Christmas!! (& a little bit of birthday)

Yay! Christmas finally came, but now I sad that it's gone..... On the bright side, I did get everything on my wish list:) I'll start with my birthday.... I already posted about what I got from my mom (so I'll skip that) the saturday before i left, it was like 830 in the morning and my mom comes up in my room and tells me to hurry and get ready for the day and to clean my room. I wasn't too fond of that idea but I got up anyway. I took like a 45 minute shower and then took 45 minutes to get the rest of my self ready. I was mad, my mom didn't even tell me why, so I was just guessing that we were going somewhere for a christmas surprise or something.... Well it was like 10 and she told me to finish my friends christmas presents so that we could drop them off (I didn't finish 3 of them) when she told me that I was even more mad because I thought that she woke me up super early just to drop off presents!! Then someone knocked on the door.. At that moment I was pouting and laying on the floor (I know, real mature...) so when I heard the knock I quickly ran up the stairs so that no one would see me. My mom called for me that the door was for me. I went back down the stairs and all of the sudden a whole bunch of my friends run in, tie me up, duct tape my mouth, and carried me to their car.... I really had no idea what was going on. The finally let me rip of the duct tape and they told me that they were taking to me Denny's for breakfast:) haha it was probably one of THE best times with my friends, EVER! I'm so glad that I have such awesome friends that care about me so much:) so that was another birthday "present".. At my dads house I got some hair things, some jewelry stuff, and a really cozy sweater.... And that's the rest of my birthday experience:)
Christmas at my moms~ I got some new cute jeans (they are one of my only pairs that aren't way big on me), and the fancy curling iron that is on my wish list post... It works like a charm:)
Then at my dads, I got some shirts, a jacket, TOMS:)), and when I thought that there weren't any more presents for me..... Something started ringing from under the tree:) can you guess what it was? A CELL PHONE!!!!! Wooohooo!!! After years of "sharing"* with Chris, I deserved one:)
Then I found out that at home, Santa was VERY generous this year... He brought a new big tv, treadmill, and a trampoline! Too bad the tramp won't be set up for quite a while:( but! At least with the treadmill I can work on one of my new years resolutions:)..... Running a 6 minute mile! On that note, in pe/aerobics we have to run the mile 3x a semester. (because I had pe right after aerobics, sometimes I didn't have to run it again if I already did that day, but other times my friend an I would run it in pe just for the halibut;)) on my first mile I got 12:13 (crappy), on my second mile 10:40 (still crappy), on my 3rd 9:33, and on my final one (so far) 9:03.... I think I've done pretty good and made great progress in the last couple of months, but hopefully on my last one I can get my (school) goal of 8:30 or less. I kind of got sidetracked, but that's ok, cause I'm bored! What else would I do just sitting in a hotel room waiting to go meet my mom in cedar city to go home? (long sentence) have you noticed that I use parenthesis a lot? Idk why I do, probably because I have so many side notes.... Well at at for now! I'll probably be posting my new years resolutions soon! Byee!

:)

On Wednesday we celebrated my birthday (early) I got a new iPod 4th gen. (but I had to pay some), a new belt (which I needed very much), and some candy....... Overall it was pretty good, I can't believe I'll be 13 in 5 days!

Christmas preparations

Holy moly! It seems like December ran right over November! And to me it seems like January is running over December. It's probably because I leave for my dads on Sunday and that is kind of like a big break in time (in other words it seems like the time I spend there isn't real)kinda) so since I'm going to my dads this year I have double duty.... Two dads, two moms, two sets of grandparents, and two other people in my family. That doesn't really sound like a lit but usually that list is singles, and I'm freaking out because I have 4 1/2 days till I leave and I feel like I'm so not ready..... Oh and not to mention 9 friend gifts..... Lame. I've decided to wrap all my dads side gifts when I get there, a couple less things to worry about. I guess I shouldnt worry too much because all I have left to do is finish my gramma's' gifts, print some stuff for my grandpa's present, whip something up for my mom, and finally pack for 2 1/2 weeks...... Eh, it's sort of something to stress about, especially trying to get my weekly chores done and keep my room tidy (which in my case, I wish there was a doctor that could help me with my messiness)unfortunately, there's not) I just can't wait until the holidays are over, ugh they cause so much stress when you're trying to think of others and not yourself. On that note, I'm not even asking for that much:) from my {mom}- that fancy iron that's on my wishlist post {dad}- idk.....but I do want toms for my bday (3 days before Christmas)also on my wishlist post) ya I think that's it:) have a fantabulous day/night/evening/morning:)

Blogger app

Wahoo! I just got the blogger app on my iPod:) so now I'll probably be posting a lot more now that I don't have to get on the computer:) yay! I'm excited

triple barrel

we've had this iron for a couple years, but like just last week i've become obsessed..... i can get such pretty waves in like 10 minutes!

fun at football games

new necklace!

:) T-shirt necklace!! Whoo hooo!

my wish list

• TOMS-- $50

• a cell phone..... preferably an iPhone;)-- $300(?)

