Sunday, October 26, 2008
hmm...
It gets hard blogging on the spot. It takes me ten minutes to think of a topic, and then forever to write it. I don't mind writing the blogs and it's actually kind of fun, but I never know what to write about. I think about it all week and come up with a few ideas, but they usually don't have much to go off of. Sometimes I come up with a pretty good idea, but then by the time I get to a computer, I've forgotten it. So if you have any ideas let me know. Even if they are crazy-outrageous, sometimes those are the best to write about.
Nap Time!!
hello there,
As you walk down the halls of Albert Lea High School its as dead as a graveyard. Everyone walking by is half asleep and not really paying attention to where they are going. There's always groups of people heading to class together, but no one is talking because they're all too exhausted to let anything come out of their mouths. Teachers have a hard time getting some kids to focus and get involved in the class, which becomes an even bigger hassle to the already over worked educators.
Now, a lot of people say we should just start school later, but I don't really see how that would work for a lot of people. We get home late enough with church, sports, plays, and whatever else goes on in our busy lives. And then we have to stay up even later doing homework. So I have come up with a simple solution for this problem. Nap Time. (and I know it probably sounds easier than it actually is, and probably wouldn't work. But it's just one of those crazy ideas that would make a lot of people happy).
After 2nd hour or so we could just take a little nap to get us fired up for the day. (I've heard that you only need twenty minutes) And anyone who doesn't want to take a nap or needs to catch up on some homework can use this time as a study hall. [or you could do some devos too :)]
It's just a wild idea i think could keep some people awake in class every once in a while. Which in the long run would help improve grades and test scores. Of course you'd have to separate guys and girls, cuz you don't want any of that happening!...
But I think it would just be nice, and make everyone a little bit happier. :)
As you walk down the halls of Albert Lea High School its as dead as a graveyard. Everyone walking by is half asleep and not really paying attention to where they are going. There's always groups of people heading to class together, but no one is talking because they're all too exhausted to let anything come out of their mouths. Teachers have a hard time getting some kids to focus and get involved in the class, which becomes an even bigger hassle to the already over worked educators.
Now, a lot of people say we should just start school later, but I don't really see how that would work for a lot of people. We get home late enough with church, sports, plays, and whatever else goes on in our busy lives. And then we have to stay up even later doing homework. So I have come up with a simple solution for this problem. Nap Time. (and I know it probably sounds easier than it actually is, and probably wouldn't work. But it's just one of those crazy ideas that would make a lot of people happy).
After 2nd hour or so we could just take a little nap to get us fired up for the day. (I've heard that you only need twenty minutes) And anyone who doesn't want to take a nap or needs to catch up on some homework can use this time as a study hall. [or you could do some devos too :)]
It's just a wild idea i think could keep some people awake in class every once in a while. Which in the long run would help improve grades and test scores. Of course you'd have to separate guys and girls, cuz you don't want any of that happening!...
But I think it would just be nice, and make everyone a little bit happier. :)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
STIRKE!!!
ok so not really..
Wednesday I went bowling with some people from youth group. We also went to the football game (which I must say was pretty intense!) and then we went to visit an Austin youth group and did some worship with them. then we all headed out bowling. It was a really fun night, but my bowling experience isn't the greatest. You see, I haven't bowled in a few years, and when I went to bowl I kinda flung the ball up a little and it bounced a few times before going into the gutter...umm...yeah.. Oh but man it kept us laughing for awhile! I eventually caught on but I don't think my score got any higher than 60, if that even! I said we should have played with bumpers. Maybe I could have gotten a couple more in..hmm?...oh well, it was a fun night anyway!
Wednesday I went bowling with some people from youth group. We also went to the football game (which I must say was pretty intense!) and then we went to visit an Austin youth group and did some worship with them. then we all headed out bowling. It was a really fun night, but my bowling experience isn't the greatest. You see, I haven't bowled in a few years, and when I went to bowl I kinda flung the ball up a little and it bounced a few times before going into the gutter...umm...yeah.. Oh but man it kept us laughing for awhile! I eventually caught on but I don't think my score got any higher than 60, if that even! I said we should have played with bumpers. Maybe I could have gotten a couple more in..hmm?...oh well, it was a fun night anyway!
hmm...a breath of fall...
