Christmas 2008

Christmas was nice this year. We truly had a "White Christmas"!! Most people are tired of the snow by now becasue its been here for so long.

Christmas gifts:

* WALL-E DVD
* INSTINCT (sprints version of the iphone. WOO HOO)
* Itunes gift card. : )
* Ugg Boots
* Tall socks
* High School Musical 3 CD w/ a bonus cd of "The making of HSM"
* Faith Hill Christmas CD
* Electric Balnket- That will go to great use, i am always cold.
* Cute black coat
* Thrillville DS game
* Kitty Calendar
* Socks and lotion from bath and body works
* Money
* My first own artificial tree. Woo HOO! I decorated it. : )
-Oh and candy! You can never go wrong with that.


My Christmas was nice. I got to talk to my cousin Holly. (she lives in Hawaii.- so jealous. She has a one year old daughter named Maile and she is now 4 months pregnant. she doe's not know if its a boy or a girl yet.)

For dinner we had Prime Rib. Yummmy. It is really rich though. I found out that i liked it but there were so many rich flavors for dinner that i kinda had an upset stomach. : ( But it was all good.

The snow we have been having is crazy to drive in. Yesterday we went over to my aunt and uncles house to surprise them...and its only like 10-15 minutes away. Were lucky we had a 4 wheel drive(we were borrowing a friends car while he was gone away on a trip for a long time). Even having a 4 wheel drive its treacherous out there.

I am just chillin out upstairs while my brother and his friend have their "JAM SESSION". oh my gosh they are so loud.
Banging drums + Electric guitar + Huge Amp + no soundproof room= Me wishing i had ear plugs. So i am in the bonus room typing this blog and listening to all the new music i received from Christmas.

Love ya!

.Amanda.

OMG its almost 2009! Woah. "You were like woah, Then you were like WOah, Then you were like WOAH!"-Crush, Finding Nemo

What's My Favorite....

My Favorites:

Color- Pink,Teal,Blue and Purple

Number- 2

Flower- Plumeria

Word- Faith,Believe,Dream

Qutoe- "You never fail until you stop trying"

Saying- Oh Snap! (or Oh Snapperdoodle)

Holiday- Christmas

Animal- Monkey

Favorite song- "Life In The Northern Town"-Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake Owen

Hobby- Writing Poetry

Sport to do- Cheerleading

Sport to watch- College Football (University of Oregon- GO DUCKS)

Place visited- Hawaii

Soda- DR.PEPPER!

Movie- Mamma Mia, Wall-E, The Polar Express

Store- Target, Aeropostale, AE, ANN TAYLOR LOFT, Abercrombie and Hollister (very rare that i shop there.)

Place to live- Anywhere warm and sunny all year round

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Thats all i can think of for now. If you have any more just let me know and i will answer them. : )

GOODNIGHT!

MERRY CHRISTMAS xoxo

Love,
Amanda

Future ideas and Christmas is almost here

So i don't know what got me thinking of this, But when i catch up with my future (which i think is impossible.) This would be my "ideal life"

The Perfect Home consists of the following:

~Living in a warm climate
~Balcony
~Walk-in (BIG) closet
~Bedroom with my own bathroom
~Fireplace in room
~Warm colors and sayings in every room
~2 story house
~Piano

And another idea i had is when i have kids i will start their college fund when their really young and so when they get older their college could be paid for. : ) And i would not have to worry about borrowing money(loan) ect.

Anyways- thats it for now.

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS TIME:


CHRISTMAS EVE- 1 DAY

CHRISTMAS DAY- 2 DAYS

YAY!

.Amanda.

S-N-O-W!!!!!!!!!

it snowed this weekend. The new caster people are calling it a "Arctic Blast" temperatures have not been above freezing for a couple days. In the mornings when i go to school it has been 19 degrees Fahrenheit. BURRRRRR!
So on the news one night (Monday) they said VANSD (my school district) was closed. And everyone was SO EXCITED, but it turns out it was a mishap and school was OPEN on monday.

Tomorrow this has been the conclusion of most students is that we will go to school tomorrow but it will be a 2 hour early release!! YAY, and they will let us go home before the weather conditions get bad. and Thurs and Fri. school might be closed because the news predicted like 2-4 inches of SNOW!
That means we will have a early Christmas break!

Old Christmas traditions: We would make cookies for Santa and then my brother and i would both write him a note. I always asked for a picture of Rudolph (the red nose reindeer)and then my mom would cut veggies and we would toss them out in our back yard and in the morning they would be gone, because the reindeer ate them. : )

Christmas is like the best time of year. Its just magical. Idk how to explain it, its different to every person.

well thats all for now. ttyl.

-AMANDA-

PS
don't forget THURSDAY DECEMBER 18th it is INTERNATIONAL ANSWER THE PHONE LIKE BUDDY THE ELF DAY
"Buddy the elf, whats your favorite color?"

Choir singing Sanctus by Bach

DECEMBER 18th: INTERNATIONAL ANSWER THE PHONE LIKE BUDDY THE ELF DAY!

OKAY- well i actually just thought of something to say!!

DECEMBER 18th: mark this day on your calendar
This day is "INTERNATIONAL ANSWER THE PHONE LIKE BUDDY THE ELF DAY"

"Buddy the elf, Whats your favorite color?" haha. : )
I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!

111th POST!

Heres a interesting debate my brother and my dad were having, even though its not much of a debate thing:

Is Saint Nicholas and Santa the same person? ect.....

ummm- ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS! i am really excited for Christmas break.

I don't feel like writing anything at the moment, so i will ttyl.

-Amanda-

Me in HSM 3

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This video is sooo funny.

http://videos.komando.com/2008/06/27/photo-booth/

Sorry i can't put it on here, you will just have to click the link. : )



HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

MWA-HAHAHAH................lol


*Amanda*

RANDOM Q: MWAH HAHAHAHA

"Pete and Repeat were in a boat, Pete fell out......Who was left??"

Funny :p

"BET YOU CAN'T LAUGH WITHOUT SMILING"...this is a weird video. :)

"EVIL BABY FACE" this is soooo cute.

umm- ya. thats all i have for now. : )

Summer past to present info..................

Wow- there is so much to catch up on because i have not been typing on my blog.....Hmm, where do i start?
Before Texas: The girls came here to visit their friends and family...and on day after cheer pract. i was going to watch the girls and my dad was golfing with a friend so Jeanene and the girls picked me up! I was so so so sooooo excited to see them. That was a fun night. We did craft, walked around the old neighborhood(they used to be my neighbors-), had smores, listened to music and then their mom came to pick them up. : ( but it was all good because after that i would see them in 3 weeks. YAY!

Texas: Texas was sooooo amazing! i had the best time. We went to Galveston Beach, hung out at home, It was Morgans birthday and for her party we went to the movies and watched HANCOCK. It was a pretty good movie, except it was not the best for 10 year olds...the movie cussed quite a bit, we went swimming,went running 3 nights in a row( I've found out its a lot easier to run with more people instead of by yourself). I love being with them. Their so much fun to be around, I always have a smile on my face when i see them. :) Heres a short funny story- one day the girls and i were in the back seat while their mom was driving and her husband called...and when she answered the phone it sounded like she said "Long time no stinky" and then girls and i just burst out laughing so hard while she was on the phone and after she hung up we found out that she really said "Long time no speaky." so ya. Last year we all slept in the same bed. This time we only did that like the first night i was there and the last night. During the other days one of the girls would sleep with me and the other would sleep on the floor. On the way to the airport when i was going home i was proud of myself because i did not cry on the way there. The only time i started to get really teary and bite my lip was before i was going through security and the family i was with was leaving me. But it felt really good to be on my own- like as i was walking through the airport. That was the first time i have ever been alone on a flight. Normally i have been a minor.
On the way to Texas when my dad took me to the airport i had butterflies. i was okay- going through security. I was biting my lip at that time, because its kinda embarrassing to cry in that big of a public area. But i was standing at the gate waiting for the people to let us on the plane and for a sec. i could not hold it in any longer and i rushed tot the bathroom and started to cry- i called my mom and then i cooled myself down and boarded the plane. the first 2 hours felt like FOREVER- i have been so fortunate every time i have flown to and from texas i have always had nice people next to me. It always takes me a while to start talking to them- normally i say hi and thats it for a while...unless they ask me questions. On the way there i told the lady next to me i was so bored i feel like my face is going to fall off. : )

Wow- i have typed a lot. How about some pictures now? so, that way you won't get bored reading all of this. : )

PICTURES OF TEXAS:

-Just a typical day.
-Maddy and Me


-SWIMMING!!

