Mrs Christy is No Longer Teaching Ballet

Yesterday my whole Ballet class and I found out that Mrs. Christy is no longer teaching our Ballet class or any other Monday class. The reason being that her baby has been having a lot of problems with her ears and that Mrs.Christy has just had to many classes to teach WHILE having to take care of her sick baby. I will still have Mrs. Christy for Hip-Hop/Jazz though so that is good. The new teacher who will take over in two weeks is Miss(Mrs?)Stephanie. Miss Stephanie is coming to watch us and take notes for the next two weeks,so we will get used to her. Purple Skirt was late and didn't hear about Mrs. Christy not doing Ballet and when she heard something about it she sadly dramatically said "You are leaving us!?!". The Mrs Christy had to go and explain everything she just told us to her. On a good note I have finally put little dots on the wall so now when I am doing barre and going across the floor for combinations I can spot something!!!

Polar Express

Today Mom,Dad,Jamie and I went to see the Polar Express movie at the I-Max Dome in the Science museum of Virginia. We were late so we had to run to get there before it started. When we finally got seated,I knew how out of of shape I am (LOL). The Polar Express is awesome movie. The graphics and animation were spectacular and amazing. There are many scenes where it feels like you are on a rollarcoaster. I told Dad that I want to get this movie on DVD. Polar Express puts you in a good mood like the regular "Muppets Christmas Carol","Preachers Wife" and "It's a Wonderful Life". Little kids might get too scared on some parts so I think only kids 8 and up would like it. But the real question is "Do you believe",cause I do!!! You'll have to see the movie to understand what that saying means.

Thanksgiving Stuff 2005

Ohhh where to start on what I did on Thanksgiving... Well Gommie B. came home for the day from the Nursing Home. Dad,Mark and G-Dad went to pick her up at eight thirtish but didn't get back to the house till almost eleven thirty. Reason being why they were so late was that the CNA's didn't know she was leaving for the day. After Mom took care of making Gommie B. and G-Dad's lunch we drove to Gommie K. (mostly known as Grandma now) and Pop Pop. It was already bustling and loud in their house with cousins,Aunts,Uncles and step cousins. Soon Pop Pop did his Thanksgiving prayer thing he always does. Then we brought our plates and went around to each of the tables and got and or asked for what we wanted. Then all the kids went back to the living room which was quite full of little/middle/big kids. There is two other girls who were born the same year as I was who are my cousins: Rebekah and Stacey. We ate pretty fast and hightaled it outside with my boy cousin Spencer who is brother to Stacey. All four of us always end up going to Rebekah's house. So Rebekah asked Pop Pop if she could drive us over to her house to play and stuff. All we did at Rebekah's house the first couple hours was play on the computer. While sitting I mentioned how Rebekah and Stacey looked like they wore the same eyeliner. Rebekah was like "Can we do makeup and hair on you?!?". At first I thought she was gonna mess me up like put lipstick on my face or something. By now Spencer's Mom had picked him up. I said sure so they both started on makeup. The put on some foundation but it looked orange. I jokingly said "Hey I was born orange!". I then had to wash all the makeup that was on my face so they could start over again. First I tried plain old water but it didn't come off. Rebekah told me to use a pore cleanser thingie to get it off so I did. It didn't work very well so Rebekah had to come and show me. FINALLY after getting the foundation off they started over again. Both of them almost didn't even get to do their "Mini Makeover" because Mom came to pick me up. Mom decided to just let them bring me home. They seemed to have some serious fun time making my face over. Next came my hairdo. Rebekah and Stacey first tried curls,it didn't work very well. So they curled up the ends of my hair. After a few hours I was done. I REALLY liked it a lot. Aunt Jackie (Rebekah's Mom) was very happy with it. Rebekah,Stacey,Scott (Rebekah's brother) drove back to the farm on the Gator. Then Scott drove me back to the house. A few hours later we had Thanksgiving Dinner with Gommie B. and G-Dad. Mom made a lot of good food. A few minutes after eating Uncle Kyle,Aunt Neva,Ben and Isaac came over to have some Butterscotch Spactacular. We ate it down stairs by the nice warm fire while watching a football game. Soon it was Isaac and Ben's bedtime and they went home. After they left Gommie went home to the Nursing home.

