Hey peeps! I'm SheillaKiwi! I'm 14. I love God with all my heart and pray that I will shine his love onto you and others. I do not live in NZ or Australia but I love them so that is were I got my name if you are wondering! =D This blog is just for me to chill with you and encourage you. I love to make templates so if you would like me to make one for you please post a comment or send me a message telling me. Thank you. If you want to be friends you can just add me...though I do like hearing from people...so you can comment if you would like. =D I will add you back as soon as I can. I hope you enjoy my blog!! God Bless! ~Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:05:00 -0600 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:05:00 -0600 Hello, So for a long time I haven't really written anything really interesting so I thought I would actually write something. So for those of you who would like to see pictures of our trip I will post a few on this post. YAY lol And for those of you who have been reading my blog and just waiting for me to actually say something interesting I think that the following might be interesting enough for you...if not...I'm sorry. haha   I have another blog as some of you may know and it's for girls only. On there I write bible studies and such. Well I was thinking that I should starting posting whatever I post on there on here as well...but I will make them able to be read by boys so all my guy friends on here may read as well. :) So here is a post that I recently made on Self-control...I hope you like it! "Then come together so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." Corinthians 7:5 Wow. Our lack of self-control? Ouch. Do we really lack self-control, and if we do what areas of our lives do we lack? We all lack some self-control sometimes. When your little brother does something to annoy you and you throw a fit calling him a jerk, I'd say that's lacking self-control. When your team looses you start calling the other team cheaters and such even though they didn't cheet. Your just mad you lost and need to get it out, right? Okay, so maybe you don't need to let it out like that. No calling names. Counting to 10 helps a lot...seriously....it does. Just take a second, sit down, breathe, and think about WHY you are frustrated. Really, if you think about it, most of us lack a LOT of self-control. How else could you respond to the situation? Annoying little brother- "Hey Joe that's really bothering me, could you stop or do it somewhere else, please?" You could also consider just moving yourself. Take turns. It doesn't help you by getting worked up about something that could so easily be fixed. Another thing you could think about is why does whatever hes doing annoy you? Lost Game- Just relax. Thats the key. Stay relaxed. I know I sound like some therapist or something...but it's true! If you handle things with anger and don't think, things may get worse than they really need to. Hurting other people isn't the answer either. If you are frustrated for a good reason, such as they are hurting you, then talk to a grown up or elder or go to the person directly and ask them nicely to stop. If things do not end then it would be a good idea to ask for help from an elder you trust. And everyone looses sometimes. People see a good sport when you are okay with the loss and keep working hard to turn it into a win!     There are tons of things that we can get overly obsessed with and thats something we need to be careful of and watch ourselves on. In the first part of the verse it says " Come together". What does that mean? And your reply is, "Well duh! It means come together, am I right or am I right?" Well yeah, your right. :) But lets look a little deaper into it, k? If all of us lack self-control...what will "coming together" do? Think of it this way- Satan is this super big buff bad guy who is trying to prevent you from getting somewhere and break you, mkay? You trust God. You love God. But you have made some mistakes. Doesn't sound like it will be too easy for you, now does it? Now think of it this way- Satan- big buff guy You and a TON of other people- who are all followers of Christ! :D It sounds like you got a lot better chance, doesn't it? Plus you all have this SUPER AWESOME God to lead you!! So when it says to come together it meens encourage, love, give advice, take advice to the others around you. Sometimes it could be a little more general. God calls us to come together to fight all the evil that is put before us. For a little more on the subject pick up your bible and look up the following verses (feel free to do some of your own research)- 2 Peter 1:5-7 Galations 5:22-23 Please right down any thoughts that you have had along this read, or even later on in the day! Also, we would love to see any verses that you might have found while doing some studies. :) Anyways...so thats it! Please let me know what you think. I am always open to your comments! Okay, so now it's time for pictures! I am not able to post pictures with people i n them so all the pictures that I post will be scenic. I'm sorry, but thats just the way it goes. I hope you enjoy! (The following cannot be coppied. They are my property and you must have my permission to use them.)   I hope you enjoyed the pictures! I think this is my longest entry ever of close. lol Well I should go now but I hope y'all have a wonderful day! God bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/741836/ Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:05:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/741836/ Hello, So I don't have much time but I thought I would post some pictures from carving our pumpkins. Here are a few. :) I hope you enjoy and I'll try and post again soon!     I hope y'all have a wonderful day and I'll try and post again soon! God bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/741565/ Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:37:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/741565/ Hello, So since I have not posted any pictures in so long...I thought I would. I'm sure y'all are wanting to see pictures from my trip but thats not what I'm going to be posting today. I'll maybe post some soon though, k? So don't loose hope! :D haha   Anyways so here are some pictures! :) Okay, so thats all I have for now. :) I hope you enjoyed. I'll try and post a long entry about whats been going on when I can...with MAYBE some pictures from my trip, k? :D hehe I hope you all have a wonderful day! God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/738899/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:20:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/738899/ Hello! I am sorry I have not replied to all your comments in so long. I just got back from a 3 week trip so I have not been able to really get on the computer for a long time. I will be replying to your comments as soon as I can! I hope you all are well! God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/737446/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:07:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/737446/ Hey ya all!! I just wanted to say....I HAVE 600 COMMENTS!!! AHHH!!! You all are so awesome! thanks so much! Thats the fastest I've gotten 100 comments! YIKES! WOOT! :D I had an awesome football game today! I got to slide in the mud and such. MWHAHAHA It was awesome! I'm