Look What I Found!!

  

High Speed Bullet Photography

This is some pretty high-tech photography right here!  A bullet being shot through...I don't even know what!  I Love It!  WOW AMAZING!

Are You Bushy?

Bushiness

One of the wonderful words that exist in the English language.

Reminds me of Gandalf

The Newest Fashion

Everybody will be wearing them!

Braided Grass Ring

Dance and Dance some more

We love to dance.
Here's the proof!
DANCE

I am Victorious!

I have conquered the enemy, a vicious forest full of carnivorous plants that are only defeated by the chopping of their leaves to tiny bits.  It was a hard fight and several times I had to retrace my steps and begin anew.  But their ferocity is diminished and they are no more a threat to our castle that houses the princesses of The Bend.  These young princesses will grow someday to become the queens of the land and they must be protected from the plants that threaten to overwhelm the garden.
But for now, the hero has pushed them back and all the kingdom is safe again.

Toenails And Butterflies

I painted my toenails!  Aren't butterflies the perfect icon for spring?  And pastel purple, green, and pink just epitomize the spring feel!

Learn From Our Lemons

This is so great.  The newspaper article on this video was called making lemonade out of lemons.

Comment

I felt like going to a friend's blog and commenting.

Then I didn't see any recent posts that I had a comment opinion about so I came to my blog to comment here.
Well, I challenge all of you to comment on this comment.  And to make an interesting post out of this comment instead of sitting there, in your chair, keeping your opinion selfishly to yourself.

I wonder who reads the comments anyway?

Do You?

Some Not So Nice Poetry

A Dream Deferred

by Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--and then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

Some Very Nice Poetry

TO AUTUMN. (John Keats)
                                            1.
    SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
        Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
    Conspiring with him how to load and bless
        With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
    To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
        And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
            To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
    With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
        And still more, later flowers for the bees,
        Until they think warm days will never cease,
            For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
                                            2.
    Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
        Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
    Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
        Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
    Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
        Drows’d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
            Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
    And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
        Steady thy laden head across a brook;
        Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
            Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
                                            3.
    Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
        Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
    While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
        And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
    Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
        Among the river sallows, borne aloft
            Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
    And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
        Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
        The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
           And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

Riddle

What is the surname of a male descendant of a man named Ray?

I'll give you a hint: he's the son of Ray.

Give up?

Okay, here's the answer! Rayson (raisin)

hehehe!

Scratch

I hear someone
scratching letters,
but I can't hear
the story they tell.
I myself
write down stories
and listen to
the tale they sound.
A new language
spoke by pencils
and mysterious
still to hear.
What new story
might be written
you can hear
but cannot tell.

Silvester

I love that name.

Happy New Year's Eve!! I hope you have the party of your life this evening!

Christmas

Merry Christmas! It is now boxing day and I am wishing you the best.
I had a wonderful Christmas that, though not quite what I expected. It was a great experience and everyone is happy and we all learned something, I think (I hope).
Now we get to look forward to the new year! This is my second blogging Christmas and here I am, looking back at the year and saying that I didn't blog enough but I sure did write in my journal!

Christmas Eve

It is the day before Christmas and all through the house,
Presents are hiding in corners and couches.
Tomorrow the children will all be gathered
and tissue paper, boxes, bags and wrappers
will cover the floor, the tables and chairs
as presents are given, opened, and shared.

Aren't you looking forward to it? No matter how much work it takes to get to that point, it is worth it to see smiles on your family's faces!
I just love Christmas!


Merry Christmas

Christmas Adam

Happy Christmas Adam everyone!!

You don't know what Christmas Adam is, you say?

Well,
Adam came before Eve.

Cheetah Fast

This is just hilarious, as well as kind of clever. I hope you like it!

Art and Shakespeare

Does this make you think of Shakespeare?















I didn't think so, what about indecision?

Conglomeration

Here's another few funny things I wanted to remember from a top ten list about Phobias on Merriam-Webster.com

Eremophobia: The morbid dread of being alone.

Kakorrhaphiophobia: An abnormal fear of failure.

Phobophobia: An excessive fear of acquiring a phobia.