-Morgan and Me

-Just Being Silly


-At their friends house for dinner.(the night before i left.)

-Got Peanut Butter?

okay-next subject,hmmmmmmmmmm

CHEER CAMP: Cheer camp was awesome. it was a UO! GO DUCKS!!!!!!!! the camp was held behind Hayward Field. :) Tons of awesome athletes have been there. we only got the spirit stick once. : ( ummm when we got evaluated on things such as our stunting, crowd cheers and preformance, we got one superior ribbon(the best!) and 2 excellent ribbons( 2nd best). so they had this thing called All*Stars and like 70 people tried out, including me. We had to do the cheer that they taught us. I thought i did good and was confident that i would get it, or make it. But i did not sadly. And if you were on the JV team only 2 people from that team could try out. so my room mate laura did it with me. :) at least i can say i tried out.

I am kinda getting tired of typing at them moment.

Today- i am going to go re-take my written test and then go see my uncle chuck! its been so long since i have seen him. I love him tons.

okay- well gtg

Love,
Amanda

Summertime hi-

So totally out of the blue this girl who i went to middle school with send me a IM on AIM. Its been like 3-4 years!! Its kinda weird but cool. I wonder if thats what High School reunions will be like. I am excited for those! but i still don't want to skip ahead, i want to live every moment of the day.

I just got back from Texas! This is my 3rd year in a row. : ) I will post pictures as soon as my camera decides to cooperate with me. (Its battery opperated and sometimes when i plug it in it will die when the pictures are loading and then the whole loading process stops.) I will post more pictures of texas in another blog when i load pictures, and then i can explain what i did.

Tumbling yesterday was like wow! I am sooooooo sore. When i was in Texas i missed 3 classes of tumbling, so i payed for it this time. We did lunges with weights, A LOT of back-handsprings, GOOD AB WORKOUTS, i am slowly getting toned.

After being in texas and living with the family for 12 days i started thinking to myself that i need to start better eating habits and exersize more. While we were there we ran 3 nights in a row- the girls are training for a triatholon. Cool huh?

I want to start doing runs, i will need to get more in-shape for them, but i think it would be good for me. : )

I turn 16 in 3 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-I am still on the hunt for a car. Right now i know how to drive my dads stick....(its a BMW, VERY VERY nice car) I really just don't want to drive a stick. I told my dad i would learn. And as of August 2nd it is MY car. so we'll see what happens in the end.

Right now there is not much to say.

Cheer Camp is soon. I am excited to go to UO!!! GO DUCKS! If i have not mentioned this before i got on JV again, I was really dissapointed. I am sure i told the whole story in a blog below- if not i will type it later, i am just not in the mood to type it all.

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN-BOYS AND GIRLS-INTRODUCING THE BEST SONG RIGHT NOW!!!!:

"DANCE FLOOR ANTHEM"-GOOD CHARLOTTE

THEIR CD IS WORTH BUYING! and they are outstanding in concert. They opened up for Justin Timberlake!!



This is also my ringtone! I like running to this song.


okay thats enough for now. BYE!

Okay- now i remembered why i was origionally typing this- i was reading old blogs and sometimes i can't believe what i wrote. I wish i could make a book but i don't even know where to start. Maybe someday i will print all of these blogs. lol-

Today i studied my WA State Drivers Guide- gotta get ready for my knowledge test, its like 20 questions and if we miss 5 we have to re-do it. Then once we pass it we have to schedule a drive. YIKES- i am nervous for that even though i will do fine. :)

kk- ttyl. BYE NOW!

*Amanda*

Boey Byers- In rememberance

This was the sweetest thing i have read. It brought me to tears...You can go onto youtube and type in her name and watch her videos. If you want to see the origional text go to her website at : http://www.jenessabyers.com/?p=315#comment-253726

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A SPECIAL FATHERS DAY MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN

“HI DADDY, THIS IS YOUR BOEY. I ASKED GOD TO GIVE YOU THE BEST FATHER’S DAY EVER CAUSE I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW. GOD COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN ME A MORE SPECIAL DADDY THAN YOU. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND I TREASURE ALL MY MEMORIES OF OUR BUTTERFLY KISSES. REMEMBER THIS SPECIAL SONG DADDY? YOU USE TO SING IT TO ME WHEN I WAS A BABY AND IT MADE YOU CRY. JESUS IS TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME DADDY, I’VE HAD SO MANY FASHION SHOWS UP HERE, IT’S SOO FUN!! I KEEP ASKING JESUS WHEN YOUR GONNA GET HERE, HE JUST LOOKS AT ME AND SMILES THE MOST AMAZING SMILE AND SAYS “SOON YOU WILL BE TOGETHER MY BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS, BUT FIRST MOMMY DADDY AND YOUR BROTHERS HAVE GOD’S WORK TO FINISH ON EARTH THEN YOU WILL SEE THEM”. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MISS ME DADDY. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR HURTING CAUSE YOU LOVE ME WITH PERFECTED AGAPE HEAVENLY LOVE AND THAT’S WHY I COULD BE SO STRONG GOING THROUGH CANCER. IT NEVER WON BECAUSE PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR AND YOU AND MOMMY GAVE ME PERFECT LOVE DADDY. REMEMBER THAT I WENT TO HEAVEN WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE DADDY, THAT’S BECAUSE I HAD THE ULTIMATE VICTORY AND NASTY EVIL CANCER NEVER BROKE MY SPIRIT OR FAITH IN MY KING. I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE YOU GUYS SO SOON, BUT JESUS PROMISED ME HE WOULD TAKE EXTRA GOOD CARE OF YOU AND SEND SPECIAL PEOPLE TO SURROUND YOU WITH HIS LOVE. PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR SPECIAL SONG AND REMEMBER THAT SOON YOU AND I WILL DANCE TOGETHER AND SHARE ENDLESS BUTTERFLY KISSES IN HEAVEN. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DADDY.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY SPECIAL MUSCLE MAN DADDY - I LOVE YOU SO MUCH - YOUR BOEY

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Your in my prayers Boey.


♥,
Amanda

Its been a while, So heres all the info:

So i honestly have not been in a mood to blog lately, but i am anyways- because i have nothing better to do at the moment. Theres been so much, Hmmmm, Where to start? well for one thing its officially been SUMMER for the past WEEK or two. Yesss. I love it. Its so nice to sleep in = )

Cheerleading: Well i had cheer tryouts and this year i was pretty confident that i would make Varsity, but it turns out....I did not make the cut and i made JV for the second year in a row. I was so dissapointed. After that i was considering not to do JV again because of the coach. Last year was her first year coaching.....idk how to explain her. I might later on...anyways, I was going to do ALL STAR CHEER like i did several years ago at VCA (which now is history because of a scandal of the coach.) But it cost soooo much! I called my coach when i decided i was not wanting to do HS cheer, and told her i wanted to do ALL STAR CHEER. After that she said well...Some people have better tryouts than others and some are just better. I totally thought that was way out of the line to say that. Basically i felt that her message was that i was not good enough. I could not afford ALL STAR CHEER so i stuck with High School Cheer.

