Anders

My 22 month old sister...

We put her down for her nap in her playpen and she wasn't happy. Five minutes later, she walks up to me and says "hold you". Somehow she climbed out of it.

I was sitting on my front porch and we have white pillars holding up our roof. Ande was out there with me and whenever a car went by she would hide behind one and wave to it. Somehow she thought they couldn't see her, but she still wanted to be nice.

After that, she decided to dance all over the porch singing and jumping. She kept running and stopping right before the edge and I stopped her pretty soon after that because I didn't want her getting hurt. But she was sure having fun!

She heard some dogs barking in the background and she looked around with her big blue eyes trying to find them. She started howling, her favorite way to immitate a dog, and kept looking around. Then she looked at me and proudly exclaimed, "Oggy says buwuf". It's hilarious to hear her say buwuf. None of us have said it before, so we don't even know why she says it. I guess it's a mix between bark and woof.

We have a fake cat in some flowers in our yard. She looks at it and says, "meow, meow". Then since it doesn't move or respond she starts to pet it. Then she looks at me with a big worried face. She keeps touching it saying "kitty okay?". After about 30 seconds of this she decides a kiss may help it. After it didn't work, she got concerned and came over to me to take me to it. What a sweetheart.

She now knows how to tell you pretty much what she wants. She will tell you if she's thirsty "baba" (although we're trying to teach her to say drink). If she's hungry, she'll walk up to her highchair and say "up". If she wants to take you somewhere, she puts her palm up and pulls her fingers in. And she points to her diaper if she wants changed.

Her favorite activity is to "bump". She runs to the door every day to get a chance on the trampoline. For awhile she would say "jump" but now, she has changed the word. She runs and runs on the tramp and I get so worried she's going to fall off, so most of the time I don't take her out there.

There you have it, a long rambling post about Ande.

Beauty Tips from Audrey Hepburn

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows.
The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
If you share this with another woman, something good will happen -- you will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know that you care about her. "
Audrey Hepburn, Actress.


Okay so I stole this whole post from a random blog I found but I really wanted to use it, so there you go!

NIGHTMARES!!! :)

I LOVE NIGHTMARES! Call me crazy, but I love them. I love waking up in a cold sweat worried about what was to become of me, and then realizing I'm okay. I will then try to go back to sleep and resume that dream, but I can't because it's no longer scary. Then I'm sad.

I love waking up ready to run with adrenaline pumping through my body only to realize I'm in my freezing bedroom alright. I love seeing how my subconscious mind reacts to certain situations. I love it when my body hits the bed like I've been falling. It's a weird sensation.

A couple nights ago I had a nightmare.

I had was in a white rundown trailer. It was about 8 feet wide, and about standard length. Outside there was a well and a storage shed with a hideout, since we lived in Kansas, we needed a hideaway spot in case there was a tornado. I was staying with CC's family. There was Uncle Doug, Aunt Kathy, Richard, Becky was visiting, Robert, CC, and a little girl that wasn't Cammy but was the same age.

Well, we heard on the radio that there was a tornado warning for our area. Uncle Doug said not to worry about it because there wouldn't be one. I looked outside and there was one less than a mile away!

I told everyone that we needed to go to the well or to the shelter but they said no. So, too afraid to go by myself, I stayed in an unstable house with tons of windows.

I then proceeded to tell everyone we needed to shut and lock the windows. I did all that and then Robert and Aunt Kathy said "No way" and started to open the windows again. At this point I was frantically trying to prepare for the tornado that was almost to us. I hurried and shut the windows with CC and ran to a corner in the room. Then the tornado got to us.

It tipped the trailer to one side then returned us back down and went on. But we knew it would circle back. As CC and I sat huddled we had a feeling to run to the other part of the house so we did, and right where we were the tornado took that chunk of the house. We were humbled. Then some events happened that I'm not quite sure of. Then we walked outside, it was over with. There were trees magically planted around the house that had supposedly saved the house.

When I woke up this morning, I had a MASSIVE headache. That's one downside to getting my thrill for the night. So I had to drink lots of water and take an Ibuprofen, while dealing with a hammer hitting my head for about two hours.

That probably made no sense to you at all, nor seem like a nightmare but CC is sure it was one, and it gave me the chills and a headache so it must have been. I have dreams about tornadoes a lot. Anyone know what that means?

Anyways I guess this is enough ramblings for today!!

Today....

Today I discovered that a lot of my Idaho friends have blogs! It made me happy. Granted, they haven't posted for weeks some of them months and some only once, but they are there and I will make them start blogging more! Just kidding. But it made me feel less weird I guess about having one myself.
Today I am in a laughy mood. I am laughing at everything. I saw some pictures of my Idaho Trip 2007 and we were all so young. I also saw people in pictures that I had met before and not even realized. It was hilarious. I was laughing out loud, my family must think I am crazy. I'm afraid if I see anybody today they may think I'm crazy. I would laugh at everything and probably roll on the floor.
Today I am missing my friends from Idaho. I miss (in no particular order) CC, Robert, Cammy, Richard, Lexi, Amanda, Taylor, Timothy, Adrian, Sarah, Becky, Kathryn, Brynn, Nicole, Elonna, Eliza, Bryan, Sheldon, Garet, Bret, Brianna, Madi, Hannah, Duke, Joseph, Blake, I'm missing someone and I'm sorry. They all aren't my friends, but they are people who I wish I could've created friendships with and I didn't, so therefore I'm missing them. It was fun creating friendships with most of CC's friends. Now the hardest part is not seeing them. I want to hang out with them or at least see them randomly but with being 12 hours apart, things are a little difficult.
Today, I'm thinking about school. I want to go to Idaho for school this year of course, but also I want to take some of the classes I need to here and I want to be challenged for once with my honors classes starting too. I dont know. I guess whatever happens, will happen for a reason. School is starting soon and I'm also thinking about school clothes and supplies. What I want to start off with and such. It's also fun thinking about it with no money!
Today, I am relaxing. I didn't put my contacts in, I didn't put makeup on, I threw my hair in a pony tail, and I am happy.
Today, is just another day.

