Nov. 11, 2009 - New York here I come!
I can't wait for Thanksgiving because I am going to New York! We are leaving in two weeks at 3:00 AM. I'm going to see my dads side of the family. I will sleep at my cousin Allyson's house for a few days. And I will see my little cousin Joshua who was in the hospital for a few days because he was very sick and then had bunch of seizures. But that was a few months ago. And I will see NayNay (aka Nathan) who always calls my brother Gabriel "mister".(LOL!!!!)
GTG! Bye!
God bless!
Love,
Holly W.
Nov. 10, 2009 - My New Friend Shondra
My new friend Shondra is 18 and her favorite color is purple like the color of the text. She loves keys like I do, and she collects them like I do. We met at church and she is like my sister. And so that is my 3rd entry today. I will talk to you later.
Holly W.
Nov. 10, 2009 - My First Friend
My first friend is my cousin Jennifer (I call her J-fer) she is eleven just like me. She is five months older than me though. We've known each other since I was one day old. When I was two years old I called Fudger and she called me Howee.One day she went to her mom and said, "Howee doesn't say my name right."
We love to talk on the phone together for an hour or longer! We also email each other like crazy. On the weekends we talk on the phone forever. And on week days we email.
Well she's my first friend and will always be!
Holly W. (AHollyDay)
Nov. 10, 2009 - Back at my Blog
Hey Guys, sorry I haven't written in more then six months! I've been busy with a vacation in May, and summer, grandparents 50th anniversary in August, mom's b-day in September, Hannah's in October, and dad's this month! And also middle school so it has been a busy seven months!
Sincerely,
Holly W.(AHollyDay)
Oct. 25, 2009 - Model UN to Music
I just realized that I said "2010-11 School Year" in my last entry title... uhhh... yeah... definitely an "I be homeschooled" moment . I've had the worst time this year keeping track of what day this semester. Seriously, at the top of all my Model United Nations class notes it has my name, subject, and a big question mark in the date. I'm thankful if I can remember the month.
Speaking of Model United Nations (see last post if you don't know what that is)... I've been loving it! This year our teacher has a degree in international law so we've been learning about... international law! Okay, so I'm not anywhere near ready to become a lawyer but in reply to our teachers catch phrase "isn't this fun?" I must say "yes!" We've studied the difference between states and States, different treaties, and terms for international law.... sometime soon we'll be moving on to the "diplomatic bag" which is a whole other story... let's just say it can't be as big as a truck!
We've also studied the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC.) Now, the U.N. can do some good things and bad things, but sometimes they can take those good things too far. Human rights for example. I'm all for the right to life and ending discrimination... however I am adamantly against the UNCRC. Basically, what it is trying to do is to take away a parents right to raise their children without government interference. Under this treaty some parents will not be allowed to homeschool their children, and minors will be able to take their parents to court for decisions their parents make. Parents will also only be able to guide their children in matters of religion. If President Obama signs this treaty it will have a binding effect on our country. The only way this can be stopped is with a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right of parents to raise their children. This will stop the UNCRC because Congress will NEVER ratify a treaty that goes against their own constitution! You can learn more here (http://www.parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B56D7393-E583-4658-85E6-C1974B1A57F8}#_fn20)
I'm going to go to a Fall Formal dance sometime in November. I can't wait!!! It should be so much! I'm not totally sure what I'll wear yet... guess I should figure that out soon! Haha! Maybe I should make a Duct tape dress??? Nah, I think that would be really heavy to wear!
I've also been enjoying some music lately. I just got Needtobreathe's CD "The Heat" on Friday and it is pretty good. I can't give you a full review cause I haven't listened to it enough but I absolutely love "Washed By the Water" and "Signature of the Divine (Yahweh)" because they both sound so country-ish. STILL enjoying Francesca Battistelli, I hope she puts out another CD. Lets see... the soundtrack from Hairspray, Les Misrables, Little Shop of Horrors, a little Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra, and...
This CD "Keith Lancaster & The Acappella Company." For those that don't know, Acappella is a type of music that does not include instruments. This (correct me if I'm wrong) has something to do with a certain interpretation of the New Testament that doesn't mention instruments in worship so they don't use them. Now, I am definitely not against instruments in worship music... in fact I love a little electric guitar or keyboard! The one thing that this CD made me realize is that God has given us all wonderful voices and that they can truly be used to further His glory. Okay, so I'm definitely not ready to sing in a choir but I realize that I can sing praises to God with what I have (a voice) and even if I sound terrible I don't need anything else to please him. Just like God forgives us just the way we are. We may have done terrible things but we don't need good works to drown out who we are. God loves us without anything else.
Anywho, that was my little sermon tangent, back to the CD. The best songs were "That's Why We Praise Him," "Awesome God," "Ain't No Rock," "It's Alright," "Don't Be Afraid." Some of the songs blend very well as background music and there are those that make you want to get up and raise your hands to the heavens. I've read online that the CD is good for singing along to if your choir... but I'm not so I don't know. There were 25 songs and the CD (on iTunes) was $10 or so. Pretty good Sunday morning music!