Purple Skirt

I enjoy being around adults but some of them and their attitudes makes me wanna scream. There is this lady in my Ballet class who is actually a "student". She wears these black spray painted Ballet shoes,white tights,black leotard,hair in a semi bun and a long bright purple skirt. EVERYONE else in the class wears pants or just wears tan tights and a black leotard. There is also another lady but she is "cool" with all of us. The other lady who I will call "Purple Skirt" hardly likes anything everyone else likes. Purple Skirt wants a Recital song with no lyrics and sparkly,itchy,poofy,no off the shoulder dresses for an outfit. Everyone and I would like to have lyrics to the song we dance to a Lyrically outfits that aren't sparkly,itchy or poofy. Some of the people in our class including me wanted our Recital dance to be "Broken Road" by Rascal Flats but Mrs. Christy said she has already started a competition group on that song. Mrs. Christy said she has found a classical song which she is gonna bring next week. Purple Skirt also trys to hold her passe for almost two minutes. Purple Skirt enjoys telling wierd stories like "My little daughter was crying and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I looked at her from head to toe. I looked again at her feet and found a string of hair wrapped around her big toe and that was the day I got my hair cut". Does anyone agree with me that that is a weird story??? All of this stuff isn't so bad I guess. I tolerated Angela (Elizabeth,Laura and Kaylyn would know what this means.) for three or four years so I will be ok I guess.

My Love of Music

Drew's post on his Blog about music made me want to post something about it also so here it goes:



When I was younger I remember my Mom was strictly Christian music whereas Mark Aaron stuck to his roots;Country. Eventually Mom found Delilah which isn't Christian but easy listening and Mark went to Rock&Roll. I don't think I have EVER been into a certain types of music. People often can't believe I like all different music. I don't know how I have learned so many different songs because we have more Christian music than "secular" in our house. Yes,I own a Hilary Duff CD. No,I don't think she is the best singer or actress to ever walk the face of the earth. I watched her movie "Raise Your Voice" and I got a CD that had some of the songs in it from the movie. Which are "Fly","I Am","Someone's Watching Over Me" and "Jericho". On the way home from dance once Mark was listening to some music on a CD and it went like this "Angels wings will cover you tonight". That was all I could remember the next day about the song but I LOVED it. I asked Mark if he could burn me the "Angel" song (That was what I called it because I didn't know it's official name). Luckily he knew what I was talking about!!! Through that CD I have found three of my favorites which are "Anastasia","Beat Inside" and "Angel". These names are ones I just labeled ones,they probably not the official names. Plus One was one I stumbled apon while looking for a good CD to listen to in my Dad's large array of CD's. Yes,they are a boy band. No,I don't listen to them because I think they are cute. I think people shouldn't listen to music just because the person is cute who sings it. Gosh,it makes me annoyed when people say "Ooo he is soo cute;his music is good too". The good music should come first. That is what I think. You aren't quite a youth til you get a Relient K CD,Super Chic(k). Both of which I have. I am not a Relient K crazy like Joe but enough that I like a few of their songs. I like hymns not enough that I love singing them everyday. I used to have to sing them every Sunday;my voice got really sore from the high notes. How on earth do some of those ladies in choir hit such super high notes?!? If you are an expect sometimes you can know who is the "high noter" without even looking to see. No doubt they are some rockin awesome hymns like "Amazing Grace",the whole song sums up the whole life span from sinner to saint. I really like it even more when the person who sings it isn't a "high noter" but a low -medium singer. It can be SO beautiful when you sing it that way. Matthew West's "Thirteen" is one of my new favorites. Just ask my Mom: every time it comes on the radio I scream "This is my favorite song!!!" and crank it up all the way on the computer and keep it that way til it is over. This same thing will happen every time I hear it until I know this one well and find a new one I like a lot. I have Carrie Underwood's CD "Inside Your Heaven". When she sang "Independence Day" I got goose bumps on the crown of my head. That normally means for me a really good singer. Another sign of my enjoyment is taking my knuckles and banging them together happily. I think Dad is where I get my love of music from. My Mom isn't as musically inclined as Dad and I. Dad has a deep baritone singing voice. When we go to a new church and someone normally snaps their neck our way to see where that deepness is coming from it is SO funny. I guess I am just used to it... Ask my Dad how many CD's I have on my Christmas probably twenty or so. I keep adding more and more every day. If I get CD's for Christmas I have just about enough to last me through the year!!!

