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July 12 - lotsa news

Today was my dad's 40th birthday. We just watched "The Water Horse" and had a yummy oatmeal cake my mom made.

I have vacation from Tues-Tues. I got my paycheck yesterday, $395. We're moving next Monday hopefully. That's why I got off work so I can help with the moving.

I'd better got go bed now because I have to work at 8:30 *yawn* I had a long nap this afternoon so thats good.

God Bless!

ZOO TYCOONIST

I love playing zoo tycoon! Pretty soon I'll be an expert player... I haven't got to play zoo tycoon 2 much yet. I just got it out of the box today.

We also got the marine mania expansion pack.

Zoo tycoon 2 is so much more fun than the old one. I want to get the extint aniamals expansion sometime too. They even have extra things and stuff you can download for your game. Kinda like special "bonus features".

driving vs flying

Many people find it hard to believe, but air travel is much safer than driving. Only 1 person in 4,600,000 will die in an air crash, whereas 1 in 125 will die in a vehicle collision. Air travel is safer for several reasons. One reason is because the air-travel system is more strictly controlled. Secondly, standards for pilots and airplanes are tougher. Lastly, many more people travel in vehicles than in planes. ~ taken from my school divers course :)

awwww TOTAL CUTENESS

dogs & cats can both be soooo cute!


vote on the poll, which do you think is more cute?

simple beauty

life

Well my foot is all better, which is an answer to my prayers. Nothing much else to say except that tomorrow is my day off so I'll be home if anyone wants to chat. I have 6 mosquito bites on my left arm which are really annoying me. I've heard west nile is going around... I'm really worried about it but it is kinda weird to think that bug bites could give you such a bad sickness. well thats all 4 now ta-ta

splinters & fireworks.

Another week at work over. I got a really small splinter in the bottom of my foot. It's really calloused so it took a lot of digging to get it out. It's really sore and lots pus came out. I just hope and pray it gets better soon, there's nothing else to do!
Tonight we might go see fireworks, I don't know. I do have to work early tomorrow. I've seen so many in my life already. Maybe I should just stay in bed and rest my foot. Right now I have charcoal on it. Hopefully it will get all the yucky stuff out.

It's kinda weird to say this but I can hardly wait until school starts again! Summer will be over in 2 months! YEA!!!

mommy on the monkey bars

I don't know if I have posted this picture before or not but here is my mom doing the monkey bars!

keeping up with everything...

Today was another day at work, I had first shift, 9:45-5:30 . Since I was kinda sick monday and didnt go to work, I am going to work Thursday instead. Tomorrow is inservice day (1 hour working on our skills) so I have to get there an hour earlier. *yawn* makes me tired just thinking about it. Well I'm going to go play zoo tycoon now.... can't wait until we get zoo tycoon 2 in the mail!!! :)
more l8r

Rules are good

Notice

please ask permission before you use my laptop

Shutting it does not turn it off. You must go to the start menu and press turn off computer when you're finished.

Make sure to keep battery charged.

~

If someone is acting strange, maybe keeping to themselves alot and stuff, don't assume that they're trying to ignore you. Maybe you think they think they're better then eveyone else. But it could be the opposite. Maybe they think they're not good enough. Make a difference. Show someone you care.

WNV

These videos are from last year but summer is here again, West Nile Virus season!

GREEN IS GREAT

green is a great color

and yeah thats all i had to say for now

g2g


hahahahaha

campmeeting, people, pictures

korah in my shades
mandy and korah munching (there are more weird pictures) lol
mandy
mom & brent

pictures of people at campmeeting

me & mandy
mandy
dad talking
lala swinging

mandy & rachel

First day of Work

Well we brought the wrong poles to set up the girls tent. So korah's dad brought over her tent and us 3 girls camped together last night. It was pretty nice. I slept well. Today is my first day of work at dorney park. I'm very excited. I won't be online at all this week, but camp meeting is ending in like 6 days so I'll be back before too long. I really need to get a cell phone! :) Last night we went to the Micheal Card concert, it was awesome. I've never seen Micheal Card in concert before. He even played 2 new songs. Well I hope to get some ice cream (soy) again tonight, it's so tasty!!! yummy!
Well as you can tell this is like the busiest week of my summer! lol. So ttyl

camping time

Well, we're not going to stay in a cabin, but we're still going to campmeeting. We went home the first 2 nights. Today we're setting up our tents. :) well I g2g

camp time!

Well today is the first day of PA camp-meeting. We'll be staying in a cabin. I will still be working next week and dad will drive mandy and I to our jobs. (She's earned like over $200 picking strawberries already). I'm so excited about life-guarding! It's like a dream come true! God is so good!
Well I won't have time to post for awhile. But I will be back! l8r

Did you know there's a law against being overweight in Japan!!?? They measure your waist and if you're over the limit they make you lose weight!

I'm a lifeguard!

Today I took the final test in the water and the written test. I did well in the water and got 98% on my written test. Tomorrow I go in at 4pm to get my life-guarding licence and for orientation (learning about the rides and how they operate). I also have to get a locker key. I hope the locker fits all my stuff! lol. Well here are some goofy pictures mandy took. Hopefully I'll have some better ones soon.

!Go Green!

I bought a bunch of green shirts, and a green bag, and cooler for my lunch. As you can tell, green is my favorite color! My eyes are blue, but they go good with green.

still here!

Yes, I am still blogging. Yes, I have been busy. Yes, I have started working at dorney park. I'm still in training, today and tomorrow will be the last 2 days of training. Then Sunday will be my first day of work. I made a friend on Monday. She's going to be a shallow lifeguard too. She's 16 too and really nice. I hope we can work in the same zone. Yesterday I wanted to get my ID card and uniform but the computer was down so they said I'd have to come back tomorrow. I'm going to get there and hour before training to get that all done. I have to go up a steep hill and walk through the amusement rides part of dorney to get to the wild water kingdom, which take 5 minutes. If you're just one minute late, you're fired! lol. So...
Anyways... I'll keep you updated.

10th grade here I come!

See this picture of textbooks? These are the books I have studied these past 9 months. Earth Science, English 9, Pennsylvania History, American Civics, Art History, and Algebra 1. They are listed in the order of favoritism! I like Science, then English, then History. Art History and Algebra weren't too fun! :) I enjoyed all the classes except Algebra. To be honest I have always disliked math very much. Oh well, at least I passed and today I start at dorney. I passed the online lifeguard training course and am ready to begin my summer!

Next year for 10th grade I've already picked my classes. Geometry, Biology, 1st semester Western Heritage, 2nd semeter World religons, 1st semeter drawing, 2nd semester graphic design.

I'm really excited about everything!

Oh yeah and this summer I'm doing drivers ED!!! YAY! {it will probably be my favorite class of all!}

Keeping Kool

The Elf man of my soul

This poem was written by my great-grandma Anna Johnson. I have never met her (I wasn't alive when she was) But I have some old pictures (well not the originals, just copies). She wrote quite a few poems. Here is one called...

The Elf man of my soul
There is a tricky little fellow
That lives within myself
However hard I wish or try
To keep him on his shelf
He always finds it pleasant fun
To come a-peeping forth
To dance and slide and frolic
On the strings around my heart.
He's the tricky little rascal
That can make me feel so blue
And whip the billows of my soul
To angry foaming too.
He laughs when I'm unhappy.
And cries when I am glad.
He's a tricky little fellow
Who likes to see me sad.
A.J.

Guy

"What a Guy!" ~ kmc

summer is here... and so are the ticks!

Dont tell me you've never seen a tick! If you live anywhere where it gets warm enough for bugs, they're there. They get on you, and your pets!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- Andit really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometimes difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc. Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you liftit away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me. Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say,'It worked!' Please pass on. Everyone needs this helpful hint.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!!!

Yeah! You're 21 wooo hoooooooooooooo!

I wish I could give you M & Ms

And all the cool shoes you could ever want.

pretty face

Am I just another pretty face to you?
What do I mean to you?
Why do you spend time with me?
Looking into my eyes
What are you looking for?
Someone to hold?
Or am i just another pretty face...
~lyss

pictures of... the house

The house on the right is the house, and the one on the left is the rentel.

This is a picture of what will be my room... well... our room {mandy & me} Well will have to get rid of some of our stuff to fit in there, so if you need a desk or a shelf, ask mandy! haha {She has 2 desks!}