School

Well, school started a while ago, and I got most of the classes that I wanted. Although, I'm regretting Chemistry a little. The concepts seem easy enough, but are actually pretty difficult. I have a test over three chapters on Wednesday... I'm nervous about it. Anyway, this new school season has brought to light many things that I wasn't expecting. For instance, I'm of dating and and driving age, and haven't been able to try out either one! Poo! I also find it interesting how you sometimes don't realize how bad something is until you get out of it... as a Junior, I realize how lame it is to be an underclassman. 'Nuff said.

Shelly had a really long layover in Juneau, so we got to spent some time with her. Dad took me over to where Charlie, Cheryl, and Shelly were... which was at WORK. Yup, as crazy as it seems to install floors for a family activity, we do it, Charlie seems to always have multiple jobs that he has to work on at one time. So, Shelly made her famous Tortilla Soup, and it was so good that 6 people finished an entire pot!

Oh, and seems as how Rachel is most likely to be the only one that reads this now, I have some good news. Colt helped me convince Elizabeth to join Track and Field this spring. The only problem is, he also convinced her to do the Spring Musical/Play. Elizabeth told me that if I did the play with her, then she would do Track with me. I little bit of a problem, I'm not good at either one, I just wanted to participate a little, so that it would look good on college applications. A little bit of a dilemma.

Eyes

Well, i've decided that after pink eye, and a broken blood vessel in my eye, that it was about time that I got a spare pair of glasses just in case I can't wear my contacts for a while. What do you think?

Babysitting

I must say... it's way more fun if you're related to the kid than not. Today went pretty smooth on the account that Owen is finally used to me. He played soccer in the house today, which I figured probably wouldn't do any harm because he can't kick very far. He didn't do anything wrong, but he can kick all the way down the hall. He follows it as he says, "GOAL!" It was really funny later when he came up to me, shook my hand and said something that sounded just like, "Good Game". His vocabulary is getting larger and larger. He can imitate a lot of different sounds and hand motions, which is good if you want to speak two languages I guess. Well, that's about it for now!

Wow

Well, an entire month has passed by without me doing anything on my blog. As a matter of fact I've been so busy, that I don't even check my e-mail everyday. Crazy huh? I visited Lisa, Joel, and Ben in Oregon for a while. I got to do some shopping, picked 20 pounds of Strawberries, and went rafting down a river. I got to Utah and immediatly went to EFY where I met lot of new people and had some awesome experiences! Then the following week, I went to a huge Rodeo, and the next night went to a Carnival with Katie, Matt, the kids, and the Peltons. I also can't seem to get my fill of juicy fruits or corn on the cob (which they sell on the side of the road)! Today is also my first day of babysitting Owen... he's such a cutie! I wish that I could type as fast as I feel like talking right now! Here's a couple pictures instead.

Fun Story

Tuesday was sooo much fun! I went canoeing out at Skater's Cabin, which if you don't know, has a lot of icebergs in it! I got completely soaked after my friends tipped me... and my friend got the returned favor when we almost abandoned her on an iceberg... she wanted to try to sit on it! Ha ha. If you haven't been on the water yet this year, you have to do it! Even if it is raining! Oh, and bring a life jacket!

Summer Vacation

Well, I'm finally in the last week of school... it's been a long and gruelling year! Although, I don't even know why I need to go to school, this week is pretty much going to all be a joke. I have all 6 classes before lunch, and then after lunch all that they're doing is yearbook signing and hotdog eating. That would be okay, but I don't have a yearbook this year, and I don't want to stay an extra hour and a half just for hotdogs. On the other hand, what's school without a whole week of goofing off?!?! HEHE.

Now, we have some questions and answers for all you curious people out there:
1- When am I going to get my permit? This week.
2- How is my finger? I had a blessing and it is now healed... just a little fatter than the other one.
3- When does the final Harry Potter book come out? Good question, I would like to know this information as well.
4- Are the bridesmaides dresses pretty? Yes, I think they are. They're kind of a Periwinkle color, but need sleeves, and probably need to be fitted.

Dad and I are watching the Jazz game tonight, and it only has 5 minutes left, so I better help dad cheer an the "un-hearing T.V." Oh, and Happy Memorial Day everyone!

