"Glory to God in the highest!"

These past few weeks have been really amazing!

With school ending which means finals, vacation, decisions about my future, I have started to realize that I need to place more trust in God, like, all that I have.

My life is not about me, or pleasing anyone on this earth. All my glory goes to God, that is why I am here. With what I am going to do in school, who I am going to be with and hangout, how I talk or whatever, I need to pray to God and see what he wants me to do.

It would be a shame if I was so focused on my wants that I totally miss out on God's perfect plan for my life.

It may be hard and I may not like it at times, but if I am in God's will, that is more than I could ever ask for!

So this upcoming year and senior year and college and everything, I pray that my brothers and sisters in Christ and myself stay focused on God and follow him to wherever he leads.


I don't want to miss hearing Him!



Leah

Whoa horsey!

Okay it's almost Thanksigiving! Where in the world did time go?

This is what's up,

School is amazing minus Spanish, I hope I pass :o
Made new friends this semester that I really like.
Bought headphones last night, now I can listen to my ipod anywhere! haha.
Going on a ski trip in January, get to miss a day of school!
Family comes in for Thanksgiving, best thing EVER.
My cousin is getting married in December, so I get to spend Christmas in Kentucky! Woot.
Going to Church..most of them time ;)

Yeah. I don't really feel like blogging but I haven't in a while so I thought I would.

Gotta go all the way!

Wow it's been a whole month!
That went by fast. It's scary, next year I'll be a senior, then...a grown up! :o

Haha, anyways.

I've been thinking over the past few...days, weeks?
Everything I've been doing "for God" hasn't really been for Him, it's been for me.
My quiet time, worship, reason to go to church, anything I do that may even seem a little bit "holy" wasn't holy.
I was noticing that I didn't really want to do any of this with my heart, but I wanted to do it so I could tell people that my quiet time has been good, or that I love Jesus with my whole heart.

And to tell you the truth, I haven't read my Bible in TOO LONG. It's insane.
God tells us to "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (Deut. 6:5)"
I wasn't loving Him with anything to be frank. I mean, yes I do love him, but "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking...(1 Corinth. 13:4-5)" I wasn't being patient, I was being very rude and very very very selfish.
I know I am not a bad person, and that I am saved by God's grace, but I have to get my act together. I really really love God, and I need to start treating him better. I would do this for my family, and for any other loved ones, and I know it will be hard, but God is my creator and saviour, he is the only one I should worry about.

So, I guess as encouragement, you can look at my faults and sins, and just know that don't let your life be empty. Give God EVERYTHING. Yes, it will be super hard, and yes, you will mess up, but don't get discouraged, he is there for you, to help you serve him. It's funny how that works but it's true. God will never give you more than you can handle.

If things get hard, you need to fully depend on him. Love him, don't take him for granted because so many people do and they don't realize that they have the GOD OF THE WHOLE FLIPPIN UNIVERSE on their side :)

Peace out.

Harry Potter is a sissy. :P

So one of my cousins pointed out that...

Everytime anyone says "Harry, your parents..." Harry starts like crying and gets really mad and almost kills them because they well, died. The funny thing is, he didn't even know them at all. Sure, he should be sad but literally everytime anyone says anything about his parents, even if it's not bad, he overreacts.

I just thought that was funny. I guess he can't accept the fact people died and his parents are dead.

Judges!

Yes! I am in the book of Judges! I started reading it today during studay hall at pep. It was good! I only read the first three chapters but I really learned about God and his love!

So what is happening is God tells Judah to fight the Canaanites and they do, and he hands the ladn over to them just as he promised. Alright, I don't want to tell you every little thing because you should read it yourself (hint hint ;D) but what I wanted to share with you is all through the first few chapters (and more, but I haven't gotten too far yet).

If you ever read Judges, you will notice that over and over again, the Israelites ditched Jesus completley and go to worship idols!

