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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Finally! UUGGHH!

i can't believe it's already been a month since i've posted! i don't know what to start with...gosh....

well, since i don't have too much time, i'll do the most recent...WE GOT A FOSTER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am SO excited! I'm not allowed to say her name....(it's too complicated to explain...) but I call her Little Woman! lol so she was born Thursday, August 21. We got her Saturday, August 23. For the first few days, Little Woman would sleep all day and stay awake all night! my mom didn't really like that. :-) i would take a 5:30 am shift until about 8 or 8:30. it's so adorable whenever we got clothes and stuff for her! on her first visitation with her mom and dad, we got a full trashbag of clothes and blankets for Little Woman! I couldn't believe it...maybe that means that they are gonna work for her? maybe? i dunno. we're probably gonna be hearbroken whenever she leaves, but we're gonna treat her like one of the family!

VBS was great to say the least. I could see God moving throughout the whole week! Every night before we went on stage, us four girls went backstage to get our hair done. it was great! Mrs. Diana (one of the adult dancers) brought colored hair spray, so we would do our hair wild and color it different every night! The Theme was "Power Lab". did any of you guys have VBS with that theme? i know you did, Nutmeg...you were there! lol
so my brother got to be the "mad scientist". he actually dyed his hair orange and red for the part! it's supposed to be semi-permanent....but since he highlighted his hair before he colored it, it's kind of permanantly strawberry blonde...it looks really good on him!
what was fun was that they did experiments every night, and one of them was dry ice and soap. the first time it didn't work, b/c they had gotten the dry ice the night before, and by the time they were gonna use it, it had almost completely evaporated. :-P they didn't check it before that night! lol so they did it agian the last night and it went better.
my job (along with Liz) was to teach the pre-schoolers a song after they listened to the story. all of the 5th and 6th graders were pre-school leaders, so i got to talk to all of them all night! that was fun! i had to get them motivated, though, to do the songs, since all of the pre-schoolers loved them! one in particular was hard...i won't say his name. :-) but me and his sister were trying to get him to dance and we just couldn't budge him! lol
The finale was great! I had to set the energy in the room, though. Since it was the last night, i thought, we might as well just go crazy. so on some of the songs, we were supposed to jump up every once ina while, and a few of the songs were really upbeat. so i made everyone jump almost the whole time we were singing! it was great. It was kinda funny b/c the pre-schoolers were running late, so when i got into the theater, they were already starting to sing! i couldn't get my mic on or anything, so i just sang and danced without one. i think they heard me good enough though. :-P lol

i need to go...i've got lots more to say but there's a homeschool picnic i'm going to and i have to get ready! ttyl!

Love,
Sunshine

Jeremiah 29:11-13

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

quizes

i'm not that into quizes, but these looked a little fun and some peeps have been doing them so...here they are!

You Should Paint Your Room Purple

Sophisticated and exotic, purple can also be a deeply comforting color.
Your purple room will inspire you to trust yourself more and go with your intuition.
Purple has also been known to facilitate healing and a feeling of protection.

What Color Should You Paint Your Room?

You Should Wear Peach Lipstick

Clean, fresh, and simply pretty.

Your look: Natural Beauty

Your signature lip gloss flavor: Peach

What Shade of Lipstick Should You Wear?

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Beauty and the Beast

Today I went to a local dinner theatre to see Beauty and the Beast live! It was so much fun! I loved the actors. They were amazing. I hadn't remembered what Beauty and the Beast was like b/c it's been so long since i've seen the movie. But it was great! I met up with a friend and her grandparents to go to the theatre. it was for her 13th b-day! I made her a hemp bracelet. our lunch was a big buffet. i had breaded cod (YUM), peas, chicken tenders, pinapple sufle, sweet potato sufle, and a salad with mango-chutney dressing. the dressing is SO delicious that I bought a bottle of it! :-P

that lasted for about 4 hours. i left home today around 9:30 a.m and got home at 4:30 p.m. :-)

Mom is finally letting me read the adult series of Left Behind! I'm so excited, I'm on book 26 of the kids series of Left Behind. I just found out that Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins made 3 prequels to the Left Behind series. I'm not allowed to read them though because mom hasn't read them yet and you never know if there's gonna be adult stuff in there. u know?

God has been talking to me so much! it's great! Lately I've been learning about how to reflect God's glory. I'm reading "It's not about me: Live like you mean it" by Max Lucado. Today I read about acting like a mirror for God. He wants us to reflect the Son and send out a saving message!

Take some time to really realize God. His love is more than you can imagine! He's THE saving Savior! He's THE Shepherd of your soul! He's THE One and Only.

He's my Abba. is He yours?

Love,
Sunshine

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

fun week @ camp!

wow! i have had an absolutely AWESOME week at camp!

Monday morning we left around 11. i was in the car with four other girls (three 6th graders and one leader) as we headed down to Georgetown College in KY!! we got there around 1 or 1:30. after playing a quick game, registering, and getting our nametags, we went up to our dorm.

the girls had three hallways out of four on the third floor of Allen Hall. We unpacked, got settled, got our keys, got familiar with the bathrooms and our leaders rooms. then we had a little "mini meeting" about food and showers and rooms and bedtime and stuff like that. (it turns out that my friend who was supposed to go didn't show up. i was SO dissapointed....but I have to know that God is in control!) I roomed with two other girls (I'll call them Rimanda and Lizzy). i kind of had a hard time eating there on campus because there were only five things to choose from each meal, and almost all of them had dairy in it. :-) i took a lot of my own food, so i survived!

