More S'mores, I Beg!

Okay, yes I like s'mores, they are delicious.
Now, on with my actual things to talk about.
Neighbors!
Everyone's got them right?  Well unless you live out in the country.
Well, there's this TV Show called the Neighbors.  It's a very interesting TV show.
I like it!
I also like Journalism.
I like a lot of things.
What do y'all like?
Anyway, I know that my blog posts have been shorter...I just don't have much to talk about lately.
~Katie :)

Good Sunday Night!

Hello!  Has everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving break?
I know I've enjoyed mine, although I've done more staying up late than I have sleeping it it seems.  There's just something about skyping with my big brother that is more enthralling than my bed.
AND  today my friend, my cousin and I made a "movie!"  I can't post it on my blog yet, as I don't quite have permission, but it will be on facebook soon.
Anyway, I am going to remove myself from blogger.
~Katie :)

Two Movie Reviews!

Okay, now I don't think that I've ever done any movie reviews, but I have a fellow blogger (her name is Sharon, but I call her Kida, and her blog(s) can be found on my sidebar, along with Timothy, Katie, Cara, and a bunch of other people's blogs.) who does them often.
The two movies that I'm reviewing today will be:
The Odd Life of Timothy Green, and Twice Upon a Christmas.
I'll start with Twice Upon a Christmas, because I watched it yesterday, and I watched The Odd Life of Timothy Green today.

Twice Upon a Christmas:
This is a story about Santa's two daughters.  One who tries to ruin Christmas, and one who tries to save Christmas from her sister.
What I like about this movie:
There was a nativity set in the background outside at one point.
Kristin's favorite song was Silent Night.
It was all about Christmas!
Kristin never fought fire with fire, and she tried to fight her battles with grace, and love.
The differences between the two girls were shown in how they treated their childhood dolls.
Kristin prayed that God would help her to remember who she was.
It taught people not to be greedy, and to believe.
There was a wedding!
Things I didn't like about this movie:
There were a few times that God's name was used in vain...which is horrible.
Okay, well I guess there was only one thing I didn't like about it...

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
It's about this couple who wants a kid, but can't have one, so they write down all they would want their kid to be, and bury it in the garden, and then the next day there's a little boy that grows out of the garden, and has leaves on him, and stuff like that.

Things I like about this movie:
The boy's name is Timothy.
The girl who was mean to him at first ended up being his best friend.
They start out in an adoption agency.
They made pencils out of leaves.
It showed the shortness of things, and the need to cherish the good things, and the people around you.
It showed that gifts mean the most when they're given out of love, even when they cost you.
The things I don't like about this movie:
It ended.

There's my movie reviews!  Not near as amazing as Kida's but, I'm not Kida, and I mostly specialize in random rants and off the wall comments.
So, did everyone have a good Thanksgiving?!
I sure did!
Did anyone go Black Friday Shopping?
I sure didn't!
I hope y'all had a good Thanksgiving and I love each and everyone of you in a totally uncreepy way.
~Katie :)

Joy to the World!

I'm somewhat in a Christmasy mood.  I love Christmas.
I don't know what it's like for all y'all, but for me, it's where the great majority of my loving wonderful family get together at my grandparent's house, and we eat food, and we play games, and we open presents, and all of us spend the night at their house, and then go to Silver Dollar City in the morning.
It'll be so fun!
~Katie :)

Happy Birthday to Me, I live in a Zoo...that Doesn't Quite Ryme...But it will have to do