It's so beautiful this time of year. The beautiful reds and oranges bring a warmth to the soon approaching winter snow. The fall is a great time for long walks, bundled in a sweatshirt and gloves, you never see the same thing twice. One day the trees are green and the next they are bare. I love this time of year. Just to sit..and listen.. the cool wind seems to clear your mind. You get a break from the world spinning behind you. As the days go by the bright colors mix into a faded brown, then begin to glisten in the morning frost. There is just something about the fall that is almost indescribable..
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Ayúdeme! We're lost!!
Okay, picture yourself running through a cornfield, lost and confused. The golden corn rising FEET above you. With one swift scratch against the corn you could loose your hand! (ok well not really but maybe a few "paper" cuts). You spin round and round, wondering where to go next.. then suddenly, you see a light! A small glow leads you to an opening. STAMP!! haha got then next one!
This is how it was for me Friday night when I went to the corn maze. It was one of my lovely friends birthday's, and so we piled into cars and drove down to dear old Iowa. On the way one of the cars in our group took the wrong exit and headed to Lakeville instead of Northwood. They ended up getting pulled over because one of their lights was out. Apparently, there was three cops following them, but one decided to pull off, figuring two was enough. But I don't know.. I think they might have needed three, you know, for backup.
Well, eventually we all got caught up and headed into the maze. Me and dos amigas decided to go in together. We spaced ourselves from the groups ahead of us and walked into the darkness...(dramatic music)... we started off attempting to read the well drawn map shaped like the good ol' U.S. of A. but it was dark, we didn't have a flashlight, and none of us could read the map anyway.
A few minutes went by and we came across the first checkpoint. (Checkpoint are areas you try to find and punch a stamp through your map. There's also little facts you can read.) After that point we ditched the map completely and wandered around pretending we knew what we were doing. We started secretly following these kids around who were actually reading the map and seemed to know where they were going. The three of us got bored pretty quickly and felt kind of bad for following the kids, so we decided to go off on our own again.
We began to make a game out of it, and pretended we were secret agents. (kind of cheesy I know, but it was so much fun!) We ran around randomly yelling directions, but these weren't any directions. We came up with Code names for words like right and left. And anytime a person came by we'd yell "CORN STALK" and get as close to the edge of the path and pretend to be corn. Let me just say we got some pretty funny looks from some people... So we ran and ran yelling our codes until we FINALLY took the right turn and found Checkpoint Two. PUNCH! got it, and then we were off again.
We continued our mission for Checkpoint Three, but after about an hour since we started we still hadn't found it. And so, as a team, we decided to turn back. We had a new mission now..to find the enterance! About fifteen minutes later we emerged into the lights of outside the maze. At the same time we came out the enterance a fellow birthday partyer of our came out the exit, his map completely finished! After a little while we as a new team of four headed back into the maze (through the exit) on the search to find and scare some of our other friends. We stayed in there for awhile and collected a few more stamps, and then came out and talked about scary movies we had seen. We ended the night with cake and ice cream; the cherry on top of the sundae. But a real, handpicked-off-the-cherry-tree cherry, not those silly canned ones..they just aren't quite the same..
This is how it was for me Friday night when I went to the corn maze. It was one of my lovely friends birthday's, and so we piled into cars and drove down to dear old Iowa. On the way one of the cars in our group took the wrong exit and headed to Lakeville instead of Northwood. They ended up getting pulled over because one of their lights was out. Apparently, there was three cops following them, but one decided to pull off, figuring two was enough. But I don't know.. I think they might have needed three, you know, for backup.
Well, eventually we all got caught up and headed into the maze. Me and dos amigas decided to go in together. We spaced ourselves from the groups ahead of us and walked into the darkness...(dramatic music)... we started off attempting to read the well drawn map shaped like the good ol' U.S. of A. but it was dark, we didn't have a flashlight, and none of us could read the map anyway.
A few minutes went by and we came across the first checkpoint. (Checkpoint are areas you try to find and punch a stamp through your map. There's also little facts you can read.) After that point we ditched the map completely and wandered around pretending we knew what we were doing. We started secretly following these kids around who were actually reading the map and seemed to know where they were going. The three of us got bored pretty quickly and felt kind of bad for following the kids, so we decided to go off on our own again.