Tuesday morning started early. because of this--------

there was a woman (not in our church) who was up dressing and showering before 6 am (crazy woman). so she was spraying hairspray in the room, when suddenly the fire alarm goes off. in my dorm room, i wake up first, so i grab my Bible, wallet, key, and one shoe (haha). i yelled at Lizzy and she got up immediately, but Rimanda wouldn't wake up. so i screamed, "[Rimanda]! The fire alarm is going off, so get your butt out of bed!" she was up instantly.
we all rushed outside, the fire department came, and the fire chief went in to confirm it was a false alarm. he told us not to spray hairspray or anything else in the rooms, but do it in the bathrooms. :-/ yeah okay, but it woke us all up at 5:45 AM!!! UGHH! (lol)

so this was our schedule for Tuesday--Thursday:

7:30 am-breakfast
8:30 am-Quiet Time with church group
9 am- I can't wait...
9:30 am-Bible Study/Rec
12pm-lunch
1:30 pm-Track A
2:45 pm-Track B
3:45 pm-free time
5:30 pm-dinner
6:30 pm-worship
7:30 pm-Church Group Time
8:30 pm-Party
10:15 pm-in room
10:30- lights out

let me break this down:

breakfast: obviously, we go to the dining hall and have breakfast. simple as that.

Quiet time with church group: my little church group consisted of Rimanda, me, [i'll call this girl] C.J, Vasannah, Madizzle, and our leader was C. Long (these are all nicknames!). we each got a devotional booklet that had our morning devotionals in it and we did one each morning. after we did them, we met as a church group and discussed them, prayed over each other, and headed out to I can't wait....

I Can't Wait...: this was a time to get you rowdy for camp and stuff. the sorted you into your Bible Study group (mine was the Screenplays-by the way, this theme was called "Lights, Camera, Action!").

Bible Study/Rec: Bible Study was when we played games and discussed that day's theme with each other. each Bible Study group had around 3-4 kids from each church, randomally chosen. after that, we played games during rec against the other Bible Study groups and won a "golden poppy" ( a stuffed toy that looked like a box of popcorn with eyes and a mouth that was spray painted "gold") which was for the best team.

Lunch: self explainitory

Track A: at the beginning of the week, we chose what were called tracks. my first pick was Archery, so i did Archer from 1:30-2:45. it was SO much fun!

Track B: we also chose a track b. My first pick was Drama, so i did drama! i really didn't do much, but we did something called "a full day of camp in 2 minutes". different people imitated track times, worship, party, Bible study, all that stuff. i did a track time and imitated doing archery. it was great! everyone loved it when we performed it!

Free Time: Tuesday during free time a lot of girls from our church went to this indoor pool. Wednesday, there was a big volleygame between the Bible study leaders and the church leaders! the Bible study leaders won. :-P Thursday, almost half the camp went to this outdoor water park! it was my first time going on a big slide, bigger than the one at the local waterpark. :-)

Dinner: self explanitory

Worship: for me, this was the best part of the week! we sang some songs that were just so powerful, i found myself wanting to fall on my knees! one song said in the chorus,

"Savior, He can move the mountains.
My God is mighty to save, he is mighty to save.
Forever, Author of Salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conqored the grave!"

it also said,

"Everyone needs forgiveness,
the kindness of a Savior.
Let mercy fall on me!
Everyone needs compassion!"

it was so amazing. i saw kids everywhere lifting there hands and heads just praising our God! what a wonderful sight it was to see!

Church Group Time: this was where our church met in our room for some teaching and prayer. then we would break up into small groups and discuss the day and prayers and such.

Party: this was when we played games, had blaring music, had competitions and stuff. it was SO cool!

In Room and Lights Out: self explainitory, but we had story time one night in the girls' room! it was really cool. our room stayed up till like 1:30 every night and woke up at 6:30.

i gtg...please check out my blog "Blessed with Grace" on www.prayinglikejabez.blogspot.com

luv,
Sunshine

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

a blog entry with out a title

last night we went to El Rancho Grande for dinner. My mom and my dad took me and we met my grandpa and his girlfriend there for Father's day, since today we couldn't do anything. On Friday, Dillon, me, my mom, and one of my grandmas went out and did yard work for Father's Day. I got up at 6:30 (i always get up that early) and pulled weeds until 7:15 and i had to dust off all the dirt quickly cause dad was coming downstairs! i barely made it! lol then Dillon trimmed bushes and all of us laid down fresh mulch. daddy loved it!

oh, about El Rancho Grande...it's official now that I am COMPLETELY allergic to dairy of any kind. :-( it only used to be lactose, but now it's any kind of dairy. which is sad. but my mom and brother both have the same problem, so it's okay! we all suffer together. :-)

Dillon left for camp this morning around 6:30. i got up with mom and dad and we prayed for him before he left. he's going to J-Creek in Kentucky for a week. tomorrow I'm leaving for a different camp, called Centri-Kids at Georgetown College in KY. i'm so excited cause I"m taking a friend who's not a Christian and we're gonna have so much fun! plus, all of the 1000+ kids get twin beds! AND we get to sleep in the dorms! i get a taste of college life! lol

Nutmeg is in Haiti right now! i'm so happy for her! (if you didn't know, we live like 6 minutes away. and we're best friends.) she gets to finally meet the boys! yay! please pray for her and her mom and their trip! they'll get back on Saturday...i think...

here are some quizzes i took!

You Should Live in the Suburbs

Like many people, you like the city - but you don't want to live in it.
For you, the suburbs is the perfect compromise.
You can enjoy the city as much as you want, but you have a quiet, safe neighborhood to come home to.

