Chesapeake Sailor Girl

Mar. 2, 2008 - Life in its crazy insaneness

Oh, there is a God and He loves me!!! I missed three days of school last week, one for district competition for my theatre class, one for fainting at school and being sent home, and then another for finals competition for theatre. Therefore, I am really, really behind in homework and catch up work. I have been working all weekend and I still have a ton to do, and it is due tomorrow. I was so stressed out about babysitting tonight, because I would not have been able to finish my work. But when I went to baby-sit, they told me they canceled their plans. I was so relieved!!! Now I just might be able to finish everything. And to make today even better, I found my dream college!!! It is PERFECT!!! Anyways, I had better go tackle my homework. I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!! Ciao loves, Sara Belle

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Feb. 25, 2008 - The life of a senior

Busy, busy, busy. I am so exhausted, blah. I am now taking my GED March 13th, instead of the 6th because it was full. This means another week in the stupid class. It is so easy it is boring. You want to know what we did today??? We learned where to put a coma in a sentence. A COMA IN A FREAKIN SENTENCE!!!!! I though I was going to go insane, seriously. Here is one of things we had to do: Put a coma where it belongs in the following sentence: Three of my favorite foods are pizza ice cream and macaroni & cheese. Anyone over the 4th grade should know that you put a coma after pizza, ice cream, and the word and. Oh and in math, we are doing percents. I mean come on, are we in 5th grade people?!?!?! I have to sit in this class for three whole hours, and if I hear another cuss word or sex joke, I am going to scream. Don't these kids have any manners?!?!?! Please somebody come and save me, I do not think I am going to make it. Anyways, tomorrow is MSHSAA, which is competition for our theatre arts. Mrs. Wilson said we are one mini step away from greatness. Tonight was our last dress rehearsal and we loaded up the truck. We have to meet at school at 7:15 am and my mom is not happy about driving me to school early. Since I have started this stupid GED thing I had to give up my afternoon classes, which included my AP Literature, and I was very upset about having to give up that class. So I dropped down to Language Arts III with the same teacher and she is incorporating AP stuff into LA III for me so I don't get to bored. We just finished fairy tales (my passion) and now we are doing poetry. I couldn't be happier. We started with haikus and I was going to post the ones I wrote, but I can only remember one, so here it is:

Lacing up my slippers
I dance en pointe across the stage
I am elegant.


Now we have to pick any poem and illustrate it using pictures, music, videos, acting it out, etc. I have decided to do "Fairies" by Rose Fyleman, which was my one of my MorMor’s favorite poems, and I am OBSESSED with fairies, actually beyond obsessed. When she died, we got to draw something on the box her ashes were put into. I drew a fairy on a swing in a garden because of the poem "Fairies." I was going to act it out, but with my insane schedule, I decided I am just going to do a slideshow of pictures. I have found countless photos, but I can’t find a good song. The song has to illustrate the poem. Any suggestions for the song would be greatly appreciated. I really wish I was in Maryland, because my bestest friend Meagan and I use to build fairy houses, and I want to use photos of those. But alas, I cannot. Oh drat, I just looked at the clock and I am behind schedule. Maybe I could turn the clock back an hour, ha I wish. I have so much more to blog about, but sadly, I must go now. Au revoir loves, Sara

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Feb. 11, 2008 - Ice storms = no school = boring day

Ice storms are the worst thing EVER!!!! I am quite surprised that we still have internet connection and electricity; hopefully it will stay that way. How can something so beautiful be so horrible??? And to top it all off, I am sick and have been since Friday night. Anyways, I talked about the GED in my other post, and if I took it right now, I could pass it. They had me take these incredibly easy tests; I got 100% in everything except math, which was 90%. They said I could easily take the GED right now and pass it with a very high score. I am still in shock. The next testing day is March 6th and that is when I will take it. I am soooo excited. Unfortunately, I still have to go to the classes, even though I am not learning anything, or I will not be able to have a real graduation with the cap, gown, and diploma. So I am stuck, at least until March 6th. It is so frustrating, because I am stuck in this class very afternoon with these bad kids that don't care about their education and every other word out of their mouths is a cuss word or a sex joke. The other day when I was sitting in the corner they asked me if I was afraid of them, ha yea right. In my other post, I said I was going to Crowder College and then transferring to Cottey College, but plans change. I have always wanted to go to Anne Arundel Community College (AACC), ever since I could remember, and my mom finally agreed that I could go if I could find a place to live. Crowder Community College has dorms, but AACC doesn't. So if I can't find a place to live in Maryland, I have to go to Crowder. Most of my friends are going to AACC, and I want to go so badly. After community college instead of going to Cottey, I have decided that I really, really want to go to Salisbury University. It is a gorgeous college on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and I have fallen in love with it. Hopefully I will be accepted. Anyways, I guess that is all that is going on right now, I am still beyond busy, but such is life. Ciao, Sara Belle

