• Jul. 4, 2009
Happy 4th & History of The Flag

On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army was reorganized in accordance with a Congressional resolution which placed American forces under George Washington's control. On that New Year's Day the Continental Army was laying siege to Boston which had been taken over by the British Army. Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted above his base at Prospect Hill. It had 13 alternate red and white stripes and the British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner (the canton).

In May of 1776, Betsy Ross reported that she sewed the first American flag.

On June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."

Between 1777 and 1960, Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag and allowed for additional stars and stripes to be added to reflect the admission of each new state.

• Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
  
• Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe.
  
• Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
  
• Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically.
  
• Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.
  

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• Jun. 23, 2009
my fam.

So I thought it would be cool to make one of these...so yeah!

Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com

*nomi*

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• Jun. 5, 2009

so hey everyone! my friend Kathleen made a blog, so check it, leave a-million comment and dont forget to add her as ur friend! she's really cool and ive been friends w/ her personally for like 3 yrs! : ) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/nimrodel177/

okee well have an amzing weekend!

*nomi* romans 5:3-5  

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• May. 29, 2009
tag!

Okee...so hey everyone! i got this tag of off Laneys blog.

Are you available?
yeah

Are there any stressful situations in your life?
no not right now

Is there someone you don't ever want to be out of your life?
many people

Where did you get your last bruise from?
omm...idk...

What are you currently hearing right now?
my dog walking across the room..ha ha...he's noisy!

Is there a reason for your MySpace song?
i dont have a myspace

Has anyone ever given you roses?
yes...my daddy

What are you looking forward to?
school being over, my brothers wedding as well as a missions camp i will b going to this summer

Are you really happy or are you just saying that?
right now i am happy except for the fact that i am hungry...but that isnt making me unhappy...

When did you last hold hands with someone?
during prayer the other day

Do you think relationships are hard?
no..i dont think a relationship in general is hard...but sometimes they get to points where hardships may occur, but thats what relationships grow...working through the hard parts together! : )

What was the last reason that you CRIED?
i dont remember

Are you a loud person?
i can be, but not normally

When was the last time you slept on the floor?
at a sleepover a few weeks ago

Did you have a valentine this year?
nope

Are there framed pictures from your parents wedding in your house?
no

Do you hate the last person you kissed?
no...deffinatly not

Have you accidently sent a text to the wrong person?
well i dont have a phone...so no!

Boy or girl to text you last?
dont have a phone

How do you feel right now?
hungry...ha ha

Do you trust anybody of the opposite gender?
yeah

How did you and your number one become friends?
i have alot of friends...but i wouldnt label any of them my # 1 friend except Jesus...but i came friends w/ Him by making Him my father\

Do you think you're old?
well im not young...but i wouldnt consider myself old!

Are you a jealous person?
sometimes i can be...but i try not 2 b!

Do you wear contacts?
nope...just glasses 4 reading

What are you wearing?
shorts and a tee 

Did you have a good birthday last year?
yeah...it was great! i had a few friends over and we hung out and ate mexican (yummy) and watched Noplian Dynamite and yeah...it was great~

Is your hair naturally curly?
It is sorta wavy

What are you most looking forward to?
finishing up school and going to missions camp

Is there a girl that knows everything or mostly everything about you?
well...ommm...my sister is probably the girl who knows the most about me!

Who is someone you wish you could fix things with?
idk

Do you know anyone named Matt?
yeah...my youth leader is named Matt and i know like 3 of 4 other people named Matt

Do you text in class?
well i dont have a phone and if i did i wouldnt b allowed...plus im homeschooled so my mom would now!

Do you remember what you were like a year ago?
kinda...

Are you ticklish?
yeah

How is your hair?
strawberry blonde...uhh...kinda wavy and frizzy...i just got out of the shower awhile ago

Has someone disappointed you recently?
not that i can remember

Have you ever broken someone's heart?
no...i dont think so

Do you talk about your feelings or hide them?

depends on who i am with and stuff

Are you happy?
yeppy

Name something great that happened today?
not much has happened today

What do you need to go shopping for?
nothin right now

What were you doing at 9 this morning?
waking up

Do you like grilled cheese?
yes

Have you ever switched schools?
no...i have always been homeschooled!

