Praise: I got my permit! YESSS :) It was a little more complicated and irritating than we thought (we ended up not having all the paperwork, etc.), so I just got it yesterday. I missed 2 questions XD Oh well. I drove to class today, which was fun, even though it was kind of nerve-wracking.
Prayers: I know 10 people who are sick. There is a horrible thing going around. Stuffy nose, runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, coughing, chest pain, and a high fever in my sister's case. See, Lizzy is an amazing sport. She plows through life and gives 100% no matter what. She has to be feeling like death warmed over to show it, and, well, she's showing it.
I haven't seen her like this in years. At least. It makes me want to take all the sickness and just go through it myself, and I mean that. (Normally I'm a selfish little snitch, so it's different this time, lol...XD) My mom is even thinking about taking her to the doctor, something she hardly ever does.
Anyway, I don't want to sound annoying, because I know there are WAY worse things than a bad cold/virus thing, but any prayers for my sister (and all the other sick people) would be wonderful.
~Kendra
Showing posts with label driver's ed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label driver's ed. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Finally. Maybe.
You might remember when I took driver's ed.
You might remember when this guy lost my certificate.
You might remember when the Department of Non-Public Education messed up our paperwork.
You might remember that we had to order my birth certificate because we couldn't find it.
You might remember that it took 8 weeks to arrive.
Nearly two years later than normal, I'm going to get my driver's permit today. Theoretically. I'm hesitant to even say anything because I'm really, really, really, really, really, REALLY afraid I might fail. Like, legitimately.
*sigh* We'll see. Prayers wouldn't be out of order :)
~Kendra
You might remember when this guy lost my certificate.
You might remember when the Department of Non-Public Education messed up our paperwork.
You might remember that we had to order my birth certificate because we couldn't find it.
You might remember that it took 8 weeks to arrive.
Nearly two years later than normal, I'm going to get my driver's permit today. Theoretically. I'm hesitant to even say anything because I'm really, really, really, really, really, REALLY afraid I might fail. Like, legitimately.
*sigh* We'll see. Prayers wouldn't be out of order :)
~Kendra
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Advice Day
Ready for my supreme knowledge?
"Don't get behind in math." ~Kendra Logan
-_- It will kill you dead.
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Anyway. Today was...extremely unproductive and just generally cruddy, but then at the same time it was fun... I messed around most of the day, then did math.
I was woefully behind. I mean, I had been keeping up with the work, but not with the understanding. I'm terrible at math. I'm in algebra 1 AGAIN -_- I don't ever seem to understand even the simplest things. Thanks to Cavender and Kyle for trying to help. Ish XD My mom and dad did eventually clear things up for me.
Then, my ulcer started getting worse. Um, AGAIN. I've been battle the stupid mouth-blister for a week now. It's a literal pain to eat, a literal pain to smile, a literal pain to laugh, talk, and all the other things I do a lot (apparently).
Also, I found out ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE news about my driver's ed certificate. We'd been calling the department of Non-Public Education to send me a form I need to get my permit. We've called four times, and they still haven't sent my form. Well, today my dad finally got a hold of a non-machine person and guess what?
We apparently aren't in the records. And to get your permit form mailed to you, that means your school has to have been set up for at least six months. Know what that means?
I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MY PERMIT UNTIL I'M AT LEAST SIXTEEN AND A HALF. AND THEN I CAN'T GET MY LICENSE TILL A YEAR AFTER THAT. I WILL BE SEVENTEEN AND A FREAKING HALF BY THE TIME I GET A LICENSE.
Does that suck or what?
Yeah. It sucks.
But then, on the other hand, I've had so much fun with my friends today (all online, LOL), that today really wasn't bad at all. Weird, huh? Well, I mean, I guess not really...
Okay, my thoughts are very scattered today/right now. I guess I'll leave you now :)
"Don't get behind in math." ~Kendra Logan
-_- It will kill you dead.
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Anyway. Today was...extremely unproductive and just generally cruddy, but then at the same time it was fun... I messed around most of the day, then did math.
I was woefully behind. I mean, I had been keeping up with the work, but not with the understanding. I'm terrible at math. I'm in algebra 1 AGAIN -_- I don't ever seem to understand even the simplest things. Thanks to Cavender and Kyle for trying to help. Ish XD My mom and dad did eventually clear things up for me.
Then, my ulcer started getting worse. Um, AGAIN. I've been battle the stupid mouth-blister for a week now. It's a literal pain to eat, a literal pain to smile, a literal pain to laugh, talk, and all the other things I do a lot (apparently).
Also, I found out ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE news about my driver's ed certificate. We'd been calling the department of Non-Public Education to send me a form I need to get my permit. We've called four times, and they still haven't sent my form. Well, today my dad finally got a hold of a non-machine person and guess what?
We apparently aren't in the records. And to get your permit form mailed to you, that means your school has to have been set up for at least six months. Know what that means?
I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MY PERMIT UNTIL I'M AT LEAST SIXTEEN AND A HALF. AND THEN I CAN'T GET MY LICENSE TILL A YEAR AFTER THAT. I WILL BE SEVENTEEN AND A FREAKING HALF BY THE TIME I GET A LICENSE.
Does that suck or what?
Yeah. It sucks.
But then, on the other hand, I've had so much fun with my friends today (all online, LOL), that today really wasn't bad at all. Weird, huh? Well, I mean, I guess not really...
