I'm not even sure what to say. I have had so many crazy thoughts running trough my mind. I can;t even begin to connect all the loose ends enough to write about them.
I realized today that I am going to have a really hard time homeschooling this semester. I'm seriously thinking about seeing if Waubonsee offers the opportunity to take the test for your G.E.D.
I think that may prove to be so much easier, but when does my family ever do things the easy way.
I got some new music to learn on my mandolin. I got the music from Amber. It is violin music but it should do the trick, and she and I hope to play it together once it is learned.
I am feeling rather good today about things. I think this comes from watching Monty Python. I watched just enough of it last night to refresh me. HA!
It seems absurd to think that Monty Python excites me that much.

I was watching the Travel Channel today and I have the travel bug real bad right now. I want to work for the Travel channel. Well maybe some day I will be able to. :]

Well I'm home alone now so I think I may go do something. I'm not sure what. Maybe I will show my blender some love, and read a book also or something.
Who knows.............

Everyone keeps saying that summer is over. I can't believe it. It can't be so.
This has been one of the busiest and craziest summers I can remember ever having.
This has been a summer of firsts and lasts, heartache and complete bliss.
I started out the summer with a trip to Ireland. I got close with some new friends, reconnected with some, and also drifted from others. I wish I could say that I have learned who I can trust but this summer has done nothing to help with that.

I know who I can count on to drop all in a second to help me, and who I can count on to forgive me when I do something incredibly dumb.

I got my first ticket this summer. It wasn't a speeding ticket or anything of the sort. I wish I had some awesome story to go with it, but as is usually the case with me it is a really bizarre story that is hard to believe. I got a $50 ticket for hiking at a forest preserve after it closed. I got there when it was still open (before dusk) but back tracking to get back to my car is a long task. The officer was sad to give me the ticket and apologized a number of times, but the damage was still done.

I also had some great bonding time with my cousin in July. We went Kayaking one morning. I got to drive my uncles truck. It was pretty great. My cousin and I also went 4-wheeling twice. I love her so much. She is one of the funniest people I know. I love her sense of humor, it is really something else entirely.

Dollar burger night will live on as one of the highlights of my week. There is just something magical about the night.
I always manage to be surounded by people I love when I am there. Andy and Tehra and the babies will randomly show up, or I have taken Ania, and Chloe. Anthony, thomas and some of their nephews even went along with Amber and I one night. That was a crazy, crazy time though.

I realized the true meaning of being an amazon. I can lift and move things that are insanely heavy. Im not sure when or how I became so strong. Im very impressed with myself. (if I can say that without sounding pompous)

I also played softball a few times for Cyrus ministries. Talk about stepping out of your comfort zone. There was this one time I was batting and I hit the ball and it was pretty great, and Aaron batted after me and between the two of us we got an RBI. HOORAY! Twin power right there.

Probably one of the greatest memories of my summer was camping out with Amber on her trampolin on a night of a meteor shower. We didn't realize it was a meteor shower so we thought we were extra lucky for seeing a billion shooting stars.
:]

I have had some pretty great times with my guy friends too. Shout out goes to Josh Boyd for teaching me the robot, and for teaching Amy and I alittle bit of choreography for a dance.

I also had alot of great times hanging out with Ryan. He is such a great friend. Im not sure what things would be like without his friendship.

I also had some fun times with Anthony and Thomas.

I also had many great experiences getting slurpies at 7-11.
Even though Chloe and I almost died after getting slurpies the one day.

Bon-fire with Ania. I will never forget her Beyonce music video shorts.

I managed to work only 4 hours a week. I told them I could work whenever, expecting to get alot of hours but due to low enrollment I ended up having only 4 hours a week. Pretty awful.

I can't even believe how big the babies are all getting. I can't help but talk about them without sounding like some baby hungry girl (Which I am definitely not).
They are so big, and now there is a 4th on the way. I can't even believe it. Those children bring me more joy then anyone could even imagine. I love when they play the mandolin or that retarded tin whistle that Ania couldn't figure what possessed me to buy it while we were in Ireland.
I love when the babies play them. It is so cute.

Lat night was a really bitter-sweet night for me. I met up with Chloe for dinner so that I could see her before she moves to the city for school. Naturally it was a great time, yet it was sad to think that we won't see each other as much in the very near future.

It has really been a great summer. I can't even try to recap all of the memories.
I'm not expecting the great times to end once summer does though.

I still have another year till I leave for school and I can't wait to see what happens between now and then.

well, I leave tomorrow to go help my sister move to a new apartment. Looks to be a long day of driving and carrying things.

Only in a Coffey House

I found this quote and totally thought of my family. My mom and I in particular.

"Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."-W. C. Fields-

A few weeks ago I had a tummy ache so my mom and I thought that some wine may help it feel better. (it certainly couldn't hurt)

When I tried getting the cork out of the bottle I ran in to some difficulty. (It's at moments like this that a man in my life would be helpful, yet it would make for less great stories)

I asked my mom to help me. She had trouble getting it out to. Sh then put the bottle between her feet and tried pulling up with the cork screw. I saw that this wouldn't do, so in an attempt to seem useful I offered to sit on the floor and hold the bottle while she pulled up on the cork screw.

After a little while of this I started to laugh. "What have we come to?!?!" I said.

I couldn't believe what it had come to. What measures we took to open a bottle of wine.

I hope you are able to picture this.

I did get the cork out just moments later by using a different and incredibly simple method.

"voila! "....."Viola!"... "did you just say viola?"

It is 12:22 and I have just recently returned home. I was at the play "The Surprise" tonight.

