friday: finished filming at andreas house (i was the cancer patient:()
went out to dinner with danielle and amy friday night. went to bjs on 2nd street. then yogurt land. i got a ton of different choices:) that was my first time at yogurt land. pretty yummy!
then.......... we went back to her house. and learned the dance for soldier boy. and made up some caribou lyrics to go along with the dance... pretty sweet. actually not, were dorks. but, danielle had to do it, so whatever
today: i got my foraml acceptance letter from providence :):):):):):)
great weekend
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
2009!!!
it will be my year in 11.5 hours! i am so excited. 2008 has been a great year, some big things will happen in 09 that will change a lot. graduation for one, college for two, and a new neice/nephew! these are just the three i know about, though. lots more could happen:)
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Christmas break
break has been amazing. my sister and brother came on tuesday, and ever since then weve been playing tons of games. we dont usually play games, but we did this time. most nights we would sit there until 11-12 and just play. pictionary was definitely a favorite.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
a blustery tale
it was raining incredibly hard today, which made me very happy- although it was quite scary driving through puddles that had to be at least 6inches deep! anyways, there was absolutely no way to walk on campus w/out getting your feet wet. danielle and i were freezing! we had sat through two periods with soaking socks and shoes. so durring break, we went into the girls bathroom, took off our shoes, took off our socks, and dried them under the heated hand driers:) it didn't dry them thoroughly, but at least i didnt feel so waterlogged:D i just thought that that was pretty funny!
after school, i went to work for carlos (heather's boss). that was interesting- it felt a little pointless, but i did get a few things done. im supposed to be unpacking and organizing their office, but there is so much stuff, and so little space, im basically moving a box from one spot to another!
after school, i went to work for carlos (heather's boss). that was interesting- it felt a little pointless, but i did get a few things done. im supposed to be unpacking and organizing their office, but there is so much stuff, and so little space, im basically moving a box from one spot to another!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Joshua Tree weekend!
let me start off by saying jtree was amazing!
ill try to go in somewhat of an order-
thursday:
-arrived at school about 6:30
-packed the bus (the bus was one of the super old ones that are really short, so it was a tight squeeze, but that made it all the more fun)
-the ride took about 3-3.5 hours, i sat next to amy, and across from jessica, and we decided we all need to do something over Christmas break!
-when we arrived, we unloaded the bus, and then set up the tents. thankfully it was almost a full moon, so we had plenty of light :)
-the weather was amazing. cold, but not as bad as i expected. im guessing 40s?
-after we had set up tents (oh, i was in a tent with heidi, sasha, erin, and amy) we sat around the camp fire
Friday:
-woke up about 6:45
-pancakes for breakfast
-helped clean up the breakfast mess
-we had alone time, where they handed us a paper to read, and we basically went off by ourselves to read them and think about tit
-we were split into 4 teams (mine was marlena, erin, jacob, and susan)
-my team and one other went on a hike in the morning while the other two went climbing. the hike was brutal! im glad i made it out alive:) our leaders were so intense- they just kept going and going- i dont think they realized we hadnt been doing this as long as they had. but after a fun 2.5 hours we all made it out alive!
-we then went back down to where they were climbing and swapped places.
- i started off by learning systems,
-and then climbed. once. just once. isnt that sad? it is the scariest thing in the world to be on top of a cliff and have to step off the edge.
-after that, we walked back to the campground. out of the whole weekend, i think my favorite parts were at the campground
- i volunteered to help make dinner. i unwrapped to chunks of solid ground beef, and was supposed to be cooking with a team member, but jeff walked over, and started helping. then he started bragging about how he makes the best quesadillas. so he and i cooked the meal for that night, and honestly, cooking with him was the highlight of the trip for me i think. it was just fun to joke around the whole time. plus, it was really neat to be able to see everyone. i mean, everyone wanted to eat, so i got to see every face as they waited in line for the food- that was cool.
-after dinner we talked for a while- jessica showed amy and i how you can burn hand sanitizer:)
it felt nice and warm
-we then took a short walk out to see crazy jack (shogan)
-meanwhile jeff is messing with me and trying to pull my hat off- which is one of the reasons i dont wear hats. i actually think joseph started it (trying to pull my hat off).
-after that our teams split up and had to come up with a machine to represent (we did a vending machine) and change the lyrics to a Christmas song (12 days of Christmas) turns out 2 other groups chose this song, and the other 2 groups did jingle bell rock! so funny and random
-after that, some of us sat around the fire and tried to think up as many songs as we could with the word rock in them- boys vs. girls. girls winning of course.