Okay, my thoughts are very scattered today/right now. I guess I'll leave you now :)
Monday, December 7, 2009
NINETEEN DAYS UNTIL!!!
First, two thank-yous:
Thanks to Cori for following!!! You rock!
Thanks for the Legolas Fan Award and the Eowyn's Courage Award, Eldarwen!! I love them. (You can see them on my sidebar just past the Visitors Since... and the Find it Fast thing.)
Also, I made a Christmas Blog Button :D It's on the side right there. Yeah, there. Feel free to put it on your blog :D Lols ;P
We are down to the teens! Only nineteen more days until Christmas!
What better way to celebrate the teens with a quick announcement?
I FINALLY CALLED THE NON-PUBLIC EDUCATION PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING MY PERMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After waiting since MARCH for my parents to do it for me, Mrs. Martha (Matt and Katie's mom, my second mom) told me I should do it myself. Yesterday when we were at their house all day, she asked me when I got up in the morning. I told her (sheepishly) about ten, and she told me she'd call me at ten thirty and remind me to call them myself!
So this morning, my dad comes into my room while I'm still asleep and says, "Telephone," holding out the phone. I blink at him, my hair in a ponytail that WAS neat last night and a voice resembling a frog say, "Oh. It's Mrs. Martha..." I take the phone.
Me: *croak* "Hello?"
Mrs. Martha: "Hey, I told you I'd call!"
Me: *smiling groggily* "Yep." *getting out of bed* "I'm making a note to call right now..."
Mrs. Martha: "I have a meeting at 10 so I had to call earlier. Sorry."
Me: *freeze...look at clock...it's 9:30 WHEW* "Oh, it's fine. Thanks for calling!!"
So, I did :D And I should be receiving a certificate of eligibility within a couple of days! Yay!
FYI:
Favorite Christmas song ever: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. This is an awesome version by MercyMe.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Anyway. Now for the Christmas Countdown, 19 Things To Do This Christmas!
1. Bake cookies and decorate them
2. Get a favorite Christmas song
3. Decorate your tree
4. Buy the perfect gift for someone
5. Talk to someone you don't usually talk to
6. Eat a candy cane. I hate them, too, just DO IT ;P
7. DECIDE to be happy
8. Watch a Christmas special (Rudolf, The Grinch, Charlie Brown Christmas, etc.)
9. See snow (snow globes can count if necessary)
10. Have a fire in your fireplace
11. Read a Christmas book to a little kid
12. Know the Legend of the Christmas Spiders
13. Watch an old Christmas movie
14. Make a gingerbread man (/woman/boy/girl/dog/mouse/reindeer...)
15. Say, "Merry Christmas" (NOT "Happy Holidays") to a cashier
16. Do something nice for your mom
17. Make a wish list
18. Wear a Santa hat out in public
19. Drop a few coins in the Salvation Army's bucket thing
Ta-da! If anyone does all those things, I want to hear about it! I will also give out an award. Get busy! :)
MERRY NINETEEN-DAYS-UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!
Thanks to Cori for following!!! You rock!
Thanks for the Legolas Fan Award and the Eowyn's Courage Award, Eldarwen!! I love them. (You can see them on my sidebar just past the Visitors Since... and the Find it Fast thing.)
Also, I made a Christmas Blog Button :D It's on the side right there. Yeah, there. Feel free to put it on your blog :D Lols ;P
We are down to the teens! Only nineteen more days until Christmas!
What better way to celebrate the teens with a quick announcement?
I FINALLY CALLED THE NON-PUBLIC EDUCATION PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING MY PERMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After waiting since MARCH for my parents to do it for me, Mrs. Martha (Matt and Katie's mom, my second mom) told me I should do it myself. Yesterday when we were at their house all day, she asked me when I got up in the morning. I told her (sheepishly) about ten, and she told me she'd call me at ten thirty and remind me to call them myself!
So this morning, my dad comes into my room while I'm still asleep and says, "Telephone," holding out the phone. I blink at him, my hair in a ponytail that WAS neat last night and a voice resembling a frog say, "Oh. It's Mrs. Martha..." I take the phone.
Me: *croak* "Hello?"
Mrs. Martha: "Hey, I told you I'd call!"
Me: *smiling groggily* "Yep." *getting out of bed* "I'm making a note to call right now..."
Mrs. Martha: "I have a meeting at 10 so I had to call earlier. Sorry."
Me: *freeze...look at clock...it's 9:30 WHEW* "Oh, it's fine. Thanks for calling!!"
So, I did :D And I should be receiving a certificate of eligibility within a couple of days! Yay!
FYI:
Favorite Christmas song ever: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. This is an awesome version by MercyMe.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Anyway. Now for the Christmas Countdown, 19 Things To Do This Christmas!
1. Bake cookies and decorate them
2. Get a favorite Christmas song
3. Decorate your tree
4. Buy the perfect gift for someone
5. Talk to someone you don't usually talk to
6. Eat a candy cane. I hate them, too, just DO IT ;P
7. DECIDE to be happy
8. Watch a Christmas special (Rudolf, The Grinch, Charlie Brown Christmas, etc.)
9. See snow (snow globes can count if necessary)
10. Have a fire in your fireplace
11. Read a Christmas book to a little kid
12. Know the Legend of the Christmas Spiders
13. Watch an old Christmas movie
14. Make a gingerbread man (/woman/boy/girl/dog/mouse/reindeer...)
15. Say, "Merry Christmas" (NOT "Happy Holidays") to a cashier
16. Do something nice for your mom
17. Make a wish list
18. Wear a Santa hat out in public
19. Drop a few coins in the Salvation Army's bucket thing
Ta-da! If anyone does all those things, I want to hear about it! I will also give out an award. Get busy! :)
MERRY NINETEEN-DAYS-UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Driving with God
So far this has been a really strange morning. But good strange. I think.
