Nov. 1, 2009 - Bad news...

I am so sick of bad news. It seems like my family just keeps getting hit. The other day my aunt called to say that my uncle had died that morning. He was struggeling with a lung problem and sufficated...his funeral is on Wesenday and I don't know if I am ready for it.

This morning I woke up and went downstairs and my mom was crying. I asked what was wrong and she said my cousin Jessica's husband, Jeremy, was in an accident. There was an explosion and he was burned really badly, he's in a coma and not responding to anyong. He is at the ER right now and we are waiting to hear what's going on. We don't know the details of what happened but he is not doing well.

If ya'll could just pray for my family that would be great. We are all kind of on edge right now waiting to hear whats going on....

SmartyJones

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Oct. 18, 2009 - 101 Ways To Annoy People

1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly. 2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for pet shark." 3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go." 4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..." 5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others. 6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. < 7. Speak only in a "robot" voice. 8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly. 9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub". 10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies. 11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets. 12. Sniffle incessantly. 13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles. 14. Name your dog "Dog." 15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up." 16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think." 17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training." 18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace". 19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot." 20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol. 21. Practice making fax and modem noises. 22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss. 23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up. 24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance. 25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person." 26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy." 27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control. 28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment. 29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears. 30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room. 31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice. 32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting. 33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way." 34. Drum on every available surface. 35. Staple papers in the middle of the page. 36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates. 37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings. 38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into peoples backpacks. 39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places. 40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page. 41. Set alarms for random times. 42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon. 43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving. 44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise. 45. Honk and wave to strangers. 46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange. 47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show. 48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies. 49. Wear your pants backwards. 50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register. 51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!" 52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE. 53. only type in lowercase. 54. dont use any punctuation either 55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets. 56. Pay for your dinner with pennies. 57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes. 58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question. 59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps. 60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories. 61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now." 62. Light road flares on a birthday cake. 63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley. 64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency. 65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador." 66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks. 67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained. 68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One." 69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk. 70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read. 71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it. 72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat. 73. Drive half a block. 74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination. 75. Ask people what gender they are. 76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back. 77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl. 78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes". 79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as "Feliz Navidad", the Archies "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song. 80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet. 81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day. 82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September. 83. Change your name to "AaJohn Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a." 84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down. 85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed. 86. Wear a LOT of cologne. 87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing." 88. Sing along at the opera. 89. Mow your lawn with scissors. 90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!" 91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend." 92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme. 93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles." 94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture." 95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times. 96. Never make eye contact. 97. Never break eye contact. 98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn. 99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results. 100. Make appointments for the 31st of September. 101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.

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Oct. 8, 2009 - Waiting, waiting, waiting impatiantly...

I told ya'll about how I broke my camera, right??? Well, after weeks and weeks of ''fighting'' with the Office Max people I should finally be getting my camera in the mail today!!! I'm excited and so ready to have it again. I have talked about nothing but how much I despise Office Max and I think my friends might be tired of hearing it! =D Isn't that right Bluejane???

~SmartyJones

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Oct. 3, 2009 - Sick, sick, sick!

I have been down and out with the flu for the past two days. Painfully sick....sore throat, coughing, sick to my stomach, headache, soreness.....it hasn't been fun.

Last weeekend my family went to a friends house for some worship time and they didn't tell us they were getting sick. I was the first one to catch it which is a bit odd because I am always the last one...but today I woke up feeling a bit better. Still have a bit of a headache, my legs are sore, and I am exshausted but I don't feel like I am going to throw up so that's good!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 23, 2009 - Moving is in my future...I hope.

Today my father came home from work and announced he would like to move to Kentucky. He said he wants to make a trip over there to see everything, where he would like to live...if he could get a job..a house..that sort of thing. After my friend Bluejane moved to Kentucky I wanted to move there sooo badly!

My parents have talked about moving for a long time. They want to go somewhere where the homeschool laws aren't so strict, where it's a bit cheaper and where we could get on a bit of land maybe.My mom wants to move somewhere warm, as do I!

So we are hoping and praying that if we can get our hands on enough money we might take a trip to Kentucky to look around and then decide. I really hope everything works out so please pray!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 23, 2009 - Mr. Writer's Block

I am proud to tell you that I met up with good old Mr. Writer's Block and gave him a pice of my mind. I told him he has no right to keep me from my writing and that he is a nuisance to all writers. He is no longer invited anywhere near me. I can honestly say I think I scared him off for a bit. But I am sure he will be back for it is his duty to annoy me and keep me from my writing.

If you see him then just tell him what I did. I think it worked...for awhile.

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 21, 2009 - Giveaway at the Farmgirl's blog!

Yep, they are having their third giveaway! This time it is a beautiful apron! Go check it out!