Thank God For Caffeine!!!

Ok,recently my internal clock has been seriously messed up. I have been going to sleep at twelve but then it takes me about thirty minutes to actually fall asleep. Then the next morning I wake up at ten or eleven. Then the bed time keeps getting later and later from two in the morning to four the next. So that makes the wake up time even MORE later. My Mom is a pro at waking me up but as of late her techniques don't work. If she pulls the covers off I get mad,and I will be mad the whole day. If she says "Annie,wake up". I'll say "Five more minutes". So then she will leave and I sleep another fifteen minutes. This isn't fun for either of us. Today I fell asleep at four in the morning. I then had to wake up at eight fourty fiveish. I was SOOO tired. When we got to Kingsway Dad let me get a Mountain Dew:Code Red. The Dew wasn't very strong in taste but it kept me awake through the whole service at least. Right now I think the Dew is the only thing keeping me awake at this time. Soon it will wear off and I'll be sleepy all over again. As far as I remember caffeine has never been a big deal with me. When I have caffeine I am calm and controlled unlike some people I know who bounce off the walls. I think I have figured out how to fix this problem by not having caffeine in the afternoon (I don't drink much soda anyway),going to bed at ten thirty and get a supply of Mountain Dew for the mornings when I can barely can get my eyes open. Lets just see how this plan works!!!

Annie the Cocoon

Today we had to go to Jamie's football at ten thirty. I being reasonably insane wore shorts but I brought a blanket thinking that it would be a little warm. Well we always have to get to the field about an hour early so his team can warm up. After about thirty minutes I was freezing!!! Luckily for me I brought a nice warm blanket. I was wearing an orange hoodie so I put the hood over my head and tightened the strings so all you could see was my eyes. Then I took my blanket and covered my legs and put what was not covering my legs over the rest of my body. Mom and Mark took a picture of me. This senario might not sound amusing but it was to my parents,Mark and bystanders. The game seemed rather long because I was suffering from being cold. A part of me wanted Jamie not to win this game (Because if he didn't there would be no more practices and games) but the other half wanted him to win and go to the finals. Lucky or not his team won the deciding game twenty something to six I believe. I might be able to convince Mark to put the photo of me in my cocoon on this Blog. We will have to see about that factor though.

Scarcity of Comments

I have noticed the scarcity of comments on my Blog recently. Is my life that dull to read about. I mean the people who plant advertisements have time to put comments on my Blog but my friends don't. I am not saying you guys are awful and never comment I am saying that I take the time to read your Blogs whenever you post something new and normally I comment on it. I feel like I should get the same respect. And when you read all of this don't take it the wrong way. I am just trying to voice my opinion on something that is bothering me to the extent that I need to post something about it.

Home Coming 2005

Yesterday afternoon Jamie,Mark,Mom and I went to Home Coming at Jamie's football field. The field was full of Flag,Minors,Junior,Senior football player. I think they were playing two different football games for fun on the field. The Home Coming rituals started a little late. Dad came in a separate car because he had to go to work. We waited while they called out the names of the flag,minors (the cheerleaders for each group also) and had to literally wait till the end of Juniors to hear Jamie's named called. Then Dad had to leave for work. Next came the calling of the Prince and Princesses of Flag,Minor,Juniors and Seniors. I knew someone who got to be a Prince on the Flag team named Logan who was in my AWANA group last year. Jamie unfortunately didn't get to be a Prince. They then called the King and Queen. I didn't really pay attention to that part. Next came the Powderpuff football game. This is where the cheerleaders play flag football and the football players cheered. It was amusing to see the cheerleaders play,although after a while I noticed that they were only going way which was boring after a while. The football players who were cheering looked more funny so I went down to the fence to watch. There was this one guy with something stuck in his chest to looks like boobs,that was messed up. Some guys were running around with fake hair and makeuped faces. The Seniors started running around with silly string and spraying anyone they saw. I think some of Jamie's friends did it too. The cheerleaders coach tried to make them cheer but not a lot of the boys were cooperative except for a few weird ones. This one boy in particular was rather large and when they did the butt shaking stuff.... you get the picture. Then they started lifting guys up in the air like cheerleaders do. I have never seen such a big bunch of wimps. Soon the game ended and it was pie time *dum-dum-dum-dum* (theatrical music). They called names to throw a pie at a coaches face. The person who threw a pie at the coaches face missed and it brushed the top of the guys bare head. His teammates weren't too happy. At the end Jamie got a cup with candy in it, I think the cheerleaders got a cooler "gift" thingie which was a big red water bottle. Then we went home and had Dominoes pizza.