Okay, so I'm sure you've guessed that it was my birthday.
It was my birthday yesterday, and now I'm 15...
I honestly don't feel 15, I still feel 14.
I still felt 13 when I turned 14.
I don't even see how I can be 15, because...well, it just doesn't feel possible.
I guess that you just sort of ease into your new age.  And sooner or later you start to feel the age that you supposably are.
You get more wisdom, and learn how to deal with things.
Well, some people do...there are people that I don't think have learned things like that, but they might.
Like me?  I haven't learned to keep my mouth shut yet.  I've learned to watch what comes out of it a little  better, but I still can't keep my mouth shut.
Just today my friend, Karen and I were having a conversation about puke, and pee, and stuff like that.
I can't take seeing gross stuff trickle onto the floor, and she can't stand seeing unflushed pee in the toilet (she cleans the elementary building) and neither of us can stand seeing anyone else puke.
So I said, "You know, here's how it's going to work, we're gonna get married," and I was going to go on to say, "And have our husbands take care of the puke for both of us, the gross trickling stuff for me, and the unflushed pee and stuff for you!"
Buut...that's not how she heard it.  It was kinda awkward...
See, I haven't learned how to shut my mouth.
I say things and get myself into trouble.
I also have this punching habit.  But I only punch people when they annoy me, or something like that.
I had a mustache birthday party, and we played Pin the Mustache on Pierre.
I drew Pierre.
I had a pretty good turnout, and it turns out that my friends know me pretty well.
Like, I had a game where you could see how well you know me......Kayden and Karen won.
It was pretty awesome fun.
We all wore mustaches.
And then there was that Fall Dinner.  Sadly...my amazingly awesome boyfriend wasn't able to make it, so I was sad.
I did have fun though.
One of the preachers was talking to us, and he said something, and Darrell (my honorary big brother) lightly pounded his hand on the table, and went, "Amen..."  really quietly right after I took a drink of tea...
Well, the tea went out of my nose, and out of my mouth, and then I started to cough, and choke, and cough, and choke, which actually made me laugh harder, and then I puked up the rest of my tea.
It was actually pretty interesting.
It cracked me up, which is kind of strange.
Josh's (he's my other honorary big brother) date helped me get cleaned up, because she's got a tough stomach, and can take seeing people puke and stuff like that, and so...yeah...I found the whole ordeal hilarious.
I don't know why I find things like that funny.  I mean, I guess it wouldn't be funny if it happened to someone else, but with me it cracks me up!
Like once I fell on my rollerblades, and scraped up me knee, and chin, and hand, and stuff like that, and I was cracking up like very shortly after I fell...
And that one time that I ran a needle through my finger...I was in shock for a little bit, but then I was looking at the protruding needle, and laughing about it.
It's horrible how I find that kind of thing funny.  But I do!
I don't find emotional pain funny though.
I don't know if anyone else is like this, but when I get hurt physically, I normally find it hilarious, but when I get hurt emotionally...you don't wanna know how I feel.
Like, a horse stepped on my toe!  And I didn't even cry!  I just went, "GAH!"  And bent over, but shortly after that I was fine.
My mom said that she thought I may have actually broken my toe...So I should have cried...but I didn't.
I'm tough! ^_^
Okay, well anyway, I'm just here, posting and saying hi, and stuff like that, and well, yeah, see ya!
~Katie :)

A Rabbit's Philosophy

My bunny is dictating her 'Bunnophy" to me.
My philosophy, as a good, beautiful white rabbit (bunny) is complicated, and could take many posts on my person's blog to fill up.
First things first, the person who is blogging is my pet, not me hers.  I know that that's been some confusion on that.
She protests, but we all know the truth now.
Here's how it works.
When you have a tame rabbit, at a pet store, or somewhere similar, the bunny will often meet a human that they like particularly well.
After speaking soothing bunny words to the human, the bunny will convince the human to take them home with them.
As it is a human has it's own habitat where it can live quite nicely, so the human will take the bunny to their habitat, and as the sweet goofy things they are, they will make or buy a cage for the bunny.
They will often times call the bunny their pet.
As you reading this are most likely humans, you don't understand how it is that a person can feed, and water, and provide for the bunny, and yet be the bunny's pet.
It's complicated, but you humans are smart, so I'll try to explain it.
The human, again thinks that the bunny is their pet...we bunnies find it adorable, so we just let them believe it.  No need to dash their hopes.
So we put up with the goofy thing they do to us, because we love them.
Sometimes it's necessary to punish our pets, and so we scratch them with our claws.
If you have the wrong breed of human, sometimes they will emit curse words.  If you have the right kind, they will merely get upset.
We have our humans so well trained that they give us food and water regularly, and we don't even have to remind them.  It also saves us the work.
So as you can see, the human is the bunny's pet.
As for the matter of food...
We find meat to be terrible.  We are vegetarians.  Carrots are best for you, and clover is pretty good if you can get it at it's peak.
The food that our humans give to us doesn't really taste that great, but so as not to hurt our dear little pet's feelings we eat it.
That's all I, Serenity the Bunny have for you right now.
Thank you for tuning into the bunnies philosophy.
~Serenity :)
**Words typed by Katie, though it was very much dictated by the bunny.

