tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127459862011-07-28T15:23:16.578-04:00Hey, This is Mitzi T. Welcome to my site. For those of you who don't know me here is a quick background. My real name: Laurel Age: 18 Birthday: February 9th 1990 Hair Originally: Brunette (not saying I don't act like a blonde) Eyes: Brown and I'm Scotch-IrishLaurelnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-66083613492676915282009-02-14T15:15:00.003-05:002009-02-14T15:28:01.208-05:00

Does anyone even read this anymore? I haven't posted since the middle of my Christmas Break!So, I'm sure you are all wondering what i'm up to. Lets see...what has happened since I last posted.I'm 19 now!!! YAY ME! My birthday was pretty fun, but it was on a Monday, so there really wasn't too much celebrating because as everyone knows Mondays are awful.My class schedule isn't too bad this

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-40584342257099047662009-01-04T21:38:00.002-05:002009-01-04T22:15:13.822-05:00

The year 2008 has ended and a new, even better, year has begun. So around New Years Eve I was trying to come up with some great way to bring in the New Year! And after some thinking I finally came up with the perfect idea. I'll get the flu!!! Oh wait...no...that wasn't my idea...that just happened on its own.On New Years Eve I got the flu. I had to call off work for the next two days. I

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-50587280985989882282008-12-29T13:50:00.002-05:002008-12-29T14:15:05.176-05:00

So last night I was feeling really productive and I decided to get lots of things done. I'm kind of getting into a "i'm going to school soon and thus need to get everything done" type of mood. So I went online and found all the books I was going to need for my classes. I then went and found the cheapest site to buy them from and I bought all of my books. They will be shipped to my house

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-45993717236736896222008-12-28T22:06:00.006-05:002008-12-28T22:39:57.120-05:00

Semester One of my college career is officially over. Everyone has left for Christmas Break, finals were taken, books were sold, and now the grades are in. (Though I've known my grades for a few weeks so this post is a little late in coming)But now I will give y'all a run down.I took 5 classes, (as you may or may not recall),BUS 101: My business seminar that was required through the Broad

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-54454950286288228042008-12-28T21:49:00.002-05:002008-12-28T22:05:12.754-05:00

Many of you, I am sure, have been watching my 2008 coffee count grow and grow...up until October...May I assure you that the abrupt stop in the count has nothing to do with my lack of drinking coffee...quite the contrary actually. I have gone to get coffee 2-3 times a week since sometime at the end of October and I completely lost count. Thus my count ended. I have decided that I will take an

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-62850928806248734722008-12-08T18:53:00.002-05:002008-12-08T18:55:42.609-05:00

I should probably be spending my time studying for finals, but instead I’m writing this blog on an issue that I just saw on the news at dinner. This past Monday the Capitol Building was decorated for the Holiday Season. For the past 20 years a 25 foot tall spruce tree has been set up, formally called the “Capitol Holiday Kids Tree”, which is sponsored by the Association of Washington Business.

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-59911801546373463852008-12-08T15:49:00.003-05:002008-12-08T16:01:09.179-05:00

So...it has been forever since I last posted...sorry.This week is finals week. I just took my first final, I have one tomorrow (Tuesday) and two on Wednesday. The one I took today was for my ISS class. Every MSU student is required to take two ISS classes, a 200 level and a 300 level. They are semipointless classes that everyone dislikes. My class isn't too bad in general, the topic is Human

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-81048322760266374542008-10-26T01:02:00.002-04:002008-10-26T01:49:08.133-04:00

Now honestly how often do you hear people say that? But right now I truly do love my job. I know that I mentioned that I had gotten this job but I don't remember how much I said about it, so forgive me if this is repeat info. I am working with a professor in the Hospitality school, Bonnie Knutson, who is doing research. I am her research assistant. I met with her at the beginning of the year

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-89114222057932564202008-10-26T00:44:00.004-04:002008-10-26T01:02:46.522-04:00

So I should have posted this a while ago but hey, I'm in college now, I'm busy. So I went through sorority rush this fall...which in case you wanted to know is a semi-stressful, but very worthwhile process. And after attending many parties and dressing up and talking to lots of girls for hours on end. I have been accepted in Kappa Delta sorority.For those of you who do not know Kappa Delta is the

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-75744952059475617742008-09-25T10:58:00.002-04:002008-09-25T11:02:04.087-04:00

Jaime and I are no longer together...that is long story short. I refuse to tell the whole long hurtful story. A lot of people here at MSU know the story and I can't bring myself to tell it anymore. I'm glad it is almost the weekend because I am in great need of time to think. To think, to reflect, to cry. He was such a good boyfriend. We really did love each other. Something went wrong

