely.When we got back it was free time.For my free time I read my "Little Women" book and took another thirty-minute nap.For Dinner we had pizza,rice etc... It was all pretty good. Next we went back to our track rooms were we have Biiblestudy to fill out forms about how we liked camp and got each others screen names etc... Next came Worship. I found out that Joe had a crush on a girl in his track. He basically told me everything. Since Joe was afraid to ask Nicole (That is her name) he got Mark C. to ask for him.When Nicole said "Yeah" it wasn't exactly "No" or "Yes". Some how between Worship and Closing Joe found out Nicole really liked him too. So after Closing they got each other emails and addresses.We went to our dorm rooms,we prayed and then we went to bed. So ended our last day at M-Fuge

Day 6:At M-Fuge

On Wednesday I woke up at six-thirty. I did all the "stuff" I do before I go to breakfast. I went down to the Dining Hall with Sara,Donna and L.A.All I had for breakfast was cut up potatoes.Anyway I went to Quiet Time and Biblestudy. Nothing eventful happened during those activities.Next we went to our site.Sandy,Brandi and Rikki were there that day.We did the hop-hop--clap-forward-clap-back-stomp-right-foot-clap-behind-leg-clap-in-front of leg. We did good but not as well as yesterdays though.Then the kids started to go through the different areas.I did the art area.The kids made an undersea paper plate with blue surran wrap to make it all blue looking. The crafts turned out well but that paint and glue got all messy.Soon it was lunch time.Us "track peoples" has Bologna with cheese,Lay's chip and water.The sandwitchs tasted funky.Other than that it was all good.A while later the "Creative track" came and did a puppet show and sang some songs.After that Rikki,Brandi and I started playing our stomp game. Some of the "Creative track" people wanted to learn so we showed them.Sooner than it seemed we had to leave.Sandy asked if I was coming back tomorrow and I said "Yes!". I thought "Man,I am gonna miss her when I go home". So we went back to camp that we are not able to do "Mega Relay" because it was supposedly going to rain.Almost everyone went to their dorm rooms. I had to take a shower because my whole face was painted. El Stupido Drew scribbled on my pant s and legs. After I took my nice shower I read my last chapter of the first section of my "Little Women" book.After that I took a lovely thirty-minute nap.I woke up and had went down to the dining hall. I had pizza,chicken and broccoli with carrots.It was very good.We then went to Fellowship. Mark was the announcer dude. The whole show was quite funny. Then we went to our dorms,had our prayer thingie and went to bed.

Day 5:At M-Fuge

Once again on Tuesday I woke up at six-thirty. I think I started getting good at this whole getting up early idea!!! So I got ready ect.. Again I was the first one ready to get some breakfast.I had tatertots again. That was all I had.We did our Quiettime and Biblestudy. Then we went to "Send Off Celebration".That was great.So we went to our kids track area.I LOVED it so much!!! I REALLY enjoyed it to the fullest. This time for lunch we had turkey with mayonnaise,Lay's chip and oranges. It was ok. Soon it was time to go. Mark took us all to get a small Slurpee from 7Eleven. I got Darth Dew. It was great and I made sure to say "Thank-You" to Mark.Then we went back to camp. I helped drop off some stuff in theDining Hal. We were gonna go to the water park but we ran out of time. When I got to my dorm room I got dressed to go the beach. My first time all the way in the ocean was sort of scary cause the waves pull you in and to mention the nasty bad salt water that gets in yours eyes. The dumb seventh grade boys threw sand at me and I threw sand back.Somehow or another I got a cut on my knee cap. After an hour or so we went back to our dorms were I took a shower and got dressed to go to an out door mall called City place didn't like going there because it was very fancy. We went in this chocolate place were the boys from our Youth group played arm wrestling. Son we met the rest of out group at a water fountain. I found out that Nick and Taylor were caught jay-walking and then chased by security guards. They were caught though.So they were both is serious trouble with John.The weird thing is though that they had two different stories. Taylor made it sound like there wasn't even any police people!!! I personally think Nick was telling the truth.I ended up getting wet because Gage splashed me with some water from one of the fountain's. Then we all went back to our dorms. Us girls did our prayer thingie. Then we all went to sleep.

Day 4: At M-Fuge

Monday morning I woke up at six-thirty again. I did my normal "Get dressed and ready routine". Of course once again I was the first one ready to go!!! I got to wake up Donna and Sara. I tried to get Alexa to come wake them up because that is what they did to her the day before.I went into Sara and Donna's room and yelled "WAKE UP!!!". Then they both yelled at me.Alexa got there too late so she didn't get the pleasure of waking the happy campers up. After a while all of us went to get Breakfast.I had chopped up potatoes and a bagel with cream cheese.So next came Quiet Time and Biblestudy.Both were awesome. After all of that we went to "Send Off Celebration".We sang songs and prayed.Our track leader Mark jay-walked us to our bus. Apparently school buses don't have AC but o well.It took us about fifteen minutes to get there. First thing I saw of the church was a white building,rod iron gate and a sign written in Spanish and in English. So when we got in the church itself I smelt something smelly. It smelt kinda like mold but I figure is wansn't all that bad after a while.While I was there I learned some names for the rest of the week. Here are the ones I remember" Rikki,Laura,Edward,Shela, Brandi,Fronze,Sergio,Terek and Tyler.The kid I got along most with was Rikki. She was about my age and she was fun. I learned a stomp step from her and her friends. Here is how it goes:clap-front-clap-back-right-foot-stomp,clap-behind-leg-clap-in-front-of-leg. I said I would practice that step and maybe learn a new one the day after.Soon it was lunch. We had cheese and ham candidacy,law's Chips,apples and water. The water was good and so were the chips but the candidacy tasted kinda funny. Other than that everything went well. Then all of us went back to camp to have free time. I spent mine taking a nice hot shower and then read a book in the lounge. Then I walked down to Dinner where I had breaded chicken,chicken pot-pie and potatoes & onions. I liked everything.I thought we were gonna have our pictures taken for our group but because it was raining they cancelled. Next came Worship. Daniel P. fell asleep during Worship and I could hardly keep my eyes open during the sermon. Next we played a game called "The Apprentice".We played games to win points. We didn't win but you could get ice cream afterward though. There was a long line so I didn't get any. I came back to the dorm room. After a few minutes we prayed again. Then we all went back to our rooms and went to bed

Day 3:At M-Fuge

At six-thirty on Sunday I was awaken by no body.I literally woke up at six-thirty by myself!!!. I was dressed and ready to go.Of course I was the ONLY one ready to go. About seven o'clock we all went to down to eat Breakfast. I had tater-tots and a piece if French toast. It was all good. Next came quiet time in our track room.I did everything like I was supposed to.Afetr Quiet Time came Biblestudy. Some of the girls dabbled in my some trouble. We played a few games. Then we went to Worship, it wasn't long though because the people were having "sound-difficulties".So a few minutes later we went to a training class which taught us how to tell a kids about Christ and the Roman road escheat...Back to the Dining hall we walked to get lunch. Daniel P. and the PYCr's (Paint,Yardwork,construction) started yelling "PYC Whoohaa". It was VERY LOUD!!! I had pizza and an egg roll. Lunch was also good.Once we went to Worship. The sermon was about how the Lord is our Shepard and stuff. I enjoyed myself. After about an hour in Worship everyone cam back together with their church's for church bible studies. John did an so wicked awesome job.Kaitlin,Donna,Sara,L.A and I went to see "Open Mic-Night".We sat there for a half minute watching a girl sing mournfully "Old MicDonald Had a Farm".It was a waste of a half minute but wahteva. All of us were bored so we left and went to the M-Fuge store.I didn't buy anything though. I REALLY wanted to go back to our dorm. So Donna and Kaitlin took me We got there and L.A weren't there. It was about eleven forty-eight so we were worried that they were gonna get locked out. Luckily for them they were able to get in. Well after a while I got my PJ's on. All the girls met in Megan's and L.A's dorm room to have a prayer time.Then all of us went back to our dorm rooms.

