6 wierd things about me:

1- I burst out in random bits of song anywhere and everywhere- including the bathroom! 

2- I laugh hysterically whenever I get hurt

3- i love morbid and depressing sounding classical music

4- i can cross my eyes and make them go opposite ways (one eye looking left, the other looking right)

5- I will not eat anything with fish in it

6-  I carry a tiny notebook and pen in my purse so that whenever I have a story, poem, or song insparation I wil have these nessesary tools on hand :)

6 things i want 2 do B4 i die:

1- Save a life

2- witness a miracle

3- live a long and full life, so at the end I will be able to say that I have made the world a little bit better by my being there.

4- Have a book/poem actually published

5-  Get married to my soul mate

6- Visit Ireland

 Six peeps i tag...

 1-jonoBbono

2-  BeautifulLove

3- rockin4him14

4- bubblegum

5-girlinapinkbathrobe

6- cheekyleopardsinbathrobes

okay just wanted to update y'all on the crazy cool things that are going on in my life........

well last friday and saturday our church had a thing called the "30 Hour Famine" where the whole middle and high school youth groups fasted for thirty hours and had a lock in at the church friday night. Saturday we did multiple community service projects- it was awesome!!!!!

last tuesday I went to a medical clinic run by a church with another youth group and got to be a Pharmacy Tech for three hours!!! It was loads of fun and very insightful. The clinic is for people without any insurance and an extremely low paycheck. We prayed over everyone who wanted it, and I really felt God moving there!!!
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Plus, yesterday there was a chastity rally for our small town teens! before the rally I got to share my heart with a couple of close friends.. and my FAVORITE band of ALL TIME, Keeping Sanity, was playing at the rally. They have a cd coming out soon- but just a warning, they are an emo band. EXTREME emo band. So if you don't like screaming or bashing drums and loud guitars, don't listen..... Keeping Sanity originated in the youth group I go to on sunday nights, so I find it pretty awesome that they're getting bigger. heck, one of my good gal-friends is dating Wade- one of the two background vocals and guitarists.

On top of all that, I might be getting into the Adult worship team at my church and it's almost definite that this summer I'll be singing in the Youth band as well. GOD IS GOOD!!!!!

well, that's all for now, but I'll keep y'all updated! Have a GREAT DAY!!!!

~Coco~

P.S look below for another story update!

Yeah, so I was grounded, which is why I couldn't write...... :{  sorry! besides the fact that I may be sick again, nothin much has been goin on- I'm just writing to let you know that I have NOT been abducted by aliens, contrary to popular belief......

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!

~Coco~ 

well, we have another big gig coming up in puppets- a playground dedication at a local elementary school. I hope everything goes well- it'll be in front of the whole school!

I don't know the date yet, but I'll tell you when I find out so you can pray!

also, in the high school in my old neighborhood, something really bad is going on- a teacher is teaching wicca! She's passing out flyers and pamphlets, and is teaching a class on it after school. It's just wrong!!! Satan definetly has his hand on this- pray that God will work through this!

well, i g2g, ttyl8r!

~Coco~

P.S- a story update's coming soon!

Well... I offically have my annual before birthday sickness. My b-day is the 27th... I have a cold, and i feel miserable... :( so pray for me that I will get better in time for my birthday!

Speaking of healing, Cheeky's mom had an infection in her toe and they were thinking that they might have to amputate it. but it has healed, as you can see from the banner.... YAY!!!!

~Coco~

I haven't written in forever- now I have some awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay, so I was at youth group sunday, and it started out as fun and games, but soon turned serious. People were praying for others, and the youth pastor said, "If you need prayer raise your hand."

I didn't know why but I raised my hand, and this girl named Melissa came up to me and layed her hands on me. She started to pray, then told me things that were hidden in my heart of hearts, and god spoke to me through her. I started crying really, really hard, because everythign she said was true, and God was telling me that He knew me and my heart,  and he loved me.  Then she started talking about my singing....

Let me explain something. I have a beautiful singing voice, btu sometimes I feel like it's not good enough. She told me that God loves it when I sing to him, even when I'm alone in my room- and he's going to inspire the heavanly in me! He'll give me songs that are from the angels!!!!!!!!  I love to write songs, and I was just so blown away by this..... I rededicated my life to him that night!

~Coco~

okay so many of you may know that I had an obsession with Jeremy Sumpter. Well, thanks to an interveiw that I found on the internet, that ship has sailed. Read this- it's an interveiw with Rachel Hurd-Wood, the girl who played Wendy in Peter Pan.

Read it, then tell me if you agree with me saying that he's a stuck up idiot!!

ANGELIC Rachel Hurd-Wood’s life has been turned into a fairytale by Peter Pan.

