He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
–Proverbs 2:7, NLT

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
–Proverbs 17:22, NLT

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
–Romans 4:10, NLT

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the LORD to care for them.
–Psalm 112:7, NLT

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
–1 Corinthians 16:13, NLT

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
–Hebrews 10:23, NLT

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.

~ 2 Timothy 3:16, NLT

Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

~ 1 Chronicles 16:24, NLT

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

~ Psalm 118:24, NLT

Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,  the one who gains understanding.

~ Proverbs 3:13, NLT

In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

~ Colossians 2:3, NLT

Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success.

~ Proverbs 15:22, NLT

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

~ Philippians 3:8, NLT

Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

~ Proverbs 11:14, NLT

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

~ 1 Timothy 2:1, NLT |

The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.

~ Psalm 29:11, NLT

Respect everyone, and love your Christian brothers and sisters. Fear God, and respect the king.

~ 1 Peter 2:17, NLT |

A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit.

~ Proverbs 15:13, NLT

My Favorite Verses:

Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

Ephesians 4:29

Do you not know?  Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting   God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength   to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men   stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

~Isaiah 40:28-31

SCHOOL IS OUT, for me, MAY 24th!!!

I cannot wait!! I have made it through another year of school and have maintaianed an ‘A’ average!! Next year will be my last year before Highschool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, my dad is like a car expert and I, intern, also know a fair amount about cars.

I dare you to look up on google images some of my favorite, cool cars:

• Bugatti Veyron
• Mustang convertable
• 2012 Jaguar
• Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
• Lamborghini Gallardo
• 2013 Cadillac XTS

Hey!!! Can you all do me a favor by looking through my blog REALLY well and answer these questions about them?

• What were your first impressions of this blog?
• What captured your attention?
• What distracted you on the blog?
• What suggestions can you give me to improve my blog?

Here is an evaluation of my blog:

• How many posts did you write?

I have written 122 posts.

• How many were school based, your own interests or set by the challenge?

All of them fall under those categories.

• How many comments did you receive from classmates, teachers or overseas students?

 I have 96 comments.

• Which post received the most comments? Why do you think that happened?

My “A Bit About Me” page got the most comments (14).  I think this got the most comments because it is a common place to visit and I reccomended it many times.

• Which post did you enjoy writing the most and why?

I most enjoyed writing my “A Bit About Me” page.  I really got to express myself and share about my experiences.

• Did you change blog themes at all and why?

I changed my theme once  just to change things around after a while.

• How many widgets do you have? Do you think this is too many or not enough?

I have 18 widgets.  I have a double sidbar so it isn’t so much, I guess.  There are no pointless ones on it so oI think that is is not too many.

• How many overseas students do you have on your blogroll?

I have 9 over seas blogs on my blogroll.

Did anyone see the Giants and Diamondbacks game last night? It was really good! THE D-BACKS WON!!!!! And I was there!!!!! We got there lase because last minute someone offered us free tickets!!! I enjoyed the game for the most part (I was reading my book for the 7-8th innings).  Afterward there were BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS and then a GRAND GREAT BIG ENDING!! However the best part was the David Crowder Band Concert!!!! We thought that the tickets let us go one the field to go and get up close (VIP passes), but they apartently didn’t.   So we sat real close.  THEN, someone offered us the VIP passes!!!! WE got on the field!! I worked my way all the way up to the front and had a WONDERFUL time of worship and praise.  The concert was fantastic.  I new most of the songs (I am a big fan).  I did not know one song (which is now my new favorite song) called After All (Holy):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXElUPuIDTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaXZQpHVIxs&feature=related

I got home at 12:06.

ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE . . . . . . .

You think English is easy??

I think a retired English teacher was bored. 
THIS IS GREAT!  Read all the way
to the end…..  This took a lot of work
to put together!

1)The bandage was wound around the wound.

2)The farm was used to produce produce.

3)The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4)We must polish the Polish furniture.

5)He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6)The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7)Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the
present.

8)A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9)When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10)I did not object to the object.

11)The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12)There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13)They were too close to the door to close it.

14)The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15)A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16)To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17)The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18)Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..

19)I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20)How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

 Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in
hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t
invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while
sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if
we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings
are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and
hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of
booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a
bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should
be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people
recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy
are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which
your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling
it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the
human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars
are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’?

You lovers of the English language
might enjoy this . . . . . .

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter
word, and that is ‘UP.’

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but
when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?

Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the
secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends.

And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers
and clean UP the kitchen.

We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning.

People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP
excuses.

To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of ‘UP’, look up the word ‘UP’ in the
dictionary.

In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to
about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.

It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with
a hundred or more

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.

When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so…….it is
time to shut UP!

Now it’s UP to you what you do with this post.

When I googled my nicknames, I found VERY few things that where actually me.  In fact, the only thing that came up that was really me was my blog.  So, currently I don’t have as big of a carbon footprint as some people because I am not on facebook, Twitter, Myspace, or large things like that.

When I join websites, I rarely give my email, never give my real name, and never give out any real information to protect my identity.  If the question is required, then I make something up.  I have joined Howrse, castle empire, survey monkey, edublogs, bella sara, zoomumba, and a few other websites.

If people say I’m strange, does that make me a stranger?