Day 2:Traveling to M-Fuge/At M-Fuge

On Saturday I woke up to a cold hotel room. I got up and got dressed. Soon everyone was out the door.Then we piled into the two vans.We stopped at McDonald's for lunch but I didn't get anything due to the fact I don't really like McDonald's breakfast food.So anyway John A. drove for at least three ours. Son "Mr.-I-Gotta-Pee-Eric" had to go really bad.I think Eric has a bladder the size of a peanut.We stopped at a gas station because the windshield wipers on the other van weren't working which didn't help much because it was raining.So Mr.S and Mr.A tried to fix it.While they were working on that everyone went to McDonald's again for Lunch.It took FOREVER to get my food. I ended up having to eat my food in the van. A few hours later we stopped again to pick up Taylor,Alexa's cousin who was coming to M-Fuge with us.Once again we started back on the road. Sooner than it seemed we entered West Palm Beach.It was quite fun during the torrential down poor of rain as we drove!!!We then got out and went into a building where we watched a video about the rules. It was kinda funny. Afterward we had to carry our luggage to our dorms. Well right about this time it started to rain. It was weirdly fun drudging through the rain with a heavy duffel-bag. I ended up "rooming" with Tammy.We went to Worship were we sang songs and heard a guy named Brian preach. We then all went back to our dorms. Next we went to our track groups. I got the "Kids" track that I wanted. I learned everyone's name ext...After about an hour we went back to Worship. Were we sang more songs,watched a skit and prayed.Due to the torrential down poor of earlier I went to get my back-pack,overnight bag and my CD's out of the van.Ten I went down stairs to the lounge place to take pictures of girls from our Youth Group playing pool.After a while I got bored and came back up to my room.Then I went to sleep

Day 1:Trip to M-Fuge

A Friday ago at three o'clock our Youth Group started our trip to West-Palm Beach,Flordia.Right away we had the music blasting and a million conversations going on at one time.This is what the seating arrangements were: John A. was driving,Tammy in the co-Pilate seat,I sat by the window with Daniel P. and his girlfriend Leslee next to me. Behind us were Mark C,Daniel A. and Ashley.Next was Eric,Joe and Gage.In the WAY back sat Kacey,Lacey and Megan. Anyway we sat in the car for a long time. When it became five o'clock we stopped at Wendy's to have Dinner.I ate Spicey chicken fillet combo/I can't really think of a ton of stuff that happened but here is one thing. I was drinking some Gatorade out of a bottle when someone said something funny. So I thought I was going to swallow then laugh but I laughed first. I spewed a mouth full of Gatorade on the people on the front seat with me and the people driving and co-piloting. It was quite embarrassing. After many hours in the rental van we finally got to our hotel. I was in a room with Donna,Sara and Megan. I slept on the floor near the AC.Megan slept in a bed by herself and Sara and Donna shared a bed. So ended the first half of our traveling experiences.

FUZED

Mom,Dad,Mark,John Russel and Jamie dropped me off my dance friend Elizabeth's church. When I stepped out of the car there was Elizabeth and my other dance friend Kaylyn (AKA Bubbles) next to her. Then we went inside the churchand I signed up to win a door prize. While signing up I met Daniel P's girlfriend apon which I found out she goes to that church. Finally the people incharge opened the doors and we all went in. Som eof the people were setting off blow horns and coffeti thingies. I followed Bubbles and Elizabeth to the third row were we sat down. After a few minutes they gave out the door prizes. Elizabeth won a bucket full of 120 pieces of Dubble Bubble gum. Soon after we sang some songs. I don't think I knew any of them but I sang anyway. A few songs later we sat down again. I believe we listened to a guy talk for about thirty minutes. Awhile after that we sang three songs I actually knew. The ONLY wrost part of the whole singing was that the music was REALlY pumped up and it hurt my ears because in one patr the speaker squeeked VERY loudly!!! Then we dismissed to have Domino's pizza. While waiting in the line I saw Andrew F. but for some odd reason I called out "Hi,Andrew R.". You see we have two different Andrews at our church,it can be very confusing. Anyway I corrected myselfafter sayin that. A few minutes later I got two pepporoni pizzas and went to sit outside with Elizabeth and Bubbles. We talked and stuff. My MOm came and picked me up and we went home.

My First Day Back to Youth Group

This afetrnoon at six thirtish I was able to go to Youth Group due to the fact AWANA is over.I am so relieved to no longer have my "Challenge" to deal with yet his older brother is moving up to Youth in a week (tear,tear,sniffle,snifflle). John told us to move the couchs so we did. So anyway,in the start of Youth we played this game where you had a balloon on a string tied to your ankle. Ever one else did also. You had to try to pop everyone elses balloon without yours getting popped. I am not a "Sporty" type so right when the game started my balloon got popped.It was the greatest fun watching the other guys and girls run around yo pop each others balloon with such great force of want. After that arrousing game we moved the couchs back into place. John said to get our Fuel notebooks. He said if you don't have a notebook,get a blank one from the back. So since I didn't I got one.Then we watched this sorta funny,stupid movie. It was oddly funny (almost like how my little brother likes Spongebob cause it is stupid). A little while later John talked about the movie, read stuff from the Bible and filled in the blanks to the sentances on a sheet of paper. Afterward I got a piece of paper and made a sign "Layla's Fuel Notebook" for my Fuel notebook. Of course Layla insant my name but Layla means Persian:night child. I am a night owl and stay up very late!!! I also like the name Azura cause it means blue sky. I may make a new sign that says "Azura's Fuel Notebook". Then Mom,Jamie and I went home in Izzie.

End of the School Year Party 2005

This afternoon at five thirty Jamie,Mom,Dad and I went to SCBC for the Annual End of the School Year Party. When we got there right away we saw all the boys Jamie's age were goofing off in front of the Brick Building. After a few minutes we all went in. Of course there was the nine girls who giggle and draw on the white board,the eight or so boys who play outside,the little babies,the adults who talk the whole time and little old me bored out of my mind. I casually glanced over at the food table,I noticed that most of the stuff on the table was "organic and natural". Literally most of the stuff there was potato salad,"organic potato chips,"organic ketchup and some baked potatoes. Lucky for me they had hot dogs and bbq. A few ladies wouldn't eat the ketchup because it had sugar in it. Gawwly,it is ONLY a little sugar for crying out loud!!! Like the WHOLE Co-op group are ALL "into" Organic and natural. I mean it is good in some ways but when you refuse ketchup because it has a tad bit of sugar,does anyone agree with me that is a tad bit too much??? People like that just make me wanna scream at times. Anyway,Mr. O prayed over the food. Everyone then ate some food. I personally didn't have much of a selection though. So I ate,I sat on my butt tried to read a book but I couldn't. After few hours we all went home.

Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants

This afternoon at three fifteen my Mom and I went to see "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants" at the Commonwealth 20. We first got a big tub of popcorn (which we half devoured before the movie even started),Buncha crunch,bottled water and Diet Pepsi. After we stopped at the concession stand we went straight to the theatre. Mom and I sat almost at the very top. Anyway,we saw a bunch of commercials but not a lot of them looked that good. One thing I noticed was that there is going to be a lot of G rated movies so I guess that will better.So after the commercials came the actual movie. Lemme tell you all one thing "DON'T,may I repeat DON'T bring your little brothers,older brother,Dads or any males for that fact. This movie is strictly a "Chic flik". Any boys or men who would go would have to watch some "Manly Man" type of shoot um up movie after all that girly stuff. If you are looking for a good cry,romance and some laughs you should see The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. Make sure that you don't drink a lot of liquids during this movie because you are going to have to go the bathroom during the last half hour of it. Trust me,just lay off the drinks toward the last half hour. All in all this movie was decent and quite clean except the characters said "grass" without the gr a lot. So other than that a few scenes that only girls would understand it was pretty much "All Good".

Teachers & Helpers BBQ

Yesterday afternoon at three thirty Mom,Jamie,Dad,Mark and I went to the S's house in Powatan for the Teachers & Helpers BBQ. It took a long time to get there because Powatan is a rural area. We had to stop at a gas station because we were almost out and because my Mom was worry warting over if we would get there and back without enough gas. When we finally got there I saw the S's and some other S's. While we waited for people to arrive Dad and I decorated the four wheeler and the wagon hooked on the back with red,white and blue streamer thingies. After a while a TON of people showed up at one time. These are the people who were there the M's,S's,S's,VDH's and a lot more whose names I don't know.Right away a bunch of boys started playing kick ball in the S's very BIG front yard with nice beautiful green grass.I myself hung out with Kendall,Charlotte,Katie,Sara,Aleisha and a few more girls. Soon the hay "ride" started. Mr. S's drove us down the road and into a cul-da-sec and then drove us back down right into their driveway.It was pretty fun.I tried to play kick ball but I never got to kick the ball because the kids who were thought I was bad at kick or doing anything as a matter of fact. I HATE when they do that,I am not a complete wimp like Adam. I do take dance and work out sometimes for crying out loud!!! Anyway,after a few minutes it was time to eat. Mr. S blessed the food then everyone there digged in. I got some yummy pork BBQ chips and some noodle salad junk. For desert I had a red,white and blue cupcake,delicious chocolate fudge. All of it was pretty good. Soon after eating I saw Ali playing Barbie's on the S's front porch. I walked over there and saw Andrew R playing too. I started showing Ali dresses for the Barbie to see if she wanted to put them it. Andrew R jammed his finger so that is why he was sitting there. After playing with Ali I went over and tried to make bubbles with big wands but most of the solution was gone. Soon the party was over and people were leaving. I went inside to help Mrs. S. I got to see Katie's room which is SO CUTE!!! The S's have a hamster named John,who has the coolest cage for him. It is basically a BIG hamster wheel inclosed. It is pretty neat. Mark was dying to go home so I hurriedly walked to the car. After that we al went home.

AI (No it doesn't mean Alan Iverson)

So ya,Carrie Underwood won American Idol I screamed really loud when Seacrest announced it. My Mom and I have been hoping Carrie would win all season and she did!!! Underwood is a way better singer than Bo Bice any day. Personally I think Vonzell should have been in the top two but whateva. When I watched Carrie Underwood sing "Independence Day" I got goosebumps on the spot on the back of my head when I hear someone sing really good.I told my Mom when Carrie's CD comes out we are going to have to get two of them because my Mom will want to listen to it ALL the time so we should have our separate CDs.