Judges 2:12-13 says, "They quit following the LORD, the God of their ancestors who had brought them out of Egypt. They began to worship the gods of the people who lived around them, and that made the LORD angry. The Israelites quit following the LORD and worshiped Baal and Ashtoreth."

That is just one example of them leaving god for some idols. So God punishes them for their sin, and then they Israelites come crying back to God and since he loves them SO much, he helps them.

Verse 18 of chapter 2 says, "When their enemies hurt them, the Israelites cried for help. So the LORD felt sorry for them and sent judges to save them from their enemies. The LORD was with those judges all their lives."

Here, God is showing us that he loves and and will be with us no matter how much we mess up. The thing that really got to me was how many times Israel sinned and turned away from God, and then how quick God was to accept them back when they ran back.
God loves us more than I could ever try to explain, or anyone. He will always forgive us, not matter what we have done or how often we do it. Sure, we will have to accept consequences when we sin, but you have to understand that God punishes us for our good.
How else are we suppose to learn that sinning is wrong?

Anyways, this was really scattered and I don't even think I said it right, but just read Judges and any other part of the Bible that you can, and you will see how many times God's people just totally forget about how great he is, and worship someone else, and also how many times God forgives them. It's really really fantastic!

Always Remember!

Joshua 1:8 - "Always remember what is written in the Book of Teachings. Study it day and night to be sure to obey everything that is written here. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything."

Think that going to church and praying is enough? Think again! To thrive in your relationship with Christ you GOTTA dive into His Word! It guides you and helps you in your walk with Jesus. It's his love letter to us and tells us how to live! (:

Here, it says study it day and night so you will remember it and obey it. How do you think those spiritual people can qoute verses of the top of their head? By reading them over and over, and putting them to heart. If you don't spend time reading God's word, you won't thrive, you can't possibly put all your heart into something that you aren't giving any time to!

I know it's hard to study it day and night, or even once a day, but it should be on the top of your list, because if you make time for this, God will provide the time for the other things that are keeping you from your quiet time.

Trust me, I've made excuses over and over again, even recently over the last few days, and then I open and read it and this is what God tells me! Haha. It's really funny, but God cares about me and he is telling me that I need to read it everyday, steadily, instead of reading a ton of chapters once or twice a week.

Pray about it to God, ask Him any question you have, he's your friend, father, protector, healer, comforter and so much more, read the Bible and you will experience a life you never knew! Or, I guess if you already read it then you do know it but, you can always grow (:

Just Do It!

Easier said then done.
But the funny thing about the Bible is, is that it's so clear! Seriously, it flat out tells you what to do. Another funny thing is, is that those flat out things are so difficult for us to do.
I have been reading in Deuteronomy lately and one of the many amazing verses says,

"The LORD your God is testing you, to find out if you love him with your whole being. Serve only the LORD your God. Respect him, keep his commands, and obey him. Serve him and be loyal to him." -Deuteronomy 13:3b-4.

That is a perfect example. It clearly says that God tests us sometimes, and that we need to serve him, to respect and obey him, but day after day we sin and break his rules.
Why is it so hard, why can't we just do what our Creator wants?

Well, we have a sin nature, we are never going to be perfect, and the fact is, we can't obey him, at all. We can't even keep one law that he has set for us, it's impossible.
But that is the beauty of it really. Since we as humans are incapable of obeying and following him, he sent his son to save us, to help us.
Through his son we can lean on him and depend on him to help us take every step in life, and then, when we completely trust him, we can follow God.

Yes, it's very hard, but with God and the love he has for us, we can do it with his help, we just have to accept him, and follow him and trust him enough with our lives.