From Model UN to music... so has been my life. I hope everyone has been having an amazing week! C'ya!
-Jo
Oct. 3, 2009 - WISDOM TEETH
Hey everyone,
Well, I just thought that since I have been sitting on the couch since yesterday morning I would write and let y'all know what's going on. :) Yesterday at 10 a.m. I had my wisdom teeth removed. :( So far everything is going alright. Yesterday my jaw hurt but now it's fine, up until this afternoon my throat was sore (just from being sick before hand), it feels fine so far. My lower right cheek is swollen on the inside and it's pretty annoying and both of my cheeks are swollen on the outside, it's kind of funny looking, kind of not. ; ] The only thing I have eaten the past two days is basically baby food. Pudding, Jell-O and apple sauce is not very filling so this afternoon my mom made me some instant mashed potatoes and that was GOOD, considering everything else that I had eaten. :) My brother is supposed to bring me some mashed potatoes from Arby's when he gets home from work. Arby's mashed potatoes are BEST! :D So, other than eating baby food I have just been watching movies, facebooking and sleeping. Let's see, what else have I been doing since school started, I started my very first photography class which I am just soaking up, there are so many things that I can do with my camera that I had no idea about. :D I also started violin lessons which I also love. I can already play "Twinkle, twinkle little star" and I am working on another song called "Lightly Row". I got a violin for Christmas about four years ago and wasn't able to take lessons until this year, apparently the wood that my violin is made of is too soft so I doesn't hold it's tune so I'm getting a new sometime this week and I am SSSOOO excited, and so is my little sister because is gets to play around with my "old" one when I get my new one. Anyway, my pain meds are making me pretty dizzy, so I'm to end this post. :)
God bless
Love,
Hannah
P.S. I am very sorry about all of my grammatical errors, I'm just too dizzy to proof read. :/
Aug. 26, 2009 - Finally Posting
Hey everyone,
I know what you must be thinking, "WOW, she's actually posting". ;) I have been quite busy over the summer, as I'm sure most of you were as well. I have been working quite a bit and I have had a lot of church activities. For example, VBS and youth lazer tag all nighter in June, Teen camp in July as well as a teen competition cook out and earlier this month our youth group went to an amusement park (which was a BLAST) and we are going on a hike on Saturday (so excited). This summer has truly been a blessing from God. A few friends of mine (that I was pretty close to before) have become very close friends. They are such an encouragement to me and I couldn't possibly ask for better friends. We even gave each other nicknames (ridciulously funny ones). We have this joke going that it's either mine or my brother's turn to get hurt. Michael passed out (a few years ago), Bethany threw up (that was a while ago too, she's not going to be too happy about me telling this), :) Erica fell off a bike at camp and got bad sracpes on her arms and legs, Liese had an asthma attact (don't hate me because I'm telling everyone this) and Logan cut his hand the other day. These are all acidents that happened at church activities. :D So, yeah, I'm a little concerd for my safety, as well as Gabriel's. But it's ok, God will protect us. I am looking forward to the up coming events at church, including; the Christmas Cantata practice, annual missions conference, the hike (like I menioned before) and several other things. I'm also pretty excited about being a Senior in High school this year. AAaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless
Love,
Hannah
Aug. 17, 2009 - 50th Wedding Anniversary
August 15th 1959
I LOVE you Pappa and Mamma!
Aug. 15, 2009 - 2010-11 School Year ... A Quickie about the Jonas Brothers
Hey all!
Well it's been busy, busy here. Mostly cause school started. Since school is on my mind, then school you'll get to hear about lol!
First and foremost: Model United Nations. I started this class year and didn’t think I would like it. In fact I was pretty much forced to go. Then… they lured me into their diplomatic dorkiness and made me one of them! What we do is pretty much model the United Nations in competitions at the end of the year. We’ll be divided into “teams” and be given a country to represent, then we have to research stuff about that country and their position on several issues (world hunger, piracy, women and economic development, etc.). In competitions we’ll have to get resolutions passed (resolutions are… a wordy and fancy way of getting something done) and make alliances with other countries. Most of the year is spent preparing for competition and researching current events.
Secondly: Service Projects. A group of about 90 kids (last years count) goes out and serves the elderly once a month. We do indoor and outdoor work or visit nursing homes. This is so much fun to go do stuff for other people with a bunch of kids your own age.
Thirdly: A photography group. I think. Not sure when this one is meeting and I don’t know much about it. Sounds fun though!
Fourthly (is that a word??? lol): Online lessons. Not much to say here, just that all my school will be online.
Aug. 10, 2009 - Grace, Mercy
R- riches
A- at
C- Christ's
E- expense
M- my
E- expense
R- revoked (because)
C- Christ
Y- yielded
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