Owwww!

Friday started out as a pretty good day, school was all good, and I even saw some mountain goats, a black bear, and her two cubs on a mountain with binoculars. It was pretty cool. So, I was walking home and decided that Anja had been neglected (as far as walks go) for a week or so and she was becoming mischievous. I got out my bike and the leash and we headed out. Well, Anja likes to pull for the first block or so because she's so excited, and I have to keep on jerking her back. Just two houses away, a dog rushed up to the fence and shocked us both. She started to take off, following the dog down the length of the fence, but my front bike tire hit the side of the curb, and I continued to follow Anja. My legs tried to keep up with my body, but couldn't, and I fell and rolled before I stopped her. My leg and my hand hurt, but I figured it would just be an abrasion and I was mad at Anja. I stood up, brushed some mud off (it was rainy) and made Anja turn around and let the other dog smell her rear, while not letting her look behind her. Then I made her lay down next to the fence until the other dog got bored and walked away. My leg stopped hurting, but my hand was throbbing, so I finished the short walk and went home. By that time it hurt so bad that I started to cry, thankfully dad got home about then, so he gave me an Ibuprofen and I ended up taking a two hour nap. I've also never taken so many pain pills in my life. I've been taken them every 2-4 hours to help with the oww part, and it keeps the swelling somewhat controlled. We don't know what's wrong with it, but we've iced it, and taped it to a brace. It's puffy, and purple, but I know that if I get a blessing tomorrow, it will all be good!

School

Well, every day gets closer and closer to summer vacation. The counselors office has a big poster with a countdown until school is out, and it shouts, "Time is passing... Are you?" Well, I'm pleased to say that I am, maybe not with flying colors, but still passing. My biology teacher that I switched into this semester is a lot cooler than my old one, but I wish he would inform us of our grade more often. I finally went up to him yesterday after class and found out that I have a "B", which isn't that bad.

My friend Elizabeth is sitting next to me and saying something about how Tongans are so bad. What?!? That's weird. She also claims that she misses her precious little teddy bear. It's name is "Hot Tomato"! Hahaaa! Just Kidding.

Anyway... you can tell that I'm at school, right. My audience is giggling. Oh and the updated count down is: 17 more school days!

Good Weather

This past week we've had good weather! It's been a miracle, the principal even had to make an announcement reminding all of the students that there is such a thing as a "dress code" and that we should apply it. It was 70 degrees or thereabouts, and there were little lemonade stands that were put up later along our neighborhood. Next, it rained for a couple of days, and finally today we had the glorious wind break up the clouds. No one is even speaking of w-i-n-t-e-r anymore, especially since the daylight is lasting until 9pm.

Yesterday I gave a presentation in Seminary on David O. McKay and did such a good job that my teacher gave me 3 make-up days. Sadly, it was more like 2 though since I didn't wake up to my alarm today. I guess that's my punishment for watching "Night at the Museum" with the family last night (which I recommend). I also managed to miss the school bus, so I had to take the city bus, and then took the wrong one and had to walk from the Ste Office Building to the High School, and I don't know my way down town very well. I followed the big roads! Haha...not.

We played Volleyball for our Mutual activity which may seem bad due to the fact that I am Rachel's sister, however I was the oldest girl there to day, so my skill level matched the rest of the middle school girls. Yay! One last thing... Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Sweet 16!

I Only Have One Thing To Say...

34 MORE ACEDEMIC SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!!!

Hello to all!

Well, it's good to be in the teacher's favorites. Today was a lot of fun. I turned in a 12 genre project on Friday, and the teacher just finished grading them. I got mine back right after my teacher (Mrs. Moore) showed the class "how well I payed attention to detail", "how thouroughly I did each portion of the project" and how she gave 20 extra credit points. Even though I got 6 points taken off for small errors, I still ended up with 214 out of 200 points! Yay!