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-88339487768456508952008-09-12T19:25:00.002-04:002008-09-12T20:17:57.945-04:00

Ick, all day today has been a rainy awful day. It has been completely disgusting outside. I do enjoy that the weather is getting cooler. Normally the cold weather makes me sad because I love wearing my summer clothes. This year however, the cool air has been a gift, whoever thought dorms without airconditioning was a good idea must have been murdered long ago...though no one has resolved this

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-30923709625905852052008-09-10T12:58:00.004-04:002008-09-10T13:19:36.747-04:00

So, I told you all about my classes, but I don't want anyone to think that it is all work and no play here. College is definitely fun. I've made a lot of friends, I told you about my roommate Courtney, but I don't think I mentioned anyone else. One person, whom I have become very good friends with is Rose. First of all I LOVE her name. Roses are beautiful and wonderful and so it is such a good

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-7684741240177551072008-09-06T21:51:00.002-04:002008-09-06T23:55:30.231-04:00

So...I feel bad because I haven't really kept anyone up-to-date on college life. I must say I love it!I've made so many friends with the people in my hall and with people in my classes.My roommate is so much fun. Her name is Courtney and we have gotten along so well. We haven't had any arguments or anything yet. I think that we'll be great the whole year. We talk a whole lot in the morning

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-45190182346702357632008-08-22T01:52:00.003-04:002008-08-22T02:01:50.241-04:00

I'm at MSU now. I'd like to give you a long update about how it is, but I can't...because I'm not sure how things are going. I like college every now and then. But then there are times when I'm petrified. I suppose that's normal.I was talking to Jaime about how I was worried and felt lonely. No one has been in my room for a few hours with me. Jaime said that it shouldn't be bad because he

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-47849378616199549342008-08-13T16:05:00.003-04:002008-08-13T16:15:53.151-04:00

It hit me the other day, hard.Oh my gosh...I'm going to collegeI'm going to college 6 hours awayAll my friends are going to be scattered around the countryI will most likely not see any of them until Christmas.I will be far away from my family too.6 hours isn't too much, but it is enough to keep me from seeing them often.I'll get new friends. And so will my current friendsBut will I be able to

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-40462300797257014982008-08-01T19:36:00.004-04:002008-08-01T19:47:51.419-04:00

So, There are these things called Tums...and I love them.As you've probably read in my blog I want to France, and in France they eat bread...all the time...lots. Along with lots of pastries, cheese, and other wheat and yeast filled products that I am allergic to. But thanks to Tums I can now eat these with no problem. Providing I want to take 3 or 4 Tums tablets before or during each meal in

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-62931366291623426432008-07-10T13:30:00.004-04:002008-07-10T14:01:50.123-04:00

I love France. I've decided that.I just spent about 9 days in France and it was absolutely fabulous. We had a group of 18 people:Me, Alyssa, Emily, Jenna, Sara, Kelsey, Eliza, Lisa, Debbie, Marcus, Eric, Jake, Connie, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Dominick, Mrs. Kondrot,Madame McCoy, and Jean-Christophe...our tour guide.We started off in Paris where we visited the Louvre, which is huge. Yes we did see the

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-68047371858603393672008-07-06T17:32:00.002-04:002008-07-06T17:36:41.797-04:00

I'm back everyone!For those of you that did not know (shame on you for not reading the million posts on it) I just got back from France. I know you are all looking forward to all the details of my absolutely fabulous trip, but it will have to wait a bit, not that I'm not excited to share all about it with you...but I'm busy having a good relaxing summer...And of course I'm busy preparing for MSU

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-45237699066815201942008-05-27T22:27:00.002-04:002008-05-27T22:30:17.920-04:00

I do really need to write about my graduation party but at the moment I haven't really the time. I have noticed, however, that someone from London visits my blog a lot. They visit frequently enough that I know that it can't just be mere happenstance. I'm really beginning to wonder who this person...or these people are. I highly doubt anyone would come forward to tell me that they are the ones

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-22708075514983622412008-05-26T00:18:00.002-04:002008-05-26T00:39:54.975-04:00

So Prom was on Friday!It was a lot of fun. The day started pretty well. We got out of school at ten so we could prepare. I went out to lunch with some friends which was awesome. I did a lot of hair and makeup preparation on my own. Because Jaime couldn't go to Prom with me I went with one of my friends who happens to be a junior so she wouldnt have been able to go otherwise. Her name is

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-22502685300058644042008-05-21T00:13:00.003-04:002008-12-09T18:53:11.425-05:00

