Hello Fellow Followers and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
How has your past 13 days in this new year been? (Please comment below, I am really interested in what you have to say.
Here are some of the things my family might do in 2016:
Visiting Florida, family weekend trips close to home, possibly another cruise (gulp), family reunions to local state parks and just being happy being together.
I was recently asked to join National Junior Honor Society. I was pretty excited to be asked. There was a couple of pages that I needed to fill out telling all about my life accomplishments up till now. My mom kept really good records of all the great things I've done. Among those things that I've done, this blog is one of them. Some of the other cool things I've done are: Organize a lemonade stand for the animal shelter, been in two church plays, PRIDE community clean up every year, Emcee of the 5th grade math concert and of course Voice of the Cougars. If you have gone to any of the Middle School Football Games this past year, then you have heard me!
I am looking forward to adding to my life accomplishments and this blog. I like volunteering and helping others. It makes me feel good about myself and knowing that I am making other people happy. I've helped out at the food pantry recently. I didn't know what to expect but we got the job done of course. I helped put food in boxes and load them into people's cars. The people there were very appreciative of my work there. I was glad to help. It made me realize how fortunate most of us are. We ALL need to help others so they can benefit from our generosity.
One of the things I've done in 2016 so far is read the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (#10 Old School). So far it's the 10th one in the series and I recommend it because the series is funny and lighthearted with a little touch of comedy in there which is why I love it. There are very funny pictures which help tell the story. My favorite book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was The Long Haul (#9) where Greg and his family go on a road trip. It was really funny because there are many, many funny situations that happened while they were on the road. When Greg throws a cheese doodle to a seagull, an entire flock then suddenly invades the whole car.
Another thing that I am going to do this year is get new glasses. You see, the ones I have now are children's sizes and are too small. They have created a small raw spot on my temple. So yesterday, my mom took me to pick out new frames. We found a very handsome pair. They make me look even smarter!
Please comment on what you think of my blog but more importantly let me know what you would like me to blog about next!
Goodbye and I'll blog again soon.
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I love your blogs! Thank you for writing them. I lived on the same street as your mom when she was younger than you are right now!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you get so much out of volunteering. It is true that people who are used to having a nice bed to sleep in, food in the kitchen every day and a loving family - they don't always realize that there are a lot of people out there who don't have those things. It's important to help others and give back when you are fortunate, just as you would appreciate if you were in their shoes.
Congratulations on the Honor Society! That is a great accomplishment.
I'm sorry your cruise went so wrong - but the chances of that happening twice is nearly impossible. I'm sure if you go again you will have a wonderful time and get the enjoyment you should have the first time.
As for my family, we have not done much in 2016. My daughters are ages 15 and (just turned) 18. My youngest has a new pet lizard (a leopard gecko) that she has to clean up after a lot or his cage stinks! He's pretty cool for a lizard and rides around on shoulders.
We just found a new ice cream place tonight in Boynton near where your mom used to live here in Florida. If you like ice cream, surely your mom can take you when you visit again.
We just went by the beach to get some fresh air. Even though it's winter, it's not very cold so I wore shorts. But it was chilly enough for me to wrap a small blanket around my shoulders.
I noticed a lot of pretty clouds while we were there. I love to look at clouds - to me they are like works of art and they always change, so you never see the same work of art twice. It's always a surprise in the sky.
It sounds like you have some fun activities in 2016 coming up, and we love to read about them. I look forward to more posts from you!