Don't be afraid of getting these...I'm sure they're not too much of an acquired trait.

Words

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words all being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”

– Vladimir Nabokov, Lectures on Literature, 1980

“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.”

– George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946

“For there is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.”

– John Updike, Self-Consciousness, 1989

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

– Mark Twain, 1888

“'Well,' said Owl, 'the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.'

'What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?'
said Pooh. 'For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.'

'It means the Thing to Do.'

'As long as it means that, I don’t mind,' said Pooh humbly.'”

– A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926

I found these wonderful quotes on Merriam-Webster.com. They are part of the Top 10 Favorite Quotations About Words list. I really enjoyed these quotes.

Ocean Picture

Do you remember in elementary school when you went to art class and had a lot of fun making innocent yet obviously brilliant art? Yup, I just relived my childhood by coloring an ocean scene in crayon and then painting watercolor blue over the top to make it look like the ocean. Brilliant technique! Perhaps I'll put up my results and perhaps I shall use the technique in a different way and report visually. Either way, you should try it. It'll be a work of art!

Should have Yesterday

I should have posted yesterday because it was 11-11-11 but guess what-I totally have neglected my blog on account of doing homerwork so here is my nov. eleventh post.

Wish
star light
star bright
I wish I may I wish I might
have the wishes I wish tonight
I wish to have the world in my hands
I want it all; I wish for sweet dreams
happily ever afters
and lots to laugh at
I wish for


what do you wish for?

Lights, Camera, SHOOT

OK so my big question is going to be posted in a rhyme type of thing. K, ready?

Anyone can take a picture and sometimes anyone can capture a good picture.
So does that mean that mean everyone is a photographer?
Does that mean I am just an anyone or am I an actual, good photographer?

hmmm. Things in life that you don't always want to ponder but you must find a decision to.

I promise that soon I'll post some of the artwork and pictures I've been working on. Perhaps you'll like it and perhaps I'll never get the time to put it up but a promise is a promise (and I never made a promise).

Origami

My new hobby
my old hobby
ori-gammy

The folding of paper to make a piece of paper not a piece of paper.
Deep, I know, but that's about as deep as you get unless you have a REALLY big piece of paper.

Origami

wake up happy

I have a writing of a doing to see.
I know that willing is to seaing is to be.
I want to being is to wantings are to need.
And craving is a killing is to create what a keepings can be see.
Right now all is waiting for is doing and to say
but always is a-wailing is waking walking day.
Sun shining sky sinking mountain cracking is whats out
and crawling a creely is really in the reeling but to be.
see what doing is to see and seaing what who's to do with me.

Winter (in anticipation of)

The first snow falls like floating feathers,
Sparkling white fluff covers the ground.
Winter hasn't many weathers,
Snow, snow, snow is all that's around.
Covering the grass and old autumn leaves
Like the top of an apple pie crust.
Winter blows snow into the eaves,
Then the blizzard rushes it out like dust.
The birds go away because it's too cold,
But we go out before we're told.

Do You Like Art?

If you like art, doing it I mean, then you should become an artist! No worries, being an artist is the funnest thing you'll do in your life! It's way hard to become one, but this job-that-isn't-a-real-job will be a lifelong blessing. First you'll need a mile-long list of expensive supplies. Then you need a little bit of talent and a lot of hard work and you're on your way to becoming an artist. You won't eat, because although being an artist is fun, materials are expensive and your paycheck won't cover the costs. It is so totally worth it, though. And though many people will enjoy looking at your art, just as many people will be putting it down. You will gain fans and enemies. Being an artist is really great. I suggest you try it some time because the cons totally outweigh the pros.

Another assignment

Okay, if you weren't aware, I had to start a Shakespeare blog for my Shakespeare class so you should check it out: Not Really Erroneous
And if you were aware of this, then you should check out the other tumblr blog I had to create for my 2D Design class, which is quite different and therefore frustrating but you should look at it anyway. It's called Concepts and Apostrophes. This blog-type-thing will be featuring more artwork than writing so maybe you'll want to look at it. It should be exciting!

Blog Post

Finally, you say?

well then!