I preregistered for some classes for my freshman year at MSU and I've drawn up a rough sketch of it, here it is below. I'll write more about it at a later time.Loving Everyone Always Forever

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-7818891372625225242008-05-14T20:38:00.002-04:002008-05-14T20:53:01.088-04:00

Life seems to constantly be busy, but at the same time it is very exciting. I only have 20 days of school left. Unfortunately I only begrudgingly put the word 'only' in front of the number 20. I wish there were less days. My teachers aren't really letting up on the work load either.Tomorrow I have a test in French and an in class essay for English...tomorrow is also my 6-month anniversary with

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-87001813301239605762008-04-22T01:09:00.000-04:002008-04-22T01:09:43.012-04:00

I haven't posted in such a very long time. I'm sure I've had things to say. The main problem is that every time I come close to writing on here I realize that it is writing this...or sleeping. As I usually get less than 6 hours of sleep it is a high commodity and thus the opportunity cost leads me to lean in favor of sleep.So, to tell you how I am.I'm suffering majorly from Senioritis. I thought

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-15228793598009839282008-03-17T22:33:00.003-04:002008-03-17T22:49:42.289-04:00

Life has been absolutely crazy...and yet none of you are informed. How does it feel to be so ignorant to the happenings of my life? Well, do not fear, I am about to divulge all...or no...not all... but more like a few of the major things that have been going on lately. For example...Musical is now over... :-(That makes me sad. I LOVE Musical. It is by far my favorite school activity. I have been

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-21800098863480512302008-03-05T22:39:00.002-05:002008-03-05T22:58:00.323-05:00

This is my week as Mommy. I was pretty excited, and I still am, I'm having a lot of fun being Mom. Let me explain. This week (Mar 1-Mar 8) my Mom and Mark are in Mississippi with a group from our church. They are rebuilding after the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. So while they are gone I am, with the help of Grandma Marge (Marks mother), acting as mother. It's fun, except that I'm

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-58421539176734866672008-02-09T23:59:00.000-05:002008-02-10T01:20:07.553-05:00

Its my birthday...it will be over soon i'm 18...weird huh..i'll tell more about it laterLove Because You Are Loved

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-1465875202437369082008-02-02T23:13:00.000-05:002008-02-03T00:06:06.755-05:00

I had a very scary encounter today while I was driving. I almost don't want to drive ever again...but I'll have to...so I'll get over it. ~ But I was driving past the mall and I was at a red light. The light turned green and I went. The car zoomed past me in the next lane then cut in front of me. This would be fine except the car slammed to a stop which means that I had to slam to a stop. I

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-46767872178392582722008-01-27T19:46:00.001-05:002008-01-27T19:52:25.390-05:00

So, life as usual is very busy. Between school, work, and musical practice it is very hectic. One would think there would be a lot to write about and there probably are a lot of things I could say...but I can never think of anything worth saying. I could mention short little stories about work ...for example: I was asked the stupidest question ever today. A teenage boy and girl came up to the

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-43127785859413507502008-01-21T23:14:00.000-05:002008-01-21T23:24:21.057-05:00

So, as you all should know my birthday is coming up relatively shortly. February 9th. I wasn't sure how I was going to celebrate my birthday. I was going to hang out with friends the night before and then there is a family party that is really celebrating baby Meredith's 1st birthday, and that party is on my birthday so we were going to do a double...but that party might go on without me. I

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-50331366028625367432008-01-14T11:29:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:20:56.180-05:00

Coffee Counting:I am obviously still counting my cups of coffee, you can see on the sidebar how many cups I've had this year, what kind and what day. I will change the setup in February only to include how many cups of each type of drink I have enjoyed per month.Hugs:As I had predicted, with the number of hugs I have been giving people it is becoming increasingly difficult to count, therefore I

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-59757614071543806942008-01-13T22:13:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:20:34.628-05:00

No, I'm not going to draw it out this time. I will be clear and go right to the point instead of beating around the bush and making you wonder what it is that I want to say...I got my drivers license!I actually got it on Wednesday I just havent had time to write about it until now. I've driven by myself once, it was very fun, much more relaxing than driving with my parents. I drove to Andrea's

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-9288005289528001002008-01-04T00:38:00.000-05:002008-01-04T00:41:54.955-05:00

I broke up with Jaime, I don't care to explain all the reasons, they are long and require much tedious explanation. Breakups make me sad and emotionally drain me...so I don't really have the energy to say much. I wish I could skip school so I wouldn't have to face that along with my emotional drainage at the moment. He's worse of than I at the moment, but either way... So I'm single, no longer

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-15299755869073439782008-01-01T23:20:00.000-05:002008-01-01T23:20:16.420-05:00

