Beauty From Pain

I absolutely LOVE this song. Whenever I'm down, it gives me a lift. And reminds me that through every trial I face (whether I see it or not), the Lord is perfecting me.

After my birthday....

Well, my birthday was on Wednesday and it was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Okay, my parents had TOTALLY surprised me. First off, we left the house around 10 and my mom was rushing me because of an apparent picture that I was supposed to have taken. So, we went to Target and I got a bajillion poses in.....and we ended up on deciding on the face shot. Then, we drove into the cities and I had NO idea where we were going. I sota guessed Mall of America because I had wanted to go there. But my parents had something MUCH MUCH better planned. We went to Schmitt Music! They took me piano shopping! So now instead of my spinnet, I will have a 6 foot 7 inch grand piano to play on with REAL IVORY KEYS!! I was really really really really really really.......really really happy!!! The piano should arrive at my house sometime next week. So I'm SOOO excited....and my parents are too, which makes it all even better! My mom even assured me that it's MINE and that once I leave, if I say I want to keep it in my house when I get older, I can take it. If I want to sell it (which I don't think I ever will because ivory keys were outlawed after like 1980 or something and the chance of me getting another grand with ivory keys is sorta slim), I can sell it. Talk about generous!Then, we came home, ate pepper steak (which I requested) and watched Ratatouille. It was a really good movie! Like the best G rated movie I've seen in my life. My second oldest brother even sent me a gift in the mail! He said it was so that he wouldn't forget that I turned 15 (last year he kept saying I was 13 until like the summer) which was really sweet. My oldest brother also got me a gift......and I have to say, that was pretty much my best birthday ever. Anyway, I better get offline because I have a piano theory test tomorrow (which I hate....I've failed two in the past two years....I'll pray about it). Later,
sweetggirl

my parents teased me about this song tonight...had to post it

My mom pulled out this scholarship book and she saw a scholarship for legal midgets....and suggested that I apply for it. The night before my birthday!! LOL, hee hee. I laughed when I heard it though.

I'm so wishy, washy, squishy, squashy....

Okay, like a month ago, I was absolutely POSITIVE that I wanted to be a camp counselor for a middle school camp.....now, I talked to a friend from camp and I'm not so sure!! She asked me if I'd be able to practice and I was like,"Um.....I don't know......" and I mean, if I don't practice for three months, I will seriously suck when I come back home. I mean, since I've been playing piano, there have probably only been like five times I can think of where I just didn't practice piano for a whole week. And after just one week, I would suck. Sigh. So.......my mom mentioned music camps again. Which i certainly wouldn't mind doing. I just don't know of any other really good music camps other than Interlochen and Tanglewood (a camp in Boston). And I heard that Tanglewood is extremely difficult to get into......so....yeah, I guess that I'm back to not totally knowing what I'll do next summer.....sigh.

A really convicting video (sorry, Mos, stole ur song)

I'M STILL SICK!! AAGGGHHH!!

Okay......yeah, I'm still sick. And it REALLY sucks. Anyway.....lately I've been doing some quilting stuff. At first, I was just gonna make a quilt for myself. But when my mom and I went shopping for MY quilt material, I found some that was blue, which matches Aaron's room. So I'm making him a quilt for Christmas. And then my parents suggested also making a quilt for Josh. So yeah. I'm done with the front part of Aaron's quilt. It took me about four days to complete which really surprised me because at first, I was thinking that it'd take me like until Christmas to complete. But I guess that it just depepnds on how I prioritize my time......so yeah. And then I'm SOO NERVOUS because Lord-willing tomorrow, I'm playing piano at a coffee house in Hudson. And I'm freaking out for three reasons. One, I'm still sick and I usually suck when I'm sick. Two, I haven't been practicing my "coffee house" songs and the owner said that on a normal Friday, there are around 40 people at the coffee house (and on top of that, my dad has invited some of his old co-workers to come and they told their co-workers......so basically, the news spread around the plant). Three, and most importantly, THE PEDAL ON MY BROTHER'S KEYBOARD DOESN'T WORK!! And I have to use the pedal for like EVERY SINGLE SONG!! AAGGGHH!! I'm so freaking out. I guess that I just need to pray about it. Oh, and I found out that I have to have MORE needlework done (a.k.a. SHOTS) to volunteer for the hospital. The lady who drew my blood was like, "The worst part about volunteering is you come in to sacrifice your time, and we're all like 'First we have to get yer blood! Mwa ha ha!'" I TOTALLY agreed. Anyway.......yeah, there's not much else to write about. Later,
sweetggirl

Sorry....it's been a while.......

Okay......um, where to start? I've been pretty busy these past few days. Okay. First, I HAVE to write about last Sunday. I went to the Conservatory's concert/party thing. They were short on volunteers for the haunted house. So guess who volunteered? Yup, that's right, mwa. And I found out that I can't scare little kids. I'd scream, and they would just stare at me. I tried to scare this little girl and her dad screamed like he was scared, and then she looked behind the door and just stared at me. Her dad laughed. I decided that that was the last straw. If I can't scare a little four year old, what's the point? I was really embarrassed........So yeah. And then today. Half of my blood is gone. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but I went to the hospital to fill out paper work to volunteer (although I felt like I should've been there to get a prescription for my cold that refuses to go away). My mom told me that I'd hafta take a tuberculosis test this afternoon. THIS AFTERNOON! I was mad. She said it would only be a little prick. Yeah, that's what they ALL say. So I went. And after I filled out the paper work I found out that they also had to draw my blood. Nice, huh? THREE VIALS OF BLOOD! So yeah. My mom said that I still have blushed cheeks so I couldn't have lost THAT much blood (I was throwing a fit while I was in the hospital). I reminded her that it was all fake and that it was due to my makeup. Anyway.......I hafta go. Later,
sweetggirl