Richmond AWANA Conference 2005

Last Saturday Dad and I went to help out at the Richmond AWANA Conference. Mom woke me up at six-thirty to get a wake-up-shower and to get dressed and ready. Soon Dad and I were out the door. First we stopped at church to see if we had a video my Dad was going to show at the Conference because Mr. R forgot it. Luckily we had it. Then we stopped at Doughnut Connection for fifteen dozen doughnuts for breakfast for a hundred some peoples at Conference that morning. We then rode a few minutes to the church where the Conference was being held. We went in and delivered our doughnuts into the Gym where they were supposed to be. I then met up with Bonnie and her sister. We held the door as people were coming in. Then Bonnie got bored so she went up the hill where the road was and got a nice orange and yellow vest so that people would come over so she could explain to park. Bonnie got bored again to she went up to the main church and put the vest on a chair. I didn't want the vest to get lost so I put it on and wore it the whole day. Both Bonnie and I were tired so we went into one of the Nursery rooms to sit for a while. We talked a little bit. We got bored again so we walked around a while and ended up guarding Scherer Hall because they were having the Rorheim Institute teaching in there and peoples were barging in to get to a different way to the other side. The way you are supposed to pronounce Scherer Hall is "Sher Hall". Well the day before I called it "Scher-sher Hall". Which when I said it,it would sound like "Shersher Ha". My way of pronouncing it stuck,I said it that way all day. Some how or another we both got recruited to carry water bottles by this girl named Heather. She was like a drill sergeant thinking she was the boss. It was annoying. Luckily we some how ran away after we finished. We ended up down at the bottom of the hill where Bonnie,her sister and I were able to have a doughnut. Most the time we sat in the sitting room ajacent to Shersher Ha talking and sitting. One of the times when we were down the hill the Chic-Fl-A cow van came with lunch. I thought I could wait until the second group of people came for lunch but all of the teachers were eating so I got my lunch which consisted of a chicken sandwich,Lay's Orginial chips,water and a big chocolate brownie. It was very good. Good thing I did have mine a little early because at teh end there was no more chicken sandwiches left!!! By this time none of the kids had any caffeine left in them so we sat in the shade. Heather pretended to slap some of us. Then she threw a bit of water on my back. I told her she better watch her back because she shouldn't be picking on people three times stronger and bigger than she is. I think she thinks she is some kind of girl who can get away with anything. She was joking around with a guy who is a police man who goes to their church but he was watching the traffic and stuff and she pretended to slap him or some thing like that. I wouldn't have done that,at least I respect authority. So anyway, I did more hanging out. Bonnie went home early because her back was hurting bad (She has back problems). I didn't do much afterward except for help my Dad rearrange the rooms to what they used to be. We had to leave early because my Dad had to work that night. We went to Dairy Queen for a Blizzard and some Gas for the car. Then we went home.

