12 Things I want to do before I turn 21

1. Run the Disney Marathon

2. Run the Greece Marathon

3. Graduate high school

4. Make the all city-county team in running

5. Make the all region and state team in running

6. Make the all city-county team in swimming

7. Make the all region and state team in swimming

8. Sky dive

9. Wight water raft in the Grand Canyon

10. visit Europe

11. Visit California

12. Visit Hawaii

Winter

Winter is not my favorite season at all.
Wet and cold it is throughout the day, is not something I like to be.
Whether we are out of school or not, is just one of the questions that looms in the air.
Wild are the winds and snow, nothing is predictable.
White is the sky during the short day and dark is the afternoons.
We can't stay warm outside. We have to stay in all day.
We stay under a winter weather watch all winter long.
Will we go to school today?
We do not know until they call.
Winter is not my favorite season at all.

What advice would a dog give about life?

Advice is something that people tell others in order to help them out with a situation. You hear all different kinds of advice. sometimes it is about weight loss or sometimes it is about something more complicated like suicide. One day I was thinking about the best kind of advice and who it came from. Then I started thinking about what if a dog could give advice and what it might be. i decided that if dogs could give advice that it would be about "always being loyal". I thought of this because when you hear people talk about dogs you always hear that they are loyal. This is a good piece of advice because you should always be loyal to everything you do whether it is a sport, school, career, or a person.

Math

When I hear the word math I think of numbers, a subject, fun, thinking, problem solving, calculators, fractions, and decimals. To sum people these things may not sound very fun, but to me it is. The reason I like math is because there is always either a right answer or wrong answer no maybes or kind ofs. It is all black and white. Also, you use math in everything you do; whether it is go to the grocery store, ride a bike, swim, or build a house. One of my favorite ways to use math is when I am balancing an equation in chemistry class. I love chemistry and math, so I definitely love combining the two subjects together.

Trademarks

Have you ever noticed things that people do over and over again? I see them all the time. They are called trademarks. My best friend's brother always has some type of ball with him. Whether it is a bouncy ball, and football, or a squishy ball he never leaves his house without one. Another trademark I see is with my best friend. She always has coloring crowns in her purse. I don't know why, but she always has them with her. It is really funny, she is a senior in high school and she still carries a bag of Crayola coloring crowns with her where ever she goes. These are just a couple of trademarks that I have noticed. There are many types of trademarks some people you see all the time are always knitting, carrying a coffee mug, or some people always wear the same types of clothes or wear their hair the same every day. Everyone has a trademark, you just have to look for it. Next time you see someone try to pick out their funny trademark.

Ugly Words

There are many different types of words. Some are sweet sounding like sugar, tintinnabulation, and jingle. Some are just weird like guacamole, cantaloupe, and kiwi. Sometimes I just wonder who came up with some of these names. There are some words in the human language that I can't stand at all. Curse words. I don't know who invented them, but I wish that they hadn't. There are so many others words people can use that show their feelings in a much better and more descriptive way. All I hear all day long is bad word this and bad words that, I am so bad word mad. Why can't people be creative with their vocabulary and say aberrant, imprudent, or psychotic, satisfactory, advantageous, or felicitous. Their is many different words that give people a much better description of how someone feels.

Lion King

The Lion King is my all time favorite movie. I love all the songs in it. When I was little all I would do when I was home was watch the Lion King. If I was in the car I always listened to the Lion King sound track. If I wasn't watching it or listening to it in the car I was reading the book. Now that I'm older I understand the meaning more. I loved how Disney showed that you can do whatever you want to do through a little kids movie. He showed that it didn't matter who you were, where you came from, or what you looked like that you could do whatever you put your mind to. The movie shows this when Simba and Nala are singing "I Just Can't Wait to be King". Simba says: I'm going to be a mighty king so enemies beware. Zazoo: Well I've never seen a king or beast with quite so little hair. Simba: Well I'm going to be the main event that no king was before. This line shows Simba's determination to be the king of the jungle even though their are animals that are strongly against him.

Snowdays

Almost every year we get out of school for snow days. I like having snow days, for the most part. I like them because I don't have to go to school, I get to sleep in, and I get to do whatever I want-well as long as it is reasonable, I get to make snowmen, have snowball fights, make snow angels, and drink hot chocolate. But, one thing I don't like about them is having to make it up later. :( This snow day I didn't do a whole lot. I was going to go out side, but it was too cold. Anything that wasn't covered up would have freezed immediately. Instead I stayed inside and played with my new Ipod touch. I t was a very relaxing weekend. i wish we could have snow days more often as long as we don't have to make them up.

Possibilities

Looking ahead 2010 is going to be a busy year. First off is the regional swim meet, next will be the regional and state track meet, then prom and the end of the school year. After that my summer consist of my church's mission trip, the YMCA triathlon, GSP, and cross country camp. Then in the fall I will start my senior year of high school; being busy with college applications, scholarship applications, and wrapping up my high school career. Goodness, that's a lot to do in one year. With all of that going on and I'm sure lots more 2011 will be here sooner than I expect, but for now I hope to enjoy the time being.

2009 Reflection

2009 was a very eventful year. Many memories were made that will never be forgotten; some good and others we wish we could forget. One of the first events of the year was the Ice Storm. I will never forget it. 95% of the town was with out power anywhere from 2 days to 3 weeks. Luckily my house was part of the 5% that didn't lose power. Although it wasn't as fun as some people think. Even though we still had heat and electricity we had to share. My grandparents, my mom's friend's family, and my 2 best friend's family's all stayed at our house for those 2 weeks until we went back to school, then they were still living at our house for a few days after that. It was fun because you always had someone to talk too and play with, but it was also uncomfortable because their were 13 people staying in a 3 bedroom house.
Another event that I won't forget is my church's mission trip to Camp Loucon during spring break. I won't forget this because I helped haul trees, that had been damaged from the ice storm, a week straight and you still couldn't tell that we had made much of a difference. We chose Camp Loucon as our place to work because everyone in my youth group had gone to church camp their at least once, and most of us had gone numerous times, and we new how much Camp Loucon meant to us and we wanted others to be able to have the same experience as us.
2009 will be a year I never forget.