The 13-year-old Brit had only ever acted in a school play but she has been plucked to star as Wendy in a new film of the favorite children’s story. Today she is a movie star, praised for her big-screen debut and she is being offered a string of new parts. Fans screamed for her autograph and photographers snapped her picture at the Hollywood premiere on Saturday.

Rachel, who lives with her family near Godalming, Surrey, was chosen after a year long, worldwide hunt for the girl who wins the heart of the little boy who never grows up.

Making the film presented her with a number of first-time experiences — including kissing a boy. And she had to do it again and again for director PJ Hogan in rehearsals with 14-year-old Jeremy Sumpter, who plays Peter. She says: “We had to rehearse it a thousand times, in front of loads of people on set. “It was my first time. PJ would make us do it over and over again. He would say, ‘OK, hold that position.’ I would lean down and kiss him and our lips would be just connecting. “I would say, ‘Can I get up now?’ And PJ would reply, ‘No, hold it there!’ It would be really embarrassing as he lined up the shot. It took for ever.” Jeremy loved it. He says: “I wanted more of it. I wanted to kiss her every day!” Off set, the two would play around with the other youngsters who play the Lost Boys and Tiger Lily. “We would hang out and tease each other. She had a crush on one of the pirates.” Rachel ticks him off saying: “He would tease me, he was really rude. And he had a crush on practically everybody else in the film.”

Rachel won her role after her grandparents saw an appeal on TV about the search for an “English rose” to play Wendy Darling.
They sent her details to casting agents and persuaded Rachel, who lives with parents Philip and Sarah and brother Patrick, 12, to audition. Producer Lucy Fisher says they realized they had found their Wendy as soon as they met the pretty youngster.

She reveals: “We combed many continents to find her. We looked all over England, the US and Canada. Rachel’s a brilliant actress and a natural beauty. A true English rose. She was a total unknown, she was in a play aged about seven and that was it. She wants to be a biologist, but she is so good in the movie that I think her destiny will take her elsewhere.”

Her sentiments are echoed by director Hogan, who adds: “She is a natural. She has that star quality, the camera loves her. She is an absolute discovery.”

Despite the praise. modest Rachel says: “I can’t really believe this is all happening. It feels like a dream.” Young Jeremy claims he had a big hand in getting Rachel cast — because he fell for her. Jeremy says: “She was wonderful in the screen test and I was at PJ saying, ‘You have to cast her, she’s really hot!’ “The second time I saw her, I immediately had a crush on her. I was training on a trampoline and I started bouncing extra hard to impress her. “The trainer said, ‘Jeremy, take it easy’ but I bounced even harder and he said, ‘Get off, you’ll hurt yourself.’ But I was going even higher trying to impress her more. “I thought I would bounce really high off the trampoline and land spectacularly on the pads. “But I missed the pads by ten feet and almost killed myself.”

Rachel bursts into giggles at the memory and says: “It was funny. We get on really well. He is a good friend now.” The youngsters’ off-screen chemistry helped make up Hogan’s mind to give Rachel her role. And the friendship helped Rachel combat her nerves too. She says Jeremy, who has been acting since an early age, proved a big help to her on set when she was struck by stage fright.
Jeremy says: “Yeah, she gets really nervous. She sometimes starts to shake when she gets too nervous. “I would go up and say, ‘Rachel, calm down, these people are your family. Just joke around with them.” Rachel adds: “I just tried to breathe and relax. The whole thing was an incredible experience working with great actors like Jason Isaacs, who plays Captain Hook and Mr. Darling. “How could you not like it? It was a new adventure every day, although it was chaotic. It was great fun, a really good experience.”

For the film, the duo had to learn how to fly with the aid of high wires and to duel with swords. Both admitted they did not enjoy the flying. Rachel, whose hobbies are ice-skating, art and music, says: “It was really painful. Putting on the harness cuts off the blood to your legs and I got bruises every day. But I think it was worse for the boys.” Jeremy tells Rachel: “Yeah, I got one of my you-know-what’s caught under the strap and it was like, ‘eeeek!’.” They both liked the sword fighting much more with Rachel saying: “That was hard work but fun.”

The new version of Peter Pan is a lot more faithful to JM Barrie’s book. And Rachel has a major part as the story is told through Wendy’s eyes. Wendy also narrates most of the film and the unfulfilled love story between her and Peter is a major feature. The movie, which is released here on Boxing Day, was filmed over eight months in Australia. Rachel had to be chaperoned by her parents, who took it in turn to spend time with her Down Under. She says: “I got really, really homesick in the beginning. I would think of home constantly and wish I was there. “I would e-mail and call my friends. But then I got so busy and I got over it. Now I’ve left I miss Australia.” Rachel loved the Hollywood premiere. But she says her new-found celebrity has led to her being bullied at school by jealous boys. She says: “They are really, really annoying. They make me sick! “They are jealous and give me a hard time. But my friends are really, really good and have been very supportive. I love them for that.” Her greatest fan, Jeremy, is sure we will be seeing more of Rachel on the big screen. He says: “She is a great little actress. She will be a really big star.”