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Feb. 8, 2008 - In Loving Memory

I am just getting on here quickly to ask you all to please pray for the Story family. Mr. Story is a teacher at the school I go to and his wife, Sarah Story, died February 4th, 2008. The school was a quiet, somber place today. Many teachers and students were missing, because they were at Mrs. Story's funeral. The Story family is going through a hard time because their 16 year old daughter Kayla was killed June 22nd, 2007 in a car accident. I can not imagine what Mr. Story and his two daughters Ryenn and Faith who are 7 and 9 years old are going through right now. These girls lost their sister 6 months ago and now they just lost their mother. And Mr. Story lost his daughter and wife. Please pray for this family, nothing could be more devastating. Ciao, Sara Belle

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Feb. 3, 2008 - Busy, Busy, Busy

I have been seriously buys, the only reason I was finally able to get on here is because it snowed Thursday night and we did not have school Friday, so I was able to catch up on everything on Friday. For the past month I have been babysitting six kids every Sunday night, I tutor two kids every night and I have started public school. I was going to go back a year and go as a junior so I could spend more time at the school, but after the first couple of days, I hated it. So I am now a senior, which I should be. I go to classes in the morning at the high school and then I walk down the street to my GED classes with the high school. I am going to be taking the GED in April or May and then I am graduating. I am so excited that I get to have a real graduation!!! All of my teachers are AMAZING they are all so sweet. My AP Literature teacher Mrs. Lanyon just turned 21 and she was home schooled her whole life before she went to college. She is just like me it is scary. We both love Jane Austen, ballet, theatre, piano, and so many other things. I have joined a book club, the culture club, and I will be joining the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) this week. I am in a play right now called How to Eat Like a Child. I have 5 different parts Arlene, Billy, Sunshine, Christy, and Rachel. The play is a comedy about little kids teaching others how to not act like an adult. It is so much fun acting like a little kid!!! I also just started writing for the school blog that a bunch of students got together. It is about problems that teens face and other such things. The first entry I was assigned to do is a hard one, “Teenage Marriage.” I was hoping for an easier assignment, but I am tackling this one. I found a ton of books on the subject in the school library, I cannot believe how big of a thing teenage marriage is. Then Friday on a show they were talking about teenage marriage, I was so excited. In addition, yesterday there was a movie on about teenage marriage, so I now have a lot of information on the subject. I am really nervous about turning my entry in tomorrow, I hope the other students like it. School has been so stressful. I was so stressed I could not sleep and I wasn’t eating anything, or if I did eat something it just came right back up. It became really hard hiding it from my mom and everyone else. So I went to the counselor Mrs. Aronson and asked, if it was not a problem, if I could change my schedule. Mrs. Aronson and the principal Mrs. Frazier were soooo sweet!!! They switched everything around so it would be easier for me, and now I look forward to school. Now I have the most wonderful news ever!!!!! I AM GOING HOME TO MARYLAND!!!!! Daniel’s sister Chris needs a nanny for her son Ben and she asked me if I could come and live with her for the summer and be Ben’s nanny. I am beyond ecstatic!!!! I will be with all of my friends this summer, living with Chris and John who are like family to me, and I will be a nanny to one of the sweetest little boys ever! I haven’t seen most of my friends in almost 2 years, and some since I left Maryland in January 2004. When I get back to Missouri from Maryland, I will be going to Crowder College with my mom and then hopefully transferring to Cottey College, which is an all girl’s college. I guess that is all that has really happened in my busy life. I have to go get ready for Super Bowl XLII now. Ciao, Sara Belle

