A true friend is someone who knows you're a good egg even if you're a little cracked

These egg shells were cut with a high intensity precision Laser Beam. This gives a very good idea of what can be achieved with a Laser Beam. From this can be surmised what laser surgery performed on one's eye is all about. Is it any wonder how one's vision can be improved in just a few moments? Science is sometimes wonderful, and it's still on the frontier of gaining new knowledge.

Watermelon carvings

I got these pics in an email forward today and thought they were so cool.


the horse is my favorite! :) there are more... but I didn't want to post too many pics.

So Cute!

Did you ever feel like the ducking who just didn't fit in? Just know you're always beautiful in God's eyes.

Big Full Moon

This is from a space website CLICK HERE
Thanks for forwarding this to me mom.

Left: A big, bright perigee Moon. Right: A lesser apogee Moon.

Tonight's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of 2007. It's no illusion. Some full Moons are genuinely larger than others and this one is a whopper. Why? Read the answer below.

The Moon's orbit is an ellipse with one side 30,000 miles closer to Earth than the other. The full Moon of Oct. 25-26 is located on the near side, making it appear as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2007.

In the language of astronomy, the two ends of the Moon's orbit are called "apogee" and "perigee." Apogee is the farthest point, perigee the nearest: diagram. This week's full Moon is a "perigee Moon" with extra-high "perigean tides."

The Moon is 14% bigger, but can you actually tell the difference? It's not so easy. There are no rulers floating in the sky to measure lunar diameters. A fun experiment: Take a friend outside Thursday night and ask if they notice anything unusual about the Moon. Explain perigee after they answer.

So small - Carrie Underwood

And yes, that is me.

dead fish

My/our (mostly my sister's) betta fish died today. He was pretty old. He wasn't too special, just an ordanary fish who ate fish food and swam all day, and got mad at his reflection in the mirror. Well my mom came in our room and was like "what smells so bad in here?" He was a small fish and he is in the far corner, so I didn't notice. Anyway now he's traveling down the water slide in the bathroom. And that's that.

I wrote your name

Only in Texas

Shelter in the Storm

I've been reading the book "Shelter in the Storm." I just want to share a little of what I read this morning.
page 46
As your conscience has been quickened by the Holy Spirit, you have seen something of the evil of sin, of its power, its guilt, its woe; and you look upon it with abhorrence. You feel that sin has seperated you from God, that you are in bondage to the power of evil. The more you struggle to escape, the more you realize your helplessness. Your motives are impure; your heart is unclean. You see that your life has been filled with selfishness and sin. You long to be forgiven, to be cleanesed, to be free. Harmony with God, likeness to Him, what can you do to obtain it?

It is peace that you need- Heaven's forgiveness and peace and love in the soul. Money cannot buy it, intellect cannot procure it, winsdom cannot attain it; you can never hope, by your own efforts to secure it. But God offers it to you as a gift "without money and without price" (Isaiah 55:1). It is yours if you will just reach out your hand and grasp it. The Lord says "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isaiah 1:18 "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit also will I give you." Ezekiel 36:26

You have confessed you sins, and in your heart put them away. You have resolved to give yourself to God. Now go to him, and ask that he will wash away your sins and give you a new heart. Then believe that he does this because he has promised. This is the lesson which Jesus taught while He was on earth, that the gift God promises us we must believe we do recieve , and it is ours. Jesus healed the people of their diseses when they had faith in his power; he helped them in the things which they could see, thus inspiring them with confidence in Him concerning the things which they could not see - leading them to believe in his power to forgive sins. This He plainly stated in the healing of the man with pasly: "That ye may know the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Then he said to the sick of the palsy, Arise, take up they bed and go unto thine house." Matthew 9:6 So also John the evangelist says, speaking of the miracles of Christ, "These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." John 20:31

yawn...

Well it's a school day tomorrow so I had better go to bed now...

later...

Going to go shopping now with my mom, will be back later, and will have the video posted later this week. My mom wants me to get a haircut. Do you think I should?

This morning for devotionals I read the whole book of Ruth. I really like my new bible that I received at my baptism with my baptismal certificate.

High Sabbath

Today was the best Sabbath of my life. I'll be posting some videos and pictures soon.

preferences quiz

I got little quiz this from my friend A.J.'s Mom's blog.