• and this fancy curling iron-- $90

Why do I have to pick such expensive things?........

my punkin;)

here it is:)

school

School started a LONG time ago, but I just never got around to posting about it........ So my original schedule was wrong because I was put in beginning orchestra when I really should be in advanced orchestra...... It took about a week for me to finally get my new schedule. If you're interested to see it, here it is......
A1- adv. orchestra
A2- pre algebra
A3- CTE
A4- science
B5- drama
B6- english (least favorite class ever...)
B7- aerobics
B8- P.E.
So ya school is ok, other than english.... Idk why I hate so much but I do........

my new favorite

my new favorite web site is.........

ya, i'm pretty much obsessed.... i stayed up wayy too late

last night on it:\ i <3 all the crafty ideas it gives me:) too bad

i don't have all the money in the world to buy everything i need to

make all of these fancy things.....

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Ugh, blogging during the school year is hard!............ I hardly ever have time! I found some pictures the other day that were pretty funny............

I have like 150 more... so if you ever need a laugh you know who to ask;)

Kid History

Kid history is my FAVORITE!! My friends and I quote it all the time!
#3 and #4, check 'em out on YouTube

School Excitement:)

I am so excited for school to start that is unbelieveable:) New school, lockers, different classes with diffrent people;) new clothes... Who wouldn't be excited about Jr. High? There is 1 thing that is really gonna make my 1st semester suck... A1-- P.E. Are you freaking kidding me? Yeah so the first day of school, first class, P.E. :( Then I for B7- Aerobics. I don't mind working out, but why can't those classes be at the end of the day? Oh well, at least I don't have any workout classes that 2nd semester, unless I take track (which I really want to)
My Schedule--
A1- P.E. :(
A2- CTE
A3- ORCHESTRA
A4- SCIENCE
B5- DRAMA FOUNDATIONS
B6- ENGLISH
B7- AEROBICS
B8- PRE ALGEBRA

I'm thinking my 2nd semester will so much better... oh well. And I really got excited to decorate my locker, then I realized I might have to have a locker buddy:( I'm getting really selfish about this..
Anyway I'm still excited, I got some wayy cute clothes:) and I can't wait

review #1

i've decided to do a review of something each week to kind of get me into the habit of blogging (if you haven't noticed, the 'Daily Do's' didnt work)

this week I am going to review an app that i have...

Pandora Radio

i've had this app on my ipod for
a while, but until last night i
hardly used it.

if your familiar with Pandora, there are
different "stations" that you can create.
my favorite, is Tween Radio. it has all the kinds of songs i like
that are also really popular.
Pandora was origonally an online radio until it became more popular and appeared
in different app stores. i hope you try it:)

Check out the blog next week for a beauty product:D

jewelry

I made a necklace recently that I want to sell, here are some pics if you're interested...

I'm selling this

item for $22.00
The whole necklace is 36 in. around

Girl's Camp is Coming:)

Whooo! We leave for girls camp on Tuesday!! I'm so excited... Except for the packing part. I hate packing, it takes so much time and I always get so worried that I'm gonna forget something. And right after girls camp I leave straight to my dads for the week. So I think next Saturday is going to be a stressful day. Anyway... I'll try to take pictures (at girls camp) and I'll try to remember lots of things that happened;) so I can blog about it... C U L8er.. jk that's lame:)

Goodness Gracious!

Wow, it has been more than a month sense I last posted.. and I don't really know what to post so this should be interesting...
1. We saw this sign on the
way back from Cali. It's pretty great:)






2. I graduated from elementary school!














3. Check out our curlies

Cookies/Report

Ok so at school we started a country report and I chose the Netherlands. The same week it was due we also had math homework due, which I think in every students opinion our teachers should NEVER do something like that EVER again! My class didn't even get the supplies we needed for the report from my teacher until the Monday before it was due! I couldn't work on my report on Monday because first of all I had violin lessons 'til like 4:45, then I went to babysit, our family ate dinner, had FHE, I worked on my math a little, then went to bed. So there was no time to work on it. I couldn't work on it on Tuesday either: I cam home, went to guitar, babysat(again), ate dinner then had YW.

Here comes Wednesday, and I have nothing done on my report, so I'm kinda freaking out. I get all my things and myself settled at the computer around 3:00-- At like 7:30 my friend calls and asks if I want to come with her family to clean the church-- You should have been there to see how fast I said yes! I was done with that report!! 4 1/2 hours is enough for me! But while I was working on it I realized I needed to find a recipe from my country, and I found this

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
salt to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F (175 degrees C).
Cream together the butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla.
Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture and mix well, being careful not to over mix.
Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten each with the tines of a fork (dip fork into small bowl of water so that dough doesn't stick to fork). Do this once or twice, depending on the size of cookie and fork.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes. After each pan is removed from oven, carefully place 5 or 6 chocolate chips on top of each cookie while they are still hot. When chocolate is glossy and soft, spread with knife.

I haven't really had time to try them, sooo, if someone wants to make these and tell me if their any good or if it's worth making-- go for it! It doesn't seem to hard or like it will take a lot of time but my life is still crazy (or so it seems)

Thursday I spent another 4 hours working on the report and it still wasn't finished! And I was ok, my teacher let us work on it in class on Friday, so yeah. It all works out in the end. Yesterday was kinda my relax day for the week and today I get to go babysitting again tonight, and that's pretty much it.

