Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Graduation Chaos
Tomorrow os a memorable day for us: my sister, Carlie's, graduation party! She graduated from highschool (and 2 years of CBC) and we're so excited but this is the most hectic time i've ever witnessed. My poor mother..... :P Our fridge is so stocked with food I think you couldn't even fit a pea into it. No joke.
As I was randomly searching college scholorships (don't judge) I cam across the "Doodle for Google" which has 5 age groups, from K-12 grade, that design and draw a google logo. 1 winner recieves (I always have to remember the "I before E" rule on that word.....) a $15,000 scholoraship plus tons of other cool srtuff and then 4 others recieve the same stuff but "only" $5,000. The art is amazing......http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html. I like the ones in my age group :)
I discovered this totally awesome organization that, when to list of volenteers is cmplete, they send you 3-5 names of athletes competing in the olympics to pray for. I signed up and am waiting for my names :) I can't wait! I encourage you too sign up too. http://olympics.athletesinaction.org/prayer-strategy/ Comment on whether or not you're in :)
Lately I've been seriously training for fall racing and then freshman track in the spring. Just base training, but boy is my plan hard. It's only 3 runs/week, a speed session, tempo, and long run. Plus lots of strength training and at least 2 x-training session. I'm really working on my diet. I've read some interesting stories of runners who became vegan and their performance just jumped to a whole new level. Then I faced reality: there is NO way I can give up meat. I eat it at least 5 times a week! I LOVE IT!! :) So I decided to just focus on eating a aplnt based diet. I'm very proud that i've weaned myself off of junk food. I don't even crave it! Now to work on those treaties.....
Camp Patriot 5K: In 19 days (July 4th)! Can't wait! I don't really have a goal time.....I'll only be half-way done with my training plan at the time so no slower than 31:00 is my goal. At the end of my plan I want to finnish in under 30:00, maybe a few seconds away from 29:00. It will be hot at the CP 5K so I have to account for that. Just want to enjoy it, as it's my first 5K! :) Plus it's $25 going to a great cause! (http://www.camppatriotfunrun.org/index.html)
This. Is. EPIC.
Just thought I would brighten your day.
My aunt and uncle are looking for a "little buddy" (*cough* dog *cough*). They've applied for two dogs but they got adopted :( Theyr'e still a searchin'! I guess they're wanting a small lap-dog, leaning towards a girl. Can't wait intill they get it....um, I mean her.
Tonight we went to Anthony's......my first time! I got a bowl of clam chowder and shrimp cocktail! Yum. The shrimpies were so tine and cute. I took pics and will upload them within 3 days......(not tomorrow.....well, probably not).
OK, I have to go make the last few things for the picnic! Elvada! (That's "goodbye" in turkish.....mwahaha!)
As I was randomly searching college scholorships (don't judge) I cam across the "Doodle for Google" which has 5 age groups, from K-12 grade, that design and draw a google logo. 1 winner recieves (I always have to remember the "I before E" rule on that word.....) a $15,000 scholoraship plus tons of other cool srtuff and then 4 others recieve the same stuff but "only" $5,000. The art is amazing......http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html. I like the ones in my age group :)
I discovered this totally awesome organization that, when to list of volenteers is cmplete, they send you 3-5 names of athletes competing in the olympics to pray for. I signed up and am waiting for my names :) I can't wait! I encourage you too sign up too. http://olympics.athletesinaction.org/prayer-strategy/ Comment on whether or not you're in :)
Lately I've been seriously training for fall racing and then freshman track in the spring. Just base training, but boy is my plan hard. It's only 3 runs/week, a speed session, tempo, and long run. Plus lots of strength training and at least 2 x-training session. I'm really working on my diet. I've read some interesting stories of runners who became vegan and their performance just jumped to a whole new level. Then I faced reality: there is NO way I can give up meat. I eat it at least 5 times a week! I LOVE IT!! :) So I decided to just focus on eating a aplnt based diet. I'm very proud that i've weaned myself off of junk food. I don't even crave it! Now to work on those treaties.....
Camp Patriot 5K: In 19 days (July 4th)! Can't wait! I don't really have a goal time.....I'll only be half-way done with my training plan at the time so no slower than 31:00 is my goal. At the end of my plan I want to finnish in under 30:00, maybe a few seconds away from 29:00. It will be hot at the CP 5K so I have to account for that. Just want to enjoy it, as it's my first 5K! :) Plus it's $25 going to a great cause! (http://www.camppatriotfunrun.org/index.html)
This. Is. EPIC.
Just thought I would brighten your day.
My aunt and uncle are looking for a "little buddy" (*cough* dog *cough*). They've applied for two dogs but they got adopted :( Theyr'e still a searchin'! I guess they're wanting a small lap-dog, leaning towards a girl. Can't wait intill they get it....um, I mean her.