Polar Bears are Awesome!

Yes yes they are, and you can't deny it!
The fall dinner is this Friday, and I'm so excited!
And after the fall dinner is my birthday party, and after my birthday party is my actual birthday.  So interesting.
And I just wanted to pop in and say 'ello!
~Katie :)

Many Many Thoughts Bouncing About in my Head

I have so many thoughts going on through my head, and I don't understand half of them.
I'm thinking about my career choice, my facebook page, Adventures in Odyssey, (which I am listening to) friends, Timothy, (he's kinda top in my head, but for some reason I listed him lower down...) blogs, blogging, the ministries that I've started or wanted to start, Moving Forward, (A group I'm in with young folk raising money to go on mission trips) school, my family, Thanksgiving, Christmas, so many things!
OH!  And how could I forget this:  The Fall Dinner.
I've never been to the fall dinner, but it sounds like a big deal.
I'm going with Timothy, because he's my boyfriend.
I'm kind of excited, but slightly scared.
It's this Friday!
The day I've been waiting for...so close.
I remember October the 5th talking to Karen panickedly because I wanted to go to the Fall Dinner with Timothy, but he wasn't my boyfriend yet, and I was scared to ask him.
The reason for the being scared is because I'm a scaredy cat.
Anyway, it's finally almost here.
And on Sunday I'm turning 15.  I've never been 15 before, and I'm slightly scared about that too.
I don't like getting older.
Well, I have a correction to make.  I don't like all the responsibility that comes with getting older.
I like being older, and I love driving, and being allowed to do more things, but I don't like having to be so much more responsible, and I don't like realizing more and more that this world is a messed up place.
Ahh well, that's my random thoughts.
Before I go I have a poem thingy for you:
It Can't Be Done
The man who misses all the fun
Is he who says, "It can't be done."
In solemn pride he stands aloof
And greets each venture with reproof.
Had he the power, he'd efface
The history of the human race;
We'd have no radio or motor cars,
No streets lit by electric starts;
No telegraph, nor telephone,
We'd linger in the age of stone.
The world would sleep if things were run,
By men who say, "It can't be done."
There, that's a lesson to never say that it can't be done.
~Katie :)

100 Challenge

I don't know if anyone else has come up with this but, I have a challenge for y'all.  And I'm going to do it with you!
It's a contest too, sort of, to see how many people I can get to join.
Everyone reading this is now entered in the contest, but they have the choice to do it or not.
As most everyone knows, this is November...
What happens in November?
That's right!  Thanksgiving!
Now, I want to know what Thanksgiving is...
Nope, it's not a chance to eat turkey (even though that's pretty awesome.)
No, not just a day when you watch the football game, or some parade.
It's quite simple actually.
Thanksgiving.
That's a compound word.  At least I think that that's what it's called.  When you have two words coming together to create one word.
Thanks and giving.
Swap those around, and it says, giving thanks.
So Thanksgiving is in fact, the day that we are are to be giving thanks.
Now to tell you what my challenge, The 100 Challenge is.
This challenge is that everyone will list 100 things that they are thankful for.
I'm sure you could find 100.
Here's the rules:
You cannot list the same one more than once, and you have to turn them in before the end of November.
Just send me the list, or post it on your blog, or post it on your facebook.
Spread the word!
People need to be more thankful!
Here's my list:

1. That I live in a country where I can say that I don't like our political leaders, without being thrown in jail, or beheaded or something.
2. For my family.
3. My friends.
4. That I'm capable of learning.
5. For food.
6. That I can go to bed with a full stomach.
7. For my talents
8. For my blog.
9. For my readers.
10. For God.
11. For the freedom to read my Bible.
12. That I can, and do have a relationship with Jesus Christ.
13. That my sins are all forgiven.
14. That I can go to church without being arrested.
15. That I can play piano.
16. For my boyfriend.
17. For my book.
18. That my book is almost published.
19. That I can choose who my friends are.
20. That my God isn't a wooden statue that doesn't hear or answer my prayers.
21. That I was homeschooled for almost all my life.
22. That I now get to go to a Christian school.
23. That I can talk about God without getting in trouble at my school.
24. That God made pickles.
25. For kitties.
26. For horses.
27. For dogs.
28. For pictures.
29. For my camera.
30. That my family has a good relationship together.
31. That my uncle cares enough about me to say he's going to try to scare my boyfriend.  
32. And that my uncle cares enough about me to not follow through on trying to scare my boyfriend.
33. That I have a Bible that zips up.
34. For bold pens.
35. For fake mustaches.
36. That even though I can't have my kitties right now, I have an aunt who's taking care of them for me.
37. For my piano.
38. That I have my own room.
39. That I can write on the walls of my room.
40. For Open Office.
41. For facebook.
42. For people that are like my siblings.
43. For paper.
44. For books.
45. For movies.
46. For Narnia.
47. For the DVD player.
48. For Adventures in Odyssey.
49. For the radio.
50. For music.
51. For musicians.
52. for my rollerblades.
53. That I have so many things to be thankful for!
54. For my job.
55. For money.
56. For games.
57. For the computer.
58. For my stuffed animals.
59. For my blankets.
60. For my froggie footie jammies.
61. For my sketch book.
62. That the weather outside is nice today.
63. That so far, three people including myself are doing The 100 Challenge, and I haven't even posted this post yet!
64. That God has inspired me with so many ideas!
65. That I can laugh, and really laugh.
66. That there's happiness in my life.
67. That I have real friends.
68. That God has helped me to sometimes discern when someone is my friend or not.
69. For electricity.
70. For sewing machines.
71. That my mom cares enough about me that a lot of my the clothes I wore when I was little were handmade by her.
72. For calenders.
73. For google!
74. That God loved me enough to send his Son to die for me.
75. For yarn.
76. For a talented mom.
77. For hot showers.
78. That I don't have to make soap by hand like the pioneers did.
79. That sugar is no longer a delicacy that few people can afford.
80. For refrigerators.
81. That I live in a small town.
82. That I know how to build basic things.
83. For my bunny.
84. That I know how to braid different ways.
85. For phones.
86. That if I don't know the answer to something my mom can normally tell me the answer, or where to get the answer.
87. That I can understand the Bible, and don't need someone to explain it to me.
88. That I have the freedom and the socks to wear my socks mismatched.
89. That I didn't look horrible in my school pictures.
90. That I know who to go to when I have a problem.
91. That I can type quickly.
92. For my cousins.
93. For filtered water.
94. For heaters so I don't freeze to death in the winter.
95. For CDs.
96. For mail.
97. For malls.
98. For long denim skirts.
99. For modest shirts.
100. For the freedom of speech.

There's my list, and I hope you like it.
I also made an event on facebook!
The 100 Challenge Facebook Page
And I made a page on facebook, where I can post my challenges, (and trust me I have a lot of them.) and any inspiring thoughts I may have.
Inspirational Challenges
Well, there you have it!  Thank you for reading!
~Katie :)

Live From School!