ATL (:

This past Monday-Wednesday Alexis, Emily R and I went to Atlanta (by ourselves!). We stayed with her aunt and uncle for the few days that we were there and it was tons of fun!
Monday we left from Alexis' house at six am (whoa) and along the way we went to the very first CHICK-FIL-A!!! It was awesome, we dined in (: Then around one we arrived at six flags and rode pretty much all the rides worth riding and then left around six.
Tuesday, we woke up and went to Warped Tour at eleven, and stayed until six. It was great, except I don't think I've ever heard so much language :o Makes me appreciate that my parents raised me in church and raised me to love God with everything I have, because that was not an atmosphere that I would've wanted to live in! That night we tried to go swimming but it was about to storm and really really cold so we came in, ate a delish key lime pie and talked, then went to bed around twelve.
Then Wednesday we were going to hang out around downtown but we realized we needed to be back at five so we left for Jacksonville around ten am (:
That's pretty much it. Except....
I shall share something I learned from my quiet time. Actually, it was on the way back and I read my Bible a lot of that drive because.....it was the best thing to do for a six hour drive lol.

I've decided that I am going to read through my Bible from start to finish and I was reading in Numbers at the time and out of the many verses I will talk about one that I really liked.

Numbers 12:8 says,
"With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the LORD.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?"

I will bet that almost, if not every, Christian has been scared to witness to someone because of some reason or another. I am for sure, I guess because I am scared of a little rejection, or what I will look like when it's over. But right here I believe that God was showing me this to remind me that He is on my side, yes, my Creator and Saviour is with me at all times, so instead of me being afraid of a mere human, shouldn't they be afraid that I have God on my side?
So pretty much what I got out of this in a nutshell is that I shouldn't be scared of witnessing because God is with me and he is ruler over all and if something bad would happen, he will be there to comfort and/or defeat it (:

Summer Tour!

So, as you all probably know, Tour was FANTASTIC! I am really glad I decided to go.
I am overwhelmed with all the stuff I could talk about to you, about how I roomed with Alexis and Emily R in a basement to ourselves (that was amazing), or the freaky door to door inviting haha.
But for starters, one thing that has stuck with me is the saying "You are representing Christ, so have a good behavoir and attitude!"
I usually only hear that on church trips, so my attitude is "Oh hey, I'm with my church inviting people to come hear us worship Christ, I have to act my best for Jesus!" but then I was like "Wait, why do I only have to do this on church trips?"
So I know I'm really really slow but I realized that whenever and wherever I go, I call myself I Christian, and I need to represent Jesus and not disrespect His name. So now instead of just going around saying "Oh yeah, I'me saved" I actually try to think about my descisions and do what Jesus wants.

More to come.

"Swing low, sweet chariot...

...Comin' for to carry me home"

That song has a nice tune (:

Anyways, this past week has been a blast! In most ways at least. I think the only bad part was waking up at atleast seven every morning. Mornings are...yuck, at least the waking up part, other than that they're fine :D

VBS (Vacation Bible School) was going on at my church. Why did I sign up for Recreation when you have to be outside from 9-12? Cause it's flipping awesome! That's why. It was very hot, but so worth it. I signed up for 3rd grade recreation, so technically I wasn't outside every single minute but for the most part I was. I would go up stairs, get a group of about thirty kids and go down outside and hang out with them. So yeah, I was outside for the most part (:

The kids are SO cute! I know there was like, a TON of kids there, but it was cool to hang with them outside and just randomly start talking to a kid, they're easy to talk to, just go up and say "Having fun?" and then they take over haha. Some of them were......well, I can't say, haha. For the most part though they were all well behaved.

The day would start out where we could take the kids to the Playhouse Theater and they would sing, do the pledges, and some other stuff. Then we would take them to the big assembly room for that grade and they would be split up to go to either Bible Lesson, Crafts or Recreation. Then I would go with the kids as already said and just hang.

It's really cool to see what they have to say and how they act, they're so innocent and just want to have fun. I enjoyed it greatly! Next week is looking pretty....un-busy compared to this week but I am so glad that I can sleep in tomorrow. Maybe until like, ten? Awesome!

