Got carbs?

I do! I eat wayy too many foods with carbohydrates in them. Not good! Not good at all. We had pasta AND bread tonight for dinner. No veggies. I try so hard to keep my mind focused on what i'm eating and making sure that I get enough fruits and vegetables in. I'm usually not very successful though. Boo to that! I guess i'm working it off and everything. Carbs are so yummy though!

I spilled it!

I had just poured myself a big glass of water, brought it into my room then accidentally hit it with my hand or my foot. I don't remember which because then I started freaking out. I knocked the water over and it spilled on my alarm clock, got on my wall behind my night stand and spilled on the chords for my lamp and clock. Brilliant? I thought so too.

Jasmine.

I spent the afternoon with Jasmine today. I haven't seen Jasmine since the beginning of January, so our hang out session was definitely long over due. She goes to school about two and a half hours north of where I live. We have known each other since before I even entered kindergarden because she was in alot of the same classes as my brothers. So I guess you could say we grew up together. We ended up enjoying lunch at Olive Garden. It was definitely nice to catch up and just enjoy each others company.

Nikole.

I spent the day with Nikole. I ended up going over to her grandparents house and we practiced for this Wednesday's 27th parallel practice. She taught me the stretches that they do and we went through the fundamentals. They are suffering. When I say I am not ambidextrous, that means I am not ambidextrous. Doing things on my left hand makes me want to cry. But I am practicing what we did yesterday every day up until Wednesday. I don't want to show up and embarrass myself in front of all these girls that are so much better than me. Nikole will be there, too. It's going to be a blast!

Laundry Day.

Today I had this long list of things to do in my head and I didn't even make a dent in that list. Ugh. I hate when that happens! Today was laundry day though. I did that! Clean sheets and everything. Now I just have to get them on my bed...

Daily drink.

This is my iced tea. Ever since I was a little girl i have loved sweet tea. I used to savor every last drop of it! I usually drink two glasses a day. One at lunch time and one with dinner. I still enjoy every last drop of it to this day. It must be the slight touch of southern in me. It is my all tiem favorite drink, and it was just fabulous enough to make it onto my photo blog.

Ending Is Beginning?

This is not Ending Is Beginning by downhere. I made a trip to my local Christian Bookstore and there was nothing to be found on the shelves anywhere. When I say nothing, I mean nothing of significance to what I had set out to do. My goal was to come home with two copies of downhere's new release. They didn't have any and the people at my Christian Bookstore didn't know anything about it. They ordered them while I was there and they won't have them until the end of next week. It was generally mad because I was unsuccessful in what I had set out to do. Not only that, but the prices in that specific store are absolutely ridiculous. So I will be getting my copy from their online store. I figured it would be rude to leave without buying anything, so I ended up picking up a copy of Shawn McDonald's latest release Roots. I haven't listened to the whole thing all the way through, but I am enjoying it so far. 

Monika.

This is Monika. I had an evening chat with her today. She's my friend from Virginia. Our chats are always crazy and through the roof. We are ridiculous and I can't even imagine what it will be like once we FINALLY get the opportunity to meet each other.

What I live for.

Yes. These are my step-siblings. What you see in this picture is definitely what you get from all of them. They are the most hilarious kids I have ever had the opportunity of knowing. I hadn't seen the three boys since the beginning of July and hadn't seen Sarah since the beginning of last month. It was so great to be reunited with them again! They bring joy to my life!

Lazy.

This morning I woke up with a really really bad headache. I think I had a mini migraine last night and then it carried on over to today. I felt like at any given moment I was just going to fall over and pass out. So I laid on the couch for a big part of the morning not wanting to move. My mom came home and gave me some medicine to fix my headache and I was pretty much feeling better. Then my mom and I basically watched movies all day. It was really nice to spend time with my mommy today, though. 

Blubber.

What is this? That's probably what you are asking. I'm asking myself why in the world i stuck my hand in this earlier today. It was for a marine science lab. I had to stick my hand in a plastic bag, then fill another bag with shortening and stick my hand with the bag on it inside the other bag. Then put another two bags on my other hand. Then I shoved them in freezing cold ice water. The lesson was supposed to represent penguins and their blubber that keeps them warm. In the end I came out successful and with numb hands. I also lost a few of my little blonde hairs on my left arm due to the duct tape that was around my wrist. OUCH! My day has consisted of various labs for marine science. This one was by far the most interesting, though. 

Love.

Today it seemed like I was loving on my kitty more than I usually do. She's a sweet little thing. She's cuddly. She also attacked my finger yesterday and sliced it open with her claw. She's been shedding really bad lately, so i've had to brush her everyday but she can't stand it. She gets really mad at me. I love her either way, and she's going to be the beautiful, pretty kitty that she is all the time. :-)

My mommy the gardener.

My mom loves gardening. It's her way of getting away from everything going on in life. It relaxes her and takes her mind off of everything. My mom has become quite the gardener in the process and grows all kinds of things in our gardens. All of these flowers are straight from our garden. All grown my my mommy!

I stink!

I know..i'm full of excuses. It didn't even cross my mind to post my peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the world wide web yesterday. I stink! Well here is yesterday's picture of the day. We didn't have much of anything to eat in our house for lunch so I resorted to a PB&J. When I was little I used to hate it. My dad would put pounds and pounds of peanut butter on it and pounds and pounds of jelly. So then I couldn't even get the small bites I was taking down my throat. Which led me to hating PB&J for a long time. I've become quite a fan these days though. It's delish!

Two years.

