Today's Topic: July 30

Today is July 30th, my birthday, the day I turn 14. So exciting. I will be continuing this post tomorrow, but for the next week I may not be able to type these...if worse comes to worse, I do have a backup, but it is rather tedious. Anyway, today is my birthday, and at 8:09 p.m. I will be 14!

Today's Topic: Gift Cards

Like cold, hard cash, but all on a piece of plastic, it's a miracle! Just a simple, thoughtful gift that promises lots of enjoyment for you in your future. An example would be today, when I traveled to Barnes & Noble (with the aid of my mom, of course, due to my illegal driving age.) with my plastic worth $25, where I then proceeded to spend it all, obviously. How can you not? Only get one book?! What are you, crazy? Anyway, that leads me to believe that gift cards are pretty amazing, and makes me wonder why no one invented them earlier, which would have been awesome, but I grew up with them, so I really don't have much to complain about...especially because I'm talking about why I LIKE gift cards...!

Today's Topic: Ears

I am very thankful for my ears. That is all. For today.

Today's Topic: Clocks

This one is more understandable. We all need clocks, we don't question it, just embrace it. The human world runs on time. Everything is all about, "We have to get there on time", "We don't have enough time", or, "What time is it? I am so busy..." How many times do we say these each day? Time seems very important to us, it helps us measure each day, when we are supposed to be eating or sleeping, and it pretty much directs our life. How could something so small create such a big impact? I dunno, pens are pretty important because you can write with them, but you don't see people changing their life plans because of them. Take today to stop and think about how time has such a large impact on your life, perhaps a little too much?

Today's Topic: (Screen) Doors

Screen doors, as well as doors, are very helpful in everyday life. Why, you might ask? Well, they keep OUT the FLIES. Which, might seem small and harmless, (and in the big "scheme of life" it really is.) but is quite annoying...keep your doors open in the summer for less then five minutes and find out! Anyway, if we didn't have doors, the heat/cold would be getting into our house, and would release the heat/AC coming from our house.

Why I don't like...

Broken air conditioners.


It's not fun, but I went two weeks in France without it, but I really do prefer not sweating every second of my life, because that just isn't fun. Especially when your fan in your room broke, because one of the blades fell off, so you cant turn it up because it starts rocking back and forth, and you fear for your life.

Today's Topic: My Partyy

Today is my birthday party! So excited!! But it doesnt start until four, which means I have alot of hours until then, but I have alot of stuff to do until then-I think. I can't say much, because I don't know what will happen! All that I know is that I have an awesome Lilo and Stitch moonbounce (youre jealous), a home-made dunk tank, rainbow cupcakes, and a "survivor like" auction....who knows what will happen during this...!

Today's Topic: A Team & Friday

Apparently, I have some clearing up to do! Yesterday, I found out I was on A Team for 8th grade, and it turns out a bunch of my friends are on my team...you could say I "jumped to conclusions".

Anyway, todays topic is about Fridays. What is there not to like about them, really? I mean, it is the day before the weekend, but that doesn't really matter if you are on summer vacation. Fridays are always happy and relaxed, which means we should all take the time to just relaxx today and on the weekend!

*MY BIRTHDAY PARTY IS TOMORROW.*

Why I don't like...

BEING ON A TEAM. I AM SO UNHAPPY RIGHT NOW. We just found out our teams, and all of my friends are either on B or C. Out of A, B, C, and D, that is a 50% chance, and obviously I didn't get it, which always happens to me, and I know that makes no sense. Anyway, I tried to figure out what team I was on all night, and I couldn't figure it out. All my friends were texting me like crazy, I had 11 messages, but then I had to get off the computer because it was getting late. I woke up at 5:00 a.m. and I really wanted to check the website, but since I have lacrosse today, I figured I should get another hour of sleep. Then, when I woke up at 6:12 a.m. I raced down stairs, and I was so excited, then BAM. A Team. But who knows, maybe something good will come out of this, but right now, I am having a very unhappy unhappy day.

Today's Topic: Sunscreen

Sunscreen is exactly the thing I did not use today. I was at lacrosse, out in the sun from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and so far this week I have not been sun burned. Obviously, this streak had to be broken...so today I returned home with a big red patch on the back right side of my neck, and it hurts SO BAD. My advice is, wear sunscreen!! But I don't wear it all the time, because I don't want to turn white and pasty...just a personal preference....but there is a limit, as there is to everything. One this I am sure about though, is that I WILL be wearing sunscreen tomorrow.