CHEER PRACTICE: One day at cheer practice we were practicing stunts for like the first time, sorta, and when we were stunting a groups Back Base was not doing that well, so she became a side base, and now the group needed a back...so i said i knew how (I've never done it before but i still know how-). I did it! And i did a very good job. I lifted the flyer up high so the bases holding her felt no weight. Coach was like "WOW! Your doing a good job!" she totally under-estimated me. And then there were 2 stunt groups and one was progressing faster than mine, and then coach was like well' lets watch the "more expierenced" group and watch how they stunt. (because apparently they are doing it perfect of what ever-)She could of just said lets watch this other group and watch your part so you can see what you need to fix. Ok, enough of HS cheer.

TUMBLING!!!!!+ME=I LOVE IT! Tumbling has been so amazing. I prettymuch have my Standing Backhand-spring by myself. I just need a to get more strength in my arms and change my technique. I love it! I have gotten more out of Oxford Tumbling and progressed more than i did at VCA. Its an amazing place. I am getting so strong! We do major ab workouts, and whats nice is that every time we have tumbling we work out for 30 minutes, but she changes up the workouts so we do not get bored! Thats always nice, and they don't really feel like a struggle.

SUMMER: So far i have been really mellow. I WILL BE 16 THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!! OMG- wow. Its scary and i am now a Junior! Weird. Life goes way to quick. I was so excited i got to see MORGAN AND MADDY! I love them so much! They came to WA to see their family. And the day they were going to see me they picked me up after Cheer Practice, and then, The girls hung out like until 10ish while their mom was out with friends, and we had the best time ever. I can not wait until i go see the girls in Texas There is only....
Countdown Clocks at WishAFriend.com I am so excited! I want to get tan~ lol. So, the other night i was considering getting my ears pierced, Because i am in Texas for almost like 2 weeks and that will give my ears enough time to heal. We are not supposed to have are ears pierced, or if we do we can not wear jewelry.

ALMOST 16:THE COUNTDOWN:
Countdown Clocks at WishAFriend.com

YESTERDAY: Kendall, My Mom and I went to the TIM McGraw CONERT!!!!! OMG he is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! This is not the best picture of him, But ya- here it is. : )

Now: I am going to call EMILY! yay- i hope shes home.

Love Ya'll

♥Amanda♥

P.S
If you did not know, I have Braces! I will post pictures later, I currently have a Aqua Blue color! I love it. When i first got them they were Pink and Yellow alternating! Lol. okay now, ttyl. BYE!!!

okay so i know i was supposed to go, but i remembered more about what i was going to sya about cheer.

CHEER CONT: After i told my coach i did not want to do HS cheer, she told the Varsity coach later on (Mrs.Botnen)-(That night there was a cheer meeting) and the Varsity Cheer coach texted me and was like " So whats this i hear about you not doing cheer?" And i told her i would get back to her because i was in the car with my neighbor and her daughter, we were coming home from target. And I told Karla (my neighbor,mom. Daughter=Riley) what was going on and i mentioned i really don't know how to tell botnen that. Karla said "The best thing you can do is be honest and tell the truth" and when we arrived at her home i hung out more, and then She asked her husband,Jim, if possibly he had any advice (he works at the high school with botnen) He gave me some good insight, agreed with Karla and said when it comes down to choices, The Choice is yours...No one else can make that decision.He also said that him and Botnen talk all the time about me, and he said that she loves me. lol. not like in a love way- but she cares a whole lot. She is a really great person. So later on i called Botnen while i was still over there, (Riley was in the room with me) and i explained its not because i did not make Varsity, although i was dissapointed, It was mainly the coach and then Botnen asked me if i could give any examples and i did...But i was so over whelmed that it was hard to think. I also told her i felt like i was letting her down by saying i was not wanting to do HS cheer. She wanted me to go to that meeting that night and at least try it for a season. So i agreed. She wants to meet with my mom and me sometime so we can talk about how i feel about coach, I still need to do that. I keep badgering my mom about it but shes always like, oh this week does not work for me lets do it next week...and then the next week comes and the routine continues. Coach came upto me later, and she was like "Can i just tell you I am glad you considered it" (her eyes started to well up but it felt like an act to me, she can be so full of herself). okay- wow lots of gossip huh? lol. I never stop talking....lol

ok- now i am going to call emily! (hopefully shes home!)

hi~

ummm hi~

ummmm hi~

I got a pair of COACH shoes today!!!! YAY~ at my moms work ( Nordsrtom) they had 40% off Coach shoes. So i got a pair, they are cute. I am coming more complete with coach....well sorta. I have a pair of shoes, purse and a coin purse.

The past couple of days have been so beautiful!!!! We had girl Scout Camp last weekend! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! Each year the older girls (thats me- we were the oldest troop there!) do a ending skit, so i brought my ipod and speakers and i played the song humuhumunukanukapuapa (how ever you spell it~) From High School Musical and i was Ryan, Tori was Sharpay, Emily was dancing in a spongebob costume and that was it. OMG WOW- we got so much applause for that! it was a lot of fun and totally last minute. iF I HAVE A video i will post it,

I just called Em' and she was at work- so i am waiting for her to call me back, and my guess is that emily is probaly the only one reading this, so HI EM'! I will talk to you soon! Hopefully!

In ASL we are signing a Fairy Tale and my group is doing Cinderella! It will be cool!

Hmmm- what else- tomorrow is mothers day! I finger painted my mom a card. YAY~ its been forever since i have done that. it turned out cool! i will post what we got my mom for mothers day later, just in case she reads this or something~.....idk.

I really don't know what else to say. I would post pictures from GS camp but my camera needs new batteries.

FACT: DO NOT GET A BATTERY OPERATED CAMERA~ if you do buy GOOD RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES!!!!!!!! so once i get new ones i will upload them. : )

I am so ready for summer- its almost here. Only one month away.

Recently i have been taking TMBLING CLASSES!!YAY~ its been fun! I have not done tumbling for life a year. My backhandsprings are good. we do them on this blow up (kinda like a carnival bouncy jumpy thing but its more firm for cheer) thing and yeah. Its cool! I take lessons at OXFORD> even though i said i would never go there, look where i am now. lol~ Cheer tryouts are soonish..... *sigh* i am excited but a lil nervous,

I was playing Piano the other night and i figured out a chord for "Free Fallin" and i want to learn the rest of the song, but i could not find how to play it on youtube. Thats how i learned to play the intro of the office theme song. lol~ anyways. BYE!


Love,
Amanda~

100th POST! WOW-

So i was watching a recorded American Idol after school today and i loved this preformance. I closed my eyes- and all of a sudden when Jason started to sing, i felt this presence of someone reaching their hand out to it. I slowly brought my hand out and (i guess i will name the presence it) It pulled me up off the couch and i started dancing(ballroom style) around the room i was in.( i don't know which room it is) Now, i know it sounds cheesy but it was cool. I only wish i knew who i was dancing with. I think it was on of my family members who have passed. Either my Uncle Dick or Auntie K.K. its hard to say who it was. But after the song was over i was just like wow! thats cool. So heres the video. I wanted to share that with ya'll and heres the video! If your just wanting to watch him sing....he starts singing at like 1:49


Today is TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY!
So many High schoolers stayed home and did nothing. Why did i not do that? On my was to 6th period i went to go say hi to Mr.Gray and his kids Riley and Joe, So they came with me to my 6th period class (ASL). It was kinda cool. They might have been a little bored though... Then before the bell rang i walked them back to their dad and Mr.Gray gave me a ride home. That was very nice of him.

O0o0o0o0o- If i have not mentioned it yet. I DROVE MY DADS STICK SHIFT THE OTHER DAY! YAY ME!!!!!!! its really easy shifting while your driving, i just have a hard time starting it. So thats about it. um yeah.

Tomorrow i leave for PASCO,WA- oh joy! 4 hour bus ride! It is our last choir competition and we are taking all the choirs. so we will probally have 2 BIG charter buses. It will be a lot of fun with everyone.

The past few nights i have been thinking about the Seniors in our choir, and how sad I will be to see them go. I have not come close with every one of them, but their still apart of our choir and i have a feeling that next year something will be missing. There are so many GREAT seniors who have GREAT voices and know what they are talking about. So if any of you are reading this...I will miss you all bunches!

Thats all for today- or now...