Today is the first day of the new year and I have made several ...resolutions. Coffee Counting:The first thing I want to do is count the number of cups of coffee I drink in the year 2008. I got this idea from the musical Rent and so far I've had one cup of coffee...it was a caramel latte.Hugs:I'm also counting how many times I hug certain people...but that won't last long really. I also want

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-55861205894671023642007-12-15T13:17:00.000-05:002007-12-15T13:19:29.146-05:00

As I sit in my government class, and we discuss various issues I always think "I'll have to blog about my opinion on this". Well, I have yet to do that, so I'm going to begin tonight. We began a discussion on Capital Punishment in class. This stemmed into an Abortion argument. Now, how to begin...have I described my government class? My government class is divided into three groups, the democrats

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-62017530051631521022007-12-07T23:40:00.000-05:002007-12-07T23:47:27.223-05:00

I swear I will try to update this site more, I've so been letting my adoring fans down...So...I've been accepted at Michigan State University (not to be confused with the University of Michigan) and also Penn State University, Main Campus. I'm going to go to MSU. I have that officially decided.I was accepted into the academic scholars program at MSU which gives me $6000 and either $5000 for a

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-27076597997515243422007-11-17T01:02:00.000-05:002007-11-17T01:09:48.508-05:00

I AM ACCEPTED...I didn't really want to draw out any anticipation in this post. I thought I should just get the news out quickly.My mom called me and said, "I have a big letter here for you, it's from MSU, on the front it says "Congratulations! You're a Spartan!"I heard this and started jumping up and down screaming...I was in the middle of the parking lot between the mall and Barnes and Noble.

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-41867881044789861092007-10-30T17:22:00.001-04:002007-10-30T17:32:51.089-04:00

I began writing a post on Capital Punishment and Abortion, a topic that had been discussed in my American Government class. I was trying to write my opinion in the most organized manner possible. I realized partway through that this is a very difficult topic to organize because it all sort of relates. I also noticed that I began by listing common beliefs then disproving them one at a time,

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-46625690324924523932007-10-26T00:38:00.000-04:002007-10-26T00:38:58.397-04:00

Yesterday was Halloween at the mall. Or rather, it would have been Halloween at the mall if a certain set of events had not occured. Allow me to explain. Every year the stores at the mall choose a day when the employees may dress in costume and hand out candy if they wish from 6pm-8pm to children dressed in costumes. So, I was scheduled to work, and I decided I wanted to dress up in a pretty

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-68688683766070465142007-10-17T16:51:00.000-04:002007-10-17T17:05:01.999-04:00

So, for those of you that are not so cool as to have a Facebook account I will have to explain this concept to you.So there is something called "Poking" on Facebook. How it works is this, you go to one of your friends Facebook page and you press the "Poke" button. Then, when your friend logs on they will see a list of all the people that poked them and underneath each person there are two

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-20101819064991774462007-10-14T22:51:00.000-04:002007-10-14T22:58:21.150-04:00

So....I said I wasn't going to cry. That was my goal. But then stuff happened, stuff before homecoming that I'm going to describe in another post.So I'm going to try this again, how about tomorrow? Okay, so starting October 15, 2007 I am not going to cry until November 15, 2007. Now this is going to be difficult because ummm I'm a girl and Jumonville happens to fall in this month.Don't worry

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-76762877503479541952007-10-12T23:08:00.000-04:002007-10-12T23:18:23.806-04:00

So, I realized that I cry quite often. I usually take it to be just because I'm a girl, or because I'm under stress. But, I've realized that I cry quite a lot. So I'm setting a goal for myself not to cry for a whole month. To some people I'm sure this seems ridiculous...you know...the people that never ever cry. So I think this will be difficult especially with things like homecoming

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-3104668254032347552007-10-07T20:36:00.000-04:002007-10-07T20:43:59.522-04:00

The Votes are in! And tonight at the Powderpuff game the 15 girls...and slightly less guys nominated for Homecoming court came on to the field. Our names were read and we were each given a red carnation. Then the announcements were made. And I... Was... NOT in the top 5 ... :-( It made me sad. I didn't know if I had a chance at all, but I had hoped. Oh well.... Wishing Hoping Dreaming

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-45652563651799337012007-10-06T23:51:00.000-04:002007-10-07T00:38:28.657-04:00

Today was a rough day. Everything was fine, more than fine actually...until around 10pm. That is when my life became a bit harder. I have some good stories about work to tell you, but let me tell you the bad story about after work first.So originally I was scheduled to work 10am-6:30pm but my parents were going to a play and wouldn't be able to take me home so I talked to one of my coworkers.