Today's Topic: Flip Flops

For example, after having a long day of running in sneakers and lacrosse, it feels absolutely wonderful to put on a pair of flip flops. If you don't like flip flops, you are CRAZY. But I mean that in the nicest of ways. :)

Today's Topic: Lacrosse

I just started my week lax camp from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. You might wonder why I would want to wake up at 6:30, get dressed and eat by 7:30, then drive for an hour, and I wonder why I would want to do that too, but it's worth it. Anyway, it is the most amazing camp, because we do drills and stuff all morning, then eat lunch, but then we get to swim in the COLLEGE POOL. SCORE. It is very cool, because it goes to 12 feet. But anyway, I have been playing lacrosse since 3rd grade, and I love it. Really, you should try it.

Today's Topic: Air Mattress

The past two nights I have been sleeping on an air mattress. Why? Because my room has toxic fumes in it due to glue and paint, so I prefer the clean air. Anyway, air mattresses are something I could live without, they don't majorly improve your life, but they are helpful. I mean, if you had nowhere to sleep because A. your room was being redone B. you had guests and got kicked out of your bed, or C. you just moved and your bed did not arrive as fast as you/isn't assembled. Everyone should own some sort of air mattress, trust me, you will use it.

Today's Topic: Fabric

Not just any fabric, but the kind on my walls. Instead of having a normal wall, I have a giant push pin wall, and in order for that to work, you need foam covering your wall, then to cover the foam, you need fabric. Recently, (yesterday) we took down the fabric that was on my walls because it was starting to turn yellow-brown which was really gross, and we replaced it with the coolest green fabric. It is like a light green, but not bright...it is so cool that you can do all kinds of things with fabric, and to think that it started as eaither a plant growing in a field, or as animal fur...(I am not an animal killer. 8-O I ment sheep and stuff.) But if it was wool or something, that grew because the animal ate grass so really..........

Today's Topic: Movie Maker

Ok, so I make movies on Windows Movie Maker all the time, who knows why, I just love to do it. I just finished one that my friend and I filmed called the S.S. Show, and I have a separate blog and everything just for my movies. I think the blog is in my blog list if you scroll down....
Anyway, I love Windows Movie Maker because you can do all kinds of really cool things, which makes me wonder what a professional movie editing/publishing program looks like, I hope I could try one someday, it would be really cool. It's so easy, you just upload your pictures and video clips to your computer, put them in movie maker, and you can do allllll kinds of really neat things.

Today's Topic: Paint

Not water colors, not canvas paint (even though those are fun too), but wall paint. Yesterday was the first day of my "room renovation" as I like to call it. Now, all three of my walls are purple, leaving out my push pin wall. The ceiling will be painted a light blue that will match my new peace sign quilt, and I have polka dot adhesives that will go on my ceiling that are green and blue. It will look so cool.
The only thing I don't like about paint is the smell. I mean, who really likes that smell? It makes my throat seize up...but it has good results. (Not the throat part, the paint on the walls part.)

Today's Topic: Books

I am looking at the coffee table next to me, and it has three books on it that I am currently reading. I love books so much, and about an hour ago I read close to 100 pages of one of the books I have been reading, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. It is a really good book that my friend recommended to me, and if she hadn't, I probably would have never read it. Has that ever happened to you?

Why I don't Like...

...Taking finals in the summer.

1. I'm going back to school for two days to take 4 tests
2. I have to study during the summer
3. I can't totally relax

Today is the first of two days that I have to take my finals, because I missed the last two days of school, and four finals. There were so many kids that missed the last days of school, they had to make extra final retake days. So many kids missed finals because of all of our snow days, a couple of which were not needed. So that is why this is the first post about something I DON'T like...school finals in the summer.

