March '09 Reads

24. Back In Black : A-List #5 - Zoey Dean
25. Skinned - Robin Wasserman
26. I Can't Tell You - Hillary Frank
27. Some Like It Hot : A-List #6 - Zoey Dean
28. City of Bones : Mortal Instruments Trilogy #1 - Cassandra Clare
29. Max : Maximum Ride #5 - James Patterson

February '09 Reads

I feel quite disappointed that I didn't get more read this month. But, my hopes are up that I get back on the right track in March.


17. Rock Star Superstar - Blake Nelson
18. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
19. Crushed - Laura Mcneal
20. The A-List - Zoey Dean
21. Girls on Film:A-list #2 - Zoey Dean
22. Blonde Ambition:A-list #3 - Zoey Dean
23. Tall Cool One:A-list #4 - Zoey Dean

January '09 Reads

This is my new list of books for the year 2009. I hope I can make 100 this year!!!

1. All Q, No A: More Tales of a 10th Grade Social Climber - Lauren Mechling
2. Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad - Lauren Mechling
3. Being - Kevin Brooks
4. Vampire Kisses - Ellen Schreiber
5. Kissing Coffins: Vampire Kisses 2 - Ellen Schreiber
6. Vampireville: Vampire Kisses 3 - Ellen Schreiber
7. Dance With a Vampire: Vampire Kisses 4 - Ellen Schreiber
8. The Coffin Club: Vampire Kisses 5 - Ellen Schreiber
9. Right Behind You - Gail Giles
10. Fat Kid Rules the World - K. L. Going
11. Bottled Up - Jaye Murray
12. The Body of Christopher Creed - Carol Plum-Ucci
13. Aftershock - Kelly Easton
14. The New Rules of High School - Blake Nelson
15. Privilege - Kate Brian
16. Kiss & Blog - Alyson Noel

New Year

At church today, it was said that every year is a blessing. After this was said, my aunt leaned over and said that this last year was definitely not a blessing. I then gave her a strange look. She said that way too much hurt had been caused this year for it to counted as anything close to a blessing.

It got me thinking. Yes, I know multiple people that have died this year. One in particular, my grandmother. I knew 2 people that killed themselves. I knew a little girl that died of Leukemia. My best friend's grandfather died. I knew of some people that almost died of attempted suicide or of serious illness. So, how could a year like this be taken as a blessing?

Well, I have grown to learn from everything that has hurt me. The death of Grandma. It brought me closer to God. Way closer than I used to be. I actually ended up being very happy for her.

I got to see some family members that I seldom get to see. I spent 1 week in Chicago. That was a learning experience. After that, I went to stay 3 weeks with my sister Crystal on the Western coast of the USA. It let me get closer to her and my cousin Teresa. It was an awesome time. I made new friends and learned things about others at choir camp during the summer. Over the school year, my friends left different impressions on me. Some good. A lot bad. But, that's okay. I know more now on how to mend those relationships or to back off more because they're not as good. Even this Christmas, I got to see Crystal, Teresa, my other sisters, and my mother. My sisters and mother stayed longer than they normally do. It was great to see them that long. I miss them. And, I want to get to know them better. We celebrated Christmas like we normally tried to do before when everyone would come to "Grandma's House." It was hard at times without her, but, it was the best that it could have been with every circumstance in place.

BUT, most of all about this year that made the blessing complete and in place is the gift of life. It was given to us and we should treasure it. No matter what problems there are, life is precious and a miracle. Just with that, a year is graced with a huge blessing. I am amazed at how many people don't take it as serious as it should be taken. Oh, well. You can't change other people. The only thing that you can change is yourself. I will definitely be trying to make it better this next year.

So, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everything that you wanted to accomplish was accomplished. And, that everything that you want to accomplish with the year to come, you strive to reach your goal. That is all... haha

So

Well, yesterday I posted this huge post of an "about me." But, I thought, that instead of putting that up, I'll put up like one fact about me each day. Maybe this will work instead.
1. 12/16/08 - I am Catholic. (not anymore. Yay Wicca)
2. 12/17/8 - I am in High School. (yet again, not anymore. Yay college)
3. 12/18/08 - I sing. (and I suck at it)
4. 12/19/08 - I play the piano. (correction - I attempt to)
5. 12/20/08 - I know I'm pretty smart. (who am I kidding?)
6. 12/21/08 - But, I don't think I know everything.
7. 12/22/08 - I love life. (what a joke)
8. 12/23/08 - I hate it when people blame God for their problems. (eh, still do)
9. 12/24/08 - I lived with my great-grandmother(grandma) for 9 years.
10. 12/25/08 - This was the first Christmas without her.
11. 12/26/08 - Man, I miss her. (more so every day.. It never got better..)
12. 12/27/08 - Converse seem to be like the BEST shoes ever.
13. 12/28/08 - I just got some X-Hi for Christmas (they go all the way up to my knee)
14. 12/29/08 - It's sad to see people leave -- everyone left yesterday for the end of the holiday
15. 12/30/08 - I have 3/4/5 sisters... haha
16. 12/31/08 - That is my 3 halfs, my 1 aunt/sister, and you could even count my mother(she makes 5)
17. 1/1/09 - It felt very strange to write '09 at the end of that date. It will probably take me till '10 to get used to '09.

December Reads

Here are my December reads. I decided not to make the 100 mark. I am quite proud of myself anyways for making it as far as I did. The books that I have to read to finish the challenge were bought to be read for school. I can get credit for reading books that are in the system at school. So, I only bought books that I could use for school. Well, to finish the challenge, I would have to read the books at home. I am off for 2 weeks. So, I didn't want to read my school books at home. You know, I didn't want to take the chance of not remembering everything for when I go back. Wow, I just wrote a whole lot... haha, it was unintentional. I definitely plan on making the challenge next year. I'm more prepared this time.

82. Safe House - Meg Cabot
83. Sanctuary - Meg Cabot
84. Missing You - Meg Cabot
85. Masquerade - Melissa De La Cruz
86. Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot
87. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either - Meg Cabot
88. Revelations - Melissa De La Cruz
89. Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
90. Big Boned - Meg Cabot
91. The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber - Lauren Mechling

Something I Found

One late autumn night, the disciple awoke crying. So the master asked the disciple, "Did you have a nightmare?" "No." "Did you have a sad dream?" "No," said the disciple. "I had a sweet dream." "Then why are you crying so sadly?" The disciple wiped his tears away and quietly answered, "Because the dream I had can't come true."


I love that... It's quite relatable...