I woke up a little before eight, which wasn't exactly ideal since I was planning on being out until at least nine and I'd had a bad night's sleep. It was one of those nights when you just keep waking up all tangled in the sheets every hour or so. *moan* But I couldn't get back to sleep, and it was a really beautiful day, so I just opened the blinds and read in the bed for a while. At nine, I went upstairs and said good morning to my mom, came back downstairs and put on some ripped jeans, and went out to weed my little garden. I was in an uncharacteristically good mood.
My garden is doing REALLY well! Nothing is eating the leaves, everything looks very healthy, and they growing like...well, weeds, lol! I'm growing nine tomatoe plants, three red pepper plants, and four squash and zucchini plants.
I got all the little weeds out in like ten minutes and came back inside. I got dressed, made my bed, straightened up my room, and then--you might wanna sit down for this--I did my laundry.
I KNOW! I actually did it without being nagged for days on end!
Then, I ate a bowl of cereal, and came down here and started checking emails and blogs and stuff.
Oh, what a beautiful morning.
Only now I'm all stuffed up and sneezing because my mom made me sweep outside. *shudders* I don't mind sweeping the front walk and porch, but the back patio is really big with tons of beams where spiders string their webs all over. And those giant misquito things are all over. I HATE THOSE THING!! They're actually called the "crane fly", but they look just like enormous misquitos. EEEEEK! If I had to pick one bug to become exstinct, that would be the one I'd pick. Pictures:
1. http://schools-wikipedia.org/2006/images/70/7028.jpg
2. http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/qa/images/cranefly.jpg
3. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/542599649_56bd0af6c6.jpg?v=0
EEEEEEK!! JUST LOOKING AT THEM GIVES ME THE CREEPS!!
Anyway, time for my Bible thing that I missed yesterday:
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Okay, I actually came up with this on my own; I didn't hear it in youth group or anything.
It occured to me during driver's ed driving that driving with the instructor is a little bit like living life with God.
Now, I'm not saying that my instructor was all-powerful or anything, haha. It's just that the situation is kind of familiar.
I mean, we just live our lives, making our own decisions. (I drive around, controlling the turns, and stuff like that.) For the most part, God will leave us alone and let us do our own thing. (The instructor gives guidlines, but he lets me drive and make my own little mistakes.) But, I know that if I get into real trouble, God won't let me down. He's always there with his "emergency break" ready to save the day if things get out of hand.
Practice driving really is a lot like life with God. God tells us what he thinks we should do, the best routes to take, and when to start breaking. Sometimes we listen, but sometimes we think we know better than God. Of course, when we try our own way, and God lets us, it usually doesn't turn out quite like we thought it would, and God ends up gently taking the wheel or applying the break in order to save our butts.
There's also that trust thing going on. At first, I was really nervous about driving, and I always double-checked what the instructor was saying. He would tell me the way was clear, but I would always look anyway just to see for myself. At first, that's how we are with God. We want to trust him and everything, but it's like, "Um, yeah, let me just make sure that fits with MY plan...". By the last day of driving, the instructor could just say, "Move over into the left lane" and I would immediately flick on the turn signal, even if I didn't see the lane change yet.
That's how we should get with God. Just totally trusting him to know what's best for us--because he does! God loves us, and he's always looking out for our best interests. He lets us make our own mistakes, but he'll always be there to help us out when things get crazy.
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On Wednesday, I'll be leaving to go to a practicum. That's this three day workshop kind of thing that's for Classical Conversations, the homeschooling program I do. A bunch of people who do Classical or who want to can come and hear people speak about it. It's really organized and all that stuff. My mom is one of the main speakers (she's awesome ;D), and I'm going to help in the camps.
There are four different camps that the moms (or dads) who are coming to the practicum can leave their kids at. Last year I helped in the 6-8 year olds in ArtGeo camp, which is pretty much what it sounds like: Geography disguised as Art. This year, I'm going to help in the 9-13 year olds camp. Their camp changes every year. Last year it was Trig (trigonometry), so I was like, hahahahaha NO. But this year it's going to a Logic camp, so I was like YESSSSSSS!!! Logic was one of my favorite classes in Challenge B (eighth grade). I love it.
So, anyway, what I was trying to say is this: we're leaving on Wednesday, and the practicum is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. That pretty much means that I won't be able to post from Thursday until Sunday. :( I'm going to miss Name Day. Darn. But, I just wanted to let y'all know that so when it looks like I've fallen off the face of the Earth, you can know that I haven't; I'm just helping 9-13 year olds with Ps and Qs and hypothetical syllogisms :D
I am a nerd.
And I don't mind :P
Maybe I'll do the Name on Wednesday or something. *shrugs*
Well, I'll be going now! Talk to you later! Carpe diem! Get outside! It's gorgeous! (At least it is here...)
