I Pledge Allegiance

So today as missions leader for my youth group I was doing my duty and researching France. The country we will be praying for and learning about in the month of March. Well I thought it might be kind of cool to research the Pledge of Allegiance for France.

I found out though that we, America, are the only country with a pledge of allegiance. I Googled pledge of France, it took me to Wiki-Answers. This was the answer to the question, "What is the pledge of France?"

"I know of only one country that has a national pledge, and that is the USA. It may surprise you to know that many of the rest of us find the idea of the pledge, especially in schools, abhorrent and propagandist."

Somehow that made me feel amazing. Yeah, I live in the only country with a pledge of allegiance. We say it loud and proud all the time. And you know what? It has God in it! Yes, I was suddenly very proud of my country.

How often though do we forget what an amazing country we live in? I know I often get caught up in whining about our politics, our ideals, and the way our country has been ignoring God. Although all those things are true, and can be frustrating, it doesn't mean we are any less of an amazing country! I feel that often we get too busy complaining about things we don't like and not enough being grateful for what we have in our country.

I am so thankful God has blessed America in the way he has, in spite of our rebellious sinful nature. So to wrap up this odd post of randomness. I would like to encourage you the next time you begin to complain to think of the freedoms you enjoy here in America.

Kelly

Quick like Update

So I have heard people miss me here in blogland.... I guess I didn't realize I was all that interesting. My life has been pretty boring, except for last week! My normal routine is school, Latin, AWANA, church, and Missions. But last week 2 of my best friends from Seattle came for a 5 day visit! Here is a quick review of what we did.

Saturday- Caitlin and Alyssa flew in! We went shopping, and did a few other not super fun things.

Sunday- We went to church, lunch, and then Discipleship Training, after discipleship training we stole my friend Cori from her parents and brought her home too. Four crazy teenager girls.... in the same house.... being insane! We ate lots of Goldfish crackers, laughed so much I thought I ruined my sides, and were generally off the edge.

Monday- We hung out at home, ate pancakes and sausage on a stick :), gave eachother make overs, and did some more crazy stuff. That evening we took Cori home, and then came back ate a quick dinner, gave each other super speedy manicures of fake nails, and headed off for AWANA.

Tuesday- On this day we went and dropped my sister off at college, then went to my favorite restaurant ever Tomato Street, where we each order fun meals. After that it was time to pick up my brothers from my aunts and let my mom and my aunt plan their class. Our source of entertainment was the fact that Caitlin had to take a French final.... it was lovely ;)

Wednesday- We didn't do a ton on Wednesday, hung out at home and did each others hair, helped study for classes, and mourned the fact that the next day would be our last. That evening we went to youth group and met up with Cori, who was sad the girls were leaving almost as much as me.

Thursday- We woke up terribly early (Okay fine, like 7:15!) got ready to go to co-op, loaded the stuff in the car, and headed off. Co-op was nothing overtly exciting, Latin, art, Latin. And during lunch we all almost had a panic attack because we though Caitlin had left her wallet at my house. She thankfully found it and didn't have to stay here, although I wouldn't have minded to badly her parents wanted her back.... After co-op we drove out to the airport and killed time by getting milkshakes at Jack in the Box. When the time finally arrived we had to drop them at the airport. We said a teary farewell, and they went through security. Only to get stopped because my silly friend Caitlin tried to take shampoo through.... When they finally reached the gate, my parents and I left. I was sad to see them leave. But I didn't have much time to mourn because in a mere 2 hours I was going to a play for Cori.

All in all it was a fabulous time! I miss my friends, but it was amazing to get to see them! I hope I have successfully redeemed myself to my old status in blogland. :) Hope to blog again soon about my exciting day of shadowing my city councilwoman.... Ta ta for now!

Things I am Disgusted by!

Okay, so I know my aunt just did something like this. But I really liked the idea so now I am doing it.

So here we go things that make me almost be sick!

1. Hair that isn't attached to things or people. So like, if I find a hair in the shower, I may potentially become sick to my stomach. Yes I can sometimes become sick because of hairs.
2. Snakes! Yeeuck! Gross, gross, gross. The sight of a snake on TV makes me want to curl up in a ball in a glass box, with the lid tightly fastened! Snakes make me get goosebumps.
3. Rats, yes my friends, rats give me the willies, with their creepy teeth, and nas-tacaular tails. I see a rat and I may potential give a frightened scream. Mice are fine, but NO rats!!
4. Textures, it sounds weird, but if you feed me something or make me touch something that's slimy, I am going to kind of freak out on you. I am a texture FREAK!! I refuse to eat things that don't have a normal texture, such as whipped cream or Jello. Neither one has a normal texture and I can't handle that! No sir-ee!
5. Spoiled things, like gross milk. I cannot do the sight of something that is chuckily grody! Like spoiled Milk or cottage cheese. They will make me vomit. That's an unnice term, but good grief it's totally true. Sooo, if I come to your house for lunch, no cottage cheese for me!

