Adventure List!

I've been meaning to do this for a longg timee, so today I'll finally get around to doing it. It's a list of everything I'm dying to do before I.. well, die. lol So far I've only done... one. Phooey.

Oh, and yes I did steal the title from UP. ;)

-learn to surf
-scuba diving
-rappelling
-sky diving!
-go to Disney Land
-learn to sing
-rock climbing
-boating
-ballroom dancing
-swim with dolphins
-take pictures of a sunset/sunrise
-go to space
-stargazing
-take pictures of the planets through a telescope
-go on a cruise
-cut down our own Christmas tree
-prom
-watch a movie in a drive-in movie theater
-visit the Grand Canyon
-see Niagara Falls
-visit Paris
-go to Hawaii!
-stay at Biltmore Estate
-go to the Vizcaya again
-travel the world
-take a trip around the country

The end!

Things I'm Thankful For

I know this is super late, but I figured it´s better late than never, am I right? ;)

Well I was thinking, and I thought it'd be nice to make a list of the things I'm thankful for! Because I want to be cheesy right now. Deal with it.

1. Mom
I know we get into way too many fights, and too many times I treat you like I couldn't care less that you're my mom. But in reality, I couldn't ask for a better one. You're perfect in every way for me. Everything you do is to make sure me and Luke have a better life, and you do it all without a man by your side. Honestly, I don't think I'd survive in a situation like that. But you did, and still are, and you're the best role model I could hope for

2. Luke
Again, we have so many differences and get into pretty nasty fights sometimes... but I still wouldn't trade you for anyone else. You're the sweetest, caring brother when you want to be, and in your own way, but I know that deep down you care about me. So yes, I'm thankful for you.

3. My friends
I love everyone of my friends. They're always so supportive of whatever crazy idea pops into my head, or whatever I start raving about even if I realize later it was the stupidest thing ever. I'm so thankful for how you all stick by me even when I embarrass you in public. ;)

4. Life
I know I complain a lot, and sometimes I wish I'd never been born. But in the end, I honestly am so thankful for my life that God has given me. He's made me see so many awesome things I couldn't see before. And I understand that all these things he's putting me through are for the best--even if I can't see it at the moment. But in the end I know that it's all part of making me into the person I'm supposed to be. And to be honest, I get a little freaked out thinking about what in the world you've got planned for me... but that's ok. I'm ready to take on what's coming, because I know you won't test me beyond what I can handle.

5. Everyone in my life
I only just came to realize this now, but I'm actually thankful for all those wonderful, funny, hateful, annoying, pain the butt people God's put in my life.  Again, it's all part of what he's got planned for me. If all you disgusting and wonderful people never existed, I can never become who I'm supposed to be. Even though I have a hard time putting up with some people, or an amazing time hanging out with others, I'm actually really grateful that you're all in my life.

 

(I like this picture so much I'm going to put it on my blog. :D hah)

Because I felt like it

What's the speed limit of the street you live on?
10, soon to be 65. dont ask..

What condiments do you like on hamburgers?

ketchup. period.

Have you ever taken skiing lessons?

Ha no. And trust me, you dont want to watch that when I do.

What did you get your dad for his last birthday?

Nothing.

How many trees are in your front yard?

Uh... you're seriously not special enough for me to go out there and start counting them all. (what's wrong with you?!?)

Do any of your relatives live in another country?

Yes. My mom's aunts and cousins still live in Cuba.

Are you claustrophobic?

A little bit, but it's not too bad.

When grocery shopping, do you usually buy brand names or store brand?

Definitely brand names. Store brands are disguuusting. o.o

Around what time do you usually eat dinner?

Whenever... lol

Do you have any clothing that you get dry cleaned?

No.

Do you like foods with coconut in it?

Unless it's just plain coconut, nope.

Have you ever been to an Ikea store?

Nope.

What is the last thing you accomplished?

finished a 6 page biography and uploaded it on time, in one friggen day. Oh no I didnttt... :o

Have you ever researched your family history?

Mhmm. Pretty complicated stuff, right there.

Do you think ditzy people are more annoying, or more entertaining?

It depends how long I'm around them.

What colour are the cabinets in your kitchen?

White.

Have you ever had surgery that kept you in the hospital for over a day?

No. And I intend to keep it that way. I've had enough of hospitals in my life.

Do you like carrots more if they're raw, or cooked?

Definitely raw. o.o Nobody's gonna make me eat them cooked.

Did you play with Legos as a kid?

Yupp.