I woke up a little before eight, which wasn't exactly ideal since I was planning on being out until at least nine and I'd had a bad night's sleep. It was one of those nights when you just keep waking up all tangled in the sheets every hour or so. *moan* But I couldn't get back to sleep, and it was a really beautiful day, so I just opened the blinds and read in the bed for a while. At nine, I went upstairs and said good morning to my mom, came back downstairs and put on some ripped jeans, and went out to weed my little garden. I was in an uncharacteristically good mood.
My garden is doing REALLY well! Nothing is eating the leaves, everything looks very healthy, and they growing like...well, weeds, lol! I'm growing nine tomatoe plants, three red pepper plants, and four squash and zucchini plants.
I got all the little weeds out in like ten minutes and came back inside. I got dressed, made my bed, straightened up my room, and then--you might wanna sit down for this--I did my laundry.
I KNOW! I actually did it without being nagged for days on end!
Then, I ate a bowl of cereal, and came down here and started checking emails and blogs and stuff.
Oh, what a beautiful morning.
Only now I'm all stuffed up and sneezing because my mom made me sweep outside. *shudders* I don't mind sweeping the front walk and porch, but the back patio is really big with tons of beams where spiders string their webs all over. And those giant misquito things are all over. I HATE THOSE THING!! They're actually called the "crane fly", but they look just like enormous misquitos. EEEEEK! If I had to pick one bug to become exstinct, that would be the one I'd pick. Pictures:
1. http://schools-wikipedia.org/2006/images/70/7028.jpg
2. http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/qa/images/cranefly.jpg
3. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/542599649_56bd0af6c6.jpg?v=0
EEEEEEK!! JUST LOOKING AT THEM GIVES ME THE CREEPS!!
Anyway, time for my Bible thing that I missed yesterday:
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Okay, I actually came up with this on my own; I didn't hear it in youth group or anything.
It occured to me during driver's ed driving that driving with the instructor is a little bit like living life with God.
Now, I'm not saying that my instructor was all-powerful or anything, haha. It's just that the situation is kind of familiar.
I mean, we just live our lives, making our own decisions. (I drive around, controlling the turns, and stuff like that.) For the most part, God will leave us alone and let us do our own thing. (The instructor gives guidlines, but he lets me drive and make my own little mistakes.) But, I know that if I get into real trouble, God won't let me down. He's always there with his "emergency break" ready to save the day if things get out of hand.
Practice driving really is a lot like life with God. God tells us what he thinks we should do, the best routes to take, and when to start breaking. Sometimes we listen, but sometimes we think we know better than God. Of course, when we try our own way, and God lets us, it usually doesn't turn out quite like we thought it would, and God ends up gently taking the wheel or applying the break in order to save our butts.
There's also that trust thing going on. At first, I was really nervous about driving, and I always double-checked what the instructor was saying. He would tell me the way was clear, but I would always look anyway just to see for myself. At first, that's how we are with God. We want to trust him and everything, but it's like, "Um, yeah, let me just make sure that fits with MY plan...". By the last day of driving, the instructor could just say, "Move over into the left lane" and I would immediately flick on the turn signal, even if I didn't see the lane change yet.
That's how we should get with God. Just totally trusting him to know what's best for us--because he does! God loves us, and he's always looking out for our best interests. He lets us make our own mistakes, but he'll always be there to help us out when things get crazy.
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On Wednesday, I'll be leaving to go to a practicum. That's this three day workshop kind of thing that's for Classical Conversations, the homeschooling program I do. A bunch of people who do Classical or who want to can come and hear people speak about it. It's really organized and all that stuff. My mom is one of the main speakers (she's awesome ;D), and I'm going to help in the camps.
There are four different camps that the moms (or dads) who are coming to the practicum can leave their kids at. Last year I helped in the 6-8 year olds in ArtGeo camp, which is pretty much what it sounds like: Geography disguised as Art. This year, I'm going to help in the 9-13 year olds camp. Their camp changes every year. Last year it was Trig (trigonometry), so I was like, hahahahaha NO. But this year it's going to a Logic camp, so I was like YESSSSSSS!!! Logic was one of my favorite classes in Challenge B (eighth grade). I love it.
So, anyway, what I was trying to say is this: we're leaving on Wednesday, and the practicum is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. That pretty much means that I won't be able to post from Thursday until Sunday. :( I'm going to miss Name Day. Darn. But, I just wanted to let y'all know that so when it looks like I've fallen off the face of the Earth, you can know that I haven't; I'm just helping 9-13 year olds with Ps and Qs and hypothetical syllogisms :D
I am a nerd.
And I don't mind :P
Maybe I'll do the Name on Wednesday or something. *shrugs*
Well, I'll be going now! Talk to you later! Carpe diem! Get outside! It's gorgeous! (At least it is here...)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
A Little Bit of Everything
VERY GOOD EXCUSE: My grandma had a heart catherazation and we had to go and see her and then bring her home and spend the night last night. So, I didn't just ditch posting or whatever :) (My grandma is okay.)
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But I do have a Challenge!! Bwahahaha. Eat a War Head candy without making a face. Hah. Let me know how that goes, because I've never been able to do it. I love those things.
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No Carpe Noctem thoughts today :( Sorry.
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Okay! So...I finished driving!! We just have to call the Department of Non-public Education and have them send me some certificate of elegibility or something and then I can get my permit! *gasp* :) AWESOME!!