-we all went into the tent after that, being totally beat, but a bunch of the guys were playing a game outside
-having heard all day about a game called star tripping (you look up at a star, spin really really fast, have a light shine in your eyes, and fall to the ground w/out realizing it) i had to at least see it! it was the funniest thing ever. people lose all dignity when they go camping! people were standing up, and then they'd be on the ground rolling over, trying to orient themselves. i ended up trying it, and it is so weird. you dont even know youre falling, until you hit the ground (it doesnt hurt) mrs fieldhouse and another leader (kim) also did it star tripping was another highlight of the trip
-we really did go to bed after that, and after that day, i slept a lot better than the first night!
Saturday:
-pancakes for breakfast
- oh, i forgot. the night before, it began to get a little windy. nothing THAT bad, but it was definitely blowing the tents back and forth. saturday morning, it was REALLY windy.
-so, trying to take a tent down, and fold it, in th wind was quite a challenge! but we managed, with four to five people standing on it:)
-at some point, i looked up, and brad auman was throwing dirt on a chair- my chair:( the wind had blown a spark or something onto it, and it pretty much went up in a blaze of glory! oh well.
- we then started the MIGs. my team wasnt super motivated to win, so we had a lot of fun with it. i really love those girls. we had to do things like roll balls through holes on a tarp, blind climb (only two people had to), skiing (4 people on two would 'skis' trying to walk around), use bricks to walk across a lake of acid:P, roll a marble down lengths of tubing (we really were disfunctional), and then were tested for systems. we walked everywhere, and even stopped for about 15 minutes for lunch. like i said, we werent trying to win, but we really bonded, and were laughing the whole time.
- after that we basically packed the bus to leave.
-before we could get on the bus, though, we had to fit about 25 people on one small rock. this was another highlight. the wind did not help your balance. the girls all got into the center, and then the guys were going to try to grab on and stay up for 10 seconds (like the game telephoneboothbut on a rock).
-oh, jessica and heidi had to go home early that morning
-on the way home, we stopped at food places, but amy and i decided to stick with starbucks, since we had just eaten.
-anyways, no one was hurt that whole weekend, but in the mc donalds parking lot, some girl tripped and scraped her arms and twisted her foot- nothing bad, just ironic!
-the ride home was pretty uneventful, except amy and i had fun with the windmills (they looked like they were doing aerobics)
-finally we got back to school, and unloaded the bus.
- my parents picked me up, and greeted me with the news that my sister mary is pregnant!!!
what a weekend, right? i was very excited, and cant wait to see the new little face that will be here sometime in August (supposedly)!!!
sorry this was so long. overall the weekend was amazing. i would definitely go again.
ill try to go in somewhat of an order-
thursday:
-arrived at school about 6:30
-packed the bus (the bus was one of the super old ones that are really short, so it was a tight squeeze, but that made it all the more fun)
-the ride took about 3-3.5 hours, i sat next to amy, and across from jessica, and we decided we all need to do something over Christmas break!
-when we arrived, we unloaded the bus, and then set up the tents. thankfully it was almost a full moon, so we had plenty of light :)
-the weather was amazing. cold, but not as bad as i expected. im guessing 40s?
-after we had set up tents (oh, i was in a tent with heidi, sasha, erin, and amy) we sat around the camp fire
Friday:
-woke up about 6:45
-pancakes for breakfast
-helped clean up the breakfast mess
-we had alone time, where they handed us a paper to read, and we basically went off by ourselves to read them and think about tit
-we were split into 4 teams (mine was marlena, erin, jacob, and susan)
-my team and one other went on a hike in the morning while the other two went climbing. the hike was brutal! im glad i made it out alive:) our leaders were so intense- they just kept going and going- i dont think they realized we hadnt been doing this as long as they had. but after a fun 2.5 hours we all made it out alive!
-we then went back down to where they were climbing and swapped places.
- i started off by learning systems,
-and then climbed. once. just once. isnt that sad? it is the scariest thing in the world to be on top of a cliff and have to step off the edge.