Lace or Ribbon? Ribbon
Mountain or Beach? Beach
Reading or Writing? Writing
Cookie or Cake? cookie, usually more healthy
Baked or Mashed Potato? baked, with soy sour cream
Scrambled or Fried? Scrambled
Fruit or Vegetable? Fruit
Spring or Fall? Spring, My birthday is in Springtime!
Roller Skating or Bowling? Bowling, I'm pretty good at it
DVD or Theater movies? DVD
Wood or Glass? wood
Blue or Green? Green
Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla, with chocolate syrup!
Quilting or knitting? Quilting
Early Morning or Late Night? Early Morning
Coffee or Tea? Tea, coffee is awfully terrible tasting and it's bad for you, who would want to drink that yucky stuff?
Watermelon or Strawberry? Strawberries definatley! They're fun to pick and eat.
Lunch or Dinner? Both!
Cold Cereal or Oatmeal? Oatmeal
Song or Dance? Song, I love to sing!
Carpet or Hardwood Floor? Carpet, it's softer.
Red or Pink? Pink
Cat or Dog? Dog
Pretzels or Chips? Chips
Iced Tea or Lemonade? Lemonade
Non-Fiction or Fiction? Both, if they're Christian
Rose or Daisy? Daisy
Sunrise or Sunset? Sunset
Comb or Brush? Brush
Pottery or Basket? Basket
Pen or Pencil? Pencil, they come with erasers, and unfortunately, pens don't.
Couch or Chair? couch
Country or Victorian? Country
Farm or Ranch? Ranch
Braid or Ponytail? Braid
Cash or Check? Both are nice
Chocolate Bar or Jelly Bean? well a small bean has a lot less calories then a chocolate bar, so I'll go for the bean, as long as it isn't a yucky purple one! lol
Coke or Pepsi? Neither, they have caffeine! yikes!
Hot Dog or Cheeseburger? Big Franks, cooked over a campfire! yummy!
Blinds or Curtains? Both
Dress or Pants? Dress
Sun or Moon? Moon, it doesn't hurt your eyes when you look at it.
Adventure or Comedy? Adventure mixed with a little bit of comedy!
Cloud or Star? Star
Lake or River? Lake
Half Full or Half Empty? Half Full
Truck or Car? car, perferably a volkswagon beetle!
Bath or Shower? Shower
Clothesline or Clothes Dryer? Clothes dryer
New or Second Hand? New
Gum or Lifesaver? Lifesaver
Email or Handwritten? Handwritten
July or October? July
Barefoot or Shoes? Shoes, I've cut my feet too many times going barefoot, but I do go barefoot around the house.

Baptism

My sister and I are going to be baptized this Sabbath. I'll be posting a video and pictures. :) Hopefully anyway. If I can get somebody to take the video. Maybe Korah will...

Another Picture

A picture I took of myself.

I collect pennies

I have 27 pressed pennies, most of them from zoos.

Stop taking my picture!

no, seriously I asked my sister to take a picture or my hair cause some of you wanted to see the highlights.

My sister and I

Banana Creme Pie

I made Banana creme pie for the first time. I got the recipe out of the vegetarian cookbook. My mom has had the cookbook even since we became vegetarian and she's never made it so I decided to make it and boy and I glad I did! It's delicious!

Banana Crème Pie
10 whole graham crackers, ground into fine crumbs (I used a blender to grind them).
¼ cup sugar
6 TBS melted soy margarine

¾ cup sugar
5 TBS cornstarch
1 ½ cups regular soy milk (or rice)
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt
2 TBS soy margarine
½ pound firm tofu
4 large bananas
1/3 cup coarsely chopped, roasted almonds (opt)

Combine the first three ingredients and mix thoroughly. Press along the bottom and along the sides of a 9.5 inch pie pan to make crust. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly toasted, about 20 minutes. Let cool.

Combine the sugar and cornstarch, then add the soymilk, (or rice) vanilla, and salt. Whisk until well blended. Add the soy margarine and boil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until very thick. Refrigerate until chilled, and then blend in a blender with the ½ lb tofu until smooth and creamy.

Slice the bananas over the cooled crust. Pour the custard on top. Sprinkle with the toasted nuts, and refrigerate until firm, at least an hour.

Photobucket is working again!

Here's sone of the videos we took of the fireworks. The voices you might hear are Korah, Levi and my sister.

fireworks

I was going to post some pictures and videos of the fireworks we watched saturday night. But apparentley photobucket is having some matience issues so I'll have to wait until later today or tomorrow...

Fun with Ally, AJ and Mandy

Here's a little mix of some of the videos and pictures of my sister and I in Indiana. You can see I added a few things to the pictures, I hope you think they're funny. I didn't do any of them to be mean, just to be goofy.


Hope you enjoyed watching us have fun!

I hope to visit AJ again next year!

wooooohooooo

comments

oops I was just moderating the comments and actsadentally hit reject instead of accept. I only got 6 hours sleep last night. Keep posting comments and next time I'll try to hit the right button!

Disturbing news

You know how I've been babysitting gabby all week. Well, on the last day, just half an hour before korah came to pick him up, he was murdered, by GUY! I am still in shock. I will never forget our beloved gabby. He was so cute and sweet and so innocent. Here are some videos of him enjoying the last few days of his short life.
Guy, my dog, didn't mean to kill him. He was just trying to have some fun, he wanted to play with him.

Big Guy

This is my Father's World

Beauty in the backyard

Even though we live in town were you normally don't see a lot of wildlife, we can still find beauty in nature!

Pet sitting

gabby the male dwarf hamster



and this is where he landed when he jumped!

in the trash. lol hahaha

Chomp the Lorikeet

I love fish

Maybe because I am one. lol.

Yesterday I passed level 3 in my swimming class. Moving on to level 4. I've never taken swimming lessons before in my life so I've taught myself how to swim.

I've decided what to name my fish. The orange and black one is Jasmine. The speckeled on is Taylor the 2nd.

Climbing trees

Two girls that love to climb trees! Do you know who they are?

Platies

My 2 new fish



My fish swimming

One wish!!!!!!!!!

If you had one wish what would you wish for? Something you've always wanted, money, a car, or something else???

;)

wow! just 7 days.

Family camp begins just a week from today!!!!!!!

Trading watches with Curtis

What a look

Teasing Curtis about something

http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=6gl1v6f

Video of my plane ride looking out the window

http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=67yzfau

no pictures

sorry no pics or videos yet. :( Maybe I'll just post them when I get back. :) Yeah, I know I'm a cheapskate. (sp?)

A quote for June 15

This quote is soooo true! I wish I wouldn't have gone out in the corn field for fun cause now I have a puncture wound on my foot!!! :(

"I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures." Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

I've arrived!

Hi Everyone,
I'm having a blast. We played soccer this morning and I have a scrape on my elbow/arm but it doesn't really hurt. I hope you have a great time at camp Maranda. Curtis is REALLY tall! As tall or taller then my dad! My flight was lots of fun.
I wish I would have brought my laptop with me though because they have wireless internet connection here!
We might go swimming at a pool. Their creek is more like a pond because it doesn't flow. But I haven't seen the other one which is farther away from the house. Well I have lots of things to do today so I'd better go.
Pictures later...
Alyssa

Gorillas

You can read more about them on http://www.koko.org/

I can't wait!

over worked, under payed too stressful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm quitting my job. wayyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooo STRESSFUL!!!!!!!!!!! makes me wanna pull my hair out and go swimming in the ocean!!!!!!!!!!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!HHHHHH!

I had to do that.

I'm tooooooooo stressed out.

as you can tell.

I need a new job. if anyone knows where i can get one please let me know.
And I HATE bratty kids who don't liste to anything you say and steal bananas.

Lately

Well I got my hair cut 3 inches on Monday. I got an ID card with all my info and my right thumb print. Pretty cool.

On Tuesday I had a doctor appt. I had a hearing test and I passed! PTL!
I'm leaving to visit my friends in MN in just 6 days! I'm very excited! It'll be my first time on a plane alone. I don't know if I'm more excited about the flight or about spending 19 days with my friends. I'm more nervous then excited about the flight.

Memorial Day

I hope you all had a great memorial day. I sure did! I went swimming at beltzville lake with my family, besides my dad. He had to go to work. sorry no pictures. No one ever takes pictures except me and my dad, and I forgot.

I learned how to hula hoop! (I used to not know how!)

But you can't really take a good picture when you're doing the hula. lol.

My favorite current pictures

Pictures of me etc...

A brentley collection

Well at least it's a start. It's like the only decent one right now. I'll work on my collections later so check back!

A lanaya Collection