I'm Back

After three weeks and a day in the most amazing setting I am sadly back. I could tell you a lot about it, and I have written a post about everything I did each day, but I'm not sure I want to share all of it. If you are close to me you will probably hear about it.
I'm at a loss for what to write at the moment. It was the best thing I have done and I can't help but to keep my head in Idaho. I want to go back and be with my other half. I want to go back to all of my new friends who so kindly let me into their group. I want to go back to the nice weather and the five mile walks I went on. I want to go back to the events we got so abundantly invited to. I want to go back to having a sister who let me wear her clothes. I want to go back to having siblings my age and a brother I was able to talk to. I want to go back to a younger sister who understands makeup and clothes and wants advice, but is also young at heart. I want to go back and be able to be myself where there are no past judgements about me and I can just be myself without worrying about what people are thinking about me from what they've heard.
I think I'll stop there or I may torture myself..

Blogging.....

I don't know how to begin this post. I guess I'll just have to jump right into it.
I'm wondering if I'm too sensitive on how many people actually read my blog. I hardly ever want to write because it seems to me like nobody reads it. It seems like I'm writing for just two or three people. Then, nobody comments on anything I write (I take that back, some do). Coming from a family of bloggers I feel slightly jealous of how many people enjoy their blogs. They have hundreds of people view them. People comment them abundantly. Why can't people read my blog and view it faithfully?
Now I realize most people probably don't have as much time as me. I read, *let me go count*, 30 blogs daily sometimes 2-3 times. Now granted, because I read them everyday it doesn't take much time because not everybody writes and posts to theirs daily. Maybe I'm just overly obsessive with reading other peoples blogs. To you who are subject to my obsessive reading and can actually see how many views your blog has and where the people are coming from, it's probably me who's racking those up and I'm sorry.
Anyways there wasn't really any point to this post. Just mindless ramblings.

60 Random Questions Survey

60 Questions People Dont Ask Survey from Quizopolis.com
When's the last time you ran? - Seriously for more than ten steps, P.E. like 3 weeks ago
Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them? - Nope
What are you dreading right now? - Not getting to see Celeste
Do you celebrate 420? - ???
Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night? - Most of the time
If anyone came to your house on your "lazy days" what would ya'll do? - Umm, I wouldn't open the door
Have you ever been on your school's track team? - Nope
Do you own a pair of Converse? - Nope
Did you copy and paste this survey? - yeah
Do you eat raw cookie dough? - YES!!
Have you ever kicked a vending machine? - no
Don't you hate it when the radio ruins good songs by playing them over and over? - Pretty much
Do you watch Trading Spaces? - Yeah, but it's not on anymore
How do you eat oreos? - open them and eat each cookie
Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? - Yup
Are you cocky? - I hope not
Could you live without a computer? - Probably not
Do you wear your shoes in the house? - yup
Who or what sleeps with you? - Chloe
At what age did you find out that Santa wasn't real? - 8
How many phones, house phones and cell phones are in your house? - 8
What do you do when you're sad? - Play the piano
Who would you call first if you won the lottery? - I haven't really thought about it
Last time you saw your best friend? - Well it depends on what best friend your talking about.
Are you in high school? - Next year I'll be a freshmen.
What jewelry are you wearing? - A ring
Is anyone on your bad side now? - Hmm, I can't think of anyone really
What's the first thing you do when you get online? - Log onto msn
Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? - No
How do most people spell your name? - Too many ways
Would you wear a boy/girlfriends clothes? - No
Where do you work? - No where right now
What are you doing tomorrow? - Babysitting siblings and hopefully going on a bike ride
Is Justin Timberlake becoming the next Michael Jackson? - I dont really follow him
Favorite name for a girl? - Paige/Bailey
Favorite name for a boy? - ?
Will you keep your last name when you get married? - Probably not
When was the last time you left your house? - Yesterday
Do you return your cart? - Yes
Do you have a dishwasher? - yes
What noise do you hear? - the tv and clicking of the keyboard and Ande breathing and the computer humming
Would you survive in prison? - Probably not
Who is the youngest in your family? - Anders
If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would most likey overpack? - Shailynn :) Or me
Do you know anyone with the same name as you? - yep plenty of people
What's the last thing you purchased? - Things for Youth Conference
Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you? - No
What brand are your pants right now? - I think they are down east yoga pants
Ever been to Georgia (the state)? - nope
What irritates you most on the internet? - advertisments and pop ups, although I don't get many popups
What brand is your digital camera? - Dont have one
Do you watch movies with your parents? - sure
What song best describes your life right now? - ......
Do you own expensive perfume/cologne? - No
Are you taking college classes right now? - Nope
Do you like sushi? - no way
Do you get your hair cut every month? - Nope
Do you go online everyday? - Usually
Will you pass this survey on to 5 people? - Nope
Take it if you want.