~Coco~

okay, so my mom, my sis, and I  were all watching a movie today, when we hear this awful noise. We have a woodburning stove instead of a fireplace, and it sounded like something was coming down the stove pipe. My mom started to freak, and was calling everyone she could think of. it's snowing really hard, so no one could get out to help us! She sent me over (in my pj bottoms!) to the neighbors, and they came over, laughing a litlle at my mom's freaked conditon. turns out it was a bird, so they grabbed a towel and captured the bird, letting it go outside... but it was still scary!!!!!!

~Coco~

P.S DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~COCO~

Ok, so i got tagged, here it is!!! enjoy!

1.  Look at the picture closest to you. What do you see? my dad's old piano teacher sitting at her piano 

2.What does your mousepad look like? a silver dog peeking out of a black mailbox with silver and black fenceposts in the background

3. Reach out your right arm,what do you touch?  my mom's glasses

4. Look out the window what do you see? darkness!

5. Pick up the book nearest to you. Open to the 25th page and read the 7th line. What does it say? "Following the placement guide marked in your pattern, pin the handles in place, with the ends meeting on the bottom fold line."

6. If you had a garden (or do) what would be/is planted? pumpkins and purple and yellow petunias

7. Are you getting bored yet? not quite but I feel it coming on...

8. What is your favorite book over all books? the BIBLE!!!!!

9. What career do you want to do when you grow up?

Max # can be 5. missionary, singer, author, mom, professional ballerina- among other things.

10. What three people do you want to tag? cheekyleapordsinbathrobes, christsinstrument, totalrockout

~Coco~

Thx 4 ur prayers about ryan. HE's doing better now.

ok, so my dad finally got home after being stuck in denver for 2 days during " Colorado's Holiday Blizzard '06". For those of you who don't live in Colorado- it snowed 2 feet in denver, 30 inches in bubble bubble burg and surrounding areas, and had winds of up to 60mph in some places. it was a total whiteout. The governeor proclamed a state of emergency and had the army go out to free stuck cars. the POSTAL SERVICE had to shut down, if you can believe that!! THEY CLOSED OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY- IT WAS THAT BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!   SO when daddy got back he yelled for joy and was so happy to be home. (he CRIED!)

 The puppet show went great and we made it thru without noticable mistakes.   my good friends are back from vacation- but sadly another friend has gone off to arizona for break. she will be missed dearly!!

My uncle is coming up for christmas, and we have finally got our christmas shopping done! HOORAY!!!
More story coming soon!

~coco~

Oh my gosh my best guy friend in the whole world tried to kill himself last night. Another guy had to wrestle the knife away from him- and now, today, he's cut about 14 times...... I'm crying right now I don't kno what to do... I'm a hundred miles away from him and he won't listen to me over email... PLEASE PRAY I'M SO WORRIED!!!!

~Coco~

“Ryan, will you turn that off?” The throbbing beat of Ryan‘s stereo only turned up louder. “Ryan, you heard me! Turn that off!” Esther stormed into his room. He looked up from his bed. “Oh, look who’s so high and mighty! Esther, just because you’re named after a queen, it doesn’t make you one!” Esther huffed at him. “Oh, shut up! I’m trying to study, Ryan, and besides, the neighbors told mom and dad-” “Step mom!” Ryan broke in. She glared at him, then resumed. “The neighbors told them that if they heard your stereo that loud one more time, they were calling the cops.” Ryan glared back, and for a moment, Esther was afraid that he would still refuse, but after a long pause, he rose to turn down the volume. “Thank you,” Esther said, and turned to leave, glorying in her victory. Ryan seldom listened to her, but every so often, she would get to him, make him squirm, and he would obey her. She tossed her dark hair and walked back to her room. Lying down on her bed, she reached for her cell phone and, pretending to be engrossed in her studies, called her best friend, Marisa. “Hello?” Marisa answered on the third ring. “Hey, it’s me, Esther.” “Oh, hey! What’s up?” Esther smiled. “Nothing much, except I just got my brother to listen to me!” Marisa whooped. “Yes, victory! So… I need details, Esther. What happened?” Esther sighed. “It’s barely a victory. I got him to turn down his stereo.” “Barely a victory?” Marisa asked. “He turns down his stereo for NO ONE! Be glad you got that far! So, anything else up?” “Nope,” Esther replied. “You?” “Well-” Marisa paused. “What?” Asked Esther, curious now. “I found this little piece of paper, with a strange symbol on it.” “Really?” Asked Esther, even more curious. “What’s the symbol?” “Well, it looks like a tiny dragon, flying inside of a weird looking circle,” Said Marisa, after a pause. “A weird looking circle?” Esther asked. “Yeah, it has all these wiggly lines jetting out from it, like a sun, and it has the words ‘Amisha e Abri sechet’ in small print all around the circle.” “That is weird!” Agreed Esther. “It unfolds,” Marisa added, “but I can’t get very far. It gives me this little shock whenever I try to unfold more than the first flap.” “Where did you find it?” Esther asked, half sitting up with excitement. “You know where there used to be this big wood, but they cut part of it down to make way for the new city hall?” Marisa asked. “Yeah, I know the place,” Said Esther, “go on!” “Remember when they found that house that looked like it had been there for years but no one knew it? They put police tape around it and decided to let it stay there, and built the city hall far enough away so that no one would accidentally stumble across it, replanted trees around it, and there was this huge secrecy thing?