"Mirror" is okay. I'm back to writing it, but almost half-heartedly. I went back and read it, and I'm going to have A LOT of editing to do -_- There are so many things that are just unrealistic and almost silly. *sigh* Oh well.
Dang, I feel boring again. I'm sure I had something to say...DARN, WHAT WAS IT??
Well, I changed my profile picture on Gmail, and it randomly changed my picture for some other blogger stuff...*shrugs* It's been dong weird things like that lately. So annoying. So far on the pole, the second picture, the universe one, is winning. I agree. That one is my favorite, I think. So, I'll be changing my profile picture to her as soon as the poll is closed. If anyone hasn't voted who actually cares, vote now! Lol :)
My daddy is still in Jamaica, and he's having a good time it sounds like. He and the other guys went to the market today. How cool is that? In some ways, I wish I were there, too. In others, I'm glad I'm not. I'm weird that way. I love to travel, but I hate trying new food and the traveling part (the car ride or plane trip), I don't like. *shrugs* But Jamaica sounds SO cool.
Well, I don't have any more news, so I won't keep blogging about nothing :) Talk to ya later! Carpe diem!
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But I do have a Challenge!! Bwahahaha. Eat a War Head candy without making a face. Hah. Let me know how that goes, because I've never been able to do it. I love those things.
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No Carpe Noctem thoughts today :( Sorry.
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Okay! So...I finished driving!! We just have to call the Department of Non-public Education and have them send me some certificate of elegibility or something and then I can get my permit! *gasp* :) AWESOME!!
"Mirror" is okay. I'm back to writing it, but almost half-heartedly. I went back and read it, and I'm going to have A LOT of editing to do -_- There are so many things that are just unrealistic and almost silly. *sigh* Oh well.
Dang, I feel boring again. I'm sure I had something to say...DARN, WHAT WAS IT??
Well, I changed my profile picture on Gmail, and it randomly changed my picture for some other blogger stuff...*shrugs* It's been dong weird things like that lately. So annoying. So far on the pole, the second picture, the universe one, is winning. I agree. That one is my favorite, I think. So, I'll be changing my profile picture to her as soon as the poll is closed. If anyone hasn't voted who actually cares, vote now! Lol :)
My daddy is still in Jamaica, and he's having a good time it sounds like. He and the other guys went to the market today. How cool is that? In some ways, I wish I were there, too. In others, I'm glad I'm not. I'm weird that way. I love to travel, but I hate trying new food and the traveling part (the car ride or plane trip), I don't like. *shrugs* But Jamaica sounds SO cool.
Well, I don't have any more news, so I won't keep blogging about nothing :) Talk to ya later! Carpe diem!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Turtles
Driving went much better today!! Everything went very good, actually. The only bad thing that happened was that I ran over a turtle. Yeahh...I tried to miss it, but instead I steered right onto it. *sigh* I also almost got this bird. He wouldn't move! I thought he would fly away, but he just SAT THERE! At the last second he flew away, though. The boys were like, "Wow, you weren't gonna move, were you?" And then when I hit the turtle like five minutes later, they were like, "What are you gonna hit next? Hey, look! Turkies!" -_- That's me. Just mowin' down wildlife.
But it was pretty hilarious.
Only now I feel so bad about killing the poor little turtle. *sob!*
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Name Day! My faaaaaavorite!
Um. Hmm. A name...What should I do today?
Heheh, I have the perfect one:
Awanata.
It's a Native American name meaning "turtle" :P Oh, the humor of it all. Just kidding.
Definitely NOT something I would name my kid, but funny all the same.
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Matt and Katie are coming over again today. My mom will pick them up at school, and they'll come home and do homework. Then Matt will have to go to this award banquet thing, and Katie will stay here and I'll help her study for a million tests. Seriously, she has like spelling, history, science, geography (I think), and something else. Poor kid.
Oh, this is really random, but we had to weigh the guys' luggage before they left for Jamaica, so we had to find our scale. I didn't even know we had a scale. But I weighed myself, and I weigh like 123. Haha, one, two, three. Yeah, anyway. It's just weird because I've almost never weighed myself. Only at the doctor. And I haven't been to the doctor in over a year. Before that, I hadn't been in about five years. Our family is disgustingly healthy :P We're not, like, health freaks or anything, we just never get sick. I've never had strep throat or the flu, and I've had four ear infections in my whole life.
*knocks on wood*
Well, I'm hungry. The leftover pizza in the 'fridge is calling my name. Ttyl! Carpe diem!
P.S. Thanks for following, Dressed Like Violence!
P.P.S. Is there a story behind that name? Just curious.
P.P.P.S. DAAARN! I was gonna start doing my followers' names for Name Day! Dangit, I forgot. Okay, here's a bonus name then: Seth. It's Hebrew and it means...let me look it up..."appointed". And it means that everywhere; no confusing multiple meanings this time :)
But it was pretty hilarious.
Only now I feel so bad about killing the poor little turtle. *sob!*
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Name Day! My faaaaaavorite!
Um. Hmm. A name...What should I do today?
Heheh, I have the perfect one:
Awanata.
It's a Native American name meaning "turtle" :P Oh, the humor of it all. Just kidding.
Definitely NOT something I would name my kid, but funny all the same.
