I can't wait till Christmas, it's almost here! Only about 1 more day! Christmas is one of the holidays that I love, even if it means waking up at like six in the morning. See, since I have little sisters they always wake everybody up at like six to open presents and to see if Santa came. I don't mind that much though because when I was younger I probably used to do the same thing. I've already bought so many of my gifts, from bike helmets to Starbucks cards. I wonder what gifts people are going to give me. I don't really want a specific gift except for well money, I guess. Anyways I still can't believe that Christmas is only like a day away. I also can't believe that it's already winter break. We have two weeks of no school and no homework! Except for taking photos for photography, ugh, but that's not that bad. It's also so weird that next time I'm going to see you guys is next year, since the world didn't end. So, Merry Christmas to all of you and a Happy New Year!
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As you can see in my picture above I want it to snow. It's already December but yet it hasn't really snowed a lot. I know it has snowed a very tiny bit, but not like a bunch. The first day of winter is this Friday so it should be snowing soon. I think this year they said has been one of the longest gap of days inbetween two winters that we haven't had any snow. I know that some people don't like snow because it's cold and stuff, but i really like it. I also really want it to snow because I need something to take pictures of. Since, I'm not going anywhere over winter break I have to pick a different topic to shoot about for photography. I want to do nature, since it would look cool with all the snow, but if it doesn't snow I can't really take any interesting pictures about nature. I also love White Christmases and we didn't get to have one last year. That's why I just hope it snows!
If you haven't heard about it yet, Friday there was a shooting in an elementary school. About 18 children died. It was so sad. Not only 18 children died that day but, also 18 futures, 18 dreams, 18 possible world changes, and 18 kids who weren't making it home that day. All because of one sick minded man. I just want to make a shout out to all those families who have lost their loved ones, that we are praying for them. May all of them rest in peace.
This weekend my family went to one of my moms' friend's house to celebrate an early christmas. We do this every year alternating which house we go to. So this year it was at theirs. When we got there we sat down and ate tacos for dinner and other stuff. Later when it for dark out my siblings and the rest of us, besides our parents, went outside. We decided to play this game like tag except you have to hide in the beginning and if you get found then you run until they tag you, so pretty much hide amd seek tag, I guess, except in the dark. We ran around outside for a couple hours and when we came back in my hands were so cold i couldn't even feel them and they were all red. After we came back in to cool down we decided to open our mini presents. When we finished opening presents we went back to the kitchen to have some fried ice cream. Well close to fried ice cream(if you took fun with facs it's like the one we made). Finally we decided to play wipe out 3 on their wii. It was a new game they got so none of us had ever played it before. It ended up being really fun. We played on teams and free for all. I actually wasn't that bad. The games got pretty intense after a while because we were getting better and 'cause we're all really competitive. Eventually we had to leave, but I had a really great time there. I'm glad that we have family traditions to celebrate christmas with them every year!
Over the summer they came out with this new ice breaker candy called DUO ice breakers. This is a two sided flavor candy as you can tell by the name "DUO". So basically these ice breakers come in two flavors strawberry and mint or raspberry and mint. These ice breakers are like a regular mint except the other side of the mint is a flavored side like strawberry or raspberry. I've tried both flavors and they're really good. It's like having two different flavored candies in your mouth at the same time. At first you would think this would taste weird, since mint and a fruity flavor don't always seem to go together. That's what I thought at least, but this new ice breaker candy actually ended up tasting really good. I f you haven't tried this before I suggest that you go out and buy yourself a pack because they are really good! I know it seems still kind of early to be thinking about Christmas already, but It's only a month away. Yesterday my family and I spent the whole afternoon and night putting up holiday decorations. My sisters and I decorated our fake Christmas tree, while my dad put up the colorful Christmas lights outside. After the tree was finished it looked so shiny and sparkly it hurt to look at it. Up above is a picture of our almost done Christmas tree. We had put as many ornaments and decorations as it could fit. From traditional round silver ornaments to crazy school project ornaments. Around the house we also put up many holiday signs and even stockings. When we were finished our house was transformed into a holiday wonderland. It was a fun evening and after all the decorating we sat down to eat some fresh ordered pizza. It was delicious.
Since the first day of summer the days have been getting shorter, at least in the sun rising and setting. I haven't really noticed it that much until about a week ago when it was daylight savings. Now around 4 o'clock the sun is already starting to set. It seems so weird. Like right now it is about 5 o'clock pm and it is already pitch black outside. Even though people say the days are getting shorter, to me it seems like the days are getting longer and longer since the sun rises late and sets early. This makes me feel like I wake up really early and go to bed extra late, making my day seem so much longer, but in reality it's really not. The days will keep getting shorter until the first day of winter and then they will start to get longer until the first day of summer and then the days will get shorter all over again. This also reminds me of how fast time flies. It's already November and first trimester is going to be over in only a couple days. Soon we're going to have winter break and then it'll be 2013(If the world doesn't end). Soon we will also be in high school and learning how to drive and have a job. As always November and daylight savings will be coming again soon too and the days will get shorter all over again.
I don't know if anybody knows what these candies are, but they are really good. On Halloween I went trick-o-treating with some of my friends and we went to this one house and they gave us a handful of this candy. It came in all different flavors like apple, lemon, orange, watermelon, and grape. So, basically this candy is like a hard outside like a lollipop and then on the inside there's this powder that fizzes in your mouth. On Halloween I also got tons of other candies that I can't stop eating. Anyways this Zotz candy is really good. If anyone knows where to find them tell me.
Over the weekend my little sister went to a birthday party and brought home a small balloon kit. We opened it up and started experimenting with different shapes and twists. Finally I was able to make a dog or a poodle with the large bump on the head as you can see in the picture above. Next we were blowing up another balloon when suddenly we would blow it up half way and then it would all deflate again. We found out that it had a hole on the end of the balloon. So, I came up with an idea to cut that end off, since the hole was close to the end, and tie it with a knot. I then proceeded to blow the balloon up again and it worked. The funny thing was it blew itself up the opposite direction. It started at the end and blew its way up towards the pumper. I made sure to tie the second knot all the way at the end so that the balloon would have room for twisting and shaping. We also found out later that a bunch of the other balloons had holes in them too, so we did the same thing. It was probably a really cheep kit, but it made sense since it was given out at an eight year old party. Later that day I was also experimenting with another balloon and made a swan like bird. The only thing was that the neck wouldn't stay curved so that's why my hand is on the top of the swans in the pictures below. I made two of them one was a bit better than the other. Any ways I thought it was a fun craft to do especially for my little sisters.
This weekend I got an iPod touch 4th generation. My dad got it for only 30 dollars, but that's because it's used. Any ways it still works perfectly fine and looks almost brand new. The first thing I found out when I got it was that it had imessage. I quickly set it up so that I could message all my friends that have iPhones, which is basically all of them. I was so happy when I found out that it was all free as long as I had wireless connection Which means I'd have to be at home or at a McDonald's or some other place that has free wifi. I also downloaded tons of free games like flow. When I got flow I started playing the first few levels and they were really easy so I decided to try the Jumbo pack. I went straight to level 30. I opened it up and it looked impossible, but I went ahead and started it anyways. Finally after only about five minutes I beat the level. It turned out not to be that hard besides the fact that each of the dots are so tiny that it is really hard to touch the right ones when they are so close together. Anyways I'm so glad that I got an iPod touch. |
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