“Well, I was walking in the woods, trying to get my sanity back after babysitting the Wilson quintuplets, and all of a sudden I’m in this part where the trees look older and the path looks like a little deer trail. So I decide to explore, and the next thing I know, I’m in this small little clearing with half rotted yellow police tape around some of the trees and this huge house in the exact center. The thing is, you would think that the house would be rotted and well, old, especially since the police tape was falling apart, you know? But it wasn’t! It looked like someone had been living there and taking good care of it!”

“Oh my gosh, are you serious?” Esther broke in.

“I am so serious, it isn’t even funny. There was even a garden!” Marisa said. “And that was where I found the paper. I was looking around, when there’s this little ‘poof!’ behind me. I was scared, but I turned anyway, and there was the paper, right there on the ground, where nothing had been a moment before. And there was this little stream of smoke rising from it!”

“Do you think you could show me where?” Esther asked. “Yeah,” Said Marisa. “I’ll meet you at the park in ten minutes.” Esther grinned. “Okay, see you then. Bye.” “Bye!” Replied Marisa as she hung up.

Esther turned off her phone and lay back on the bed, thinking. When the city hall had burned down, the city council had decided to move the location to the top of the hill that gave Hillock city its name. When they were surveying it, one of the surveyors had stumbled across an old house that was in top shape. Curious, he had looked around, and went inside the house while his pal had looked on. No one was clear on what had happened next, but the surveyor was never seen again. His pal called the police, but when they searched the house from top to bottom, they found no one, so they wrapped POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS tape around the trees. It was about three or four years ago, Esther speculated. After that incident, the City Hall was moved again and kept far away from the suspicious site. Everyone, it seemed, had forgotten about it. Now the gossip was about Luke, The mayor’s son. He had been causing trouble, roaring around on his motorcycle, breaking windows, and even going so far as to get himself expelled from Hillock Middle school. He was fifteen and in eighth grade, the same grade as Esther and Marisa. All the girls they knew had crushes on him, but Esther and Marisa agreed never to give him the time of day. He was cute and he knew it, and it made him all the more unlikable. But the worst thing was that Luke was Ryan’s best friend. Esther shook her head and stood up. Best not to brood, she reminded herself, and put on her shoes. At the last moment she grabbed her jacket and cell phone. After what had happened to the surveyor, she was taking no chances. On the way down the stairs, Ryan appeared. “Done already?” He asked, arching an eyebrow. She made a face at him and nodded, hurrying a little more. Just then she heard the all too familiar drone of a motorcycle pulling up to the curb. Groaning softly, Esther turned to Ryan. “Please, stay out of my room, both of you, or I’ll tell dad Luke was here when they were gone!” Ryan glared at me and replied, “I’ll keep it under my hat about you going out if you don’t say anything about Luke. Catch my drift?” Esther rolled her eyes at him and wrinkled her nose. “Yeah, I catch it.” “Good,” he replied, just as Lucas came in. “Hey, Ryan, hey, Queenie, how ya’ll doin?” she glared at him, then swept past him out onto the sidewalk. “What’s your problem?” he called back. Esther ignored him and continued on my way. “Luke is so annoying,” she muttered. “Queenie indeed!”

COPYRIGHT 2005 by *CocoBabe*

Ah, the christmas season in the rockies!! snow falling.. the thud of axes against soon to be christmas trees.. the smell of freshly baked gingerbread and candy canes... unpacking memories along with the ornaments.. the crinkle of wrapping paper... hot chocolate or coffee after a snowball fight... the celebration of christ's birth. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE COLORADO ROCKIES!!!!!

~Coco~