Today's Topic: Yogurt

Ok, so it's 8:26 a.m. on JULY 12th, summer vacation, and I am in normal people clothes. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE. I am sitting here, enjoying my strawberry yogurt, which tastes really good. I actually like the strawberry banana yogurt, but my mom only got one of those. Why don't I just eat a banana and a strawberry, you ask? That's none of your business. I only like it in yogurt form. Yogurt is nice because you can take it anywhere with you, and if you don't have a spoon, you can just drink it. They are filling, but not too filling, kinda like sorbet, but healthier, because otherwise I would be eating "pomme sorbet" (apple sorbet) every morning.

Today's Topic: Rain (sort of)

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of rain? Gray, wet, or boring? Well, all of those things are true, but rain really isn't all that bad, it is rather...important, even if we find it hard to admit. Today, I am happy with the rain because it has been 100 F+ this whole week, so a little rain can't hurt, we actually need it so the trees can grow more leaves and so the grass can become green again! The only problem is that there is a flood watch today...but that is understandable since the last time I saw rain was last week, in a different country (France).
Why do I like rain, though? Well, it is very good story writing weather, and as you can see I am blogging in the weather. It is also a very good day to buy stuff for a birthday party that could be taking place July 24th from 4:00-9:00 p.m. but I'm just sayin'.

Today's Topic: Apples

I absolutely love apples, they are my favorite fruit! Other then grapes and pineapple...they are one of the few fruits I actually like...I like more vegetables. Anyway, I always love eating my apple, the only thing is that I cannot eat a whole apple because of my braces, but it tastes good cut up, as long as it is not left out for too long, then it turns brown...

I love apples because when you knock on them (try it sometime) it sounds really good. Also, they make a good crunch sound, and look appetizing, unless they have brown/mushy spots or have something sticking out of their skin. I always enjoy apples, and usually when I can't figure out what I want to eat, I will have an apple!

Today's Topic: __%of__is__

Did you know that I learned that it math? And I actually used it in the "real" world?! It actually surprised me because sure, we use adding, dividing, and stuff, but this is like, something BIG. I was trying to figure out how much this pillow I wanted would cost after a 15% discount, and suddenly it popped into my head, __%of__is__! I was listening to Glee's Don't Rain on My Parade, and it was so funny, because right when I realized this, there was a big bang in the music, then once I figured out the problem, there was another...it was funny. Anywho, (right now I think) that...3 out of every 5 things you learn in math are useful. Haha.

Today's Topic: Cheerios

TOASTED WHOLE GRAIN OAT CEREAL, OHH YEAAA!! How can someone not like cheerios? All they are is bread, no salt, no nothing. They are like mini doughnuts, but much healthier! Plus, you add milk, and they are just the best thing in the world. Really, you should try it sometime. Cheerios are also great because of their name. Just say it out loud "Cheeeer-ios". Isn't that fun? In fact, as I write this I eat my bowl of Cheerios.

Today's Topic: paper

Paper is something that I am thankful for, and probably everyone in the world has used paper at one point, and everyone should be thankful that they can use it! If we didn't have paper, we would be writing on stones, leaves, and electronic devices, but we wouldn't be able to print anything out for obvious reasons.

I like paper because I can draw on it, write on it, and all kinds of other stuff. If someone handed me a piece of paper, I could do all kinds of crazy things with it. It is also very light weight, and easy to transport. Everything I have written sounds like some report for something school related. I guess I am just used to writing that way....hmmm will have to fix that. :)

Todays Topic: Pools

What can someone not love about a pool? There are many types of pools: kiddie pools, hot tubs, public pools, private owned pools, blowup pools, backyard pools. There is a type of pool out there for everyone, and I like them all. (Except for shark-infested pools, but that is totally out of the box.) Today, it is still morning, and it is already 96.1 F, so the pool is the obvious solution for any of your cooling down needs!

Today, I am going to my friends pool [which is huge]. I love swimming, and I have always been in the water since I was little! I can't wait! SPLASHHHHH

Todays Topic: AC

AC, short for Air Conditioner, is one of the most amazing things ever. Since I just got back from my two week vacation in France, I have come to understand the importance of AC. For some reason, the French are totally against these, and I was only in an not-wicked-hot-room for about...3 days maybe? Life is just much more enjoyable with these things! Imagine: "You were out for a long, hot day, walking/running around, then you come back in for your cold glass of water with ice cubes, and BAM, it's even hotter inside! You quickly pour your glass of water, give up on getting ice cubes, and sit down in the corner of your room in as much shade as possible."