Love,
Amanda


PS-
Sorry my 100th post is not too exciting..........

here i have a word that is exciting..........you ready......for this??????



BUBBLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

read what ever you choose, THERES A LOT!

So a lot has gone on lately on the past few weeks, I just never felt like getting on the blog and typing, i wrote it down in my "diary"/notebook instead. I will grab it and write what i wrote.

TODAY~
I was VERY TIRED. But i made it through the school day. It was really cold so my dad picked me up at the bus stop and and we went to Stevens school to drop off a jacket for track, because he did not have one. After that we went to the mini mart and i got a DR.Pepper for me, a MT.DEW for steven and a bag of sour cream and onion chips. Then we left to go see my Uncle Chuck. He lives in a retirement home, he has alz timers. I pray to god that he will stay by his side, keep him healthy and be his guidance. I was really bummed because we did not get to see him because he is on this new medication and apparently he is really sleepy. So yeah. after we figured that out, we went to dinner (Steven,Dad and I) at SWEET TOMATOS. It was YUMMY. I ate pretty healthy too. the only thing i did not enjoy was watching my brother eat. OMG he is like a dinosaur! RAWR!
BRB i gotta get my glasses......My eyes hurt with out them. BRB~
IM BACK! okiedokie

Um recently like this weekend, I DROVE MY DADS STICK SHIFT. I don't know how many times i cried with fustration. GRRrrr...But i actually got it, I rolled around in the parking lot. Its really easy to shift while im driving but starting it is hard for me. I saw the movie HORTON HEARS A WHO. That is the cutest movie ever. They did a good job. My favorite quote is.........
"A person's a person no matter how small"
I hung out with Savannah and Maddie for a bit. That was fun- we watched a random movie called Black Sheep. It was in WA. cool huh? not really.

The weather here has been so awkward! we went from 80 degree weather to light rain, heavy rain, hail, some light thin snow, more rain....i don't like it here. and its been FREEZING TOO! well i am very cold all the time but seriously! Its cold here!

I am learning(teaching myself) how to play "The Office" theme song. I almost got it. THe transition to repeat it is tricky for me. I learned it on youtube. gotta love it! lol-

okay now to the more past-ish.

I was stressed a while ago and here is what was bugging me:
Entry 1-
~When i was driving i kept making mistakes...My mom was grouchy (before i was driving) because our neighbors cat, Lincon goes into our garage and like to leave his "mark." Its been going good for a while, the only reason my parents get mad is because we have furniture in there...so my mom got mad, and she sorta ticked me off because she was "Over reacting" and acting silly.
~At the blazer game we left early but i wanted to stay longer. My dad said in about the 3rd quarter we will leave about 4 minutes until the game is finished...They are going to lose anyway. I disliked the comment because you should never give faith, hope or your drive to complete a task. Its always good to stay positive!!
~I always want to cuss, sometimes i do, but not loudly, pretty much in a wisper to myself. And i don't like it. But i hear it so much its almost natural.
~There is a girl in choir who annoys me, ( i will not mention the name) .I did not mind her before, but her characteristics are so BIG and EXTREME! When i listen to the choir recordings from last year i can pick out her voice in every song. Its annoying, now its hard for me to enjoy the song. lol-
Entry 2-
~Sometimes i feel like i don't have any friends, well i do, they are just really good friends! and mostly all my other friends i know are "good friends/aquantices".
~I was babysitting for my neighbors while there was a poker party, i was wathing Riley, Joe, Garin, Carley and her friend(5 kids) We played kick ball joe cried twice, the first time was becuse he was fusterated the second time carlys friend(sarah) was rude to him. Riley got hit by a door that swung back and hit her in the arm. That left a big mark. She cried. When Brenda (Garins mom) came to pick up Garin my mom was with her. SHe was not too happy about hte kids running around. And she wanted to make sure i knew where they were and stuff like that. She pretty much implied that i was not responsible . That made me feel really bad. So i apoligized to Brenda she said "it was fine"/ I am guessing she was not happy about it. When Jim and Karla got home i apoligized to them. I felt bad. Jim's response was "Its okay honey we trust you." the comment was nice but i still felt bad. Then Karla got home and said it was okay too. She was more worried about Joe running around. When i went to bed that night i sorta had a small feeling that i was not real. I fell asleep to my music. I was stressed about our comprehension test on the book Tings Fall Apart. but i did okay. I am not good at comprehending books that i have to read for school for some reason.

OKAY WOW!!!! I have typed bunches. should i stop and post another entry later? nah. i'll keep going, you can read what you feel like.

Entry 2 cont-
What was bugging me,
*School project in english
*What my mom said when i was babysitting
*Maybe the WASL got to me?
*not feeling real
*Test on Things Fall Apart

So i took my dog for a walk and i called my old neighbor Jeanene. It was nice to talk to her. Then she said its good to pray! and even though i don't want to tell my mom. So i did. I don't think she was happy that i went ot Jeanene first....But she got over it. lol- and i asked her if she ever had something that was bugging her and not tell her mom- and she said she did nto have a good relationship with her, so that ruins my scenario.


I CANT WAIT UNTIL SUMMER!!!!!
I get to go to Texas, i don't know the dates yet....
CHEER CAMP is at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON!!! OH YEAh!! and its the day after my brithday.

OH MY GOSH! I'm a Junior next year. WOW!


Cheer tryouts are coming up soon. YAY! i am excited but nervous. I am hoping to get on VARSITY> I will have to work really hard. I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOODNIGHT!
LOVE Ya'll


*Amanda*

Photos:








Picture #1- Just my Brother and I. I LOVE YOU STEVEN!
Picture #2- JV Cheerleaders at the Cheer Banquet! I love them all!
Picture #3- My JV Coach Tommerup and Me
Picture #4- V coach Mrs. Botnen and Me
Picture#5- ME! I like this picture.
Picture #6- Me Before my Choir Concert.

I now leave for Anaheim in 4 hours!!!

DISNEYLAND COUNTDOWN!

DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=5 hours and 8 minutes!~ YAY I can't wait!

SPRING BREAK-2008!~WOO HOO~!

hi!


For the past 2 days it had been SNOWING! And its MARCH.....i think the Weather person, or who ever controls the worlds Weather thinks its like JANUARY! It had not stick but its just interesting to watch.


HAPPY SPRING BREAK TO ME!!!!!!!!!! (idk if your on spring break too, so i only said it to me. And if you are you can post a comment and say it to yourself!)

On Wednesday i leave for CALIFORNIA with the CHOIR to ANEHIEM! I AM EXCITED, but i would rather spend time with my parents, like last year we went to ANEHIEM (that was my 1st time in disneyland) and we got to go all over, like Huntington Beach, Corona(to see some friends, and eat and IN N' OUT BURGER!!!!!!!!!!!! THE YUMMIEST BURGERS EVER!) anyways we did a lot of cool things, Going with the choir kind of restricts us from what we can do. Don't get me wrong, we are doing a lot of cool things but still......
okay enough of my comlaints on that, oh theres one more, We leave WED night 8PM ( we have to take a CHARTER BUS.....it takes like 14+ hours to get there, the ride will be interesting. )

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF MY SPRING BREAK Actually yesterday after school was, And now i do not have to look at my back pack for one whole week. YESSSS.

Last night Dad and I watched MR.Beans Holiday! It was pointless, silly, dumb entertainment. It was perfect for last night.

Well i am going to go see Danica and meet her at Vancouver Lake, her brother ummmm does Rowing what do you call that? i forgot. Well i am going to watch his meet. OH ITS CALLED CREW. and they will probably take me home after that. Its cold and wet here. *sigh* but i will do it because 1) i told Danica i would and ummmm 2)Its nice to spend time with her.

Well i am going to go dress warm and leave.

Love,
Amanda

TODAY IS EASTER

I had a first today,


I drove through 2 driver through's! YAY ME! I did it in my moms van. I went through Panda Express and Jack in the Box. I am sooo full at them moment.

HAPPY EASER EVERYONE!