Star Wars:Revenge of the Sith

This afternoon my family and I saw the latest saga of Star Wars. The WHOLE movie was nothing but high intense fighting scenes except for the end when things were quiet and solemn. Most of the stuff that was revealed was stuff that I already knew was going to happen. Most of the scenes I couldn't stand to watch. Personally the rating should have been more than PG 13 due to VERY graphic violence. It wasn't that awful,just a little nasty and scary in a few parts.I am not going to expose any of the discoveries that happened in the movie incase anyone reading this Blog hasn't seen it yet. Other than a lot of intense fight scenes the movie was well made with so wicked awesome backdrops,great sound affects and to mention the neat costumes. All and all they wrapped up the whole giant saga of Star Wars. My Dad believes that they need to make three more movies because "When did The Sith die?". I guess everyone will have to see if they are going to make anymore.

Dance Recital 2005

Today at five fifteen Mom,Dad Jamie and I went to the school for down the road for my Dance Recital. My Dad dropped Mom and I off at the door. We took the makeup bag,costume bag,shoes bag and my backpack filled with books and my CD player. Anyway when we got in the school there was a humonngous line to get in the auditorium. Then we went in the dressing room which is called "The Commens". I hate where they put us to change because convienatly there is a BIG window right where that area is!!! My class and a few others were smart enough to change in the bathroom.Our first dance was "Blue Satin". I was a little nervous but we did quite well and nothing went wrong this time. Next came Pointe. Apon which when I went to do the last esshapay I wasn't able to because my ankle felt like it was going to collapse again. Other than that Pointe was ok. Along came Ballet. Our WHOLE class was backstage the WHOLE time of "Sleeping Beauty" except when we FINALlY danced at the end. While we were standing there I noticed that there was sparkles on the steps backstage from where Patrick dumped some by accident. I showed Amanda,she had the great idea of putting the sparkles on her hands and the rubbing her hand on her arms. Next thing I new we all had sparkles on. Another thing that happened was Bianca said she was sorry for being to mean to me during Pointe. I was speechless but then I regained and said "o ok thanks". One bad thing that happened during "Sleeping Beauty" was the girl who played both head Faerie and a girlfriend tripped and tore the bottom half of her dress. When she came off she looked down the ribbon piece was gone at the bottom. Almost the whole rest of the production she cried. She even cried while dancing, yes she thought it was that bad. Everyone I talked to said they didn't see her fall. When she came off of the stage Mrs. Mary told her how unprofessional it was to be crying even when you messed up. Another not so good yet funny thing happened: one girl who was a girlfriend danced with her outfit on backwards!!! She was laughing and so was every one else. Ok back to our dance, we did very well. Next came Jazz. We ROCKED!!! All of us did so wicked awesome. It was the BEST we have EVERY done!!! I was very confident in doing it along with every other dance. Soon came the end where they play "We Are Family",gove JEMS awards and we all go home. I went home with Mom,Jaime and Ellen (my Mom;'s friend who came to watch me dance" because my Dad had already went to work.

Dance Dress Rehearsal 2005

This afternoon around four o'clock Mom and I went to the school down the road for Dance Dress Rehearsal. When we got there we saw no one we knew. So we sat down and waited. A few minutes later came Elizabeth. A little while later came Kaylyn,Laura and Amanda. Soon everyone filed into the auditorium where the recital is. After a few dances came Tap. Laura was very nervous so was Kaylyn. I was nervous but not so much I was shaking or anything. Tap went well but towards the end of the song it messed up to we kept on dancing without any music. Afterward Mr. Chris was like "It is al my fault". He was joking though. Next came Pointe. It was AWFUL!!! I went to do esshapay and my left ankle did the "roll out number". I thought I sprained it but when I started walking on it I noticed it felt alright. Next bad thing that happened was when we were doing another esshapay my shoes on my right foot came half way off. Then after those sorta bad incidence came our Ballet. The Ballet went well except that we couldn't hear our music very well. At the end of the Ballet my hand started shaking and wouldn't stop like when you are nervous (which I was). Next was Jazz. Jazz is the dance I am most comfortable with. I know what I need to do and I do it well. We all did AWESOME. Then came comments from the teachers. Our class didn't get hardly any. Sooner than it seemed we all went home. Tomorrow is The Recital!!!

Ballet Rehearsal 2005

Yesterday afternoon around three o'clock my Mom took me to the school down the road again for my Ballet rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty. My classes number is close to the last dance seen in the story. We are nymphs who lead Prince Charming to Sleeping Beauty along with the Head Fairy as a guide while we dance. The funniest part was when the people in the music thingie ma bob couldn't get our music right so we had to walk off and on stage about three times. Finally we were able to our dance!!! The worst part is that we only have a little bit of stage to dance on because the backdrop for all of the other acts are in the palace. So we all found out that we are dancing in a space like the one in the studio. It isn't horrible but it looks weird and we can't see the X in the middle of the stage due to the fact the curtain is covering it up. Mrs. Jessica said that she going to make a new X that we can see thank goodness!!! So we did the curtain call,bowed etc.. Then teachers commented on some stuff. After a few minutes everyone went home

Car Wash

Last Saturday my church Youth Group had a car wash in the Wal-Mart parking lot. When I got there,there was already kid and some adults there from the morning shift of the car wash. Right away I got a rag and started washing a car. I soon found out that you had to rinse the car with water,clean the car with the soap,so the tires and then rinse all that off. A while later I started to get the routine of things. Mrs. F was always telling someone to get something or clean something. So I playfully started calling her Sergeant F. A hour later the seventh grade boys started playing around by taking sponges fully loaded with suds and water and flinging them at the kids working There was two older girls who were helping,they were wearing jeans. I mean who in the world wears jeans to a car wash?!?! I guess they didn't know that jeans soak up water and then they stick to you. Eric for some odd reason decided to put suds on his face so he would look like Santa Clause. I asked him if he knew where those suds had been "He said in the bucket". I was thinking more on the alines of "In dirty water where germs are floating but whateva". Also I was thinking sooner or later one of these boy s are going to get some soap in their eyes because they are messing around. It was funny when Eric started complaining to his Mom that he had soap in his eye. Eric's Mom said "I have no sympathy at all to you because you got soap in your eyes due to the fact That you put suds on your face". I was sing that song called "I Told You So Nany-Nany-Boo,Boo". A little while later John gave some of those mischevious boys a bucket to go "beg" at the front of Wal-Mart. It technically wasn't begging,just standing there asking for donations so we can go to M-Fuge. The "begging" boys raked in about fifty bucks. Those of us who were washing cars made about 1,000 some buckaroos.

Tap,Point and Jazz Rehearsal 2005

Today around three o'clock my Mom dropped me off at the school down the road from us. When I stepped out of the car I saw Elizabeth and Emily immediately. I ran over to them both to find that Emily was going to call Amanda (her sister who is in our Ballet dance) to tell her that we weren't doing the "Big Ballet Production" and that it is going to be on Wednesday NOT today. When Amanda showed up Elizabeth and Emily told her the new she was said "O'well" and went home. After a few seconds Laura came and Kaylyn. By this time it was time to go in the auditorium. Our first number is "Satin Doll" which is Tap. It is an old song like the ones you hear in those old black and white movies. I did well but I kept looking at the teachers below the stage instead of out at the crowd. So it made me look like I was looking at the floor. Next came the Pointe which only Elizabeth,I and a bunch of other girls. I SERIOUSLY don't know what the song is called because Mr. Chris didn't tell us. Well I thought I did pretty well. Right after our Pointe Elizabeth and I had to hurriedly get our pointe shoes off because we literally have ONLY one song to change costumes and shoes. Our Jazz dance is "Rhythm Nation". Personally think I did ok but Mrs. Christy said we needed to be in the middle of the stage by looking at the star in the middle of the stage. Other than that we all did great. After a few more songs we all left to go home

It's Finally Over!!! 2005

Around two thirty Jamie,Mom,Dad and I went to Mrs. P's house for Jamie and I's BIG test. When we got there Jamie had to take his test first because he was going to see the Busch Race right afterward. I have vowed that I shall get to go first next year because since first grade it had been either Jamie or Mark going before . Then I would be stuck going last,which is quite gut wrenching since the BIG test is important. Jamie took about thirty minutes surprisingly enough because normally it is supposed to take an hour. Those thirty minutes went by very fast while Jamie was in there because I was spending my time reading my book. Anyway right when Jamie came out it was my turn. It actually wasn't too bad this. I wasn't nervous at all due to the fact I knew what I was confident. We did the normal Math first which was easy,spelling which was sort of easy,reading was VERY easy and some other stuff that was pretty easy too. After thirty minutes or so I was finished. Jamie,Dad and Mark left to go to the race after Mrs. P talked to Dad,Mom,Jamie and I. I graded well on everything and I am OFFICIALLY a eighth grader now!!! Since the "boys" are out tonight Mom and I have decided to do some partying ourselves. My Mom wanted to go out and shop and eat at resturaunt but I am one of those girls who likes hanging out and gorging myself on junkfood with her Mom. Anyway I ended up winning: Mom got Pizza Hut pizza,Coolers Ranch Doritos,Guacamole Doritos,Cheetos,Strawberry Propel Fitness water and MAYBE some Ben&Jerry ice cream. So when it becomes eight o'clock Mom and I are going to watch the race,eat lots of yummy food and maybe get to see my Dad and brothers on the TV if we are lucky!!!

