American Idol

This year American Idol has amazed me. The male talent out there is incredible. The only girl that is extraordinary (in my very personal opinion) is Syesha. She is terrific. Anyways, on Tuesday night the boys sang their songs and I fell in love with David Archuleta and Jason Castro. David is extremely talented...and young...and he plays the piano. Apparently, though, he's already won Star Search when he was 12 years old. I think he's the one. Jason Castro...wow, I just wanted to take him to the beach with me after he sang that song on Tuesday night. He could serenade me. I also love the dreadlocks on him. :) Anyways, we have another Chris Daughtry this year, it sounds like. His name is Michael Johns. He's from Australia and he's 27. He sang "Light My Fire" and it was well done. Let's see...Colton Berry is 17 and he's talented. He sang an Elvis song and he screams like a girl. Danny Noriega is a character. He sings very well...but I just don't think he's "all there" if you know what I mean.... Yeah. David Cook...I didn't get to see him, because our satellite went out for about five minutes. But from what I understand he's very good. David Hernandez was the first one and I loved him!!! Great voice. Well, that's all for now, American Idol fans. I thought I'd only talk about the guys since none of the girls seem very interesting to me. :)

Snow Pictures

Here's some pictures from that FABULOUS snow day we had a couple weeks ago. I know they're already on MySpace....but who does that? :P Actually, I took these pictures with my very own, personal camera that I got for Christmas and I absolutely LOVE it! Thanks mom and dad. Enjoy! Tree.....................................

Our mailbox...

It was painful to see our driveway be driven on, but I guess

it needed to be done.... :(

Higgins is simply adorable!!

My Fishies!

I want to introduce you to my fish...Java. I have 5 others, but we'll get to them later. Java is my favorite fishy. In the morning I turn the fish tank light on and Java is always there to say Good Morning. Well, not in so many words...he follows my hand. I put my finger up against the glass and move it and he follows it. It's so fun. He LOVES his food. When I put the fishy food in the tank he swims in circles because he's so excited. He is also the only fish that would hold still for me long enough to take his picture! Good fishy. He has a..."partner". I can't tell if it's a boy or a girl (honestly, I don't know if Java is a boy...). But his partner's name is Kinko. It's easy to tell them apart because Java has a black tail.

Here they are together. Java is on the left and Kinko is on the right. Well, maybe later I'll get around to trying to capture my other 4 fish in a photo. Until next time...

Life

Life has been interesting lately. So I thought I'd start a blog. Maybe it's because I want to share my point of view with the world or maybe it's just because I can. Either way, I'm here! I'm just your typical teenage girl that goes to school, plays volleyball, plays piano and is active in the performance choir. I have friends that are dramatic, annoying, and weird all at the same time...but I love them all. Lately I've learned that life throws hurdles at you in many different ways. Whether it's through dramatic friends or simply volleyball. My biggest hurdle recently is recovering from Mono. It's not easy and it's definitely not fun. I've been sick since December 19. On Christmas Eve I couldn't be with my family at my Grandparents house because I had a 103 degree fever. Two weeks later I'm at the doctor's office with this nurse shoving a cue tip down my throat to check for strep. Of course it came back negative. The next week the doctor said I had mono. I wasn't able to play volleyball for over a month and I was stuck at home for most of that month. I couldn't go shopping or hold my nephews or play with my beautiful neice. I even got beat by my sister-n-law, Jill at ping pong. I am still recovering. It's a long, slow process. And yes, it is the kissing disease. But I can promise you I've never been kissed... :)