Chatterbox

I have added a chatterbox onto my blog, located at the bottom of the sidebar. Feel free to use this as a way of communication! But, don't forget, I love to get your comments, too, so don't forget about commenting! There are a few obvious "guidelines" I will post about what NOT to do on a Chatterbox in my blog:

• No bad language
• No flooding (posting many many times in a row)
• No repeating of characters (ex: !!!!!!!!!!!, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey, ect.)
• Try and use up as little space as necessary

Just, use good judgment! If it becomes too much of a problem, I might be forced to remove it. Pretty much, this is just a way of letting me and my viewers interact. Thanks.

Sorry I sounded so much like a teacher!

My Birthday!

Yup, today is my birthday. 14 years old. Philip's teacher, Mrs. Danford, who I also had, told Philip, "Wow, she is growing up too fast. Soon she will be twenty." Um, I wouldn't go that far and say I'm soon to be twenty. Next year is my quince. I hope it goes as nice as Audrey's did. I just have to find some people for my court. I already have a few in mind...

Well, in first period choir since I am the attendance taker, I get to sit at the piano in the morning. On the music ledge I say a home-made book that said "Happy Birthday to a great friend". It was from Emily! She is neighbors with my past health teacher. I'm guessing she gave it to Mrs. Aumont, woh gave it to Mrs. Laktash, who gave it to me. It was so nice! In the back of it were the lyrics to The Best Of Friends from the Fox and the Hound.

Of course, when we were done warming up to begin class, Mrs. Laktash and the rest of the choir class sang happy birthday. Mona said that the seventh graders in the class were like "Who is Liz?" LOL. Well, in choir it was also voice testing day (dun dun dun da....).My row of altos went up first from our section. It was me, Victoria, Brandi, and Stephanie. During this one part where we had to do "doot doot doot ect." a cappella, I was about to burst out laughing for no apparent reason! Probably because I felt stupid saying doot doo doot. Anyways, when we were done, Mrs. Laktash said "Now, ladies and gentlemen, that is what a voice test is supposed to sound like". I was so glad I did well because I hate that song! When we sat down, Victoria was like "I was about to start laughing because your nose was whistling!" Well, that's because I am just getting over a cold! :)

At lunch, Tylesha gave me a card. It was so sweet. I'm so lucky to have such awesome friends :) The pizza at lunch was awesome!

Then came Spanish. Of course Hayley told Senora Seroke it was my birthday. So, she called me and Thomas (who has the same BD) up to the front of the room. I put on a turquois sombraro while the class sand "Cumpleanos feliz..." I could feel my face turning beat red!

Then boring classes and I left. Now I am home. I got some cards in the mail which were really nice :) Tonight mom is making my favorite dinner (homemade macaronni and cheese, chicken patties, and biscuits MMM!) and she bought this pretty little baby cake. It's so cute! We will have a nice dinner, cake, and a few gifts. This has turned out to be a great day. Thanks everybody for helping to make this 14th year of my life special. I love you all! :-*





I share a birthday with Google! How cool is that?

Just Writing...

I told my mom in the car coming home from school, "Mom, I don't know why, but I feel like blogging. Why? I dunno. I just have the urge to 'blog' ". And that is just what I am doing right now. And for a warning, if you want to read something productive and worthwhile, I suggest that you navigate your browser to another site. Know that this blog will be nothing more than "hufferdust" as my Language Arts teacher says. Be aware, that is the same guy who gave me the idea to snort that salty water stuff...

School was a drag as usual. It doesn't seem to be cooling off any thanks to that relative humidity. So I roasted while I sat. How convienient, eh? So, in choir we went over all of our songs for the upcoming concert (Grand Old Flag, Bye-Bye Blackbird, We Go Together). In recess/lunch it was SSR day so I half talked with Tylesha, Mona, and Kayla while the chaperones weren't looking...LOL. In lunch I bought a chocolate milk and chocolate chip cookie with my birthday money. Thanks again Mrs. Eddy :) But my cookie was wet, and not from condensation either. It was like soggy wet. Gross! And the rest of my day went by. Then came Pre-Algebra. I don't know why, but I don't this Miss May likes me. And I'm a pretty likeable person, aren't I? I try and be nice and ask her how her weekend was, but she says in the almost annoyed tone, "Played golf". She had Audrey, too, and she absolutly loved Audrey. Oh well...