Tonight we went to Anthony's......my first time! I got a bowl of clam chowder and shrimp cocktail! Yum. The shrimpies were so tine and cute. I took pics and will upload them within 3 days......(not tomorrow.....well, probably not).
OK, I have to go make the last few things for the picnic! Elvada! (That's "goodbye" in turkish.....mwahaha!)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Defying Disabilities
Today on Runners World this video was posted. It has got to be one of the most inspiring vidoes i've ever seen. Way to just run for the joy of it. This is more inspiration i'm going to get from London.
Oh boy, i'm about to make peanut butter cookies. Mmm....
Here are some very, uh, interesting captioned pics!
Oh boy, i'm about to make peanut butter cookies. Mmm....
Here are some very, uh, interesting captioned pics!
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Oh, that was your coffee? The guy over there said it was up for grabs!  
And these little piggies stayed home.....to take a nap.....AND EAT PIE!!!!
Well, i'm being summoned....that's all for today!
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Well, It's been a while hasn't it?
Hello fellow blog readers!
Well, it's been so long since I last posted.....I blame it on my science exam i studies like the end of the world for. Which, by the way, I got 99.6% on! Beat that! Actually, my teacher rounded it to 100%! I was hoping for an A, but expected like and A-, which is the hoghest i've gotten. Didn't see that coming...what lovely surprises. But now science class is over, but I have school at home but that required less studying so I'll have more tome to blog! Summer here we come!
To start on the right attitude, the huge issue of purity had lately hit home for me. It is such a neglected topic and much ignored in churches that it breaks my heart to see how poeple can read such clear words in scripture and just completely ignor them. Mostly this issue is seen in teen+ aged girls. I wanted to share some verses i've read while studying 1 Timothy.
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, [g]modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. 11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.
1 Timothy 2:9-11
Here's a quote that i really love that concerns a womans heart:
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Max Lucado
Oh man, that is so great....especially when girls are at that age of being interested in guys in a whole new way....
Here is a random and awesome song I literaly just discovered (as I waas typing all that other stuff).
A great band!
Well, it' been so long that I can't remember anything that i've done lately.....
thinking......
thinking......
more thinking.......
less thinking.......
Bingo!
I'm almost done w/ piano until summer break (last lesson on Friday! This mean doughnuts! Mwahaha!!!) and as i'm really into music, i want to take guitar or singing lesson from either the voice teacher of my sister or guitar teacher of my brother. I still need to mention this to my parents....oops..... ;) But anyway, I practice both alot already, I just need some professional instruction.
OK, now the science stuff begins. I've been doing research (yeas, you heard me right, science research FOR FUN) on left/right-braindness, and it is really quite interesting. Before you continue, take this simple quiz: http://www.intelliscript.net/test_area/questionnaire/questionnaire.cgi
After You finnished that and fouind out wah tyour "are" (predominately), here are some facts that you didn't know about yourself (that's supposed to be funny in more ways then one....but don't think about it too hard....unless you're an intelligent left-brainer).
If you are Left-Brained you:
Are rational
10. Are a splitter: distinction important
11. Are logical, sees cause and effect
12. Draw on previously accumulated, organized information
10. Are a lumper: connectedness important
11. Are analogic, sees correspondences, resemblances
12. Draws on unbounded qualitative patterns that are not organized into sequences, but that cluster around images.
(Note-I think a really smart left-brained person wrote this....I had to look up almost every word in a dictionary :P)
1 Timothy 2:9-11
― Max Lucado
OK, now the science stuff begins. I've been doing research (yeas, you heard me right, science research FOR FUN) on left/right-braindness, and it is really quite interesting. Before you continue, take this simple quiz: http://www.intelliscript.net/test_area/questionnaire/questionnaire.cgi
After You finnished that and fouind out wah tyour "are" (predominately), here are some facts that you didn't know about yourself (that's supposed to be funny in more ways then one....but don't think about it too hard....unless you're an intelligent left-brainer).
If you are Left-Brained you:
Are rational
- Respond to verbal instructions
- Problem solve by logically and sequentially looking at the parts of things
- Look at differences
- You are planned and structured
- Prefer established, certain information
- Prefer talking and writing
- Prefer multiple choice tests
- Control feelings
- Prefer ranked authority structures
10. Are a splitter: distinction important
11. Are logical, sees cause and effect
12. Draw on previously accumulated, organized information
If you are Righ-Brained you:
Are intuitive
- Respond to demonstrated instructions
- Problem solve with hunches, looking for patterns and configurations
- Look at similarities
- Are fluid and spontaneous
- Prefer elusive, uncertain information
- Prefer drawing and manipulating objects
- Prefer open ended questions
- Free with feelings
- Prefer collegial authority structures
10. Are a lumper: connectedness important
11. Are analogic, sees correspondences, resemblances
12. Draws on unbounded qualitative patterns that are not organized into sequences, but that cluster around images.
(Note-I think a really smart left-brained person wrote this....I had to look up almost every word in a dictionary :P)
I believe it is more common for gals to be right-brained and guys to be left-brained, but this is just in general. Guirs tend to be more showing of their emotions/more emotional (not just due to hormones) and better at learning languages, which is a right side dominance. Guys are usually the opposite and are better at problem solving and math/science despite the brainecells dead due to video games.
