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I love knitting! Whenever I saw my mom or sister Robbin knitting I was always jealous of them because I didn’t know how to knit. I decided I needed to fix that, so I went to the perfect person who could help me out…my Grandma Maxine. I called her up and off we went to Michael’s to get everything I would need. Knitting needles and yarn, that’s it. My Gma proceeded to teach me step by step how to knit. At first it was a little hard to do, but in no time I was a pro at knitting, at least I thought so. Then I finished my first scarf and realized I needed a little more practice to be at the level that my Grandma, Mom and sister were at. 
Now I’ve been knitting for a few years and I’d have to say that I have improved. Although I can only make scarfs I guess there is more practice that needs to be done. But for now I am content with just making scarfs. I have jazzed up the scarfs thought. I’ve made a couple stripped scarfs for my dear friend VJ and a couple with little hangy downy things at the ends. The next steps in my knitting adventures is to learn how to knit hats, gloves, socks, a blanket is probably easy, and maybe even attempt a sweater. haha I might have to turn to my Grandma Maxine again because she knows how to do everything!
Some people do make fun of me because I knit. They think old people just knit and that it is boring. Well I don’t think so. I enjoy knitting, it is very relaxing. I usually carry my knitting with me in my purse and knit at work and then it is with me outside of work whenever I want to do it. I was thinking though the best invention would be to find a way where you can read and knit at the same time. Because you use both your hands for knitting it’s a little hard to hold a book too and turn pages, unless you use your feet. That can look a little awkward though and be a little challenging. So I thought what if a machine was made where it will hold your book for you and turn the pages for you. But it is difficult to knit without looking sometimes. So if anyone has a way where you can knit and read at the same time, let me know!
There are a few of my friends at work and just friends that are jealous of my knitting just like I was jealous of my mother and sister. I am going to teach them how to knit. Maybe I’ll have a knitting club. I already am having a knitting party with my friend Nikki and her boyfriend Geoff and we’re going to bake some cookies. It’ll be a fun-filled event! Maybe I’ll start charging people for my services. Just kidding, all I’m saying is yes, I am a knitter!
On Wednesday January, 7th I turned 18. My birthday week though started on Sunday the 4th. I went to church like usual, then to lunch, and then I had to go buy a book for school with my dad (he was paying). Well earlier Robbin called me because she wanted to hang out. I love Robbin and all but I didn’t want to hang out because it was my last day before school started back up again after break and it felt like I had so much to do. Well my mom and dad kept saying “you really should hang out with Robbin, she really wants to hang out with you”. So I gave in and said fine. Robbin picked me up at 5 and we didn’t really know what to do. Finally we decided to go to this cute cupcake bakery downtown by the Denver Zoo. When we got there the door was open but they were closed. They lady work still let us get cupcakes but we weren’t able to sit down and talk. Back on the highway we went to look for a Starbucks. Found one went through the drive through and then sat in the parking lot to eat our cupcakes and drink our Starbucks. We finished up by going to Target for a little bit. When we were leaving I started to realize that Robbin was texting and driving a lot. I glanced over at her and saw that she was texting we’re on 120th and sent it to my mom. hmmmmmmm….. Well earlier Sam and Heather Holmes invited me to come over and watch a movie or something. Being the kind person I am, I invited Robbin to come along. She said “sure, but lets go home so you can drive also in case I want to leave early”. Whatever. So we get home and Robbin says lets just run inside real quick. We walk in the door and I hear a little chatting and then some shhhhs. Turn the corner of the kitchen and SURPRISE!! There was a surprise party waiting for me! It was a lot of fun and I got to play Apples to Apples one of my favorite games. I also got some really cool gifts too! Thanks all that came!!
Then Wednesday rolled around my actual birthday day and my parents were so kind to excuse me from school. : ] Unfortunately both my parents had to work on that day but my plan was to get my nose pierced! I planned to go out to breakfast with Sam and Heather because Heather was going to get her nose pierced as well with me. Well things came up so they came a little later to pick me up which was fine so went and got Starbucks real quick. Robbin was paying for my nose so we met her at her work during her lunch and my mom and Alex tagged along too. Off we all went to Mile Hi tattoo place. The whole car ride there Robbin kept saying “it’s gonna hurt really bad, your gonna cry,” and I kept getting more and more nervous! We arrive at the tattoo place and right away Heather and I fill out this question sheet before we actually got it done. My favorite question was – Do you realize getting a tattoo or piercing will change your appearance?- ha no duh! After we we’re done I made Heather go first because I was too nervous! I was convinced that it was going to hurt extremely bad!! The guy said you better not watch then, so Robbin and I stayed out of the room and looked at tattoo pictures. Then it was my turn! Yikes! I walk into the room and my heart is pounding, I was thinking it was going to come out of my chest! I sit down and right away I ask “Can I hold someones hand,” I grab Robbin’s hand and start squeezing right away even though nothing has happened. The guy kept telling me just to relax, but it’s kinda hard to when a needle is going to get put through your nose! He cleans of the side of my nose and I close my eyes immediately so I won’t know it’s coming! And before I know it’s over. My eyes watered some just because that’s what they did naturally but the first words out of my mouth were, “Guys I didn’t cry, my eyes are just watering, I promise I didn’t cry!” In the end it actually didn’t hurt all that bad and no I have a cute little nose! Afterwards Sam and Heather surprised me by taking me to PF Changs for lunch.I love that place! It was delicious! I had a very awesome birthday day!!