I am going to go to church tonight, the late service is called accent. Its candle lit. Its so cool.

well not a first but a second i am going to wax my upper lip...i know when you read this you will scrunch your nose and say ewwwwww. Its really not noticible but its enough to where i notice it. SO yeah- but i am going to do it myself. YIKES!
My mom and i both are. This will be intersting considering one time she waxed off part of her eyebrow....and her thought was there is no way she could do that to her other one.... Can you guess what happened? Yup/ she did. lol- it was right before our Hawaii trip too. Bummer.

Danica slept over Friday night. We had fun...we were sorta zombies in the morning but we aways have fun. We like to destruct stuff. This time we smashed a fart machine that was broken. :p In the past we have smashed a alarm clock, potatos, golf balls, doorbell, light switch ummmmmm i think thats it so far. were cheaply entertained.

I also had my conference on Friday morning. Its a Student Led Conference. I did really well, i have been doing these since like 7th grade...i don't necessarily like them but in HS it is required to graduate. SO if i want to graduate I should do it. My adviror is Mrs.Botnen the Varsity Cheer Coach. She is really nice. I always see her outside of school at my neighbors poker parties. He is a teacher at my HS and there are always a bunch of teachers from school there, and my neighbors too! Its nice having my neighbor at school...he can give me rides after school if i need them, i can say a quick hi every now and then when i have time or if i ever need him for anything, i.e advice, lunch money ect. he will always be there.

Nothing else left to say....
but HAPPY EASTER AGAIN!


Love,
AManda

If your reading this- Tim Mcgraw

I get to go see him in concert again but its not until june. YAY! Its worth the wait.


GREAT SONG- "If Your Reading This"

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS



thats all for now,
YAY i don't have any homework this weekend. WOW- thats a first!

heres the link- i thought i was posting the video to it, but it was the sticker information thing. (SEE ABOVE)

LINK- http://www.timmcgraw.com/tribute/member/Tribute_to_Our_Troops


~*Amanda*~

WASL week

Today i just finished the reading WASL. It was pretty easy surprisingly. YAY! For those who don't know the WASL is The Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Tomorrow and Thursday we take the writing WASL, yuck- one day is expository writing the other day is persuasive. I am not looking foward to the writing. We need to pass all WASL to graduate. (Reading, Math, Science and Writing). After this week we have time off and then take the WASL after spring break. I think. The people are not taking the WASL get a 2 hr late start each day except for Friday, Friday is a normal day. I think the people who did the WASL should get the day off. That would be nice.


Today i drove to the mini mart to get a pepsi and drove my mom to petco, Yes my mom can drive but she asked me if i wanted to drive, so i did. Right now i am bored, hungry and ummmm bored. I have a little more HW to do but not much. I will finish it after dinner.

Not much else to say.

Love,
Amanda

Varsity at Nationals

VARSITY AT NATIONALS! GOOD LUCK GIRLS!!!


GO STORM!

to tired to make a title

Follies was AWESOME! It went so smoothly. I enjoyed it, Hopefully we will be able to get a DVD of it. I talked to my cousin online with video chat. It was nice. I love him. I LOVE YOU Jo Jo!

I am really excited i am going to take tumbling lessons again! Its been several months...like at the end of last year. I am doing it at Oxford. They have a good deal its only $40 per month. And i talked to some other girls who did cheer with me and we opened a private class so its only the 4 of us. It will be nice and hopefully its a good experience for all.


I'm bored....Its late too, Its 11:00 PM

UGH we have to take the WASL this comming Monday. YUCKIE! but if we pass it we get 1/4 of a credit, so if we pass all 4 sections (reading, writing, math and science) we get 1 misc. credit towards graduation! COOl HUH? And if we pass it we will not have to take it our JR. and SR. year of high school. And we will get s 2 hr. late start if we pass all 4, if not, we get retakes in the summer, then Jr. year, summer then SR. year, so you get enough chances to pass. There is really no way to study for it, you have to do your best, have a clear mind, and stay positive. Do not doubt yourself.

Varsity went to Anehiem, CA(where Disneyland is) last week and today they competed and qualified for finals. So tomorrow, we can watch a live broadcast at 12 in the afternoon at varsity.com and watch them compete. GOOD LUCK GIRLS!


Hmmm, what to do, i should go to bed. IDK-
bye.................................................................


Love,
Amanda H.

P.S

Lately i have noticed that well idk how to put it, more responsible? I am able to sort out whats right and whats wrong easily...Understanding others, Listening to myself, Taking care of others, Watching and cleaning up after them. I can not really explain what it is. I appreciate life every second of it. When i see the sunrise each morning and the sunset each night, i know its my Uncle Dick watching over me. I LOVE YOU!

*My hairs long enough now i can put it in a pony tail! YAY! i am debating wether to keep it this length or cut it short to the chin where it crops my face. All the people i have asked liked it the way it is now. hMmmm.

GOODNIGHT!

WOAH- its 11:11 PM thats a song by the "All American Rejects"

LOVE SONG On PIANO&other stuff

OMG- i am so going to learn how to play this on piano and sing it! I LOVE IT! Watch this video it teaches you how, all it does is repeats.

Here:



So before i type this i know its gonna be all screwed up, so i will write it out and get a pic. of it then post it... If you really want to know, watch the video above and write down what he says for each hand! THIS IS AWESOME!

Left: Corresponding- Right:
G G G Bflat D

A A F A C

Bflat Bflat Bflat C F

C C G C E

D D D F A

E E C F A

F F Fsharp A D

F Sharp Fsharp A Csharp

Now all you have to do is repeat it! sweet huh! I SO CAN NOT WAIT TO LEARN IT.
http://PlayPianoDVD.com thats where you can but dvds and learn other songs! COOL HUH?
Well i could not put this video of her live on here because there was no link for it so you can check it out yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gn9g_KjaVc&feature=user

UGH_ i have to go write a paper.....on Bioethics, well i already wrote it, i just have to type it. :( My topic is Genetic Discrimination My belief- its wrong. Thats all i have to say. If you beg to differ, thats okie dokie with me, its just an opinion.

LATE START TOMORROW!

FOLLIES IN 2 DAYS! OMG~~~~~~ YAY!
I will post a picture of my costume later on,

Well big story about choir um- heres the short verison,

We were going to go to NYC,
Canceled because no one could pay that much
Decided to go to San Deigo
CANCELED! because no other choirs signed up
WHAT NEXT? you might wonder?
ANAEHIEM CA, DISNEYLAND BABY!!!!! YEAH!
*We get Free passes for 2 days into Disneyland, Get to sing at Disneyland, ( its my 2nd time going. )

I AM SO STOKED! THIS WILL BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Okay seriously, i gotta go do my paper, why am i typing this, i should be typing my paper. Choc. sounds good-

BYE!

Love,
Amanda

randomness of today

I am on bored.com right now, (ITS FUN!)

CHECK THIS OUT, its so freaky
choose a 2 digit number I.E.
95
9+5=14
subtract 95-14
and your answer will pop up in the magicians crystal ball-(81)

I like this commercial it was on the super bowl 2008 thing


Thats my randomness of today! BYE for the moment, who knows what i'll be doing later. ITS THE WEEKEND! YAY- man i wish i could drive. I htink i mentioned i have been sick so i deff. want to get out of the house.

Life-Whats Important to me(ooo, Thats a good title for a book! SWET> Or a poem i guess)

So one day i started typing this on my moms computer, but then some error report happened and then it closed down, So here it is.
(To follow up on my title, this is quick and random, in 5th grade i wrote a wonderful poem "What Freedom Means To Me" and it was submitted in my schools paper! YAY! My teacher gave me an A. I am very PROUD of my writings)
What's Important in Life

*Always Stay Positive
*Say nice things to others and yourself
*Smile at someone, you just might be that one person who made their day
*Be you
*Know your priorities
*Listen to your heart
*Choose the right in any situation
*Take care of yourself first then others
*Always look at the glass half full rather than half empty
*Spend time with family, yet take time for yourself
*Trust youself and others
*Find the happiness with what you have
*Simple pleasures
*LOVE
*Being curtious
-----I feel the the Sean Covey ( the guy who writes "The 7 Habits of highly effective teens....ect. ITS A GREAT BOOK! I RECOMMEND IT!)
THE GIRL SCOUT PROMISE AND LAW

i will DO MY BEST to be HONEST and FAIR
FRIENDLY and HELPFUL
CONSIDERATE and CARRING
CORAGEOUS and STRONG
RESPONSIBLE for what I SAY AND DO
to RESPECT MYSELF AND OTHERS
USE RESOURCES WISELY
MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
and be a sister to every girl scout.