We began to make a game out of it, and pretended we were secret agents. (kind of cheesy I know, but it was so much fun!) We ran around randomly yelling directions, but these weren't any directions. We came up with Code names for words like right and left. And anytime a person came by we'd yell "CORN STALK" and get as close to the edge of the path and pretend to be corn. Let me just say we got some pretty funny looks from some people... So we ran and ran yelling our codes until we FINALLY took the right turn and found Checkpoint Two. PUNCH! got it, and then we were off again.
We continued our mission for Checkpoint Three, but after about an hour since we started we still hadn't found it. And so, as a team, we decided to turn back. We had a new mission now..to find the enterance! About fifteen minutes later we emerged into the lights of outside the maze. At the same time we came out the enterance a fellow birthday partyer of our came out the exit, his map completely finished! After a little while we as a new team of four headed back into the maze (through the exit) on the search to find and scare some of our other friends. We stayed in there for awhile and collected a few more stamps, and then came out and talked about scary movies we had seen. We ended the night with cake and ice cream; the cherry on top of the sundae. But a real, handpicked-off-the-cherry-tree cherry, not those silly canned ones..they just aren't quite the same..
Sunday, October 5, 2008
the beginning?
hey there,
So, I have this tough topic on my mind tonight. Evolution or Creation? It's not on my mind of which one is true, and which one isn't; my thoughts are more, the mix of the two, is it possible to mix them? I don't mean the change of characteristics in animals over time, I'm talking more about how it's said we evolved from tiny specks way back when. I don't see how that can really be true. It's been proven that things scientists have been going off of to come up with this theory about evolution aren't accurate.
I have been talking to my friends about this topic and learned what some of their opinions were. Someone brought up the topic about possibly mixing the two. And how since God's days could be longer than ours, when he created the animals sometime in those days we evolved. But I can't see how this can be true. In the bible it says God created the animals. Later, he created man to watch over the animals, and to name every kind. We were put on this earth to watch over it, now how good of a job we're doing, I'm not quite sure, but that was God's intention for us.
The Bible says God took his very hands and molded man from the dirt in the ground. Now if you can tie that with us being monkeys?...let me know. The Bible goes on to say that man feel into a DEEP sleep (like knock-me-out sleep!) took a rib from the man and made woman.
So do you see where I'm coming from, how could we have evolved? And how could the two be intertwined? I just don't see it. Especially if you believe God's word, but then think we evolved. They were to separate times. I'm just torn between what to say without pushing them away. How do you deal with something you know to be true and you thought the same of the other person, but then it turns out you are on two totally different pages? I pray for this person constantly and I ask if you have just read this and can see where I am coming from, that you too will pray for them.
So, I have this tough topic on my mind tonight. Evolution or Creation? It's not on my mind of which one is true, and which one isn't; my thoughts are more, the mix of the two, is it possible to mix them? I don't mean the change of characteristics in animals over time, I'm talking more about how it's said we evolved from tiny specks way back when. I don't see how that can really be true. It's been proven that things scientists have been going off of to come up with this theory about evolution aren't accurate.
I have been talking to my friends about this topic and learned what some of their opinions were. Someone brought up the topic about possibly mixing the two. And how since God's days could be longer than ours, when he created the animals sometime in those days we evolved. But I can't see how this can be true. In the bible it says God created the animals. Later, he created man to watch over the animals, and to name every kind. We were put on this earth to watch over it, now how good of a job we're doing, I'm not quite sure, but that was God's intention for us.
The Bible says God took his very hands and molded man from the dirt in the ground. Now if you can tie that with us being monkeys?...let me know. The Bible goes on to say that man feel into a DEEP sleep (like knock-me-out sleep!) took a rib from the man and made woman.
So do you see where I'm coming from, how could we have evolved? And how could the two be intertwined? I just don't see it. Especially if you believe God's word, but then think we evolved. They were to separate times. I'm just torn between what to say without pushing them away. How do you deal with something you know to be true and you thought the same of the other person, but then it turns out you are on two totally different pages? I pray for this person constantly and I ask if you have just read this and can see where I am coming from, that you too will pray for them.
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