-after that, we walked back to the campground. out of the whole weekend, i think my favorite parts were at the campground
- i volunteered to help make dinner. i unwrapped to chunks of solid ground beef, and was supposed to be cooking with a team member, but jeff walked over, and started helping. then he started bragging about how he makes the best quesadillas. so he and i cooked the meal for that night, and honestly, cooking with him was the highlight of the trip for me i think. it was just fun to joke around the whole time. plus, it was really neat to be able to see everyone. i mean, everyone wanted to eat, so i got to see every face as they waited in line for the food- that was cool.
-after dinner we talked for a while- jessica showed amy and i how you can burn hand sanitizer:)
it felt nice and warm
-we then took a short walk out to see crazy jack (shogan)
-meanwhile jeff is messing with me and trying to pull my hat off- which is one of the reasons i dont wear hats. i actually think joseph started it (trying to pull my hat off).
-after that our teams split up and had to come up with a machine to represent (we did a vending machine) and change the lyrics to a Christmas song (12 days of Christmas) turns out 2 other groups chose this song, and the other 2 groups did jingle bell rock! so funny and random
-after that, some of us sat around the fire and tried to think up as many songs as we could with the word rock in them- boys vs. girls. girls winning of course.
-we all went into the tent after that, being totally beat, but a bunch of the guys were playing a game outside
-having heard all day about a game called star tripping (you look up at a star, spin really really fast, have a light shine in your eyes, and fall to the ground w/out realizing it) i had to at least see it! it was the funniest thing ever. people lose all dignity when they go camping! people were standing up, and then they'd be on the ground rolling over, trying to orient themselves. i ended up trying it, and it is so weird. you dont even know youre falling, until you hit the ground (it doesnt hurt) mrs fieldhouse and another leader (kim) also did it star tripping was another highlight of the trip
-we really did go to bed after that, and after that day, i slept a lot better than the first night!
Saturday:
-pancakes for breakfast
- oh, i forgot. the night before, it began to get a little windy. nothing THAT bad, but it was definitely blowing the tents back and forth. saturday morning, it was REALLY windy.
-so, trying to take a tent down, and fold it, in th wind was quite a challenge! but we managed, with four to five people standing on it:)
-at some point, i looked up, and brad auman was throwing dirt on a chair- my chair:( the wind had blown a spark or something onto it, and it pretty much went up in a blaze of glory! oh well.
- we then started the MIGs. my team wasnt super motivated to win, so we had a lot of fun with it. i really love those girls. we had to do things like roll balls through holes on a tarp, blind climb (only two people had to), skiing (4 people on two would 'skis' trying to walk around), use bricks to walk across a lake of acid:P, roll a marble down lengths of tubing (we really were disfunctional), and then were tested for systems. we walked everywhere, and even stopped for about 15 minutes for lunch. like i said, we werent trying to win, but we really bonded, and were laughing the whole time.
- after that we basically packed the bus to leave.
-before we could get on the bus, though, we had to fit about 25 people on one small rock. this was another highlight. the wind did not help your balance. the girls all got into the center, and then the guys were going to try to grab on and stay up for 10 seconds (like the game telephoneboothbut on a rock).
-oh, jessica and heidi had to go home early that morning
-on the way home, we stopped at food places, but amy and i decided to stick with starbucks, since we had just eaten.
-anyways, no one was hurt that whole weekend, but in the mc donalds parking lot, some girl tripped and scraped her arms and twisted her foot- nothing bad, just ironic!
-the ride home was pretty uneventful, except amy and i had fun with the windmills (they looked like they were doing aerobics)
-finally we got back to school, and unloaded the bus.
- my parents picked me up, and greeted me with the news that my sister mary is pregnant!!!
what a weekend, right? i was very excited, and cant wait to see the new little face that will be here sometime in August (supposedly)!!!
sorry this was so long. overall the weekend was amazing. i would definitely go again.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
just a couple of new things...
well, first off, we got a few new mice, a while ago. actually they are classroom pets for my mom, but they are still really cute. a little brown one and a white one. not as good as rats, but still cute to watch:)
um, my mom and i walked to target yesterday, and i got a new teddybear! i know im a little old for stuffed animals, but he was so cute! so now im wondering what to name him....
i am going to joshua tree tomorrow. very excited, a little nervous. i was fine in the gym, but hopefully ill be able to climb the real rocks too. im also hoping it doesnt get too cold. i want it cold, its part of the experience, but i dont need it below 32 degrees (which westrup said might happen:(brrr.....:)
so yes, thats it. im going to go start packing! have a great end of the week (only 1.5 more weks of school)
um, my mom and i walked to target yesterday, and i got a new teddybear! i know im a little old for stuffed animals, but he was so cute! so now im wondering what to name him....
