What Do You Think?...

Okay America it's your time to vote...just kidding. But seriously, my sister Janina and I always get the "Wow, you two look so much alike!!" from almost everyone we know. I have gotten mistaken for her a couple of times, and she has been mistaken me also. Once she was at our church and Julia's friend thought that Janina was me, except that I had dyed my hair blond, and was wearing high heels (Janina is about an inch and a half taller). Now Janina's hair is brown, and I've been told we look like twins (with a 10 year age difference).

So, now I'm asking you. Do you think that Janina and I look enough alike to be mistaken as each other? I don't, first because...well I won't point out the differences, I'll just let you find them and then decide for yourselves.

TURKEY DAY!!!!

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving with our friends the Ewing's and the Neesby's. It was so nice to see everyone again, and catch up. Janina and the boys came over for dessert and coffee because she had her in-laws over, she also had an early dinner for Ryan because he had to go to work at 3:00pm. I hope all of your Thanksgiving celebrations went well, and that you enjoyed yourselves.

Let the Festivities Begin!!!

Everyone looks so happy...

Say: Happy Turkey Day!!!

Where's Eric??

Happy Thanksgiving!!...

Happy Turkey Day everyone!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day, and enjoy your time with family and friends. I'll have pictures up later this evening of our "festivities". Remember: Eat lots of yummy food (then go to the gym for 5 hours and work it off)!!

Strange Fears and Odd Habits...

Okay, as some of you know, I have a strange fear of Ferris wheels. I'm always afraid that when I'm at the top of it, a huge gust of wind will come, blow it over, and I'll be dead. You're probably laughing at me right now, but that's the truth. They FREAK me out. I am also scared that when I turn on the garbage disposal (I have it on while I am washing the dishes which is probably stupidity in the most obvious form) that the swirling vortex will suck my fingers down the drain, and they will be chopped to pieces. Well, since I'm on a roll of sharing my eccentric-ness (that is probably not a word), I also have a odd dish washing habit. I don't like to get my sponge dirty, so I'll use my hand to wipe out what ever it is I'm washing, then I'll use my sponge and scrub it. I can't stand a grimy, gross, and slimy sponge....EWWWWWW!!!

If you have any strange fears and/or odd habits, I would love to hear from you. Mostly to know that I'm not alone in my abnormality, but also so I can laugh at your strangeness...LOL!!

Any Ideas?...

In January, I have to plan a activity for all the Senior class, and I have no ideas of what to do. So far we've been bowling, on a picture scavenger hunt, and lastly we had a movie night and a bonfire at one of the houses. I'm so lost of what to do, so if you want to help me out, drop me some ideas, anything would help!! I know it's still like two months...month and a half...away, but better sooner that later.

Oh, and since I've had some "angry" comments about not having pictures of my Senior class, I'll get some ASAP.

A Lizzard in The Sink?!...

YES!!! Tonight I was washing a dish and I looked into the other side of the sink and there it was. It was so gross, and I was totally freaked out. It was probably about six inches long. I was scared it was going to climb out of the sink and then be lost in the house. *SHUDDER* How awful would that be? Amazingly though it stayed right where it was. My dad came and caught it and took it outside...WHERE IT BELONGS!!! I don't know how it got in the house, but I just hope that no more do. We once were invaded by frogs...but that's another story.

Senior Year!!!

Alright, so I am now REALLY REALLY REALLY excited about being Senior. Last night all the Seniors got together for a movie night. After the movie we sat around the fire and talked about graduation day. Last night it came a reality that I am graduating, and I will be done with high school forever!!! We talked about our speeches, group photo shoot, and our Senior song and verse. We didn't get very far with the group photo or the song, but we did choose a verse. Patrick thought that it would be cool to have a verse from Romans because "Romans sounds so awesome!!" so he said. Phillip remembered that there was a verse in Romans 8 that he thought kind of went with graduating, but didn't know exactly what verse. I'm pretty sure we picked Romans 8:37 it says "...In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us". Yeah, I guess that does sound pretty awesome. Next, we thought about our group photo shoot and the theme song to go with the picture slide show. We were joking around, saying we should mix like 20 seconds of each Seniors favorite song, or make a music video with us covering a song. Everyone plays an instrument...but me, of course. So Patrick and Deyvid said I could play either the tambourine or bass drum...THANKS GUYS!!! It was fun brain-storming and coming up with totally great (but mostly impossible) ideas.