Where Should You Live?

You Would Be a Pet Dog

You're friendly, loyal, and an all around good sport. People love to be near you.
You are very open with your feelings, and you're quite vocal in expressing them.
You are sincere and kind. You love many people - without any sort of agenda.

Why you would make a great pet: You're content to chill out with your friends

Why you would make a bad pet: You always find yourself getting into trouble

What you would love about being a dog: Running around and playing

What you would hate about being a dog: Being left home alone while everyone else is out having fun

What Kind of Pet Would You Be?

You Are a Phoenix

Driven and ambitious, you tend to acquire material success easily.
You have grand schemes - both for your own life and for changing the whole world.
You are a great leader, and you have no problem taking the reigns.
However, you aren't all business. You also have great talents for performing and visual arts.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

ttyl!

~Sunshine

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Friday, May 23, 2008

it's been long, i know. i didn't abandon you! i promise! :-) just been not really on the pc much..which is a good thing! from now on, I'm gonna try and post once or twice a week. at the most. :-)

here's a fun tag i found! lol i did horrible :-P

1. Type your name with your fingers: Sunshine

2. Type your name with your elbow: suybnsaghiun3

3. Type your name with your nose: sunshine

4. Type your name with your heel: sunsdhiinjer

5. Type your name with your toes: su8njshjione

6. Type your name with your chin: zunhne

so Parvarti won Survivor this season! I'm so happy for her, although i desperately wanted Amanda to win. and I SO wanted Ozzy to propose! He said that he loved her on national tv!!! it was SO cute!

David Cook won American Idol! OHMGOSH I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol I put "Dream Big" on my project playlist...just so you know...

so 2 Fridays ago i got a new phone! YAY!! it's SO cool it's a new enV2. this is my 1st "real" phone, with bills and stuff. :-P my other one was a tracfone. but Nutmeg might be getting my old one, which would be awesome because we could txt! lol

Monday night Nutmeg came over and spent the night. we stayed up till like 1 o'clock watching "The Ultimate Gift". you know, that movie is a LOT different than the book. I just got finished with the book, but it was so...not like the movie, i guess. cause the movie was a romance, but the book had nothing to do with it! so i dunno...but we had lots of fun!

so i got to teach my house church this week...it was so much fun! we're studying James and I got James 1:19-27. I only got halfway through my notes and stuff because of time...but our leader is gonna finish it for me. :-) Dillon has been working for a local pool of ours as a lifeguard, so he couldn't teach for me.

then on Thursday i went to the pool with Nutmeg and her family. we had so much fun! afterwards we went to Nutmeg's house and I spent the night there. i helped her with babysitting, which was pretty easy cause her sibs are really good! [Nutmeg, tell them I said that! lol :-)] We went to the pool again on Friday and I got some MAJOR sun. surprisingly, the burn turned into tan yesterday! that's great, cause I am SO white...lol

yesterday was a big referee tourney. i made 16 more buck than i planned to! i picked up a 6 o'clock game. this ref i reffed with was SO comical. the serious way that he spoke and joked was just SO hilarious. that doesn't exactly sound right...but it is! lol

i gtg now...i'll try to keep up posting! bye!

Sunshine

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Tag

okay, i got this from JesusFreak13. this is so fun!

1. Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT

IF SOMEONE SAYS " IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?

Everything Glorious

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

Soldiers

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

Fields of Grace

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

What it Means

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

Beyond Measure

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

Wholly Yours

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

Walk By Faith

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

I Believe

WHAT IS 2+2?

King

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Live Out Loud

WHAT IS YOUR LIFES STORY?

Shine

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Jesus Freak

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

Hold Fast

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

Give you Glory

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

Audience of One

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY AND INTEREST?

Enough

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

Stay

-Sunshine

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Another new blog

so i have another new blog. i know-how many do i need? lol but this one is to post all of my writing on.

Sunshine's Writing

gotta go!

Sunshine

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Reffing in 28 degree weather, Dillon coming home, and the Spiderwick Chronicles

so this morning my dad and i left around 6:45 to go to a soccer tournament. i had to wear Under Armor cold gear, my Adidas jacket, and my long-sleeve yellow referee shirt. plus a hat with a headband, Under Armor shorts, my referee shorts, my knee brace, referee socks, and cleats. it took a while to get dressed this morning! so the first game was REALLY cold. it was still dark and there was still frost on the ground. my toes were frozen, and they didn't unfreeze until the second game. but overall, it was great! the field was right next to a port-o-potty (that was a HUGE plus. lol. referees love port-o-potties) and we could park the car right next to the field instead of walking from across the park. when my dad and I had done our three games, we went to the ref tent and got some pizza! and chips! and Pepsi! YUM!

Dillon (my brother) came home from Nashville today! i'm so happy. i missed him SO much. a few weeks ago, my mom and I were going through a bunch of pictures we had found and we found a picture of Dillon behind the bar at the Hard Rock Cafe. this bartender was letting Dillon pull the beer! it is SO cute! and Dillon was only about 2-3 years old. so on Thursday or Friday (i can't remember) Dillon and the other college students went to the Hard Rock Cafe and Dillon got a chance to do it again! they let him behind the bar and pull a beer. it is so cool. so now he can show the two pictures at his graduation!

so yesterday my mom was looking through the paper (we only get Thursday and Sunday) and she came across the movie times. we saw the "Spiderwick Chronicles" there and so we looked online and it was showing at 12:10 so we went and saw it! it was so spur of the moment! plus, we never get to do anything just the two of us. the movie was really graphic, like, grossly graphic. the goblins were so disgusting! but the fairies were really pretty. :-)

i'm gonna go. there's still some crocheting I have to do!