Besides this week, summer has been pretty good! I have hung out with friends, been to the beach quite a lot, well, like, maybe ten times from when summer started, or almost that much, I don't know exactly. Anna has been gone for like, a week or two now, it's pretty sad. The house is SO quiet, sort of. I mean, it's still loud but not in the way Anna can only make it :) Jessica just left today, that's another bummer :/ But she's only gone for a month, unlike Anna who's gone until AUGUST D: I think I might die.

I hit Jessica's car mirror. Her right one. With my bike. It broke, and she didn't notice until on her way to the airport. I was going to tell her, but then I thought it might be better not to worry her about that before she left, and then I could buy her a new one, but oh well.

I need a job, at Chick-Fil-A at the Town's Center. That would be the best thing ever!

Well I have a dog sitting job this week until tomorrow, so I have to go check up on him and put him away for the night. Tomorrow, sleep in, chores, and Towns Center/Star Trek, awesome!

BOO

HEY MOM!

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Make Lemonade, of course!
Y'all have probably heard that saying, or some other form of that saying sometime in your young years. Well, it's sort of true.
Lately, I've been realizing that life is changing a lot, and there are descisions that my friends, family and I need to make that will really start changing life and making it a whole new world (Haha, I like that song :P). We are going to have to choose between different paths for school, relationships, and what goals we put first in our life.
I've seen people who have decided what they are going to do in life, and then a few years later just totally leave that behind and pick something else.
It's actually very scary to me because this isn't some game we are playing, it's our lives, that hopefully we will be living for 70 years and more. That's a /long/ time!
Summer, thankfully, has given me and probably others time to think. Think about what road they are going to take, the easy one that probably doesn't lead to the best destination or the thin rocky path that leads to paradise.
I know this might sound crazy, but I'm for real. I hope that as I am older, my priorities stay in focus with Jesus, and that I follow the path he wants me to take because right now, and forever, he is the most important thing EVER. And I just pray that I don't give him up for some selfish earthly desire, whether it be school or friends.
I guess I'm just saying this because I've seen it done. People say that God has called them to this certain field and then just a little later they are doing something totally different and it's like, did God really call them to the other thing, or are they just ignoring Him? Hm...
Just something I don't want to happen to me I reckon.
When life seems to throw stuff at you, cling to God and make the best of the situation.


Bertha

Chattanooga!

As much as I dislike choir, I decided that I needed to get a life this summer (And serve Jesus), for a week at least! So I am going to arrive at church at 4pm and sometimes 2pm, to sing songs that I just LOVE! Love meaning hate, of course :P It will be fun, and I am rooming with the famous Alexis Ellis, it's going to rock. My shirt colors are yellow, purple pinkish and Turquoise, in case you were wondering. I am excited about the trip, and the Six Flags will be fun at the end.
I'm excited about that, like, really excited, my mom is glad I made up my mind too, I probably changed it everyday, haha.
Oh yeah, the Ecology and Geometry class at P.E.P. are at the same time, and since I'm definitely doing Mrs. Joanne's class, I'll have to do math somewhere else, oh well!

Man, I need a job!

For real, too many things cost to much :P
I mean, school,
wisdom teeth pulled(I could live without that [:),
laptop,
phone bill,
retainer,
car things and other cool stuff.

I don't really know where to look yet, maybe Rita's (Haha Hannah :)) or Petsmart, or Publix or Chick-fil-A, who knows, maybe I'll end up at some boring paperwork desk type of job and not speak to anyone all day.

But once again, God will provide for all my needs, if he wants me to do PEP, then He will give us what we need somehow. And I know that some of the other stuff isn't a need, God can still provide for that too, so it's all up to Him, but no rush.

I am excited though, if my mom actually lets me get a job that would be so cool, I would be nervous cause I don't really talk in front of people good, but also, God is with me through every step and wont leave, so I shouldn't really be worried, but somehow I always am.
This summer will hold some pretty crazy stuff, but bring it on!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." - Philipians 4:6

The future..dun dun dun.