Mom and Dad have been gone for a while, and I'm sure they're going to do some fun things with their last child (hint, hint). However, Charlie has been very sporting, in taking me to school/seminary... in his MUSTANG! He hooked up his surround sound speakers, and I swear, I could feel my eardrums vibrating. That's cool end everything, but my favorite is the car's "take-off" speed. He dropped me off at school, and then took off really fast once I got out. I kinda laughed to myself, but was stopped when this old lady asked, "Is that your friend?" I replied that he was my brother and she said, "Well, you better remined him that that could be considered 'reckless driving' and it's a good thing I didn't get his licence plate number." I then kind of sourly looked at her as I said, "I'm sure he's old enough to remember," then closed the door at that.

Someone that was at Girl's Camp, came into town for the "Art Festival" that is hosted by Juneau this year, and ate lunch with our "group" today. She's really nice, but I didn't know her very well. Elizabeth was telling the girl, Indigo, that Wendy is the athletic one, I'm the funny one, and paused at herself. Wendy and I then both said that, Elizabeth is the "boy crazy" one. We all laughed, and then had to go show Indigo all the boys that she thought was cute. Haha, sound like High School? Or maybe Middle School? Anyway, hope this covers what I've been doing lately, and I'll write again sooner than it took me last time.

Spring Break Is Over

Well, it was fun while it lasted! I spent most of the time just by myself at the house. Although I did start a new exercise program with Anja.

One day, I biked her out to the Glacier, and we were going through the trails, but I decided it was about time to be heading back. This was because of the wolf in Juneau. The community has named him, Romeo. In case anyone is wondering, his mate is stuffed and in the Glacier Visitor's Center. Her name was Juliet. Anyway, I thought that it probably wasn't a very good idea to let them "play" together, so we left before it got to be the size
of a silver half dollar at arms' length.

General Conference was definitly a fun way to end the break. After all, I did spend a couple lazy hours in front of the T.V. before then, watching... "What Not To Wear". Ha ha, just kidding.

So, with school starting again, it means a fresh start for the fourth quarter. It'll definitly be easier than the third quarter. Juneau still has a little more than a foot of snow just along the banks of the road and sidewalks. However, today is the third sunny day in a row with no clouds! You know it's Spring when the kids start to play in the middle of the small streets again. Hope everyone is smellin' the flowers!

Roadkill

So, today at dinnertime, we were talking about unfortunate animals that get run over by cars. We talked of stupid rabbits that have a "high" year every 7 years, and there are many that get run over, and how the ravens that people call stupid are actually pretty smart, and are harder to run over than, seagulls, for example. Well, I was reminded of a story that I heard from church a while back. For the sake of privacy we'll let this person's name be Sally.

Sally was on a over-night road trip somewhere down south to visit family. As she was driving, she felt a large bump on a smooth road. "Hmmm..." she thought. But that was it, and she kept on driving. Not 5 minutes later, she felt another rather large bump for the seemingly smooth road. Sally wanted to get to her destination on schedule, so kept on driving. After another 10 minutes, she saw a car that had pulled off to the side, taillights flashing. So, Sally pulled over to see what the problem was. The driver was out whistling as if to call something. Sally then proceeded to ask if she need help, in which the driver replied, "Oh yes, thank you. I've lost my dog!" Sally said that maybe they should go back the way they came to find it. Later down the road, they found the dog. Roadkill. "Ohhh, that's too bad," said Sally. She left immediately, for she could feel herself blushing. However she wondered what the first bump was, and found a raccoon. Roadkill.

Well, Dad had to tell another more gruesome story to top mine, so he proceeded to tell me about when he was driving the city bus. Apparently, the front of a bus has a lot of suction, much like an airplane engine. Anyway, he ran over a dog, and it went shooting out of the back of the bus through the air 30 feet, and went "Splat!" on the ground.

Haha, well hope I've been able to gross you all out. Have any good ones yourself? I'll be in the bathroom... spewing 30 feet.

Long Time...No type

Well, it's been a hectic week this time around. I picked my schedule next year for my Junior year. It's the first time that I've planned with my friends about getting in the same classes. In addition, I'll no longer be an underclassman, which means a little more respect from people in the school. I also got the chance to take a peek at my transcript, and it says that my GPA is a 3.4, but that doesn't include this semester yet. Monday was a holiday, and I think that I can say in the behalf of everyone out there, that, It was nice to have a three-day weekend! I had to present a History project with a partner, take a test, and continue doing my Geometry homework, which gets harder by the day. I guess I better "buck-up" though. It's not like it's gonna get any easier, right?