<This post was written, today, on a piece of paper I had with me.  During class no less.  All words between < > those thingys, are going to be added in by me as I type.  And now on with the post>
Live from my school, i am writing something to put on my blog!
My English class is sitting in with the Geometry folk, because our teacher isn't here.
Sadly this means I'm with Brother Brewer.
I guess he might be okay as a whole, but as a teacher I don't like him.
Sometimes he scares me.
I just came from Consumer Math, and I told Miss Ryder to tell the 7th and 8th graders "hi" from me.  I hope she remembered!<She did!!!>
In the Math room, (Which is where i am) there's a sign that says "$5 charge for whining"
I wonder if that fining is enforced.
I need to blow my nose, but I don't want to get up.
I also want food!
Lunch will be here soon!  Hooray!
When I first got here the bell scared me so bad!  ut now I'm used to it~!
In English we just completed reading The Most Dangerous Game.
<For those of you who don't know, it's a story about a guy who hunts humans, and a human who gets hunted by him.>
It shocks me, yet doesn't shock me, that someone would imagine such a terrible thing.
But I've imagined some pretty strange things before. <Like minotaurs eating my foot, sitting on a ceiling fan, and going around in circles.>
Good news!  Lunch is in like 3 minutes!
After that I will be in science and when I finally get home, I'll live to remember myself to post this.
I eagerly await the bell.
I kinda feel sorry for Martin and Travis, because they're coping the whole story (The Most Dangerous Game) for quietly talking. <They were asking each other a question about the assignment.>
That's a bit much I think.
The bell rang!  I'm free!!!
Now for the second bell...
Later!
~Katie :)
<and there you have it...Live from my school!
~Katie :) >

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time, there was a country.  It was stronger, and more free than any country had ever been in the past.
One day, a fateful day, there was an election for a president, and a man won.
He was black, but that's not why it was a sign of impending doom.  It was because of what he stood for.
He stood for abortion, and gay marriage, and promised things that could be close to impossible to keep the promise of.
He promised he would cut the nations debt in half.
He also promised a healthcare named after himself, that would force the people of the country to buy it.
Many people liked him, others hated him, and others didn't care.
Some said he was a Muslim, others said he was just a man with no morals, and others said he was the best thing since sliced bread.
He could not, or would not show the people of the country his birth certificate.
As was the custom in this particular country, after a four year period, the president had to "give up" his office, and risk loosing it to a competitor.
So, this president decided, "Okay, I want to be president again."
So, they had an election.
There were people being shipped in to vote for this president, and voting machines being tampered with.
His opponent had moral values, but was still not the true Christian leader that the country needed.
Finally, the last day came.
People from 18, on up came from far and wide, to vote.
Some voted for the current president, some voted for the person hoping to become the president.
The current president won again.
He didn't cut the debt in half like he promised...
He had lied.
He let many many people in the the military forces die.  For no reason.
He blamed the former president for the problems he had.
Now, for 4 more years he inherited a new mess.
The fear that struck some people in the heart at his reelection was nothing to laugh at.
Some people were terrified, and some gave up all hope, and just though, "Forget this nation, it's dead."
But, God was still in control, and he will always be in control, no matter who the president is.
Some people were scared, and thought that the end of the world was coming.  But no one but God truly knows if it was the end of the world.
People needed to turn to God, and read their Bible.  Pray like they meant it.  Reconnect with God.
Please...turn back to God, and know that there's strength in God, and that he's in control, no matter who holds the office...
If you're not one of his children...be one?
It's quite simple.
First off, there's Romans 3:23...
It says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
So, see therefore, we're all sinners.
And God won't allow sin in heaven.
But the good news is:
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us of all unrightousness.
You don't need to tell some priest, just tell God.
And he'll forgive you, and you can go to heaven to live with him.
He never promised that this would be easy, so just remember that you have him on your side, even when you're scared.
And even thought the president that was the president was still in office, those who were Christians remained strong in Christ.  Remembering that God was in control.
The End.
~Katie :)

Pros, and Cons

Okay, so today I'm going to be talking about the pros and cons of homeschooling, and a private Christian school.
Because I've done both, I think I could come at it with a pretty good view point, without being too biased, merely stating what I've noted from my experiences.
We'll start with homeschool.
Home Schooled
Pros: 

1. When you get your work done, you're done, whether it's 1 PM, midnight, noon, or actually at 3:30. 
2. You can think outside the box better.
3. Much less, if not no peer pressure, negative or positive 
4. You have a lot more time. 
5. You get to tell people that you're the only person in your grade, and the person with the highest scores, and the lowest scores in your class, and make them very confused while they try to figure it out. 
6. No annoying fundraisers to worry about!