Sewing Class & The Last Day Of Dance

Around twelve thirty Mom and I went to Mrs. L's for sewing class. We cut out the fabric and sewed the pockets. The WHOLE TIME lil'-miss Maggie was yelling her head off saying "Pick me up Mommy,pick me up". My loving Mother kept trying to help me cut or sew. It isn't like I don't appreciate her trying to help but I really want to do it by myself. I feel sorry for some of those kids in my Sewing group who have their Mothers yelling at them for not doing it right. I personally like doing it myself not with my Mom doing it for me, like some of the kids in the class. Anyway the WHOLE time Maggie was screaming and Maggie's Mom was yelling at her. Maggie was a LOAD of aggravation. I am the oldest in our group, I guess my maturity level is higher or their are lower. After a few hours it was time for dance And I got dressed in the L's bathroom. Mrs. L let my Mom and I have some cake. We took it with us so I could get to dance on time. While in the car I noticed that my reading glasses weren't in the car with us. I figured out I had left them at the L's. My Mother started giving me the "Annie,you REALLY need to wear those reading glasses All the time. That way you won't loose them!!!"

Anyway my Mom dropped me off and gave me the money to give to the Linda (The lady in Mrs. Jessica's office) the money for Ballet during the Summer. I am so happy due to the fact that the teacher is Mr. Chris. Mrs. Jessica was gone so Mrs. S taught our Ballet class. I REALLY like when Mrs. S substitutes because she makes Ballet way fun than Mrs. Jessica. After Ballet came Tap.In Tap we did our warm up,did our Tap dance twice and then we did a test kind of thing. We had to think of a step that only had one sound then two sounds etc... The came Jazz. My FAVORITE class of all (Mr. Chris's class is second). We did our Jazz dance twice and then did our Lyrical. I REALLY like Lyrical REALLY badly!!! I REALLY want to do it but I might not be able to do it due to the fact most of the people who do Lyrical are all JEMS. So I will just have to wait and see. Then we did our dance one more time. So ended our last day of dance and the last day of having Emily in it with us (*tear,tear,sniffle,sniffle*). We are all gonna miss her real bad.

Last Day Of Pointe Class & My Challenge

Today was the last day of Pointe. I was a little late but the wierdest thing of all is that when I walked in the studio Mr. Chris said "Hello Annie Cook". I was wondering why in the world he called me that because he calls another girl in my class "Cookie" because that is her last name "Cook". I never did figure out why he called me that almost the whole class time. Well first Trias got some paper towels and Mr. Chris put some water on the towels so we could put the tip of our shoes so we wouldn't slip. Then we did the normal sixth position,pleea,pleea,roll all the way up on your toe,pleea,pleea and roll all the way down. Of course we did a lot more barre work. I noticed that this girl named Bianca was glaring at me almost the whole time. She has been doing that for the past few weeks which I can't quite figure out why though. When we did groups at Barre Bianca was talking to Brittany G about something I was standing near where they were talking and after that Bianca said "Don't talk in on conversations you aren't invited to". O and to mention after she said that she blocked me off and kept talking. By then my blood was boiling but I cooled down. After a while we did our Pointe dance. We did it a few times. All apon which Mr. Chris told me I need to get up on Pointe. The last time Mr. Chris critiqued us he said "That was very good better that any other time we have done it today. Then Little-Miss-Thinks-She-Knows-It-All Bianca said "Some of us didn't *cough,cough". O ya now we are talking blood curdling wanting to scream kind of aggravation. Yes, I know that I have a bad habit of getting in on conversations that I wasn't a part of in the beginning but I don't think I did it all that much. Next year I might be able to do Lyrical instead of Pointe. So that was just the beginning of my aggravation.

Later at AWANA during handbook time Nicolas said "I have to go to the bathroom". So I said he could. Well unknown to my knowledge he took his book and went down the Fellowship Hall where he meets his Dad to be picked up. I started getting worried when he was gone for five minutes or so. Finally someone told me he was down at the Fellowship Hall. I told Mrs. S went down there and get Nicolas and bring him back and talk to him. So Nicolas said "I will not disobey my Dad,I am doing what he wants me to do". I responded with " You lied straight to my face". Nicolas didn't care. Nicolas continues with his Know-It-All personality. There is a pick up room right next to the room were we do our sections but his Dad said he wanted to pick him up at the Fellowship Hall because his brother Marco was there along with Sofia but Nicolas and his brother Chris are on the other side of the building. It gets me very angry because if I did what he did this afternoon when I was his age I would have gotten in deep trouble and gotten a spanking. I keep saying to myself "Two more weeks,two more weeks of this challenge" I will seriously doing a happy dance at the end of the AWANA.

Piano Recital and Last First Friday

Yesterday afternoon I had my Piano Recital.We got there a tad bit late because my Dad went a different way to get to the place where the recital was being held. Anyway we snuck in quietly and sat in the very back row. After a few pieces were played it was my turn to play. I played "Great Is The Lord" by Michael W. Smith. Normally I would have tried to play it a tad bit slower but something called agrenaline kicked in and I played it in like ten seconds. Then Mrs. M gave me a medal with "Music" with real music notes in the background with my name and year at the bottom. So then I sat down next to Jamie. Well that was a mistake Jamie started annoying me so I move Mom's purse and camera so I could sit by her instead of Jamie. Anyway after a few more pieces of music were played . Then came the best part "The reception". There was Chic-fl-a chicken nuggets,fruit,cake,cookies and chips and dip. It was all good!!! Then after we chatted with the some people we went to church for First Friday. I will probably will have to explain First Friday so here it goes: "First Friday is on the first Friday of the month,we play board games and stuff". Anyway this time no one shoed up so we packed up all the chips and soft drinks and went home. We might have First Friday during the Fall but since no one showed up and there wasn't much participants when there was people. Yesterday might have been our Last First Friday.

So Sore

My left ankle,both shoulder blades,the back of my neck,butt bone and the top of my head is soo sore!!! First of all my shoulders were already hurting due to the fact I slept the night before with my arms above my head for some odd reason. During Jazz class yesterday we did a Lyrical combination to the song of "The Voice Within". Anyway a part of the combo you have to arabesk and then roll into a tumble and end up on my rear end with your right leg extended with your left leg bent. We went over the move like a dozen times on the gym mats. Then when we did it without the mats. It wasn't too bad until this morning when almost my whole body hurt. I am hoping that my Mom will go to the Wal-Greens down the street and get me a Icey-Hot patch for my shoulders and ankle!!!

Hancock Fabric's

This afternoon Mom,Jamie and I picked up Sandra and Sarah from there house in our car. Then my Mom drove to Hancock Fabric's. When I stepped into the store all I saw was fabric apon fabric. There was cotton fabric,silk fabric,fluffy fabric,sparkly fabric,see through fabric and anymore fabric you can think of. Stephanie (our classes sewing teacher) was already there.By this time it was just Sandra,Sarah,Stephanie's sister and me. So we all went to the place where they had patterns. They had one whole table full of magazines with costumes patterns,aprons patterns,shirts ties patterns etc.. The Mrs. L and her daughter Chelsea arrives late along with another lady with three of her kids. So Stephanie showed us how to find the patterns. Then we went down to the one-hundred percent cotton area. This is where we found fabric to make our aprons. I got a light blue backround with clouds fabric,Sarah got black backround with rainbow stars and Sandra got a pink and silver dragon backround with Japanese anime girls with blond hair sitting in different positions with summer dresses on. After we found our fabric things started getting CRAZY. Some people wanted trim others didn't,a little girl by the name of Maggie started screaming her head off and running every where while her Mother was yelling at her to come back with Sandra ,Sarah and some of the other girls running after her none stop. I am the oldest girl in my sewing class. I personally all of the craziness was a tad bit immature. So this immatureness lasted about twenty minutes. I sat on a bench half the time because I finished so quickly and because my head was throbbing with pain. During all of this my Mom and Jamie were delivering a dinner to Mrs. M. who has cancer (please pray that she will get better!!!). Anyway finally when my Mom arrived I was about to scream so we paid what we needed to pay and left,dropped of Sandra & Sarah then we went home.