And for my results....according to the qui, I am very left-brained (i'm totally not surprised). My score was 12 for left and 5 for right. And the numbers that apply to me for left-brained characteristics are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (except not "talking" but yeas to "writting"), 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12. So most of them is a yes. For right-brained: 6, and 11. Not so much :) I do have musical ability (sort of) but it is classical piano, which classical music is a more of a left-brained thing. Music is usually a right-brained thing, but classical is more left-brained. I've always taken more after my dad in many ways, and he is very left-brained so i'm not surprised I am. It's funny, we got nout the old video tapes of us as little kids and just watchingme, I was always a thinker, analyzer, perfectionist, information freak, and just a plain left-brained kid. Don't get me wrong, I liked ballet and such, but onhe thinkg that strucj me was many tapes where my mom comments on my being into building blocks, duplos, legos, that sort of thing whic his really a left-brained thing. I would throw down the doll to blocks. And another tape that made me chuckle is one when I was 2 (and sooooo adorable!) and we were at the pool and while my dad was blowing up my mini pool (I asn't old enough to go in the big one) i was very interested in the water, examining my squirt bottle and just looking at the water, putting my hand in it, when my dad comments saying "she's going to be a water chemist!". Science! How very prophetic....but really, i'm going to become an orthopaedist, specializing in sports medicine. And i'm so very excited to go to college and pursue my dream!
Ah yes, I remmeber something else. I went to a Down Here, Aaron Shust, Jason Gray concert w/ my dad in Portland and it was AWESOME! They are such amazing bands with an amazing truth to share! I love going on concert daddy dates :) We plan to do it again.....This was actually the weekend after we had gone to Portland for Ben's bday! Portland 2 weeks in a row. I am loving this! Some may no know, but I LOVE Portland and want to live there (actually, I'm thinking Vancouver for the exact location but that's in the area). Not sure wh yor when I strated liking ti so much. But it is is hime to my absolute favorite place on Earth: OMSI. Well, it's tied with Magic Mountain. It's so great....all that science stuff! PLus great summer camps too.
OK, enough talk. Good Night! Until next time.....
Emma
P.S. If this is super sloppy typing, it's bcuz it's really late and i'm super tired...i'll edit later :) And feel free to comment! I love comments!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Spring Break Day 1 & 2
Hey Guys!
Today was my second day of spring break....awesome weather! This whole weak is supposed to be nice and "springy" except for the bit of rain coming...i'm hoping for some weekend showers instead of weekday....well, no rain would be better but anyway, enough weather talk.
OK, first some sad yet joyful news. Alicia Foss passed away yesterday, and just a week after her grandfather (who dies from bone cancer, after they said he would have 6 months but dies just a week later). But we know that they are rejoicing together in Heaven, with new, perfect and painless bodies alongside with fellow believers. Revelation 21:4-5 says "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Prayers for the family as they are dealing with these two deaths and Vernon Fosses (her grandfather) wife is not doing well and was in the hospital but is out now recovering from pnemonia and bronchitis. One day we will join her and rejoice in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever. To God be the glory in all things, life and death.
Well my day went something like this....slept in, didn't wake up till my sister was already on the road to school and my little sister was at a birthday party so I woke up to one of the rarest of the rares at our house: silence. Wow, hard just to type! LOL, so then I was doing random stuff. reading a new book I got called Running On Faith, about Jason Lester who is a Ironman AND Ultraman Triathalon/runner (for those who don't know, yes that is awesome althleticness :D very amazing...) who is paralyzed on his right arm due to a biking-car accident when he was 12. Plus he is a Christian :D Good book so far....awesome guy.
I also did some more drawing (more like somple sketches):
Today was my second day of spring break....awesome weather! This whole weak is supposed to be nice and "springy" except for the bit of rain coming...i'm hoping for some weekend showers instead of weekday....well, no rain would be better but anyway, enough weather talk.
OK, first some sad yet joyful news. Alicia Foss passed away yesterday, and just a week after her grandfather (who dies from bone cancer, after they said he would have 6 months but dies just a week later). But we know that they are rejoicing together in Heaven, with new, perfect and painless bodies alongside with fellow believers. Revelation 21:4-5 says "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Prayers for the family as they are dealing with these two deaths and Vernon Fosses (her grandfather) wife is not doing well and was in the hospital but is out now recovering from pnemonia and bronchitis. One day we will join her and rejoice in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever. To God be the glory in all things, life and death.