Sunshine

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

{Pictures}

well, I finally got some pics posted. i am actually going to start posing them on another blog:

homeschoolblogger.com/OddsandEnds

the pics are gonna be HUGE because i'm not really allowed to use photobucket anymore. :-( mom was on there the other day and I guess she saw something really bad. so I can't even upload my own photos on there! :-l so they r gonna be GINORMOUS!

what a good Saturday morning it is. if you live partly in the country, you know what I mean! with all of the birds singing outside your window, the fields of grass, all that good stuff. even though it is cloudy, I still think of it as a great Saturday! i'm gonna be cleaning all day. :-) lol. we're actually going to church tonight and then we're going to our friends' church launch in the morning. after that, we're going to my great-gramma's house for a few minutes and then we're going straight to my other great-gramma's house for dinner. we're gonna be SO busy!

have you ever made resurrection cookies? they are so fun to make and they really make telling the Easter story fun, especially for younger kids. ask your parents if you can make them tonight!

could you guys pray for my Gramma P.? she's really sick. she just got home a few minutes ago (she wasn't supposed to be home till later) but she's in the bathroom vomiting. :-((( i feel so sad for her! she may not get to see her mom tomorrow! that would be bad. please pray!

on Wednesday I started piano lessons with a new teacher. she's Tasha's older sister! (I don't know what she wants me to call her yet....I forgot! :-P) i'm so happy but sad at the same time, cause i have to leave my other teacher (pics of me and her on OddsandEnds) which is really sad but my new teacher is helping me so much already and we've only been together for a week! she just really challenges me and that's great, since [by the grace of God] I want to be a music teacher when i'm older!

hope everyone has a good Easter! talk to you soon!

Sunshine

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Friday, March 7, 2008

something to think about

okay, this is really cool. our leader of housechurch showed us this website, and it tells you how rich you are. but it also tells you what you can do with your money, like with $2400 you could buy a modern-day HDTV or schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village. think about that! or $8 could buy you 15 organic apples OR 25 fruit trees for farmers in Honduras to grow and sell fruit at their local market. here's my widget!

I'm the 1,488,503,335 richest person on earth!

Discover how rich you are! >>

just something to think about as you start your day! or end it...give thanks to God for what you have and don't be selfish with your money, time, or love....BE GENEROUS!!

Sunshine

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Friday, March 7, 2008

Lots and Lots of snow!

Wow, I've never seen so much snow blowing everywhere! it's like a sand storm, but with snow! I don't have any pics, but i'm sure you can imagine it. :-)

besides that, there's really not much going on. I'm kind of having a dry spot in my walk with God, but I'm getting through it! I've been really interested in Revelation lately, and I've been reading through that. but I'm also going through another Bible study, and today I learned the importance of the virgin birth. In Genesis 3:15 it says that there would be enmity between the serpent's offspring and the woman's. but what the real point is is that if Jesus was not born of Mary, a virgin, and who concieved by the Holy Spirit, He would have been born of man. and He would be an offspring of man, which would have sin in his life. but He was born of the Holy Spirit, so He had no sin, since the Holy Spirit had no sin. makes sense, right? I think so!

Sara's whining at me, so I need to go. plus we might play Euchre! gtg!

Sunshine <><

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

3rd Place

so we lost the game. :-( but obviously it wasn't God's will. that's okay! we still won 3rd place! and I have a medal to show for it! :-)

mom made some AWESOME angel food cake. it is SO good i could eat it all the time! but it's not that good for you, so i probably won't. plus my brother took it to housechurch, and assuming that everyone liked it, it won't make it back home.

please pray for the blog I have that I use for spiritual stuff....i would like a lot of people to read it and be touched by it! if you have any suggestions for it, please email me at prayinglikejabez@gmail.com

gtg! American Idol is on!! lol :-)

Sunshine
p.s the address of my blog is http://www.prayinglikejabez.blogspot.com

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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Basketball. It is ruling my life right now!

WE WON OUR BASKETBALL GAME YESTERDAY!!!! I am SO excited. today we play a team that got beat by a team that beat us (who knows if you could understand that), so we're gonna be challenged! yesterday's game was brutal. i was guarding this one girl so closely that she started crying! and her teammates were trying to foul me on purpose! but i kept my cool and just did my job. it was SUCH a close game. we won 32-31!!
have a great day!
Sunshine

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Basketball....and more basketball...and more basketball!

Well, we won today (30-6.....wow!) so we're playing today again at 5:30. then if we win we play tomorrow, and then if we win that, we play on Sunday at 2, then if we win that game we go on Tuesday, and then if we win that game we go on to the next tuesday for finals. WHEW!!

but we'll just have to focus on today's game. if we get through that one it will be worth clebrating!

gtg!

Sunshine

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Basketball....and the 1st of March!

It's already March? gosh. this year's goin by fast, isn't it?!?!

well, today i have a basketball game. for the tournament. and that's really it! there's not much to say! oh, i can't believe i almost forgot....MY BROTHER IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR!! he's actually a Jr. this year, but he has more than enough credits to graduate, so my mom's graduating him early. plus, his best friend is graduating early! isn't that weird?

beware....i may be changing my blog a little.....so watch out. :-D

Sunshine

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Friday, February 22, 2008

I have a new favorite movie....besides " pride and prejudice"

OK, I have a new favorite movie besides "Pride and Prejudice"-"You've Got Mail"!!! my family just got done watching it (and i'm chating with Nutmeg! you should see her blog...she has a new template). my brother actually liked it! and it was SUCH a chick flick. but it was so good! I highly recomend it!

i gotta go. just wanted to post real quick! tell you my excitement!

