birthday meaning

i was surfing other blogs, and alicia's had this on it, so i did it, and heres what it says about me.
Your Birthdate: September 1
You are a natural born leader, even if those leadership talents haven't been developed yet.You have the power and self confidence to succeed in life, and your power grows daily.Besides power, you also have a great deal of creativity that enables you to innovate instead of fail.You are a visionary, seeing the big picture instead of all of the trivial little details.
Your strength: Your supreme genius
Your weakness: Your inappropriate sensitivity(this is totally the truth!)
Your power color: Gold
Your power symbol: Star
Your power month: January

8-7-08

today i went to the sherman gardens for lunch. i went with 5 cousins/aunts etc. the gardens were lovely! full of plants youve never seen before! it must have been fun for God to make all the different kinds.
before i left for lunch though, i saw my daddy walk! the first tome i can remember!

lately

well, most importantly, i am an aunt! heather and nathan got a puppy. a bull terrier- margo!

i was also painting with a maniac.

i went to the beach twice with all of my cousins, etc. a group of about 20.

i bbsat this little boy. he had SO MUCH HAIR!!! his name is max. his sister is 9 months, name is clara.

this week

has been so busy and so enjoyable. monday and wednesday, i went to danielle's house to paint her room, tuesday and thursday, i went to the beach with my cousins. each time with a group of about 20 people. today i read jane eyre- a book i love, and bbsat for a new family, i'll post more on that later, most likely. tomorrow i work at the store, and am supposed to go to danielle's to make sure she finished her room. i told her i would, and completely forgot i had to work, so i'll go afterwards.

i dug a hole and now i am sore!!!

manhattan

i totally wiped out at the beach today. i was chasing jim, ran into the water, stepped in a hole and did a belly flop! it didn't hurt, though, and was actually quite fun. it was funny, though, because calvin did the same thing, but he flipped on his back! i love the beach. i will hopefully be able to go 1 or 2 times next week, too.

the vintage emporium

i love it when elderly people come into the store when im working. they are usually the more talkative people, and they have great stories! they all come in and say "i used to have this!" and then they will launch into a story about other things they used to own. one guy just came in and was telling me about his salsbury scooter, and about some famous singer, and about when he was 15.

7/18

i woke up this morning at about 8. i have been house sitting, so i took care of everything at the house before coming home. at 9:30, i drove to the deal's house. they have two boys, and today, they also had a friend over. i babysat them from 9:30 to 12:00. we went down to play at the park. there was this really cute boy! latino, with wavy brown hair. he was playing on the playground, whne all of a sudden he was dangling over the edge, he must have slipped off. naturally i freaked, and ran over to lift him down, and then he came to visit me on my bench. i think he mainly wanted my food, but i wasn't about to give him anything. one of the kids i was bbsitting was bored after 3 minutes! i hate it when kids don't want to play outside. then we walked home, and i left. for lunch, i had a date with a couple other people at bj's so i headed over that way. lunch was fun, and as we walked out, we saw this group of valley kids (i hate seeing people i know places). then, driving home, i saw bethany and aaron! so i guess aaron wanted to hang out with that group of people, so bethany drove him over. what a good sister :P
now, i am supposed to be working on my english project. i am forcing myself to finish it before the end of the week! overall a fantastic day.

my timeline

life is pretty good rightnow. i have worked two days recently, plus i will have bbsat twice by saturday, plus im house sitting. i go over to the house and sleep every night with 2 dogs. these are the most annoying dogs ever! but it is worth it. i might go to the beach tomorrow. i just had dinner with joseph, and conversation was hilarious. i may see ashley in the next 2-3 weeks. i may be having lunch on thursday with some friends and mrs cortez. i don't know what else has been going on, but it has been fun!
oh, yesterday, i went with my mom to one of our '70s stores. they have a head i really like. then we went to the goodwill across the street, and i found a word. inspire! one word that can mean so much.
i also have been talking to my grandparents. i love talking to them. i learned that when my g-ma was about 18, she was almost in the roseparade, but her employer wouldn't let her. and i was talking to my g-pa about his uncle's restaurant.
if one is a sea anemone, is two sea anemoni? :P

the perfect date

i went on the perfect date today. i was picked up at 4:30ish? we made our way down to seal beach, to the jetty, the one with the resteraunt? i can't remember the name. we walked down past the peir to the other jetty, where we walked out and sat on a big rock half way out. their were 2 fishermen who we were talking to. they were really nice! we walked back to the resteraunt expecting to eat their, but it was closed! instead, we went to tommy's and took dinner up to signal hill. over dinner, we talked about date foods. what you can and cannot eat. it was a super fun day, full of unexpected twists, with a friend i hadn't seen since school was out? i think that was the last time i saw her....