What restaurant did you last go out to dinner at with friends?

Ruby Tuesdays... I think.

Do you keep a first aid kit in your car?
Only if it's basketball season. lol

Does your house/apartment have a patio?

umm not really

Does your refrigerator have an ice maker or do you use ice cube trays?

ice maker

What is your computer's desktop background?

some random landscape that came with the computer cuz I'm that original.

Eve been horeback riding on the beach?

No :'(

Which bothers you more...spelling mistakes or bad grammar
Neither really... unless it's "than" rather than "then". Idk why what that reallllllyyyy bugs me. D:

What is your favourite kind of cereal?
Ew. Hate cereal. But if I had to pick I guess Cap'n Crunch cuz I'm fat like that.

Have you ever hit an animal while driving?

No. You should be glad. Because that would've meant I've been driving.

How long have you had your current cellphone?

Maybe half a year.

Do you have a BluRay player?

Nope

How many cousins do you have?

Lots. Not gonna count the. Cuz you're still not that special. 

Do you grow your fingernails out, or keep them cut short?

I try to grow them out but that doesnt last very long..

Have you ever bought anything off of eBay?

I don't think so. Not personally anyway.

Is there a food that you love the taste of, but makes you feel sick?

McDONALDS FRAPPES!!!!!!!!!! and Cheese. I have a sad life. Oh, and milk. but I hate the after taste, so I'm not sure if that counts.

Kbye.

What's the point?

Ever stop and wonder what the purpose of your life is? Not just life, but YOUR life.

I have.

I don't see one.

Every single person I've ever met seems to fit in this world. They know what they want, know how to get it, and know how to relate to the people around them. I just don't get it. I never have. I've tried as hard as I can, but I can't make any sense of how people think.

I wonder if I was meant to die young.

I can't see my future.

I've never met anyone I could ever see in my future.

It's a blank.

Complete. Blank.

And I ask myself, why am I here? I've never helped anyone, or made an impact in anyone's life.

What's the point of my life?

Am I just some play thing made for entertainment purposes?

If so, what's so entertaining?

Who Will You Let Run Your Life?

Have you ever noticed how popular, pretty girls can make your life miserable? It's as if they have the power under their fingers to turn the whole world against you if they have any small reason to dislike you. Most of the time you don't even know what you did wrong... if you did anything wrong at all.

Who gives them the right to even be able to do that? In my opinion, it's the ones that so badly want to be liked by them.

They're the gullible ones who believe anything a popular girl has to say about someone, even if they have every reason to believe it isn't true.

They're the ones who say they hate how stuck up those girls are, but if it seems that they're starting to get accepted into the "In" crowd, they jump at it.

And they're the ones who allow themselves to be run by some girls who think they have it all.

Why do they let themselves be manipulated, then?

Either because they're too stupid to notice, or because they're so obsessed with being liked, even for a day, that they'll do it anyway.

You might now be thinking, "Ha ha, wow, they're so stupid." when in reality, we don't realize how easily that could happen to you. It may not happen in such a simple way as that, but there's other ways you kiss up to people.

Next time you realize you want to be liked by someone, and you're doing silly stuff because you're so desperate for they're acceptance, stop and think. Do you really want to be like those people who suck up to someone just because they're pretty, or have a lot of friends? Is that how shallow you want to be?

If that person doesn't like you, then it's their loss. I can honestly say, without knowing who is reading this, that you've got so much more worth than whoever that person might be. You're better than them because you're able to find you're own way without the satisfaction of knowing people are willing to kill themselves for you to like them. Because you know who you are.

Again, who says the popular person has got the worth they're treated as having? Who set them above all other people as the perfect role model in life?

Think before you start letting someone run your life.

Figure out if they're worth it before you do.

I'm 15 for a Moment

♫ I'm 15 for a moment

Caught in between 10 and 20

And I'm just dreaming

Counting the ways to where you are ♪

I couldn't resist.

But honestly, is it not creepy that Luke happened to play this song while we were riding in the car tonight? It isn't like he's the most thoughtful guy out there. Oh well, I suppose I should take good things as they happen and not figure out where they came from...

Well, goodbye 15. Farewell, and adieu. It's been fun. Really. I always say that 13 was the best age I ever lived... but I think it's just been changed to 15. Even though a lot of things didn't turn out the way I wanted them, and I still got hurt, it still turned out good by the end of it all. I suppose it's the way you look at the years which makes you love or hate them.