Sunshine

Proverbs 4:23-27

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Monday, February 18, 2008

pics and such

my dad just bought me a poster that has a lot of the names of God on it and i took pics of it!
it's on the slideshow. plus i forgot to show you the butterscotch blondies, so that's on there too. plus my mom and I went to this new cake shop down the street from us and we got a carrot cupcake and I got a turtle brownie. YUM!!!

Today my knee was not cooperating with me. it keeps giving out! it's done that before, but I wasn't expecting it today. i didn't go to basketball practice, my dad wouldn't let me. :-( but i should rest it! this morning it was twice the size of my other one. :-/
i made an icon for my blog! if you want to use it you can!

i should go. leave me a message on my sticky note!

Sunshine

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Basketball game....last one of the season!

Today was our last basketball game of the regular season. we still have a post-season tournament to do, and that starts in a few days. today we did really bad (we lost 17-36) but yesterday was Awesome!!! we won by like 9 points and we really worked as a team. how wonderful!

I have been meditating on this passage for a while. here it is:

Colossians 3:5-14
5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

isn't that a great passage to live by? To clothe ourselves with humility, compassion, kindness, gentleness, patience, and love. i love it!

there's really not much to say....i got one of my friends from basketball's email address! so that's good. but seriously, i have nothing else to say! i will post pics later!

Sunshine

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

more pics

me!

bye!
Sunshine!

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

I was Tagged by Bobbijs!

okay, this looks like a fun tag! here it is!

Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
"He turned and walked out through the same door Dean Baaron had used." i got my mom's book "Blink of an Eye" by Ted Dekker!

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch?
the clear bin that holds all of our art supplies!

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
American Idol!!!! the top 24 have been picked...and my favorite guy was picked!!! YES!!!

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.

7:10

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
7:04!! pretty close!

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

my music playing on my blog and the ticking of the clock

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
ummm...about 20 minutes ago, and i was taking Sara outside.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My goodreads account...i added some stuff!

9. What are you wearing?
a pink tank top underneath a blue longsleave made by NoBo and a pair of camoflauge capris and new socks my gramma got me for Valentine's Day!! they r so awesome!

10. Did you dream last night?
oh yes. i always dream crzy dreams, but i never tell anyone. (That's partly because i can't remember them!)

11. When did you last laugh?
if i didn't laugh at dinner, i laughed at homeschool skate (that was today. i was with alot of my friends and we had a great time)

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
oh wow. umm, in front of me there is a calendar, then some schedules for school, and to my right there is a white board with 1 Timothy 4:12 on it (see my links), then above my brother's desk is a map of the U.S, and in the school room there is peachy-coral colored paint and then behind me in the living room is brown paint. wow.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
yeah, but i'm not gonna say where or who! lol *mischevious grin* jk. *-)

14. What do you think of this quiz?

it's funny!

15. What is the last film or video you saw?
i don't really know, because I don't really watch movies, but I'm pretty sure it was National Treasure 2. great movie by the way.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
that's a pretty broad question! first of all, i would ask God what to do with it. plus i would tithe ten percent of it to him, of course! i would use it for God's will and whatever he wanted, but if it was for my family and i, here's what i'd do: well i'd do a few things. i would send my brother to seminary like he wants to, and pay for his college. then i would pay for my college. then i would make sure my whole family had no more debts. then i would send my whole family on a vacation anywhere they wanted. then i would get my whole family a new wardrobe.

17. Tell me something about you that I do not know.

I've been homeschooled since 1st grade.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
i would have every family in the world hear about Jesus and the gospel, and then i would feed and house every family in the world.

19. Do you like to dance?
absolutely!

20. Comment to George Bush:
"Great job and keep up the good work"

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Essence or Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards). or Dayana.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Ezekiel.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
no idea what that is.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gate?
"Well done my good and faithful servant."

so today was homeschool skate. i had so much fun! Laura and I had some friends to skate with and it was lots of fun.

my Grandma Peggy got me some socks for valentine's day! i desperatly needed some, cause all of my others have holes in them. :-( i just don't like buying new socks, i guess! but now i have some. so that's awesome!
here's some pics i thought were cute. and some of me and Nutmeg. :-)

i don't have enough space! hold on a sec. let me get a new entry!
leave comments!
Sunshine

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Spent the Night at Nutmeg's house

Hey! I don't have much time....but just wanted to say that i had a GREAT time at Nutmeg's house! i went and spent the night last night. i had a basketball game today, but the schedule said New Lebanon but it was actually in Lebanon, so we were in the opposite direction and way to far away to get there in time before the game ended. so i stayed home with my family!

i can't really post anything cause Nutmeg hasn't given me any pics yet of yesterday and today....but for right now just go to her blog to see pics!

~Sunshine
Nutmeg's Blog

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Friday, February 8, 2008

Sun has finally come out!

Today is the first day in a while that i've seen the sun out! it looks so pretty. you should have seen the sunrise....the pink clouds and such. :-)

well, there's not much to report. i have a basketball game tomorrow and Sunday, so i hope we do good. my mom and i are practically better, except my Gramma K has it now. :-(

i've made some changes to my spiritual walk blog..check it out! Walking by Faith and Praying Like Jabez
i need to do some more school. c u later!