State Fair 2005

Yesterday afternoon Dad,Mom,Mark,Jamie and I went to the State Fair of Virginia. After we parked a tram picked us up to drive us to the front gate,although we weren't that far away from it. The seats in the tram was burning hot!!! A few seconds later Mom went to the ticket booth to buy our tickets while we stood near the entrance in anticipation. Mom gave us our tickets and we went through the gate. Jamie and I got a smilely face arm band that meant we could ride the rides. Every year we go through all the exhibits first. First the Virginia building with it's Brunswick Stew,the milk in a bottle at the "Got Milk" booth and the always Farm Beauru booth with it's funny cow. The next building over had a lot of fish... BORING!!! Outside of the second building was the blue ribbon vegetables and stuff like that. Another thing we always do is go to see the cows and goats. I don't really get the point of going to the cows barn when I can see a thousand of the same kind at Pop Pop's farm. Goats on the other hand, I hardly ever see. As we walked down to the big red barn to look at some more cows (o joy) we stopped at a stunt show which was cool but would have been cooler if the sun wasn't blazing in my eyes the whole time. After thirty minutes we went to the big red barn for a few minutes. We then stopped to get a Icee. Mine was a Mountain Dew Icee,it was very good. All of us quickly went through the three other large buildings with arts,crafts and peoples selling stuff. Dad and I found some chairs we could hang up on the front porch because our old white one broke and the peoples who did our siding took it down. We didn't buy it though, Dad said we could probably find it on Google. Mark wanted to some Country singing thing but Jamie and I didn't want to. So Dad went with Mark and Mom stayed with Jamie and I so we could go on the rides. I think the first ride we went on was The Caterpiller mini roller coaster. After that we went in a fun house. I went on the Tornado. Jamie went on the fun house two more times. Then both of us went on he Tornado. Both of us then went on the Hang gliders which went higher than last year,so I screamed a little bit. Jamie went on the Ferris Wheel, I HATE it so I didn't go on it. Then Jamie and I went on the Crazy Mouse. While standing in line for it I saw my little rebel Logan. He said "Hi" and I said "Hi" back. Poor Jamie was on the side of the car on the Crazy Mouse so when it kept doing fast turns I get squishing him. Before we got on I told him to sit on the inside part but no,he didn't listen to me!!! Jamie then went on a roller coaster type thing that looked to scary for me to go on. By now both of us were tired of rides to we met up with Dad and Mark at the Country thing. I REALLY hope Mark goes back to his nice Country music but I doubt he will. We stayed to hear a few songs. Before we left Jamie got some pizza and a drink. Dad,Mom,Mark and I had barbecue from Virginia Tech. I had pork barbecue,Dad had chicken barbecue and Mark had beef barbecue. Everyone had a drink,coleslaw and beans also. Soon it started to drizzle a little so we walked hastily to the van. When we got home I was wide awake from my Mountain Dew Icee and Mountain Dew from my meal I had I stayed up until one thirtish!!!

Mrs. Christy's Ballet Class

Today I went to try out Mrs.Christy's Ballet class. There is only about nine people in the class which is a decent size. It was VERY quiet during the whole class. At the barre the music played really slow,but it helps your muscles get stronger because you are controlling what your legs do and not throwing them around. Some of the stuff we did across the floor was easy,but I do need to work on my tehnic. Mrs.Christy is as awesome as every. I really like her being my Hip-Hop/Jazz and Ballet teacher. Other than it being a little easy, I really liked Mrs.Christy's Ballet class.

1st Visit to Kingsway Nondemoninational

Today Dad,Mom,Mark,Jamie and I went to see how we liked Kingsway Baptist. Kingsway Baptist is held in a school just like Parkway but Kingsway is closer to us. We were running a little late so we got there a little bit after they started. So we sat in the very back. The singing was very contemporary. They had drums,piano, and some kind of loud flute. Almost everyone raised their hands or clapped whenever the music played, I wasn't used to that kind of singing. After we sang a lot we sat and down and there was a testimony and a announcement of a couple that got engaged. A group of people walked out of some doors and silly stringed the couple and gave them balloons in front of the whole congregation. It was quite funny. Then they had a five minute break,where we were told we needed to move up because they were going to take the chairs from the back. We ended up sitting very close to the front and freezing to death. The Sermon was very deep in logic and long in time. I guess it would have been more interesting if I was taking notes,but I didn't feel like it. To mention there was a ton of kids. I saw a bunch of teenagers but most of them were guys and there was also ton of little kids. Jamie's coach from his first year of Upward's goes there, the D's go there who come to Bethany Place for AWANA and two of Jamie's friends go there too. After an hour and thirty minutes Worship was dismissed.

This afternoon Mom,Mark and I went to a Biblestudy type thing at a house next to the Kingsway site where they are building their church. We went in and were greeted immediately and asked our names ect... We then walked into the kitchen where I saw and talked to Courtney D. Then we all went downstairs to the Biblestudy room with other Mom's and their daughters. They are doing a Biblestudy with the book called "Stop Dating The Church". The topic was modesty so we had a big group discussion on it. After that we went into three small groups and everyone had a topic they had to answer questions. Ours was The Body. Mom mentioned the song from Casting Crowns called "We Are The Body", I started singing the chorus and everyone said sing it again (It was rather embarrassing!!). We then broke into Mom and Daughter groups were we discussed some more. After we were finished everyone had snacks in the kitchen up stairs that consisted of Ruffles chips,barbecue chip,Tostito chips,ranch dip,Cheese dip,Salsa dip,carrots,mini brownies and mini candy bars. It was very good. We talked and stuff,then we went home. The Biblestudy was better than I thought, I liked it I guess.

