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Sunday, October 03, 2004
Sorry everyone. I'm sure you all just practically died from deprivation from the story of my life! ;) So, now you'll get a nice, looong one! Hmm...where to start? I suppose I will start by saying never go to Zachary's "website"! You will regret it, trust me! Anyways, this is the longest time that I have gone without updating in a long time! I shall tell all. Let's start with the most interesting, exciting subject! School I have been so busy with school! Although, I must admit that I haven't been as diligent as I should have been. I procrastinated a lot this week and it showed in my speech and biology test. :( Okay, the speech thing was sort of funny, I guess. See, for my demonstration speech I did a makeover on Grace. It was really fun, except I hadn't had a chance to practice on HER, only on my sisters. Weeell, there was one, tiny little . I, somehow or another, got some mascara under her eye. I said, "Oops" and tried to rub it off, but it just made it worse! Everyone was laughing and as I tried to fix it, they just laughed harder! I must admit, it was pretty funny and I'm sure if Grace hadn't kept a straight face, I would have started laughing myself. And, of course, everyone heard about our demonstrations and wanted to come and watch! So our audience was about twice as big as usual! I wasn't really embarrassed when I was up there, but afterwards when I got comments like, "Grace, you did really good," and, "You covered your mistake well" - that was slightly embarassing! *sigh* and my biology test...well I had studied quite a bit, but apparently not enough. I forgot one term, which I feel very stupid for, and I'm sure I will be pretty disappointed with my grade. I guess I will just have to work harder next week and in weeks to come. You Learn Something New Everyday Last night the gi.rls from my speech class and I had the opportunity to go to the Right-to-Life banquet. A lady named Mrs. Price had 5 free tickets that were meant for Covenant Christian High School students who couldn't attend because they were on their Fall Break. Anyways, Mrs. Baumgardener had talked to Mrs. Price and told us in class on yesterday. She offered it first to Juniors and Seniors, but there is only one Junior in our class and he couldn't go. So, just we gi.rls ended up going. It was a little bit scary, being dropped off downtown by our parents. (hey, don't make fun! ;)) The food was delicious! And there were, get this, three forks! Haha, I thought it was funny! The speaker was a really neat guy (I don't remember his name) and he had a ton of jobs, had appeared on radio stations and on TV shows, including Oprah. He has ten kids, all (I think) adopted from mothers who didn't want or couldn't take care of their children. He was an excellent speaker - very funny and totally comfortable in front of so many people. He didn't even use the podium! I can only dream of being that good of a public speaker! I could go on and on about it, but if you really want to know you can ask me. :) Parents This morning my dad decided that we would have "Fall Break" and not have school today. About an hour after he decided that, he changed his mind and said they we had to do it after all. My mom decided it would probably be best because they were going to be gone and it would give us something to do while they weren't at home. My mom is at the women's retreat right now. I hope they all have lots of fun! Tonight we had a Bible study, organized by Emily Sturm, Ashley Rusk, and Eleni Elder for young gi.rls. It was a really good time. Emily gave a wonderful lesson on honoring our parents. I think we often don't realize how much our parents do for us! In the beginning she asked us all to tell one or two characteristics we admired about our parents. People said things like they admired the commitment and selflessness of their parents. Think about our mom's especially. They hardly have any time for themselves! Most mothers commit almost all of their time caring for their husbands and children! And fathers make all those extra sacrifices to provide for their family. I admire my dad's ability to be fun and silly and make people laugh, as well as his wonderful knowledge and teaching, especially about the things of God. I can't imagine not having the parents I do. I encourage you all, as Emily did us, to pray for your parents every day. Make it a real priority in your prayer life. I know it's something I want to definitely work on. Prayer One quick thing: Please pray for Jeremiah and his family and also Katie Long and her family. You can read about Jeremiah on his blog and Katie Long had major back surgery. I don’t know very many details about it, but I do know that she is in a LOT of pain. I’m sure they would both appreciate everyone’s prayers! Sorry this is so incredibly long, everyone! I just had to get you all caught up! ;) Oh and I meant to post this last night, but ran out of time! Hope everyone has a great weekend! God Bless! Verse of the Day: “‘Honor your father and mother,' which is the first commandment with a promise.” ~Ephesians 6:2~ (Short verse, great application!) Song of the Day: "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" ~Stacie Orrico~ Quote of the Day: "The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tor.tures called an education." ~ John Updike~ Charity | 1:07 am Comments-[ comments.] |