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Jan. 7, 2008 - Tornadoes

For some strange reason, I have not been able to log onto HSB for awhile now. That  is why I have not posted Memory Monday, my long newsy post, and I haven't answered comment and messages. It has been so frustrating. Just know, I have not been ignoring anyone. We are under a tornado warning right now, and the sirens keep going off. So I am going to take my kitty cats, my mom's dog, and my brother to the the brick bath house until the tornadoes are gone. If we have a home and a computer when this is over, I will try and post. Ciao, Sara Belle

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Dec. 24, 2007 - Memory Monday Dec. 24th

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!!! This is just going to be short, because I'm sick. Yick, sick in Christmas Eve. Blah. Ok so here is your photo and quote of the week. I have a couple of qoutes for Christmas Eve and Christmas. The photo is of my mom's dad Grandpa Wayne and my youngest brother Josh in Camp Nelson California, Christmas of 2005. My brothers say it took Grandpa 20 minutes to get his head out of there. Ciao, Sara

Quotes of the week:

"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there."
~A Visit from St. Nicholas~

"I danced in the morning
When the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon
And the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven
And I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem
I had my birth.
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all in the dance, said he."
~Sydney Carter~

"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?" ~Bob Hope~

Photo of the week:

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Dec. 17, 2007 - Memory Monday Dec. 17th

I was going through the only photo album that I have with me, and I found this photo of two of my closest, bestest, sweetest, most amazing friends Meagan and Amber, and me. We were at a Easter hunt somewhere in Maryland in 1999. L-R in the photo: Me, Amber, and Meagan. This has to be one of my most favorite photos ever. I took out the photo to look at it, and on the back I found a quote I must have written on there years ago. I decided that the quote on the back of the photo, should be your quote of the week. So for Memory Monday, here is you photo and quote of week. Ciao, Sara Belle

Quote of the week:
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." ~Winnie the Pooh~

Photo of the week:

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Dec. 11, 2007 - FINALLY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can see by the title of this post, I AM FINALLY HOME!!!!!!! We have had sever ice storms and I have been at a shelter with my mom and youngest brother Josh. I had planned on answering comments and posting long overdue posts over the weekend, but I was at a shelter and we had no electricity. Our governor has declared the area that I live in a state of emergency. It has been really, really bad. Trees are down everywhere, shelters are packed, and electricity is out. We are due for some more ice storms, so I don't know if we will be back at the shelter again. We were not expecting to have electricity back this soon, thankfully we do. I have to finish setting up the RV now, if we still have electricity tomorrow I will post more on what happened this crazy weekend and my long overdue posts. I hope everyone else is doing okay, please pray for the people in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois that have been effected by these horrendous ice storms. Also please pray that we don't get anymore. Love to all, Sara Belle

*Because of the ice storms, I will not be posting a Memory Monday today*

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Dec. 8, 2007 - Happy Holidays!!!

The wonderful Miss Jocelyn Dixon is having a giveaway. It is called the "The 2007 Holiday Bundle Giveaway". The Holiday Bundle will be open until tomorrow Dec. 8th. There will be 20 winners. I can't believe all of prizes Jocelyn pulled together. Go to her blog and give her a big thanks. Part of the contest is having to write a holiday memory. I have so many, that it was hard to choose. This one is one of the best:

My fondest holiday memory happened ever holiday season. My mom would make this HUGE gingerbread house, she would spend hours on it with help from my brothers and me. Then every New Years Eve, before everyone in the neighborhood would go out to our neighborhood party and bonfire on the Corner Lot, my mom would invite all of the kids to our house. We would have a gingerbread party. While the kids killed the gingerbread house, the parents would sit around talking and drinking glöggfester (Swedish mulled wine). After the gingerbread house had dissapeared. We would all exchange our Christmas gifts. The my mom would bring out risgrynsgröt (Swedish rice pudding) with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Hidden inside was an almond, whoever found it would get a little prize, have good luck for the new year, and it was said they would get married within the year. If it was a child who found the almond, he/she would choose a spouse, and we would have our own little fake wedding ceremony. I think that was one of the best parts!!! After we ate the risgrynsgröt, we would all head outside to start the bonfire. Even though I miss those wonderful years past in Maryland, I am so happy I have all of the wonderful memories.

I hope everyone has an extra special holiday season!!! Ciao, Sara Belle

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Dec. 5, 2007 - I LOVE CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH!!!!!!