Sunshine
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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Superbowl and Taco Soup

Crazy title, huh? well, today i went to church (just like always) and we've been talking about friendship. "He who walks with the wise grows wise, but he who is friends with a fool suffers harm". (Proverbs 13:20). so we've been taking our relationships really seriously these past few weeks!
After that i met up with Nutmeg (we go to the same church) and i went to her house! we played Scrabble until lunch, and we had taco soup. it was SO good! then we had some apple sauce and two cookies (chocolate chip, my favorite, i might add!) then we finished our Scrabble game (i won 169 to 170!). after that we played a game called Apple to Apple. it was fun! i don't really know who won, we just quit when it got boring.
then Nutmeg and I went to her room and talked and played on her keyboard since her youngest sister was having a nap. Then my mom and dad came and picked me up and came home!
We had flounder, pesto, and broccoli for dinner. i washed the dishes with my mom since my Brother was at homegroup (a super bowl party) and my gramma k. is sick! with what my mom and I had!
i've just been crocheting and updating my goodreads!

just wanted to post real quick. GO GIANTS!!!

Sunshine
READ PSALM 30!

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Dinner, Power Outages, and a new Blog

Well! I finally can post a blog entry! On Tuesday night i made dinner! i made chicken with stirfry, white rice, and ice cream with magic shell chocolate. and pretzles! here are the pictures...i made them into a slide show!

About 11:30 that night, there was a HUGE storm outside. it was threatning to become a torndado. my dad stuck his head out the window and he saw explosions! they were actually transformers blowing up all over towns and cities (we have a pretty good view, since we're at the top of the hill). daddy gathered all of us into the basement, and me, dad, mom, and my brother slept in the basement. the grammas went to their houses.
    The next morning i woke up at 8:30 (my alarm wasn't working....no electricity!). i found that there was no electricity, so there was no heat, refrgerater, freezer, light, or (worst of all) INTERNET!!! so all day, i sat at my grammas house by the fire place and crocheted, read, and kept Sara up. my Brother was at College in the morning since it was Wednesday, so it was the grammas, me and mom. we couldn't eat anything besides pb&j, so gramma p. got a personal pan pizza from pizza hut; gramma k. got a sub from subway; and i used my birthday coupon for a free hamburger kids meal at burger king. the power finally came on at 5:00 p.m. YAY!
    last night, i tried to write an entry but the power was going out and comming back on, so i didn't get a chance to publish an entry. :-( sorry for the delay!
    but i am working on a blog that is for my spiritual walk. it's actually more of a witnessing blog, but it's also for my walk with God. if you want to see it, go to Walking by Faith and Praying Like Jabez. you can't leave comments, but if you want to leave like encouraging notes or whatever at prayinglikejabez@gmail.com. if you have friends that are not Christians, direct them to that page! i am going to post the gospel story on there too. you'll see when you visit it!

that's about all i have for right now....my camera doesn't want to let me upload photos onto my pc, so i can't show you my new beanie that i crocheted! it's blue and white with a blue flower and a white flower. i'm working on my brother's right now, it's brown and blue.

have a great day! please keep me and my mom in your prayers. we are still very sick!
Sunshine <><

Isaiah 40:31

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

update

in my last entry i posted some pics, but now...here is an update!

My mom is still really sick, but i know caught what she had! so my throat still hurts and i'm coughing every once in a while, but i didn't get it nearly as bad as mom did. keep praying for us both!
Sara has been doing good, and she is becoming more like a woman every day! the picture in my last entry was one i took today.

i was supposed to play in a game yesterday for basketball, but (of course!) i was sick. but my prayers were answered!! we WON!!! ISN'T THAT GREAT?!?!?!?!?! but we will have to play that team again, and i'll be playing in that game. hopefully.

what more is there to say? the weather is improving! oh, i added a link to one of my friends' blog. he's really weird, just so you know. :-P lol jk

c u l8r

Sunshine

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

pictures at last

so i;ve finally gotten around to posting some pictures. here they are!

Sara is so adorable!

so these are some granny squares i've been working on. this one and the ones with multi-color yarn and white and blue yarn are for a scrap blanket.

these next two pics are from my calendar

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Friday, January 25, 2008

okay, so everyone is doing this tag and it looks SO fun. so here goes!

Scattergories... it's harder than it looks copy and paste into a new post.Erase my answers and fill in your own.Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the questions...they

have to be real places,names,and things...

You can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

When you are done,the number of letters in your name will indicate how many people you tag. Tag that many people and notify them that they are tagged.

What is your name? Sunshine

4 letter word: soup

Vehicle: Suzuki

City: Springboro

Boys name: Sean

Giels name: Sammy

Movie: Sinbad

Occupation: Singer

Something you wear: shirt

Celebrity: Shikira(?)

Food: Salad(my favorite!)

Something found in a kitchen: scissors (at least in our kitchen)

Something found in a bathroom: Soap

Reason for being late: Saw a rare bird fly around the house!

Cartoon charactor: idk!

Something you shout: Sweet!

Animal: swan

Body part: shoulder

Word(s) to decribe you: SO HYPER

I am tagging

S:LauraHalfPint

U:MaryonthePrairie

N: Katereinleigh

S: Nutmeg

H: Bobijs

I: Kelia

N: Christianmusician1

E: razzberrylemonade

i might post later, but right now i have to start school.....please keep my mom in your prayers! she is still REALLY sick!

smile God LOVES YOU!!!