Oh, side-note. I haven't put up any picture to go along with my posts, first because I don't have any to blog about, and second... ummm,there is no second.

Bubbles...

One of my favorite things in the whole world are...BUBBLES!!! I love them. Even though I am seventeen I still, on occasion, play with bubbles. My favorite thing to do is hold the bubble wand, and spin in circles so that I'm surrounded by bubbles. I don't do this by myself, my little brother is actually the one playing with the bubbles, and I'm usually out with him. Just so you know I'm not totally insane, but I'm still a little kid at heart!!

Let's Say Thanks!!!

With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought it would be nice to send a letter to one of our troops and tell them thank you. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your loyalty to our country. Thank you for your strength to press on, and for denying yourself the comfort of being home. Thank you for giving up the holidays with your family, and spending day after day away from the ones you love. Thank you that we can live in the home of the free, because of you, the brave.

If you would like to bless a solider with a letter of thanks, there is a website called http://www.letssaythanks.com/. You can select a card, fill it out, and send it off. I know that they will be much appreciated.

"Therefore encourage each other with theses words." 1 Thess. 4:18

The Little M&M

As some of you know, back in April my Aunt Heather went in to the hospital to have her little girl Maddyson, but almost didn't make it out. The complications we horrendous, and we all thought we were going to lose her. By the grace of our loving Father, and all your prayers, she was fine. Well, it's been almost seven months since that tragedy, and it's amazing to see how much she has progressed. The doctors and nurses said that it would take at least a year for her to be "stable", and she would probably never fully recover, but God had other plans. She is doing great. While we were out there in May-June she came home, just a little over a month after she went into the hospital. The last I heard was she was DRIVING!!! Can you believe that?! God is so great, and His was are way beyond our comprehension. Anyway, Aunt Heather is doing great, as well as Maddy (or the little M&M). Maddy is almost 7 months old now and is so adorable. She moves around really well, and is growing so fast, and is looking so much like her mom.

The Little Pumpkin Princess

Somethin' Funny...

I found something funny the other day. I was on my friend's Kari's blog, and from there I went "blog hopping". I came across this one blog called "Cheers to the Brilliant". Well, I guess this girl was in desperate want of comments because she leaves comments to herself...funny huh?. I thought so. She wrote a poem and this was the comment she left for herself, "Wow Dierdre, that was really good. I was totally worried that you hated me now. But wowww... That was..." That totally cracked me up when I read that. That was the best comment she left herself, she commented on another of her poems, but it didn't say much. Maybe I should be kind, and drop this girl a comment...I think she needs it.

My Loving Friend...

There is this certain person in my life that I love so dearly. The relationship we share is so dear to my heart. When we were younger though, we weren't as close as we are today. I think that's because I was the litte sister who whined and cried all the time, and was still consumed with playing dollies. While she on the other hand was older and long past the doll stage. She had her friends, and her responsibilities. She had her life, and I had mine. I'm not saying that she didn't include me, the exact opposite. She always made it a point to play dolls or barbies with me, she always let me hang out in her room when her friends were over, but I think that since I was so much younger than them I felt "out of the loop". Anyway, now that I'm older, I don't think I have a closer friend in the world. I love having an older sister, one who can sympathize with me on the different problems of growing up, and gives me the advice and encouragement that'll help me through. She knows almost every crush I've had, every hardship I've faced, and has helped heal the pain that went along with it. I love my sister, and am so blessed to have her. I am thankful that God has given her to me, because I couldn't have picked a better one myself!!!

"A sister is a gift of friendship and family all wrapped up in love".

Our Future Husbands...