Charlie's mobile home is under deep construction at the moment. We all went over there yesterday to help put "goop" on the walls, and paint everything white (instead of the brown paneling that is already there). Cheryl, Charlie, and I went to go see the Astronaut Farmer in theaters last night at about 9pm. I think that it was a pretty good family movie.

The old folks and I are about 1/3 of the way through the Book of Mormon, and enjoying the spirit that it brings into our home. However, today is not going to be very "restful" due to the fact that SOMEONE needs to tidy the house up for visiting teachers and the missionaries who are both visiting tonight. That being said, I better get going!

Victory!

At last! My room is clean! Yesterday, as the international "clean-up" day I was assigned to clean my horrendous living space. Well, after procrastinating for some time, it was 7pm. My mom, back on the computer after dinner, asked me what I was doing instead of cleaning. "Ummm... I dunno," was all that I could come up with. However, I asked her what she would do if I got my room clean that very night. Surprised, she said that she would crawl on her stomach from the kitchen to my room. Delighted at the thought of an opportunity of mocking, I proceeded to go through numerous Rubbermaid containers of saved junk all the way back from elementary school. I was finally finished at about 11pm. Mom had left to the store at 10:30pm to get some last minute things before Sunday. She got back home, and five minutes later, was doing a pitiful "worm" on the floor. HAHA!!!

Well, I was thinking that it might be nice to go on a temple trip to Anchorage before I left to Utah for EFY. 2nd ward is going on the 15-16 of June , which obviously wouldn't work. However, 3rd ward is going on the 7-8 of June I think....if so, then I could make it just in time for EFY which starts on the 11th. The only problem is that it would require a ticket. I already asked Ben for two "one-ways" but I'd have to have three "one-ways" to carry out this ingenious plan. Hmmm, does it seem a little hectic for one month?

We were late for church again today but still made it in time for sacrament meeting. Is it bad to aim for sacrament meeting if you think you're gonna be late? Anyway, besides that, we have a new family in the ward and a new convert. Go missionaries!! I'm almost done with my Personal Progress, just one project and a couple value experiences left, and then I can get my name on the YW plaque that's in the church hallway.

SICK!!!

So, as many of you probably already know, "sick" is the new word for "cool" as of the past year. It's seems funny to me that a word for something that's good can change so much. A long time ago, it was "radical", and "awesome" is still used, but "sick"? To me, that will always be something quite opposite. As of today, Rachel, Owen, Katie, and I have all been "sick" with something bad. Luckily, mine has been pretty minor, a sore throat and a stuffy nose, but enough to let me sleep and sleep and sleep.

On a side-note, yesterday we got a bit of snow. I could have been sad, but I was happy that it was a little wet. Although it makes for harder shoveling, it's great for throwing snowballs! I've been a little self conscience about my throwing capabilities this winter, and tried to get my dad to show me my mistakes. He then tried to show me the differences between a "girl-throw" and a "real-throw". He looked like a baseball pitcher when he was showing me the proper techniques, so I tried to do it like that. I've gotten to where I can throw pretty far, but I still can't aim worth a darn! Oh well.

My favorite things to watch right now are on Discovery Channel. My personal favorites are, Dirty Jobs, and Myth Busters. They're great because, I can convince my mom and dad that I'm learning new things, which isn't exactly a lie either. I like to throw in a little bit of The Fresh Prince of Belaire occasionally, and tonight my dad and I have been watching, Hogan's Heroes. We seem to have some good bonding moments while we make fun of the Germans on the show...hahaha...it never gets old!

Hmmm.....