No, actually I'm really caught up in homer-work and can't really take time to say stuff-about and just-sit and form-an-opinion.
It is hard being a college student, let me tell ya.
But today I have a treat for you!
a story
about a super hero
yeah, it's gonna be good.

Lucy was driving down the street and her favorite song just ended. She switched the radio channel. The news. Always the news.
This time she liked what she heard...

New

This is my new and other blog (don't worry, it isn't replacing this one...it's a homework assignment) I'm excited! :) You should read it sometime, even though it is now brand new and nothing is on it...k, here's a link: Not Really Erroneous
This is my thoughts and stuff on Shakespeare and some of his writings. It'll basically explain itself so have at it!

KKKKKKKKkkkkkkk

That was my engine dying.

yeah, doing homework at nine-thirty at night is not the most pleasant thing.
Oh, I just wanted to let you know that someday you'll see my name (my real name) on a book someday.  A novel that me, myself, and I write and publish.  And yes it will be epic!  -youwillreadit-
I can just imagine how it would feel to sell a book and get a letter from a kid reading it on the other side of the country saying that they loved my book and they love it (wait...they said that already)  I mean, wouldn't that be the best feeling ever!!  Like waking up on Christmas morning and opening your presents and knowing that the world is alright and life is all right and you can sit there enjoying nothing and everything...aaaaawweesssoooommme...

Haiku, what about you?

School

nearly the end to
my lazy, lovely summer
and now life begins!

I'll see friends again.
Is homework really worth it?
I think it might be!

just in case I die
know I went to school willing
to learn my brains out.

Can free time really
be so close to ending now?
summer is so short.

school is where students
learn, listen, socialize, live
now I'm one of them

The Weight of the World

I saw some weights in the corner just barely and, since I was thinking about the fast-approaching drastic change in my life, I found a commonness between them. School, like a weight, is a heavy thing in this life and it weighs down on us. But one thing my father recently used these weights for is to hold down some wood he was gluing to fix the table. Like weights, again, trials are hard and heavy but they hold us in the right place in life, gluing us and making us stronger for later trials that could break us.
Wow, I've really got this analogy going! Well, don't let this post weigh you down too much! Have a fun weekend!

A momentous occasion

I'm actually posting!
I know, another bland post about posting on a blog...but no!
I refuse to bore you half to death!
An update is required for I finally added new pictures (check 'em out!) and I couldn't resist adding my hundredth post along with it. I feel so useless in this world, posting one hundred times in less than a year. Makes me feel like a hermit who's got nothing more interesting to do in life. But my pictures stand as proof that I don't sit around at my computer ALL day, just most of the day.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this little window into my life.

100

Ninety Nine and Counting

99 is the name of a girl control agent in the show Get Smart.
99 is the number of post this is.
99 is how many red balloons there are in that song.
99 bottles of rootbeer on the wall when you're on a long car ride.
99 comes before one hundred.
neun und neunzig, in other words, is an important number.
And this is my ninety nine! ENJOY!

Whoa, August

I love the number two. And today is the second!
Wow, the summer break went by fast. It isn't over yet, but it sure is getting closer and closer.
Summer is definitely a blast! I went to the Oregon Coast last month and took some pictures. Sometime soon there'll be some of the good ones up on my pictures tab.
Sadjuistic greetings from ME!

-see ya later, alligator

The Late Night Gabber

I feel bad for all of you who regularly read my blog but since nobody really does I gave the internet the silent treatment (sorta) for the past month.
It is really late at night, it really is. And yet, here you find me, blabbing away on a computer...pathetic, really.
Oh, and since no one reads my blog regularly, I've conveniently added recently a label called favorites. It is self explanatory but I really like the posts under that label. The funnest, funniest, and most thoughtful posts I've made so far happen to be there so take a look! (Just in case you missed something. And in case I missed something drop me a comment to tell me if you think a post should be added to it ;)

The Princess Thief

The Princess Thief
What does it take to rescue two kidnapped eight-year-olds? All you need is a brave knight, a hawk, and a dragon to brave the burning desert, mysterious river and the magical stone of power. Janessa has never left the jungle, but now she's got to save herself from the deadly fate of adventure by making friends and finding her courage.

