The Beast's Realm

2007-01-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

This may be the last time Ill update in a long time. Some basic updates:

We sold our house.

We don't know what house we are buying yet.

My mp3 player and cell phone were stolen.

We were in a car accident, and our car is in bad shape. but were all ok!

I having a writing competetion on Saturday (ugh!).

We had a gymnastics meet today. We got first place(somehow!). I placed sixth on p-bars and got 4th or 5th in the standing back [flip] contest. So it was ok. Fun.

So thats all for now. I think.

2006-12-21T11:39:00.000-08:00

Some of the best pictures from the past few years. I had ond one more group but they didnt show. Click on them to make them bigger.

Wow, so much has happened in the past week its insane! Craziness!

So, last Wednesday, we try to go caroling. Everythings swell. Dad finds the place okay. But things seem a little odd. Then we find out we're at the childrens center, not the retirement center. Urgh. In the end, we didnt end up going.

Couple days later, AJ gets braces.

Friday-I leave school early to be picked up by the Higgins and go to Frontier Camp. It was a blast, and I got to get to know all of the Higgins much better-Ill let you read Joanna's blog for av review of what happened. By the way, we stopped by the grand-Higgins home, and they INVENTED THE BEST SWING EVER!!! So much fun! We also fed the cows.

I come back andGrandma is staying in my room. I have been moved to live with AJ.

Tuesday- Great day at school, watched movies in 5 of my classes. Ha! So last period, gymnastics. We leave the lockerroom to go work out. Wecome back. Mark's calculator is gone. So is Daniel's ipod and cell phone. Someone else lost money. I decide I better check my things. My backpack is there, but all the zippers are unzipped. My cell phone is gone. So is my English book (odd). I was more annoyed than anything else. So we go through security, after about 30 minutes we can go. They said earliest well possibly get our stuff back is after Christmas break. Urgh. He stole my homework. And the one thing I thought there was no way I could live w/o.

Wednesday-The power goes out. Craziness galore. Things soon became very dark. Mom had bring out our stocking stuffers a little bit early-flashlights. They come in very handy. Much better than candles.

Today-power comes back on. I find my CDs which apparently were not left on the bus and stolen. And I still have to go Christmas shopping.

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-12T17:21:00.000-08:00

So CHRISTmas party- first I stole the chair from Susannah, but then I talked to her afterwards and we traded gifts. So I dont have it anymore. But it was all fun! Fun night!

Next night we had a meet. I did good considering my past scores, but the team as a whole did poorly.

Sunday, Joanna and I helped in the childrens choir performance. At first, in the practices, we didnt think wed be that needed. So Sunday come and we lounge on a couch in pajamas, helping a bit more than I thought either of us would have to, but i loved it! So much fun! Jonathon, one of the candles, came and hugged me afterwards.

And I FINALLY saw POTC2!!!! YAAAAAYY! Interesting movie. I also saw STEALTH. Good movie.

This weekend, me, Abigail, and maybe Joanna and Grace go to Staff Camp at Frontier Camp so that should be fun!

2006-12-04T16:47:00.000-08:00

Pine Cove was pretty much awesome. No suprise there. We played an awesome game of Volleyball against Family Life Church. We lost....and ate sand....but it was fun. And SOOOOOO cold!

2006-11-25T19:56:00.000-08:00

THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED! REREAD IT ALL!
So, this week:
Sunday: Cameron and Joanna snuck me into the teacher family lunch. Haha. Good food. My rents werent too thrilled w/ me, though. Haha. But its all good. Thanks, guys!
Monday:Hmmm, what happened? I think I did some homework. AJ spent the night at Cameron's (not Shaffer Cameron) house.
Tuesday: Cant remember
Wednesday: No midweek
Thursday: TURKEY DAY! Libby Barnard invited us to spend the day with her and her family at Dallas Baptist University with her family. Very cool, actually. There were two girls from Taiwan, and one from Japan who were there for theweek. It was the Taiwanian girls' first thanksgiving. The younger one didnt know english very well yet, so her sis served as translator. They were very cool. Very kind. Good day.
Friday: Car troubles. I was invited to a movie but couldnt go cuz of the car. Im told I got lucky, though. Went to work for Gram and Gramps (gotta earn money for Pine Cove!) Ooooh and I watched Poseidon! A great, amazing, well-thought, sad, depressing, scary awesome movie. I also saw Bruce Almighty.
Saturday: More work.
Sunday: Church. Went shopping and bought the new Chris Daughtry CD and Evanescence-Fallen. Then UGM tonight.