Mrs. Christy's Hip-Hop/Jazz Class

Today I went to Mrs Christy's Hip-Hop/Jazz class to see if I liked it enough to want to take it. It was too hard for me in my Ballet,Tap and Jazz classes on Monday so I am going to take different classes (Which I have to see how I like them by taking one of the classes to see how I like it). In the class they wear the black hip-hop shoes which I like a lot and because Mrs. Christy teaches it and she is my favorite teacher. I think I am younger and shorter than a lot of the girls but I don't really care all that much. The advantages of being short is that you get to dance in the front instead of dancing all the way in the back. Before class started I looked over and there was Amy R. from Swift Creek. I was surprized to see her. I didn't walk up and say "Hi" or anything. I waited till she noticed and she said "Hi". Amy is very tall and very blonde. She is nothing like Kaylyn though, no one can match Kaylyn (I mean that as a compliment Kaylyn!!!). In all there was twenty two in the class. Thankfully they had another class that had no one in it so some people are going to change to that one. All in all the class was fun. My next I am going to try is Ballet on Monday with Mrs.Christy which should be great too. I'll write again when I get to try it out.

Valiant

Today Dad,Mom,Jamie and I went to see "Valiant" at the Commonwealth 20. We were almost the only people in the theatre we were in except for a family with little kids who squealed a little during parts of the movie. "Valiant" is a movie about a pigeon named "Valiant" and his dreams to become a carrier pigeon in World War 2. The animation was wonderful,even to where the sea almost looked real to life. The movie was very clean cut except for a few spots here and there about farting and burping. Other than that "Valiant" was "all around" good.

First Day of Dance 2005

Today at five thirty was my first Ballet,Jazz and Tap classes. This year we have a lot of JEMs and three girl named Elizabeth,Laura and Kaylyn from my last years class. Ballet was first and taught by Mrs.Jessica. All we really did in Ballet was simple stuff. After Ballet came Jazz. Jazz is my favorite again this year. The JEMs goofed off but us four stood in the corner waiting to start the combination. Last but not least was Tap. It was hard-core-work-out-Tap-mania. The weirdest thing is that the whole studio one is backwards. Instead of the mirrors being on the left side,they were on the right. It was difficult to get my bearings straight at times because of the different set-up. Mrs.Mary said that those of us who could not do draw backs need to work on them, she wants them good by the end of September. I am scared I won't get it,but hey I thought I would never get Mr.Chris's eight body postitions but I did. I guess I will just have to work on it... During Jazz and Tap Kaylyn kept saying over and over again how she looked like an idiot because she couldn't get the steps right. I told her we all look like idiots some what,it just takes practice,practice,practice to get a step right. I personally was having difficulties doing a across the floor shuffle-ball-change step we did last year in our dance. Soon it was time to go home. By now it was eight thirty.

1st Visit to Parkway Baptist

I don't know if any of you guys knows this but we are looking to attend a different church as of September 1st, so here is the account of what I thought of it and such. Today Dad,Mom,Mark,Jamie and I visited Parkway Baptist Church, it is held in a school called Grange Hall while they are making their own church building. Jamie and I went to Big Group which is kind of what we did at Bethany Place. I saw Steven M.,Chad's younger brother,Kacie who were all originally form Swift Creek where we used to got to before Bethany Place. I didn't feel shy or anything like normal because I actually knew some people who are already members there. After the leader dude announced stuff we watched a Fuel video. Then soon after we spilt into groups. Jamie was in the seventh grade class where I was in the eighth with Kacie,two other girls and two boys. The lesson was about Rahab and the spies and how bad people can turn good. The guy who taught the class is the manager of Chic-Fl-A which I thought was cool. After about thirty minutes class dismissed and everyone went to Worship. I met up with Jamie and found Mark,then we went to the gym where the Worship service was held where we found our parents. It started out with the choir singing,they were pretty good. Then the congregation sang, no one turned around to see who was singing when my Dad started singing (He sings loud and low and it sometimes startles people,but not me I am used to it!!!). The music was contemporary but it did have a hymn at the end. I like that kind of a balance where it just isn't one type of music. The sermon was ok, it wasn't long and monotonous or too hyper. The one good thing is that the service let out at twelve o'clock instead of the normal one o'clock. We went to Michael's so Mark could get some art stuff he needed for class,went to Gamestop so Jamie could look,Barnes & Noble for Mark because he wanted to see if they had a book he wanted, at the very end we all went to CiCi's Pizza for Lunch where I saw the Youth dude but didn't go over and say "Hi" or anything (I was shy).


