THE AWESOME LIST:
~Temple Trips!!
~Valentine's Day, Sarah Polett, and inside jokes <3 :)
~Quidditch :P
~Orchestra, we had our concert on Sunday :)
~Plain White T's new song, Rhythm of Love :) it's great and if you haven't heard it before, go un-deprive yourself, NOW.
~FBLA luncheons, yummy!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Weather Forecast: Blizzard, with a Chance of Sun
Don't be too surprised that I've gotten on here three days in a row. Since we're basically trapped in the house, what else am I supposed to do? :p
So far, we're up to about 2+ feet in the highest snow drifts... that's to Laura's waist! The storm sort of came out of nowhere for us (or me at least). It's so bad, yesterday the van got stuck... All good now, but still.
And then this morning I wake up and the sun is shining! And it's not even snowing anymore! Usually I would be all for the sun (I HATE the cold), but I've never been snowed in before (almost, but not quite) and science fair is this weekend... enough said.
A bit of happy news to everyone else stuck in the snow, though: Happy Groundhog Day! The groundhog saw his shadow!!..... Now we can all relax and start our spring cleaning..... :/
So far, we're up to about 2+ feet in the highest snow drifts... that's to Laura's waist! The storm sort of came out of nowhere for us (or me at least). It's so bad, yesterday the van got stuck... All good now, but still.
And then this morning I wake up and the sun is shining! And it's not even snowing anymore! Usually I would be all for the sun (I HATE the cold), but I've never been snowed in before (almost, but not quite) and science fair is this weekend... enough said.
A bit of happy news to everyone else stuck in the snow, though: Happy Groundhog Day! The groundhog saw his shadow!!..... Now we can all relax and start our spring cleaning..... :/
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock
D&C 50:44. "Wherefore, I am in your midst, and I am the good shepherd, and the stone of Israel. He that buildeth upon this rock shall never fall."
I love this verse. I was reading D&C today and this just popped out at me. It's such a good reminder. That He's always there with you, always taking care of you, never going to be moved, like a giant boulder.
I also love the reminder at the end. Since we hear the analogy about "building our rock on the Redeemer" all the time, I think we sometimes overlook the deeper meaning of it. Verse 44 doesn't say "He that loungeth upon this rock", or "He that vacationeth upon this rock." Building means establishing, increasing, strengthening. We have to work towards something. There's plenty of people who make it to the rock and then just dawdle around.
The primary song doesn't tell us that the winds and the rain only attack the house built on the sand. They beat against us no matter where we are. But we still have to work. Keep trying, and don't give up. That's how we stand without falling. It's not being on the rock, it's building on the rock.
I love this verse. I was reading D&C today and this just popped out at me. It's such a good reminder. That He's always there with you, always taking care of you, never going to be moved, like a giant boulder.
I also love the reminder at the end. Since we hear the analogy about "building our rock on the Redeemer" all the time, I think we sometimes overlook the deeper meaning of it. Verse 44 doesn't say "He that loungeth upon this rock", or "He that vacationeth upon this rock." Building means establishing, increasing, strengthening. We have to work towards something. There's plenty of people who make it to the rock and then just dawdle around.
The primary song doesn't tell us that the winds and the rain only attack the house built on the sand. They beat against us no matter where we are. But we still have to work. Keep trying, and don't give up. That's how we stand without falling. It's not being on the rock, it's building on the rock.
Monday, January 31, 2011
The Awesome List
So, a little bit ago, when Sarah came back from college for Christmas break, we had a date and we went through the billions of old journals that she has. Sarah was a crazy little chica. :p She also told me about her awesome list, basically a list of her blessings, like what my mom does. So, I've decided to adopt this idea for my blog. Sometimes it'll be more like my mom's and sometimes it'll be just things I think are awesome. :)
THE AWESOME LIST:
~ unexpected early-outs :D
~ a French class where I actually learn French
~ being back on my blog
~ blasting music :)
~ chocolate!!!
~ bundling up with tons of blankets when it's raining ice and you're FREEZING! lol
~ Michael Jackson's Rockin' Robin :P
PS~ Katasha, I'm terribly sorry, but this just happened.
THE AWESOME LIST:
~ unexpected early-outs :D
~ a French class where I actually learn French
~ being back on my blog
~ blasting music :)
~ chocolate!!!
~ bundling up with tons of blankets when it's raining ice and you're FREEZING! lol
~ Michael Jackson's Rockin' Robin :P
PS~ Katasha, I'm terribly sorry, but this just happened.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Yertle the Turtle
"On the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond,
Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.