Well my day went something like this....slept in, didn't wake up till my sister was already on the road to school and my little sister was at a birthday party so I woke up to one of the rarest of the rares at our house: silence. Wow, hard just to type! LOL, so then I was doing random stuff. reading a new book I got called Running On Faith, about Jason Lester who is a Ironman AND Ultraman Triathalon/runner (for those who don't know, yes that is awesome althleticness :D very amazing...) who is paralyzed on his right arm due to a biking-car accident when he was 12. Plus he is a Christian :D Good book so far....awesome guy.
I also did some more drawing (more like somple sketches):
I really want to try one of those "negative ion" bracelets (wow, I feel so smart becuase I know exactly what that means and know the science behind how/why it works and UNDERSTAND IT!! :P). Some are fake but i'm doing research to find one that works....many runners say that the real ones do help them. Here's a popular brand, maybe fake, still looking at reviews. Kinda like the necklaces too but will probably get a bracelet. http://www.lifestrength.com/products
OK, went to the gym....pretty succesful, back is kinda giving me a mouthful and not to mention my ankle problem, but otherwise not to bad....really wish I could have a personal trainer!
We went to Taco Bell (Chalupa all the way!).....sooo yummy! I noticed the "Dorito" Taco thing....wonder if it's any good. Maybe i'll try it some daay.....in the future.... :P
Ugg, I hate it when the computer spassed out! It's doing that so much....takes me like an hour to type this up, LOL. Just being random....(yeah, blame my spelling mistakes on the computer, seriously).
Not much of a day, but today wil be busy. Science project to do, photobook to make, house to clean, shopping to do, gym, and the like.
Yeasterday was pretty lame too...runing around everywhere was just about all.
Tomorrow, on Wednesday my mom's, cousin's daughter who in 9 is having surgery for Kindney stones. One in very large (1 1/2, almost 2 cm) on the lfet side (i think....) and the other (right side) is smaller, 3 mm. Anyway, she's not in any pain which is very good, just a little nervous along with the rest of her family. They have to go to Spokane for it because there are no Pediatric Urologists in the good ol' Tri-Cities. She's very sweet and shy and she should be prefectly fine. I've never had surgery but my mom had a similar surgey for gall stones. Prayers for the fam!
Resurrection Sunday coming up....so pumped :P Very excited....
Monday, April 2, 2012
Much Needed Catch Up
Boy, have I been lazy about posting....well, It's spring break so I have no excuses!
The...10th of March? Well sometime (a while ago) I went to a MercyMe, Disciple, Sidewalk Prophets, Lecrae, Moriah Peters (she opened), some Irish Band, Hawk Nelson, and someone else I can't remmeber were there (the Rock and Worship Roadshow). It was great.
Here's some pics....
I LOVED Lecrae!
Speaking of Lecrae, he performs in Britt Nicole's new song "Ready Or Not" off her NEW CD GOLD!!! It's a really good one...she had a more hip-hop/auto-tuned type of style in this CD....a little different than her older stuff but still great. She never gets old....but my latest craze is Anthem Lights....check out these songs. Great stuff. You'll love it!
OH BOY! SPRING BREAK! We actually weren't going to have it bcuz we were all sick one week, but I only missed one day of school (easily caught up later), so when my mom told us that was going to count as our spring break, I was mad! But I finally convinced her :) So now i'm in jolly good spirits.
Well, i will finnish catching up tomorrow! Need to go to bed so I can sleep in, LOL :D
TTFN! GNSTDLTBBB!! (AKA Good Night Sleep Tight Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite!)
P.S. Haha, i'm lauging at my sister bcuz she has to go to school at 8 in the morning! HAHA! SUFFER! :P
The...10th of March? Well sometime (a while ago) I went to a MercyMe, Disciple, Sidewalk Prophets, Lecrae, Moriah Peters (she opened), some Irish Band, Hawk Nelson, and someone else I can't remmeber were there (the Rock and Worship Roadshow). It was great.
Here's some pics....
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| Moriah Peters (like you need the caption, LOL) |
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| Sidewalk Prophets |
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| Disciple!!! AMAZING! =D |
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| Disciple again...don't look, they're too awesome! |
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| Hawk Nelson...yeah baby! I'm jelous of the girl who got her phine taken away to be held and sung into my him! HAHA! |
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| Lecrae...one of the highlights! |
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| Tenth Avenue North....awesome in concert! Totally goibng again.... |
I LOVED Lecrae!