pro pics

i know it has been awhile, and i haven't posted about NZ, but we just got pro wedding pics, and i love them!

overview

NZ was a blast! the time seemed to fly by, and yet it seemed to be forever. we did so much, that the days were full, and yet we did so much it seemed a long time. we did so much i can't remember all of it to write out, so i'll just overview.

on day one, we arrived at 6am, then drove for 2-3 hours to amy's house. it was a sunny day, one of the only, while we were there. we started out the trip with breakfast- a pie. not dessert pie, but food pie. danielle and i were both hesitant, so we shared a mince (ground beef) which neither of us liked too much. when we reached the house, we went out on the trampoline. we were out there basically all day. it was so much fun. i forgot to mention that tim, one of amy's friends, came to meet us and spend the day. i'll see if i can post pics later, when i get them from amy and danielle.

the next day, 2 of amy's girlfriends came over. chelsea and alicia. before they arrived, though, we went to claudia's (cousin) dance recital. she was awesome. we also met amy's brother and sister. that night, danielle and i went out on the trampoline until dark. we then watched a movie, and alicia and chelsea spent the night.

that night, it started to pour! i've never experienced so much rain. it was still going the next day, and danielle and i, being the freaks that we are, wanted to go out in it. so we went on the tramp, came back soaking. i believe there are pics below. that afternoon, the weather cleared up, and we took chelsea home. she has a large plot of land, and a stick shift. 5 girls piled into a four seater, and chelsea taught each of us how to drive. so much fun. her dog was moving obstacle. a dog running in front of a car, with student drivers, is very scary, and results in screams.

later in the week, amy had to go to the dentist, and her aunt dropped us off at the mall on the way back. it was so small! it was maybe one wing of any mall here, and yet that is all anybody ever can go to in one trip. that night we went to claudia's basketball game.

oh, when alicia spent the night, we were talking about the difference in the way we say certain words. we said chantal, and she said, "WHAT THE HECK IS A CHANTAL?!?" so funny.

sometime after that, we went to the hot-pools. they were right next to the beach, so after lunch, we went there. that night, we watched don't mess with the zohan. that was the dumbest movie i have ever seen. the kind of movie i would have left 1/2 way through if i had been by myself.

another day, we went to the luge. the only way i know to describe it, is like go-carts without an engine. you roll downhill. it sounds a little dull, but it is fun. i think it was that night that we went to a spa-pool. i don't like pools/swimming all that much, but we basically sat there and talked. pretty cool. oh, i believe that was the first time i had a pie that i really liked. chicken. it was very yummy. on the topic of food, the fish and chips were also very good. surprising, since i hate fish.

several times, we went shopping ,where we all bought the usual touristy things.

we went on a weekend trip to new plymouth on the other side of the island. we met up with the rest of amy's family. we stayed in "cabins" right off the beach. there were paths along the beach which we walked along. one day, we went to the shopping centre type thing where while the kids were playing on a huge indoor playground, amy, danielle, and i went with mike to a cafe. that was fun, but when we went back to the playground, we had even more fun! the three of us, plus mile and another adult cousin, tessa, totally went on the playground too. we had a full on ball fight, amazing.

the last day, we went to 2 caves. the first was no pics allowed, and was so incredible. we sat on a boat, and looked up at the ceiling, and saw hundreds of glow worms. you could completely feel God down there. the second cave was also amazing. all the stalactites and stalagmites were supposed to take 100 yrs for 1cm cubed. so the caves are super old. and that brought up a point my Bible teacher said. he said, that the earth wasn't necessarily made as a baby. God made adam and eve adults, the earth could have been made "grown up" too. an interesting thought.

overall the whole trip was soooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun!