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You bet I was nervous....

when I walked into that hair place...

...but I think she did a GREAT job...


(P. S. Just in case you question why I was nervous, I'm the kind of person that gets really nervous when I cut my hair or when I do anything semi-permanent to it...I'm getting better though. )
( P.S.S. For those of you who perhaps haven't seen me before...I got bangs. :-) )

A Summer Birthday

Yes. It is almost 2 weeks after my birthday but I still wanted to post. :) I had the loveliest birthday ever!! Praise the Lord for His goodness towards me. For giving me life, and more importantly eternal life. For giving me the most loving, caring and Godly parents ever! And for siblings that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world,well.... most of the time.. :) Just kidding. And for the most super sweet sister-in-law, (Love you Kat!) and an adorable little niece. We got to have homemade sub sandwiches for dinner. My family went to a waterfall and then a little zoo. We came back and Caleb took us boating. I love that guy!!!! After all of the activities we went to Caleb and Katie's house and had supper and root beer floats. I was absolutely content.

My Birthday Cake

The Mini Zoo

Boating

An absolutely delightful day of boating, tubing and wonderfulness. And I did not fall out of the tube! Caleb is so amazing for not making me flip! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of us tubing. But you can imagine. :)

A scrumptious supper of bread sticks and bread topped with tomatoes, parsley and cheese



I'm going to have to make a different post about the waterfall that we went to because there are so many pictures and it would be an awfully long post to put them on this one. So there you go! :)

What's up....

Hello,
Just to update you again. I tried out for the Wizard of Oz play and I found out that I am going to be an Ozian Manacurist! If you have ever seen the movie then you'll know who I am. I come in at the end I wear a green dress. Just like in the movie! Even though it isn't the part that I had hoped to get I know that it is what's best because if it wasn't God would have had me be somebody else. :)
On Tuesday I had my first summer softball game of the year. All of our games are going to be double headers (two games) so the whole team will get to play different positions. I played 1st base in the first game and then I pitched the first 3 innings of the second game and then was moved to 3rd base and then moved to 1st again. I actually slightly dislocated my shoulder diving for a ball while playing 1st base. Fun fun!! But it is better today and I will be playing a game tonight. I am also recovering from a cold. :) So cheering should be interesting since I pretty much lost my voice!! :) haha
The Lord answered our prayers by allowing me to get a job as a teller at the bank here in town. This is the first real job that I have ever had and I pray that God will be glorified in everything I do there.
So, that's the update. Until next time. Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy to us poor sinners!

Quizzes

Your Brain's Pattern

Structured and organized, you have a knack for thinking clearly. You are very logical - and you don't let your thoughts get polluted with emotions. And while your thoughts are pretty serious, they're anything from boring. It's minds like yours that have built the great cities of the world! What Pattern Is Your Brain?

You Are a Colon

You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren't concerned much with theories or dreams... only what's true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!) You excel in: Leadership positions You get along best with: The Semi-Colon

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

You are Milk Chocolate

A total dreamer, you spend most of your time with your head in the clouds. You often think of the future, and you are always working toward your ideal life. Also nostalgic, you rarely forget a meaningful moment... even those from long ago.

What Kind of Chocolate Are You?

Your Irish Name Is...

Roisin MacDermot What's Your Irish Name? You Are Not Scary Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet? How Scary Are You?

You Are an Afternoon Person

You can find energy any time of the day ... or night! You prefer to be out and about when most other people are. Very early mornings or very late nights aren't really your thing. You're practically solar powered, and the afternoon is when do best. Are You a Morning Person or Night Person?

You Are Strawberry Ice Cream

A bit shy and sensitive, you are sweet to the core. You often find yourself on the outside looking in. Insightful and pensive, you really understand how the world works. You are most compatible with chocolate chip ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

What Your Hands Say About You

You are logical, analytical, and rational. You have good verbal skills. Flexible and broad minded, you can fit in to any situation. There's no telling where your life will take you. Consistent and reliable, you like to count on structure and routine in your life. Your emotions tend to be nervous and potent. Your energy - both positive and negative - deeply impacts your life.

What Do Your Hands Say About You? Mocha Frappuccino

Hyper and driven, you'll take your caffeine any way you can get it. Frappuccinos are good, but you'd probably chew coffee beans in a crunch!

What Flavor Frappuccino Are You?

You Are Black Pepper

You may be considered ordinary by some, but you're far from boring. You elevate the mood of any discussion, and people miss you when you're not around. You are secretly very dominant and powerful. Most can only take you in small doses.

What Spice Are You? You Belong in Spring

Optimistic, lively, and almost always happy with the world... You can truly appreciate the blooming nature of spring. Whether you're planting flowers or dyeing Easter eggs, spring is definitely your season!

What Season Are You?

What Your Handwriting Says About You

You are highly energetic. You are a passionate, intense, vigorous person. You range from very outgoing to very shy. You are a shapeshifter who is very versatile. You adapt well, and you look at things from many angles. You are balanced and grounded. You know how to get along well with others. You need a bit of space in your life, but you're not a recluse. You expect people to give you a small amount of privacy, and you respect their privacy as well. You are somewhat traditional, but you are also open to change. You listen to your head and your heart. You are a decent communicator. You eventually get your point across, but sometimes you leave things a bit ambiguous.

What Does Your Handwriting Say About You? Your German Name is:

Sigrid Manuela

What's Your German Name?

You Are A Lily

You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.

What Flower Are You?

I'm a Jelly Bean!

You Are a Pineapple Jelly Bean

Easy going and undemanding, you have good taste but aren't a show off about it.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

a tutorial of how not to get a bolo ball out of a tree

We recently purchased the game Ladder Ball. Up until the day that we bought it I had never played this game...and it showed! :)

After playing for a while, Ana (go to her blog and read her post on this. It's absolutely hilarious!) decided to throw the bolo ball with her feet...at me mind you! After obviously failing her assault on me she decided, instead of throwing them with her hands she would chuck them with her toes. :) Attempting to hit the ladders, which were positioned on the ground, she actually accidentally got them stuck in one of the tallest trees in our yard. One might think "What would possess one to do that?" Well, that is exactly what I was thinking...but thankfully she wasn't thinking the same thing and now we have footage of it for the whole world to see. :) So, here is a tutorial of how NOT to get a bolo ball out of a tree.

The bolo ball up in the tree.

1. Never try throwing ladder balls at the ladder thing-y, or at younger sisters, with your feet. :)

This is where it all started....

2. Never throw a softball straight up in the air in an attempt to get it the bolo ball out of the tree. :) Or, if you do, make sure that there is enough room for you to flee when it comes back down. :)

Ahem...yea... me throwing it up in the air...and running from it because I couldn't see where it was going because of my hat. :)

3. Never try throwing a massively large board up in the air at the bolo ball in the tree. Or, if you do, refer to rule # 2..... run!

Ethan attempting to get it down with a board. :)

Hm... she must not have read my tutorial.... ;)

4. Never throw an oddly shaped stick up in the air at the bolo ball in the tree for fear of squishing the poor and helpless little cantaloupe plants.

Ana throwing a stick at it and successfully not hitting my cantaloupe. Ana, you are amazing!

The softball in the tree.


5. Never doubt Ana's aim....unless of course she is throwing it with her toes. :) Oh! Never shoot soft pellets in the general direction of poor innocent little victims...such as myself.


Ana throwing the stick at the tree and getting the softball and the stick back down! And again, not hitting my cantaloupe!


6. Never try climbing a tree in hopes of getting it down. It doesn't work! Plus, If you can't see it when you are up in the tree...you're probably doomed.


Ana climbed the tree in hopes of "reaching" it. Well that didn't go so swell. :) She couldn't even see it! I am really sorry about the camera trying to focus itself! Kinda makes you squint a bit hu?

Ana and her antlers.

7. Never step in the way of Ana's antlers. Or you'll find out why not to the hard way. Also, always make sure you get a good view of what you are trying to get down before you start throw objects at it.


Me attempting to get it down.

Ethan setting up the ladder. Notice, it is as tall as he is!


8. Never try forcing a bolo ball out of a tree with an extremely long downspout unless you weigh enough to keep yourself balanced on the extra tall ladder you are stationed on. Or else, just find somebody that weighs enough.


Ethan trying to "poke" it down.

Ethan and me climbing the ladder.

9. Never doubt downspouts. They're fabulous things wouldn't you say? :)

Hurahh it's down! O yea! Like my strategy?

And that, dear peeps, is a tutorial of how not to get a bolo ball out of a tree.

Update

Hello!
Just thought I'd update ya'll here. My Grandma left this morning to go back to her home and so she'll be living by herself now. Praise the Lord for my Grandma getting better so fast!

My other Grandparents are going to be getting here this afternoon so we are in the process of moving all of my stuff and Ana's stuff out of Ana's room, since I moved down there exactly 2 weeks ago, up into my room so they can sleep in Ana's room. We've got to wash my sheets and Ana's sheets...and clean...and.....all that stuff you do in a couple of hours to get a house in order for people come over. I like it. It's fun. :) So I am really happy to have my room back. I missed it a lot. But I'm also going to miss my Grandam. But God knows all things and He will work everything out for good. So I don't have to worry. Isn't that fabulous! :) My Grandparents will leave maybe on Friday.. I think... :)
Oh! We get our countertops on Thursday! I'm really excited about it. When we get our countertops then we'll be all done remodeling our kitchen! Happy thought indeed.


I auditioned for the Wizard of Oz last week and then they had recalls on Monday and now I won't get to know anything until Friday. It's so hard to wait! :) This is the first time I've ever auditioned for anything! I tried out for Dorothy, 'cause I figured I probably couldn't be a munchkin. *chuckle* So that also leaves another thing that I've got to depend upon God for. And it will teach me patience. :) Isn't it so cool how God puts situations into your life that will help you deal with things...like patience, and learning not worry and depending upon Him for everything etc. What an awesome God we serve! :)

Well, I'm gonna go listen, and probably end up dancing to, some music while I clean my room. No one ever dances to their music while they clean. Right? :) *Wink* Until next time folks! :)

~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~

busy...busy...dreadfully busy...

all right, all right, I won't sing that Veggi-Tales song, but it's what I'm thinking! I have been soo busy with everything that has been going on. My sister has been more faithful in posting on her blog then I have been. So if you go to my sisters blog you will pretty much know about everything that is going on in my life, since we live in the same house. So yea. My Grandma moved in with us because she can't live by herself due to health problems. I have been removed from my room for a time so my Grandma can live in my room. So I am living with my sister in the basement. Mmmm.... fun fun! My Grandma is doing much better, all though not fully up to speed. and...lets say... Ana is...pleased as punch to have me living in her room.... :) I'm sure that you will hear many stories about this later on. :) I apologize for not posting about the metro dome. I haven't quite figured out how to get the videos off of our camcorder so I can show some footage of the dome. Would you like me to spoil it and tell you what happened? Or....should I make you wait until I get around to posting about it? hmm........decisions decisions ....
Well until I decide...I shall talk about the beautiful spring that God has graciously and lovingly given us. It is warm but not too warm. The sun casts down green light as it shines through the new leaves on the trees. Um... I can go barefoot outside! hurrah! For it is May and any month that doesn't have an "r" in it is safe for you to go barefoot....did you know that? :)

Softball is coming to an end soon...and Summer softball will start up. I can't wait!
Saturday was cold and wet...and would have been absolutely delightful if I had been inside to enjoy the coziness of my home. But alas I was not. I was at a B-squad tournament. Yuppers. I got to the field at about 9:30 and was there until about....3:30. I was drenched like all the way through every layer of clothing that I had on... but it was worth it.
Monday we have a double-header, Tuesday we might have a double-header, Wednesday is practice, Thursday is a double-header, and then I don't know about Friday. Seedings are coming out on Wednesday and I have a feeling....well more like an educated guess....that we are going to be one of the last teams. Meaning that we have lost most of our games... have won VERY FEW of them.....you get the idea.
Well...when I get around to posting I shall post quite a few I think. For I have lots of posts just floating around in my head...notice how I said floating, for there is nothing else in there! :) hehe...just kidding. So, until my unscheduled, long expected, quite random posts, good bye and God bless you!

It's my blog's birthday

Wow! It has been one WHOLE year since I started my blog. I must say, it has been a ton of fun!! Posting, getting comments and looking at others blogs. I hope that the Lord was glorified in everything that I have posted about.

Hairstyle Fun

I found a site that has different hairstyles you can do, like the old fashioned ones, and it shows you how to do them! :) In Timely Fashion is were I found them. Look it up. It's really fun!
I attempted to do one of them here. It obviously didn't work so well. But hopefully I will get better at it. :)

I'm The Wretch the Song Refers To

I was looking through a magazine a while ago and I saw this shirt and thought...wow! That is so true! When you really stop and think about it...yea we are the wretches the song refers to. I was seriously contemplating getting this shirt but then I figured I shouldn't because I don't think a lot if people would understand what its talking about. But I like it just the same. So I thought I would share it with y'all, and give you something to think about. :)

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.

WORDS: John Newton 1779, alt.; st. 5, anonymous

Beauty of Math!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 + 10 = 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321


Now, take a look at this...


101%


From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER
100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?



What equals 100% in life?


Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:



If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Is represented as :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26



If:


H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8 + 1 + 18 + 4 + 23 + 15 + 18 + 11 = 98%


And:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11 + 14 + 15 + 23 + 12 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 5 = 96 %


But:

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1 + 20 + 20 + 9 + 20 + 21 + 4 + 5 = 100%


THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

12 + 15 + 22 + 5 + 15 + 6 + 7 + 15 + 4 = 101%