Speaking of Lecrae, he performs in Britt Nicole's new song "Ready Or Not" off her NEW CD GOLD!!! It's a really good one...she had a more hip-hop/auto-tuned type of style in this CD....a little different than her older stuff but still great. She never gets old....but my latest craze is Anthem Lights....check out these songs. Great stuff. You'll love it!
They're totally awesome.....
So, my dad bought a....brace yourselves....Mustang! We can drive in style....just don't ask what year :D Cuz it's an '81....yeah, ugliest year you can get. Got it bcuz it had freakishly low miles, was super clean, and in awesome condition not to mention pretty darn cheap. Plus his Saturn is pretty much done for life and he needed a new ride. But hey, how many of you can brag about having a Mustang? Not bad, i'd say....excpet it on the side of the highway bcuz he blew a radiator hose. Oops....well, not to bad. Getting it fixed. It'll be tearing up the roads in no time! :)
OH BOY! SPRING BREAK! We actually weren't going to have it bcuz we were all sick one week, but I only missed one day of school (easily caught up later), so when my mom told us that was going to count as our spring break, I was mad! But I finally convinced her :) So now i'm in jolly good spirits.
Well, i will finnish catching up tomorrow! Need to go to bed so I can sleep in, LOL :D
TTFN! GNSTDLTBBB!! (AKA Good Night Sleep Tight Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite!)
P.S. Haha, i'm lauging at my sister bcuz she has to go to school at 8 in the morning! HAHA! SUFFER! :P
Monday, February 20, 2012
Gummi Magic
Okay, so who has ever seen a 26 lb. Gummi Bear? Well, you have now:
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now let's compare.....
I got one of those ones on a stick (thanks Cass!!) and it's great. When I showed my mom she just looked at me with a disgusted look and was like "do you really want to put that in your body?" and I was like "What? It's just made of butterflies and rainbows and sparkly masses that orbit the universe! HECK YEAH!!!!". I have some pics of me biting it's head off (violent, I know) that i'll post later....
Really like the way the 3rrr website has been changed.....chekc it out! 3rrr.org I want to do a duathlon on April 14th, but my mom thinks I won't be able to becuase of my injuries :( It's a 2.5 miles run, 10 mile bike ride, then another 2.5 miles of running. AH! PURE AWESOMNESS!!! I guess we're leaving it up to my PT.....crossing my fingers!
For those who haven't heard the newer Casting Crown's song "Just Another Birthday" It's really good. A new fav. Here's the music video:
Behind the song:
Here's a passage I recently read that I'm going to memorize....
Philippians 2:4-11 (NASB)
"4 Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Some food for thought, got to tell you that :) Really good stuff to think about....
Alright everybody, Rock and Worship Roadshow coming to Spokane, WA March 4th! YEAH!! I'm just going for Tenth Avenue North, Lecrae (once in a life time opportunity), Hawk Nelson, and most of all DISCIPLE!!!!! YEAH!! It'll be my first time seeing them in concert...super pumped! It will be great....I wish I could have a cast on so they could sign it.....wait, I take that back...I reall have to be careful what I wish forn becuase it always seems to come true...oops.... :P
Well, not much going on.....Bye!
Friday, February 17, 2012
I Love the Weekend
Alrighty, it's been a while since my last post....psych :)
Fabruary 4th we went to a Bebo Norman (my 3rd) concert with special guest Adam Cappa....one word to describe Adam Cappa: AWESOME!!! A new fav.....his music has real meaning that's not just some cheasy lyrics with a bunch of guitar (although there is some good guitar). Check him out...if your like Abandon (another one of my favs), you'll like him. If you've never heard of either...shame on you! His website: http://adamcappa.com/ He's got an AWESOME voice :) I really love his songs Washed Over Me and All I Really Want (both on the playlist). He's coming back in OR w/ Jeremy Camp, Kutless, and Matt Maher. Inifo: http://jeremycamp.com/tour (it's on August 18). I'm sooo going! Only 3 hrs, 40 minutes away!
Well, Carlie is officially playing for the symphony! She got her dress and had her photo shoot for the newspaper...March 10th! All my peeps should come! The symphony will also be playing another (maybe 2...not sure) song that Carlie says is really cool....so it will be fun.
Good news! I can start running again....yaaa! Well, only 1/2-3/4 mile, but still...it's progress :) I love my Nike+ app....great! Speaking of running, there's this awesome 5K where at random (maybe marked...not sure) spots in the race, they have collored paint or something like that spray out at you form the side...so at the end, you just look like a magical rainbow. It's AWESOME! It's called the color run (haha...that was sarcastic laughter). Watch this preveiw vid...it's come near us! Maybe i'll run it someday.... :)
Another running thing: these awesome running tights that show all the muscles of you legs., like it's your leg's w/o the skin....here's a pic:
Can't wait for Britt's CD, Gold! Coming out March 27th! Whoot whoot!
