You Thought You'd Lost Me? Think Again.

Wow... when was my last post? Hmmm... January? That is pathetic. PATHETIC I TELL YOU!!!
So here I am. (Yes, still alive.)
SCHOOL'S OVER...
I have to admit, I'm a little sad that school's done. (And I say that loosely BTW!!) I've never been one to totally hate school. It's kinda sad to think that people that you may've talked with a lot this year may not even be in any of your classes next year.
"School is like a lollipop... it sucks until it's gone!"

But in the meantime... IT'S SUMMER! Yay!!
How did I celebrate the last day of school? Went to Subway and Yogotogo with friends, then we came back to my house to swim. Then our plans were ruined when our pool wouldn't open. We proceeded to call my neighbors to see if we could use their pool. She said, "I'd be happy to let you use our pool, except the pump broke the other day and we haven't gotten it fixed yet." SERIOUSLY!!
So we drove to Dollar Tree and bought water balloons instead.
Then we had pizza and popcorn and watched You Again.

Just if you were curious, (and you are probably not,) here are some of my favorites right now:

TV show: MONK!!!! I love this show! It's the most genious show ever to air on television. (No, I'm NOT exaggerating!) It's even inspired me. I'm going to be a police detective when I grow up. Yep, you heard me. (Or read me...if you know what I mean...)

Movie: MAMMA MIA!! Yes, this is still my fav movie. I love, love, love this movie! Everything about it!

Color: Still undecided. I don't show favoritism (did I spell that right?) towards colors. I love them all!

Newest thing I'm obsessed with: Netflix. I am going to nominate whoever created Netflix for a Nobel Prize one day. (And whoever invented the bobby pin... genious :)) Anyways, I looooove Netflix.

Anyways, wishing fun summers to everyone!

-Haley

PS: The above picture is me, Angeleah, and Brenna seeing Oklahoma. (That was our school play. And in case you were wondering, yes, Brenna was in it.)
PPS: Did I mention I love Monk? Oh I did? Nevermind.

Why Can't I Just Have the Will Power to DO IT???

So I've had this list of things that I should be doing better on.

Personal Scripture Study

Journal Writing

Piano Practicing...

I just never get around to actually doing these things.

I forget... sometimes.

I say "it can wait"... sometimes.

I think "I've done enough for today"... sometimes. 

I think "well homework and this and that is more important." ... sometimes.

When will I get the will power to say "Okay, I am going to go do this right now. I don't really want to, but I know that I should be doing it."

It seems like it will never come.

I know that it's my own choice.

Some girls in my ward were saying at mutual the other day, "Ya, I write in my journal every night. I'm kind of OCD about it. I have to write down everything, even what I eat at every meal." and "I try to read at least a page in my scriptures every night, but it doesn't feel like hardly anything."

UGGGHH!!!

I know that it's true. They actually do those things. And yes, I know that the average person does not keep a journal that way. I just wish that I could get into good habits.

Well, Maybe tonight, I will get ready for bed just a little earlier so that I can write in my journal and read my scriptures. I will practice piano just a little longer. I know that it will pay off.

Maybe all I need is a start. It has to get easier, right??

New Semester and LoNg WeEkEnD-

One sememster down. I think that the first day of the second semester is the only time during the school year that I actually wake up and say "yay I want to go to school today."

 New classes.

 A few new teachers.

New people.

Of course there will be a few missed classes. Namely gym. I think that I'm the only person in my gym class that actually openly admits that I love it. Especially soccer. And volleyball.

Plus, I am (hopefully) going to have my hands full being in a play in the next couple months. I love doing plays. I really do. And I wish that I was doing musical theatre, but I'm not.

This is a community play. Annie. Tryouts aren't till the 5th of February, so I'm still crossing my fingers that I'll make it in. I don't even care if I'm just an extra.

So, here's to a new semester. Hopefully it will be just as good as the last one.

New Toys

So we got some fun new toys at my house.
First, a friend of ours who also happens to work with my dad switched phone providers, and DITCHED (only because he had to I'm sure) his way cool phone from t-mobile. Guess who got it? Yep, ME! It's way cool, and actually the same one that my mom has. I've been jealous of her since she got that phone. :) I was so excited about it and have pretty much been playing on it nonstop for three days.

Second, T-mobile has this thing called the tab, which is their competitor to the ipad. It has a few differences, the biggest being that it's smaller. Well while we were at the phone store getting my info transfered to my new phone, this little gadget caught my dad's eye. My dad kept asking about it and these other new phones (and seriously took forever doing it). I guess that the guy was pretty pursuasive because a couple days later I come home from school to find both the tab and a new mytouch phone sitting on our counter. My mom still has a cooler phone than me now. :)

I was playing with this new tab thinking about how lazy human beings are for inventing things like this. I mean it really is just a little computer... with gps... and a lot of other stuff... but still. We really don't need something like that to survive. It reminds me of how on 27 Dresses she keeps all of her info in her bulging planner and has no problem with it. Then her lover boy gives her a blackberry as their parting gift when they were mad at each other. I guess some people just can't be simple.
I learned the other day that technology only takes about three (something like that) years to double itself. That's big.

