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Hello every-peoples! I had a great birthday!!!! Well, actually, two parties, one with my family and one with my friends. I had the one with my family on Sunday and the one with my friends ON my birthday.

My family party was so very good! Here are the things I recieved and who they were from...

From Mom and Dad: Money to spend on Amazon

From Uncle Eric: Gift card to Target

From Grandma and Pa: A sheet of paper saying I'm GOING to get an outfit with them

From the interim pastor and his wife: $10 and a photo album and frame

I had Smokey Mountain Chicken(which is delicious, I might need to post the recipe sometime), Mashed Potatoes, and of course CAKE!!!!!

THEN I had my party with my friends, which was a costume party. I will try to post pictures of it when I can. We had hamburgers and fruit punch, which Hailey said looked like blood and if we were outside we would cough it up to make it look like we were coughing up blood. Haha. Later, we got out of our costumes, went upstairs, and acted like....um.....7 girls all cramped up in one or two rooms. Then we had cake and presents.

From my friends(who are all sisters): Gift card to Target and some earrings

From Mom and Dad(again): The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 4 disk DVD set

Hailey is sewing me a skirt for my birthday, so that may take a while, and Emma is still trying to get something. Also, my grandparents in AZ will be sending me a box for my birthday.

Okay, now, I saw pony was hosting a contest, and I would like to do it, so here goes...

 Here is my apple,

I'm eager to eat,

Such a nice looking apple,

What a nice sort of treat!

Here is my apple,

I'm ready to munch,

Wait, there's bite mark,

Aw man, that was my lunch!

There ya have it! Okay, I'm stealing a tag from Storyteller...

Growing up/now:

[X] Own/have owned a denim jumper(only two, and that was a LONG time ago, and I never wore them)

[] You were at least 13 when you got your first "trendy" haircut (???)

[] Everything in your closet at some time was referred to as modest (I DON"T KNOW!)

[] You do/have tucked things in that shouldn't be tucked in (blech)

[] You have been a member of at least 2 co-ops (I had a bad experience with the first one)

[X] You were a true 16 and never been kissed (I'm not 16, and I haven't been kissed by anyone I"m not close to, so I suppose I'll mark this one)

[X] Your mom drives a van of some sort (a mini van)

[] You have at least one childhood picture where you, your mom, and all you siblings matched

[] You are/were/will be a PSEO Student (??????)

[X] At some point in your life you were more comfortable with adults than kids your own age (Don't remember, but probably)

[] Have studied ways to defend your beliefs, debate, and/or create laws

[] Used uber conservative A Beka or Bob Jones curriculum

Total so far: 4

[] You use big words that most adults could not use in conversation

[] You can use the words sublime, epiphany, and cognizant correctly

[X] You have a favorite word. (Flummoxed)

[X] You have an understanding of Latin root words and how to use them (more or less)

[X] People from the outside world are referred to as "public schoolers" (sometimes)

[]You or one of your siblings knits.

[] You laugh at the decline in literacy in America

[X] You score constantly higher than "public schoolers" on standardized tests. (ever since I was homeschooled)

[] You have no concept of cafeteria food (what does that mean?)

[X] Family vacations are/can be referred to as "Field Trips" (some of them)

[] Traveling on said vacations have included stopping at historical site markers along the way

[X] You have never been in a public elementary school, middle school, or high school during regular school hours (not that I can remember)

[] You have gone to or been involved in a homeschool convention

Total so far: 10

[X] You read books on a regular basis (there was a point not to long ago when I stopped, but now I'm back to my regular reading self)

[] You have taken part in a political protest

[] You were a Pride and Prejudice fan before the movie

[] You were a Lord of the Rings fan prior to the movie

[X] You were a Chronicles of Narnia fan before the movie (OH YES!)

[] You speak a language other than English

[] You dream of dating characters from books instead of celebrities.

Total so far: 12

It (has been) ASS-U-ME-D that you:....(these may or may not be true, but people think they are)

[] Have won many spelling bees

[] Have no social life

[] Have no friends of the opposite gender

[] Are extremely inept

[] Only listen to classical music

[X] Play piano or the violin (cause I do!)

[] Do not own a pair of trendy jeans.

[] Have no knowledge of drugs or alcohol

[] Don't date, only court.

[] Have never been to a "party"

[] Know no other beliefs other than what your family believes

Total so far: 13

You have been asked more than 10 times in your life:

[X] If you wear pajamas to school (oh my, yes!)

[] If you get perfect grades because your mom grades you

[] If your mom teaches you or if somebody else's mom does

[] How do you meet people

[X] Why you aren't in school

[] If you get days off whenever you want

[] If you're going to be homeschooled through college

[] If you have a big family

[] What your parents are protecting you from

[] To quote something famous

[] For the answer, because supposedly homeschoolers always have all the answers

Total so far: 15

You have "rebelled" by: (not rebellion)

[X] Listening to "worldly music" (do The Beatles count?)

[] Wearing black fingernail polish

[] Wearing tight clothes or letting your midriff show or showing off what color of boxers you are wearing

[X] Watching a *gasp* PG-13 movie (I know, my parents might aswell cast me out of the family. No, they are the ones that let me watch them)

[] Breaking dress code (what dress code?)

[X] Listening to music with a beat (?????)

[] Dancing. Especially dances that involve contact for longer than 2 seconds. With somebody of the opposite gender. (I dance crazy, but not like what this tag listed)

OVERALL TOTAL: 18

1-10 You're not really a homeschooler...you just do school at home

11-21 You're a homeschooler, but not what the world expects

22-32 You're a homeschooler

33-? You probably wouldn't have facebook to begin with...but congrats you're the stereotypical homeschooler

Okay, aparently I'm a homeschooler, but not what the world expects. Whatever. =) I tag whoever wants it. That's all for now!

God Bless,

 Taylor

(Oh, before it's too late, click here)

Edit: Here is the award pony wanted for her contest...