So I came home, chatted to Emily online for a few, and then upstairs. I turned on my playlist and turned on the Relient K Pirate song (LOL Em). I also did the little "comotions" for the Newsies songs. I also read entries from my old journal that was from the summer before 7th grade. We were cracking up! I was a weird kid back then. It was really funny.

For dinner tonight Mom made roast beef, vegetables, potatos, and biscuts. Dad poured me water to drink (I think we were out of milk). I told him I felt like the Jewish hostages taken to Babylon that drank water and ate vegetables. But, uh-oh, I also was eating the forbidden meat. It was a very good meal, too. Except the biscuits didn't get done until 26 minutes after we began to eat. And I think Audrey tried to bite my arm while I was talking, but she says she was picking cow fat out of her teeth. Yea, right... LOL.

Tomorrow is my birthday! #14. I don't really know what we are doing since we kinda celebrated it on Friday. Mom said she will make cupcakes.

And that's the end. Toodles.

Party Harty

Tonight was a triple party for myself, Philip, and Dad. Since we went camping last week and this coming Saturday is Jacob's birthday, we just all combined them into one. Philip's was the 13, Dad's the 21, and mine is the 27th, this coming Tuesday. Mom bought a really pretty fall theme cake with leaves on it (they were plastic, not real). She also make a big pizza for dinner. I mean it was huge. All 5 of us barely finished one pizza.

Uncle Joe, Uncle Jeff, Grandma Kay, Aunt Ivonne, and Jacob all came. Philip received a helmet/pads set because he obsessivly rides his bike, a Napoleon Dynamite poster, and some $$$. Dad got his favorite types of cookies and some sweet cards, and I got a t-shirt, a basketball, and a little pillow. We also got $10 gift cards to Wal-Mart. Afterwards we ate that cake, which was hard to do since it was so pretty!!

A lot of my friends went to B(v)anished this weekend. Ellet is playing Garfeile right now and they better be winning. Chad Keppler is good, but they better look out for Mr. Wells! LOL. Dad said he might take me up to Hyre tomorrow morning to practice for basketball season. Because frankly, I am alittle rusty! :) See ya later!

Strange Remedy

While camping this weekend, Becky was sick. Now Mom is sick. Now I am sick. Not too bad, but hopefully it won't get any worse.

Well, today in Language Arts, my friend Hayley who sits behind me was talking about how she has a cold and sinus pressure, along with all that other good stuff. Mr. Wentzel told her about how he once heard a natural remedy for this. What you do is you take a cup of warm water, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 1/2 a tablespoon of baking powder(or soda, I forget!) You mix these together and you stick your nose in it and inhale. This then causes the liquid to go directly in through your nostrils, down your throat, and out your mouth. All of that "beautiful junk" comes out of your nose.

Now, I was talking to Hayley online and she said she did this. I was having a stuffy, plugged up nose so I did the stupid thing and try this remedy. So, I got the ingrediants and inhaled this crap. Oh, my, that was the worst possible thing I could have done! My lips now sting from the salt, it tasted/smelled absolutly horrible, and my throat burns!! And not to mention I was coughing and gagging.

But, the weird thing is it actually helped with my nose. And altough it worked, I would not recomend you doing this...ever! Don't put you through it. I know I'm never doing that again. Not to mention it probably wasn't even all that safe. So, I guess the main thing you should get out of this, if anything at all, is that even Elizabeth Hembree does stupid things. :)

Hello

Today was See You At The Pole. Tylesha came over at 6:30 and we went to the Hyre flagpole at 7:00. The only people there were the janitors, who were smoking up a storm, and the Pepsi truck man filling up the vending machines. We waited about 5 minutes to see if any people would show up. Unfortunatly, nobody did. So we started praying -- hard. At some points I felt like breaking down in tears, but not because I was sad, but because at that moment I felt so aware of God. Just the fact of me out in that cold, foggy air praying to the Master of the Universe and Him actually listening! Even though it there was only two of us, I still felt proud that I had the courage to do this. I am so glad Ty was there with me :)

So school went by slow. I had to sing very, very high in choir, which was not too cool. Then I had to take 2 quizzes the next to periods. Then came lunch. It's Wednesday so that means SSR day. Right now I am reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Yeah, kinda juvenile for me but hey, it's funny! The rest of the day dragged on and then I went home. Yeah, from 8:00-3:00 it is so boring. Adults: be happy you have graduated!