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Matt and Katie are coming over again today. My mom will pick them up at school, and they'll come home and do homework. Then Matt will have to go to this award banquet thing, and Katie will stay here and I'll help her study for a million tests. Seriously, she has like spelling, history, science, geography (I think), and something else. Poor kid.
Oh, this is really random, but we had to weigh the guys' luggage before they left for Jamaica, so we had to find our scale. I didn't even know we had a scale. But I weighed myself, and I weigh like 123. Haha, one, two, three. Yeah, anyway. It's just weird because I've almost never weighed myself. Only at the doctor. And I haven't been to the doctor in over a year. Before that, I hadn't been in about five years. Our family is disgustingly healthy :P We're not, like, health freaks or anything, we just never get sick. I've never had strep throat or the flu, and I've had four ear infections in my whole life.
*knocks on wood*
Well, I'm hungry. The leftover pizza in the 'fridge is calling my name. Ttyl! Carpe diem!
P.S. Thanks for following, Dressed Like Violence!
P.P.S. Is there a story behind that name? Just curious.
P.P.P.S. DAAARN! I was gonna start doing my followers' names for Name Day! Dangit, I forgot. Okay, here's a bonus name then: Seth. It's Hebrew and it means...let me look it up..."appointed". And it means that everywhere; no confusing multiple meanings this time :)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cherishing Family
*does a happy dance* IT'S QUOTE DAY!! YAY! MY FAVORITE!
But even before THAT, I have news:
I DID SOME OF THE DRIVING PART FOR DRIVER'S ED TODAY!!! YAY! It was kind of fun, medium boring, and quite nerve-wracking. I messed up some, too, which was embarassing. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Overall, not bad I don't think :)
Okay. Quote time.
"He who knows right will do right." --Socrates
I know I've talked about this before, though, so I won't go into detail. I just think it's cool. At first it makes no sense and you're like "nuh-uh", but then Socrates explains it and it makes perfect sense. Here's the link where I talk about it in detail(ish): http://puelladei.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-read-all-this-ill-give-you.html
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Well, the "family" is here again! With the dads gone to Jamaica, we have to help take and get Matt and Katie home from school. AAAND because my driving stuff is at their school, it all just works out. They're actually here right now. Lizzy and Katie are in Lizzy's room. I don't know what they're doing. Matt is flipping through channels and refusing to give up the remote. Which is fine because I'd rather post that rot my brain on the TV, MATTHEW. :) Just kidding.
Tomorrow the same thing will happen, only Katie has a million tests on Friday so I'll have to help her with that. Hmm.
Well, I don't have any more to say. Have a great day, and I'll probably continue doing the same! Carpe diem! Cherish your family. And remember, not all family is your own flesh and blood.
P.S. Could someone tell me who my latest follower is?? My computer is being stupid and won't load the Follower thing. Grr.
But even before THAT, I have news:
I DID SOME OF THE DRIVING PART FOR DRIVER'S ED TODAY!!! YAY! It was kind of fun, medium boring, and quite nerve-wracking. I messed up some, too, which was embarassing. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Overall, not bad I don't think :)
Okay. Quote time.
"He who knows right will do right." --Socrates
I know I've talked about this before, though, so I won't go into detail. I just think it's cool. At first it makes no sense and you're like "nuh-uh", but then Socrates explains it and it makes perfect sense. Here's the link where I talk about it in detail(ish): http://puelladei.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-read-all-this-ill-give-you.html
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Well, the "family" is here again! With the dads gone to Jamaica, we have to help take and get Matt and Katie home from school. AAAND because my driving stuff is at their school, it all just works out. They're actually here right now. Lizzy and Katie are in Lizzy's room. I don't know what they're doing. Matt is flipping through channels and refusing to give up the remote. Which is fine because I'd rather post that rot my brain on the TV, MATTHEW. :) Just kidding.
Tomorrow the same thing will happen, only Katie has a million tests on Friday so I'll have to help her with that. Hmm.
Well, I don't have any more to say. Have a great day, and I'll probably continue doing the same! Carpe diem! Cherish your family. And remember, not all family is your own flesh and blood.
P.S. Could someone tell me who my latest follower is?? My computer is being stupid and won't load the Follower thing. Grr.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
QUOTES. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT, THAT'S WHY.
I AM SO BORED.
I know. I should be thrilled to know freaking end. This is my first Saturday in SIX WEEKS that I haven't had to get up for driver's ed!!!!!!! But I actually...might sorta kinda a little bit maybe miss it.
I know. I'M A FREAK!! There, I said it for you. But I miss seeing people every Saturday. And frankly, sleeping in is over-rated. DID I JUST SAY THAT??? I did, didn't I?? Well, it kind of shoots the whole day in the foot if you ask me. Getting up at 11 is not ideal after all. Who woulda thought?
Well, in honor of my random hyperness (I did not even have caffeine or chocolate) and supreme boredness, I have compiled a bunch of random quotes that I love! Some of them are humorous, some of them actually hold wisdom.
And I'm not gonna tell you what is what. BWAHAHAHHA!
Okay. I definitely got too much sleep.
QUOTES:
(My favorites are in bold and italics, and my little comments are in these parenthesis :D)
1. "I have CDO. It's like OCD but all the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be." --Mr. IHaveNoIdea
2. "I mentally correct your grammar while you're speaking." --Mrs. IHaveNoIdea
3. "You know you're too close to the characters in your novels when you lose sleep worrying about them." (This TOTALLY doesn't happen to me....heheheh :D) --IDK
4. "Unless life also hands you water and sugar, your lemonade's gonna suck." (LOLS!) --I promise we'll get to the quote that I know who said them. (Did that make ANY sense?)