So I've been thinking more about what I want to do for school next year, if I should really go back to P.E.P. and do the Core and other stuff, or dual enroll at FCCJ and get like, a gazillion credits in one year :P
And then I decided that if I just follow God and keep my eyes focused on Him, and do not worry about anything stupid that He can easily handle, then I will be alright. You see, I want to do what God wants me to do with my life, and I don't have to go to some stupid college and earn a ton of credits for God to get me where he wants. He is bigger than any scary college or and person who thinks they are in charge. So yeah, if I just stay focused and listen to what God tells me, then I will be alright. And yes, if he decides to call my to FCCJ, then who am I to not do what my creator tells me too?
It's pretty darn awesome, and I'm really excited :)
Plus, I love P.E.P., if I do end up going back.



And....My sister graduated!!! Ahh, I will miss her so much. Not that she is really leaving, but you know, she will be gone in a way. Doing school, off with friends, it won't be the same, but if I'm lucky, I guess it could be. I'm happy for her though, and she did it with honors, but hey, don't all homeschoolers? Haha, just kidding, not all of us know how to make exploding volcanos at home with our mom :P

-Leah

SUMMER '09!!

Yes! It is summer now! I am so excited. I've been through a lot, and it's good to know that God is always there :)
First off, P.E.P. is over, and as much as I am glad that I don't have any homework, I'm about to die! I am bored all day doing nothing at the house (I know it's only been two days since summer officially started but...), and I miss my friends like crazy. And my tutors, I really did like them, even if they didn't believe me, haha.
Something I'd like to point out about my core classes and the people. They rock. And it's called a core because we all go together, it's like...a gang. Haha ok nevermind, that didn't work how I wanted... :P Love them anyways.
Also, God is the best person EVER. Not that I should have to tell you that. I took the CPT and did good enough to dual enroll at FCCJ, haha. I was thinking about just diving in, doing a ton of classes their and only two or one at P.E.P...as normal as that may sound (or not, I don't know), I was about to cry (not, I don't cry) over how much I was going to miss it. I've been there for two years, you don't just get over something that cool. I was going to take Spanish, math, art, english, and a ton of other stuff at FCCJ, but then the other day I was talking to my mom and she said something about doing core and not having to do FCCJ. I am SO excited, I mean, I don't really know if I seriously need another year of core but...it's going to be amazing!! I am so relieved, and now I can really relax over summer and not have to worry about taking college classes at the age sixteen, even if it is just FCCJ.

I thank God for working everything out, he always pulls through. And I actually want this :)
It's not definite yet but if I can, I am.
The End.

Bertha.

Who are you when you're alone?

"I'm just tryin' to find out
Who I am, on my own
I had you right beside me
Now your gone and I know.
That when the room clears, I'm still here.
Who am I when I'm alone?"

Simply put, we all act like someone else when we are around different people, especially at church and other places where there is a Christian standard.
But how do you act when you think you're all alone, and not being watched?
Just be careful, God is ALWAYS watching over you.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" is all I have to say :D

OH MY WORD! Only three more weeks of school, almost two! I am so happy, so many good things are going to happen.
I'll start in April, then go on :)
April - Rina's PARTY!! I'm so excited, she is amazing and her present is going to be cool ;D
And then, art! The last art class is from 8-12, we got behind so we have to go early. But we are going to party with food and ten afterwards we are going to hang out, ah! Then the next day is my birthday and i'm going to be sixteen!! woot. I don't want to have a party though, I don't know why. And then, the CPT!! YES!!! MY FAVORITE!! Not, lol. But hey, Tina is taking it too and that will be good when it's over.
May - Movie party thing with Comp/lit class! Yess! I love my core, and as much as i want to, I also don't want to leave them. oh well :P Then SCHOOL IS OUT!! SUMMER!! I'm so excited. The only class i will really miss is Biology, love that. And all the people but....lol. Then in MAy , May 15 to be exact, I can get my drivers liscense, but im really nervous about that and idk if i want to take the test or the class that you pay for. I would rather do the class. lol.