Then on Saturday the 10th I had a shopping day! My parents gift for my birthday was money so that I could get new clothes. I originally planned to go with Jenny and Jovan. Well early that morning Jenny texted me and said she couldn’t go because she was sick. I thought that’s okay it’ll still be fun with Jovan. Then Jovan texted me and said she couldn’t go because Averi was sick. Shoot! I still wanted to go so it ended up being a mother daughter day! We went to the Cherry Creek Mall and I got a lot of cute stuff!! I mean they even had a parade for me from noon to one, even though I didn’t make and appearance! ; ] To top it all off and the end of our shopping day I saw Chris Anderson aka the bird (Nuggets player) It was hilarious! My mom and I are walking through the mall and then this couple gets my attention because of there appearance. There was this SUPER tall guy with this short little girl. I thought huh that looks kinda of funny. I just glance at them and the guy is wearing sunglasses and a hat. We kept walking right past them the I turn around all the sudden. I glance back at the guy’s tattoo’s and suddenly realize who it was. I said to my mom. ” Mom that’s Chris Anderson!!” She said, ” I thought he looked like a basketball player.” I didn’t get to talk to him, but it was still cool to see him! : ]
Well my birthday week was more like 3 days but it was still fun. Thanks everybody who helped to make my 18th birthday so special!!
You may not know this but hula hoops can be very dangerous. Listen to my little story of what happened to me and maybe you can learn from my mistakes…
It all happened when I was just a wee sprout in 5th grade. I had about 2 or 3 weeks left in school and then it would FINALLY be summer!
My school decided to have a sock hop for and end of the year party thing. It was a Friday and in gym class we had a sock hop thing. There was music, fun games, fun people, and then lying on the floor were those dangerous hula hoops. Being the wee sprout I was, I picked one of the hula hoops up. I was hanging out with my friend Shelby so we were hula hooping together.
Do you ever remember when the cool thing was to hula hoop around your foot? Well that’s what Shelby and I were doing when Shelby said “Let’s see how fast you can go?” I that it was a genius idea! Then my left foot turned on its side and then I wasn’t able to walk on it anymore. Uh Oh!
Well I tried to walk back to class but the pain was just to strong. I made Shelby go get my teacher so I could go to the nurse. Well I stopped right in front of a heater and I was waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting…(i think you get the idea). My teacher had forgotten about me. After what seemed like an hour my friend Devin came down the hallway with a rolling chair to roll me down to the nurse’s office. The nurse then called my parents.
After getting done at the doctor’s office…sure enough my left foot was broken. Over the weekend it didn’t seem that bad. I was getting used to the crutches and after awhile I would get a little booty so I could walk on my foot. I thought hey I will be able to do things I’ve been doing except sports of course, but that’s when I decided to be Little Miss Independent. ..
That following Monday I was getting ready for school that morning. I was downstairs eating my bowl of cereal but I finished and needed to go and brush my teeth. My mom told me to make sure someone was always behind me when going up the stairs on my crutches. How hard could it be to go up the stairs by myself. I had been using the crutches for two days and I thought I was a pro. (yeah right)
I got up and started going up the stairs. Right when I got about halfway up I lost my balance. I proceeded to fall down backwards when everything suddenly went into slow motion. thump…..thump….thump…smack….AHHHH! I smacked my left wrist on out dining room chair and started screaming. The pain was excruciating! My mom came running to the top of the stairs seeing me in a little ol heap at the bottom of the stairs. (for those who were wondering my foot was perfectly fine.) I had my mom at my side trying to calm me down but the pain was just awful. “I think it’s broken,” my mom said to my dad. My dad being so loving said ” Oh she’s fine.” My face was pale white so I then returned back to the doctors office..and sure enough my left wrist was broken too.
I started off my summer being in a wheel chair. It was fun for awhile though having everybody doing everything for me. Then it got to the point when I was ready to get out of that wheelchair.