Alright, I took the very obvious hint, and changed my background so that ye olde eyes can see. I am sad/happy that folks are coming into town. I enjoyed dad's company when it was just the two of us. We listened to song samples of his favorite music on the Internet for an hour, and he gave me a history lesson on WW1 and WW2 for another two hours. However, it's nice to have other people to talk to or to leech off of.
This week is spirit week at Juneau-Douglas High School. Yesterday it was "Class Color", my sophomore class (2009) all had to wear black, but I forgot during the long weekend. Today was "80's Flashback", so I gave Katie a call to figure out what to wear....haha. Unfortunately, Mom didn't wake up this morning, and I was gonna ask her if she had a over sized neon sweater and some tube socks to put over my pants. So, I haven't dressed up at all for spirit week, and the only thing that we've won is the dance off competition today at lunch, thanks to Nani (a girl from Tonga).
Anyway, my classes are going well, and it's nice to have a science teacher that doesn't require me to do the Science Fair. POO ON MR. CARNEY!!! Haha, I hope he reads that. I'm taking a ceramics class this semester, and I'm especially enjoying the pottery wheel. It's very slow, but I learned a couple of handy tricks from this guy in the class, I think he's a teacher aid and not a regular student. I keep on practicing everyday so that I can make Charlie his belated birthday present (a new bowl set for his new house). I got an A+ on my last test in Chef, which is good considering I didn't really study. There were a lot of people that bombed, but they all seemed like common sense to me. Incidentally, I heard that in some really big, busy cities they don't even have kitchens in their homes! There was this girl who was visiting someone I know (an adult), and she thought that baking soda was like a soda-pop that you use for baking! What the Heck?!?!

Church Day

Another Sunday has come and gone. I have to go back to school tomorrow, which means waking up at 5am to make it to seminary at 6am. People at school who are not members of the church ask me all of the time, "Why do you go?", "Why would you ever want to wake up that early?", "Are all Mormons so 'hard-core' about that ?". Well, I told them that everyone just wanted to. Is that true? There are some people who don't go.... So, I had to ask myself why I did it. I ended up finding, that when I didn't go, I wasn't as happy. I wasn't in as good as a mood as I normally am when I do go to seminary. As crazy as that sounds, I guess I kind of enjoy waking up. It's the best way I know of to start off the morning, WAY better than coffee (which some people try to convince me to do). My seminary teacher described this to me as a "spiritual flashlight". When you Choose The Right, your light gets brighter, when you make the wrong choices, it gets dimmer (if that's a word). So as I go through my day to day life, I try to remember that, and share my "extra batteries" with those who look like they need it.

Today was sunny and there was blue sky, but it's still February, so I had goosebumps today when I went outside. Anja gets bored really easily now that she has no one to play with. She's constantly begging for attention, which is quite annoying when you're trying to watch a movie. Luckily, she's not a menace. She's real good about staying out of the trash and not chewing anything. As a reward we let her have free roam of the house, which means we don't have to worry about putting her in a kennel. We also don't have to put her on a tie-out outside anymore because she doesn't run away. Happy Day!

Yay! My First Entry!

Well, I decided to take some advice and start my own blog. It's cool, but I'm still trying to get used to it. Anyway, I had a dream last night that covered a lot of stuff that has been happening to me recently. I was in Douglas working with Charlie and putting in some carpet, when all of the sudden I saw a kid named Sean Bavard. I told Charlie this, and he picked the kid up by his shirt. He then proceeded to ask where my iPod was. The kid said that it was in a soccer ball. We went outside to find ourselves in England on the set of the movie, Goal- The Dream Begins (which I watched last night). We took the ball away from "Santiago Munez" and popped it open with Charlie's extremely sharp carpet knife. In it we found my iPod, except it said, "Happy Birthday" instead of "Merry Christmas" on the back. Well, Since my birthday is in May, my dreams carried me there, where I proceeded to turn 16. That means I could date, so then I found myself at EFY in Provo, Utah. Good dream eh?
So, today is Saturday which means that I get to clean up the house with my dad in preparation for my mom coming back in town on Monday morning. Still, it's better than being at school, haha. I guess it's alright, but eating lunch with my best friends is a good incentive to get out of my cozy bed in the morning. I've been seeing a little less of them recently because I missed out on seminary most of last week. Because of that, I had to ride the school bus! That is one dreary place that I don't wish upon anyone. It's dark in the morning so that means the school bus is always cold, and people just can't help but dropping the "F-Bomb" every few seconds while telling of their party/fight/drunk night. I guess it means I better buck up I try taking the permit test again. Well, tha tha tha that's all folks!