Scott Smith: The Bestest Speaker Dude

At 6:15 Jamie,Mom and I went to hear Scott Smith speak a sermon at SCBC. When we got there the place was already packed with people talking and laughing. On the way up to where we were sitting I saw Jesse or was it Josh(See they are identical twins and they are hard to tell apart)? I saw a bunch of other people but I probably wouldn't be able to name them all!!! Anyway we sat down where Mrs. O saved us some seats. Finally Mrs. O along with her daughter came and sat next to us. Lauren ( who is five) sat in my lap most of the time and I sat by my Mom while she was sitting next to me Mrs. O was sitting on her other side.Then the whole congregation sang three or more songs. Lauren stood up on the pew so she could see and so I think so she would be able to play with my hair. Soon after we sang we sat down and listened to the choir sing "Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord". If there was a contest between BPBC's choir and SCBC"s choir,SCBC would DEFINITELY blow us out of the water!!! I think my church's choir needs some lady's who aren't in the highest key you could hit. Personally I think most of the lady's in our choir except for a few here in there, have a seriously high pitched singing voice. Anyway after the choir sang the lead singer dude asked the people who are members of SCBC to stand just to see who was not so that SCBC people could greet them. I absolutely hate when they do stuff like that cause it makes me wish I was back there and not where I am but o'well God is in the details. Soon afterward we sang a song and sat down. Of course we prayed before we heard the preaching. Then Scott Smith started preaching. Normally I wouldn't enjoy listening to a preacher and just sit there and be bored but Scott Smith makes his sermon's funny and interesting!!! Mr. Smith spoke about giving of money to church. It was very good and it was pretty funny. Towards the last half hour Lauren's head ended up resting in my lap asleep. I seriously don't think I could sleep through Scott Smith's sermons. They are always so funny and awfully loud at times!!! So anyway when Mr. O needed to get out of the pew she had to climb over my legs because I couldn't move my legs from the bottom of the pew in front of me due to the fact that I didn't want to wake up Lauren. By the last song I was praying that we would finish soon because my butt was getting numb all to the fact I was sitting in a certain position for like a half hour. Although that happened I still enjoyed it all. After the service I saw Kimmie (My BFF). We talked together for a while, I met her Youth Pastor who was very nice. Sooner than it seemed I had to go home. I was sort of sad when I got home due to the fact that I missed "Extreme Home Makeover How'd They Do That" but I guess it is better to be at Church than to be vegetating in front of the TV.

Washington DC

Today at five o'clock in the morning Dad,Mom,Jamie and I had to get so we could all get ready to go to the church. So we all piled into Tightsqueeze car and went to church except that we made a little detour so we could get a twelve pack of doughnuts at Doughnut Connection. So we got to the church on time, got on the "luxury" bus that was taking to Washington DC. I got stuck sitting in the back of the bus with a boy (whose name I don't know). This boy was quite a few years older than me and his butt took up half of my seat and all of his. So I was squished in the corner listening to my CD player. Once they guy driving the bus started it up and driving all the little kids squealed and the slightly older ones started running up and down the isle to see how they could walk while the bus was moving. Another thing they experimented with was the bathroom in the very back of the bus. EVERY like two minutes a kid would go in there just to stand in there to see how it felt. Anyway, after a while things settled down. The "normal" trouble makers all sat in the back and of course the father that thinks that kids will actually listen to him when he talks very low and quite who tries to make those trouble makers stop what they are doing. Since we were riding in a "luxury" bus there was no belt buckle and you could stand up while the bus was moving so when I got tired of sitting next to the boy with the big butt I got up and walked a little. Finally after two whole hours of baby screaming and children yelling we made it to DC. The first place we walked to was the statues near the Reflection Pool. The statues were green like moss because of how they rust. After that we walked the Botanical Gardens. Let me say that I haven't been so amazed with plants in my life.
Like there was a whole room that had a array of Rainforest plants and trees,and I am not talking shrubs and pots either, The whole room looked like a Rainforest!!!!I think we spent at least an hour there.Then we walked on the steps of the Capitol Building. The view was like on the TV except better!!! After that we walked to The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is so wicked awesome!!! Like the whole building is made of marble and the best artwork I have EVER seen in my life. They had murals that depicted good and bad leadership,beautiful stonework and mosaic pictures.
When we went into the Library I was awestruck if my jaw to the floor it would have. There us like three different levels of JUST books. Every single type of Dictionary,Thresaurs,Adventure,Action,Mystery.One bad thing is,is that the "special" librarian's can look at them except if you get some kind of designated pass apon which you can read a book in their one of a many reading rooms. By the time we finished up the tour we were all VERY hungry so we took a tunnel underneath the Jefferson Building to the Madison Building where we went upstairs and got a very yummy lunch at the Cafeteria. I had chicken nuggets with bbq sauce,mozzarella sticks,chicken with rice,mashed potatoes,broccoli soup and Red Gatorade. It was muy delishioso!!! When we were finished with lunch we went to American Indian museum. What stunk was that we couldn't bring our drinks in there so we had to throw them away but o well. We didn't really look and read a lot of the stuff there because we were in a rush to get to the Air & Space museum. After the American Indian museum we walked very fastly to Air & Space museum. Air & Space is another "jaw dropping" museum. It had actual rockets standing up,Air tropghies,a simulation airplane and an Imax Dome Space 3-d. It was so kool!!! After an hour we more hurriedly went to the Smithsonian Castle. The only reason we went there was because my Dad wanted to see the architecture. Behind the castle was a Zen like garden with circles overlapping circles on a bridge over the pond. Then we had to go back to the Nature museum so get back on our bus. So for an hour I did everything without shoes on inside the bus because my feet hurt so bad!!! Sixty minutes later we went to a Burger King while some other went to McDonald's. I got Chicken Whopper,it tasted ok. Thirty minutes later we were back on the road. The last few minutes were bad because 1. The two girls behind me were like "can you lower your music?" but I wasn't sure if they ment my singing or my music so i jsut said "Sorry!" anmd turned it down a few notches 2.A lady was talking to another lady and I said "excuse me "but she didn't moved so I tried to squeeze by her but we bumped butts and the the lady said "Excuse you" I said "Sorry!" 3.After bumping butts with a lady I knocked my hand on the back of a guy's head and of course I said 'sorry". By then it was time to get all of our stuff off the bus and go home except for us because we had to stay for a business meeting at church. I just played the Piano in the sanctuary. Then finally we all went home!!!

Dirt,Dirt,Glorious Dirt

Normally on Saturdays I would be watching tv,riding my bike or reading but today was different. Today I had the "privilege" of messing around in the dirt. Mark,Dad and I went in Mark's truck to rent a road-a-tiller from Home Depo. So we went to Home Depo (which is a few minutes away) and rented the biggest tiller in the whole place. Then my Dad did the paper work for it while Mark got his truck to the rental part Home Depo. Maybe after two or three minutes we went outside where Mark's truck was parked. Then they guy showed Dad how to work the Road-a-tiller.After a short time we got some ramps to roll the road-a-tiller in the truck. Soon after we all went back home and unloaded it and Dad went to work on tilling up our whole side yard so we could plant Canna Lilies there. All I really did was watch Dad,pick up roots and stones,pick up trash out of the yard and shove dirt back into the correct spot. Maybe after an hour some wicked dark clouds started coming up,then I felt a drop of rain fall on me. I yelled to Dad that is was gonna rain but he kept going. Soon it was PORING down rain and when you turned the right way rain got right in your eyeball and also managed to pelt you very hard. The person that I am,was dancing in the middles of the yard enjoying all of the glorious rain. Yet while I was laughing and having fun Mark is standing there like a toad on a log and my Dad is still tilling the dirt. Anyway, the torrential down poor lasted at least ten minutes,then it slowed down a lot and the sun peeked through the clouds but now the wind was blowing. Now I don't know about you but man when my cloths are soaking wet I don't like getting a nice breeze to make me cold. So I went in Tan Van and listened to Hilary Duff's "Someone's Watching Over Me" song about five times. By then I was a little dry. I worked a little more and went to take a shower,which felt VERY good and it relaxed my aching muscles.

Gommie B. And G-Dad's 50ith Wedding Anniversary

Last Saturday was my Mom's Mom and Dad's 50ith Anniversary. When we got to the church everything was mostly set up because Mom,Dad and Jamie had done most of the prep work the night before. We were the only people there except the catorers. We did last minute stuff and then we went back to the house to get dressed up. When we got there I remembered that we had some window chalk downstairs,so I asked Dad if I could use it and he said "Yes". So I hurried downstairs and got it and went in the car port and wrote "Just Married 50 Years" in blue on the back windshield. Then I got dressed in my 50is attire. My outfit was made up of white KEDs,white socks,black capris,white shirt,white sweater and a pink scarf that I put around my neck. I was so glad my cousin Rebekah on my Dad's side of the family wasn't going to be there cause if she was she would have mocked me for the rest of my adolescent and adult life!!! By this time Dad had already gone with G-Dad in Buggie(The car I wrote "Just Married 50 Years" on) to pick up Gommie from the nursing Home. Maybe after twenty minutes we went back to the church where we met up with Uncle Kirk,Aunt Sonya,Chelsea,Lauren and Caroline who were all dressed up in the same outfit as I was except Lauren and Caroline were both wearing poodle skirts and Kirk who had his hair slicked back and had a white shirt on with his black pants rolled up. When I stepped into the area where they were serving food my stomach started growling. The three level-white-iced cake was on a round table. Next to that was three more rectangular tables holding meatballs, small chicken salad sandwitchs,soft mints,apples with some kind of dip and vegetables with ranch dressing. Then another round table held the punch bowl with glasses. After you passed the tables you came to a door on the left led to,two rooms with memorabilia like TONS of photo albums and a slide show. The second room held a lot of old stuff from when G-Dad was in the army,the snacks G-Dad ate a lot when he was a teenager like moon pies and Pepsi with salted nuts in it etc.. It was so wicked awesome!!! Anyway after a while Dad turned on the 50is music like "Shout","Sixteen Candles" and many other ones. Aunt Sonya started dancing,boy that was VERY embarrassing!!! Even more embarrassing than that was when Aunt Sonya started dance with Uncle Kyle (who is my Dad's brother) in the middle of the floor. When that happened I was like "I do NOT know those people". Then all the kids where assigned jobs, mine was cutting the cake,Lauren was helping me,Chelsea served people punch,Caroline stood around the whole time looking cute,Jamie did the video camera and annoyed me and Mark took pictures. After a while people started coming and filling up the room and talking. The whole time seemed to go by very fast. I bet I cut over a hundred slices of cake!!! Anyway after the party ended all of us helped put stuff away and in the car. I rode in Aunt Sonya's and Uncle Kirk's car because Tan Van was very full of stuff.So they dropped Jamie and I off at G-Dad's house along with Chelsea. My Mom took our orders and went to McDonald's. It took a very long time. Anyway the adults got to go to Rock-ola Cafe while we were stuck at home.All three of us watched TV,played on the computer and watched more TV. By then it was eleven o'clock. FINALLY the adults back and got Chelsea and Jamie and I watched more TV. A little later I went to bed.

