Well Look Who It Is

Our lives are made up of a ton of twists and turns, splits in the road, and cliffs waiting to be fall down, and it's up to us to try and decipher which path to take. Many could lead to utter death (or more accurately a failed experience) while others could lead to good experiences and an overall happy life.

Im now in the summer of my Junior year, meaning that next August I'll be a Senior. My Senior year will be one of those moments, one of the forks in the road I must face, with literally hundreds of options to choose from. My lifestyle will be determined by thw end of my Senior year. Sure, I'll still have many challenges to come, but this choice and the choices I make during my Senior year, will overall determine my fate.

That type of thing can be hard to think about. In fact, it's the reason I'm up so late posting on a blogging page I haven't used in nearly a year and a half. I always said I would start back up on this page not quit, keep posting more and more and not allow my endurance waver.

I suppose that's why I'm posting on here again, to rekindle a flame that has been put out countless times by  withholding oxygen from it, so that I may say that I still remember my failed attempts and will try to better myself with being more proficient in posting, which in turn allows me to potentially be able to control some aspect of my life during this time of major changes.

Maybe I'll continue posting on this site...I could use a platform to distract myself, all while preserving memories on a webpage that will always be online. I don't know, I guess time will tell...

Catching Up

Well, things have definitely been crazy since last I posted! I wont go into details, but my schoolwork has been on a roller-coaster ride, I've gotten a Facebook account, my church now has a new youth building and is up and running. My life has been crazy these past couple months, and I'm really glad a new semester has started. Hopefully, now I'll have more time to post. ;)

Lol, well to finish summing things up, I got my license!! 

As you can see, I'm pretty excited :) 

I've driven a lot since I got it about 2 weeks ago, and am enjoying it a lot so far. Hopefully my parents' errands they want me to run wont ruin that too quickly for me. ;)

I also managed to slide through water in shorts during 40 degree weather today. Real fun

Well, that basically it so far with what I've been going through! I'll be posting again soon with another post that should've been done in August, lol. 16 year olds, sheesh. We really know how to procrastinate. ;)

"Smash Goes the Finger"

"Slam!"

That's what I heard last Saturday night in the pitch black darkness. I had closed my dads truck door and ended up crushing my finger in between the door and the frame.

 

See how tight that is?.....

 

 

....and see how big my finger is compared to that?!

 

I was very much hurting a lot when it happened. When it did happen, I immediately yanked it out without opening the door whatsoever. I did a dance to where I lifted my finger up to the heavens, and then down between my legs. Didn't hurt enough to cry, but it still left me cowering away. Bad door!!

 

Here's what it looked like all until today:

 

 

Very painful. I went to the ER today and got it looked at because the swelling still hasn't gone down yet, and my mom thought it might be fractured. We both felt silly going there for a finger, but we went anyway and got all the blood under my fingernail by drilling a tiny whole in it. Don't worry, didn't hurt. Now it's looking a lot better, and I hope my fingernail grows back fast! (Oh yeah, forgot that part. I'm actually going to lose it, pretty disgusting huh?) ;)

 

So that's pretty much it really........im out of the phase of using "keep on keeping-on", it sounds really cheesy to me now. How about ending this with a bible verse?

 

"17 For I will restore health to you,

and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord,"

 

-Jeremiah 30-17a

Rewind, We've Missed Something!!

Doesn't that happen a lot? I know it does I our family, and once again I haven't posted in about 6 days, so let me just give you the summary of what's happened so far so you wont be left out of anything:

 

 

Last Friday, my whole family wore blue to honor the many fallen cops around the U.S. That's terrible that our police officers are being prosecuted, and so we decided to wear blue in honor of them.

 

 

 Then last Saturday we walked down the street picking up trash that people dumped on the side od the road. Very messy and disgusting, we didn't even come close to finishing, but we did pick up a lot. I hope that helped a little.

 

Finally, last Monday (Labor Day), me and some friends went out to some land took their Samurai for a spin, do some fishing, and kayaking. The Samurai was a stick shift, so I gave it a spin. It was pretty fun to tell ya the truth!!



 

Here's Grace taking the kayak out. She thinks she's so cool doing that...... What? I didn't say she was wrong. ;)

 

 

So that basically sums up my week in a single post. Hope it was exciting enough to actually post! Until next time!!