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-87538240272714882592007-10-02T20:21:00.000-04:002007-10-02T20:57:14.689-04:00

There was a Blood Drive at school today. It is kind of interesting how this works. Anyone that wanted to donate blood signed up for a period they wanted to go in. Andrea and I signed up for 4th period because I had study hall and she had gym.So we go down to the South Gym and walk up to the registration table. They give us a questionnaire to fill out...it was very amusing...Females: In the

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-79493681125510022562007-09-14T21:58:00.000-04:002007-09-14T22:27:20.048-04:00

Odd title? Yes, I know it is. Those three words played hugely important parts in my day today and I'm about to explain how. Lets see...where to start.I went to school in the morning. I got a lot of homework but that is nothing out of the ordinary. I didn't really want to go to work after school but I had to because I started at 4. I was not looking forward to a long night of working. I

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-74461529950744956502007-09-04T22:49:00.000-04:002007-09-04T23:27:06.949-04:00

I wake out of a light sleep by the sound of my cell phone chimes. 5:45 reads the clock. I jump out of bed and immediately start rushing about. This immediate awakeness will not last very many days I am sure. It just seems to be that the first few days I am very anxious to prepare and look my best.I got on the bus and waited in anticipation as we neared our destination. Finally we arrived at

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-45495746863383121852007-08-28T01:21:00.000-04:002007-08-28T01:26:50.832-04:00

Whenever I take quizzes that try to figure out what character I am most like I try to pick the honest answer and not the answer that lands me as being my favorite character. Sometimes I end up as my favorite and sometimes I don't. This time I did! I found that very exciting. According to this quiz I am most like Belle.Which Disney Princess Are You?You are Belle. You are strong, deep, and you are

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-29303684404487235622007-08-28T00:49:00.000-04:002007-08-28T00:51:44.435-04:00

Andrea took this quiz and it was said that she was most like Hagrid. After she took it she sent me the link and these were the results that I got. The results say that I am most like two characters...it was a tie!Which Harry Potter Character Are You?You are part Hermione. You're a bookworm always in search of answers. When pressed, however, you can always be counted on to put away the books and

Laurelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12745986.post-135350315580178182007-08-21T22:43:00.000-04:002007-08-21T22:48:55.551-04:00

Andrea introduced me to a website called Helium...and I love it. She sent me an invitation to join this site. The way Helium works is I write articles and submit them on the site. This website then takes the articles and people rate them and the higher my ratings and the more people that read them the more money I am paid for the article.Andrea and I have each written several articles and I

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I received my school schedule for the 2007-2008 school year. This is my senior year! eek! I'm sure I'll have a good year. It will be interesting though. I plan on having a very fun time. I hope it all works out well. So I'm going to post my schedule when I have a "/" between two classes it means I change after the end of the semester. (obviously the class before the / is first semester and the

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I did it! I finished them. All 57 poems are analyzed. I've written a short piece about each one. Oh my goodness that took ridiculously long. I did not enjoy that assignment. I am so glad to finally have finished it. I thought I should give you all an update on how my AP homework was going, which is why I'm writing this post. I wanted to announce that I am done with that. I still have to

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About a month ago I was in West Virginia with a group of some of my favorite friends. These were my Youth Group friends. I love them. We went to West Virginia on the annual mission trip. I did not go last year because my allergy alert was so new and we didn't want another hospital episode. This year I was allowed to go, and I was thrilled. I'm not sure what it is about mission trips but

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So I visited my top 3 colleges and I finally have them in an order. That was a very exciting thing for me. I was quite worried that I would visit all three and still have no idea.So my number one college is....drum roll please....Michigan State University.I loved the campus, it is gorgeous there. It is very far away, the farthest of the three schools. It takes about 6 hours to get there.

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There is so much that I have done that I have yet to write about. It surely seems as if nothing is happening in my life. That is most assuredly not the case. However because so much has been happening that leaves very little time for writing. Tonight I shall attempt to write about most of the things that have taken up the precious time of my summer. Loving Everyone Always Forever

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While I was on my college visits I was looking through my planner. I was flipping through and looking at all the holidays that they included. They included interesting ones like Childrens Day' (October 14th) and 'Grandparents Day' (September 9th). There were also some funny ones like 'Spaghetti Day' (January 4th) 'Unofficial National Popcorn Day' (January 19th)There were some Patriotic ones

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I've heard it said That people come into our lives for a reasonBringing something we must learnAnd we are ledTo those who help us most to grow If we let themAnd we help them in returnWell I don't know if I believe thats trueBut I know I'm who I am todayBecause I knew you Those are the lyrics to the song For Good in the popular musical Wicked. This is one of my favorite songs. Every time I