i am going to joshua tree tomorrow. very excited, a little nervous. i was fine in the gym, but hopefully ill be able to climb the real rocks too. im also hoping it doesnt get too cold. i want it cold, its part of the experience, but i dont need it below 32 degrees (which westrup said might happen:(brrr.....:)
so yes, thats it. im going to go start packing! have a great end of the week (only 1.5 more weks of school)
Saturday, December 6, 2008
tree farm!
yesterday, sitting in the parking lot, danielle and i decided to do something that night. we didn't know exactly what- neither of us had money, but that wasnt going to stop us. at about 5, i arrived at her house, where she and alisha were printing out pictures and making an album. alisha needed to go home, though, so we started off the night by dropping her off, we then went to subway(my mommy gave me a giftcard she had), and then our bright idea was to go to the beach to eat it. it wasn't all that dark when we decided to, but after 45 minutes of looking for a parking spot (literally), it was pretty dark. finally we find one, and walk half way down the beach. then we kind of just stopped and looked at eachother, and were like "are you scared?" "not scared, nervous" :on edge" etc. so after looking for a spot for that long, we ended up running back to civilization :] we didnt want to just go back to her house, so we stopped at a Christms tree "farm." there we ate dinner, hid in the trees, danced, went wild.....
then we went to ralphs- just for the heck of it, and started dancing through the isles.
we saw a few odd things- we saw a fairy walking down the street, and we saw 3 'army cars' (they werent really, they were for the Christmas parade or something). it was so weird, but they waved, and seemed friendly.
oh, and danielle totally killed a tree. we were looking at the small trees, and she toatlly picked it up to see how heavy it was. it came out of its little stand, so she just throws it on the floor... dead. what a mean person!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
i haven't posted in FOREVER!
but nothing has been happening. so im just going to list random things that have been going on lately.
-john is visiting mary and ben currently
-i bought an awesome camera the other day
-i am sleeping in my bed tonight! :) (ive been house sitting for heather and nathan)
-i should be reading hamlet right now
-my lowest grade is in ceramics, how sad is that?
-i sat in the parking lot at school for 1.25 hours talking to danielle today
-i may have failed the math quiz i took today
-i am reading a tale of two cities for school
-i want to go on a missions trip to africa
-i want to learn to play the guitar
-i really want to go inside and eat ice cream, but should probably wait until i have more hmwrk done
-im loving senior year. i dont know why, something just seems different about it. it definitely isnt as hard as last year was, im enjoying (most:) of my classes, im not taking school as seriously, i feel like im re-getting to know a lot of my classmates that i havent necessarily talked to in awhile.
so yes, that was my feeble attempt at updating this blog, bc i refuse to let it die. hopefully something more exciting will happen soon. who knows, i may have 2 broken legs tomorrow because i jumped out of an airplane and tried to catch someone whose parachute wouldnt release!
-john is visiting mary and ben currently
-i bought an awesome camera the other day
-i am sleeping in my bed tonight! :) (ive been house sitting for heather and nathan)
-i should be reading hamlet right now
-my lowest grade is in ceramics, how sad is that?
-i sat in the parking lot at school for 1.25 hours talking to danielle today
-i may have failed the math quiz i took today
-i am reading a tale of two cities for school
-i want to go on a missions trip to africa
-i want to learn to play the guitar
-i really want to go inside and eat ice cream, but should probably wait until i have more hmwrk done
-im loving senior year. i dont know why, something just seems different about it. it definitely isnt as hard as last year was, im enjoying (most:) of my classes, im not taking school as seriously, i feel like im re-getting to know a lot of my classmates that i havent necessarily talked to in awhile.
so yes, that was my feeble attempt at updating this blog, bc i refuse to let it die. hopefully something more exciting will happen soon. who knows, i may have 2 broken legs tomorrow because i jumped out of an airplane and tried to catch someone whose parachute wouldnt release!
Monday, November 24, 2008
first few days off...
well, saturday i had to work. a pretty good day, not too boring :) yesterday i went to church, made a really cute snowman, and then went to pick john up from the airport. so happy hes home! came home, 24 was on :D then everyone went to bed, so john and i sat watching tv and talking, which was awesome. today. i havent done anything fun. ive been trying to get things done that have been needing to get done for awhile. that way, if i finish early in the week, i can have fun the last half:)
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