Going to Ontario!

Yes, for Christmas! It's very exciting and all. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year for a lot of reasons. First, obviously, because we're celebrating the birth of Jesus, the person who saved us all. I always love driving around on regular errands and seeing billboards that have "The Season has a Reason" on it. It's nice to know that people are willing to spend money on a well-placed billboard to spread the gospel, and that they actually go out and do it. And, of course, hearing all kinds of Christmas songs on the radio, that subtly or not so subtly mention what Christmas is about. Namely, praising God for sending his Son down to save all of us sinners. And it shows how sinful we are by how much some people twist Christmas, making it X-Mas, or using it to advertise their new product.

Another reason is the presents. I would be lying if I said I didn't like the presents. However it also reminds you of the people who don't get things like this and makes you grateful that you live in a kind of country that can afford these kind of things. My school, as every other year, has done Operation Christmas Child. We get red and green shoeboxes, and the idea is that we fill them with fun toys and things that they might need in third-world countries, things like soap and toothbrushes, etc. On the day of the deadline, two ambulances come and we store the boxes there, where they carry them off to appropriate places. We make a big winding human brigade from inside, where the boxes are, to the ambulance, where the paramedics store them in. When all the boxes are in, they go roaring off, sirens and all.

And this Christmas, I get to see all my favorite relatives in Ontario. Now if only I could get my relatives from B.C. and Chicago there too........ Anyhow, the point is that this is the first Christmas that we're going to have in Onatario since we moved. And its going to be exciting! I think it will be even more fun because I'm not sure what its going to be like, having all my relatives there, which is going to be such a change from our usual Christmas events. But, the one thing I do know, is that its going to be AWESOME! I'm really glad that we FINALLY made plans (the finally was in there, because its been 11 years!) to go out there for Christmas! And I'll probably come back out of there with so many pictures that I could just lay them side by side in chronological order and relive it all again. Oh yeah, I hope to get a digital camera.

So basically, I like Christmas. That was my way of telling it in a winding, rambling, probably somewhat confusing way. But, I just thought I would let you all know, once again that we're going to Ontario and how excited I am!

Friends!

Almost wherever you look for them, you can find quotes about friends. Some are funny, some are goofy, some are serious. But they all are saying how much friends mean to people. Here's my definition of friendship. Friendship is where you can look at eachother and start laughing, and then not remember what you're laughing about, so you laugh harder. Friends are for staying up till 2:30 in the morning, talking, laughing and telling jokes. Friends are for teasing just because you love them.

The actual definition of friend is something like this : a person whom one knows well and is fond of.
Personally, I prefer my definition. Its much more imaginative. Dictionaries don't leave any room for imagination. They just tell you what the word means and leave it at that. What about going into more detail? What about the funny stuff? But anyways, before I get caught up in a rant about dictionaries (not sure why I would want to anyways.....?) I also made an acrostic just off of the top of my head, so I might as well stick it in here.

F orever
R eally Close
I nside Jokes
E lephants couldn't keep us away.
N ever stop laughing
D aring tickle attacks
S leepovers
H aving fun
I n addition to sisters
P laying games

There it is again. Making a definition, but using some imagination. I should call up Mr. Webster and read the definition for imagination out of his dictionary and then tell him to use some. Maybe I could even help with the design. I would be the first in line to buy one. Even the definition for imagination is boring. 'the act or power of forming mental images of what is not actually present.' See? I told you so. It makes people who use their imagination sound crazy? And, I am definitely not suffering from insanity. I'm loving every minute of it!

Here's some of the quotes I promised. Feel free to tell me your favorite in the comments!
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer
A friend is someone who knows all about you and likes you anyways!

Six Things That Make Me Happy!

I got this idea from my aunt. She had a list of six things that make me happy, so now I'm going to do the same thing. Seeing as my day was pretty much boring. I had violin, and had to skip out on catachism to listen to some guy that says kooky instead of cookie, and pizzy instead of pizza, and look at girls in flower print dresses and tights and do relaxation exercises. See, I'm learning violin in a group of people, and there is DVD with a guy from Brazil on it, a world renowned violinist (never heard of him before this :P) and he can speak English fine, but has some difficulties with pronounciation. And it was filmed in I dunno when, but awhile ago where girls all wore really not nice looking dresses and poofy hair. So anyways. My list of Six Things That Make Me Happy.

1.When I have a sudden inspiration and turn out a ton if good ideas for something.

2. Walking around in the wet sand with bare feet.

3. When my skirt is all flowy (and that definitely is a word!) and when i spin it flares out.

4. Making up new words, and then having to explain them to people.

5. Having inside jokes with my friends, when we can just look at eachother and laugh.

6. Having sparkly nails.

Okay, now the general idea is that someone reading this makes a list, who makes other people make a list and so on. But now you know 6 things that make me in particular happy!

God's Music

For those of you who don't know, I'm part of music in school. Me and three quarters of my class are all taking flute. Now, just a little run-down for those who have never tried to play flute. Getting a sound out of it is somewhat hard in the beginning. You have to learn to blow the right amount for it to get through the whole flute and still come out as a good sound. That's the second part. Depending on how hard you blow, it will either sound good or bad. Today Scott had a volleyball game and me and my friend Kristi were cheering throughout almost the whole thing. And after his game I had to practice flute.

Now, my throat was kind of sore after all that cheering, and you could hear it in the flute. Literally, the sound was all wheezy and you could just hear air going through with a little bit of a tune to it. It reminded me how I am as a Christain. Sometimes I feel really good about my faith, and I'm ready to take any insult, and do anything for Christ. After all, He gave His life for me, so I should be able to do a few things back. When I feel really close to God, it reminds me of when my flute playing is good and strong with a nice clear tune. I should be like that, living my life clear like that, so people can tell by the way I live that I belong to Christ.

But other times, my faith feels crummy. It's not very strong, and I'm not sure if how I'm worshiping or praying is respectful enough, and it just seems like God isn't there. I know that He is with me all the time, but sometimes it just feels like he's letting these things happen to me because of something I've done, or because He's trying to test me. And I don't know if I'm passing the test. That's when my flute playing is bad. It comes out all wheezy and you can hardly tell what song I'm playing. When someone snickers, I would just stop. But I don't want to be like that. I want to have a strong clear tune for the world to hear. I want to be God's music all the time. Not just sometimes, at special moments. But all the time, even through parts of life where I feel like I've hit a wall and I can't climb it. Because for me, God's music sounds the best.

....And all things nice

So. I finally did it. Overcame my technological challenges! I created a blog all on my own. This is a first post, which means I should be doing something special, or.....something.Unforutunately for all you people so excited about coming to see this for the first time.....I still do have some challenges in this field. But never fear. Because all I need to do is find the card reader and I'll be able to post some pretty pictures of our family, me, my friends, the whole nine yards. For now, I'm off to find out which other cool things you can do with this nifty blog. Nifty. That's a strange word. I wonder if normal people even use that word anymore.Anyhow I hope I can get this whole thing looking all nice, and hopefully this blog will entertain you and let you get to know me a little better!