Side note: New favorite song? Chances by Five for Fighting. (Love this one. )

2011 Bucket List

So here's my bucket list for 2011. (Which I know doesn't really qualify as a bucket list, but it's more interesting than calling them goals.)

1. Try something new and don't always put my own wants first

2. Save up my money for something in particular (no more spending just because I can)

3. Learn 5 new Jon Schmidt songs

4. Go to a concert... maybe with luck, somebody good will turn up in SLC.

5. Earn two more values in Personal Progress

6. Figure out how to be as crazy in Mia Maids as I was in Beehives

7. Do my homework right when I get home from school (yea right)

8. Get my learner's permit

9. Not crash while I am learning how to drive

10. Learn to turn my lemons into the perfect lemonade

11. Befriend someone who is right now a stranger to me

12. Keep up on American Idol and AGT so I don't have to watch 6 episodes in one night

13. See the glass as half full

14. go to EFY

15. Rule the school in 9th grade

16. Eat healthier

17. Do more service. And remain anonymous.

18. Make sure that I am mindful of my friend's needs and wants

19. Turn my siblings into my best friends

20. Keep my annoying-teenager comments to a minimum

Oh and I almost forgot. 21. Don't talk in Sunday School unless it is relevant to the lesson.

Maybe I can revisit this list at the end of this year and see how many I've accomplished. Maybe a few will even end up on my "2011 in Review" list. 

Cheers to 2011!

So basically, other than Isaac being born, my 2010 stunk. Like, truly stunk. In some ways, I feel like New Years is a weird holiday. What difference does it make to change one number on the calendar? I guess that people like New Years because they see it as a chance to start over. To make new goals and try a little bit harder to keep them... to push 2010 in the past and look forward to what 2011 will bring- all new surprises.

We celebrated like we always do, with my dad's side of the family. I couldn't take many pictures becuase we were running out of memory in the camera, but I got a few.

 We played "Just Dance" most of the night. I like Amy's tongue sticking out.

This is the classic New Years puzzle. It's a 1000 piecer of Times Sqare in New York. It will probably never ever be finished.

Even Isaac managed to stay entertained for the first part of the night.

So that was our New Year's Eve celebration. Complete with confetti at midnight. (Which snuck up on me. I was busy with a card game and everyone was like ''The ball is dropping, come over here!")

Anyways, I definitely am glad to be starting a new year, and I do sincerely hope that it is better than last.

Christmas 2010

Since a picture's worth a thousand words, here's a few. (or several)

                                           I was tired and cold. It was a little too early for me.

                                                   Isaac just liked eating the wrapping paper.

                                                   Yep, I gave him this. I did good, didn't I?

 Okay, so maybe Isaac liked this toy. It's one of those ones when you open up the box and it comes in a million pieces. Took half the day just to assemble it.

Our poor family room sure took a beating.

Anyways, we had a fun Christmas. I think that everybody ended up satisfied. (Even Amanda, who didn't get her $400 Barbie Jeep.)  Our ever-growing stack of wii games and movies is a little bit higher. Speaking of which, I have a new favorite movie. A new favorite favorite movie. Mamma Mia. I watched it on Monday, Tuesday, three times Wednesday, and once today. Not to mention I woke up to "The Winner Takes it All" as my alarm this morning. Obsessed much? Mamma Mia just gives all of the Abba songs a new meaning. The singers on the movie aren't half as good, but they sing it with emotion that you can see. My favorite part is when "Donna" is singing "The Winner Takes it All" to "Sam" just before the wedding. It gives me the chills. (lame, huh?)

Anyways, it's kind of my guilty pleasure that takes up my whole day and I don't get anything done. Especially those math word problems that have been sitting untouched in my backpack all of Christmas break. I don't even remember how to do them. I guess I can worry about that on Sunday at 10:00 at night. (That's another thing- I haven't been going to bed until at least midnight the past few days. I just have so much more I could be doing. Sometimes it is just useless stuff though. Last night I watched a movie (any guesses on which one?), and did an entire puzzle before I went to bed.)

Alright well, that's long enough. Now I should probably go mingle with the family that's over at my house. I'm kind of being anti-social. I've just gotten WAY sick of gatherings lately. It's just the time of year. By January I'm always sick of them.

TTFN, as Tigger would say it :)