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It was brought to my attention that I might not have shared my SAT scores with any of you...sorry about that.I must have been too busy to write about them. In any case I will tell you all now.I took the SAT's two times. First time scores:Critical Reading: 610Math: 590Writing: 600a total of 1800 or if you only count critical reading and math then it is 1200Second time scores:Critical Reading:

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I've been thinking very much about college of late. I'm a bit anxious. School will undoubtedly be difficult to get through this year. I fear senioritis might be setting in a tiny bit early. I have decided that there are three choices for my college education and I almost refuse to hear any other suggestions for the simple fact that three is hard enough to pick from. I fear the more colleges I add

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I sit here in the midst of reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and a thought occurs to me. Harry is sitting on a cliffside pondering the decisions he has made, and as he sits and ponders his decisions I too sit and ponder.I'm 17 years old; a prospective senior in high school.There is so much I have accomplished in these 17 years. There is so much I wish I had done. There is so much I

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It is Tuesday now...though it seems more like Monday still because I have not yet gone to bed. On Monday I slept a lot. I was a bit out of it I don't know why though. So I slept for more hours than I normally get over like 3 days. It was nice though. I also finished The Fountainhead. I have had about 12 pages left to read in that book for many days and now I finally picked it up with the

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A few weeks ago I walked outside to get the mail and I was shocked to notice a groundhog a foot from the porch. It noticed me as well, and it quickly dove under the porch. I heard some scurrying underneath the porch and then silence. I went inside and told my family about it. It was decided that we would wait until the next time we saw it to decide if we needed a trap. At some point the next

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So, I have a site counter that counts the number of people that visit my site. It keeps track of things such as where the people are from and what page they were on before they came to mine. It also shows me what percentage of the people visiting my blog are from which countries in the past 100 visits. I was very pleasantly surprised when I looked at this graph. Normally everyone is from the

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I've been putting off writing this post. The reason being the point of the post is fairly embarrassing. However, my mother was insistent that I mention this incident.Last Friday I had agreed to babysit a 3 year old boy while his grandmother was playing tennis. I agreed rather half-heartedly. It isn't really my favorite thing to get up in the morning and go to the park to chase after a 3 year

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During the School year I get very little sleep. I end up working on homework very late at night and end up waking up very early in the morning. During the school year this kills me. Though I realize now, during the summer, staying up late and waking up on the early side doesn't bother me as much. Perhaps it is because I am not up late doing things that need to be done for the next day, or

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My list certainly is not as long as Andrea's list but I thought I would share my Summer To-Do list too.College:I've pretty much decided on my top 3 choices...since I've only visited three colleges. But I feel I should give a smaller school a chance so I am seriously considering looking at Robert Morris University.Visit my top 3 again (MSU, OSU, PSU [in no particular order])Visit RMUFill out

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I know it may seem odd. In fact many people think that I am insane for this reason, but I really do enjoy summer English work. English is quite possibly my favorite class. I enjoy the assignments and it doesn't seem as much work as math or science. Each summer of my high school career I have been given a list of assignments to help me prepare for the next school year. Each summer I

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I noticed the other day that 1% of the people that look at my blog are from France. That is a marginal number. But still I thought I would note that before I mentioned that...I'M GOING TO FRANCE!!!!!That's right...but not until next summer. On June 20, 2008 I am leaving on a plane from Pittsburgh to Paris.I'm so excited! A group from my school, our foreign language club, is setting up the trip.

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Last time I posted I was crying. I was really super sad. I'm sure you wondered if I would be alright. I'm sure you felt sorry for me. I just thought that I would write a post to update you on my life post-break-up. I love Chris. I always will. But thats okay. Because Chris and I are best friends now. Just like before we dated. If it weren't like that I would still be crying. But I'm no

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It was a year and a half...a few days more...today. I broke up with Chris. I knew he wasn't the one I would marry, so I broke up with him. Then I cried. Actually I cried before, during, and after. I cried a lot. We promised to be best friends still and to talk a lot. I told him I would always love him, he agreed that he felt the same. I had to go to my dads then so we said goodbye. We both

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Thank the LORD!!! Does anyone realize that amount of stress lifted off of my life since school was let out a few days ago? I am practically in heaven. Today I had no school and no work. I went to bed early last night, woke up late this morning, made pancakes for my sisters and I for lunch, went to the grocery store and bank, saw POTC 3, had dinner...and now I'm writing this.I feel completely

