Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!

Just watched the ball drop, hope you all have a fun and safe night, I also hope that you have a great new year!

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler is a story that involves friendships, boyfriends, parents, and family. It's a summer vacation right after two best friends Anna and Franky lose Matt. This story is a story about how secrets can hurt a friendship, you never know when your loved one won't be with you the next day, and of course dating Twenty boys in twenty days.

It's summer vacation, you're in California with your best friend

What can go wrong?

Last Random Dozen of 2009

Okay, I couldn't think of a title, so I had to borrow 2nd Cup of Coffee's title for the Random Dozen, so thanks :) ♥

1. Do you find it gross to share drinks with family? Friends? No I dont, my best friend, Emily, and I do it all the time, we call it a "handling" fee ;p

2. What have you learned this year? The God has a plan for you no matter what, and even though you might not like the plan the day he reviles it to you, that eventually it'll come together, and the plan was for the better.

3. When do you dismantle the Christmas decorations? When my mom says so.

4. Something you wish to accomplish before the end of 2009 is: Nothing, my first goal was to become a Librarian, which is done and I'm a librarian, so I don't have anything.

5. How do you feel about winter (after Christmas)? It's nice, not so busy.

6. Have you participated in after-Christmas sales? Yes, Bath & Body Works Buy 3 get 2 free! They're on there way here!!!

7. Do you have plans for New Year's Eve? Some sparkling grape juice, watching the ball drop, hey maybe I'll get a babysitting job.

8. Is there anything special awaiting you in January? A new year ;p

9. If your life this year was a movie, what category or genre would it be? (Romance, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Suspense, Farcical, etc.) Drama, with moving and everything it is a total drama

10. How much time per day do you spend blogging? Not enough clearly, I'm do bad at blogging and then with my lifestyle, uh oh!

11. Who runs your household? My father

12. Share one hope/dream for 2010. To lose some weight, to find a job, and to continue volunteering at my library.

Musical Monday!

Today, I figured we would go to the classical genre of music. I chose this piece, because I got a keyboard (electric piano) for Christmas, and I was trying to figure out what to learn on it, and my grandfather gave me a book on how to learn music on the keyboard- - -So int he book this was one of the piece, I don't think I'm going to start here, but I will definitely play it!

Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
"Happiness comes from within"
is a lie, and
"Money will make me happy."
So in 30 years I will tell my children
they are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
but this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it!



Can't figure it out, read the poem again, but this time from the bottom up, so the last line then the line above it, etc. etc.

Living the Christmas Spirit

As you all know Christmas is upon us. This past weekend was a very busy and Christmasy weekend. My library was doing a Breakfast with Santa, my church had their Christmas Pageant, and then my mom and I went down to my old town to see my old church's Christmas Pageant. Since we had a snowstorm Saturday night, my mom and I were going to shovel out my grandfather. On our car ride down we noticed that CT got a lot more snow than we did at home, and not only was there more accumilation, but it was the wet heavy snow, while at home we got light and fluffy, powdery snow. While driving down mom looked at me and said "I hope someone shoveled him out, and we just need to do the walkway and the deck." I nodded. When we pulled into my grandfathers driveway it was plowed, someone from town plowed his driveway for him, we knew it was a blessing. We later learned that it was friends up the street that did it, and they also did it last snowstorm, when mom and I couldn't make it down. If that doesn't show the generosity from people and the Christmas maybe this other story will (it happened on the same day).

My library did a Breakfast with Santa, with the snowstorm Mrs. Tower was worried that the Santa would say he couldn't make it to the breakfast, but she called and he didn't say he wasn't. Come 8:30 (only 30 minutes before Santa arrives for the breakfast)Mr. Tower gets a phone call from Santa that he doesn't have 4-wheel drive and won't be able to make it, Mrs. Tower offers to pick him up, but he says that he isn't being Santa at all today. So now Mrs. Tower needs to find a Santa Claus in 30 minutes, before kids show up and ask for Santa. Within the 30 minutes a member of the towns Police Department, showed up in suit and everything to play Santa. Not only was he not asked to, but he stayed there longer than the first Santa would.

These two stories are true, they both happened on December 20th, 2009. In two different states, with two different people, but it shows that the everyone should live Christmas, and not just buy presents and attend parties, but to be kind, do things for other people without them asking, and to go the extra mile if it be plowing an elderly's drive or showing up as a Santa.

Remember He is always watching.

Merry Christmas!
Have a happy and safe holiday and new year!

By~C

Music Mondays!

Mom told me that I should keep it religious, so here is another religious song ;p



Livin' On a Prayer by Bon Jovi