~Dare to Share~

Everyone has their problems when it comes to sharing..unless of course the sharing involves illness.  Blech!  How I hate it when people share their cruddy illness with me (or anyone else for that matter!)!  I’m sitting here in our basement, lying on the loveseat with a HORRIBLE sore throat & a stiff neck due to the sore throat.  My throat has been bothering me since around Tuesday.  You see, I have vocal lessons every Tuesday evening, & I told my vocal coach that my voice is a little ‘iffy’ right now because I’ve had a cold off & on.  Mrs. E even told me at the end of my lesson that my voice sounded a little tight.  Through the whole lesson I was drinking my water bottle in between songs & exercises.  Well, finally on Wednesday my throat started to get sore.  I thought it was just a fluke thingy & that it wasn’t anything to be concerned about.  After all, it was just a sore throat around bedtime & I figured my voice was just worn-out from busy week schedules.  Thursdays we have one of our co-ops.  Well, when I woke up Thursday morning my throat wasn’t any better – BUT it wasn’t any worse.  I told my mom that my throat still hurt & it hasn’t gotten any better, however it wasn’t any worse.  I took my temperature & didn’t have one., so we went to co-op.  I did NOT want to go to co-op if we thought I had strep, because I am the second oldest there & there are TONS of little ones that I didn’t want to get sick; but since I didn’t have a fever we went to co-op.  All day I was careful about who I was around & how long I was around them.  I warned my friends Jenna, Alyssa, & Meredith that I had a sore throat and not to get too close. 

You have to understand, my aunt & uncle came to our house this past weekend & they suspected that he had strep.  However, he never ended up going to the doctor to get checked out.  My aunt had it –I don’t know a month or two ago, & hadn’t finished all her antibiotics so he finished the last couple doses of that.  One slight problem..the dosages for my aunt would be way lower for her then they would be for my uncle.  When he felt better on Saturday, they came on Sunday (Gma & Gpa had been watching their kids – our cousins – for a few days & they stayed at the house.  Also, everyone needed hair cuts so my aunt came to give us those too). 

Ok, back to my sore throat…………..   So I told my friends to be careful.  Well, yesterday my throat hurt so bad & it hurt to move my neck.  My mom wanted to check the back of my throat & apparently it looked pretty bad.  When my mom then looked up strep & what the signs were I fit into those signs.  JOY! – I thought.  “Can’t wait!”  (Ok – so COMPLETE sarcasm involved!)  I was supposed to babysit today so my mom called Mrs. W about my throat & talked with her about it.  She’s a nurse so she said I needed to get checked out right away.  (Incase you haven’t guessed – I wasn’t able to go babysit):  Sad day!)  Mrs. W told my mom that CVS/pharmacy has a clinic & to go there because of how late in the day it was.  Unfortunately there were 6 people waiting ahead of us & ONE doctor, so we made an appointment for today. 

OKAY – the news you’ve been waiting for..  Yes, I have strep!!!!!  UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH!  It’s so irritating & I hate it!  I can’t swallow & my neck hurts too.  UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH!  And I am SO hoping I feel a little better by the 14th since it’s my birthday! (Excitement!)  Let’s just hope (:

At least in 24 hours I won’t be contagious any more & will be able to go to co-op on Tuesday!!  YAY!  But I think I’m going on vocal rest…………….again.  Ugh how I hate that!

Well, no other exciting news (if you can consider this exciting..ha I think not!)  I just want to get better!!

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~Spring Formal(s)~

Okay, so I know it’s been a while since I have been on.  However, I am back – at least for now (=

With being at two co-ops this semester, I have the opportunity to go to two spring formals/dances. 

It’s the first time that Learning Tree Co-op is doing a dance, and I have to be honest..it’s taken me a while to decide whether I want to go or not.  There are a few variables that have had me trying to decide.  For one, I am the second oldest at Learning Tree and my friend Alyssa is not even a year older than me.  So my question was : who will there even be to dance with?  After all, the oldest of the guys are 1 1/2 to 2 years younger than me.  Not to mention the fact that I am taller than all of them.  The dance is a little more structured than I kinda would have liked, but we’re gonna have some structured dance ‘lessons’ as part of the dance.  So it will be a good experience and I’ll learn some ballroom dancing. 

Cornerstone Co-op has a spring dance it sounds like every year, and this is my second semester there so I have decided I am going to that one.  I’m not sure what that one is going to be like, but the co-op is geared towards High Schoolers and there are quite a few more kids there, so it seems like that one would be fun too.

Today we went to several places looking for a dress for Learning Tree and/or Cornerstone’s spring formals.  After a consignment shop, a Goodwill, and THREE Plato’s Closets (even going up to an hour away to find a dress) – this is what I found. (=

 

The green dress I am planning on wearing to Learning Tree’s dance.  Since it’s long & such I think it will be good for the ballroom dances we’re learning (the Waltz, Swing, Rumba, & Salsa).

The pinkish-black one I am probably going to wear to Cornerstone’s formal, depending on their restrictions & dress code. (: 

The green dress we got for $18 & the pink one for $10.  Can I just say that second hand is awesome!! =D  

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~End of the Day~

It's almost 9 o'clock.  I'm sitting here in our basement living room typing on my dad's laptop.  Everyone else is upstairs doing I'm not sure what. lol.  Right now I am watching Wipeout on TV (surprisingly - considering I dont'enjoy the show that much) & am thinking how interesting these people's strategies are to get across the final obstacle course or whatever it's called.  I mean the one guy is going face-first down these stairs that are moving up & down..  *OUCH*  then he takes some face-plants.  I can't believe people sometimes..  But hey..they are having fun..........I think. :?