Is there a difference between the word best friend and friend?
uhuh

Do you miss anyone?
yeah...

Can you recall the last time you sincerely liked someone?
recently

How did you wake up this morning?
around 8:30

Have you ever thought about getting your lip pierced?
ewwwww...no! i think it is absolutely nasty....ewwwww!!!

Does a kiss make you feel better?
no

What did you do today?
omm...school and thats kinda it! boring huh!

Have you ever brushed your teeth while in the shower?
nope...sounds cool though! ha ha

Have you had more than 3 boyfriends/girlfriends at the same time?
no...i've never had 1 boyfriend

Have you ever thought about your death?
yeah

Ever been in love?
with Jesus

Have you ever had stitches?
nopidy

Do you know how to use chop sticks?
no

Who was the last person you couldn't take your eyes off of?
do i have to answer this? ha ha

Have you ever had an Oreo with peanut butter?
yeas...its amazing

Have you ever been arrested?
no...not by the police

Funniest thing you heard all day?
havent really heard anything funny

Have you ever gotten a mosquito bite on your face?
unfourtenly...yes! : (

okee...so feel free to do the tag!

*nomi*

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• May. 25, 2009
have to read!

This  is one of the best explanations of  why God allows pain and suffering that I have ever heard.. A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they  began to have a  good conversation. They talked about so many things  and  various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject   of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists." "Why  do you say that?" asked the  customer.        "Well, you just have to  go  out in the street to realize that  God doesn't exist. Tell me,  if God exists, would there be so many  sick people? Would there  be abandoned children?  If  God existed, there would be neither  suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."      The customer thought for a moment, but didn't  respond because  he didn't want to start an argument.      The barber  finished his  job and the customer left the shop.    Just  after he left the barbershop, he  saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked  dirty and unkempt.         The customer turned back and  entered  the barber  shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."      "How can you say that?" asked the  surprised  barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked  on  you!"      "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist   because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long   hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."    Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what  happens when people do not come to me."    "Exactly!" affirmed  the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's   what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him  for help.That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world." BE   BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS !!!!!!!

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• May. 21, 2009
romans 5:3-5

i dont remember when i came across this scripture...but i absolutely LUV it! it just really speaks to me personally cause over the past couple of years my family has been through alot and the more hardships that come our way...blessings always follow doubling whatever we need. when i was younger i used to wonder why in the Bible and even then why God would let His people suffer, but the more i have come to know Him and the more I seek Him each day I realize as the scripture says below ("for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation" ) that each hardship and trial we go through will strengthen us. i can remeber when my daddy was going through hip replacements a few years ago. it was so hard for me cause when the doctors first diagnosed him with AVN before his surgerys they told him that he would never be able to walk and he would be in a whell chair the rest of his life...well my daddy doesnt use wheel chair or a walker or a cain...he walks! we prayed for God to heal him and we let go through the time we didnt know why God put in our path and he made something amazing out of it! so dont give up if ur struggelin with something or going through a rough time right now just let it all go and give it to God...well i just wanted to encourage you through this awesome scripture!!!!! : )

"We too can rejoice when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." Romans 5:3-5

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• May. 21, 2009
sry and new look!

okee...so sry i havent posted in like millions of years! ha ha i have been so busy finishing up school and stuff! so i decided i needed a new look 4 my blog...so wa-la here it is...hope u like it! so b truthfull do you think that the button above is like humongosolsy 2 big?!!?!! cause i wasnt sure. >.< so yeah...if you wanna put my new HUGE button on ur blog the html code is in the 1st comment!

so yup...if you truthfully think the button is tooooooo big and like will overcrowd ur sidebar just let me know and i will resize it soon! i dont have time at the moment!!! : D

ttyl friends,

*nomi*

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• May. 10, 2009

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• Apr. 19, 2009
another tag...(again...ha ha)

K, so i was tagged by...Swimmerbug!!! So heres its goes...