Thats my week off.

2006-11-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

AAAAAAAUUUUUUUURRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
I WANT TO SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In case you couldnt tell from the 2 sentences above, life pretty much sucks. The field trip today was definitely not fun and pretty pointless. My individuality is being torn to pieces, Gymnastics meet coming up, Im not ready for it, I keep getting hurt, my teachers...actually Ill not expand on that, we have almost no money, my friends are almost ignoring me, and Im getting sick of people. Not specific people, just people in general. You may not have wanted to hear that. I really needed to let loose, and for someone to read or hear this. If I tell my parents, we'll be sitting down for an hour talking. I dont want to do that-Im not a talk-it-out person (ironically, this post).

A freshan died yesterday. He was in band, got hit by a car while he was skateboarding. I didnt know him, but if yall could be praying for his friends and family. A lot of my friends at school are really sad right now.

Its sad-a Rockwall student has died every year since 6th grade. In 6th, it was Blane-he was the only one I knew personally, he was in my home room. In 7th-3 seniors died in a car crash. In 8th- a senior died, I think also in a car. In 9th-a girl killed herself (really depressing story). And now this. This is a really depressing blog entry. So Ill post happy.

Wichita was good. I got to go to the top of a small mountain (gotta hold the tradition) with the Tatoms. It was amazing! A great view! They pretty much invited me to go to Baldy with them! :) So rock climbing and bouldering was fun. We dug holes, that was cool. Um...im trying to think what all happened...oh! Smores! YEAH! Im also trying not to reflect on the bad things....oooh! We went to the Holy City! Cool Place! The car rides were fun, too! Me, Alicyn and Christina found out just how much fun you could have crossing a street to get a drink! One guy shouted to Alicyn (who was wearing a TX Longhors sweater) "Texas sucks!" and she got mad. Haha. That was funny. Um...I think thats about it....Everyone have a great week!

2006-11-02T17:13:00.000-08:00

Well Im being forced to get my hair cut. beware it might look stupid. Ill update on Wichita soon as I have time. Costume party was okay-lame, but i had fun talking to people. Various things went on b/t me, Shannon jana an regan. haha. we dont need to bring that up. Ill write more when i have time.

2006-10-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

Stupid parade....never tumble on cement. it hurts. just in case you wanted to know.

It rained a couple days ago! YAAAAAY!!! Me and Leah were naughty and when we were supposed to be running an errant 4 Ms. Elvington, "had to throw something away in the dumpster" and went outside and got wet. Amazingly, no one noticed. haha

Did a video project with Nick and Allison. Fun, actually. We burnt 3 of Nikki's dolls in the process! lol! Yes, of course with her permission! We're not THAT mean!

Youth Sunday is tommorrow. I get to greet and do a skit a sing and dance lalalalala. Just kidding about the dancing part. It wont be much fun. But two certain someones have a suprise tommorrow! Haha youll love it! No I wont tell who or what! Have a great day/week/month!

2006-10-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

Good week!
Saturday-Kickball! YEAH! We won 13-10 against thecollege kids! Yeah, fun!
Sunday-we helped the Nalers move-we being me, Mr. Bridgman, and Ian. SOOOO much fun! As in, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun! We hung out a lot and just have fun. I hope Grace posts the pics on her myspace cuz it was fuuuun. Katherine, Grace, and Christi were there too, of course. Katherine says its the most fun move shes ever had - she wouldnt tell me how many times they moved. Anyway, it took SO long to move that i didnt get to bed until after 2:00.
Monday-so tired. Didnt go to Sara's. Too tired. Bed at 6:30.
Tuesday: Went back to Sara's to finish the float! FUUUUUN!!! We (me, Richie, Bradley, Sara, Laura, Katie, Tanner) went SWIMMING!!!! No one else did. The water was SOOO good!! (Richie lied to me, itwas COLD, too!) We finished the float and played tag and duck, duck, goose. It was a BLAST!!!
No school Wednesday. Parade on Thursday.