THe words in CAPS are other things that are important.
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I have been sick for the past 3 days- i was sick WED-Fri. we did not have school monday because of presidents day, so really i only went to school 1 day. :p. I did not have the flu surprisingly, everyone around here is sick with that or something else. I had a high fever, chills, headaches, felt hot, sore throat, stuffy nose. You name it i most likely had it. My brother was with me all 3 days. He was sick too. So today my mom left for work later-ish around 1:30 and Steven and i were on are own for a while... we watched home videos, they were so fun.
We watched one in the time line about '02-'03 and my brother was remarking how i talked funny and later on i told my mom how he was picking all these random little things about me that was "wrong" with me. For example i talked kinda funny. I did not realize how much getting my adnoids(ad-noid-i guess its spelled how it sounds. woops) out when i was in like 2nd or 3rd grade helped. I could breathe so much better and i and my communication was better. You adnoids are somewhere behind you nose. I think. I got them taken out because at night i would always breathe through my mouth.
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I talked to Morgan and Maddy today! YAY! that was nice, i love talking to them. They are so silly. While i was talking to Morgan i saw this HUGE (well like the size of a nickel, maybe smaller...) spider and i screamed. So i told steven to get it ( He does not like spiders at all...he only killed it so it would not come in his room at night) so he said "Where Is It?" I could not find it. Eventually i did and he killed it. Maddys birthday is soon and shes having a snake birthday, sounds creepy but cool!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDY!

What are these? I never used them before so i will see what they turn out to be.(Hint: they are block quotes)

My dad and my brother are watching LOST, so i am up here being bored. I don't like LOST. It scares me. :) Lots of things scare me.

Wow i can write a lot about nothing, thats funny. Talk to you guys soon! BYE!

A song i want to learn on the Piano is "LOVE SONG" by Sarah Berilies. ( i think i spelled her last name wrong- woops.)

hi-

I really did not do this today- it was a e-mail that i typed to my friend a while back, so here it is.

TODAY WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!! I DROVE MY DADS THUNDERBIRD!!!!!!!
AHAHAHAH! I could not wipe the smile off of my face. : ) i pract. around this
neighborhood by my school and then my dad was like " i have confidence in you,
i'll let you drive it home!" So i said okie dokie, to get to my house there is a
hill you have to go up so i was hesitant to go up it with my daddys car but i
did it, and as we approached our neighborhood i was like " I want to drive
more" so my dad let me drive longer in Ashley Heights ( big neighborhood with
spendy houses...) and after i was finished driving around there i got the mail (
well my dad go it, i stayed in the car.) He said i could drive it home, i was
SHOCKED! Steven was in the back seat the whole time and when my dad said that
hes like " Noooooooo, don't leave me...lol-" so i drove home ( illeaglly, lol- i
only have my permit, but then again i was just in my neighborhood, my house is
like a football feild away). After i turned off the car
and was in my driveway i told my dad i still wanted to drive more, I HAD SO MUCH
FUN! so he said ok- and i drove to my Uncles old house ( he passed away a couple
of years ago) and his house was on a big hill that looked over Vancouver Lake
and i looked at it, it was beautiful~ then i was finished and drove home. So
thats my eventful news!

Heres another little perk from an e-mail that i sent to my friend, sometimes i have little moments flows.

~I wish you the best, even in this mess, the rain is soon to go, You're angel is above you, giving you wings to guide you, because she knows you have the strength.
~Sleep my little child, hear my voice as you dream, i'll be in you're heart and your dream. smile on the inside and the out...make note that there is nothing to worry about. Let you mind flow free, listen to you surroundings, hear the word of love that everyone seems to be mislead by.
~Go down to the shore and swim at the beach, play inthe wavesand enjoy the heat. take a break and share a cake! make a sand castle that you can stand in.( a human sand castle, that would be AWESOME!)

okay moving on, In the last2 weeks the JV cheer team that i am on got to cheer at Varsity games. OMG it is way better than cheering for jv,

The past 2 days i have been sick- that has not been fun. I have had a fever, chills, sore throat and headaches. *sigh* its not fun when your sick.

i dont know what to call this, any ideas?

WOW- my head just went racing with thoughts, what should i call this?

Everything is goin away
why did we all have to leave
There are people in the way
plannning to stop you and me

They want us to leave and say never---say why
why we want to help and reach out with are arms
willing to let them in
and loving where we've been and where we are now.

As we begin to leave we see people like you and me
Confused and puzzled because they feel Their spirits are below their feet
There is a cloud of heavy rain that falls on their heads
But when it comes to smiling tears rage instead

There is no reason for there freak accidents to happen
So when the surprise comes the people have to think quick
Help themselves before they can help their other
And hope that God won't bring the to heaven just yet but he will protect them

A journey that is traveled with sorrow
only brings happiness in the end
It resembles what we can accomplish
even when the world is dim

When we go away we wish it was only temporarly
But sometimes its the end
When life seems hard and the world suddenly gets dim
try to find a light that you believe in

Wether its a friend, a god, a tangible and intangible thing
Your hope can bring you spirit back to your heart
Even though the world is dim, somewhere in the world a light is on
Continue the path you are teaveling and carry on.

~Amanda H~

If i could be young again and today

I wish i could go back in time and say "mom, i want to do gymnastics..." (That was an example) i am finding out now that i want to try a bunch of things, i just wish i did them earlier. When i was younger i did ballet, tap and jazz, i think i did gymnastics for one day maybe more than one...but still.
So my conclusion is when i have a child i will let them try out sports when they are young and let them choose which one they like. That way they can say that they expierenced all kinds of sports, met nice people and had fun.
Our cheer season just ended and on friday were going to BIG AL's with the cheer team after school. that will be fun!
At pract. on monday our coach told us that most likely there will be pretty much 8 spots on V when we try out. That means i have to get in very good shape, pract. my jumps like crazy and do the best i can! Then again i am still debatinng if I want to do V cheer or get back into competition cheer. Or if i choose to do neither of them i would want to do like a tumbling class.
Life is full of wayyyyyy to many choices.
The only reason i am debating about next year is because most likely the odds will be that i have to be a flyer, and this year i did not really like cheering ( our crowds were so dull, literally there was like nobody in the stands....so that makes it even harder to cheer ) . i don't know.

I stayed home the past 2 days sick, on monday i had this horible head ache and was cold all day, yesterday i had a head ache and got cold every now and then, today i woke up warm-ish (clammy) still have aminor head ache, my throat is kinda sore and yup. thats all i can think of. Its kinda weird because you can't really define what i have... i just have some sort of cold.

I can't wait until my mom gets home, she got me a new book, well its the 2nd book of the series,
Series: The Dawn Rochelle Series
Author: Lurlene McDaniels
Book 1: "Six Months To Live"
Book 2: "I want to Live"
its about a girl who has cancer. i would recomend the series to any one. They are small books and easy to read but they are still really good!
Hope you all have a good day!

Love,
Amanda


My new favrite song is Love is Free By Sheryl Crow

GOOD SONG-( its pretty ) "Lullaby for Wyatt"
I admire Sheryl Crow so much- shes such a good person, she stands strong to her beliefs, has beautiful voice. I want to meet her someday.
The lyrics to the chours are:
Oh everybody
Devil take your money
Money got no hold on me
oh oh
everybody
Making love 'cause love is free

The way i interpret that is even if she lost everything, all of her money, fame, she would still have her family who believes in her. LOVE IS FREE=BEST SONG EVER!