1. Who did you get this tag from?: Swimmerbug

2. What is your favorite animal?: ummm....dogs or zebras  

3. What is your favorite food?: idk

4. What is your favorite thing to do?: hang w/ my friends, draw and read...

5. What is it like out side at your house?: warm, humid and sunny!

6. When is your birthday?: April 6th....i just turned 15!!!YIPEE!!!

7. What do you like better silver or gold?: silver for like clothing, but gold for jewerly...uhhhh....idk nevermind...ill just say both! ha ha >.<

8. What is the color of your bed room? pink....ewwwwww! i dont like it!!!

9. What is you favorite color?: blue and purple 

10. What is your favorite job around the house?: idk...probably just like organizing stuff...thats what i do best...ha ha

11. Do you like stripes or polka dots better?: BOTH

12. What is your favorite drink?: root beer

13. What is your favorite subject is school?: history

14. What color is your hair?: strawberry blonde

15. Do you have a camera?: nopidy...but i wanna get one

16. What is your favorite game?: dont really have one

17. What is you favorite board game?: uhhh...i dont really like playing bored games....but if i have to choose probably Imagine If or Bluff

18. Do you like taking pictures?: yup

19. What color of eyes do you have?: blue

20. Do you play the piano?: why yes i do....

so again...i hate like having to pick people to tag...so whoever reads this HAS  to do it!!!! jk jk...but really do it if ya wanta...

*nomi*

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• Apr. 17, 2009
another tag...

Tag you're it - If you read it, you have to do it.

Two names you go by:
1. Naomi
2. Nomi

Two Things you are wearing right now:
1. pj shorts
2. pj shirt

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. draw
2. hang out w/ friends 

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. ice-crem (yummmmmm!!!)

2. to read my book and finish it

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• Apr. 12, 2009
easter pic.'s!

so today is easter...yipee! well here are some pic.'s...

(L to R) Emy, my madre and well me!

well hope yall have a blessed Easter!!! : D

*nomi*

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• Apr. 8, 2009
b-day pic.'s and stuff

o.k. so monday was my 15th b-day!...yipee...but on saturday night we went out to eat and had kinda a family dinner typa thing w/ my brothers girlfriend (soon to be wife...omg, im so excited for them!!!) and Ashley (sptncobra). it was fun cause we went to grate steak where u have to like cook ur own meat and stuff, which was kinda crazy and awesome at the same time. so after that we went home and i got to open my big gift.......which was an awesomely cool pink computer, which im typing on this very second... and my bro Joshua gave me a gift card for Lowes...not cause thats my fav. store or anything (though it is pretty cool), but because i am going to be redoing and repainting my room this fall and i also got a really pretty homemade photo box with two photo booklet things from my sista Emily...then ashley, my sis and i watched sense and sensibilty, which i must say is an amazing movie! i've watched it like a million times. so the next day we went to church and my oldest brother Nathaniel, his soon to be wife (yipee) Courtney and Courtney's cousin Brittany all got baptized, awesome huh. AND Courtney's brother Micheal excepted Christ! So Sunday was a great day...then Monday was my actual b-day...and today i got 2 more gift's from the art museum, which were beautiful glass necklases, i will post some pictures of them soon! so here is a slideshow i made w/ a whole bunch of pictures from this past weekend...

oky...so thats it

*nomi*

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• Mar. 30, 2009
pictures

So my puppy dog, Sisko, had surgery on his stomach last week and now he has to wear a collar thingy to keep him from irritating his wound. (Its cool...its like inflatible!!!)

K, so keep him in ur prayers, because his stiches and staples came undone and now his wound has to heal open... : (  But besides that he is doing great!!!

I luv this picture of Abby in the front and her mama Fancy Rose in the window sill! Arent they cute!?!?!?

*nomi*

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• Mar. 19, 2009
tag

Faith (artprincess) has tagged me...so here i go!

