How I would survive!

Ok! So today I was thinking and what if I was stranded on a desert island and could only have one food for the rest of my life... mine would be a sub, because it has something on it from every food group. Like meat (meat group), cheese (dairy group), bread (carbohydrates), lettuce and others (vegetable group), tomato (fruit group). And, you can switch it up so that you don't have to eat the same type of sub for a while! Plus, It's also healthy for you! And, That is totally what I would eat for the rest of my life... If I was stranded on a desert island and had to survive!

He beat me!!

Alright! So, my day was pretty boring but tonight I found out that I suck at playing video games... if I didn't already know that!! I babysit a lot and I really enjoy it but tonight, Nick (the kid I babysit) and I played a monkey video game and I LOST... I was on like level 3 while he was on level 12!! I totally got schooled by a Kindergardener! I guess I need to just keep practicing... :P

I Fancy you!

Ok! So today my friends and I were talking and my friends little sister was saying how her boyfriend said "I love you" to her on the first day they started going out. And we started talking about how that sentence is used way to much in the American-English language. I mean... we say that we have the same word for a person, a car and a sandwich! In other languages, they have 3 words for love, each having there own level of feeling! I think that there should be a word in between like and love! The British-English call it "fancy!" I think, I'm going to start using it! :)

p.s. Thank you, Katie Allen and Alyssa LeRoy, for giving me the idea for this post! :)

Mr. Clean's Wife

OK... Today, I didn't feel that well so I didn't go to school... It's a weird sickness where I can't sleep but I am so tired and it makes me feel sick... I think because I am not sleeping... but anyways that is not important... When I started to feel better, I did something that I have a real passion for, Cleaning! Now I know that that sounds strange but I really enjoy cleaning. <>I'm a very neat and organized person... I usually tidy up everyday but then once a week on the weekends. I make a list about every week and check things off when I am done with them. I vacuum, wash window, water plants and much more. I really enjoy cleaning I think because I get to move around a lot too! I hate standing/sitting in one spot... I kind of have to be doing something to enjoy myself. Plus, I can do just about anything while cleaning like listen to music, watch TV and talk on the phone. And then when I'm done I feel so accomplished... I also LOVE spring cleaning... hurry up spring, so I can do some spring clean! :)

Four wheeling

So, I was in search of a blog to read and write about and I came across this blog... About four wheeling! She told a story about her husband and how he got into a four wheeling accident and how he was covered in mud with a battle wound. (http://jenerahealy.blogspot.com/) This story reminds me of the many CRAZY things that have happened while riding our four wheeler. My Great Uncle Jack, has a farm in Windsor. There are these old railroad trails that go for miles and miles. Every weekend in the summer my family and I bring our campers and camp out. We always have so much fun! Well, one of the many weekends we went there (toward the end of the summer start of the fall), my cousin, Shane and I were riding our four wheeler, and our goal was to get to this trail that was pretty far away from our campsite. The only thing was that it just seemed like one bad thing after another was happening. We had to cross this river and we didn't realize how deep it was and I almost flooded the engine, then my cousin Shane drove though a bee hive and got stung all over his body, the final thing that happened was really rough... To get to this trail you had to drive down a certain road for a couple minutes, It had just rained and the road was really wet with all these wet leaves on it. Well, I wasn't acting responsible and being just stupid and so I spun out and hit a guardrail. In fact! I got pinned between the four wheeler and guardrail AND my head knocked off a mailbox off its pole. Since my cousin was a head of me he didn't know that I wasn't behind him anymore. Eventually he came back for me and saw me pinned up and stuck, just numb! We didn't say anything to each other. He saw that was covered in blood and mud, my pants ripped so much that it looked like I had been wearing shorts. Shane pulled the quad off of me and we walked to the guys house to let him know that I had taken him mailbox out with my head and that we were going to come back and fix it for him. The man was very friendly and said that we didn't have to do that. He was worried about me but I said I was fine so my cousin and I left. When we got back on our quads my cousin said ready to go back, I didn't want to go back but I knew that we had to... We got back and the parents FREAKED OUT! ....So that day we never made it to our trail! :( I think it was the same day when my mom almost rode off a cliff TWICE on accident! Wow! Bad DAY! haha but it was still a good time!