Just a quick note to say, I just got home from high school, and I am in love with it!!!!!!! I have to go to church now, so I will try to post about what I am talking about when I get home tomorrow afternoon. *does a little dance around the RV, singing "I love high school"* Ciao, Sara Belle

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Dec. 3, 2007 - Memory Monday Dec. 3rd

I FINALLY HAVE INTERNET AGAIN!!!!!!!! Our internet has been in and out for the past week. It has been so frustrating. I had planned to get caught up on answering comment and posting posts, and then I didn't have any internet. So my fingers are currently numb, because it is so cold, and I HATE it. Our heat is still not working, and it hasn't been since the first time we tried to run it. I told my mom all I want for Christmas is a dishwasher. I am fine washing dishes, when I have warm water. Our water heater isn't working, so I have wash dishes in freezing cold water. I can only wash a couple before my hands hurt so much, it is unbearable. I finally memorized the Italian alphabet!!!!! It was so much harder then I thought it would be, I memorized the French alphabet the second time I heard it. But it took me forever  to memorize the Italian alphabet. I thought Italian would be easier to learn then French, man was I wrong. Italian is so much harder. But I will do it, the language is so beautiful that I just have to learn it. Everything about Italy is beautiful. One of my favorite quotes is: "Open my heart and you will see, graved inside of it Italy", it is so true for me. I won't be home Tuesday, Wendesday, or Thursday. So if our internet is working, I will answer comments and post long overdue posts on Friday. Here is your quote and photo of the week. This picture is of my crazy family in at my great-great Uncle Milton's house. L -R: Me, William, Aunt Jenny, Lhasa, Uncle Bob, and Crazy Dakota. Ciao, Sara Belle

Quote of the week:
"We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered." ~Thomas Henry Huxley~

Photo of the week:

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Nov. 26, 2007 - Memory Monday Nov. 26th

Wow, it's Monday already. My life is flying by. There is a song called "Don't Blink" that I hear every now and then on the radio, and it reminds us not to take life for granted. To live each day like it is our last. Here are the lyrics:

I turned on the evening news
Saw a old man being interviewed
Turning a hundred and two today
Asked him what's the secret to life
He looked up from his old pipe
Laughed and said "All I can say is."

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you're taking naps and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I was glued to my tv and it looked like he looked at me and said
"Best start putting first things first."
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth

Don't Blink
Just like that you're six years old and you're taking naps and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I've been tryna slow it down
I've been tryna take it in
In this here today gone tomorrow world we're livin' in

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you're taking naps and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster you think
Don't blink

Naw, don't blink

I love that song!! I am the biggest klutz ever!! And I hate it. Don't worry Sharla, you are not the obnly one who trips up stairs, I have offically joined the group. I was walking up the four measley steps to get into the RV, and I fell and sprained my wrist. I can not type with my right hand, because the pain is unbearable. I was making yogurt sauce for the falafels for dinner tonight, and as I was chopping the cucumber I sliced my finger. I know a week ago I said I was going to post about the whole cemetery thing, but I forgot, and it takes so long to type something up now. I will try and finish it up soon, it may take me a little bit because of my stupid wrist. Anyways, I was going to answer comments today, but our mouse is barely working, so I can't. It took me about 3 hours just to get on here to a new entry, find a picture, upload the picture and put it on here, and find a quote of the week. So I want to thank everyone so much for your wonderful comments, and I am so sorry I haven't answered them. As soon as our mouse is fixed I will answer them. It may take me awhile because of my wrist, but I promise I will do it. Someone asked me if the photo on my first Memory Monday was of my brothers and me, yes it was. William is the oldest boy and Joshua is the youngest. This one is of William trying to find stuff we could salvage after we lost our RV (only home) in a fire. Anyways, here is your photo and quote of the week. Ciao, Sara

Quote of the week
"It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity." ~Ellen G. White~ 

Photo of the week

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Nov. 19, 2007 - Memory Monday Nov. 19th

Wow I can't believe it is already Monday. This week has flown by. My grandparents were here visiting this weekend and they left this morning. Tomorrow my friend Mrs. Abby is coming and tasking my mom and I to lunch and then to meet her sister who is around my age. We're going to have a girls day out, because Josh will be in school. Mrs. Abby grew up here in Carthage, so she can show all the cool places to go. Even though it has only been a month since I last saw her, I still miss her so much. And I am so, so, so excited about seeing her tomorrow. Nothing else is really going on, except for my cemetery clean-up dilemma. I will post about that after I post this. I will be busy today and tomorrow, so i will try to answer comments on Wednesday. Since it is Memory Monday, here is your photo and quote for the week.