The weekends past up until tomorrow!

WHAT A BUMMER..... so the other day i bought 2 webkinz and right now i was going to log on and play, but their website is under matinece. ( Is that how you spell it, i am sure i got it wrong)..... To get to todays story i have to go back to sat.

Saturday- all of the SHS cheerleaders had to go and help out with a kids camp, it was from like 11-3:30 4 ish, and we taught them cheers, jumps, and chants. They were so cute. And the deal was that when they signed up to do this camp they get to cheer at the V game(Varsity) and be the half time preformance. They were so adorable. I worked with 2nd graders. No offense but i prefer littler kids than older ones. Okay and then after the camp i was really exausted so i started watching HSM 2 because i did not want to take a nap yet and then slowly i drifted to sleep for like and hour, Then at 6:30 i babysat until 11. WOW- what a day.

Sunday- I went with my grandma to Craft Warehouse, and there were stations in the store where we could make our own things. I made a magnet (those are so FUN and easy!), a Card, Colored ( Emily- i wanted to spell color you way in that sentence, i almost did it again now, lol!) a candle, imbroided a piece of fabric and made this flour lookin baloon thing. Its hard to explain the look. Then we went to Nordy's ( Norstrom) to go have lunch with my mom. I HAD THE BESTEST IN THE NORTH WESTEST sanwhich, it was a cali. chicken sanwhich. I htink that was what its called, if someone ever goes there and has it please tell me the name. So my nonni took off and i roamed the mall for 2 hrs alone, i went to AEROPOSTALE, PAC SUN, HALMARK( It is so hard to leave that store, there are so many creative and fun ideas), walked in VICTORIAS SECRET, AMERICAN EAGLE and then got a Dr.Pepper at Auntie Annes Pretzels,- They have the most wonderful strawberry lemonade. yummmmmmmmmmmmy. I was waiting for my mom to get off work and the people got "mad" that i was sitting in their department, so they made me sit in customer service..... lame//////////// i waited for a while and then we went home, On the way home my mom was like " You want to go to target?" and i said sure what the heck.. I saw Alex there! ( she's in my GS troop, and no i am not to old to be in girl scouts.)


Today-
~ my dad just came in and asked me what "font" i was using and it does not say.... All it says is "FONT" funny huh?
At the half time show there was this wonderful girl who was sitting next to me, i had such a good time talking to her, she was in my group. I was asking her like what i should get my mom for her B-day and she said make her something from Ceramics By You. And i thought that was a cool idea. I wish i could send her flowers at work. That would be cool! um, idk yet. but i got her a card thats nice. " ) that was what i wanted to say earlier.
I just listened to Sheryl Crow and her new song "LOVE IS FREE" its good. check out the video on youtube or something. and its almost 11 (Now- 10:44 PM) gotta go. even though its a late start i still need my beauty sleep.

Well because i forgot what i was going to say i will tell you what my webkinzs look like or what they are, (P.S i named them) MURPHY is a yellow lab and Koco is a Koala. ( that word is sooooo hard to spell. LOL!)


Tomorrow- IS MY MOMS BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! so i am not going to cheer pract. tomorrow and i will be home when she gets home, we are having a party for her.
In ASL class i have to sign Work This Out which i am excited about but the only thing i do not like is that our teacher is recording us on a video camera, some how i got ot get pased that. I don't mind being filmed, but still.......... Well i think i can close this up now.
OH YEA- 2 hr late start i keep forgetting.... ha ha
I have a biology test tomorrow. YIPEE!!!!!!!!! jk, actually i really don't mind biology, i may not understand it 100% but i don't mind it. : p

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT~

Love Always,
Amanda Panda

P.S
Today i really missed my Uncle Dick. In History i have to do a CBA (Criculum Based Assement) and we have to do it on a job, i did(earlier we did a career research paper in english and i did it on photography)/doing mine on photographers, and like we have to talk about how photography helps the economy, what laws can restrict it and what do we have to know about the laws, education- and how will it help you becoem successful ya-da ya-da ya-da the list could go on and on(So i will stop. Its due in 1 week, i have FINALS NEXT WEEK! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH). But i really wish Uncle Dick was here, he loved photography, he was a great person and it would be nice for some guidance on my paper, and even just guidance in general. Its so weird how his son ( my cousin) reminds me and looks so much like him. Anyways, i wrote a poem for him, i will add it in later, i think its downstairs at the moment. I can remember in 8th grade for culture fair we had to pick a person we wanted to interview, and the biggest SPARK of HAPPINESS came in my mind. I was thinking i would interview my uncle dick. Then my happiness started to fade away. I realized he was not here any more. Its hard to understand how a person can be here one second and gone the next.

Lately i have been trying new things, such as food, my style of clothing ect. its kinda cool. My mom pointed that out to me and i was proud of myself. I am not a big change person at all.

Tomorrow, i am going to go on a run and go back to that place last time where i kinda freaked out and did "not feel real" i am curious to see if it will happen again. i think i will be fine. What i try to do my best at every day is be positive, i may not always be happy inside, but i do my best to stay positive, who knows maybe i will make someones day or help them realize that even if something is wrong you can always turn you life around.

In PE online i am basically flunking, but thats a long story.
Summary-
In the beg. i could not log on. My comp. would not allow the site
They changed my password on me.
Then i figured it out and had to make up stuff.
I was not getting the required hrs (6) in per week, for some reason i thought it was 3. YIKES!
now he is letting me make up stuff which is nice and i will hopefully pull out an C. I was not happy. So 2nd smister i have to step it up.\

Wehw- i wish this could be my paper, but only about photography. lol, then i would be finished.

Um on my SOPHMORE RESEARCH PAPER i was the only person in my class who got 0% plagerized ( THATS AWESOME BY THE WAY....lol) and i got a 100% on my paper. It made me angry that almost everyone got 100%, he did not really grade our paper, he skimmed it and made sure we had everything that was needed to turn in, and gave us credit for that.

GOSH i never shush do I.

alright i am stopping now. "GOODNIGHT! SLEEP TIGHT! DREAM OF BED BUGS TONIGHT!"-Pumba from the LIon Kind 1 1/2


I recomend everyone to check out this website: He is my hero. http://www.treyfootefoundation.com/index.html

Its for a kid at my school who passed away from cancer. He is an amazing person (even though i never knew him, from all the stories, pictures and knowing his family members you get the sense of Trey.)