2006-09-29T16:47:00.000-07:00

We played a sorta kinda dodheball/volleyball/whatever in gymnastics with EXCERCISE BALLS!! Yep thats right! Those really REALLY big excercise balls. so MUCH fun. So we're going to Sara's house after school today, Monday, and Tuesday to build the float. We have like 15 ppl and it only takes like 6. So most of us just stand around haha. We played hide-and-go-seek lol. But on Tuesday were having a BBQ, then the parade's on Thursday. And no school Wednesday so coolcool.

2006-09-26T09:15:00.000-07:00

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2006-09-17T13:34:00.000-07:00

So in chemistry, we left a post-it-note that said Holly, Jessica and Chad were here. Next day we came back to find another post-it-note reading Holly, Jessica, and Chad are idiots and another that said Mike Hudson was here. We wrote sumthing back (I dont remember what). next day they were gone. Couple days later we found another note: Hey, this is Brent Nolan. Who sits here? Reply was from Ashley Oakley and JD Kirby. Then Brent gave them his phone number. Jessica wrote them saying Holly, Jessica and guy who own an island sat there. He wrote back: What are yalls last names? Jessica wrote, Nice try. Haha fun.

Everyone hates english. We have a preppy cheerleader teacher who is all about discussing and presenting ugh. Ryan already got out of that class and Holly, Jordan, and Adriana (and me) also want out. Terrible class/teacher.

Last nite was the swing dance. Fun. I hated it at first but i started liking it. By the end it turned into a huge soccer game! haha funfun!

2006-09-07T18:18:00.000-07:00

Sooooo..the field trip was great. only problem was we got back in tome for the second half of 6th period. :( This field trip had a lot to do w/ milk, oddly enough. Turns out there was a cow museum next door (ugh there werent even any cows except 2 REALLY BIG plastic ones.) but it was mostly about milk lol and there was a milking thingy that cows put their udder things in that we put pur fingers in lol funfun. Sooo...then we went to a mexicain restaraunt and i dont like soft drinks so i got a milk. Audrey's like, "You got a milk?" Im like yeah. Shes like "did that museum inspire you?" so then she turned to sarah shes like "He got a milk that is cute!" yeah. aannyywwayys...later i spilled the milk all over the table and got Michelle wet, but the bus driver moved fast so he didnt and Audrey had already moved her purse. lol i felt like an idiot. So, yeah. my milky field trip.

2006-09-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

So Grace, Victoria and FBI Barbie called me and we talked for like 45 minutes and theyre like, you should update ur blog. So i am doing so. I got a gmail: beast575@gmail.com. I finally saw King Kong, weeeeeeiiiiirrrrrdd movie. but good. very, VERY good. AJ's over at Jared's spending the nite. sooooooo....thats bout it. Oh, and no school tommorrow!!!! YAY!!!!

2006-09-01T18:51:00.000-07:00

Not a lot going on. Went bowling for prizes Wednesday. I won six, but i gave 3 away to Reid, David and Mom. Fun. Yearbook has been crazy-do this do that ahh!!! Today in gymnastics the girls got the day off and we had to do CONDITIONING!! THE WHOLE TIME!! ARGH!!! oh well, i survived. English is okay, the teach is kinda ummmm... too social i guess, weird. likes to do too many talking things ugh. Thats bout it right now. 1st field trip on the 7th.

2006-08-25T15:53:00.000-07:00

Stupid High School!