Quote of the week
"We all have the means to bestow on others the most lavish gifts; love, joy, peace, hope, kindness, acceptance, encouragement, laughter, forgiveness, time... There is not enough money to buy them, and not to little money to give them. The more you spend, the wealthier you become; yet nothing will cost you more than what you freely possess to give." ~Eden Eliot~

Photo of the week


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Nov. 12, 2007 - Memory Monday Nov. 12th

I have noticed that people on here are doing some cool things with their blogs. Like featured blogger and birthdays of the month. So I have decided to do something. I am doing a picture and quote of the week. Monday is going to be my picture and quote day. Most of the pictures are going to be of my US trip and the quotes will be random ones I have found that I like. I was thinking of calling it Memory Monday, because the pictures bring back so many memories and some of the quotes do too. So for my first Memory Monday entry, here is your quote and picture of the week. Ciao, Sara

Quote of the week
"It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." ~Bahá'u'lláh~

Picture of the week

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Nov. 9, 2007 - Sommer Designs Apron Giveaway

I was on Jocelyn's homestead blog, and I found out about this awesome apron giveaway. Sommer Designs is giving away one of her beautiful aprons. All you have to do is go over and pick your favortie apron and then go over to Apronista's and leave a comment on her post with your choice apron. The giveaway ends November 9th (today) at midnight EST, which is 9pm for everyone on the West Coast, so enter while you still can!! You can enter a second time by posting about the giveaway on your blog and the going over to Apronista's again and leaving a second comment with the link to your blog.

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Nov. 7, 2007 - A Light For Aly Purvis

My friend Angela's friend Aly Purvis passed away November 5th, 2007 at a bad intersection without a light. I know what Angela is going through, because I just lost one of my bestest friends Mary Alice on October 4th, 2007. Friends of Aly are trying to get 1,000 signatures on a petition. Please take 30 seconds from your day and sign this petition for Aly and all the other teenagers that have been killed at this intersection. You can sign it anonymous if you don't want people to know your name. Just please sign it. Since I am from Maryland, I know what intersection this is. And there have been other deaths there before. Here is the link to the petition: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-light-for-aly-purvis . Also, please keep Aly's family, friends, and Angela in your prayers. No one can describe the pain of losing one of your closest friends. Thank you all so very much. Much love, Sara Belle

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Nov. 7, 2007 - Please help!!!

I have been looking for this blogger for 5 weeks now, and I can't find her. A girl named Christine Daae left me a comment on September 28th, but left it as anonymous. She asked if she could add me to her friends list and I would love to be friends with her. But I just can't find her. If anyone knows who this blogger is, please tell me. I'm afraid she must think I am really rude for not answering her comment. So Christine if you come by here again, I wanted to answer your comment, but I haven't found you yet. Any help on finding her would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Ciao, Sara

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Nov. 7, 2007 - It's FINALLY Here!!!!