9/11 Tragedy

I was going to post something else, but ill keep it off till later because this is much more important. Today is a very special day for Americans, and not in a good way. This date on September 11, 2001, several major tragedies happened in the U.S. that will never be forgotten. At 8:45am, a hijacked airliner (Boeing 767) crashed into the 1 World Trade Center, and at 9:06am another hijacked airliner struck the 2 World Trade Center. Many people died in those buildings, law enforcement and civilians alike. It's terrible to think that someone would organize such a thing..

To make matters worse, then two more airplanes were sent on crash courses and hit the Pentagon at 9:40am, and another was grounded in the middle of Shanksville, Pennsylvania around 10:37am. The location for the actual impact of the one that landed in the Shanksville field is unknown, but we do know that the passengers on board were heroes that day, because they kept the terrorist from reaching wherever he was headed by fighting back.

Thousands of people died in those buildings and we should never forget the passengers that did something and how they risked their lives to save millions. I pray people don't forget the day all this happened, and how the United States came together to search out the person(s) who organized this and killed millions of innocents. I know this isn't much to say for this tragic day in American history, I could go on forever talking about it. But I'm not because I want you to look up what happened. Look up all the devastation and sorrow that everyone had afterwards, and then find out that something extraordinary was found at the site two days later. Here is a link to it because this is something I want yall to see. Please watch, remember, and never forget!

Ground Zero Artifact

A Puzzle(ing) Thought

I got this new puzzle from the Dollar Store right before school started, and have been working on it slowly ever since. Today I finally finished it and am very proud of myself, not necessarily because it was a 500 piece puzzle, but what the final product looks like. 

 

This is a picture of Jesus being invited to the house of Simon the Pharisee. Everyone's there, Jesus, Simon, the sinful woman who rushed in and laid at Jesus' feet and cleaned them with her tears and perfume, and Simon's servants.

 

 

 I found this puzzle and really wanted it, so I bought it and started on it that day. I finished it today and at first was basically just happy I finished it, but the more I think about it, the more it relates to me and the more puzzle(ing) it gets. ;)

You see, if you think about it, the puzzle can represent several different things depending on how you look at it. You could think of it like how Jesus is the puzzle builder and you are the end product of the puzzle, and that it shows that when you are completed, you will be fully with Christ. Or if you keep viewing yourself as the puzzle, it could show that the Holy Spirit (aka Jesus) is inside of you. Or maybe you can just use it as a direct reference to God, and that the picture reminds you of the story and that the puzzle symbolizes that He is the only one who can truly help you piece yourself back together.

 

This puzzles me because it reminds me of how great God is. He is always there for us and uses other people to get His Word out there. He used James E. Seward who painted this picture, then He used the company SunsOut to turn copies into puzzles. After that He used the Dollar Store by having them get the puzzle, and now I'm talking about it on my blog. He wanted me to post this, though I don't know for what reason. That's what puzzles me, and it ain't a bad puzzlement either. Makes ya think a little, doesn't it? ;)

Ill end it with that to think about. Think about how He might be using you in your life. I wont have an "Answering Post" like last time, this is just something to think about. Until next time I post, keep on keeping-on!!!

Caden's B-Day For 2051

Actually 2015, my bad. Man that would make him 48 years old! He's looking good!! Haha, anyways Happy Birthday Caden!!! Little late for this post, his birthday was yesterday. 13 years ago on August 27, 2002, my little brother was born!!!! Granted, I wasn't happy about it at first; all the attention that 3yr old me had shifted mostly to him. I wasn't happy about it at all.

BUT lets not dwell in the past, he's now 13!!!!! He has now officially become a teen, yet he really wasn't over-excited about it. He wouldn't give us a single present option and didn't want to go out to eat, so as you can imagine he was hard to shop for. Luckily my parents ordered pizza and found the perfect presents for him.

 

"Perfect Pushup Elite"

That device actually works pretty good! I tried it out and was sore after 20; I can usually do 40-50 without stopping!! I may try those out again; next time you see me ill be as buff as the guy on the box. ;)

 

Ah, a new toolbox. He continues to get more tools, and has lost room for his second toolkit. Man, it's like he enjoys working or something!! ;)

 

(By the way, if you don't know him, he absolutely loves to work outside. Not inside, he hates doing chores. But he loves to be outdoors working with his tools. That's why I put the ;) behind my remark. Now I hope all confusion has left your mind...for now at least.)

 

 

Yall remember when I said you wont see him smiling a whole lot on here? Well he didn't mind this time, cuz he got cake!! A football cake to be precise. He loves football and cake, so of course he smiled!!!

Lol, he sure had a lot of fun during his birthday; I hope next year is just as great (or more) than this one was. Until next time, all yall just keep on keeping-on till next time!!!