Wednesday, May 25, 2011

I was trying to decide

what to do: read a little in Wings of Dawn (by Sigmund Brouwer...amazing book, lemme tell ya. This is my third time reading it), write some more of the story I'm working on, or write in my journal. And then I was like "Hey! I should blog!" ^_^

So, anyway, I honestly have like, nothing interesting to blog about. haha. I'm so brilliant. "Hey yeah! I'll blog even though there's nothing to write!" Oh well...I'll make SOMETHING sound interesting...

Well...I ate peanuts today. They were yummy. But a little too salty for my liking.

I also read a chapter in the boringest (yes that is a word. "Why?", you ask. Because I said so. Which reminds me! So like, you know how sometimes you ask someone "why" and they say "because"? Okay, so in Spanish it's "Por que?" and "porque." hahaha...yeah...I find that amusing...) book ever. It is called "Stanley". Okay, actually it's called "The Scottish Chiefs". But I named it Stanley... This book belongs to my dear friend, Matt. Although, I might not consider him so "dear" anymore by the time I'm finally finished with this horrid book. It's his favorite (FAVORITE!?!?) book. And unfortunately, I made a deal with him to read it if he read 8 books that I wanted him to read. But see, here's the thing: Matt is a speed reader, and I am not. And the books I wanted him to read were EASY and AWESOME books!!! The book that he wanted me to read is hard to read and boring!!! :'( So, my mom has now put it on my school reading schedule...so I'm just considering it to be schoolwork. :P Bleh. B to the L to the E to the H. :PPPPPPPPP
Okay, I am finished ranting now, I suppose.

Aaaaaanywho, OH! I actually do have interestingness to post about! :D My best friend, Erin, had a birthday party on saturday! ^_^ It was SOOO fun!!!! And I loved getting to know some of her friends from school! Cause, ya know, it's like I hear about them all the time, see them on facebook and everything, but I've just never gotten to actually hang out with them. So it was awesome actually getting to do that! :) AND we got to dance. ^_^
Which reminds me...I am going to yet another birthday party on Friday night! My friend, Jaymee, is having her sixteenth birthday party, and it is going to be epic. Once again, we will be dancing :) I'm excited cause I'll get to learn more dances :) I only know a few, so this will be awesome. :):):):)

ALSO, I am SO pumped cause my aunts are coming to visit this week/weekend!!! YAY!!!!!! And Ant Janet and I are, at some point while she is here, going to see "African Cats". :) Ant Janet says she wants to go with me because I'm the only one who will appreciate it as much as she will. Haha :) I'm excited :)

Okay, so for school right now, I have to write a paper comparing William Golding's Lord of the Flies to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It's pretty funny, because I brought this upon myself. I simply mentioned to my mom that the books had some similarities, and then she was like "Hey! You should write a paper on that!". I was like "oh...snap." haha :P But I actually think it's gonna be kind of cool :) I liked both of the books...especially A Tale of Two Cities. In fact, I really want to read it again. I was just SO confused for the first like, 2/3 of it, that I feel like I didn't get much out of it. But now that I understand what was going on, I want to read it again! :) It's really a good book! I sobbed at the end of it. hahaha

Oh! So, the Blue Angels were doing an airshow here over the weekend, and to raise money for our missions trip, our youth group was selling parking spaces near the show. Erin and I helped out on Sunday afternoon, and it was SO fun!! :) Matt was with us for a couple hours, too, which added to the funness :)  The Blue Angels were soooooo cool, though! We could see them a little from the parking lot, and we could DEFINITELY hear them! It was awesome :) AND we made a lot of money! :) That's always nice! haha :)

Have I told you about our missions trip? If so, y'all can just skip this part...lol :) It's a local trip. We'll be staying at the church all week, and hosting a VBS for kids from downtown. I think it will be great :) I've gotten to meet some of the kids that we'll be working with, and they're so sweet :) I'm very excited to get to do an outreach for them. We'll also be helping a lady in our town who is in need. Her house is full of her belongings, like she just has a LOT of stuff, and it needs to be sorted through, and cleaned out. So, we're going to be taking all of her stuff out of her house, and then cleaning the house while she sorts through the stuff. I am so excited that we have the opportunity to help someone out in such a big way! She is so excited...she apparently sees this as the day when she will "get her life back". How cool is that??? We would appreciate your prayers for her and her son, that they will come to Christ through this experience. :) And also, for all of the kids we'll be working with at the VBS! :) Thank you! Oh, and the missions trip is close to the end of June, by the way.

Another thing I'm really excited about (although, it is completely different) is going to King's Dominion in June!!!!!!!! :DDD Yup. It's gonna be sweet. I've never gone with our youth group before, so I'm pumped. :) :):) HOPEFULLY, at least Erin, Laura, and Matt will be going on this trip (if not more of my friends), so it's going to be sooooo muuuuuuuuch fuuuuuun! :):):)

Okay, well, I'm done for now. Probably none of that was interesting to anyone but myself...but oh well! It was fun to type! haha :) ipml! Have a good night!

~Beth

3 comments:

Jacob said...

Hmmm, Wings of Dawn sounds like a good book! (But titles aren't much to go by, neither are covers.) :)
I like cashews better than peanuts, because they are never over-salted.
Poor Stanley! He's been through a lot, and all he wants is someone to read him and love him! :)
I think that its very funny that you brought schoolwork upon yourself like that. :) Mothers are always looking for a foothold like that, some excuse to give you more schoolwork! :) But I remember how we talked about those books at piano, and I'm sure that you'll do a fantastic job. Can I read the paper when its done? :)
I'm super excited about the missions trip too! *ding* I just realized something! So, you known how we were saying that us four (the furious foursome, I'm calling us :) ) and some friends needed to go like kinda live together for a week? Well, that's what we'll be doing during the missions trip!!!!!!!!!!!!! ISN'T THAT AWESOME!!!?!!! *WOOT!*
Okay, sorry. :) Oh, hope y'all have fun at Kings Dominion! I don't care for that sort of stuff myself, but I hope that three of the foursome can have fun there! :)
I love reading your blog Beth! I'm thinking of starting one soon, but I don't know.... Your music rocks too! You're pretty awesome. :)
- ur BFF
Jacob

Beth said...

Wings of Dawn is an awesome book! ^_^ And yes, Jacob, I know that covers are not a good indication of whether or not a book will be good or not. :P But, you have to admit, they do catch your attention! I mean, how many times have you just been glancing over a shelf of books, looking for something good to read, and then you see a cool-looking cover and automatically pull that book out and read the back?! lol :)
Yeah, I like cashews better than peanuts, as well. :)
Haha, well, I'll let you read it if I think it's any good. :P Thank you for your vote of confidence, though! :)
YES! That IS awesome!!! :D We're going to have a blast on this missions trip... :)
I still think we need to do the cabin thing sometime, though ^_^ OH!
Thank you! I wish you could come... :( but we'll try to have fun anyway ;)
Thanks! I definitely think you should have a blog! It would be epic. I hope it works out! :):)
You're pretty awesome, yourself! :) Love ya!

~Beth

Nancy said...

I think your post was very interesting! I always enjoy seeing what is going on in your life. Besides you inspired me to read A Tale of Two Cities. I have never read it so I will do that this summer. Thanks.
Your mission adventures sound like very worthwhile expressions of love. Plus it will be a lot of fun to do them with your friends.
I love Ben's post. LOL Typical male blogging.
Have a blessed and fun summer.