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So, I thought I would tell you a little about my day. I'm writing this post early Saturday morning. So, Friday morning I got up and went to school, it was prom day so a lot of people left at 10:00 to get ready for prom. I, of course, was still at school, I went home and got ready for work and then I worked from 4-9:30 I got home and went on the computer. I talked to my friends, wrote in my

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Please forgive me, it has been so long since I have posted, and I fear that my first post in such a long while must be a rant. I had not planned on ranting in this post, but my mind is burning from the thoughts that have resided for quite some time. I need to let these thoughts loose before my head explodes.I'd like to preface this rant by mentioning that I am not perfect. Perhaps some people

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I know it has been forever since I have posted, I promise to post soon. I'm sorry about how few and far between these have become. Life is a little stressful right now. I'll post more as it starts to get better, as I have more time. Keep me in your prayers please, I need the extra strength. Love...

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February 28, 2007Biloxi MississippiDay 5Wednesday, half way through the work week, this is the day that we need the extra strength to get through. I continued my work at the Harvey House. I began the day working with insulation, this was more difficult because my mother was on a painting team today, so she didn't cut it for me. But it still worked some. Then I was pulled off of that task by Ken.

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I was fine when I came home from work. I took a shower and I was fine.But now I'm Dizzy. It is hard to concentrate and i'm sort of swaying back and forth because I'm Dizzy and I don't know why. I have a paper due friday in history and I planned to start...and hopefully finish it today. But so far I have my name and the title on the paper and that is it. I also have french homework to do and

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February 27, 2007Biloxi MississippiDay 4Tuesday, our second work day. We were all pretty tired from the day before, but that wasn't slowing us down! We started the day by switching up the teams a little bit. Some of the people were going to paint these little houses that were right accross the football field from us. These houses were occupied by members of the Habitat for Humanity team. The rest

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February 26, 2007Biloxi MississippiDay 3This was our first workday. Though it was an early start in the morning, and I hadn't had the best sleep ever I was still excited to get up and moving. I wanted to start the work that I had been anticipating for months. We began the day with a prayer and a wonderful breakfast. Then we waited for direction. First we were split into different teams. One team

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February 25, 2007Biloxi MississippiDay 2Sunday, the day of rest and worship. It was weird not working on this day, we had all settled in the night before, and by now we were all restless. We wanted to work. But Sunday was reserved for worship, not work. We all got up for breakfast at 8 and then we all did our own thing until church. I took out my chemistry homework...I got a little done, I'm so

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I interupt the previously scheduled Day 2 post to tell you this story:So, I was at work today, at the Steak and Fries and this guy comes up and says he wants a chicken sandwich, so I ask him all the usual condiment questions and then I ask if he wants anything else, like something to drink. He said that that was all he wanted and he handed me $5, I entered 500 into the computer, which is what

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February 24, 2007Biloxi MissionDay OneMy alarm rang and I sat up in bed thinking to myself 'it is saturday morning...why am I up this early?' Then, of course, the realization that I would soon be on a plane to Biloxi, Mississippi washed over me. Excitement rushed through my veins as I finished some last minute packing and fantasized about what this trip would bring.Last year our lodging, food,

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I know, I know...It's been almost a week since I came back from my mission trip...and yet I haven't relayed a single tale of our time down south. Many apologies! I really did intend to get to writing this sooner, but with musical practice everyday after school and all of the work I missed; life is nothing short of hectic.But, fear not! I am beginning to write about the trip right now. I shall

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Hey everyone! I have returned from Mississippi. I'm sure you are all looking forward to a very detailed description of my trip. You will be sad to know that this is not a description at all of my trip. This is only my announcement that I am home and that I will be able to write about the wonderful experience in a few days. So sorry for the long wait!Loving Everyone Always Forever

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Today is Sunday, February 18th. In 6 days it will be Saturday February 24th. That is a very important day for me. As many of you already know, last year a group of people from my church went down to the Mississippi coast to help rebuild the area after the terrible destruction that was left behind after Hurricane Katrina. That whole experience was simply incredible.This year another group from

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Today was our first day of PSSA testing. We were warned that this was a very important test for us because starting this year our scores will appear on our college transcripts, and if we 'fail' we will be put in remedial classes along with the classes we were originally planning to take. (Can you imagine someone taking Calculus and remedial math?)Anyways, today was the first day and we had 75

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I'm 17 now, I've been 17 for a few days technically. But do you really expect me to drop all celebrations to write a post on my actual birthday. Anyways, I'm sure everyone is curious as to how my birthday went. So I'll give you the play-by-play...except not that indepth.Friday morning I got up, got ready to go to school, and I put on my tiara. It was my day to be a princess. I was excited, I