The school is SOOOO big and we only have 5 minute passing periods! Ugh I was late to THREE classes! And being late twice to one class gets a detention! Most of my teachers are nice and classes are easy, but there is SO much homework!!! Ive got at least one friend in each class, and lunch is good because I have it with Dalton, Adriana and Tim. Neway, me and Leah were made co-club editors of the yearbook!!!!! Awesomeness!!! so, neways.....by the way, what was everybody doing when yall called me?

2006-08-16T20:38:00.000-07:00

So a lot has gone on: I went to Jordan and Jennifer's wedding reception, I stayed at Splash Kingdom til 9:30 for FREE (they close at 7:30, and the Barbres and Gomillions were also there, it was a BLAST!), went to see X-Men 3 again (I was GOING to see Poseidon, but it was gone), I visited the dentist, got my physical done for gymnastics, and went to youth. School starts on Monday [tear:(].

2006-08-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

My summer (thanks to Cameron and Blake for pictures)

2006-08-08T08:55:00.000-07:00

San Antonio was awesome!! First nite there the guys were all playing pranks on each other, so I got on the roof and stomped really loud, scaring some of the guys. Haha. Next day was Fiesta Texas. I rode a buncha roller coaster rides w/ Jared, Blake Jonathon O., Braden and Max. Funfun. After lunch i rode Superman w/ a bunch of the girls cuz the guys went early. So then we all went to the waterpark and I rode Tornado w/ Regan and Victoria and it was a BLAST!! I LOVE THAT RIDE!! So then us 3 spent the next 2 hours together riding rides and getting wet. Next day was the riverwalk. Haha our boat driver was Tom Cruz (like Mr. Cruise) he wasawesome. Then Braden disapeared and freaked out me, Jonathon and Max but he was alive so hes forgiven. I had REALLY good Aisian food 4 lunch and we played a funny game on the way back. So it was all great.

2006-07-28T18:05:00.000-07:00

VBS is over and Im disapointed yet thrilled. The preschoolers were great but they can really wear you out, and Im gonna miss a lot of them. So, until next year.

The Shaffers took me to see the Broadway Revue (How do you spell it?) and it was good for the most part. Everyone was great! Haha Regan won the door prize that was cool. And I got to see the Percivals and talk to them so that was great! Then afterwards, like everyone went to Braums so that was cool cept I knew almost no one there but it was fun neway. So....I think thats it.

2006-07-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

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4521 SCENIC DR
$185,000

Much sought after 1 story, 4 bedroom floor plan in this lake front community with partial view of Lake Ray Hubbard. Designer colors throughout this well decorated home. The large island kitchen offers tons of counter top space and opens into family room. Family room has a wood burning fireplace. The formal living and dining are stacked at the front of the home.

MLS Number: 10581011
Desc:
4/2/2
Mapsco:
030BB
City:
ROWLETT
Zip:
75088
Type:
Single Family
SqFt:
2322* TAX
Heat/Air:
Central Air-Elec, Central Heat-Gas
Pool:
N
Stories:
1
Subdiv:
LAKESHORE PARK ESTATES
LR:
1X1
BR#1:
1X1
Gar:
2 spaces, Attached, Rear, Opener
DR:
BR#2:
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Slab
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1X1
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Yr Blt:
1998
Agent:
Diane Sturhahn
Broker:
Keller Williams Rockwall
Schools:
Rockwall ISD
Elem:
CULLINSLAK
Mid:
WILLIAMS
HS:
ROCKWALL
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Our house is officially on the market and my room is online!

2006-07-22T15:02:00.000-07:00

Mr. McCullar: "Last night we had a tent break."
Me (confused): "What?"
Mr. McCullar: "We had a tent break."
[several moments pass]
Me: Oh, you mean a tent "broke!!"

Haha. I thought meant somebody broke into a tent. Just one of those moments.
Scout Camp was pretty good. I got 5 merit badges instead of 4. Lot of free time. I kinda became the troop climbing champ. I officially LOVE climbing-its SO much fun!!! I also went swimming a lot, and went on the blob, which was alright. We had a lot of free time, which was good. A bunch of the guys taught me how to roleplay and Austin and Jonathin taught to play football (Can you beleive I actually had no idea how to play!?) and we had a lot of games of BS. So funfun.