After reading this I hope that you have learned that hula hooping is very dangerous. So please use caution whenever you pick up a hula hoop. = ]
In November I auditioned for the musical Anything Goes at my school. Well apparently I was good enough and got a small role. Can I just tell you that drama people are extremely nice and welcoming. I hardly knew anyone in the cast except my sister and her boyfriend. I made a lot of new friends but the one that I have become the closest with is James Miller. He played the role of Lord Evelyn Oakleigh and did an AMAZING job.
Our friendship started with the cool dance we made to one of the songs of the show. We got along so well and I knew that I wanted this guy in my life for awhile! Well after the show I wasn’t sure if I would see him around school because I usually just saw him after school during practice. Just my luck, we were going to have 4th hour off together. From then on out we hang out almost everyday. I did tell him I would school him at basketball, but i should of shut my mouth up because he sure proved me wrong. One of these days were going to have a rematch and I’ll show him. = ]
James is a magnificent friend. He is super funny and cracks me up all the time. I am truly lucky that he has become such a good friend. I hope that our friendship will last as long as it can!
Thanks James for everything, you mean the world to me! = ]
This past week I have been on spring break. It has been excellent, I slept in, babysat a few days and made some money and I got to do whatever I want. One thing I haven’t enjoyed is playing Monopoly!
The first time I played was with my sister Bethany, her boyfriend Louis and our friend Noah. Everything was going great, i was raking in the cash, buying property’s and having a good time. Then Bethany and Louis decided that they were going to be a team. They combined all of there property’s and money together. Well of course Noah and I had no choice but to team up. Luckily we had Park Place and they had Boardwalk so there wasn’t going to be hotels on them anytime soon. Well Noah had to go pick up a friend so I was all by myself. I told Noah not to leave because Bethany and Louis would gang up on me. And of course Bethany and Louis went into cheat mode….
There are two purple property’s in Monopoly one is Mediterranean Ave. and Baltic Ave. Louis and Bethany had one and Noah and I had the other. After Noah left I left the room for a little second and that was a bad idea. While i was out of the room Bethany and Louis took the purple property Noah and I had and put hotels on both of the purples. I bet they even grabbed a couple of the five hundred’s out of the bank too. I came back into the room and being the smart one i am….i didn’t notice anything. On my next turn i land on one of the purple property’s and I owe them $350. I pay it even though they really aren’t suppose to get it. Well unfortunately I was almost bankrupt and they only I could do was give Bethany and Louis Park Place. They only thing Noah told me to do was “Don’t give them Park Place, whatever you do don’t give them Park Place.” Why did Noah want to be my partner again?
Noah came back and right away he knew something had happened. I told him the bad news, but he was a good sport and said that we were still in the game. Well after a few turns i noticed something wasn’t right..It was the PURPLES! I started to get a little heated and was saying how Bethany and Louis cheated and stole our property, but they wouldn’t admit to it. After Bethany and Louis took most of our money thay admitted that they had cheated, but it didn’t matter because Noah and I were almost bankrupt and about to lose. Well in the end Noah and I lost and Bethany and Louis won by cheating.
I think I have bad luck when it comes to this dreaded game Monopoly. I decided to play again against Bethany and Louis…why… I don’t know. This time though I had my friend James playing with me. I thought for sure this time I will beat Bethany and Louis. I was wrong I lost again. Also every time I play, I always get put in jail so i never get to pass go and collect my $200. One of these days though I will beat Bethany and Louis and I won’t be cheating like them.
I know that it is just a game, but does anybody have secret stratergies to this game Monopoly??……..
Throughout my life i have been very blessed with two AMAZING friends!
There is Jovan Rhoades that is pictured in the left picture above, and Jenny Freyta that is pictured above on the right.
Jovan has had such an impact on my life! She has showed me what a Godly woman is and is truly a wonderful role model. I love to hang out with her because she makes me laugh and there is never a dull moment when we are together! I love talking to Jovan because she is a great listener and knows good advice. We are also love to cook together too even though she is better at it than I am. : ] Jovan is a beautiful woman inside and out and someone that can never be replaced! I Love you so much Jovan!!
Jenny Freyta is a funny gal! She cracks me up all the time! Jenny is another incredible role model in my life! I can talk to her about anything and everything. I love to shop with her because she knows style and makes me look cute! : ] Everytime I spend time with her my day always brightens! Jenny is another Godly woman that is full of life. I love her to pieces and i couldn’t ask for anyone better!! I Love you so much too Jenny!
Jovan and Jenny, Thank you for everything you have done for me and taught me! You guys are incredible and I Love you tons!! : ]
God has truly blessed me with these two WONDERFUL friends and I thank him everyday for that!