SmartyJones

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Sep. 16, 2009 - Sitting, waiting, fuming, pondering

As I mentioned before, I broke my camera. *shakes head sadly* Well, the Office Max people said it would take 2-3 weeks to get it back to me. It's been a lot longer than that and I still don't have my camera. I'm starting to get worried, frustrated, annoyed and anxious.

For now I must content myself with my mom's camera. It's greatest fault is-it's really, really, really slow! But I suppose waiting half an hour for it to take the picture is better than having no camera at all.

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 14, 2009 - Farmgirls second giveaway!

The Farmgirls are having a second givaway! Head over their blog to see the beautiful tatted bookmark they are giving away!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 11, 2009 - Living life

What are you plans for today? Finish up school then maybe get together with a friend or go shopping, maybe watch a movie by yourself in your room?

My plans are to finish school, then go shopping with my mother. Then I will probably hole up in my room the rest of the day and read or talk with friends throught the computer. Living for myself, right? It's a selfish thing, and something I haven't really thought about often.

Jimmy Carter once said, "We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."

When I read those words I think of it as not doing what you want to do all the time. Perhaps helping your parents with chores around the house, play with your younger siblings, or spend some time praying.

I don't know about you but I think I'll spend some time in my Bible today instead of reading anything else!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 10, 2009 - Giveaway at the Farmgirl's blog!

Do you keep a diary? Do you like to write down your thoughts? (Other than blogging) The head on over to the farmgirls blog and check out their giveaway!

SmartyJones

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Sep. 9, 2009 - Laundry, laundry everywhere and not a piece is clean.

All of last year my younger brother was in charge of doing the laundry. Two (rather large) loads a day, every day except weekends. (As a large family we go through a LOT of laundry!)

My brother hasn't been doing a very good job of doing the laundry, he doesn't get two full loads done everyday and he was washing things that shrink so...this year I offered to do laundry if he would do weekly cleaning the kitchen. (Bla =P )

I am now doing the laundry and I can honestly say, I have never seen so much laundry!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 8, 2009 - First day of school

Today, my family starts school. I'm a bit excited, it will give me something to do but I'm also not looking forward to it because it lasts so long and means summer is over. It's been so cold lately it's unfair! I don't like the cold at all....

Well, I had better go get started!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 7, 2009 - Early morning is the best time to write.

It is about 1:30 AM and I am still up. I have been writing for the past three hours. How time flys when one is writing! I have been writing like crazy, trying to get everything out before I start school on Tuesday.

That shall be interesting. The first day of school is always exciting but hard around my house. Hard because my youngest siblings have a hard time when my mom is busy all day. She has to help my brother with his school work while I can do it all on my own! =)

'I'm a big girl I am!' To quote Eliza from My Fair Lady.

At least, I think her name is Eliza. I have no idea. My brain is kind of fried at the moment. Like I said before, I just wrote for three hours straight! =D

Well, I suppose I shall go to bed and try to stop thinking about my plot and characters and such!

Goodnight!

~SmartyJones

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Sep. 3, 2009 - To the brave men who fight for America

This post is dedicated to all the fallen men who fought for America. God bless them and their families.

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The Last Inspection

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Sep. 1, 2009 - Pain...

I can barely type this because I can not concentrate. I have been up all night with a splitting headache. Yep, migrain. I had to skip my volleyball practice today and hopefully I will be better by tomorrow so I can go to practice.

So anyways, I'm in pain and I am going to go to bed!

Goodnight, goodmorning...whatever.

Farewell.

~SmartyJones

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Aug. 27, 2009 - A perfect mess...

When you look over the edge of my bed, you see....a mess. Books, diary, papers, Sudoku books, more papers, folders, binders, pen, pencils and notebooks...all of them are making it impossible to walk on the floor.

But to me it's not just a mess, it's a perfect mess. I like having everything within my reach! I am able to just lean down and grab any of the things that I need to survive....save food.

Hmmm, maybe I need to get a small refrigerater.....

~SmartyJones

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Aug. 24, 2009 - Vollyball season!!!!!!!!!!

Vollyball starts today! I am so excited!!!!!!!! I am sitting, messing around on my computer, just waiting to go to practice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have twenty minutes before we leave! I had better go get ready!!!!!

~SmartyJones

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Aug. 22, 2009 - Spelunking...

Has anyone ever gone spelunking before? I haven't....but I'm going to. I woke up this morning to find my cousin and her baby were here and that we are going to go explore some large cave some where or other.....I'm a bit nervous. I love the dark, but I don't really like the whole, dark, enclosed space thing.....So if I don't write of my spelunking adventure sometime in the near future...let's just say I didn't make it out of the cave.

~SmartyJones

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Aug. 22, 2009 - What could I possibly blog about when I have nothing to say?

Well, I think I summed it all up in the title.

~SmartyJones

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