Dad got to town on Wednesday & two of my friends went with Mom, Zack, Kenz, & I to the airport to pick Dad up.  They even made him a 'Welcome Home' sign!! Haha, Love ya Jenna & Alyssa!! Thanks for coming with us!  I think Dad was happy to see you guys too.! =D

The day has been pretty long..  We delivered our newspaper routes today & then we came home & played some games.  We girls played a Domino game called Mexican Train & Dad & Zack played a game called Axis & Allies.

Tomorrow we might go to the movies & see the new Harry Potter movie (that I so badly want to see.).

Well I'm not sure what else to say..  I got some new pics up on my photography blog.. 

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~Busy Life~

Wow, it has been a couple months since i have been on my blog, let alone logged in to blogger!! Sheesh, can you say fail? lol
    I know it's always the same thing over and over, 'I'm Busy!'. and it's true, I am busy.. being back in Ohio on our extended academic vacay. I've been pretty busy being back in OH since April, but the business still continues to continue. =P

    Time with my friends is always fun. Co-op is over for right now, but Cornerstone (our newest co-op & the one i really enjoy for academic reasons) starts back up soon after the New Year & I'm not sure when Learning Tree starts back up. We have yet to register for classes there; I'm not even sure what classes they are offering yet or if I'll end up taking any. I know at CS (Cornerstone) I am taking Drama Production -which I can't wait for!-, Career Directions -mom's making me take it-, & Orchestra. I want to take choir over there too, but I'm not sure if I will or not yet. =?

Along with co-op I have my regular schooling at home.. busy getting high school credits in and over with. I'm only sophomore year, but I'm half way there! lol

    I wish summer was here again.. I miss all my zoo friends, but I get to see some about once a month. Can't wait until the 30th when we are having a ZooAide get-together for all the present ZooAides. It's a fun summer theme & we're going to be doing some games and then checking out the Wildlights too.. should be pretty awesome.

    We miss our daddy as he is in ND still.. )= Christmas won't be the same without him, but we're excited to be able to see him on the 12th of January! He will be here for a week before he has to return to the Dakota tundra. )'=That will be a sad day.

   

There is way too much to talk about and I could go on forever and ever and ever and ever and ever, but I don't want to do that as that will be very time consuming.  Besides, I think we have some dessert in the kitchen that is calling my name! ;)

=D

~YAY YAY YAY!~

YAY YAY YAY!

It is OFFICIAL!  We are going to have an Uncle Chad Nation!

It's pretty exciting (:

And then we'll have an Aunt Tiffany Nation. :D

Congrats Aunty Tiff & Chad! :D :D

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~October 18th~

*sigh*.
today has been a good-filled school day. 
right now, kenz is outside, zack in his room, & mom resting on the couch.  i think gpa is on the backporch resting, as well.  the house is rather quiet, tho.
we are all feeling a little down, what with our colds. /:  luckily i am kinda over mine, just my stomach bothering me.  zack has been the one w/ a fever, and hasn't had it today.  kenzie really hasn't had it.  and now mom is a little stuffy.  oh how we l0ve colds! :{  JK JK JK!
not much to report since the last post.  i know i need to get some pics up so i'll go find some and report on that. 
i have co-op tomorrow and thursday. oh the joy.  and nothing aside from that and school work.
well:: i will go find some photos and get some posting going on! :D
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~GAHHHH!!~

ok, i know i haven't updated this in like forever, but i have been B.U.S.Y.!!
ever since mom & the sibs got back from ND we have been going NON-STOP!!
we just haven't had time to catch our breath..
i am sick w/ some kind of head cold or something. and i don't feel too well.  but tomorrow we get to sleep in and get some much-needed R&R.
as i am sitting here typing that i am sick, my brother just came up saying he took his temperature, and has some kind of 99* temp.  ugh we're all gonna be sick! 
this past week has been pretty awesome, though.  monday we did some school --not too exciting.  tuesday i had cornerstone co-op and then a GS meeting for kenzie (and i am a helper for her troop).  wednesday we didn't do much..  thursday i had learning tree co-op and shakespeare auditions (do NOT get my started on that topic!!)  and then friday we went to Newport Aquarium with the millers.  and today (saturday) we delivered all of our 1400+ weekend newspaper bags. so we can DEFINITELY sleep-in tomorrow! :D :D :D
i have not had anytime to keep up w/ either of my blogs. ( including my new one for my photography ..::  CassPhotography ::..  )  funny thing is, i haven't even had time to take pictures of all the stuff we've been doing!!  GAHHHHH!! lol
this coming week we don't have anything planned other than our tuesday and thursday co-ops, and we are hitting the school books ..  we need a good school week.  /: 
hope-fully we will be able to have a calm week, and then i'm sure it'll be back to craziness!  we are so run-down tho, and now all three of us kids don't feel good, that we need a good day of R&R. 
well i think i am going to retire this post and i hope to be able to update this sometime soon w/ what goes on.  in the meantime, my mom is better about updating her blog w/ what we do(:
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