tornado and yesterday

I SURVIVED MY 1st WEEK OF SCHOOL! Yayyyyyyyyyyyy me! lol.

~~~~Um so like on Thursday we were supposed to have a fire drill, key word "Drill", and then they decided to turn the power off and then turn it back on. After the power came back on our principal came on the intercom and siad "That will include our drill".... a few minutes later she came on the intercom again and said to get away from all the windows, this is a tornado drill...... All the students went into the middle of their classrooms and then once again she came on the intercom and said there was a tornado warning. I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCARED...yet calm. So i tried calling my mom and dad, they both did not answer... so i called my friends in texas but they did not answer either. I wanted someone to talk to , but the only bummer was i did not get much service (like 1 bar) and i did not want to let others know i was scared. If it was more severe i would be scared. Our class just sat there for a while and she( our principal) said we can go about our day, just stay away from windows and once we get home just lay low for the rest of the day. For a second i thought she said we had to stay in 5th period the rest of the day ( 2 hrs to go! YIKES) but i heard wrong. so thats my BIG-ish SCARY news.

Last night i cheered at a Boys basketball game, it was very intense, we lost by 2 pts. After the game i showed mom my school and then we decided we were going to go out to dinner. We could not discribe what our taste-buds wanted so we raomed places and ended up at Baja Fresh ( I LOVE THAT PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and then saw a movie called "THE BUCKET LIST"-ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME! i recomend you all see it.


BYE BYE!,
Amanda


oh i got my present from my cousin, Cassie, and i got a notebook to write my hopes and dreams in it and other things.... and i got a little coach coin purse thingy. It can hold you keys too.


P.S
2 great things that happened to me: I got to talk to my M&M's and......... THE SUN IS SHINING TODAY!

idk?

He has a good voice, But sad to say hes not that good looking, lol- Here it is.


Well i just found that and thought i would post it, ummm yeah- Hope you all are having a good new year so far.
Talk to ya soon (TTYS)

-Amanda-

another video i found of boey

Heres another video i just found on boey(Janessa Byers) R.I.P. We miss you.




-Amanda-
Goodnight (12:20 AM )

Future-----------Past

Today- was a good day! I slept into about 10ish, actually i think my alarm woke me up at 9:50, after a while sleeping into 10:30-11AM gets old, so i woke up and watched some t.v., after that steven and I played 2 games of UNO but we both kinda forgot how to play so we both argued a little over the rules. Then my nonni (grandma) came over and we sewed. We worked on my Pajama pants.
*Quick question for EMily: Do you spell pajamas the same as i do?*
We almost got finished, The fabric is thin, but the plus side to that is I can say "I MADE THOSE!" and they are PINK! cool huh? it would be fun to put different patches on them and each patch could symbloize different things. Alright lets move on. Nonni came over around noon so we had about 2 1/2 hours to sew. (Preperations take a long time) and then i had to go to my TMJ appt. My splint broke, so today i got a new one, well its the same one just all fixed up. I did pretty well without it for a day, but it feels better to have it in. ( i think i will still have it in when i get my top braces. I would rather get both at the same time but what ever works best...) And to end the night off we went bowling with our neighbors ( we kinda had a family VS family challenge, they had a batter avg. but it was all fun) after bowling i played some games and just out of one game i got like 300 TICKETS!!!!!!!!! CHA CHING! lol :p That made my day. And on my other BIG AL's Card i had like 400 and sumthin tickets so in the end i had a total of 774 tocketrs to spend. I want to get a ipod nano ( i have a video_, not the newest one that just came out the one before it. the long and skinny one. It would be nice for running, or even a shuffle for that matter, they had that too. SO i want to save ALL my tickets. On the way home my dad stopped at Burgerville and got us ice cream. YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For some reason this did not trun purple...wonder why? sorry about that.

-BACK IN TIME-(NEW YEARS<>

New Years EVE- For dinner on New Years EVE we called around places downtown and they were both packed...so they say. We normally go to Henrys Tavern (soooo good!) or P.F Changs . They are one block away from each other and that was the first time they were really packed so we ( our neighbors and I) went to Chili's. Our server looked like a combination of one of our old neighbors and his son. it was soooo weird. It was really embarssing: At the table our waiter comes over and (either he said something funny or one person of our group did) but we were laghing and i had somewhat heartburn building up in my chest and i started to laugh and i BURPED!!! The waiter thought i snorted, it was funny. It was weird too. OH yeah and then i went to my friends party, i has a good time. I hung out with Jenny, Kendall, Savannah ect. lots of other people. I ran in heels and did cartwheels down the street w/ Jenny. lol. ummmm playes Twister, Gutiar Hero, Watched the NEW YEARS EVE thing in NYC on T.V. um yeah. thats all.

(To the left is our christmas picture, Emily did i send one to you? If not i still can... I think?)
Christmas- WAS AWESOME! IT SNOWED IN BIGGGG FLAKES, but it did not stick sadly, so early christmas morning i went over to my neighbors house to srop off their gifts,(they had their family over) and they invited us in. I was surprised..."They were like come on in....(we were over there for a while) You're snowed in, the dad said and then he *laughed*" so we hung out there and then went home. Nonni was there and i don't remember much more. We had Christmas Dinner at our house and my Uncle Tim came over and Annie Grannie and Papa also (my aunt and uncle). It was nice.


Christmas EVE- Was okay, i was not the happiest camper. For dinner we went down to our neighbors house( this time it was a different neighbor) for dinner. We thought we would give it a chance and try it out. So we had a yummy lasagna lookin thing, but it was not called lasagna. It was goooood! Then i ran home and got my "Polar Express" book and then came back. (Brenda, the mom made us spanish hot choc. which is not my prefrence, but thats okay). When i was ready to read the book i read it to steven and Garin ( have i told you this all before? oh well) and they were not paying much attention, but i read it anyways for myself. : ) the parents were loud too. Then we turned on the movie and because no one was watching it with me Jody sat down with me and watched part of it. Then we went home and opened a couple of presents, ( like 2) and i guess i had a attitude that night, i was tired, and did not seem to appericiate the gifts.
SO i was upset, talked it out with my mom and then went to bed. <- that was a nutshell. lol.

Christmas DAY(Cont.)- WAS GREAT! I loved my presents, so did my brother. My dad got spoiled this year. lol. Every year there is always at least one person that you collect for without thinking over time and then it comes to christmas and BOOM! There it is.

What i got for Christmas:

Lava Lamp(Purple and Orange) Adidias Boots(Very comphy, i wear them a lot, its more like a shoe fit) $15 Itunes card Money from family SOCKS!!!!!!!!!!! I ♥ socks, espically warm ones $10 Blockbuster gift card $25 Target Gift Card Outfit: Vest, shirt, Jeans, Belt and Scarf My mom put the charms on my charm braclet HSM 2 DVD-YAYAYAYAYAYAY HSM 2 DS game Monkey ball DS game Nerf Case(blue like this color, sorta, but darker) It protects it more and i have a pink DS so not i call it cotton candy. get it? blue and pink! *I am running a blank in my mind, sorry....... Its late, its 11:17*
Coach Purse Hand Warmers(THANK THE LORD FOR THOSE, i can use them when i got to the bus early in the morning when its freezing like 46 degrees or lower. It only got down to about 37 degrees at the most though...but thats my guess, i am not a wether woman) Portable speackers that plug into my ipod, and they are not battery operated! SWSWEET!

Thats all i can think of for now. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
BOOK I RECOMEND TO EVERYONE!
Written By: Sean Cover
Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
I am almost done and after i am finished i want to read
Written By: Sean Cover
Title: The 8 Habits of Highly Effective people

What i like to do with those books is write side notes and underline then highlight a passage or quote that i like.

He is a very good author and explains stuff well. Last night or the night before i was reading passages to my mom and she said another cool job for college or like um, to study about is phycology. ( Can't spell ) i could be a childrens phycoloigest. I love to be with little kids, They are always fun and have a smile on their face, sometimes i wish i could be one again maybe just for a day.... Another job/career i like also as a hobby is writing poetry, maybe i should take some journalism classes, but the only thing is, is that i do not like writing reports... i am more of a expressive writer.

I am bored.

Oh darn, i thought of something earlier.... and it was good to. I was either going to make a point or state something..... GRRRRRRRR, what did i want to say.
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Well heres another thing,

I mentioned before on how i was not "feeling real" and these past few days i have been feeling great. I feel like i am me and i am here for a reason. This thing "Episode" what eva you want to call it does not happen every day. Just sparaticly every now and then. So am very pleased with that. I don't know how i am feeling better about it but i am!
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Beauty Tip: If you do not like getting your eyebrows waxed,Like me, ( i have done it once, its really not that bad) and you pluck them, put some lotion on them and then pluck them with a magnified mirror. I like the mag. mirror because you can see what your doing. i don't like it when i can't. lol.
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I think that wraps it up tonight.
Love ya'll
Amanda Panda

P.S
now i am mad, my brother took my ummm SD card out of my camera and put it in his video camera and then he gave it back to me and now i don't have any pictures on it. I AM P.O.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now i don't even remember what pictures i had on my camera.......... i want to cuss but i try not to. It does not make me feel better at all. not even a split second. but sometimes i say it in my head... or very quietly if i am by myself.
-Well i guess part of it is okay now, i went onto his account because i remmebered he wantted to make a christmas slide show, and he had to use my camera tp put the pics. on his side and so now i got them from his side and i have some left, fortunatly.

Emily- i want to call you, I miss you tons. Are you in school? i would be bummed if you were because i am up right now...sorta, and weekends sometimes i am and someitmes i'm not.