Cons:

1. People think that you're socially awkward.
2. You don't get to have school events such as dances. 
3. Your public and private schooled friends can't hang out with you a lot, because they're so busy with school.
4. People either expect you to be stupid, and a major slacker, or they expect you to be a rocket scientist
5. If there's a subject that both you and your parents struggle with you can't get very good help with it.
6. Sometimes your friends think that just because you have more time, and you spend it on the computer all you do at home instead of school is laze around on the computer. 

Private Christian School
Pros:

1. You get to hang out with your private schooled friends more.
2. You have another chance to make more friends.
3. You get to take classes that if you were homeschooled would be difficult to take.  ie, Shop, Journalism, Choir.
4. If you're a formerly homeschooled author you get ideas of things to put in your stories.
5. You can get better help if you struggle in a subject.  ie, math...
6. You get a chance to learn things different ways.

Cons:

1. Your time gets cut quite a bit!
2. You have less time to spend with your family.
3. You can get bullied.
4. You are opened up to jokes, and sayings that you wouldn't have known before.  (Bad as well as good, so this kind of goes under the pros too)
5. If you have to eat the school lunch then you're dead... 
6. People get more dirt to blackmail you with.      

I tried to give even amounts.  There you go!
~Katie :) 

It's Finally Friday!

How long has it been since I've made a post?  I don't remember, I'll just make one now.
So, I was sick yesterday, and stayed home from school, and was quite sad because I didn't get to see Timothy, or my other friends.  But I went to school today. (though I must admit that I'm still slightly sick.)  So, I got to see Timothy, and other people!
So now I'm here, at my humble little abode...and I just sneezed.  I think that documenting my sneeze will be very helpful sometime in the far off future when I'm dead, and my children are reading the blog I blogged on when I was young.  Then again, by that time blogs will probably be out of style, and instead we'll have these weird computerish thingys that you can type on with a hologram.
Like I was saying, I'm sitting here at my house, listening to music on my youtube playlist, talking to people, and dancing, and thinking about the finer things in life.
Which brings me to my next rant.  Yes, yes I know, I rant far too much, but I have to get my rants and opinions out here somehow!  I'm a little too shy to speak them all in real life.
Does it bug anyone how people are always making jokes about pedophiles?!  For those of you who don't know a pedophile is someone who molests kids.
They're all like, "Pedo bear is our friend!"  With big fake smiles.
I don't even understand why they would joke about it!  To me it's like what my friend Kida/Lucy said in one of her blog posts about the whole "raping the replay button." thing.
Here's the link to her rant about that phrasing.
Raping the Replay Button
I don't understand why anyone would joke about something as serious as that.  It's not something to be joked about.
There are people who have been hurt deeply by pedophiles, and they do not consider pedophiles to be their friends.  More like their tormentors!
And then there's a guy I know of, though I won't know names, he told this joke, "My girlfriend told me that I was a pedophile, and a pervert, and I told her that those were big words for a four year old!"
That is sick.  You wouldn't want to be a pedophile, because they're jerks, and I know several people who can't stand that type of person.  And I'm one of them.
People that I can't stand are pedophiles, murderers, and abortionists.  And rapists, but I'm kind of grouping them with the pedophiles.
Honestly, I can't stand anyone who would purposly hurt another human being.
And if you google, and  looking up things about abused kids, and pedophiles, you will find that it will hurt them quite a bit.
Okay, so my point is CHILL WITH THE STUPID JOKING ABOUT IT!  IT'S NOT A JOKING MATTER YOU IDIOTS!
Okay, done ranting for now.
Whew.
That got my blood boiling.
So yeah, that was the main point of my post today.  Plus I felt like I should really post something.
OH!  By the way, there's some websites where you can take tests (like real tests) and see how big a chance you have of being ADD, Bi-Polar, and OCD, and having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Well, I took all of the above, and there's a very high chance of me being ADD, and Bi-Polar and I have an in the middle chance of being OCD, and I don't remember about the PTSD.
I thought it was interesting.  Although I kind already suspected being ADD, and Bi-Polar...  I just took the other two because they seemed interesting, and I wanted to see what I would score on them.
Plus I was bored.  You never know what I'll do when I'm bored.
Okay, well, now I'm off,
~Katie :)