Something Worse

Let me tell you something worse than allergies. It's dental work. When you have to get cavities filled and they numb up your mouth. And then it's numb ALL day! The funny part about this is having half your tongue numb and your whole lip and then trying to eat lunch. Yeah, can't taste anything. Oh, and having to go do business where you talk to people, and smile, and you know that your smile is lopsided because you can't even feel it and your pronunciation is down the drain because you only have half a tongue and an upper lip.
It's just great.

Advice on life: never get a cavity...EVER!

p.s. There is no way to explain or remember the feeling of having your mouth numb. If you want to try it out, just because it is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I would repeal my earlier comment on not getting a cavity. But be warned! The pain, in my opinion, is NOT worth the experience.

SRATS

Super Random, Always There, Stars

Anticipation, Excitement

Nothing can describe the amazing feeling I have right now. I'M GONNA SEE THE OCEAN AGAIN!!! It is one of those places on earth that just doesn't have any comparison. I love it!

A rhyme time

The only problem with rhyming is that you can only ever think of the short words and when you run out of those you try to find the long ones but you can't and then you give up.

Cookie Dough

There is only one thing that I live on this planet for and that is cookie dough (yes, if you didn't know it, I'm an alien from a different galaxy). For some reason there is a charm to the uncooked, raw egg mixed with butter, sugar, and flour. I can't resist it. And when I am accomplished and make a good batch...I'm in heaven. Of course, cookies are a great dessert to the meal of cookie dough, when you can't stand the richness anymore. And when you put the cookie dough in Ice Cream, that is ultimate perfection. LOVE IT!!!

There is a marker on the desk

Right next to me lies a green-ish Sharpie. What should I do with it? I could mail it to my friend. I could write my dad a thank-you card. I could color on the wall. I could plant it in the garden. I could drop it in a puddle, squish it, poke my sister with it, photocopy it, sing into it, make a movie about it, drop it from the top of a really tall building, write a book, clean the mirror, take it apart and cook it for dinner, flush it down the toilet, cover it with stickers, type a blog post with it, stick a magnet on it and put it on the fridge or just put it in the freezer. I could call it my best friend and watch TV all day with it. I could wrap it up and give it to an elephant for its birthday. I could take it for a walk, with a leash of course. Or I could dip it in the mod podge and put it on the ceiling. But I should probably put it away before I get too carried away.

...and again

and again and again. I just love making these things! Aren't they adorable? I think that they're fantastic and have so many uses. So many, in fact, that I can't seem to be able to use one because I want to save it for exactly the right way.
















I've been entertaining my many siblings by making them these little books. They love them! And they are so perfect and feel so much like a real book. Can you tell that I'm proud? Just go ahead and try to dampen my spirit about them, I dare you!

Only a Quote

Work is not measured by how hard it is, but by what the outcome is.

Sometimes outcomes are hard to see when you're in the middle of something, and sometimes they are less material and more internal.

My Title

I was just reading the title of my blog. I know, lame. You'd think I would pay more attention because it IS my blog, right? Well, I was thinking about the reason I named it that. I'll tell you. It is because I wanted to have a cool quote that planted seeds of hope into people's thoughts when they read it. But I realize that this certain quote can have so much more meaning, especially pertaining to a blog.

Dreams inspire, Reality makes it happen.

I'll elaborate
So, you write stuff on a blog, right? You write all about all your hopes, dreams, and even what happens to you. You may even make goals, talk to people, express yourself, complain, show off, learn. But all it is is digital stuff that is stuck in the hardware of your computer; ones and zeroes that display something black, white, red, green, blue on a computer monitor. In the end it actually isn't anything at all. But ideas, thoughts, words, writing...they all inspire something. Your thoughts turn into actions and as you think more about doing something, you think about a way to do it. Your actions can turn your dreams into reality. It may seem too good to be true, but you are a human, meaning you have agency, and that is a power that can turn hopes, wishes, and dreams into living, loving, and wonderfully real things. Another quote: if you can believe it, you can achieve it. Go, live your dream. And when you've accomplished it, find a new one, and live that one too. Today is the first day of a new month, what better time to set a goal with plenty of time to achieve it. And always smile and be happy. When you pretend to be happy, even when you're frustrated, it is hard to remember that you're pretending.