5. "Roses are red. Violets are blue. Some poems rhyme. Others don't." --Guess? Yup. IDK.
6. "You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water." - Rabindranath Tagore
7. Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death. - Lynn Johnston
8. We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
9. There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. - Doctor Who
10. Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett
11. “If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.” –Giacomo Cassanova
12. “There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” - W. Somerset Maugham
13. “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened,” –Michel de Montaigne (I love that one!)
14 . “The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idolized past.” –Robertson Davies
15. “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” –Evelyn Waugh
16. "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."- Anon
17. "A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad."
18. "A friend knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when your memory fails."
19. "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. "
~ C.S. Lewis
20. "The past is not a package one can lay away." ~Emily Dickinson
21. "You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?" ~Mary Edwards Walker (Weird, but kinda profound.)
22. "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." --Isaac Asimov
24. "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." --Winston Churchill
25. "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." --Mark Twain (I love this one :D)
26. "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery
27. "Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently." --Madeleine de Scudery
28. "Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself." --Søren Kierkegaard
Ta ta da da da! :D Yes. I was THAT bored :D
I know. I should be thrilled to know freaking end. This is my first Saturday in SIX WEEKS that I haven't had to get up for driver's ed!!!!!!! But I actually...might sorta kinda a little bit maybe miss it.
I know. I'M A FREAK!! There, I said it for you. But I miss seeing people every Saturday. And frankly, sleeping in is over-rated. DID I JUST SAY THAT??? I did, didn't I?? Well, it kind of shoots the whole day in the foot if you ask me. Getting up at 11 is not ideal after all. Who woulda thought?
Well, in honor of my random hyperness (I did not even have caffeine or chocolate) and supreme boredness, I have compiled a bunch of random quotes that I love! Some of them are humorous, some of them actually hold wisdom.
And I'm not gonna tell you what is what. BWAHAHAHHA!
Okay. I definitely got too much sleep.
QUOTES:
(My favorites are in bold and italics, and my little comments are in these parenthesis :D)
1. "I have CDO. It's like OCD but all the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be." --Mr. IHaveNoIdea
2. "I mentally correct your grammar while you're speaking." --Mrs. IHaveNoIdea
3. "You know you're too close to the characters in your novels when you lose sleep worrying about them." (This TOTALLY doesn't happen to me....heheheh :D) --IDK
4. "Unless life also hands you water and sugar, your lemonade's gonna suck." (LOLS!) --I promise we'll get to the quote that I know who said them. (Did that make ANY sense?)
5. "Roses are red. Violets are blue. Some poems rhyme. Others don't." --Guess? Yup. IDK.
6. "You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water." - Rabindranath Tagore
7. Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death. - Lynn Johnston
8. We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
9. There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. - Doctor Who
10. Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett
11. “If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.” –Giacomo Cassanova
12. “There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” - W. Somerset Maugham
13. “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened,” –Michel de Montaigne (I love that one!)
14 . “The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idolized past.” –Robertson Davies
15. “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” –Evelyn Waugh
16. "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."- Anon
17. "A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad."
18. "A friend knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when your memory fails."
19. "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. "
~ C.S. Lewis
20. "The past is not a package one can lay away." ~Emily Dickinson
21. "You [men] are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from?" ~Mary Edwards Walker (Weird, but kinda profound.)
22. "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." --Isaac Asimov
24. "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." --Winston Churchill
25. "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." --Mark Twain (I love this one :D)
26. "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery
27. "Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently." --Madeleine de Scudery
28. "Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself." --Søren Kierkegaard
Ta ta da da da! :D Yes. I was THAT bored :D
Friday, February 27, 2009
Warning: Don't read if you have a history of depression.
My house is the black hole of depression. THE BLACK HOLE. My whole family is upset and so freaking stressed. You don't know. You can't know. My mom is crying, my dad looks so defeated, my sister avoids us, I can't even breathe I'm so...something. We've put everything on the line, and things just...fell apart. We can't move in, our house is in chaos, we don't know when we'll be able to move. We can't live like this. My parents have to work, my sister and I have to do school. My stomach hurts, my head hurts, my throat hurts (probably because I'm holding back tears), my everything hurts. Everything is dark. Nothing has color right now. This is a bleak, depressing, probably-melodramatic post, but it's how I'm feeling. I can't even write Creepy. I have so much driver's ed homework to do it isn't even funny.
Life sucks. And then you die.
Carpe diem?
P.S. I just had an interesting idea: I should have a blog called Carpe Noctem...hmm...
Life sucks. And then you die.
Carpe diem?
P.S. I just had an interesting idea: I should have a blog called Carpe Noctem...hmm...
Saturday, February 7, 2009
CARPE DIEM!
Well, folks, it's official. I'M FIFTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess what? It isn't even bad! I'm actually glad to be fifteen. My birthday hasn't even been stressful. I'm thrilled! Guess what? On facebook, twenty-five people wrote on my wall saying happy birthday! I feel amazing! It's nice to know I have such great friends :) Thanks to you guys who emailed me, too ;) I have enjoyed my birthday!