Today my friend Priscilla and I were texting back and forth talking about country singers, and the Christian singer Chris Tomlin, and we came to a conclusion. She is going to marry Chris Tomlin, and I'm going to marry Chuck Wicks. Chris may not be the youngest guy, and Chuck already has a girlfriend...but that's okay, we know it'll work out in the end. :)

Christmas And A Modern Day Scrooge...

I am so EXCITED about Christmas. I love the holiday season!! I will admit that I am already listening to Christmas songs on the computer. I'm hopeless, I know. I'm extra excited about this Christmas because it will be extra special, know why?...JUSTIN WILL BE HERE!!!! He comes on December 22. I so am looking forward to seeing him. It will have been over a year (386 days to be exact) since I saw him last. Funny thing about him and Christmas is that he is not such a fan. I love to listen to Christmas music in the car, at home, anywhere. He, on the other hand, will do anything he can to get away from listening to it, and once all the presents are opened, we aren't even allowed to hum a Christmas tune. This might be because when we were younger (by younger I mean years ago) Janina would start the Christmas music in like September-October. I think that our "modern day Scrooge" got sick of it by the time Christmas came around, and never gave it a second chance. What a shame, it can really put you (by you, I mean me) in to such a happy mood.

Anyway, Justin isn't really a Scrooge, one thing about Christmas he does like, are the Christmas presents. I mean c'mon who doesn't like presents? One more thing, only 48 more day till Christmas!!!

Anonymous...

On some of my posts I had this anonymous person leaving me comments. It was bugging me because I didn't know who it was, but it was also kind of exciting to have some mysterious person leaving me comments. Well, it turned out that the "anonymous person" was just my younger sister Julia. She had been leaving the comments, and then when I would talk about this "person" who left me a new comment and try to figure out who it was, it made her little joke all the more exciting. So, last night she gave me a note saying that she was the culprit. I was kind of bummed, because, like I said, it was exciting to have some mysterious commenter, only to find out it's her. It's kind of funny because some of my friend who read my blog were also trying to guess who the anonymous person was, but now we know it was just Julia.

A Hippalo

You may be wondering what a "Hippalo" is, so let me enlighten you. A hippalo is a cross between a hippo and a buffalo. It was discovered this morning by a certain Jack Miller. He was looking at his foam animals, and he saw a Yak, and what came out of his mouth was "IT'S A HIPPALO!!!". It was the funniest thing hearing him try to figure out the right name. So Jack, here is to you and your hippalo!!

Science Student of the Year!!!

Alright, I wasn't really named "Science Student of the Year". I had to write a thank you/acceptance speech for my communications class, and that was my subject. It was kind of fun because it was all made up, I even made up my own future. In case you didn't know I was accepted in to U.S.C. with a full scholarship. I am enrolling in their Neuroscience Program, and hope to one day become a pediatric neurologist. In fact, I didn't even know that is what i was doing after graduation. Anyway, that made the speech more fun to think up. I am still little nervous about reading it infront of everyone, and I also hope I don't have to go first. Wish me luck!!!

It's Cold?...

Well finally!!! I've been waiting for cold weather since the beginning of Autumn. Last night I went for a walk with a beanie on...can you believe it...A BEANIE (and a jacket, and pants)!!! I am so excited. I love the cold weather I think because it make the inside of the house so much more cozy, and give you that fuzzy warm feeling. I am so glad it's finally here (I just hope it stays)!!

We Had a Super Halloween...

Halloween was AHHH-MAZING!!! It was fun dressing up and trick-or-treating with friends. All the younger kids looked so cute. My ''peeps' and I were rockin' the "80's" theme. We trick-0r-treated for a while, and got tons of candy. It was so much fun. Thanks Paulinski Fam for opening up your house and being such great hosts!! You are such cherished friends!!

Jack was a puppy and Emily was Belle.

Julia and her friends. Me and my girls. Work it ladies!!!

Here we are!!! Chase, Sara, me, Katie, and Amber. Don't we look fabulous (it's ok to say no)?

Our one and only picture of our group...or procession as some candy givers called us.