I realize I didn't take this picture myself, but this is a memory for me. Two years ago on September 13th, 2006 was the day that I started full on homeschool. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but it also feels like an eternity. It has been two years too long and I am ready to be done with all of it. I'm done with the teachers, the work, everything. I'm done with high school. I never thought that I would want college so bad. I think FLVS has really helped prepare me for college in the end. I have learned to be much more independent that I was before, i've definitely learned responsibility, and I have learned more about myself through out it all. I learned what I can and can't handle. I know now that I can certainly handle college though. So here's to two years!

The beach.

Today I went to the beach with my friends Josh, Abbie and Mark. It was an absolutely beautiful day. It was made for the beach. Over the past few months i've really developed a disliking for the beach, because they have just gotten so ugly where I live. When I was younger I would have gladly taken the beach over the pool any day. Now I would take the pool over the beach, for the reason of them not being very pretty. Today I can't do much complaining, though. The water wasn't the prettiest, but the seaweed wasn't bad, and I didn't feel absolutely disgusting when I got out. I took a shell to the head by my friend Abbie. It's alittle bit bruised, but oh well! We all burst out into a sand fight. Yes, I just said that. But I think I brought my own little mini beach home with me.

That didn't take long...

I put this shirt on around 5:00 and two hours later it looked like this. Fabulous, right? Actually..the sarcasm is oozing out of me. I was babysitting and I went out in their backyard to let their dog in and it was really excited to see me and got it's muddy paws all over me. I tried getting the dirt out, and it only made it worse. So much for trying to feel clean after being out in the sun all day...

Today was beautiful.

Today is beautiful. So beautiful that it deserves two pictures. The humidity isn't too bad, so it makes it some what pleasant outside. Fall is on the way and I absolutely cannot wait! I love the excitement of cool weather coming. I long for the way when I get to live somewhere other than Florida and see the leaves change and the snow fall. Yes, I just said that.

Dirty things.

I was walking my dogs this afternoon and my dog Sarge decided to just walk right on into the ditch and get his paws all muddy. You can't see it in this picture very well at all, but it's there. The ground is really muddy and damp in my neighborhood because have gotten alot of rain lately. Things never dried out from Tropical Storm Fay and we keep getting rain bands from multiple hurricanes and tropical storms and the usual afternoon rain shower. So things just haven't dried out. It's one big mud pit. It's gross and it got all over my dog. 

Buried in work.

That is exactly what I am. Buried. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but in order for me to get there I really need to work hard. Today I got some things out of the way that I had really been putting off for awhile. I did two assignments for english and two oral exams for marine science. I'm proud of myself. Even if they doesn't seem like alot, it's an accomplishment. That is more than I usually do, which makes me happy. 

P.S. I know I didn't update yesterday. My day was extremely uneventful yesterday and I didn't even take a picture. Sorry.

I see the light.

The boards just came off of my house today. We are hurricane free and I couldn't be happier. I am worried about all of the people in the line of Hurricane Ike, though. This things could do some damage even if it isn't extremely strong.

The perfect ending.

This was the perfect ending to Sunday. On our way home I snapped this through the window in the car. The sunshine was just peeking over the trees and it lit up the sky. Lovely! We were actually lost at this point in time, because my youth leader Jeremiah accidentally took a wrong turn. But maybe we got lost for a reason. I'm happy we got lost because I was able to take this picture. 

Walking In.

This is what I saw for two out of three days while in Orlando. This is the front of Universal Studios. Where the fun begins. It was a beautiful day, minus what felt like 100 degrees. This is where I walked about 20 miles in two days. Crazy? I thought so too. 

Leaving for a fun weekend.

All packed and ready to go to Rock the Universe. My suitcase was practically overflowing. This was just for two nights and three days. Crazy!

Sleepy.

This is my beautiful kitty. She is my buddy. She hangs out with me all day long, mostly. She knows who her mommy is. She has definitely brought a special light into my life since i got her for my 16th birthday. Whenever i leave to go somewhere she walks around the house looking for me and meowing like there's no tomorrow. I guess sometimes I don't even think about leaving her behind. It is always so good to come home to a cuddly cat, though. 

Living In Darkness.

First of all, I realize this is a day late. Time got the best of my yesterday and this just wasn't the first thing that was on my mind. I took the picture yesterday, but just didn't have the time to post it on here.

This is showing what I have to live in for the next week or so. We boarded out house up thinking that Tropical Storm Hanna was on her way to come beat us up, but we were wrong. But Mr. Ike is out in the middle of the ocean having a party so we have to keep them up on our windows. That is the only sunlight that is coming in through my bedroom window and it is driving me insane! I really am not living in total and complete darkness, though. Jesus is the light in my life. His light is shining brighter than ever in my life right now! 

Tropical Storm Hanna.

This storm determines if my weekend plans remain the same. I have been following Tropical Storm Hanna throughout the whole entire day. I am hopeful and won't lose hope until I hear that Rock the Universe is off. We are supposed to feel the effects of Hanna starting on Thursday. We leave in the early afternoon on Friday to make our trek up to Orlando. By 8:00 am on Friday it will be up near Jacksonville, FL. Not only that, but the western side of any tropical storm or hurricane is always the weaker side because of the rotation. It isn't even touching Florida until Friday and that is when it is already in Northern Florida. Considering the forecast it looks like we will be okay, but you never really know. I checked the weather and it is showing a 30% chance of rain for Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. That's common for basically any day in Florida. I am trusting God, and that's really all I can do. 

Beautiful

Today was a very emotional day. It was a good day though. My grandparents came over, along with all of my aunts, uncles and cousins. I was in and out of my room crying, because my Grandma is so sweet and beautiful, but I can literally see her fading away before my eyes. It hurts so much. I know she is going to heaven, but what will my life be like without her in it? The person that can comfort me with whatever words come out of her mouth, will no longer be he to do that. It hurts my heart to think that. I am just happy that we were all able to get together and enjoy each other's company.