1. What was the last animal you saw? my dog...sisko
2. What was the last sentence you saw? what was the last sentence you saw
3. What is your hairstyle today? i straigtned it...so its well straight 
4. Have you ever gone surfing? nope
5. Are you scared of spiders? yes....like seriously
6. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? red
7. Do you wish you could have seen a dinosaur before they were extinct? idk...it would be cool to see it once or twice...but it would be kinda weird
8. What is your middle name speeled Backwards? aicirtap
9. Whats the first word you think of when you think fireworks? brightness...
10. What question are you on? 10...(i had to count!!! >.<)
11. When was the last time you laughed? not to long ago...
12. What did you eat at your last birthday party? i think i ate pizza...i dont really remember
13. Do you think polka dots are dorky? uhhh...im like totally offended by this question considering that i luv pokadots....
14. Are you wearing any make up? not right now
15. Have you answered I don't know to any of these Questions? yup
16. Have you ever dreamed you were in a movie? i dont think so
17. Did you answer that last question? well if your are reading this you would know! (duh)
18. What is right in front of you other than the computer? the wall...exciting huh 
19. Is this tag weird? no not really just kinda random!

well I guess i should pass this one on to some peoples...so i will tag

Mandy (JBfan1199): http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TheMandySite/

Ashley (sptncobra): http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sptncobra09/

if anyone else would like to do it to, go ahead and take it!!!!!!!!!

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• Mar. 10, 2009
idk what to title this one...>.<

sry I havent posted in a while! everything has been great w/ me. nothin new really, well except that I might finally be getting my own room this fall...yipee!!! (b excited w/ me!!! ) my brothers are going off to college so that mean's Emy and I wont have to share a room anymore. I am hopefully going to be repainting it and re doing it all!!! anywho...oh oh i added a whole bunch of new icons! u have to check em out their awesome (their on my sidebar way down their somewhere.)!!! so what have yall been up to lately? i've been doin school mostly and cant wait to finish...i have to go but i will try and post more often than I have been! oh dont forget to grab my button, its in the entry below this one w/ the code and everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!...i love explanation points!!!!!!!!!! their so cool....>.< he he...

*Nomi*

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• Mar. 7, 2009
new blog button!

I have made a button to match this template! The html code is in the 1st comment...

Enjoy,

*Nomi*

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• Mar. 6, 2009
award...

Ashley (sptncobra) has awarded me w/ the Against the Flow Award!!! Thanks Ash. =  )

I will award...

Laney: http://www.gotfreckles.blogspot.com/

Becca: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AlwaysRight/

Mandy: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TheMandySite/

Well enjoy friends...

*Nomi*

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• Mar. 5, 2009
really really really long tag...

I got this off of Laneys blog...
Here are the rules: Try to come up with 50 facts about yourself. If you're tagged you must try to do it! Its o.k. if you don't make it all the way to 50. You may use things from previous tags. Just have fun!

1.I have strawberry blonde hair

2.I have blue eyes

3.My name is Naomi (well you already knew that)

4.I luv Jesus!!!

5.I live in a historic district and my house is 114 years old

6.I luv sk8tn (the roller type)

7.I play the piano and sing a little

8.I have two brothers and a sister

9.Unfortunetly my bedroom carpet is pink = (

10.I share a room w/ my sis

11.I am related to Ralph Waldo Emerson

12.I have a dog who is a rottweiler/labrador mix named Sisko

13.I laugh for really odd reasons sometimes

14.I luv riding roller coasters (bring on the coasters!!!)

15.I sometimes pass notes at church (shh...)

16.My computers keyboard is grey...exciting huh?!?!?

17.My nicknames are:Nomi, Nome, Nomes and Strawberry

18.This tag thing is harder than it looks

19. I love watching romance movies...

20.I have a grey i-pod

21.I went to a basketball game last night

22.I wanna be an architect when im older

23.My fav colors are tealish blueish colors, and purple

24.I luv hanging out w/ my friends

25.I went to Walmart today...(u probably didnt want to know that but yup i did!!!)

26.Im kinda hungry right now and am craving ice cream

27.Ive been to the Grand Canyon

28.Ive fallen out of a kyack (is that how it is spelled???)

29.O.k I know this isnt about me, but it kinda is cause I wanna know the answer...but does anyone know why there is a bull on the front of Elmers glue bottles?!?!?!

30.I wanna learn how to skate bawkwards

31.I think penguins r so cute!!!

32.I have many blonde moments...

33.I use to play soccer a long time ago and have 2 awards from it!!!