Escape Hamsters, Lumberjacks,Dance rehearsal & Great Books

Yesterday after Sunday School and helping in the Nursery I cleaned out Beatrice's cage and put Beatrice herself in her exercise ball.Well her exercise ball has been broken a little bit for a quite a while but not that bad. Some how Beatrice managed to pop off the opening and escape. When I opened my door to see that the top had popped off I started freaking out and wondering where she could have hidden. I looked around my room and found her in between my Piano and the wall. So I started tapping the floor and Beatrice came out. Right when she came all the way out I grabbed her and put Beatrice in her fresh cage with no treat because she ran away. Then I watched a little TV. Before Small group I had to go to Dance rehearsal. My class's dance is in act three. It ALWAYS takes FOREVER to get to our dance because they have to go through all of the pantomime scenes etc... Well we all found out that two of my friends from my class are dancing in Pointe right before we go on so they are going to have to change VERY fast!!! So Mr. Chris said he was going to teach us some choreography next Dance rehearsal to give them time to change. Then I went to Small Group and went home. My Dad was at Mr. R's house cutting down one tree but then that led to cutting down eleven. So I rode my bike while my Mom walked and we went to Mr.R's house. When we got there I saw my Dad and Mr. R cutting down a tree for their neighbor. I happened to glance in the back yard and they both cut down many trees so that the neighbors backyard would be bigger. Mark Aaron drove up with his truck and they put the logs they had cut into big chunks into the back so that when we went to G-Dad's house we could burn them when it got cold outside. So after they finished Dad said he HAD to take a shower before we ate at the R's house so I drove my bike and my Dad drove the car back home. I waited for Dad to finish his shower and then he came downstairs with a head as red as a tomato because he didn't wear a hat OR sunscreen. The loving daughter that I am, I was the one to put aloe vera on his sun burn. Then Dad and I went back to the R's house where Jamie and Mom were already there. We all ate ham,green beans,rice and for desert cookies. Then Dad,Mrs. R and Mr. R talked a lot about what happened while cutting down trees and some other stuff. After about an hour my Dad started looking VERY tired so we went home. I changed into my Pj's and read up to chapter thirty in my "Cape Refuge" book by Terri Blackstock. I HIGHLY recommend this book to any adult or teenager. It has been really good so far. Another good book is "Eli" by Bill Meyers, which is about if Jesus came back in this day in age instead of thousands of years ago.

Indiana Annie and Jamie Jones

This morning at about nine o'clock I heard my Dad and Jamie talking about something. In my half sleepiness I asked my Dad what they were talking about. Dad said "Mom will show you what we are talking about downstairs". So I hobbled downstairs and asked Mom and she showed me some Dutch tiles Dad got from a yard sale.Mom also said that Dad wanted us to go in the "tunnel" to find some tiles that he put in there a couple years ago. Well when we opened the "tunnel" and shone the flash light in there was this dead mouse looking thing. I asked my Dad what it was and he said it wasn't a dead mouse because it had been there since we moved here. I still think it is a dead mouse. I covered "it" with a rag and kept crawling. My dad said we would give Jamie and I a prize if we found the Dutch tiles. Well after searching for about an hour in a cold,hard floored,claustrophobic "tunnel" we gave up. It was nearly impossible to find one little stack of tiles in many boxes Mom let us have our prize.Mom said to go outside on the front porch to get it. When I looked I saw two bikes; the light blue one being mine and the dark blue being Jamie's. Both bikes go up to eighteen speed and have brakes on the handle bars. The one thing I will have to get used to is using the hand brake instead of just rotating my pedals backward because I have never had a gear bike. I am so happy now I can ride outside on a bike that actually fits me and get my stamina up so I won't be so tired from being outside all day when I go to M-Fuge in the Summer with my Youth Group!!!

Pavement Hurts

Yesterday afternoon I went outside to shoot some hoops in the cul-de-sac. If the ball rolled off the pavement I would go run for it so it wouldn't get all messy if it landed in the muddy ditch.Well I went running to get the Basketball the last time and my ankle did the old "give-way" number. So my ankle turned out causing me to fall which made it so that I sprained my left ankle and in the process of falling scraped my right knee cap. My Dad is a Nurse and in his last Inservice(That is when my Dad takes a class type thing) he learned that if you sprain something you should just walk on it because if you use crutches it makes all those muscles in whatever you sprained tight. So I have been hobbling around for two days. For these whole two days I have been begging to have my crutches from the attic but no,no crutches for me!!! Of all of the kids in my family I am the most danger prone. So far in my life I have had three stitches in my forehead when I was five because I was running on stage at church and a microphone stand fell on me,nine stitches below my left eye when I was nine because my Aunt and Uncle's dog bit or scratched me,a broken leg when I was eleven because I was playing hide-and-seek in church and fell while I was running,sprained my right ankle when I was going down the stairs at my grandparents and the most recent one was my left ankle. All my little brother has ever done was stick a lego up his nose and sprain his thumb. Mark hasn't done anything in my knowledge. Maybe it is because I am the only girl in my family maybe it is because I am just unlucky. I just certainly hope nothing happens before Dance recital!!!

BW3

Last Monday at twelve thirty I went to Buffalo Wings Bar & Grill with some kids and adults from Youth Group.I went to BW3 with John,Megan,Daniel,Kiern,Amanda and Amanda 's boy friend whose name I don't know. Since there was so many of us we had to push some circular tables together.While everyone was trying to decide what to get to eat Kiern and Daniel disapeared and then came back carrying what looked like a cash box but when I lookd at it more up close the "cash boxes" were actually controlers to a trivia game that came up on the T.V screens in the whole restuaraunt.While we were waiting to ge our orders taken some more kids whose parents brought them to BW3 instead of bringing them to churcgh to go in the church van. The people and adults were Corrine,Jay,Tommy,Andrew and Sara. Finially it was my turn to order. I got six buffalo wings in mild sauce with cheese fries. Most of the adults and kids played the trivia game but all I really did was watch them play. Finially about an hour later the food arrived.My food was muy delishioso!!! Daniel said that if it was your first time being at BW3 you had to have some Blazin Sauce(which is the hottest sauce there). So I did, at first I was like "Wow it isn't that bad" but a little later my mouth started burning. Then a few minutes later the hottness wore off. Kiern actually drank some of the Blazin Sauce so he could get five dollars and get a pack o gum. After that stupid incident we all paid our bill and most of us got on the church van. This time Sara and Andrew rode with us back to church. When we went across a bridge it started pooring rain so hard that John couldn't hardly see the car in front of us. It got so bad that John was like "Everyone better buckle up!". We got off the bridge alive and the rain started to lighten up. Finially we all got to church and my Dad picked me up and we went home.

Dancing and Walk Through The Bible

Instead of writing about Sunday School,Nursery etc... I have decide to skip that part of my day. So I will be starting out my story in the afternoon.

Right after church I went to the Fellowship Hall to get my script and find out what in the world I was doing!! At first it was planned that I would be a woman the cross but a girl named Kelly showed up. So Kelly was woman one and Anna woman two. The pizza came right before I was going to leave so I asked mrs.C if I could get some Pizza real quick she said ok but when I went to get some and get on the road the lady guarding the pizza said "No, wait until we pray". I tried to explain but she didn't listen so I waited until a after we prayed then when I tried to eat it the pizza wasn't cut well so I had to wait for I knife. After all that delay I finally got my two slices of pepperoni pizza that I ate on the way to dance. I was only able to stay an half hour because of Big Ballet Production rehearsal. I was gonna get dressed at church but my Mom was in a rush so I changed at the dance studio. So I got dressed and went in the studio. There was a lot of people sitting near the mirror waiting to dance. I saw my class and sat by them. For about an hour in a half we sat there. Mr. Chris asked us to stay late because he wanted to run through it and have the people pantomime during it to know what to do.So after MANY times of going through our dance over and over again I finally went home. While I was home for thirty minutes changing Beatrices Cage and got dressed in my "normal" clothes. Then we went to church. I got my outfit on. Since everyone else got to pick an outfit I got stuck with one someone picked for me. I don't know how it all works out but EVERY Easter,Christmas etc.. I ALWAYS get stuck with an ugly costume!!! This ugly one had a pink top with pink sleeves and blue at the bottom part of the dress along with a little head shawl.Anyway the people in the crucifixion room was Kelly,Anna,Daniel and Jane.Anna and Kelly wee all excited and running,screaming being dramatic etc... It drove me nuts after a while. Everyone else in the room was mellow and sarcastic. The crucifixion room had black wall thingies,a big cross and a bucket with smelly concotion. I ended up giving out the little souvenirs as my job. Most of the kids were sorta greedy. When I would start holding the basket wit the stuff in it the kids started grabbing so I had to hold the bucket over my head so they wouldn't snatch the items away.After two more groups of people we were finished and we cleaned up. Then we had some of Mrs.C's birthday cake. It was very good. Soon later we went home