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I'm sure you are all curious about my birthday...and I assure you that i will tell you about my birthday soon, but I knew that that would be a longer post than this one about my new job so I decided to post this first.Sunday I started my first day of my first job! I worked from 1-6 at Steak and Fries at South Hills Village Mall. It was very cool. At first they had me filling the drink orders

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I am extremely happy. It may seem obvious why if you have read the title of this post. But if you are not the brightest then I will enlighten you. I was hired! I now have a job! I work at South Hills Village Mall at any of the following four places (they are all run by the same person): Gretel's Pretzels, Everything Yogurt and Salad, Taco Bell, Steak and Fries.People have been asking me how

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Sunday night during the superbowl I was told by one of my friends that Bethel Park was to have a 2 hour delay monday morning! YAY! I was very excitedMonday morning I get up at 8, look at the TV...find that every channel is on the C's...so I go online and look up school delays/closings.....Bethel Park - Closed YAY!!!!!!!Monday afternoon my dad calls to harass my about not going to school even

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I want to be a princess. I love Disney. Everyone knows that I love Disney. But I want to be a princess so much. I know that won't happen because there are no princess' in the United States and I would never marry someone just to be a princess. But, I want to be a princess. I want a castle, and I want the beautiful dresses...I want the dream come true.Disney has turned a few rooms in Cinderellas

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Let me preface this post by pointing out that the first four letters in 'Paintball' are P-A-I-N. The first four letters spell PAIN. Keep that in mind as you read through this post.Friday night my Youth Group had a lock-in. For those that do not know, a lock-in is when we spend the night at the church. There are several lock-ins throughout the year and everyone has a different special activity

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Yes, I do know that Valentines Day isn't even very soon. Yes, I do know that it probably seems ridiculous to be posting about Valentines Day now. But I was just talking to Chris and I really must share this story.Chris and I were talking about presents and he was telling me that he isn't sure what he's getting me, he has it narrowed down to 4 gifts. He decided on at least 2 for my birthday but

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It is amazing how quickly life passes. True the daily grind seems to stretch out forever, but when it's over you wonder where the weeks have gone. Monday is the last day of the nine-week grading period which means some of my classes will change. That means that I'll be done with gym, sociology and psychology and instead I will have a food preparation class and two study halls. The two study

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This is my second year as a member of FBLA. For last years competition I was in the Public Speaking competition. I didn't do as well as I would have liked last year. This year, however, I was pretty happy with my performance. This year I chose the Computer Applications competition. Computer Applications is a two part competition. I took the first part a few days ago, it was a two hour long

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Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007!Last year was a very awkward year for me. I never truly felt that it was 2006. In fact there were quite a few times when i would ask people what the year was, either thinking that it was 2007, 2005, or on rare occasions 2004. For some reason the year 2006, though it was a very important year to me, seemed to have gone by without record.This year held a lot of new things

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I realize that this post seems to have come rather late. It is, after all, January 8th, which is quite a long time after Christmas. But, alas, whether on break or in school I have a steady flow of work that seems to tear me away from my writing.Now where to begin.Well, I love Christmas. The whole season is wonderful. I love the happy, joyous atmosphere and I love the Christian attention

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Written on Saturday: I'm still feeling a bit disoriented as I sit here writing this post. I find myself constantly checking the date to make sure it is still the same day I thought it was. Fortunately I did just get a few hours of sleep so I am not fully exhausted, but I certainly will not be up very late.Now lets see, today is Sunday.Two days ago, Friday I was up at my grandparents house and I

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A month or two ago I listed a few things that I promised that I would write about, my Youth Group was one of the things that I said I would write about. Up until now I have neglected to mention anything about it. This is silly of me because I love Youth Group. It is super fun, we meet once a week and i love it. I have been attending the Youth Group at Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church for 5

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So I met this guy, his name is Matt. If you read Andrea's Blog you probably have heard about him. I met him through her. It is quite interesting talking to Matt, he is a very fun person and we always have interesting conversations. Though they are not always thoroughly pleasant. Meeting Matt has made me learn a lot of things about myself. For starters I am a very opinionated person. I am

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For those of you that have been following the story that I have been writing please know that I have NOT abandonned it. I am still writing it whenever I have the chance. Unfortunately it is not often that I have that chance. I went today and read through the story and I decided that the last chapter that I posted needed some major revisions. I have now revised it to the point that you may not

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Yesterday was my one year anniversary with the most amazing boy ever. Chris and I have obviously been dating for a year and it has been the most amazing year ever. I love him so much and I'm looking forward to another wonderful year. For our anniversary Chris made me a video that is now on youtube. I cried when I saw it, it is soo sweet, and it definitely shows how well he knows me! Click

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