So obviously it is Wednesday. There was youth group tonight. Right when I walked in the door, Kristen pulled me into the hallway. She told me I had to shut up and not talk. J/K, those weren't her exact words. But she said that Clint was doing a lesson on communication with Christ (a.k.a. PRAYER) and that to help illustrate the importance of communication, I wouldn't be allowed to talk during the first part of YG. Meaning games and snack. So many times I wanted to blurt out something, or tell somebody something but I couldn't. It took a lot of control to not say anything. But, of course, I kind of let a few words slip to Audrey during songs...oops.

Well, that's the end of this little post. I'll try and post later this week. Hasta luego!

Camping 2005

Just got back from camping..like 5 hours ago! It was a lot of fun. And thanks to a certain someone, many of you reading this know exactly how much fun it was. :) And if you weren't there or you were just inside your camper doing homework for 4 hours, I'll tell you about it...

Well, Friday I got home from school and Becky was already here. We left around 5:15ish and drove for about 2 hours. Usually I would die being stuck in a car with 3 other people for that long, but after being in a car for 15 hours I can handle anything. Anyhow, we got to the grounds at like 7 or 8 I guess. It was raining so we went into the Eddy's camper while my poor parents pitched our tent. We watched Thomas The Tank Engine and were entertained by the Adams children. Soon after it stopped raining, we went back to our site. The inside of our tent was soaking wet so Mom had us three girls mop it up with paper towels, dish rags, and towels. It actually got pretty clean. Then we blew up the air mattress. Of course ours was missing the plug so that was useless. We then attempted to blow up Becky's which took us forever because we couldn't get the plug closed intime after putting the air in. Well, we got all situated in the tent and then went and talked with the rest of the group. Once we got to bed, Audrey was out like a light and me and Becky talked for a bit. Aud and Becky got the air mattress and I slept on the un-inflated mattress.

The next morning I woke up to a herd of 3 year olds' training wheels. That whole morning is blurry in my mind because I was so out of it. Emily arrived around 3ish with the Blasdel's. We played football, catch, cards, silly golf, bike riding, and dump Becky in the dumpster. Katie caught a grasshopper and Philip played with his new Corvette car aaall day. Oh, and we can't forget that physical game of beat-up-the-first-baseman kickball game either. That night we all sat around the camp fire talking, eating S'mores, and playing Bible MadGab. Ow, hat aim ish air eey ardtu lahy. I went to bed half asleep anyways. That was probably the best part of this whole trip (not the game, that whole day :-D)

The next day, Sunday morning, I got up early and made some of my hot chocolate. That is what I am going to drink every morning when I am an adult because I am never going to pick up coffee. I try but it is so nasty. Or maybe a Pepsi will do... Anyways, I had that and got packed up. I played catch and all the listed above activities. We (Audrey, Emily, and I) played baseball. I was so proud of myself when I cracked open the baseball, even if it was made of cheap plastic. We loaded up the Jeep and headed for home. Emily and I were in the back of the Jeep. Mind you, this is a 5 passenger vehicle, not 7. A tire took up a good portion of our area. We played Egyptian Rat Screw until we got tired of that and then tried to sleep with Becky's body pillow. That didn't work out to well. It is physically impossible to get comfortable back there. It was so hot, too! I'm like, "Audrey, can you roll down your window, I'm very hot." Of course, she didn't. I finally fell asleep until about 3 when we stopped at Wendy's in Canton for lunch. Soon we were off again, this time with Audrey and Becky in the back. We got home around 4:15 and then went to choir practice.

This was a really good camping trip. I had a lot of fun. Trust me, you haven't lived until you have gone camping with Brown Street Baptist Church.

Pictures More to come!

Along Came Jones

I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh:
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch, I'll saw you all in half!"
And then he grabbed her(And then) he tied her up(And then) he turned on the bandsaw(And then, and then...)

And then along came Jones
Tall, thin Jones
Slow-walkin' Jones(Slow-talkin' Jones)
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones

Commercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snack
You should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I got back
Down in the old, abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was a-havin' fits
That villain said, "Give me the deed to your ranch or I'll blow you all tobits!"
And then he grabbed her(And then) he tied her up(And then) he lit the fuse to the dynamite(And then, and then...)