It was brilliant. I helped with the set for a while earlier in the week so it was nice to finally see the finished product. It was grand.
After I waited to get my mandolin and see Anthony who was in the play. We stood around in the hardly lit field and had no idea where to go or what to do.
We ended up going to his grandparents house where his sister already was and his brother and friend Dan were to show up alittle later. His family probably thinks I am the all time most random person ever. I will randomly show up at the most obscure times. I guess it's only as weird as they allow their minds to make it.

It is so strange lately that when I spend time with friends I seem to never know where to go or what to do so I end up being whisked from place to place as my guest seems fit, or I convince a friend to go somewhere due to one of my "brilliant ideas" which end up being completely empty and far from brilliant.
I suppose it is good practice for me to commit to spending time with people and having no initial plan on what to do. It has led to me and my friends to find some of the greatest places and doing some of the greatest times.
Or as in the case of Friday night, I get my foot bruised by a shopping cart tipping and falling on to my foot while someone is riding in it. My foot is now bruised and I cant wear flip flops. This means I must wear either shoes or go barefoot. I would prefer the latter but that is sometimes impractical.

I guess the entire point of this post is to point out how completely strange I am when it comes to hanging out these days. Soon I will be able to put together the greatest plans in the shortest amount of time possible. Of course the things I deem great are not what most other people deem great. If I work on my persuasion skills, I will be able to convince anyone to find things to be as equally brilliant as I do. I have really nothing more to say.

Oh observation worth noting: laughing at peoples jokes no matter how lame they may be is always a great thing. It is worth taking the time to perfect a fake laugh. :]

the nicest thing

just some thoughts.......

I posted this link to my facebook a few days ago in a note. I also wrote a sentence about how sad it is that this is how every girl feels at one point in their life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYWv_NSBZQI

My friend Dan brought up the note a few days later when I saw him. He asked me about it and remarked on how sad it is. I told him that girls tend to feel this way at least once and any girl who feels this way and wants this is also willing to give this in return.

I was listening to it today and I made a sobering realization.
I think the emotion and longing in this song shows a bit of God's heart toward us.
I read in a book about how males and females show the different sides of God's whole person.
That God has the strength and want of adventure of men and the emotion and desire to care for people and things like women.
It made me realize that this song kinda shows a piece of God's heart for us.
This may seem sacrilegious but bear with me.
Listen to the lyrics. Truly think about it. God wants to be that person. He wants to be the reason we are in the world and obviously we are that person for Him. He wants us to not be able to sleep or eat without Him, to think about Him right before we go to sleep.

TO guys this might seem weird, but to girls it should make you realize that God desires the safe devotion and longing from us as we desire at times.

Please tell me this makes sense. It makes sense to me, and it makes me love God more and more.

:]


"The Nicest Thing"

All I know is that you're so nice
You're the nicest thing I've seen
I wish that we could give it a go
See if we could be something

I wish I was your favourite girl
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile
I wish the way that I dressed was your favourite kind of style

I wish you couldn't figure me out
But you always wanna know what I was about
I wish you'd hold my hand
When I was upset
I wish you'd never forget
The look on my face when we first met

I wish you had a favourite beauty spot
That you loved secretly
'Cause it was on a hidden bit
That nobody else could see
Basically, I wish that you loved me
I wish that you needed me
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars,
Actually I meant three

I wish that without me your heart would break
I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake
I wish that without me you couldn't eat
I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep

Look, all I know is that you're the nicest thing I've ever seen
And I wish that we could see if we could be something
Yeah I wish that we could see if we could be something

they will see us waiting from such great heights......

Frustration...
Anxiety...
and Stress are the story of my life right now, yet through it all I am learning so much about myself and other around me right now. It's amazing!
I love when people come over to my house and talk with me till the morning hours.
It is honestly one of the greatest things.
I love when you can talk and really connect with people.
Today was a good day. I worked this morning then helped my mom wash windows. Ania then came over and surprised me with a great gift. It was a sort of picture collage of Ireland pictures.

Softball tonight was fun. I didn't play the first two games, but I played the 3rd game. My playing certainly was nothing spectacular but it was fun nonetheless.
Dan and Chloe came over after for pizza and Dan stayed till pretty late and we just talked. My kitchen is the best place. I always have the best conversations with friends in the kitchen.
I'm not really sure where I am going with this.
Tomorrow should be a great day.
I am hopefully going to open gym early in the afternoon. Then I am having a night of utter enjoyment with Jessica. We plan to get some Chinese food, visit the House Cafe, buy some tea and have some time of amazing deep conversation.

I fear I have no great thoughts or quotes or anything of the such. Sadly.

I'm seriously thinking of putting together a book now, I even have my idea. This is great.

I'm sitting on my glorious front porch right now. I was working on economics homework but have momentarily stopped due to frustration. Where the devil am I to find the average cost of 5 lb. of flour? My neighbors across the street keep randomly shooting off fireworks. Not the pretty fountain kinds mind you, but rather the extremely loud obnoxious ones that really have no purpose at all other than to be loud and annoying. I keep hearing "Uh-oh.....*whistle sound* *POW*.
I don't understand at all why they keep saying "uh-oh" every time they set one off but I also don't get why they are setting them off in the first place.

I completely forgot what I was blogging for just now.
Darn it!!
BAHAHAHAHA this older white guy just stopped at the stop sign by my house and was listening to rap music all loud. Ha!

Omgsh he just went by again... I think he was lost or lets hope so.
I'm starting to get attacked by mosquitoes. I suppose I should go inside.
Well this was completely pointless.


Oh I feel like painting or sketching and am looking for ideas....hmmm