34.I can sew

35.I love pokadots...(hence [i luv using the word hence, it sounds like so manly] the username pokadot)

36.50 is such a big number of things to write about me and im not sure if i will make it alive...

37.I love giving people hand hugs...and if you've never seen or done a hand hug before, just ask me and i will explain it to you!!! (their awesome)

38.I luv going to the mall

39.I can get my learners permit in October...woo hoo

40.Music and me r best friends...isnt that awesome!?!?!?!

41.Im in 9th grade this year

42.I am kinda bored of thinking of random things about me

43.I luv the little things that you can put on sidebars...= )

44.I have a red birthmark on my foot that covers half of it...

45.I just organized my closet

46.I only have 4 questions left!!!!! : D

47.I like reading mystery books and romances

48.My church's wall behing the stage is orange...weird huh!?!?!?

49.I babysit alot

50.Im so proud of myself I made it to question # 50!!!!!!!!!!!

That was hard...I will tag whoever wants to try it...its fun...

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• Mar. 3, 2009
snow pic.'s!!!

here are the pictures of snow that i promised!!!  : P

well it wasn't alot of snow, but we like never get snow here! hope you enjoyed 'em!!!

*Nomi*

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• Mar. 2, 2009
boredom & snow...

o.k so when i woke up this morning it was like  snowing! i mean like we've gotten some snow, but it didnt even last for an hour or two! but the snow is on the ground still...well some of it!!! : P i took some pictures but they havent been downloaded, so i promise to post them sometime this week.

anyway so how have yall been doin? i am like so bored today.. : ( i should probably clean up my room sometime, but havent really had a chance too...o.k i havent gone and done it is what i should say cause i've had lots of chanches...yeah so i dont want to bore you w/ my boring day, so leave me a comment!!!!!!!

nomi <3

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• Mar. 2, 2009
Awesomeness!!!

I got this off of scarbaby's blog!!!! : P Here are the rules: There are 12 things listed, you read them off one by one. You must type the first thing that you think of while reading the word next to that word 1.glue: sticky 2.book: reading 3. CD: muzic 4.bed: sleep : P 5.lamp: light 6.blog: friends  7.washer: clothes 8.box: cardboard 9.barn: red 10.close: door 11.pencil: sharp 12.iron: hot <.>

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• Feb. 23, 2009
Winter Jam

So Sunday afternoon I went w/ some of my friends from church to the Winter Jam which for anyone who doesnt know is like a concert that they do once a year and they go all over the U.S. (you should like check out their site and see if they are comin near your town soon! http://www.hearitfirst.com/jamtour/) Like most concerts this one was really crowded and lots of phun!!! Here are the artist/bands that were at the concert...tobyMac, Brandon Heath, Francesca Battistelli, Stephanie Smith, New Song, Hawk Nelson and PureNRG!

We stood in line for like 2 hours, but it was well worth the wait. Toby Mac was awesome and one of my new fav. artist is Stephanie Smith, she is really cool!

*Nome*

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• Feb. 17, 2009
Award...

My madre awarded me with...

Thank you so much ma!!!!! : D

I will award...

Ashley: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sptncobra09/ my buddy who just got a blog!

Makayla: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KaylaBug/ a wonderful friend!

Jessica: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JessicaLetchford/ like the award says a creative blogger and great friend!

Blessings and Enjoy!!!

*Nome*

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• Feb. 17, 2009
Random...

Hi Friends...So yeah, Im not really sure what to write 'bout, but wanted to add an entry! (lol) I havent been feeling good yesterday and today, so I havent been doin much school. But I should be startin back up tomorrow, I hope, I have alot of assingments to do. On Sunday my youth group had a Putt Putt Tornament. It was shweet!!!!! It was like inside the church... The courses were made out of like wood, gutters, tape and pens...It was fun. I came in like 5th or 6th place and won this awesome trophie! (ha ha, you have to see the trophie!) Then after that I went to Ashleys house then I babysat. Tomorrow I have school then have youth group! Then Thursday I have school and babysitting and hopefully on Friday a sleepover w/ one of my friends, who I havent seen in like 4eva...So yup, thats pretty much my week.

Nome

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