A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat.
The water was warm. There was plenty to eat.
The turtles had everything turtles might need.
And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.
They were… until Yertle, the king of them all,
Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small.
“I’m ruler”, said Yertle, “of all that I see.
But I don’t see enough. That’s the trouble with me.
With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond
But I cannot look down on the places beyond.
This throne that I sit on is too, too low down.
It ought to be higher!” he said with a frown.
“If I could sit high, how much greater I’d be!
What a king! I’d be ruler of all that I see!”
So Yertle the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And Yertle, the Turtle King, gave a command.
He ordered nine turtles to swim to his stone
And, using these turtles, he built a new throne.
He made each turtle stand on another one’s back
And he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack.
And then Yertle climbed up. He sat down on the pile.
What a wonderful view! He could see ‘most a mile!
“All mine!” Yertle cried. “Oh, the things I now rule!
I’m the king of a cow! And I’m the king of a mule!
I’m the king of a house! And, what’s more, beyond that
I’m the king of a blueberry bush and a cat!
I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!”
And all through the morning, he sat up there high
Saying over and over, “A great king am I!”
Until ‘long about noon. Then he heard a faint sigh.
“What’s that?” snapped the king,and he looked down the stack.
And he saw, at the bottom, a turtle named Mack.
Just a part of his throne. And this plain little turtle
Looked up and he said, “Beg your pardon, King Yertle.
I’ve pains in my back and my shoulders and knees.
How long must we stand here, Your Majesty, please?”
“SILENCE!” the King of the Turtles barked back.
“I’m king, and you’re only a turtle named Mack.”
“You stay in your place while I sit here and rule.
I’m the king of a cow! And I’m the king of a mule!
I’m the king of a house! And a bush! And a cat!
But that isn’t all. I’ll do better than that!
My throne shall be higher!” his royal voice thundered,
“So pile up more turtles! I want ’bout two hundred!”
“Turtles! More turtles!” he bellowed and brayed.
And the turtles ‘way down in the pond were afraid.
They trembled. They shook. But they came. They obeyed.
From all over the pond, they came swimming by dozens.
Whole families of turtles, with uncles and cousins.
And all of them stepped on the head of poor Mack.
One after another, they climbed up the stack.
Then Yertle the Turtle was perched up so high,
He could see forty miles from his throne in the sky!
“Hooray!” shouted Yertle. “I’m the king of the trees!
I’m king of the birds! And I’m king of the bees!
I’m king of the butterflies! King of the air!
Ah, me! What a throne! What a wonderful chair!
I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!”
Then again, from below, in the great heavy stack,
Came a groan from that plain little turtle named Mack.
“Your Majesty, please… I don’t like to complain,
But down here below, we are feeling great pain.
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
We turtles can’t stand it. Our shells will all crack!
Besides, we need food. We are starving!” groaned Mack.
“You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle.
“You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle.
I rule from the clouds! Over land! Over sea!
There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!”
But, while he was shouting, he saw with surprise
That the moon of the evening was starting to rise
Up over his head in the darkening skies.
“What’s THAT?” snorted Yertle. “Say, what IS that thing
That dares to be higher than Yertle the King?
I shall not allow it! I’ll go higher still!
I’ll build my throne higher! I can and I will!
I’ll call some more turtles. I’ll stack ‘em to heaven!
I need ’bout five thousand, six hundred and seven!”
But, as Yertle, the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And started to order and give the command,
That plain little turtle below in the stack,
That plain little turtle whose name was just Mack,
Decided he’d taken enough. And he had.
And that plain little lad got a bit mad.
And that plain little Mack did a plain little thing.
He burped!
And his burp shook the throne of the king!
And Yertle the Turtle, the king of the trees,
The king of the air and the birds and the bees,
The king of a house and a cow and a mule…
Well, that was the end of the Turtle King’s rule!
For Yertle, the King of all Sala-ma-Sond,
Fell off his high throne and fell Plunk! in the pond!
And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he,
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles, of course… all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be."
by Dr. Seuss
PS~ I <3 Dr. Seuss, the rhyming gen-euss :)
Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.
A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat.
The water was warm. There was plenty to eat.
The turtles had everything turtles might need.
And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.
They were… until Yertle, the king of them all,
Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small.
“I’m ruler”, said Yertle, “of all that I see.
But I don’t see enough. That’s the trouble with me.
With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond
But I cannot look down on the places beyond.
This throne that I sit on is too, too low down.