Well, post more later.
Fabruary 4th we went to a Bebo Norman (my 3rd) concert with special guest Adam Cappa....one word to describe Adam Cappa: AWESOME!!! A new fav.....his music has real meaning that's not just some cheasy lyrics with a bunch of guitar (although there is some good guitar). Check him out...if your like Abandon (another one of my favs), you'll like him. If you've never heard of either...shame on you! His website: http://adamcappa.com/ He's got an AWESOME voice :) I really love his songs Washed Over Me and All I Really Want (both on the playlist). He's coming back in OR w/ Jeremy Camp, Kutless, and Matt Maher. Inifo: http://jeremycamp.com/tour (it's on August 18). I'm sooo going! Only 3 hrs, 40 minutes away!
Well, Carlie is officially playing for the symphony! She got her dress and had her photo shoot for the newspaper...March 10th! All my peeps should come! The symphony will also be playing another (maybe 2...not sure) song that Carlie says is really cool....so it will be fun.
Good news! I can start running again....yaaa! Well, only 1/2-3/4 mile, but still...it's progress :) I love my Nike+ app....great! Speaking of running, there's this awesome 5K where at random (maybe marked...not sure) spots in the race, they have collored paint or something like that spray out at you form the side...so at the end, you just look like a magical rainbow. It's AWESOME! It's called the color run (haha...that was sarcastic laughter). Watch this preveiw vid...it's come near us! Maybe i'll run it someday.... :)
Another running thing: these awesome running tights that show all the muscles of you legs., like it's your leg's w/o the skin....here's a pic:
I'm really considering these....just kidding. Well, the again I can practice identifying muscles :) SO maybe i will. Except they're $75....yikes. IDK.....
Alrighty, let's get some excitment up in here...how 'bout some cool facts? Here we go....
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out
When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky
Rats and horses can't vomit
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why
Cat's urine glows under a black-light
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
It is impossible to lick your elbow
and last but not least...
Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbows!
(gotcha, didn't I? LOL...)
Well, post more later.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Happy February!
Hey y'all (even though I'm from CA I still love saying that :D)So...it's February! wow....feels like Christmas was a few weeks ago. But anyways, lots of deals at Roasters in February....like: $2 White Rocket's on Tursdays all month! Best drink ever! :P
Every Spring I get back into drawing.....so i've decided to post some of my older (not-so-good) drawings! :) I REALLY wish I could take a class but i'll have to wait :)
Every Spring I get back into drawing.....so i've decided to post some of my older (not-so-good) drawings! :) I REALLY wish I could take a class but i'll have to wait :)
February 5th, 2011 (12 years old)
Drawn on January 11, 2011 (12 Years old)
Drawn Sometime in February/March 2011 (12 Years old)
Drawn Sometime in March/April 2011 (Age 12)
Drawn on May 19, 2011 (Age 12)
Drawn on May 23, 2011 (Age 12)
Drawon on August 22, 2011 (Age 12)
Drawn on November 4, 2010 (Age 11)
They look better in person....the pictures stink. Still, I know i'm not that good but I still love drawing! :) I think because of my love of drawing I could bcome a much better artist. I plan on learning how to paint soon.
On Tuesday, my brother Ben had a bball game....they lost :( To "The Club" (The Boys and Girls club). It was kind of cool becuase I think it was their first win. Ever. :P The funny thing is we crushed them all of our other games, scoring about twice as much as them. But the finals score was 39-34. :( The best shot was when one of the guys on our team, Jacob, shot the ball just as the timer to end the game went off and made it :) It was almost a three-pointer, but it was super cool anyway :P
So, for you Hunger game fans, Answer the poll to the right. :) But also for those who have an FB account and are "obsessed", you're going to love this website: http://thecapitol.pn/ Here's their FB link: http://www.facebook.com/TheCapitolPN I wish I had FB :(
Sad news....my grandparents had to put their dog, Summer, down on Monday because of kidney failure. :'( So sad. She was a yellow lab and was 9 years old. She had had a tumor on one of her paws and had to have one of her toes (who knew dogs had toes?!?!) amputated, but she got used to it soon and could walk/run just fine. I think they knew it was coming soon, but we're all still super sad. I only got to see her when we visited them in the summer of 2009 for a few weeks. She was great....
Well, not much to tell......untill next time. Double rainbows all the way! Yeah, yeah ah ah ah!! :P
EmZ
Monday, January 30, 2012
Calling All Coffee Fans!!!
Alright, so who likes coffee? Stupid question...who DOESN'T like coffee?!?! For those who do, if you've never had Roasters, well you've never had good coffee.
A little coffee-making birdy @ Roasters told me that in February they're having TONS of deal and coupons for the recievers of their texts. So if you have a cell phone, SIGN UP NOW!! Text "roasters" to 81018 and check out their facebook page! It's the bomb-dot-com! Haha, that's one of their drinks ("The Bomb").