Don't get me wrong, though. Bring on 16! I've been waiting for this time my whole lifee. Granted, in my small child's brain I had some notion that I would somehow get married at this age (I was a child with high expectations). Now that I'm here... I can't imagine what I was thinking. That would be... creepy. To say the least. Not even legal, actually.

Anyhow, here's to 16. Hope it's the craziest, excitingest, awesomest, bestest year yet!

Chers.

Books and Birthdays!

Before school starts, I've been commanded by my teachers to read a few books from my reading list during the summer. They say it's supposed to help lighten my load, but I have a feeling they're trying to force their ideas of year-round schooling on their students... (haha)

But I must say, at least they didn't choose the horrid books from the list; although, in my opinion, Frankenstein certainly tends to lean toward that category. Instead, I get to read the Narnia books again! Not all of them, thankfully, (considering my school schedule), just the first three.

I just finished The Magician's Nephew today. Now, I know what you're thinking: "It took her THAT long to read just two books??" All I have in response to that is one question: do you know me?

You would not believe how refreshing it is to read The Magician's Nephew again. Seeing as how I was only ten last time I read through the series, and I was trying to go through them fast. There are so many little things I didn't pick up on.

For instance, during my daydreaming moments I've been wondering how cool it would be if someone wrote a book based on (note that I said 'based on') what might have gone on between God, his angles, and the Devil before the creation of the Earth, how evil actually entered if God couldn't actually make it (since he can only make good things), and so on. Something like Paradise Lost, I suppose.

How did I not realize that all this time there's been something just like that, right under my nose?? The Narnia books!

I know that C.S. Lewis specifically states that he did not write the books for that purpose, and he does not claim that Aslan is actually personified as God, etc. (I don't remember where I read this, so I'm just going by memory. I might even have it all wrong.) So I'm not assuming that Narnia is in fact C.S. Lewis's version of Heaven, or a version of Heaven at all, and so on. But I think how he wrote the books is so beautifully similar to how our World may have come to be created. It's a beautiful picture either way.

I'm not one to cry easily, especially with books, but so many times I got misty eyed because of the picture C.S. Lewis gives us of God. Not just His attirbutes, but reminding me that there is a bigger picture than just the jobs we're sent on, or the pain we're put through, and He understands. He's crying along with us.

Bottom line, I pretty much love the character of Aslan and how he resembles God's loving and noble nature. :)

Before I wrap this up, a quick shout out to Molly!! Haappy 16th Birthday!!!!! You're an amazing amazing friend and I love you sooo much! You're personality, your laugh, and everything about you is just amazing. Don't ever change♥ :)))


Also, I've started another blog. Don't know if it's going to get to be much, but here it is. Feedback is appreciated!

Maturity

As young kids we are forever figuring out our boundaries. What we're allowed to do. Or better yet, what we're able to do. Once we realize that Mom and Dad don't control our actions as much as we used to think, we start testing our abilities to see how far we can go.

Sometimes, those kids never out grow that urge. Sometimes they just keep pushing and pushing the boundaries set by their parents until they're broken and well forgotten.

And This is where the true challenge beings.

The challenge of knowing when to STOP pushing those boundaries. When to know you've pushed too far. The moment you've had enough of a taste of the world to pull back. Pull back and stop.

This is where maturity begins.

It's not the amount of knowledge you have about a school subject, or when you've been accepted by everyone around you. It's about when you know it's time to stop. To chose what you will allow yourself to do.

Maturity is when you've set the boundaries for yourself. Not just because someone told you it's right--but because you KNOW it's right.

It's when you're able to stop your own self and ask: how far am I going to go?

That's where maturity begins. And this is what I'm starting to learn(:

Summer has trials... Who knew?

Summer's almost over and I'm still wondering, when do I get my summer vacation?? I'm still stuck at home cleaning, ordering school books, reading school books...ukk ):

Speaking of school books... who thought of putting Frankenstein on my school reading list? I'm more than half-way through (finally) and can't standd reading it. It's not that it's bad writing--believe me, it's far from that--but I have to highlight alll these random sentences and answer 20 in-depth-think-about-it questions per chapter. All I want to do right now... is burn it. Yes. Burn it. That way I can finally use the old "the dog ate my homework" excuse!

But, I don't want to leave anyone depressed, or think that I'm depressed :P. So on the upside, even though we haven't gone on a family vacation, I've got to do fun camps like drama and volleyball, and get to hangout with my friends a lot more often than during the school year. In that way, my summer has been pretty fun in spite of no actual time away from home. (:

Oh yeah. I still want to burn Frankenstein.