Vacation time

Just wanted to let everyone know that we're leaving for my grandparents house tomorrow afternoon, and won't get back till the 8th or 9th. (I'm not sure exactly which one). So, as I say every time, I won't be blogging till we get back as doing anything involving my grandfather's computer can get extremely tiresome. ;) hehe. If you could keep us in your prayers as we're traveling, I'd really appreciate it. Now we just have to hope I can survive a car ride packed with brothers, luggage, and an annoying talking parrot (just don't even ask). Over and out.

Another great Christmas

I have to say this Christmas has been one of the best ones yet (for me at least) ;). I hope everyone else had a great one as well. I thought I'd just mention a few of the things I received.

*One of the main things I got was a new bike, which I have been enjoying immensly. Previously I had to ride my brother's bike, which was so low it made me feel like a midget (I probably looked pretty ridiculous riding the thing). This bike is much bigger, and even happens to be my favorite color which is red (you should know that you know). ;) Besides the bike, I've also enjoyed riding my brother's electric scooter (I probably ride it about as much as he does. haha). That thing can really take off I'll say that.

*As last thing, I ended up getting some tycoon computer games which are extremely addicting. The first one, Lemonade Stand Tycoon, is very fast-paced,and fun as you get to tweak your lemonade recipe, your location, the price, etc. The customers are a little odd as they are really to walk around town and buy lemonade in the pouring rain, but hey, more power to them. ;) I also got Railroad Tycoon which is pretty tough, but a lot of fun (except it has a very annoying narrator). I got Airport Tycoon as well, but unfortunately the disc simply would not work (after many extremely frustrated attempts on my part), so I'll just have to put off controlling the airport industry for a while. ;)

*Novel wise, I received a three-part series on the love between a vampire and a normal girl. Verry interesting, and quite hard to put down. I'm already through the second one, as I am hopelessly horrible at savoring any book I have interest in. ;) The books are really well written, the details are great, and there is a great balance between reality and fantasy.

That's all for now.

Longest Day of the Year

Well the longest day of the year has finally arrived. (If you haven't guessed why that is, then you might need some help or something. ;) haha). Anyway, since I'm about bored stiff, I thought I'd let you know how our program went last night.

Let me just say the program went wayy better than I had originally thought. We all managed to remember most of the words to the songs, (though I did miss a few now and then), and we managed (once again) not to burn the church down with our candles. (though I did keep getting hit with hot wax). I even got to sing one solo, which surprisingly I was not a whole lot nervous about. (That is really wierd for me since I normally get freaked out at about everything that has to do with performing). Maybe it was a fluke. ;)

The "fun" part of the program, (which was us peforming skits for everyone at the christmas party, basically everyone acting like nuts), went pretty well too. The reindeer skit was pretty hilarious (my brother had the honor of being one of those), and we even pulled off "Nuttin for Christmas", which we had never rehearsed on the stage before. Let's just say we totally winged that one. But it all turned out okay, and luckily I didn't die of embarrassment. ;)

Now that the program's out of the way, all that's left standing between me and Christmas is good ole' Christmas Eve. So far, all my parents have planned for this morning is cleaning (not my idea of relaxation). Oh well. At least it gives us something to do. ;)

Christmas time

So once again I am finally back, and this time I don't plan to stay away from posting for so long ;). Things have been pretty insane, but now that school's out I should have a lot more time to post.

School wise, the year ended well. I finally got through my science semester test (which I had been studying my head off for), but history wise I'm not sure I ever want to hear WWII mentioned again (I studied my head off on this subject as well ;) ). Overall, school is a great experience, but it's always nice to get a break. We don't have to go back till Jan. 14th, so I guess I should stop complaining about school now. Don't want mom hearing this. ;)

As usual I am (very) impatiently waiting for Christmas, but first have to get through our church's annual youth christmas program tomorrow night. If you read my blog about our program last christmas, you'll remember we all had to carry candles while wearing thick, easy to trip over robes. Well this year we're doing that again (with different music of course), so if you hear about a church catching fire from a clusmy maneuver by a robed figure, it's probably ours. ;) Then after the sanctuary part of the service, we go to the FLC for the "secular" part of the program. Let's just say this part involves us acting out the song "I'm Getting Nuttin for Christmas," and a skit based on the song "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." Thank heavens I don't have to be a reindeer. If I did, I probably would have changed my name and moved to Siberia.....Ok just kidding. ;) It should be interesting how all this turns out though. I'll let you know.