Yum...Dutch Bros. comes with a close second-finninsh though....comment with your favorite coffee drink and shop :D
A little coffee-making birdy @ Roasters told me that in February they're having TONS of deal and coupons for the recievers of their texts. So if you have a cell phone, SIGN UP NOW!! Text "roasters" to 81018 and check out their facebook page! It's the bomb-dot-com! Haha, that's one of their drinks ("The Bomb").
Yum...Dutch Bros. comes with a close second-finninsh though....comment with your favorite coffee drink and shop :D
A Day of Rest and Surprises
Yesterday was the 50 year aniverary if my piano teacher's (Judy Buttles) participation in the music ministry at Kennewick Church of the Nazarene (she started when she was 9). It was also her 59th bday (all though I swear she couldn't be older then 40) so as a surprise, a lady at her church got some of her current and past students to present roses to her to honor her work at the church. Mrs. Buttles didn't know anything about it so she was very surprised. It was very cool :)
For those who don't know her story, here's a very short version. In 2005, she was driving and her car flipped compltely over. The pinky finger and thumb of her left hand were severed off and there was a large whole through her left wrist. She was taken to a hospital in Spokane, but the surgeon said the cound not even attach the fingers back on, let alone save her ability to move her fingers. Not accepting that answer, she went to a larger hospital in Seattle and the doctor said he would try to reattach her fingers, but said she probably wouldn't be able to move her fingers, or if she could, she qouldn't be able to move them independently. He said her piano days were over. She had surgery on her hand, and it went well. They fixed the hole in her wrist and reattached her fingers. While she was still in the hospital, she started hand thearapy. It was extremely painfu l for her and she could sometimes only just barely move the tips of her finger, though they all moved at the same time. She was extremely discouraged, but the thearapist said it was amazing that she could do what she was doing with her injured hand. She had excruciating pain in her hand/wrist that left her taking huge doses of pain killers. But one day, almost instantly the pain almost completely subsided and she was able to move her fingers much more then before. She was praising God through it all, and soon was starting to practice piano with her working fingers. In a few months, she had her last follow up appointment with the doctors. She brought a dvd woth her that she showed them. It was of her playing Bach, Mozart, and many other composers' music, with all of her fingers. The doctors were speachless, unable to fathom how she could do it. God had healed her hand, though it took a little while to get up to speed,the only word she could use to describe it was a miracle.
I'm honored to be taught by an amazing Christian women who's life has been used to reflect God's glory and goodness. I love you Mrs. Buttles! Thank you SOOO much for all you've done helping me to grow and use my musical talent and use it for God's glory!
I know I've probably made a disgrace of her story, but she had a published article in a music teachers magazine. I encourage you to read it. It's truly amazing. Here's a link to it (you have to scroll down a tad to get to it): http://www.thefreelibrary.com/My+journey+to+recovery.-a0218877014
Well, speaking of piano, I need to go practice!
Untill next time....
For those who don't know her story, here's a very short version. In 2005, she was driving and her car flipped compltely over. The pinky finger and thumb of her left hand were severed off and there was a large whole through her left wrist. She was taken to a hospital in Spokane, but the surgeon said the cound not even attach the fingers back on, let alone save her ability to move her fingers. Not accepting that answer, she went to a larger hospital in Seattle and the doctor said he would try to reattach her fingers, but said she probably wouldn't be able to move her fingers, or if she could, she qouldn't be able to move them independently. He said her piano days were over. She had surgery on her hand, and it went well. They fixed the hole in her wrist and reattached her fingers. While she was still in the hospital, she started hand thearapy. It was extremely painfu l for her and she could sometimes only just barely move the tips of her finger, though they all moved at the same time. She was extremely discouraged, but the thearapist said it was amazing that she could do what she was doing with her injured hand. She had excruciating pain in her hand/wrist that left her taking huge doses of pain killers. But one day, almost instantly the pain almost completely subsided and she was able to move her fingers much more then before. She was praising God through it all, and soon was starting to practice piano with her working fingers. In a few months, she had her last follow up appointment with the doctors. She brought a dvd woth her that she showed them. It was of her playing Bach, Mozart, and many other composers' music, with all of her fingers. The doctors were speachless, unable to fathom how she could do it. God had healed her hand, though it took a little while to get up to speed,the only word she could use to describe it was a miracle.
I'm honored to be taught by an amazing Christian women who's life has been used to reflect God's glory and goodness. I love you Mrs. Buttles! Thank you SOOO much for all you've done helping me to grow and use my musical talent and use it for God's glory!