Happy Birthday Matty!

So... another one of my friends had a birthday this week, Matt. We met about a little over a year ago! A lot has happened in this last year and I don't know what I would do without him!! He is always making jokes and always making me laugh! Today, at around 3:00, we sort of had like a birthday party for him! We first when over to Katie's house and played rock band, then when our friend Colin got there, we all went to Taco Bell. (because Matt LOVES Taco Bell!) After that, We picked up Jorden and Joe at the mall and went back to Katie's to watch "Dude, Where's my car?!" We chilled, ate cake and talked. We are the type of people who could not do anything but have the best time in the world! It was a really great day and a great way to end our big long break! Happy Birthday Matty!

30 hour famine

Last night, at around 5:30 p.m. all the teens (like 150) that were fasted came to our church so we could finish the fast together. We played games, learned about who/what our money was going to and our pastor talked about being selfless, which i realized that I need to work harder at. We got about 5 hours of sleep and then got up and did it all over again! After a while, you don't feel the need to really eat... you just have to get though the 11th and 12th hour and then your just kinda numb. We ended it at 1:00 p.m. with a huge meal, I ate really slow and not a lot because you can get really sick (it has happened to me before... :( We made about $21,009 help a village in Africa, we all felt really accomplished and the fasting was totally worth it!

The early bird gets the worm.

This morning at 7:00 a.m., my church youth group started our 30 hour famine fast for starving children in Africa. We basically don't eat for 30 hours and raise money to help a village in Africa. Well, anyways! A group of my friends had a sleepover last night, to make shirts and just hang out so that we could all get up early in the morning and go out to breakfast at IHOP before we couldn't eat for 30 hours. We stayed up all night making shirts so, it was a little bit hard to get up and go to breakfast at 5:30 in the morning. Although it was hard... it was totally worth it! We had so much fun talking, laughing, and eating. At 6:59 a.m. we took our last bite together and now I'm sitting here having fasted for 8 1/2 already! I only have 22 more hours to go... I am hungry but this is totally worth it!

Happy Birthday JordiE.

Today is my friend Jorden Eck's 17th birthday. Words cannot explain him! Every time we all hang out... we are always laughing! Jorden is the type of kid that can say nothing and his vibe just makes you happy. He tells me great stories and can sometimes be creepy but that is just how he is funny. I have also never met someone so clumsy in my life. He must spill or trip at least once a day! :P When we went on a retreat he spilled red soda, all over everything because he was trying to catch a deck of cards the flew in the air... My pillow is permanently dyed pink! And last night, he spilled a glass of water when he was trying to catch an empty cup. There are many more examples but I would be here all night! :) Happy Birthday JordiE.

Colin gave me flowers!

So, I'm sitting here... thinking of what to write... and I look over at these beautiful flowers, that I received from Colin about a week ago. (Yes! They are still alive... I gave them plant food! :P) Well, anyways! Colin is a kid I meet when I was in 6th or 7th grade. He is definitely one of my best friends and I don't know what I would do with out him! He is cute, smart and funny... the typical perfect guy, except he says that one day he is going to change the world and I believe him. So, I'm just sitting here... looking at these flowers and wondering about all the beautiful things God has made! And, about how things were made with such beauty and order?

Dream Job

My ideal job would definitely have to be a world traveler. I think that if someone would pay me to travel around the world, trying the food, sleeping in the fancy hotel beds, and trying out all the attractions, that would be AMAZING!!! :) I would love to get up to go to work everyday. You would always have to travel with a partner or someone you know so that you would never be lonely or get bored. Just the thought of see and discovering thing that no one has ever seen and learning about the past and what is going on for the future would be so fun and exciting to me. But, since this sort of job isn't real.... I will be doing this when I retire :)