And then along came Jones
Tall, thin Jones
Slow-walkin' Jones(Slow-talkin' Jones)
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones

I got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show
But there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeo
Salty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack
He said, "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch, I'm gonna throw youon the railroad tracks!"
And then he grabbed her(And then) he tied her up(And then) he threw her on the railroad tracks(And then) a train started comin'(And then, and then...)

And then along came Jones
Tall, thin Jones
Slow-walkin' Jones(Slow-talkin' Jones)
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones

I must say, Matt does a much better job than this guy! Definatly a highlight of the summer!

Please comment, I like to read what you have to say! "0 comments" is becoming a repetitive theme on this blog. I know my posts are dumb, but please, to make me happy! :) Love ya!

Untitled Post

I know these blog things are made for things that matter, like productive things that happend that day, exciting events, and venting periods. But none of that stuff happens to me anymore. Why? I don't know. I guess because every single day goes the same way...school, homework, dinner, 4 hours of whatever, bed. In the summer, it was more "do whatever you want" and everyday wasn't the same. That's why in the summer I had all those "deep" posts that you probably liked to read. Well, now that school is back, so is my pointless "Post When I'm Bored" kinda entries. I mean, how many Bored and Blogging posts are in my archives? LOL. Yes, school makes you bored and boring.


Maybe it was just my current mood or what, but I found this on the internet and thought it was funny. Enjoy!

Very Cool

Just thought that I would tell you about this cool site I found. It's called "Let Them Sing It For You". What it is is that you type in a phrase, paragraph, or jibberish into a text box and real artists sing what you typed. It's kind of hard to explain without my hands, so here's the link!

Four Year Anniversary

Four years, but it doesn't seem all that long ago. Definatly an emotional day for America. Seeing that picture makes me remember all of that day pretty much. Today in the service, Pastor asked us "what were you doing on September 11, 2001". And I will tell you...

I remember I was in fourth grade. It was Tuesday which meant music day. Mrs. Danford would take us every Tuesday to the gym for music class. I also remember it was some voting day so all of these adults were in there voting. While we were walking into the room off the side of the gym, Mrs. Danford gasped. There was a television in the gym and the first thing I saw was this really tall building smoking. They said it was from New York City. On the bottom of the screen, I saw "TERROR ATTACK Hijacked Planes Crash Into World Trade Centers". I didn't know what those were so I thought it was no big deal. Then over half of music class, Ms. Greene talked about what the Twin Towers were and why this was such a bad thing.

Throughout that whole day, I saw my classroom shrink drastically because kids parents were picking their kids up from school. I remember being jealous that my mom didn't pick me up. By this time, I was really scared that these "bad men" would come and crash a plane into my school. When Mom picked me and Philip up from Hatton and Audrey from Hyre, I was glued to the tv as I saw the events unfold. The plane crash in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. I was so worried that Daddy would be hurt. When he pulled into the driveway, I ran out to his car and gave him a big hug.

I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was a hard time, and still is, for America.

Remember...

"God will provide..."

Gen. 22:8

LOL.

Hey, it's an albino Tippy!

Just kidding, I love my doggie! :)

Pointless Post- Read only if you are VERY BORED!

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I haven't been "able" to use the computer for a couple days. Not much has happend since last time so you haven't missed much. Anyways, my first day was good. My teachers are all nice. Here's my schedule: Select Choir, Pre Honors English, American History, Lunch (yes, I eat at 10:30 in the morning!),Integrated Science, Office Helper, Spanish 1, Orchestra, Pre-Algebra. Two of my teachers are both funny in their own way. They have dry senses of humor so nobody gets it except me, or atleast nobody laughs. I don't know, I guess I'm weird like that. If I think something is funny and nobody else laughs, I don't laugh. Now, not all the time so don't hold me to that. And then I always have to yawn when I see somebody else yawn. Same with sneezing and scratching an itch. Whenever I walked into a fish store I felt like fish were jumping into my hair. I hate fish. Fish are gross. The only fish I like is tuna because it tastes good with mayonaisse and toast. I don't think I will ever go fishing! Unless I marry a fisherman, then I guess I would have to huh?

I have to draw a map of the United States free hand and color it by Tuesday. Why can't all the states look like Colorado? No, the French and Spanish had to claim parts with weird borders. Like West Virgina. I think the hardest to do was Texas and Florida. Maybe I will play "Place The States" LOL Em :)

Well, g2g!