I know I've probably made a disgrace of her story, but she had a published article in a music teachers magazine. I encourage you to read it. It's truly amazing. Here's a link to it (you have to scroll down a tad to get to it): http://www.thefreelibrary.com/My+journey+to+recovery.-a0218877014
Well, speaking of piano, I need to go practice!
Untill next time....
Saturday, January 28, 2012
How I love TV viewage :-{D
Well, I just watched the movie Dolphin Tail for the first time. It was pretty good....makes me miss summer :( I hate winter (as in the season :P). The only thing is they play the song "I'm Yours" (I think that's what it's called....but I wouldn't know) and it was not a sensored version nor was it in the backround.....I mean c'mon, it's a kids movie! Children (nor anybody else, as a matter of fact) do NOT need to hear that kind of language. It's kind of disturbing that they're putting that kind of stuff in kid's movies. But other then that, I would recomend it if you have you remote handy.
I also saw the pre-quel to the "Love Comes Softely" series called Love Begins.....two words to describe it: EPIC FAIL! It was terrible....it moved sooo slow and the actors were pretty bad. My dog can act better then they did. But any-who, the rest of the series is OK if you like romances (not exactly the kind of movie I like). There was a pretty OK fist fight at the beginning but after that.....well, lets just say your popcorn will become extremely fascinating :D But now I am off to watch Little Dorrit....oh boy. I like some of it, but...eh....it can be entertaining for a while. Their Brittish accents are cool, LOL. That's about it though.....
Have a long day tomorrow....Need my not-so-beauty sleep!
Catch you guys later!
I also saw the pre-quel to the "Love Comes Softely" series called Love Begins.....two words to describe it: EPIC FAIL! It was terrible....it moved sooo slow and the actors were pretty bad. My dog can act better then they did. But any-who, the rest of the series is OK if you like romances (not exactly the kind of movie I like). There was a pretty OK fist fight at the beginning but after that.....well, lets just say your popcorn will become extremely fascinating :D But now I am off to watch Little Dorrit....oh boy. I like some of it, but...eh....it can be entertaining for a while. Their Brittish accents are cool, LOL. That's about it though.....
Have a long day tomorrow....Need my not-so-beauty sleep!
Catch you guys later!
Starting my blog!!
Well, i'm still amazed I actually got around to making this blog....it's taken about 2 years, LOL! :) The reason I'm starting a blog is so that, well.....i really don't have much of a reason. But i shall come up with one! Oh, I guess one reason is to convert all you Owl City haters....mwahaha! :P I shall prevail, just wait! But enough blabbing, lets get to some real stuff....
My Family Adventures
Last weekend, my sister Carlie competed in a local concerto competition. For those who don't know, a concertio is a classical music piece played with an orchestra only there is one instrument that is the "main" instrument that plays the melody most of the time. My sister played on the piano accompanied by our piano teacher, Judy Buttles on a second piano. There were many different instruments competing, but Carlie was one of the 2 overall winners of the competition. She will get to play with the Mid-Columbia Symphony on March 10. We're especially excited because our grandparents are coming up from California to see her. She's never played with a symphony, so she's super pumped. Hope y'all can come see her! One thing that really stinks though is the Tri-City Herald totally messed up the whole story on the competition.....they didn't even get the dates right! Epic failure.....oh well, who trusts reporters anyway?
Music
So in March, Thousand Foot Krutch's new album, The End Is Where We Begin, is coming out. Some songs were avalible early, and I have one word to describe it so far: AMAZING!!! Here's two of the best songs:
Well, I shall post again very soon!
Peace Out! :P
My Family Adventures
Last weekend, my sister Carlie competed in a local concerto competition. For those who don't know, a concertio is a classical music piece played with an orchestra only there is one instrument that is the "main" instrument that plays the melody most of the time. My sister played on the piano accompanied by our piano teacher, Judy Buttles on a second piano. There were many different instruments competing, but Carlie was one of the 2 overall winners of the competition. She will get to play with the Mid-Columbia Symphony on March 10. We're especially excited because our grandparents are coming up from California to see her. She's never played with a symphony, so she's super pumped. Hope y'all can come see her! One thing that really stinks though is the Tri-City Herald totally messed up the whole story on the competition.....they didn't even get the dates right! Epic failure.....oh well, who trusts reporters anyway?
Music
So in March, Thousand Foot Krutch's new album, The End Is Where We Begin, is coming out. Some songs were avalible early, and I have one word to describe it so far: AMAZING!!! Here's two of the best songs:
I don't think i'll survive waiting that long for it to come out.....another album I'm stoked about is Britt Nicoles album, Gold, coming out March 27. This song is great too:
The only thing is that at the beginning it sounds Taylor Swift-ish....yuk. :) But still, it's great.
Owl City is coming out with one too.....that'll be awesome!
Well, I shall post again very soon!
Peace Out! :P
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