In Christ

Sunshine

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Quick Post

Well, if you've come to my blog lately, you see i've changed it. AGAIN!! i'm just being creative. my brother is suprised at how much i know a lot about html! i've been in a mood for frogs lately, so i decided to make my blog with frogs.

i really don't have much to report....just that my mom is sick and she needs prayer. she thinks its the flu, so pray for her! she has a temp of 101 to 102 and she gets the chills often

yesterday i went with my mom and grammas and we went shopping for baby stuff! we got a stroller, LOTS of clothes at the salvation army and goodwill (only about $15 for tons of clothes!), a diaper bag, and a baby bath tub. someone from our homeschool group is giving us a crib with matress and bed sheets! so that's awesome.

in school i'm studying slavery and the Civil War. although i see nothing Civil about it! but i haven't even studied it yet this year....that's the next 2 weeks. but i think i have to write a short story about a slave girl that escapes through the underground railroad for writing....i'm working on it. but i requested my favorite books Amos Fortune: Free Man and If I Just Had Two Wings. and i got two other ones!

i should get Sara up...she's whining. but thanks, Razzberrylemonade, for awarding me for my short story!

C U L8R!!

Sunshine

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

new poem

I just wanted to write real quick!! i just wrote a poem...here it is!!

Music's Ability

As I walked up to my piano bench,
My heart went up my throat.
Everyone was watching, burning holes into my neck
With their stare.
But as I sat down, my fingers took me away,
Far far away...
They flew over smiling daisies, lanky sunflowers, and
Deadly Venus Fly Traps.
They played with the dolphins, swam with the fish, and
Escaped from the most dangerous creatures.
They watched the lovers' first kiss, the epic of
Warrior and Heroine, and defined Happy Ever After.
They showed me what my boundaries were in the
Land of Imagination.
But there was no boundary.
And so I was taken to the ends of the Earth, to China,
and Rome, and France, and Alaska, and Africa.
They ran with the zebras and lions and antelopes.
They sang with the parrott and blue jay and rooster.
They led me to the end of our journey,
On a rock by the ocean.
Roaring applause filled my ears as I finished my piece,
and the daisies smiled at me once more.

gtg ttyl!!

Sunshine

P.S: this poem is actually a copyright, but i can't put my real name on here! so just so you know, don't copy it without my permission....it's copyrighted!! ;-)

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Tagged by MJL and basketball game!!

here is my answers to MJLs tag

Personals

Name: Sunshine
Age: 12
Birthday:November 10, 1995
Number of siblings: 1 (and myself)
Number of pets: 3 (one dog two rabbits)
What state do you live in: OH

Favorites

Favorite thing to say online: lol
Favorite Smilies:
Favorite animals: dogs

Favorite Person: my God and Savior Jesus Christ
Favorite personal animal: dog
Favorite place: Home and the library

Wishes

Where do you wish to live: on a farm

What animal do you have: dog

Where do you want to live: ON A FARM!!!

This or That

Car or Horse: car
Cat or dog: Dog
Chiwawa or Persian cat: Chihuahua
Braces or dentures: braces
Classic or County. Classic

I tag:
Laura
christianmusician1
fairybookworm
katherineleigh
Mary

so today i had a basketball game!! we played the best team in our area. we had played them already, but now it was our turn to go to their gym. so i think we beat them with skill, they just beat us with points because their shortest person was as tall as our tallest person (and that's saying something!!). but i made two jump shots! yay! but i'm praising God for it; he gave me the ability to make those shots. we lost 29-37 which was actually our best game yet! we played hard as a team and we did our best of the season. i don't think i've ever been this happy to lose a game!! :-)

my mom made snickerdoodles tonight! they are SO good. i want some more but other people haven't had very many and i had three already. but that's really the report for today! i have to get Sara up. bye!

Sunshine~~~

p.s: thanks for your prayers!

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Friday, January 11, 2008

A title? I don't have one.

did you like my "title"? lol :-P i felt like being weird for a change. :-) so i've been busy lately! on the computer, i mean. today my research paper is due, and i still have to write 1 1/2 pages!!! and then revise it and edit it and add illustrations and such. but i think i can get it done!! my other school is pretty light, and i'm done with this week's TOG (besides reading the rest of Little Town on the Prairie). For the pas 9 weeks we've been studying pioneers and prairie people! it is SO much fun. and if you read my story (from December 15) it was about the prairie and stuff. one thing that i learned (who knows if this is good or not!!) that Nebraska coal is dried buffalo droppings!! EWWWW!!! and it was the GIRLS' job to collect Nebraska coal since wood was more expensive to burn!! yuck! but i never knew what that was until a few weeks ago!

yesterday was Thursday. we cleaned up the basement and vaccumed everywhere. i finally got my room a little organized, but that won't be there for long. you see, my mom and dad have been praying about it (and so have I) and we've decided that we're going to become a Foster Care family. the kids in our area that maybe have just been temporarily separated from their parent's because of being abused, or poor parenting, or for some other reason. and also for a temporary home before getting put up for adoption, or until the social services gets custody of the child. so our target age is like the youngest infant she can possibly get to like 2. my mom SO wants a baby, and since we can't really have another baby in the house, we though we should just foster care one. and, God commanded us to defend the cause of the weak and fatherless:
Psalm 82:3-4

3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

4 Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

i feel like God has really been on me about being a witness. I feel like i don't have much courage to stand up and tell a girl on my basketball team to quit cussing or to not use the Lord's name in vain. the Bible says to speak the truth in love(Ephesians 4:15), but it's just so hard. the girls on my basketball team despretly need Jesus, and I am their only source for it. would you please pray for me? i need opportunities to be a witness, and then i need courage to speak out. thanks!