And theirs my list. I hope you enjoyed it and it inspired you to write a list of your own.

Kelly

Waiting Game (Again!)

So in my life (well, in any one's life) you spend plenty of time waiting. Waiting to grow up, waiting for school to start, waiting for school to end, waiting for the newest movie (to be in the cheap theater! he he), and waiting for something big. Well right now, I'm mainly waiting for a new house... and bunch of other stuff. I am a very impatient person, so having to wait is not my idea of a good time. Plus if you've read my sisters blogs, or my mothers, or even my aunts, you will quickly discover there isn't much patience floating around for me to latch onto. I'm also waiting for my new curriculum. I don't like waiting, it's boring! I mean lots of times it feels like you sit around and wait and time crawls by and you wait some more. Well, anyway, hopefully by the first of September, we'll have a house and I'll have my curriculum. Thanks for reading my prattle. Hope to see something from most of you soon!
*Keck*

Abbrevations! (LOL!)

Okay, so I have been reading a lot of blogs, e-mails, texts and other assortments of things lately. I have noticed that more and more adults (and teens) are using abbrevations instead of words. (Not that I mind not having to write out "rolling on the floor laughing" with my little tiny keyboard on my phone.) But sometimes there is just no place for abbrevations. Such as when I post on my blog. I am not going to just randomly write ttfn on my blog, simply because some people may not understand that. Also when talking about organizations, like for example, I want to attend HSLDA's college Patrick Henry. Not all of you know about HSLDA, so instead I would write Homschool Legal Defense Assocation, because that is easier for everyone to understand. It may take a few minutes longer, but then no one has to leave a comment asking about HSLDA, I've already explained it. Or another example, we often follow boycotts put out by the American Family Association. Now some non-Christians, and some Christians may not know about this, so in writing the entire thing out I have easily explained saving everyone lots of time.
Basically what I am trying to say is, there is sometimes no place for abbrevations, writing the whole thing out is normally better. It looks more professional and is lots easier to understand. So please some of you who write blogs take notice of mine and please quit using so many abbrevations. I know many will be appreciative myself included.
Kelly

Internet

Not really sure what to blog about tonight. There's not much we haven't covered.
OHH! I got it!!! E-mail sites, and there pro's and con's.

Gmail- What I use!! I love Gmail, best e-mail site ever!! I would strongly encourage!
Pro's- Super duper spam blocker, fun backgrounds, and great chat.
Con's- No fun stationary for your letters and no fun fonts.

Yahoo- My sister uses this, she likes it I guess
Pro's- Fun stationary and fun fonts
Con's- wretched spam blocker

Comcast- Umm, nothing good to say about this so I'll skip it.

Hotmail- This one is your basic e-mail, good spam blocker but not the best and no fun backgrounds, but they do have fun fonts.

Well, that's pretty much it. Nothing much else to say, thanks for reading!
L!bby Gener!

Recipe Ruckus

Okay so in my honest pursuit to be able to do most things my latest is cooking. I've found that Kraft.com is the most amazing resource for new cooks. (If you've never used it I advise it
strongly.) I would now like to regal you with my recipes made up all by mysenlf!

1. McDonalds Honey Mustard at home! :)
2. Most amazingly fluffy and fun whipped cream.
3. Um, I had a number three but I can't cremember it.

• Mickey-D's honey mustard recipe (This recipe can be extended or shrunk to meet your needs, because it's currently in 2 serving form)

You will need

3 tablespoons of mayo

2tablespoons of horseradish mustard (Dijon works too, but I like the spice in the horseradish.)

3 teaspoons of honey (This is kind of funny, I used packets from KFC, because we were out of honey! ;) So do use whatever is on hand!)

Mix all ingredients in small bowl or little cup and Viola! Tastes exactly like McDonalds honey mustard.

• Homemade Whipping Cream!

You will need

A container or half container of fresh whipping cream,

1/2 Cup of granulated sugar (Increase if you do a whole container to whole cup! :)

Put ONLY whipped cream in bowl, it says to have a chilled bowl but I ignored that one, but I did chill my beaters by running them under really cold water. Whip on medium setting for 2 minutes then transfer to high for 1 minute, then add sugar and beat on highest setting 1 or 2 minutes depending on how you want it to look.

And there you go, 2 amazing recipes! I promise the greatness of both, I greatly enjoy both of them. The whipped cream is good on scones and fruit. (Read my mom's blog for more information!) Hopefully you'll have as much fun with the recipes as I do!