2006-07-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Brandt: "Shut up!"
Kid: "I'll shut up, but you have to shut left, right, AND down."
(Haha)

Okay, I'll be gone for about a week. I'll be at scout camp (getting up early every day!!!-ugh)-itll either be really terrible or really great--no in-betweens. Im takin motorboating, swimming, first aid, and climbing. Funfun. Then direct week after, I go to VBS to work with pre-schoolers.

Friendly Reminder (from Mom): There is a mandatory VBS meeting after the service on Sunday. A light lunch will be served. If you cannot make the meeting, Lauren Walter will get you the neccessary info.

2006-07-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

Gymnastics this week, then next week is Scout Camp, then VBS. Funfun. Wednesday is bowling for prizes, which is super fun.

K, my main reason for posting: In the church library, we are thinking of adding a selection of CDs by Christian artists. If we added them, would you check them out and NOT rip the music onto the computer? We dont want to waste our money and there are several legal policies to consider. PLEASE comment.

2006-07-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

Yall think I update too much? Hmmm...anyway, had fun at Bridgmans, then went to a LECRAE concert. I am SO BUYING HIS CD WHEN I CAN!! And Trip Lee's Cd comes out in...August, I think. Awesome concert. The guys all took turns rockin w/ Victor, Pee Wee, William and others on our backs (and shoulders/necks) . For a while it seemed like Alicyn was going to be the only girl there, but then the Nailer girls showed up. Anyway Lecrae was amazing. He had evryone in the audience hold up somethin and he would rap all the objects and make it rhyme! On the spot! It was amazing!! I think the only ppl there who didnt enjoy it much were the Shaffer boys.

Next day, Kristin talked to us about Figi. It sounded fun and cool. Then a couple boring hours went by, and we came back for the 4th of July service. Nikki had a solo and she did alright (she's done better) and Saralynn had a part in a song and did great! :) Braden made a couple jokes during the service. Then Daniel recited something (I have NO IDEA what it was) but it was AMAZING!! Hes got a big brain! He has since like, 3! Hes always been smarter than me lol! Then the ice cream social. The ice cream wasw great. Grace made fun of my "capris" but it was fun. Saralynn showed me a weird video of Rebekah lol and a bunch of ppl messed w/ my flip flops but it was great. So fun fun

2006-06-30T09:30:00.000-07:00

Lemoyah (to me): "What are those red spots all over your face?"

Last day of West Dallas!! So sad....anyway, I might see them all again next year. Thatll be cool. 2nite Im goin over to the Bridgmans to watch some movies and stuff. Haha, I like all this text coloring.

2006-06-26T19:59:00.000-07:00

Saralynn (to Cameron): Whats ur favorite flower?
Mrs. Shaffer: Pansies

Blake sent me home w/ the Bridgmans today but neither my parents nor the B-mans knew they were taking me home! So, yeah, weird. Its crazy going from gymnastics then rushing home to get a super fast shower then going straight to church. Today at West Dallas was interesting-I broke up a fight, Blake did something weird in conference but i wont say what cuz i dont want questions, we spun kids around a LOT so ur arms got REALLY tired, and we played tetherball (FUN GAME). So, yeah.

Oh yeah, yesterday. Went to church at West Dallas, had a BLAST, and a kid sang REALLY good. Then Saralynn's mom took us to Camerons house, and we watched Groundhog Day-how terrible would that be, to live the same day over and over, not able to die or nething. Its just miserable!!! Then we played Octopus Tag. Then Joanna had to leave early and couldnt go to UGM last minute. Then Cameron played psichiatrist or however u spell it. But all of you except Rachel know all that cuz YOU WERE ALL THERE!! More ppl need to get blogs (I DID send out emails)

2006-06-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

Wow, Ive been working at West Dallas, its SO much fun! The kids are SOOOO great and Ive met so many but I dont want to name them all cuz that would take too long (there are over 150 kids), but most of yall know that. Man, more people need to get blogs! Maybe I should advertize...