Flat Tire

Wow! Do I HATE flat tires... Tonight my dad and I had to run out and get a few things before my friends and I left for home at 3 a.m. So we picked up everything that we needed at Target and proceeded back to my sister's house. We took a wrong turn and we trying to get back on the right road... all of a sudden... BOOM!! Our tire blow... at first, we thought it was an air plane (because we were driving right next to an airport) But soon came to realize that we had a flat tire... So we pulled over and put our four-way flashers on. We drove on the shoulder until we reached a exit because my dad did not want to change the tire on a dark freeway. We slowly pulled into a church parking lot, which was the only thing that was around, it was secluded area. We tried to change the tire but the donut tire under our car would not come down... so we called my brother-in-law, Ben to come pick us up. But he kind of got a little lost as well, since we had already been lost to start with. We waited there for two and a half hours. Not ONE person would stop and ask us if we were okay. A policeman had been pulling people over into that parking lot the whole time we were there and didn't even ask if he could help us. But, If any of you know my dad he is very fun to be around and we had a great time, talking, laughing and fighting over the radio. Finally, My Ben came and took us back to my sisters house. We can't get a tire until 8 a.m., so we will not be leaving at 3 a.m. And that is the story of a horrible tire!

CLOTHES!!

I'm a girl... Therefore, I love clothes, accessories and most of all SHOES!! Especially, when they are cheap! Today, I went shopping at Short Pump Mall in Short Pump, Virginia. It was a great outside mall, with open-air walkways. It was sunny and warm, which also made me very happy!!! :] (but that is for a whole other blog!) First, my sister, Nadia and I went to New York and Company. We found these pair of white pants for only 10 dollars, they were normally 50 dollars. Then my dad and I went to this other store and I found these boots that I have been looking for a year!! They are red rain boots which have white polka dots on them (^just like the picture^). Well anyways, they were 20 dollars normally 45 dollars. I love buying clothes and/or shoes and walking out feeling great because you got great clothes that you don't have to save up your entire life savings to purchase.

My Family

My family is so amazing. My dad's name is Oleh. And today is his birthday. He is very funny and very smart. He talks a lot and loves being and meeting new people. My mom's name is Diane. She is almost the complete opposite of my dad. She is very quite and is the hardest worker I have ever met! My sister, Nadia (30) and her husband, Ben were married about 7 years ago. They have a three children, named Gabriel, Emma and Kyah. Gabriel is 3 and 1/2. He is kinda shy and gets scared easily. Emma is 2 and is very bold. She is always surprising people with the things that she can do. Kyah is only 6 weeks old. She is a very pudgy baby but she is a good baby and doesn't cry a lot. My brother, Nathan (27) is very smart and such a hard working. He is so funny and is always making people laugh. In September he is getting married to his beautiful girlfriend, Erica. Then there is me, I was kind of a wonderful mistake :) being born 10 years after my brother... I was very unplanned. I am 17 and about to graduate from high school. I am out going and very determined which can be confused as being OCD. I love meeting new people and having a good time! :)

Road Trip!

I absolutely adore road trips. Whether it is with my family or with friends I always have a good time. This morning at 5:00 am, I left for Virginia with three of my friends; Colin, Jorden and Joe. We drove for about 4 hours and then stopped for breakfast at my cousins house. We drove all day, playing games, drawing, sleeping, and just relaxing. We never stopped laughing. These three boys are amazing people and I am so thankful that they are in my life. It was so nice to be stuck in the car with them for 8 hours. When we arrived in Virginia, we unpacked and then went crazy playing football to stretch out our legs. I can't think of a better to spend a nice car ride with three friends. :]

Don't treat me like a child...

I feel that sometimes people our age our treated like children! Just because there is a stereotype of teens that we are disrespectful, selfish, have crazy parties and make wrong decisions. I am a teen... Yet I'm not in that typical category, I am not out partying and making bad choices. I think that sometimes I need to be taken seriously as somewhat of an adult and maybe given some trust. I know that there is a potential that I could make some mistakes but that is just how I am going to learn about life. It should be known that the people around me taught me well and that I will use my good judgement. I know that adults are "older" and have more experience but it doesn't always mean that they are going to be right.