I've done it again

There you have it. My goal for NOT posting until Saturday has flown out the window...again. I officially need to make a more attainable goal. But guess what? I DID IT AGAIN!!!!
I made another book, this time out of necessity. My sister didn't get a yearbook from school this year but she wanted a signature book (and scrapbook-type-thing) so I volunteered to make one for her. And here it is! School colors and all.














I have to admit that though I'm proud, the cover design was mostly of her choosing. But she did give me the credit for it by having a "made by" card to glue into the cover. That made me happy.

(ps again, sorry for the bad quality pics)

Me, being craftsy

I swore I wouldn't post until the twenty-eighth, but I couldn't resist. I was just having so much fun last night, until midnight, making something. (I have to give some credit to my future-and former-roommate, who told me to do something for myself or I wouldn't have even attempted this ;)

I had an old tissue box with a pretty pattern and an old cereal box (without a pretty pattern) and an old patterned paper gift bag that I loved. I just had to do something with them. This is what I came up with:

A little memo book and a journal! They were so much fun to make! I can't wait to use them. Now all I have to do is find a clasp-type-thing to close the journal with. Not sure what to use yet...(if you've got some brilliant ideas, let me know!)

ps sorry about the bad quality pics. I was in a hurry.

Only Ten...

...more days!!

Eleven

only 11 days

"Of course there is no going back, but only forward. Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant memories for the future."

-Thomas S. Monson

I am conqueror

I planted these babies a couple days ago. All by myself. They weigh about a ton each - okay, that IS exaggerating a bit too much, but they were very heavy. And prickly. But now they are planted and I Am Conqueror!

Luck

Today is one of the best days of the entire year, not to mention the month of May. It just so happens that it is Friday the thirteenth, a personal day of good luck and happiness and good stuff. I wish you luck in all your endeavors and remember: thirteen is divisible by seven, which is a lucky number, so thirteen is also a lucky number.

Loves from mydragonfly.

Wait

Waiting has got to be the worst thing ever invented.
Patience is a virtue, don't forget to remind me about that. Because I seem to be forgetting a lot lately.

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

-Robert H. Schuller

What makes me REALLY happy!

You know you're living the life when this is what you see when you get up in the morning:and then Mommy says that you can have as much as you want as a nutella-and-jam sandwich.

Peeerrrrrfect. That is when I jump for joy because my family is ginormous. Because Mommy buys everything in bulk, you get a huge tub of nutella to eat as much as you like.

Are you jealous now?

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

I know what this day means to all the mothers out there, especially since I'm the oldest of soon-to-be-eleven children. I look up to my mom in wonder, amazement, and gratitude for all she's done for all of us. I also thank all the women who have been an influence for good in my life and who've taught me all I know today. If I didn't know you, where would I be? Definitely not where I am! So thank you and Happy Mother's Day!

The sky, the sun, the wind, the warm air, and the allergies

Spring just bounces in and everything is absolutely perfect because the air is just the right temperature and the flowers are in bloom and the sky is brilliantly blue with fluffy white clouds. Picture perfect, am I right?
Well, then you have to have the allergy attack. Pollens come with flowers and greening trees and earth and one can't even enjoy it because they can't go outside without sneezing their brains out or rubbing their eyes until you can't open them for the swollen redness. Pathetic. I think allergies are worse than mosquitoes.

May is the month of....

May
I love this month.
It's one of the best.
Not only is my birthday in its borders, but also my friend's
and my sister's
and my other sister's
And it is the month that you are released from school
the month that the pools open
the month when the air starts warming up and you just fall in love with Spring
the month that gets you excited for the wonderful vacation and fun of Summer
and the month that has my birthday in it
wait, did I already mention that? Well, it is practically the best part of the month, so let the sun shine and warm the most wonderful month: May.

YAAAY!!!

