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Church

I still find myself calling UCD "my" church, instead of BCC. I still participate in the old church, I get emials, I'm hopefully going to see their Xmas Pagent, and I'm hopefully going to their KY Trip next summer. With the new church, I haven't found my place in it yet. I'm helping out with the Sunday School, and just last Sunday my mom and I brought Operation Christmas Child into the church, and we delievered all the boxes Monday, but it stil doesn't feel like home. I've been asked multiple time what I like about the new town, and I respond the Library, but then I always get ask, "Have you found a church yet?" I wan't to answer "no", but we're part of the church, weather I like it or not. If it wasn't for UCD I wouldn't have 90% of religion in my life as I do today.

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My Love of Horses

In CT I started Horseback riding when I was 10ish. The late quit when I was 12ish, because I was a busy child inbetween baseball, Girl Scouts, soccer, basketball, school, Sunday School, Jr. Choir, Church, My job, and homework, there wasn't much time for me to horseback ride, and plus the owner of the barn focused more on selling the horses then having the rider build up a relationship with her horse.

Now in MA, three doors up my road there is a horse recuse. CNEER is the best! CNEER buys horses from slaughter, helps the horse to become well behaved, and healthy, and then the horse is put up for adoption. The owner of the rescue is glad that I live so close, because eventually we'll build up a relationship and when she is going somewhere, and can't remember if she put the horses in, she could call to me double check. Even though we don't have land for a horse, and dad doesn't want a horse, I can have seven horses three doors up, and I can play with them and give them all the love that they need!

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Choir

The church choir in CT, is larger than the church choir here in MA, 12 more people bigger if you start counting. The choir in CT was directed my Jill. Jill has known me for ages. I was in Jr. Choir, and when I dragged my mother into Sr. Choir, I was dragged with her, but Jill has a way to conduct us that helps you, unlike in the MA choir, mom and I have gone home some times saying "Jill wouldn't have done that" or "Mom, I miss Jill". When you sing with Jill and mess a part up she would stop playing, and then go over the part for each section. Needless to say, the church choir up here in MA, is very small, very diffrent, and there is no Jr. Choir for me.

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Girl Scout Troop

I love Girl Scouts, my mom has been through it, and has brought one troop through and has another troop with her daughter, me. Up here in MA it was very hard to find an "older girl" troop, needless to say we still haven't found one, but there is a Girl Scout troop in the area, but they're 1st years and 4 years younger than me, so there isn't really a friendship there, it's just "oh, well you're the only troop in the area." The main troop in CT has been together since Kindergaten. We've built huge friendships, we laugh, cry, and laugh some more when we're together. The friendships that I've built in CT, I hope I can make then up here.

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The House

The house in CT was a small raised ranch, and we've upgraded for a huge reproduction colenial. When we were moving, I hated my parents. I couldn't believe that they were uprooting me, I'm a teenager! I have friends, and now I need to leave them! I couldn't believe it! With moving up here, I've learned a lot of new things, met new people, and growing stronger in my faith. While moving I prayed to God nightly, always asking him "why?" I never got an answer back, or maybe I did and I didn't realize it, but with the past 6 months in the new house I think I've answered that question all by myself.

Yes I did lose one closet while in CT, but I got a larger closet! Then again, if I move to the other bedroom, not only would I get a bigger bed, a larger room, two closets, and a t.v., but I would also be helping someone. My family is in the process of becoming a foster family, and my parents want the foster child in the main house, so I'm moving above the garage, to the bigger room. I've slept over there the past couple nights and I love it!

With moving, I might have lost a small home, a hometown, but I've gained a larger home, a second hometown, a second library, a second life!

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Amazing!

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I'm going to start a week long project that shows things in my life that has changed with moving. I'll explain each item and how it's affected my life.

The Library

As you can see the major fact is the size. The library in CT is larger that my current library. This past weekend I was back in my hometown and I dragged my gandfather to the library. I was bombarded with questions from the librarians. The YA Librarian was happy to hear that I'm volunteering at the library, and that I applied to become a Sub-Professional Librarian. I'm glad that I was able to go back to my library, it was nice, but for some reason the small library I have back at home has a strong connection with me.

The library up here is small, bbut it has character. I know the whole staff and %70 of the board. I've met patrons, and I've made friends.

The past couple days I've been thinking of the "what ifs" in life. The major one for me is "what is the library on the other side of town wasn't closed?" The only reason that I'm volunteering at the library I am now, instead of the one on the other side of town, was because that one was closed, and when I learned that we had another library I pestered my mother to drive me. Even though my first words in my library was "mom, it's small". I've learned that size doesn't matter, its who works there that matters.

I might have downsized my library, but I've learned more here than I would have in CT.

By: C

Prime Rib Dinner Update

Per my agreement with you guys, I would tell you how the Prime Rib Dinner went. Well it went great! I didn’t mess up at all! I will definitely be waitressing the future. I even have a picture of me and my friend V in out uniforms.

I’m on the right. We made over $1,000 more than what is needed for out printer! I’m soooo happy!

By C

Prime Rib Dinner

As you all know, my library has been undergoing some budget cuts, and just recently we closed the budget gap, and now we are having another fundraiser tonight. The Prime Rib Dinner will hopefully be a huge success. The main reason for this fundraiser is that our printer stinks. And gets very moody, we learned that from the last fundraiser (Auction). Hopefully we will make over $650, and we will be getting a 4 in 1 printer soon. Wish us luck, and I will let you know how it goes, and hope that as I waitress tonight, I won’t make a fool of myself.

By C

Random Dozen

This Random Dozen is from 2nd Cup of Coffee, a blog that both my mom and I love to read, and recently I've been posting her Random Dozens. Not only are they funny, buy you can learn a little about the person.

Random Dozen

1. It's early morning, about 2:00AM, and you're driving home. You come to a red light and sit there. There is no one in sight for miles around. Do you wait it out or run the light? Wait until the green light comes on! My luck if I ran it, there would be a cop sitting at the gas sation, or somehwere close by with his lights off, and I would get the ticket.

2. If you had the chance to re-do the last 24 hours, would you change anything? Yes, I would have done more dishes, so mom wouldn't have to.

3. When you reply to someone's comment on your blog, do you reply in your comments or go to her blog and comment? (Or email her) I would reply on my blog, my mom emails them.

4. Your favorite Disney movie is: hmmmm. . . All of them, can’t really have a favorite.

5. Do you recycle? Yes

6. Games of strategy or games of chance? Strategy

7. Do you have any recurring dreams? Yes, a few

8. What did you learn from your first real job? First real job, hasn’t happened yet, unless you count the volunteering at the library.

9. Do you buy or borrow most books? I get them from my library, buying books that I’ll read is too expensive!

10. What fashion trend of the past did you say you'd never wear again but did? Leggings, I never wore leggings and I didn't plan to, untill my jean skirt got too short for my parents to approve. So to make the situation better, I was able to put leggings on under the skirt, and pull the skirt down a little!

11. When do you start Christmas shopping? Whenever, if we find something we buy it!

12. Have you ever been so happy that you literally jumped up and down for a few seconds? If so, what was the occasion? Yes, I was going to a Red Soxs game in Boston, MA with my best friend Emily!