Show some love <3

Valentine’s Day in my opinion is definitely the best holiday ever. Whether I am with someone or single, I love this day! A lot of my friends hate this day because “it just shows them how alone they really are” but I think it is all how you look at it. You can either look at it as a day that you are lonely with no boyfriend/girlfriend or you can look at all the people around you who really care and have a deep love for you. I am always asked “Why do we need a specific day to tell someone that you love and care for them, shouldn’t you do that everyday? The answer to that is, yes! You should do that everyday but do you? I know everyday of my life I don’t tell the people I care about enough how they have changed my life and how much I love them. If everyone gave something to everyone they loved then no one would feel lonely on Valentine's Day. People would really have to step back and not take for granted the people around them who really LOVE them. Pass it on, Show someone they are loved! <3

Point me toward the beach!

Yes snow days are nice.... I'm not complaining about getting a surprise day off from school. I am just saying why does Endicott/Binghamtion have to be so glooomy and depressing all the time?! I can only take so much of the snow, I like it before christmas and on christmas, anytime after that is just not needed... I think the actual snow is pretty and that it is fun to go skiing and snowboarding, but it is just the other things that come along with snow are not fun, like the fact that you sometimes can't go anywhere because the roads are so bad, and that they put so much salt on the roads that it makes the snow dirty and grey. The gloomy over cast skies also effects everyones moods and makes people depressed. You can really tell how different your mood changes when it is sunny out! Therefore, the snow should melt and the sun should come out!

Stay In School

I think that education is so important for anyone's future! Don't drop out of school because all anyone (big businesses, small companies and etc.) these days looks for is just a piece of paper saying that you finished the education you started.
My mom finished her high school career and went onto college when she was on her fourth year of college, she meet my father. They got married and she dropped out of college when she was almost done... She never got her diploma. She regreted it so much that she decided to go back to college. It was very hard to find a college that would now take all those crdits she received before but finally found one in Virgina that would take them. So now after having a family and raising 3 kids, she is tired but wants to one day say that she finished her college degree.

Road Hazard

Ok! so I am sort of known as being a little bit of a crazy driver. On August 27, 2007 I passed my road test... ten minutes later I got pulled over for not stopping at a stop sign and I was still in the car with my mother... I hadn't even dropped her off and driven by myself yet!! The cop was nice and when I handed him the yellow piece of paper (that was my licence) and he saw that I had received my licence ten minutes ago... he let me go!
The next day, I went to pick some of my friends up in Binghamton. I got lost... so for 3 hours I was driving around Binghamton, having no idea where I was. My friends, Uncle located me on his navigation system and directed me where to go. This was also bad because I had missed the legal 9:00 curfrew by an hour!
TONIGHT, on Feburary 11, 2008, I was trying to get to the pizza hut on Front Street... my friend told me to take the exit after the exit for Broome Community College. Well, I went by the college exit and saw that there was a fork in the road. I thought that it was the exit and just ignored the sign that said ALBANY with an arrow! I kept driving and finally realized I was lost!! I started freaking out! I was so lost that I had absolutly no idea where I was, I turned around and finally found myself back in binghamton... but i couldn't get out of Binghamton... by this time I was past FREAKING OUT... and it didn't help that my friends didn't always pick up their phone when I called... I called everyone who was waiting for me and told them that I won't be coming because I was totally not in range of human life.... but then I realized that I couldn't even find how to get home... I almost wanted to cry!! Then a couple of my friends told me to just pull over and they would come find me. So I pulled over and they began to come look for me..... I was so scared just waiting there... and there was this really scary man that kept stareing at me... I just wanted to go home!! well it turns out that I told them the wrong street that I had parked on.... so they were going up and down the wrong street... finally, I put on my four way flashers on and when they were driving by the street they saw me! They called me and told me they found me, I was so excited! I started following them to the Pizza Hut and they made a wrong turn, so we were lost again but only for about maybe 5 minutes. It all worked out though, I finally made it... one and a half hours late! :)