That is pretty much it, except for the TN Tour with FBC(!!!!!) and the SAT :/ But i'm excited about FCCJ and stuff. And the Church Banquet was tonight because I didn't feel like going for various reasons. I have to do the dishes now so Lata. Haha.
(And if you didn't notice I don't use a lot of puncuation and stuff, so I'm sorry, I should work on that more often)

Rain rain go away...

Dang even after like, six whole hours of sleep, PEP still seems to make you tired, in a weird way that PEP could only do :| So I am bored and I want to bore you with what boring stuff I did today. Okay? (That wasn't really a question).
6am - Woke up, did hair, makeup, brushed teeth, went to the bathroom, got dressed, gathered up my school books together and went to the car.
730am - Anna drove us this morning and let my mom sleep. We went to Wal-Mart so Gayla could buy some stuff for a school drama performance. I stayed in the car to relax and try to sleep a little more, but that didn't work because THE FLIPPIN SEAGULLS. There were like, one billion of them and they were SO loud...Don't they live at the beach anyways?
8am - At pep. No sign of life, I think I saw a way out, this is my last piece of paper hopefully I will come out alive. Okay okay, it's not that bad. I had history class, one of the good ones. The only thing we did was take an in class test, not that bad. We got done early (some of us) so class wasn't too long.
9am - Western Thought!! YESS!!!! ... We had a good discussion today. I don't want to talk about this much, but somehow the First Baptist blogger guy came up and we started talking it. Someone didn't think it was fair that the Church should excommunicate someone, because in our sin, that is when we need the help the most. I thought that sounded good, but I also thought that the blogger shouldn't be able to sit there in the service and just do that, but lets not go into that :/ Well, we ended up taking the whole class talking about excommunication and such, instead of Aeneis (yessss, I must confess :D) Class over.
10am - Study hall for thirty minutes!! YES!!! Hung out with Bailey, my bfflsdk, lol, and did my DJ (discussion journal), which was awesomer than all the others. Studay hall over.
1030am - Comp/lit! Didn't start right away because some three persons weren't there right away!! Lol. It was a good class, I love my grade, funny :D I wrote down a lot of qoutes for my DJ next week, always thinking ahead! NOT. lol. We talked about Wednesday and our schedule and a movie party and stuff, and then the Aeneis, I guess that makes up for Western Thought :3
12pm - Study hall for one hour. Hung with Bailey again, went outside, started to play cards, and then our time was up. Oh yeah, talked to Mrs. Horton! :DDDD
1pm - Biology!!! YES!!!! My favorite class. Heck, my favorite everything. I like it even better than study hall! (of course, unless it's Wednesday all day with Rina and kickball (:) Seriously though, it's a blast. An awesome funny teacher, and then the kids who make jokes. (kyle, lol). It's just awesome and reminds me that God has blessed me and given me...pep....because, they teachers love ya and what they teach, and it shows. Other schools (not that i would know :P) do that.
2pm - Math. I LOVE math. And when I say love i mean hate, duh. It's not really the class itself, sort of, but the subject.. Seriously? Sitting through a whole hour of trying to focus on math at the end of the day? Stinks. I pretty much fall asleep every class, besides the fact that my eyes stay open and somehow i write down notes. lol.
3pm - Hour of study hall! Of course I was glad to see Sarah, but other than that, no. I wasn't feeling at that good, like, I didn't really want to talk, or know what to say, either one. I want to LEAVE. Seriously, knowing there is only 6 more CLASSES left TOTAL of PEP makes me happy, and anxious.
4pm - My mom came soon enough and we left. That is the end of pep. yay (:

I came home, did a few things, went to get Breaking Dawn to read, got caught up on the computer talking to some friends, ate dinner. That stuff is good. The bad stuff, raing (ew) and that blog. I really hate talking about it because I don't want to say something I shouldn't, but it makes me so sad and mad to see someone talking about MY pastor like that. I mean seriously, he's a cute puppy dog, dude! I love him, and we are not brainwashed, we CAN think for ourselves, but when someone puts it as good as him, why try to say it in our own words? I don't know what im saying, i'm just confused/shocked/protective/annoyed. it's weird goodbye :|
Lol. (ya know there would be another "lol")

Bertha

Okay maybe not that much...