Besides having to get up at 6:15am to go to driver's ed, things have been amazing. Driver's ed that I was so worked up about wasn't bad at all! Besides being almost unbearably boring that is lol! I made lots of friends and the teacher is so funny!
After driver's ed, my family took me to Starbucks and I got my favorite: double chocolate chip frappichino (or however you spell it), and lemon pound cake. Then, we went and bought the movie "The Incredibles." I know, I know. Very little kiddish, but hey, I love it! (That and "Aladin" *sigh* ya gotta love 'em! :) )
My mom is making that amazing potatoe soup that she made for the Super Bowl party I told y'all about :) I'm so happy! Aaaaaaand I'm happy with my haircut. Does it get any better? YES! Chocolate chip pie for dessert! LOL! I'm on cloud nine, y'all! Things are goin' great. Thanks for reading this, and hope you have as amazing a day as I've had!
CARPE DIEM!
Besides having to get up at 6:15am to go to driver's ed, things have been amazing. Driver's ed that I was so worked up about wasn't bad at all! Besides being almost unbearably boring that is lol! I made lots of friends and the teacher is so funny!
After driver's ed, my family took me to Starbucks and I got my favorite: double chocolate chip frappichino (or however you spell it), and lemon pound cake. Then, we went and bought the movie "The Incredibles." I know, I know. Very little kiddish, but hey, I love it! (That and "Aladin" *sigh* ya gotta love 'em! :) )
My mom is making that amazing potatoe soup that she made for the Super Bowl party I told y'all about :) I'm so happy! Aaaaaaand I'm happy with my haircut. Does it get any better? YES! Chocolate chip pie for dessert! LOL! I'm on cloud nine, y'all! Things are goin' great. Thanks for reading this, and hope you have as amazing a day as I've had!
CARPE DIEM!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Yay!
Well, my haircut appointment was today. Five inches off and I got layers. Guess what?
I LOVE IT!
I couldn't have asked for anything better! It's perfect. I'm so glad! Now I'll have it done for driver's ed tomorrow. I'm definitely nervous...It isn't even the driving part! Well, only a little over fourteen hours of being fourteen. How perfect is that? I probably won't be able to post tomorrow until evening, or maybe not at all. Driver's ed is from 8 to 2, and then we're going to be doing family stuff for my birthday :) So, I guess I'll probably post Sunday. I'll try to put a picture of my hair up...but uploading is a problem :P lol!
Anyway, I'll let you know how driver's ed and my birthday go later!
I LOVE IT!
I couldn't have asked for anything better! It's perfect. I'm so glad! Now I'll have it done for driver's ed tomorrow. I'm definitely nervous...It isn't even the driving part! Well, only a little over fourteen hours of being fourteen. How perfect is that? I probably won't be able to post tomorrow until evening, or maybe not at all. Driver's ed is from 8 to 2, and then we're going to be doing family stuff for my birthday :) So, I guess I'll probably post Sunday. I'll try to put a picture of my hair up...but uploading is a problem :P lol!
Anyway, I'll let you know how driver's ed and my birthday go later!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Two Cancelations
Never mind. :( The hair cut lady cancled on me. She hurt her back. Darn it. Now I have to wait until Monday...
Oh, and guess what also got cancled? (This is good news to me.) DRIVER'S ED!! It got moved back a week! So I have one more Saturday of freedom! Oh, wait...DANG IT!!!!!!!! But that means my birthday party will have to be moved AGAIN! And even FARTHER away from my birthday!!!!! Gosh. Make up your minds, people.
Oh, and guess what also got cancled? (This is good news to me.) DRIVER'S ED!! It got moved back a week! So I have one more Saturday of freedom! Oh, wait...DANG IT!!!!!!!! But that means my birthday party will have to be moved AGAIN! And even FARTHER away from my birthday!!!!! Gosh. Make up your minds, people.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Driver's Ed
*Gulp* I'm nervous about driver's ed. Yes, it's only the classroom part, but I'm still nervous. I'll only know two people, and one of them I barely know, and he never talks to me anyway. The other friend I haven't really seen in like two years. We still talk occasionally though.
I don't know what to expect at all, and that's the kind of thing that bugs me: not knowing what to expect. I'm the kind of person likes to know everything in advance. I don't like surprises that much (well, sometimes, of course, but not in this kind of thing). I don't know anything about this, and I'm nervous. I don't know anything!! Lol. Advice?
Tell me everything you know :)
I don't know what to expect at all, and that's the kind of thing that bugs me: not knowing what to expect. I'm the kind of person likes to know everything in advance. I don't like surprises that much (well, sometimes, of course, but not in this kind of thing). I don't know anything about this, and I'm nervous. I don't know anything!! Lol. Advice?
Tell me everything you know :)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
OH MAN!
OH NO!!!!!
I just found out something really annoying and awful: If I take driver's ed with the program I'm supossed to be taking it with, I'll have to be in a classroom for 6 hours on my BIRTHDAY! AND I won't be able to have my sleepover that I've been looking forward to so much! This sucks!
What should I do? Is driver's ed worth it? What do y'all think?
I just found out something really annoying and awful: If I take driver's ed with the program I'm supossed to be taking it with, I'll have to be in a classroom for 6 hours on my BIRTHDAY! AND I won't be able to have my sleepover that I've been looking forward to so much! This sucks!
What should I do? Is driver's ed worth it? What do y'all think?
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