not sure if our team won though. We didn't do good in the begining. :( But we picked it up and had a great and fun game....and I loved it! :D anyhoo.... Well yeah, theres my lil update. hehe Love ya all and I hope you have an AWESOME weekened!! :D God Bless, Sheilla kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/728533/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:52:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/728533/ Hello to all my dear friends!! I guess it's time I post a new entry. I don't really have anything to talk about but I'll post my two new awards! Oh, but real quick I wanted to say thanks to all of you for all your wonderful comments! I enjoy talking with you all very much! And I'm almost to 600!! So you all are SO awesome! ...and not just because of the comments, of course. :) First of all...THANKS SO MUCH to the people who awarded me!!! :D   Here is the first one-   I will maybe award some people soon but I don't have time right now...I am sorry. Anyways I hope you are all well!! God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/728013/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:15:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/728013/ Hello to ALL my dear friends! I think I will do a small update real quick, k? So recently I have had football, voice lessons, and SCHOOL!! AHHH!! But first I wanted to tell all your GIRLS (NO BOYS) to check out a new blog!! It's christian. And if you want to know more about it go to- homeschoolblogger.com/ godlygirls ,k? :D Thanks! Soooo.... School is going good. :) Not too bad... I have started a new book that is totaly killing me. ick. It's hard. And an intense study. The book is called Starting Points. Ummm...flagfootball!! YAY I'm so happy it has started again! Our first game was last Saturday. It went really good. We got poored on but that just makes it all the more fun, right?! :) I think the team I was on won...I think. And voice lessons...well those are going good. I just started. I've been wanting to learn how to harmonize and just improve my voice. Be stronger and be able to sing out more, ya know? It is a little nerve wrecking but it's going good. So far I am working on My Favorite Things from Mery Poppins and Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty ( I hope I spelled those right??). Um...so yeah! Thats my lil update. All you people can comment on my rediculousness. lol Have fun! ;) God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi P.S. I'll try and post some pictures soon, k? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/725867/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:24:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/725867/ Well hello to you all!! I wrote an entry and then did something rather stupid and so now I am having to re-write almost everything...but I don't have the time to say everything I said before. Maybe I'll just show you the pictures and give you an update on Wednesday or something, k? So here are the pictures!! :) I am sorry I could not write more but I just don't have the time to re-write everything. Have a wonderful day! God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/723010/ Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:35:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/723010/ Hello to all my dear HSB friends! :D Wow! you guys are amazing! I got 23 commenst on my previous entry. :D Thats the most I think I've ever gotten on one entry. YOU GUYS ROCK! (guys counts girls lol) Well...I am doing good I'm just SUPER sore. lol I went to some caves with a whole bunch of friends and climbed up an 8ft wall that goes strait up and down with just one knotch in it to put your foot in. Otherwise your just grabbing onto anything that you can with your hands and the whole place is watery slippery, it was rather scarey. But I'm proud of myself cause I made it up all by myself. :D lol After that everyone (and more) came to my house and we had dinner, smore, and we PARTAYED! WOOT! It was a lot of fun! I love my friends and family!! :D Today we are going to a pool partay thing!! :D I don't know how i'm going swim with my leg killing me, but it should be a blast! And most of the people I saw yesterday I'll be seeing today, WOOT! haha It's kinda funny how thats working out. Umm...right now the weather is beautiful! It's nice a cool and sunny. I should really be outsitde but I'm inside just friend my brain with games on facebook and writting entrys on HSB and wanting to chat with friends on e-mail. lol Oh well...*sigh* My little brother is playing games with a friend so I'm not the only one friend my brain, right? I guess that should make me feal better but it doesn't much. lol I am going to try and learn some elvish with a friend of mine. So I might be useing some stuff on here just to practice. I'm terrible at remembering so don't think I'll be memorizing stuff super fast. lol It will take a REALLY long time for me to just get a tiny bit of the language memorized probably. But it shall be fun. :) Right now I am working on the Two Towers. I'm enjoying it very much. It's interesting to read the books after watching the movies so many times. The battle of Helms Deap was kinda strange to me in the book. It just happened really fast to me, and it didn't seem to like....dramatic. I don't know. It's kinda hard to explain but it's something like that. What do you all think about the movie compared to the book? I like them both VERY MUCH! I love the history and detail that Tolkien has put into his work. I think it would take a very long time to know pretty much everything about Middle Earth and his creations. But I am working on it. Slowly. Anyways!...I should go now. Maybe I'll got outside and get some good pictures for you all to see! I hoper to hear from you all again and more! :D I enjoy talking with you all even though I don't REALLY know you. God bless and stay safe and well! :D Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/719744/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:11:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/719744/ Hello Everyone!! :D I hope you all are doing well. I am doing great! And I would tell you whats been going but nothing really at all has been going. :\ But I will share with you some, or a lot, of pictures. :) Someone said that they like looking at my pictures and that I should post more. I don't remember who that was but here you go! I hope you all enjoy. :) And I always love hearing your opinions about my stuff.     This little fellow has been living in our garden along with his buddies for some time now. They are so cute! And I've gotten plenty of pictures of them but this will do for now. :) I thought this was just kinda pretty. :) This Hummingbird comes by a lot. And since I was inside I FINALY got a picture of him!! :D I called this one "Holding Life". My little brother found this tiny frog. Isn't he CUTE? This frog I thought was pretty cool, what do you think? ...Perty flower. :) Isn't that bird just gorgeous? We see them around a LOT. I just LOVe them. :D Anyway...I hope you enjoyed but I gotta go now so I'll talk to you all later! Have a wonderful week!! God Bless, Sheilla Kiwi http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/718243/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:14:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/IluvLOTR/718243/