2006-06-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

The Youth Group:

2006-06-19T12:18:00.000-07:00

Yall remember to be prayin 4 these people at West Dallas this week: Blake, Diana, Amy, Victoria, Alicyn, Jordan, Saralynn, Cameron, Brandon, Regan, Cole, Ian, Kathryn, Grace,Autumn, Jason and Meredith.

Weirdest thing happened: I found out Ive been signed up for scout camp for about a month now. And NOBODY TOLD ME!!!! AND IVE ALREADY SOMEHOW BEEN PAID FOR!!!! AND IT WASNT MY PARENTS CUZ THEY DIDNT KNOW EITHER!! ITS SO FREAKY!!!
So last night was LaserQuest funfun. Me, Amy, and Joanna taught everyone the basics of bringing kids to Christ.

My family and I went to see Cars for Fathers Day. It was okay, wasnt great. And gymnastics camp has started and theres way too many freshmen. Haha just jk. Neway, thats it.

2006-06-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

Well, Oklahoma was okay. We played a lot of cards-I learned to play golf, hearts, and crazy eights. Wesley didnt end up going, but Mr. Tatom did. Again, it was okay. We mostly sight-seed, but I got to go tubing! Fuuuuuuuuuun! So then I went to the Shaffers and had a blast. We went to Cicis and watched Extended Return of the King (Braden was obssessed w/ the scene where Merry was trying to get his horse to start and was asking all day to watch it again lol), and we went swimming and the dog, Chip, ate a toad skin and totally freaked Regan out. We played Octopus tag and Cameron won too much, and Regan freaked when Braden tried to show me the 13 Going on 30 trailer. Haha funny stuff. AJ and Jared did a lot of electronics and ding-dong ditching. I made Regan mad by reading an email over her shoulder and Cameron told her but not really...neway it was really fun. Braden laughed too much at too many things tho. And tried to get a tan at 8:30 at night. Haha Fun stuff.

2006-06-13T16:15:00.000-07:00

I'm going to Oklahoma!!! TOMMORROW!! With BLAKE, JOHN, WESLEY, AND MR. KELLY!! YAY!!! I'll be gone until Thursday night, which may cause problems...
The arcade (where Blake took me, Max, Wesley, and John) was awesome, and REALLY big inside a BIG, awesome mall. We'll go there after West Dallas. C YALL!!

2006-06-12T15:43:00.001-07:00

Well, today work wasnt so bad. Tommorrow I go in to work on the high school yearboopk. Fun fun. Then Wednesday-Friday I will work at VBS. Wednesday I play with water balloons at YG, then we go to LaserQuest on Sunday. Life is getting better.
Today Blake called and asked me to help him and Ian find a place of Relaxation after West Dallas, and I hadnt even signed up yet. So tommorrow we're going after Yearbook.

2006-06-11T13:09:00.000-07:00

Okay well, now Cameron, Joanna, AND Saralynn (haha, all the UGM ppl) all have a blog, so I figured I need to get one, too. So-My first post:
I might go work at some friends' VBS this week. Ive been REALLY bored. YG was fun today, but almost all the girls were gone cuz of the girls retreat, but actually Abigail, Hannah Joy, Autumn and Melody were there. Abigail brought her cousins and Ian thinks theyre real pretty lol.
Then it was my week to work in childrens church- there were a LOT of kids gone. Me and Jordan worked cuz it was our usual week. But Autumn, Melody and Ian worked cuz Saralynn, Rebecca, and Hannah were gone. We played HeadsUp7Up. Fun fun!
Then I won a bouncy ball for completing a library reading thing.
Then we went out to eat with Wes, Uncle Don, Aunt Sharon, and some of their friends. It was really boring. We were there for like, forever. Then 2nite we see them again for dinner at Gram and Gramps's. Then 2morrow I get up ast like 6:00 to go work for them. Ugh. O, well.