Dad,Mom and I went to Parkway's picnic at the C's (Jamie and Mark didn't go because Jamie wanted to go to the Block Party at Bethany Place instead) I think it was all the way out in Amelia county. Anyway, we pulled into the parking lot where we then parked and got out our chairs to sit in. A guy who was driving people down the road to the house picked us up and took us down the driveway a ways. Then Mom put her cookies on the table and went over to the pool to try to watch the people being Baptized. Then we sang some songs,prayed over the food and ate. There was the usually Southern Baptist Hardee's chicken and biscuits and casseroles. I was rather stuffed still from CiCi's so I didn't eat a lot. I walked over to where Kacie and her friends were, I figured if I was going to see how I liked Youth there I would have to hang out with them!!! They were all nice and stuff. Soon came the egg tossing contest upon which I didn't compete in because I didn't want to get egg all over me. Next came the pie eating contest. Two ladies,one man and a boy competed in it. One of the two ladies won. I sat on the pavement and talked with Kasie and her friends. Then Dad,Mom and I soon had to go home.

Busch Gardens 2005

Yesterday morning Dad,Mom,Jamie and I went to Busch Gardens. When we got there it was WAYY early!!! We parked ALL the way in Italy 8. The first ride we went on was Corkscrew Hill 2-D in Ireland. My Mom went on it and screamed the whole time I think... Anyway, soon we went to New France where Dad,Jamie and I went on the Log Flume three times like we do every year. We then went to eat at Trappers Smokehouse. Mom and I had some chicken and rice, a roll and a Mountain Dew. Dad and Jamie had chicken with a roll and Pepsi. It was very good. WE walked across a bridge and went on the Big Bad Wolf with Dad and Jamie. It was a little scary for my first hanging ride but afterward I thought it was so wicked awesome. Jamie bought a hat with the wolf on it and then "Who' Afraid???". I think after that we all went on the bumper cars. I wanted to go on the Loc Ness but Dad said we would do that next year. We then walked to Italy where Dad,Mom,Jamie and I had a chicken,onion and peppers sandwiches. They were good too.Soon it was time to leave because Dad had to work and Jamie had a football practice to go to. ON the way out we met Matt and Mr.O. We were all surprised. We talked for a while and then went home.

School Year Starting 2005

Ok, I know it is a little early to start saying this but... man do I hate school. It isn't that I hate being homeschooled, I love it. It is just that I get all hyped up to get started and I do the easy stuff first but when I get to the first lesson in Math it always makes me aggravated because my brain hasn't worked numbers all Summer. Normally in Math books they have review the first ten lessons or so to get back in the swing of things but by new Algebra Math book just starts with fractions right away where I left off in May. That is very overwhelming to just start doing fraction problems right away after three months of no Math at all. O ya and the Geography which I thought would be fairly simple to do isn't. We have this World Almanac which has teeny tiney words barely able to read and if you look at them long enough they all seem to jumble together so that you can't find the right word you are searching for. It has given me a headache!!! All I want to do is get finished the two annoying subjects but Mom and Jamie are at the pool so I will have to wait until they come back so Mom can help me get through the overwhelming Math and the confusing Geography.

New Refrigerator

Today our new Kenmore refrigerator arrived. Our old refrigerator had a broken handle,broken shelves and a very small freezer. Now the freezer and the refrigerator are two times bigger it seems and there is a dispenser for ice and water which I REALLY like. We have to wait until tomorrow though to use the water and ice thingie because of what they spray in it in the factory. It is so white,it just stands out so much you just have to stare at it!!!