I finally finished it, after promising for weeks. This is going to be a really, really long post. Because sooooo much has happened. I will start with the Civil War reenactment which was so, so much fun. Though next time I am so being a soldier, not a lady. First of all I was a Yankee in a confederate group. Which wasn't that bad, except a lot of them kept going on and on about how they hate Yankees. It was so hard to hold my tongue. I also found out that if a soldier sees a lady's ankles, he has to marry her. I was hiding my ankles pretty well, until drill time. All of the guys were doing drills before the battle, and I just pulled my skirt up for a second to scratch my ankle. I really though that the guys would be to busy drilling, but one of them looked over and saw my ankle. Thankfully though, we didn't have time for a wedding before the battle. And then he was killed. That may sound cold, saying I was thankful that he was killed. But I really did not want to marry a confederate soldier. After the battle we got ready for the ball that night. The ball was so much fun. I really didn't want to dance, because I didn't know how to dance all of the dances. And I though I would be safe, but Sam said that if someone asked me to dance, I couldn't say no. So I decided to hide, but unfortunately that didn't work. I was found and I am glad I was, because I had so much fun. Then as I was climbing up this hill to watch everyone dancing, a soldier walked around and saw my ankles. I was so upset, mostly with myself for not making sure it was clear. Fortunately the soldier was a Yankee and very sweet. So for our wedding, I was held by the arms on either side by two other ladies and my soldier was held at gun point. If he ran, he was shot. So they went through these fake vows and usually when they say "you may now kiss the bride", you yell "Yay". But no that couldn't happen to me, my soldier decided to cover my mouth, tilt me back, and kiss his hand that was covering my mouth. I have never been so humiliated in my entire life. Then a bunch of us were hanging out and talking, and they found out I had never had cobbler. Which to them is like a sin, so they dragged me off to camp to try some peach cobbler. Unfortunately I never had the cobbler, because right after we got back to camp, one of our neighboring camps attacked us. That was an experience. All of a sudden our camp is swarming with soldiers, and guns are going of left and right. All of us ladies were screaming, and it was total mayhem. All of a sudden I saw Hailey and Molly being kidnapped by the enemy, and they had told me horror stories of what they do to the ladies that have kidnapped. Then my wonderful husband came to the rescue. He grabbed me and pulled me into the shadows, then took me into the woods to hide me.  I did not like that part, because since we were on a real civil war battlefield, they had told me about the ghosts of soldiers. And here I was sitting by myself in dark creepy woods; I think I would rather have been kidnapped. You can really freak yourself out when you are by yourself in dark creepy woods. Finally I couldn't here anymore gunshot or screaming, and then my husband came and scared me to death. Instead yelling ahead to announce himself, he snuck up on me. I don't think I have ever screamed so loud in my entire life. We went back to camp and everyone was trying to find out who had screamed. Apparently I can scream really, really loud. So the ladies tended to our wounded and the men went of to get Hailey and Molly back. The next morning we got up early and went to church at of the neighboring camps. It was really nice. Then came a really big surprise, we held court. Apparently we had 3 men and a lady who were in trouble. One of the men and the lady happened to be me and my husband. My husband was charged as a deserter in the face of danger, which he did not do. He was taking me to safety, not deserting. I was so upset, that I jumped of and started yelling. Apparently that's contempt of court. Now the reason I was on trial, is because I was accused of being a spy for the Yankee troops. I was really angry when I found that out. Now don't get me wrong, I most likely would have been a spy for the Yankee troops, but they had nothing to stand on. Apparently I was seen talking to some Yankee soldiers and then I married one. But I didn't marry him by choice!!!! I pleaded not-guilty, but of course I was found guilty. Mine and my husband’s punishment, yea just take a wild guess, death. Apparently even though you are a lady, when they find out you are a spy, you're not a lady anymore. Well before we could have our death that was scheduled, while we were waiting for the rest of court, my stupid idiotic husband decided to run and was shot. And stupidly I ran after him and was shot also. They are so not gentle when they are dragging your dead body back to camp. The only good thing was that I received many, many compliments on my acting, especially since I had no idea this was going to happen. They also said my death and dead body looked very, very real. So that made me a little happy. After court there was another battle and thus ended my crazy civil war weekend. Now onto the play Peter Pan. Thursday night was opening night and it was so awesome. After the performance on Friday, I went with a bunch of the teenage cast from Peter Pan up to Cape Girardeau to go to a haunted house there. It was huge, and really scary. I have never screamed before in a haunted house, but Hillary, Ashley, Alicia and I were clinging to each other and screaming until we lost our voices. I didn't get home until 2 am and then I had to get up early on Saturday to get to the theater by 11 am for the 1:00 performance. Saturday was our wonderful director Ms. Amber's 22nd birthday, so at curtain call we sang happy birthday and completely surprised her. Then the cast went to El Braceros for a birthday party, and Josh and I got left behind. So I spent the hour between shows at the theater reading. When everyone got back, Brandon ran up and said that the waiters at El Braceros shoved ice cream in Ms. Amber’s face for her birthday; apparently that is what they do there. Then Brandon was laughing and teasing her, so Ms. Amber took some of the ice cream off of her face and shoved it in Brandon's face. I wish I could have seen it. Ms. Amber took about an hour trying to get ice cream out of her hair and nose. She smelled like chocolate for awhile. Then at the Saturday night performance, the most wonderful thing happened. First of all, at our first pirate scene, we had an extra pirate. It was Ms. Amber; it was so hard to keep acting when she came on stage with us. She stayed a pirate for the rest of the show, and I swear she was the best one. Saturday night's performance was the best, all because of wonderful Ms. Amber. During intermission at the show, a man came up and said that after curtain call, we are supposed to go onstage instead of going to the lobby to sign auditions. He said they were going to do a presentation for Amber, and we were not aloud to tell her anything. So we run off stage, and Amber is telling us to run to the lobby. And we’re like we can’t. And she is all trying to figure us out. Then Peter Pan crows and we all run back onstage. The man called Amber out and gave a little speech. And then her boyfriend came out with a red rose. As soon as he came out, all of the girls started crying. Because we knew he was going to propose. And of course he did, right in front of all of her friends and family. All of the girls in the cast were laughing and hugging and crying. It was the sweetest, most romantic thing ever. Then Stephanie tried to shut the curtain, and Amber and Eric were standing in the way hugging. It was so sweet. So that was the wonderful thing that happened. She said the entire cast is invited to the wedding which is March 1st, 2008. Okay so onto Sunday, I went to church one last time, and Mrs. Abby my youth pastor sat with me and then we talked about Carthage, the town that she is from and that I just moved to. After church I went straight to the theater for the last performance of Peter Pan. Which I was sick during. I would go onstage do my part and then run right of into the bathroom and start vomiting. It was so not fun. Everyone said they didn't even notice I was sick onstage, I guess I am a better actress then I thought. Because I felt that I was doing a terrible job. After the performance we had the cast party. It was a lot of fun; I hated saying good-bye to everyone. I cried the whole ride home. Now onto our crazy moving day. It was insane. I despise packing up the RV, it is so easy to unpack but it takes forever to pack.  Anyways, my dad came over with Josh and Will in the morning and we packed the RV all up.  Of course, the sewer ended up being my job. I hate it!!! Then when we are about to leave, I noticed that Abby my mom's beagle was missing. We looked 2 hours for her in the rain, and my mom was hysterical. Right when we thought that we would have to leave and have Will stay and wait for her, she came running up to us soaking wet and muddy. Mom started crying and we threw her in the car. Then we drove to Wal-Mart to meet dad and the RV. I love being the navigator!!! Because that means I get to sit in the passenger seat. The drive was beautiful, but it took us longer then we thought. We kept having to hook up and unhook the car. So we made it halfway there and ended spending the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot. And we did not sleep at all, there were teenagers speeding by all night and parking right next us and hanging out. I am really surprised they didn't hit us in the middle of the night. The next day we left and on our way, we passed Laura Ingalls Wider's house in Mansfield, MO. It was just like she described in her letters. It is only open from March to October, so I have to wait a couple of months to go tour it. But I have been waiting years, so a couple months won't be that bad. We finally got to the campground. And that is where it ends. I will try to answer comments soon. Ciao, Sara