Sunday School,Nursery,Spaghetti Luncheon,Nascar and Small Group

This morning my loving Mother woke me up yelling "Annie get ready for Sunday School!!". I lazily got up and got ready for Sunday School.Then Mom,Dad,Jamie and I got in Tan Van(our mini van). and went to Sunday School. After big group we went to out Small classes. The whole lesson was about the Passover. I ate some kind of sprig dipped in salt water,unleaved bread and lamb. This morning was the first time I have every had Lamb. The Lamb tasted pretty good but it was kind of cold. A kid in my class named Eric gobbled up his lamb. After an hour or so came Worship Service. I didn't go though because I was helping in the nursery with the Tigers group. The kids in the Tiger group are Isaiah,Noah,Noah Q.,Sofia,Angie,Haily and Nathan. Because it was too muddy to go outside we went in the Youth Room to play. Poor little Isaiah started not feeling so good. So I held him and rocked him. Then we went back to the class room. Isaiah still wasn't feeling good so Mrs.Karen told me to take him to the front Nursery desk and tell the lady to page his Grandma. Then I sat in a chair with Isaiah to wait with his Grandma. Once Isaiah saw his "GA GA" he looked like he suddenly started feeling better. Later though he still wasn't so his "GA GA" stayed. I got out early from Nursery so I could figure out what I was supposed to do for the Spaghetti Luncheon Fundraiser for M-Fuge. I ended up serving Spaghetti. Anyway after serving others I ate my own Spaghetti. My Mom was telling me it was time to go home so I quickly got a salad, put dressing on it,told John A.(Our interum Youth Pastor) "Goodbye" and went home. As I was walking in the parking lot I noticed that I dropped a tad bit if salad dressing on my foot. Of course when you need a napkin in the car there is none!! So my Mom scrimmaged around to find a napkin. I wiped it off but, my tan slippoff shoes will never be the same again *tear,tear,sniffle,sniffle*. When I got home I changed into my Pj's and turned on NASCAR and layed down. This time I didn't even make it past the National Anthem!!! I slept for a few hours. My Mom woke me up and said "Get dressed for Small Group!!",so I did. We learned about where and how to pray etc... After a half hour my Dad took me home and I watched "Buffalo Dreams" for the second time in a row this week.

T&T Games 2004

This morning at six o'clock my loving Mother woke me up. I took a shower got ready. Then my family and I "hit the road". We stopped at Doughnut Connection to get a dozen doughnuts to eat on the way to the church where the Games were taking place like we always do. I believe it was around seven o'clock when we got there but we turned around when we got to the church because since we were so early my Mom said we should get some gas at WaWa for Izzie(our car). Anyway after filling up on gas we went back to the church and sat in the car for a while. When I looked up from eating my doughnut I saw Abe. Now Abe isn't his real name of course it is something else but when you first see him you think "It is Abraham Lincoln ghost or something!!". Abe is the spitting image of Abraham Lincoln. It is really cool but awfully creepy. Moving on... After a while Abe,Mom,Dad,Jamie and I decided to see if the building was unlocked. So we walked up the sidewalk and the doors were locked. Since my hair was still wet from my shower I was cold. WE all waited in the front for a little while and finally someone came to unlock the church. First things first was to figure out where I was helping which ended up hanging scores. Soon after we entered the Church swarms of people started coming. I being the person who ends up sweeping the floor with tons of people on it. Yeah so here is how you sweep a floor with many people in the way the phrases best used are "Excuse me","Scootch me","Comin through" and last but not least "beepbeep" After that "lovely" job I went to my scoring board. Of course we did the run of the mill stuff like The pledge to the American and AWANA( Which means Approves Workmen Are Not Ashamed) flag, both of the American and Awana songs along with a sermon that our AWANA Missionary used last year(I will call him Mr. R). This whole time Jamie is helping another church out. The whole time during T&T (which means Truth and Training) Games I was taking down and putting up scores. So I was hopping up and off of chairs all morning long. One good thing happened during the morning shift was that Jamie's team that he was helping out with won first!!! By this time it was maybe eleven o'clock. I had a Chic-Fl-a sandwitch,Ruffles Potato chips and Skittles (which everything except the Skittles were good because they were bit stale). After a very short time people started arriving again. All of my Church's kids and Jamie were there too. I was going to watch the Games but some people didn't show up so I ended up hanging scores again. O'boy I had even more hopping on and off of chair to do!!(LOL) Last time I hanged score it was relatively easy but we had division two and three etc.. It was so confusing!!! Anyway my Church
won first place. Their score was one-hundred and one. Soon after a bulk of the swarms of people left we started packing things up,sweeping floors,cleaning etc.. Then Abe,Mr. R,my family and another family went to Don Hose. I had Chicken that had onions,rice and smushed beans. It was Muy Delishioso!! Maybe after an hour or so we left to go home. While heading out the door we chatted with Daniel P. (who goes to our church) and a girl who I presumaly think was his girlfriend. So end our day of T&T Games!!!

Dance Competition & Dance Workshop 2005

Yesterday was Dance Competition. Laura's Mom and Dad (whom I will call Mrs. Z and Mr.Z) picked my Mom and I up from out house. Before we went on to do our Jazz dance called "Rhythm Nation" I was pretty nervous. I thought I did pretty well. Next came our Tap dance called "Satin". I did well but some of my other friends sort of messed up. Hurriedly we changed and got back on stage to do our Ballet dance called "Through The Woods". It was PERFECT. There was NO mistakes or anything!!! Then I changed into comfy clothes and watched the next thirty so dances. After the last number (401) they gave out awards. Jazz got silver,Ballet got High Silver and Tap got silver. We were competing in the Seniors this year so it was pretty stiff competition. By this time it was like midnight. Then I got my bags and Laura,Mrs. Z,Mr. Z dropped us off at home. Where of course I had to take a shower to get the gunk of hair spray and styling gel out of my plastered hair.I had to use like a thousand cotton balls to get the makeup off my face!! Then went to sleep.


At six o'clock this morning my loving Mother woke me up. Mr. Z,Laura and Kaylyn picked my Mom and I up. I have this odd little habit if singing when I am tired or bored so ALL the way to Dance Workshop. Mr. Z dropped us all by the door and we went in. We were early so we sat in some chairs. Kaylyn and Laura fell asleep. I was awake though.After quite a while we got our bracelets from Mrs. Jessica. To my surprise Mrs.Jessica put us in the Advanced Class. Last year we were stuck with the Juniors which are like little kids. This year I expected to be in the Intermediate class but if I was in Intermediate;I would have thought it was way to easy. The first class we had was Jazz. It was boring. Next we did Tap which was REALLY hard. Next came Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop was so fun. Normally I would have hung around in the back and kind of shuffle through the dance but because Hip-Hop was something new and interesting I got right close to the very front of the class. Hip-Hop was my favorite class of all of them. Then came the Ballet class. Ballet was hard too. Last but not least was Hip-Hop again. We learned another dance so we switched back and forth and had a jam session which was totally awesome!!! After Hip-Hop was Sholarship which ONLY JEMS ever get. So Kaylyn,Laura,my Mom and I got into Kaylyn's Dad's car. It was a small car too so we squished in. Kaylyn's Dad dropped my Mom and I at our house. Right away I cleaned out Beatrice's cage,watched the race and fell asleep during it again. Jr didn't win, boohoo!!! Anyway I was way to tired to go to Small Group at church so I stayed home. After thirty minutes of sleep I got up and my family and I went to Glory Days Bar & Grill. I got the Chicken Strips Platter. It was muy delishioso!! Then I went home and have been on the computer since.