Okay. In the blog before this, for those who didn't read it (:P), I said that I like staying up late and waking up late. I decided that only part of that is true.
Being as smart as I am, I stayed up last night until 6am, reading and on the computer, pretty much wasting my life away. Then when I woke up my mom was there saying something about "How late did you stay up?" type of thing. She was suppose to leave the house around eight, so I thought it was a little bit before that, boy was I wrong! I went down stairs and glanced at the clock on the stove, I could barely see and thought it said 7:45, which made since if they hadn't of left yet. Psh, that was stupid. They had left and COME BACK! It was 7:45 it was ONE:45!!
It was AWFUL! I tried to do some Biology, which, by the way, is a TON this week. Well, that is how it seems to me. I went up stairs and read like, 29034823billion chapters of Eclipse and before I knew it the clock read 6:30pm. Ew! The day had gone and nothing had gotten done, the house was dark and hot, and it was stinking weird! So here I am, sitting in the chair on the laptop still doing nothing at almost eleven o' clock.
Also, I'm on the last chapter of Eclipse and then I have that little prologue thing that I like to read so I'm going to get off, nothing really good to write about anyways, except that Anna might take me to the beach tomorrow!

-Bertha

Best Day OF MY LIFE.

I am not a morning person, at all. I love staying up late and getting up late. So last night I stayed up until about one or two am. I don't know I was reading Eclipse and I know it was after twelve by a while so yeah. Then at SIX AM Gayla, my loving sister, woke me up and was like "YAY TIME FOR PEP!!" No, not really smart one, she was like "Hey Leah, it's time to wake up." Then I got up, it was FREEZING, and my eyes burned, I guess a sign that I stayed up to late and woke up to early. So I went into the bathroom, straightened my hair because I felt like it, and put on a little bit of makeup. Ya know, foundation, blush, mascara, that's about it. Well, all my clothes are wrinkly, because I didn't fold them in time after they dried from the wash so that is what happens. I went into my mom's room because the ironing board is in there. I was thinking to myself "Man I really DON'T want to go to PEP, maybe mom will let us skip ALL DAY...Nah...Well, what the heck, the worst she can do is say no." So I asked her, she hesitated, I convinced her we would be doing nothing, and BAM, she said we could skip! She told herself that she was crazy, but I told her I loved her, and that's all that matters, haha.
We crawled back into bed until about eleven. That is what I'm talking about! I woke up, went to read Eclipse, got on the computer a little, did nothing pretty much. Then we went to walkmart around two and we were starving since we hadn't eaten anything so we bought McDonald's. It was no Chick-Fil-A but it was good. I got some new pins, a new shirt, haha a Wal Mart shirt.... :P and yeah it was a blast hanging with my family not at pep. Then I went to the Lord's Supper tonight...DIDN'T get to see Becca but she texted me :) And church was fun, I saw Rina, Emily, Caleb and Emily, and Jesse jump up from behind me, and then we went to San Marco and I hung out at Moe's with Gayla and Paul, and we had a good time.
So all in all, I ate really bad today, skipped school, and had a blast :D

Will This Ever End?