In Christ,
Sunshine~*~

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

School Days

Today has been filled with school! Reading and math and geography and launguage and everything in between! today for lunch i made myself a grilled turkey-pepperoni-mozzerella. then mom made some peanut butter between some Ritz crackers, and she dipped them in white chocolate. they are so good!! then with the remaining white chocolate we dipped some raisins in it. MMMMMM!!

for school (we're studying pioneers and stuff) i've been reading the Little House books. This week i'm reading Little Town on the Prairie. it's pretty good! it turns out i skipped quite a few books, so i might have to go back and read them. :^)

that's really about it! oh, i think my mom is ordering me some new Bible studies, since i'm almost done with my current ones. I've been doing the Women of Faith study series. so far I've done Cultivating Contentment and Managing Your Moods. I'm thinking about doing A Life of Worship next.

Well, I'll talk to you later!!

~Sunshine

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Tagged!!

I got tagged by LauraHalfPint!! Here it is!!

5 Random Things About Myself:

1. I wear braces with rubber bands connecting my upper and lower jaw

2. I don't have my tonsils!

3. my favorite radio station is 88.1 fm

4. I love to watch the Tennesee Vols womens college basketball

5. I love to give everyone and everything nicknames!!

5 Weird Things About Myself:

1. I taught my dog how to speak (hhoooooowwww) lol

2. Every time I dream I have the urge to write a book about my dream!!

3. Sometimes I sing and dance when people are around, and I don't even know they are there!

4. My eyes change with what i'm wearing. If i wear a light color, they are blue. If i wear a dark color they are green!!

5. I can't think of anything else

5 Things On My Desk:

1. printer

2. pen holder

3. clock

4. pencil sharpener

5. computer

5 Of Your Best Friends:

1. Jesus

2. Tasha

3. Laura

4. Nutmeg

5. everybody!!

5 Things You Love To Do:

1. Write letters

2. Email

3. spend time with my family

4. Play the Piano

5. Write!!

5 People You Are Tagging:

1. Kelia
2. MJL
3. Nutmeg
4. Laura!!
5. Mary

So tonight i made a taco grande!! it was tortillas, taco meat, cheese, green onions, and lettuce. it was really good! then i fried up some broccoli and cauliflower and red belll peppers and mushrooms. MMMMMM!!

Dad came home today limping on his knee, so my mom and dad went to the doc to see what was wrong. he has a bad knee, and he had 2 harniated dics (probably not spelling that right) and he has a pretty bad back. pray for him!! he looks like he's in pain!!

i need to go cause Sara is running around like crazy!!

~Sunshine

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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Blog Changes!!!

Hey! As you might be able to see, there have been some changes to my blog! there are gonna be alot of them..so beware! every time you come here you'll probably see something different until i can get everything just the way i want it!

so nothing has really happened. we had basketball practice on Wednesday and Thursday night, and we have a game tonight at 8:30!! the schedule said 8:30 a.m, but Coach Wolfe said that we are playing at night. that means we can't go to church tonight! and then we can't sleep in tomorrow!! *sigh* oh well. the team we're playing tonight has never played us before, and our first game was supposed to be against them, but they never showed up, so that was an automatic win for us!! unfortunatley, that was our only win of the season. but we still have like, 6 games left. so we'll be okay!!

that's about it! we found out that we're getting rid of lady on Sunday. i don't really mind, since Lady hasn't really attatched to me at all!! my gramma really wants her to go, though. but anyway, i just felt like writing! ttyl!

Sunshine

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

A New Year at Last!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!! I won't write much.....nothing really happened! my mom and brother and i were watching a movie ("Deck the Halls" to be exact) and then we watched the ball drop. but hey, at least we were together (except my dad was out playing cards with some friends). Here's a tag i found on Laura's blog!

Sunshine

Name: Sunshine

Date of Birth: November 10, 1995

Eye Color: blue

Hair Color: dark blonde with a little brown

Height: 5' 1/2"

Piercing: ears

Soda: Root beer
Store: JCPenny, DEB, Christian Bookstores

Clothing Brand: I don't really have one....i wear alot of things!

Fruit or veggie: Fruit

Love or money: love

Phone or in person: IN PERSON!!!

In person Looks or personality: Personality

Goal for this year: a lot of things....most of you reading this got my email

Best physical feature: probably my long legs!! :-)

First thought waking up: turning off my alarm clock and seeing if i can spare some time to sleep a little more

Greatest fear: i don't have a "greatest" fear. i've got the Lord with me!!!!

Worst habit: rubbing my eyes and cleaning my braces at the table :-)

Like thunderstorms? not really.

Dance in the rain: kind of

Play an instrument: Piano!!!!!!

Get along with your parents: yeah, i just have to watch myself not to get on their wrong side. :-) lol

Can You:

Drive: No

Sew: a little bit

Cook: Yes...i usually make my own creations, but i know how to boil water, cook pasta (for the most part), scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, and grilled turkey-cheese.

Speak another language: a little Spainish, a little Italian

Dance: yepurooski!

Sing: Yes

Whistle: Yes

Have You Ever:

Been Drunk: lol...what a question. no

Eaten Sushi: absolutely not

Been in Love: when i was yonger...like in Kindergarten and first grade! I'm not looking for a guy right now so i'm not gonna try to be in love till i'm in like....college.

Skipped school: not really

Sent someone a love letter: i wrote it but never sent it. :0

Cried yourself to sleep: Yes