Daily Do's #3

Let me start off with telling y'all the highlight of my week... so Wednesday morning at school, around 8:20, my eyesight starts to go all funny. It was hard to read stuff and if I looked at someone, I could only focus/see one feature of their face. This had happened to me 2 years ago, and I ended up with a migraine. I was kinda freaking out, thinking if I start to get a headache then I know I have a migraine :( . Then at about 9:15 my head hurts wayy bad and I go up to my teacher and tell her I have a migraine, so she sends me to the office. When I got to the office the secretary told me to go into the nurses office. I went in and she asked if I wanted some medicine. I did, so I had to call my mom for permission. When I was talking to my mom she said she couldn't come right away because she just got done working-out and was all sweaty :P The nurse gave me some Tylenol (which I think just made it worse(my mom wanted me to take some Excedrin, but the school can't give that out)) So I was just sitting on the bed, waiting for my mom, and I started to get nauseous... great. I'm about to barf, and my arm & hand get totally numb (it scared me soo bad). Then my mom walks in.. relief... My arm wasn't numb anymore but then my mouth gets numb like it does at the dentist :/ totally weird!! Half way home I made my mom pull over..I was gonna barf! But I didn't, thank goodness! At home I took some Excedrin PM, took like a 15 min. nap, woke up, puked up the meds, did a puzzle, ate lunch, then went back to school. Pretty exciting, eh?

Yesterday-- Friday-
It was a pretty normal day, until after lunch I had a total spaz-attack! Yeah, then after school I went home, practiced my instruments, got on the computer, babysat my YW leader's wayy cute little boy, came home ate dinner, watched the new Yogi Bear (pretty lame, I think Justin Beiber would have been better ;)) Then at like 9:00 my friend Kizzi came over, and yeah. It was on OK day :)

Just a Quick Update

Like I have said many times before, it's really hard for me to keep up on blogging :) But tonight it our GNI (Girls Night In) Yeah so the boys are going on an overnight camp (they aren't staying overnight) so my mom had the idea for the girls to have a little fun together. So yeah, we're gonna get some Panda Express, watch a movie (with I'm hoping treats:)) 'n' just spend some time with eachother. I will try to take lot's of pictures and have a picture update for by tomorrow (you never know when I will blog with my "crazy" life)

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Daily Do's #2

Alright, so last night where I left off....
I got in the shower, put my hair in curlers and went to bed. For some reason, my alarm didn't go off this morning but luckily my mind saved me and I woke up just in the nick o' time to get ready. I got dressed, did my hair, put on my shoes, and headed out the door.
At school, right when everyone got there we had to go take our end of the year math test. I was taking my time to get a good score, but our class had to do other things so I finished taking the test after lunch. During class we didn't do much more than the usual, work. Then for lunch there was pizza (which is nasty) so I didn't eat that, and a cookie, and milk. my eating habits aren't the best, unless I like what I am eating or I have time (so I usually don't have breakfast, because I don't leave myself enough time in the mornin'.) After lunch I finished my test and ended up with a pretty good score of 247 (at least I think it's good comparatively.) I headed back to class, did some more work, the bell rang and I started walking home with my good friend Megan and her sister.
When I got home I tidied my room and just hung out until my mom and Hailey got home. They got home, we grabbed our violins and left for grandma's house.
Now I am at grandma's, waiting to have my hour lesson (uuugh.) So yeah, I guess later we'll have dinner, FHE, I'll take a shower and go to bed. Pretty exciting night, eh?
That was my day.... May 2..... Pretty awesome :) I am soo weird! Haha ;)

Daily Do's

Alright, so I'm going to start this thing where everyday (for a week) I post the things that I did that day from start to finish. I'm doing this is for my dear Young Women's leader, so...

I set my alarm last night for 7:00-- So my alarm goes off, I press the snooze button, fall back asleep. 5 minutes later, BEEP.. BEEP.. BEEP!!! I got really annoyed and turned off the alarm. Then i hear my mom screaming from down the stairs, "BROOKLYNN!! You only have 30 minutes to get ready!!! Better hurry!" UGH! That was just what I wanted to hear :) Luckily I didn't really have to do much with my hair because last night I put my hair in a bunch of braids, so all I had to do was take rubber bands out of my hair. I had a little bit of trouble 'cause I was sooo tired that I found myself sitting on the ground trying to decide on what to wear, but I figured something out. I didn't have time to eat breakfast, so I brushed my teeth, grabbed my scriptures, and hopped in the car.
Today was Fast & Testimony meeting, and I enjoyed listening to everyone who had the nerve to get up and bear their testimony. After sacrament meeting, I went to Sunday school, then Young Women's where my awesome Personal Progress leader gave all of us an amazing lesson.
After church, I made a PB&J with milk for lunch, and for desert I treated myself to a red velvet cupcake :) For the rest of the day I just dilly dallied around, ate dinner, made some sugar cookies, and now writing this... In a moment I should probably get in the shower and go to bed. I hope to write tomorrow :) (maybe doing this for a week will get mew into he habit of blogging:))