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Nov. 7, 2007 - Tagged by Jocelyn

Hey I was tagged by Jocelyn

What time is it: 8:45 am and freezing

1. What's your favorite site: Hmm, right now I really like segmation.com it is a sight where you can do paint by number online. They have all kinds you can do, like picasso, monet, van gogh, photography, and lots more. It's really cool.

2. If you could go to any foreign country where would you go: Italy of course, then Thailand, India, Sweden, France, and England

3. Do you play video games a lot: No, I never play video games

4. Do you go by your middle name: When I'm in trouble my mom says Sara Elizabeth.

5. What's your favorite word: Super-duperness, sisser, lovers, and missers. I lovers and missers all of my super-duperness sissers. Can you all figure out what that says???

6. What's your favorite soft drink: I don't really like soft drinks

7. Do you like tags: Yes, I think I am one of the few persons who likes tags

8. What's your favorite movie: I have a lot of favorite movies, all of the classics of course. Right now, umm  The Three Lives of Thomasina. I know it is for little kids, but it has been my favorite since I was 2 years old.

9. What's your favorite TV show: Right now, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, I like a lot of tv shows. Especially anything on Animal Planet and the History Channel.

10. How many siblings do you have: 2 brothers

11. What's your dream job: My dream job is acting, but I had so many people tell me not to do it, so my occupation is going to be a high school history teacher and owner of my own animal shelter.

12. 12 people to tag: This is the part I don't like doing, I hate choosing peiople to tag. So I am not going to. Anyone can do this tag if they want to.

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