It ought to be higher!” he said with a frown.
“If I could sit high, how much greater I’d be!
What a king! I’d be ruler of all that I see!”
So Yertle the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And Yertle, the Turtle King, gave a command.
He ordered nine turtles to swim to his stone
And, using these turtles, he built a new throne.
He made each turtle stand on another one’s back
And he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack.
And then Yertle climbed up. He sat down on the pile.
What a wonderful view! He could see ‘most a mile!
“All mine!” Yertle cried. “Oh, the things I now rule!
I’m the king of a cow! And I’m the king of a mule!
I’m the king of a house! And, what’s more, beyond that
I’m the king of a blueberry bush and a cat!
I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!”
And all through the morning, he sat up there high
Saying over and over, “A great king am I!”
Until ‘long about noon. Then he heard a faint sigh.
“What’s that?” snapped the king,and he looked down the stack.
And he saw, at the bottom, a turtle named Mack.
Just a part of his throne. And this plain little turtle
Looked up and he said, “Beg your pardon, King Yertle.
I’ve pains in my back and my shoulders and knees.
How long must we stand here, Your Majesty, please?”
“SILENCE!” the King of the Turtles barked back.
“I’m king, and you’re only a turtle named Mack.”
“You stay in your place while I sit here and rule.
I’m the king of a cow! And I’m the king of a mule!
I’m the king of a house! And a bush! And a cat!
But that isn’t all. I’ll do better than that!
My throne shall be higher!” his royal voice thundered,
“So pile up more turtles! I want ’bout two hundred!”
“Turtles! More turtles!” he bellowed and brayed.
And the turtles ‘way down in the pond were afraid.
They trembled. They shook. But they came. They obeyed.
From all over the pond, they came swimming by dozens.
Whole families of turtles, with uncles and cousins.
And all of them stepped on the head of poor Mack.
One after another, they climbed up the stack.
Then Yertle the Turtle was perched up so high,
He could see forty miles from his throne in the sky!
“Hooray!” shouted Yertle. “I’m the king of the trees!
I’m king of the birds! And I’m king of the bees!
I’m king of the butterflies! King of the air!
Ah, me! What a throne! What a wonderful chair!
I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!”
Then again, from below, in the great heavy stack,
Came a groan from that plain little turtle named Mack.
“Your Majesty, please… I don’t like to complain,
But down here below, we are feeling great pain.
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
We turtles can’t stand it. Our shells will all crack!
Besides, we need food. We are starving!” groaned Mack.
“You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle.
“You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle.
I rule from the clouds! Over land! Over sea!
There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!”
But, while he was shouting, he saw with surprise
That the moon of the evening was starting to rise
Up over his head in the darkening skies.
“What’s THAT?” snorted Yertle. “Say, what IS that thing
That dares to be higher than Yertle the King?
I shall not allow it! I’ll go higher still!
I’ll build my throne higher! I can and I will!
I’ll call some more turtles. I’ll stack ‘em to heaven!
I need ’bout five thousand, six hundred and seven!”
But, as Yertle, the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And started to order and give the command,
That plain little turtle below in the stack,
That plain little turtle whose name was just Mack,
Decided he’d taken enough. And he had.
And that plain little lad got a bit mad.
And that plain little Mack did a plain little thing.
He burped!
And his burp shook the throne of the king!
And Yertle the Turtle, the king of the trees,
The king of the air and the birds and the bees,
The king of a house and a cow and a mule…
Well, that was the end of the Turtle King’s rule!
For Yertle, the King of all Sala-ma-Sond,
Fell off his high throne and fell Plunk! in the pond!
And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he,
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles, of course… all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be."
by Dr. Seuss
PS~ I <3 Dr. Seuss, the rhyming gen-euss :)
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Love Story Meets Viva La Vida
So I haven't been on here in forever... to make it up to you check this out :)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Im Here!
I'm back! Sorry, been really busy and such so..
Um.. I thought I'd get on and write a QOTD for you. I forget where I heard or saw or read this but I heard or saw or read it somewhere so...
"You are nothing, you have nothing. You don't believe me? Then do something, make a difference, and prove me wrong."
Just thought I'd let you in on that awesomeness, your welcome.
Um.. I thought I'd get on and write a QOTD for you. I forget where I heard or saw or read this but I heard or saw or read it somewhere so...
"You are nothing, you have nothing. You don't believe me? Then do something, make a difference, and prove me wrong."
Just thought I'd let you in on that awesomeness, your welcome.
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