Church & NASCAR

This morning at eight o'clock my loving Mother woke me up saying "Wake up and get dressed for Sunday School. Like always I was the ONLY one dressed for Sunday School at eight thirty. Everyone else in my family will be running around in their PJ's looking for shoes or Bibles with of course those certain people who wait the last minute to take a shower and make us ALL late. But now I think about it we were right on time because Sunday School starts at nine o'clock and we got there at nine o'one. So technically we were not late. Anyway, in Big Group we sang "Pharaoh,Pharaoh" and some other songs. Then came the smaller Sunday School classes. I am stuck with a bunch of immature boys,two clique-like girls and one girl a little younger than me whom I mentioned in my last post who's name is Anna. Anna is a pretty fun girl to "hang" with but she is often not at Sunday School because her family and herself get sick a lot it seems. They must not have very good immune systems or something.Well... we did a obstacle course which some how had to do with the lesson about leading your friends to Christ. After Sunday School came Worship Service. I used to enjoy Worship Service but now it is all boring. The songs are VERY boring and slow and is it enough they use an organ for EVERY song!!! I would rawther be in the Nursery helping in some way or another than being bored. Soon after the Worship Service my family and I went home. I do what I normally do on Sunday Afternoons: dump out Beatrice's bedding and put new bedding in and read a book. Today though at two thirty was the Daytona five hundred. I watched the first few laps but then I fell asleep. I tend to fall asleep when I watch races now. I guess I am just getting old(LOL). I woke up and there was only a few more laps to go but I had to go to Small Group at church. My Mom taped the end so I was able to watch it when I got home.Anyway, in small group we did the normal "Break-the-ice" kind of thing where you learn about each other and stuff. The only other girl in my group is Sara. Sara is ok but she is higher in the "Youth Food chain". Right now since I am in seventh grade I am considered scum of the earth because I was a sixth grader last year. Once you hit eighth grade your position in the chain gets higher and higher until you are the Big Kahuna in Youth.Anywho I went home and watched the end of the race. Jr. was in first for a lap in a half but then that no-good-stinking-rotten-trophy stealer Jeff Gorden got up front and won the Daytona five hundred. When I think Jeff Gorden I think a evil cynical man. Jr. on the other hand is like his Daddy: Cool,a little tuff around the edges and all around ok guy. After watching the end of the race I turned the channel to ABC to watch Extreme Homemakeover. I was disappointed because I only got to watch the last few minutes of it. Then I watched Sue Thomas F.B eye on PAX. Let me just tell you Sue Thomas F.B eye is one of those better detective shows to watch. They don't show bloody scenes or people making out. One episode even had God mentioned in it bunch of times. I HIGHLY recommend to anyone!! It comes on PAX every Sunday night but I don't know what time you will have to check that part out on the T.V guide.

AWANA Biblequiz

Yesterday at 5:30 my Mom woke me up and I took a shower. After I got dressed and ready we left to go to the church. WE didn't go straight to the church we took a little detour to doughnut Connections and got a twelve pack of doughnuts that we all ate on the way there.When we first got there;there was hardly any people in the building. Maybe after a half hour people started arriving.The whole church we were at was abuzz with nervous kids,parents and coach's. First they Biblequizzers took the written test. Last year some boy got too nervous and threw up but I didn't hear that it happened again this year(thank goosiness!!!) Soon after the Written Test they had the opening and explained the rules etc.. Like a herd of buffalo all those kids came out of the sanctuary ready to stampede. I was the person in the gym who pushed the reset button during Speed Round. This year almost all the Paddle round was in the Sancturary and the Speed Quiz was done in other rooms. The first group that was in the Gym was Second Book. The #10 group was the people who buzzed in the most. Some of the other teams kept pushing the button when they didn't know the answer which drove me CRAZY!!! After Book Two came the Book One Group. I did do that book last year so I knew most of the answers to the question. Alex and Taylor were in this group and I thought they did very well. This one kid in the very last seat who was on a team by himself kept pushing the button after the question was answered.He made me very aggravated!!! Normally the AWANA Biblequiz goes until four o'clock but the guy who organized all of it cut down the time till one o'clock. After both Groups we unset everything like the quizbox and the buttons into boxes. All the AWANA Ministry people which includes my family went to Fudruckers. I got Ragin Cajun and Chili Cheese fries. It was REALLY GOOD!!! Maybe after an hour or so we went home and my Dad took a thirty minute nap and I played basketball with Jamie. I shot my first basket and it went in I shot a basket to the side and it went in. I did pretty well I think. After thirty minutes we went to Jamie's Upward's game which was vs. The Suns who they won against a couple weeks ago. Jamie's team lost by one point.After his game we went back home and Jamie and I played some more B-ball.When it got dark we came in. My Mom ordered Pizza Hut pepperoni pizza,hot wings and breadsticks. The pizza was good but the bread sticks tasted weird. I think they used the cinna stick bread instead of the breadsticks. At seven o'clock Dad came back downstairs and we watched the Budweiser Shootout.Sadly Jr. didn't win;Jimmie Johnson did. I hope Jr. will win the Daytona 500 because it would give him a start on points. My Mom,Dad and Jamie fell asleep so I was watching at ALL by myself. After the race I turned it to TLC and watched Town Hall. It was the episode when they finished the Teen Lounge and redid some old lady's office. Then I turned it to Food Network and fell asleep while watching Iron Chef which is in Japanese with English people interpreting what they are saying. It is a weird show that I tend to fall asleep during a lot.

Super Bowl 2004

Last night my Mom,Dad,Jamie and I went to my Dad's friends house to watch The Super Bowl along with some other kids and their parents. When I first walked in the door I was awe struck;their house was big and colorful. Anna(the man's daughter who was hosting the party) and all the other kids and I went upstairs to Benjamin (Anna's brother's) room to play pop the balloon. I really don't like the sound of balloons popping so I watched them play. Then I went back downstairs (which was two levels down) and snacked on goldfish,crackers with cheese and pigs in a blanket. They were muy delishioso(cudos to the cook). Before the Game started the Black Eyed Peas sang "Where is the love?". I was the ONLY person in that room to ever have heard that song. Soon after the song the Game started. The Eagles won the coin toss;so they got the football first. I think I watched the football game for at least twenty minutes. Anna and I got bored so we went upstairs to watch "Zoe 101" with her sister Vivian. The episode that we watched was the one that Logan stuck a stuffed bear which had a camera hidden in it so that he could find out embarrassing secrets about the girls. I found out that Anna has a cute little furry bunny rabbit. Anna said that they are planning on breeding her so MAYBE I MIGHT get a wittle bunny wabbit!! After "Zoe 101" I went downstairs and watched more of the Super Bowl. Then I got bored and went back upstairs and Anna and I talked for a while about Youth Group and stuff. Maybe after thirty minutes or so of talking we went downstairs and watched the last couple minutes of the Game.The Patriots won the Eagles lost BIG whoop. Then we got our shoes and coats on and said "Goodbye!".

Ballet and Tap and Chachi

This afternoon I went to Ballet and Tap. It was snowing a lot when I got there but it wasn't sticking to the roads. So towards the end of Ballet Emily's knee started to hurt . Well in Tap we ONLY went through our dance once. Emily sat and watched while all of us and her sister(Amanda who only tapped when she was four and then quit) who "filled" in for Emily.All she knows is shuffle-step-shuffle-step-shuffle-ball-change-shuffle-step (My Dance friends would know this combination). It was pretty funny watching Amanda make a fool of her self.It was so hard to concentrate on dance steps when you are laughing. But I remembered to do the parts I messed up on last time. Maybe laughter is the cure for mistakes;instead of good medicine.After laughing my head off I went outside with my dance friends (Who's names are Elizabeth,Emily,Laura,Kaylyn and Amanda) and called our parents to tell them that Dance class was closing early.Would you think it is pathetic if some one couldn't remember what the first three numbers in their phone number is?? Well that was me!! I am so used to dialing 1-804 on cell phones that I almost kinda forgot the first three numbers of my phone number. So I had to think hard to remember. Then it hit me "763 Ahh I remember now"!! Then I called my house. Well lemme put it this way..." I was sitting inside the Dance studio for half an hour just sitting or doing grande jetas in my bare feet like you do in Lyrical; (more dance words) in the hall way and yes I was making a fool of myself but when you are bored you put your new dancing skills to use!! Anyway after the half hour of boredom Mark Aaron FINALLY picked me up from Dance. I got home I watched "The Happy Days 30ith Anniversary and no, my Mom did not make me watch it;I wanted to watch it out of my own free will thank you very much!! It was actually was pretty funny. I even learned something Joanie Loves Chachi.

First Day of Co-op

This afternoon at twelve thirty we picked up Susannah at her house and went to Co-op at SCBC. Before Co-op Susannah and I are taking a sewing class with a few other girls and their mothers. We learned how to sew a button and how to hem. I did well doing the button but the invisible hemming I kind of did bad at but o'well that is what practice is for!!! After sewing we went down to a building and everyone got the annual This-is-what-is-gonna-happen-if-you-misbehave-and-this-is-where-your-classes-are-going-to-be lecture. The lecture was boring. Going on... After the boring lecture we went to our class rooms. There are three boy (named Nolen,Matt and Josh) and two other girls (named Sarah and Susannah) First we have Public Speaking Class. It went well and it doesn't have a lot of home work. Next came Creative Writing. I thought it was pretty fun and the homework we have to do in it is pretty fun. Last but not least (intro music:dum,dum,dum,dum)Science. Science has a TON of homework!!! We have to look up two historic scientist a bunch of science words and conduct a experiment.When the teacher asks questions I am the only one to answer the questions. Everyone else in the class acts stupid. Oii it makes me angry!!! Anyway moving on Where my classes are there is absolutely NO bathrooms so I had to hold it and wait till I got to the next building.Well that plan sounded simple but I dropped by at the Parents Lounge and my Mom gave me a box to carry to the other building. I did what she told me. When I tried to open the door that leads to the bathroom door it wouldn't open so I knocked on it and someone let me in. Some little boy was in the bathroom so I waited. Just my luck that the little boy doesn't know how to aim!!! So I was holding it all the way home. How is it that I am so unlucky? I mean I don't think it is a coincidence that when I use the restroom there is never any toilet paper left. So every Christmas I get a bunch of toilet paper rolls for my use only. Anyway I watched American Idol and the after that I watched The Amazing Race.