Trust.

Just the other day i was talking with my friend about how we thought her parents were too strict. If she wants to spend the night somewhere her parents need to talk to the parents of wherever she is staying. At the time i thought that is just stupid. you need to give your kids some freedom, let them learn from their own mistakes. There have been other instances where i thought her parents were being completely ridiculous. I mean she IS a good kid. and really if your a teen and you really want to do something like sex or drugs for example. You'll do it. no parent can hold you back from that. At least that is what i thought. All they can do is instill in you the values and teach you reasons for not doing those things. From there on its THEIR decision. So let your kid live a little. Let THEM be the smart one and make the good decision on their own. If they mess up, trust me, they will learn.

a little too wintery a little too soon

This weekend, I received an early birthday present from mother nature. I woke up Sunday morning before church and was pleasantly surprised that it was snowing. I couldn't have been happier! I absolutely love snow! Everything about it excites me, from the cool, crisp air to the abundant visions of white.
However, it feels a bit too early to be biding goodbye to the wonderful colors of fall. The thrills and costumes of Halloween haven't even been seen yet! I love snow to death but I was glad to see that it melted. I just don't think we're quite ready for the snow and all the comes with it yet. Hopefully the next time it comes, we'll be ready and excited for it! So goodbye snow...at least for now.

slackerrrrrrrrr

What to write about? again im lost on what to write about.
Im sure i can come up with zillions of topics.
but none of them seem write-worthy? bleh.
I don't feel like doing blogs anymore.
They are over-rated and add more stress to my life.
Yeah, they're easy......... whatever.
Don't wanna do em :)
but i spose i will..
Would this even count enough for my grade?

STATE '08!

WE are going to state! whooo! two years in a row? now that isn't expected from our little town! Today was the state banquet. There was this guy, from who knows where, who comes up to our table and says something along the lines of wow congrats Albert Lea you've come a long way to get all the way up here. At first i seen it as ooh how nice someone is noticing us and all we've done. :) then i look over and hear one of my teammates is completely pissed off and goes yeah uhm its our second year here!! woah! i did not see that one coming. What he said..was it really that offensive? Personally i don't think so. But i guess she did and she got the whole team going about it. anyway..WE'RE GOING TO STATE, AGAIN! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :) Im pumped!!!

Hi hi hello goodbye

Today was our last day of confirmation. I can't decide if im saddened by this or exhilarated.
This is a point in my life where things are about to change. My faith will be confirmed with the public and i get to journey off with it on my own now. Make decisions by myself. I'm no longer forced to go to church or confirmation. I choose to stick with it, though. I enjoy every bit of it and am excited to further it on my own (: Its almost like graduating, you're off on your own with it now. Thats what is exhilarating about it.

On the downside, confirmation was my get-away. It was somewhere i could go every Wednesday and just be with people who valued God just the same as i do. They were the people who helped encourage my belief. I just hope now with out it i don't fall short on things. Cause outside of church things are different/harder. Its much easier to lose yourself to worldly things. I just hope our confirmation class can stick together and still try to meet every once in a while. That will surely be missed otherwise.

RickyB.

Just the other day at practice I remember running after a ball that i kicked way over the net, while the rest of my teammates are huddled around the coach laughing and having a great time. That's when i realized, we aren't just some team. We are like a family. We bond like a family. We talk to each other like a family. Its almost hard to put into words what I'm trying to say. Like okay Last year; we made it to state(for the first time ever!!!!). Its not because we have the most skill in the world and are in the best shape of our lives. We just bond together and play as a team. Don't get me wrong we do have skill and fitness on our side, but thats not everything. Its truly knowing in your head, 'I'm going to accomplish something to make history' Thats our main objective is to just push forward with this. Set goals and accomplish them. I give Barnhill, our coach, a lot of credit for this. despite the fact that he's probably the most cooky guy you'll ever meet, he's truly an amazing coach. He inspires each one of us to fulfill our dreams. We did it as a team last year and we'll do it again this year! come on girls! seasons NOT over yet!

i just can't seem to write today............................

Friday was a blast. We had a huge bonfire for everyone in our grade. There were a lot more people there than i expected. It made me realize though, how many different groups we have. I didn't really know where to fit in exactly. There was so much commotion. It was overwhelming but i loved it! like you didn't know where to go. you felt like you might miss something. So there i was running around with my head cut off. After a while though i finally decided to just stick with one group and talk. After probably an hour of just swinging we all split up and headed to the basketball court to dance a little. That was fun i suppose. Then that moved to some rug bee(is that how you spell it?)/soccer. Blah Blah.....later a couple of us girls went to Taylors to spend the night. It was a good night. blah im done...........................................................