Oh. My. Juicy. Pickles....Today was the longest day at P.E.P (better known as hell). It just dragged on.
First, Bailey wasn't there, what's up with that? She would rather go play volleyball then hang out with us :P
Second, there is only 30 MORE DAYS TILL SUMMER!!! (exactly) And knowing that I was counting down every second possible until the day was over. It lasted FOREVER, literately.
Mrs. Joanne aka best teacher ever, had a HUMAN HEART in Biology...Ok just kidding, it was a sheep heart, but a human heart sounds so much more exciting...not that it wasn't...oh darn I need to stop.
Then after that we had math. Oh how I LOVE math. For the first forty minutes we did barely anything. The book was messed up and Mr. Weaver was trying to figure it out and then he just showed us the answer and stuff so I will probably do good on that test...NOT. And then for the last twenty minutes we had test corrections. AHHHH. I got through the first page and thats it. there were like three or four. and each problem had something wrong with it. I was...depressed. haha. Besides the fact that we made snowflakes in math, that was fun.
After math I have one hour of study hall. Anna, who was working on a research paper couldn't take thirty minutes to go pick me up, but hey, she is out shopping now. fun stuff. (jerk :P) So my dad came all the way from Lowe's and got there TWENTY MINUTES LATE. Twenty minutes I spent in hell, that I didn't need to. Thanks guys. Love yall too.
I came home and accidentally fell asleep, woke up to dinner, and then did some dishes and then I emailed Mrs. Ring like 203424823 Essays i've written this year, crazy whack stuff.
And now here I am, doing nothing except talking to my adopted mom and Heather on facebook.
I have to go anyways, please forgive me for the horrible grammar and punctuation in this blog, I didn't really care today.

*goes and runs to hide in the dark closet*
Just Kidding Folks.
Bye Yall.

Procrastination

Three words: DON'T DO IT.
It is sadly almost five am in the morning, and I've been up since four. Why? To finish writing a paper that was due last week and to finish the one that is due this week. I'm glad to say that I'm almost done and already have the amount of pages needed, but still, I could be sleeping in until six or even six-thirty. I am glad to say though that I won't have that much homework next week, I'm happy and exciting because I wanted to go to the beach anyways (:

Happy Monday. There's only a MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT!!! For me! We get out May 6th but I am pretty sure that whole week people are going to PART-TAY (at pep, safely (:)

Peace out.

Quote Searching

Today is a Sunday afternoon. I came home, did a few dishes to clean up and then we all (Dad, Anna, Gayla, me and Paul) made some homemade sub sandwiches. They were pretty good. We watched Master of Disguise while we ate, and I must confess, i'm getting sick of it :/ Then, after that, I got bored, so I was weird and Googled "Famous Quotes." Actually, I searched "Famous Qoutes" but that is spelled wrong so I wasn't going to tell you but I did, so get overit :P Anyways, I found this quote by a writer. A girl writer. A girl writer named Gwen. Gwen Bristow. I've never heard of her so I am not suggesting you read her books but I like this quote. (:

“We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for.”
- Gwen Bristow

Ever have anyone ask you if you had one wish what would it be, and as a little kid you would say "I want the whole world save"? Well, even if you haven't, just play along. As Christians, we always want to share the gospel with everyone we know, we want to be known for telling others about Christ wherever we go, but a lot of us either don't really mean that, are to lazy, or for some other reason just don't do it.

Well, this quote sort of reminded me of that in some weird way, haha. She said that we can get the new world we want, all we have to do is throw out the old us, and our old selfish ways, and actually do something to gain that world we always say we want. What we want to to share Jesus with a lot of people, and like I said, some of us don't find time to do that. We need to get off our butts and do something. We need to make time FIRST for Jesus, and what he wants us to do, and then do other stuff. We have to want it so bad, that nothing else matters, and that we actually get out there and do something instead of just sitting still in our comfort zones at church.

I know i'm not one to talk because i'm shy, and I struggle with this all the time, but with God, all things are possible, we gotta remember that. And Mrs. Gwen is not a Christian, at least that I know of, but it can still apply.

We can change this world guys, but if we don't do anything nothing will happen.

"But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” - Romans 10:14-15 (New Living Translation)

Hello

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello!
So, I don't really know who, if anyone, is going to read this, but I thought it would be fun to keep a blog, post my thoughts and what I did that day, if anything. So it might be rather boring unless I decide to go bungee jumping or sky diving, something exhilerating like that, except, Algebra 2 is pretty exhilerating so we'll see (: