me playing guitar

in my ripped jeans and virginia beach pink sweat shirt

The world of Narnia

Yesterday we went to a book fair at my brothers school. My mom bought (among other books) the complete set of Narnia books. I've already finished the first two. In total there are seven.

1. The Magician's Nephew,

2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. (the movie is based on)

3. "the horse and his boy" I'm reading right now.

4. Prince Caspian (they're making a movie and it's coming out this summer.)

5. The voyage of the dawn treader

6. the silver chair

7. The last battle

I'll probably finish the whole set this week. I read 2 of them yesterday, and today I'll probably read 2 more. Either they're small books or I'm a fast reader. They're very exciting, I can't put them down without thinking about what will happen next.

Mandy talking 2 AJ

Liberty Bell & Charter of Privileges

Before the united states, when Pennsylvania was just a colony, there were some problems with the government. So William Penn, the founder of pennsylvania, decided he would try to settle the problems of government and called a special meeting of the Assembly. He proposed that they give the assembly all the law-making powers, set up a one house legislature, and give the Governor veto powers. This was called the Charter of Privileges.

Fifty years later, the charter was so valued by the people of PA that they wanted to honor it's birthday in 1751 with a celebration. The following year a bell was cast in London and sent to PA.

We all know this bell as the Liberty Bell. It's currently on a postage stamp, and it's very popular. It's called a "forever" stamp, because you will be able to use it even when the postage rates increase in the near future.

miss mandy

Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a happy easter. It was just a normal relazing day for me... didn't do anything special. I didn't have any candy either which is probably a good thing. We did get easter bunnies, and not fake ones, real ones! But they're not just for easter, they're a part of our family now. Their names are Missy-Daisy and Chole.

Missy-daisy likes to kiss, so her nickname is missy kissy. Chole is smaller, and softer.

We are buying an outdoor/indoor hutch for them soon. But for now they have a temporary cage in the laundry room. It isn't quite warm enough outdoors for them yet.

Here's some pictures:

Missy Daisy

Chole

Daisy & Guy

time travel

What is time? Is time travel possible? For centuries, these questions have intrigued mystics, philosophers, and scientists. Much of ancient Greek philosophy was concerned with understanding the concept of eternity, and the subject of time is central to all the world's religions and cultures. Can the flow of time be stopped? Certainly some mystics thought so. Angelus Silesius, a sixth-century philosopher and poet, thought the flow of time could be suspended by mental powers:

Time is of your own making;
its clock ticks in your head.
The moment you stop thought
time too stops dead.

Job Interview

As you may have heard, I applied for a summer job at Dorney Park. They got my application and called me and I'm going in for an interview next week, the day before my 16th birthday!!! I'm so excited! and please pray for me, because no doubt I'll be a little (well more then a little) nervous. Thanks.
(As you can tell by all the !!!!!!!!!!!!'s I'm really excited. I was jumping up and down. )

baby bunnies!

These are the mini lops we are going to get! The breeder says the one licking her hand is very friendly, and so is the other one. They are both sooooo cute!

Sugar cookie recipe

Old fashioned sugar cookies

1 cup butter
1.5 cups sugar
3 eggs, one at a time
1 teaspoon vanilla

mix and stir by hand:
3.5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tsp cream of tartar

chill in refrigerator for a few hours
roll out 1/4"
bake 5-7 minutes 375 degrees
un-greased cookie sheet

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butter cream frosting
1 cup butter
1.5 tsp vanilla
5 cup powdered sugar
(if you don't have powdered, blend in blender first)
3 tablespoons milk
a few drops food coloring (opt)

use egg beater, whip on high speed until fluffy
keep in refrigerator if not using

shoutout to everyone out there!!!

Awesome Graphics at pYzam.com

Lunar Eclipse!

Did you know there will be a lunar eclipse tonight? The earth will block the sun's rays from the moon.

I heard about it in math and science class, and also from my dad. So yeah, since it seems so important, I thought I'd make a post about it.

Faithfreaks

I have an account on faithfreaks, it's like a christian myspace. It's really cool.
click here

200th post...

So, what should I post about in this post #200? Well there are a lot of things I could say. But I will just say thanks to all the people who have read my blog, and thanks for being my friends and telling giving me advice and encouragement. God Bless you all!

How would you feel?

How would you feel if a life-saving process, which you had researched and developed, was denied to you in a life or death situation? Speculation has it that this is exactly what happened to Charles Drew. He was an African American credited with the research and development of blood banks.
Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904. At Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., he had become a promising athlete. Drew began college at Amherst, quickly becoming star quarterback, most valuable baseball player, and captain of the track team.
So it was no surprise when Drew was hired by Morgan State College. He became the school's football coach and athletic director. It was also here that Drew became a science instructor. With a growing passion for science, Drew entered medical school at McGill University in 1928. As an honor student, he joined a British professor in doing blood research. Fascinated, Drew continued his research on blood for two more years.
Drew continued his studies at Columbia University Medical School. While at Columbia, Drew learned all he could about collecting and storing blood. The goal was to save it until it was needed for transfusions. He soon discovered that blood preservation was possible if liquid red blood cells were separated from their near solid plasma and then frozen separately. Drew's blood bank system—the storing of blood—was a revolution for the medical field.
In 1940, just after the start of World War II, Drew earned his Doctor of Medical Science degree. Dr. Charles Drew was named director of the Red Cross Blood Bank and assistant director of the National Research Council. His process was used to supply blood plasma to the British during the war. These mobile blood banks were started to aid wounded soldiers. However, Drew soon returned to Howard University as Chair of Surgery because of requirements that the blood be separated by race. Drew understood that there was no racial difference in blood, and he felt that many could possibly perish waiting for blood from donors of the same race.
In 1950, Drew was involved in a serious car accident. News articles stated that he was not admitted to the nearest hospital because of his race. Articles suggested that Drew had lost too much blood in the transport to the nearest black hospital. Ironically, Dr. Charles Drew succumbed to blood loss because he was denied the very transfusion he had developed to save lives.

puppy love

a cute old micky mouse cartoon

my life

a short 10 minute video - random facts about my life with random music
I made it last night.

cookies and cupcakes

I made 24 cupcakes and I don't know how many cookies. I made the cupcakes by myself, and I let my sister help with cutting and frosting the cookies, after I made the dough.

spiders!

So yeah, I'm on another posting spree. Usually I don't have time to post and then when I do I have a bunch of stuff saved up.
So what do you think of when you think of spiderwebs?

So I googled spider webs and here are some cool pictures I found. They are so beautiful!!!

Painting the house