I talked to my roommate today! On Skype. It was fantastically relieving. I've been sorta stressed with having to adjust moving home and that just made me feel a little bit better to see her. Besides it totally messing up my afternoon plans and my family's, but hey! It wasn't that bad. AND it was worth it.

With it being the season of Spring and all I've gone outside so many times to take tons of pictures. There are some decent ones that you can see under my pictures tab.

Alright, now for a quote to make you happy, smiley, and hopeful:

"There will come a moment when you realize that virtually anything is possible. Nothing is too good to be true."

-Kobi Yamada

Ummm, it snowed

And it is the end of April.
Please, give me a break!
I want warm wind and sunshine and flowers!
Now, I get to build a snowman.

Officially

I am officially excited.
For Summer
For my new baby sister
For my birthday
For my friends' birthdays
For my family reunion (which will be by the ocean!!!)
For the letters in the mail
For the books I'm going to read
For school being over
For next fall and the year after that and pretty much everything awesome that will ever happen to me again.
Now is just a happy time. That's what spring does to me. I just get all excited.

Have a happy day!!!
(I wish I had an awesome quote to illuminate life to you all, but that is just a little slow coming so hang in there for when I do.)

Happy Easter

*~ Happy Easter! ~*

April Showers bring May Flowers

I love spring. And it is raining and it is beautiful. It is a good, spring rain and I'm excited for May, when it gets really warm and you can spend all day outside, getting a sunburn.

PICNIC!

WHOA!!
LOVE LOVE love the weather. And the sun. And the green grass. AND the fact that I had a picnic today! The funnest one I've had ALL year. Actually, the first one of the year. But it was so much fun that it began the year of picnicking off JUST right. I love it!

I also love donuts.

Doodles

Lately I've been enjoying doodling on paper. In my sketch book, to be exact. Here are some scans of the ones that are most interesting, good, or otherwise pleasant to see. I'll not include the ones that make it painfully obvious that I'm not an artist. Enjoy, there should be more on my images tab, up at the top of the page.

Please remember that THESE ARE JUST DOODLES. I'm not that good, I just have fun drawing!

HIIIIIII!

Never mind.....
I'm going to write in my journal.

:)

OK, i'll give you a quote:

life may give you lemons, and you may feel like squeezing them, but let me warn you-lemonade doesn't taste that great without sugar!

Ice Skating

One of the most wonderful experiences and feelings I get is when I go ice skating or take someone else ice skating. I LOVE IT!!! And then you fall and get a bruise on your chin and your shoulder and you get a kink in your neck and you get a sore leg. Yep, I love ice skating...still.
You know, when you're going really fast and you just let yourself glide along and you put your arms out you just feel like you could be flying. Absolutely Amazing

Talking

on the phone.
so old fashioned, right?
I mean, texting is so much more normal.
That's why you expect to open your phone and read something instead of talk to someone.
I mean, it's so much easier to show affection to a piece of metal.

Monday

Today is not Monday. It is Wednesday. But, for the sake of reminiscing, I shall call it Monday. Actually Wednesday sounds a lot better to me, because Monday really didn't light my fire. Today had better be better than a Monday. Unless your favorite day of the week is Monday, let's all enjoy Wednesday for being Wednesday.

(Actually, apart from that, today is a very special day. Today is the anniversary of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Remember that! And it is Christ's birthday, his real birthday. Aren't you excited for Easter!)

First

So, the end of March is come and gone. Now you have to start off aPril right.
I find that the first is a very important concept. I am the first child of my parents; that means a lot of different things, like being the first to go to college, the first to get chosen to change a diaper, or the first to establish a standard.
First is so cool, like what's the first letter of your name? Or what's the first flower to bloom in the spring? Or your first house as a family, or your first pet bird, or your first kiss, or first birthday, or first day of April in 2011. Actually this is the only april first, 2011 ever. THere is never going to be another day to replace this one. What if you look back in time and look at all those April firsts? What will make this one stand out? What will you do to remember today as a WOnDERfUL DAy rather than just another day in April? Make every day count, never let one go by without remembering that you can't live it again. Smile, make a new friend, be happy, enjoy the sunshine, I'll see you on Monday!