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Note: I commented of Mary Huether's blog.

Important Lesson

Throughout my life, I have experienced so many events, which taught me different lessons in life. A couple years ago, my grandma was at her house, and she fell. She was ninety-two years old at the time, and she lived alone. I don't remember how my mom figured out that my grandma was in trouble, but she went to my grandma's house to help her. She then started experiencing many different troubles with her arm. She could not move her arm at all because it hurt too much. She couldn't walk very well, but she was still able to. Then, the next year, my grandmother moved in with us, and each of the children in my family had to care for her and get her everything she needed.

With many prayers, my grandma is back at her home, using a walker to walk. She is able to walk so much better and is doing a lot better. She has taught me so much about perseverance and strength. She has been such an inspiration, and has taught me many lessons in life.

Report Card

I have been doing pretty well with my grades this first quarter. The hardest subject for me this year would be geometry. I was so used to algebra from last year, and it's a weird change from algebra to geometry. They always say you are either an algebra person or geometry person, and I'm definitely an algebra person. However, I was able to keep my grade in that class up to an A. I know this because of the blackbaud system on the PND website. It allows us to see our grades and check them every so often. We can also see if we have any missing assignments to turn in. This is a very useful network because we can easily tell how our grades are doing, and our parents can check them as well. With the play going on, it is sometimes hard to find time to finish all my homework, but I have been doing a pretty good job with it fortunately. I have had two shows going on during my first quarter, so once the second show is over with, it will be easier to keep my grades up. I did well on my report card for the first quarter, and hopefully I can keep my grades up during the second, third, and fourth quarters.


Note: I commented on Maggie Clark's blog.

Thirty Things Before I Die

There are thirty really cool things I would like to do before I die. These include:
1. Perform on Broadway
2. Travel the world with Johnny Ho
3. Go to Ireland
4. Sing with Josh Groban
5. Learn to speak French fluently
6. Move to Paris, France
7. Go skydiving
8. Learn to ballroom dance - learn the tango!
9. Go to a ball dressed as a princess
10. Ride on a hippo
11. Ride in a hot air balloon
12. Climb Mount Everest (that would be so cool!)
13. Bungee jump 300 feet!!
14. Wish upon a shooting star
15. Teach a college class
16. Sing in an opera (haha)
17. Go to New York!
18. Send a message in a bottle that someone would find 100 years later
19. Figure out how to go back in time
20. Sing "Some Things Are Meant to Be" with my little sister for a million dollars and win!
21. Go to a music festival in another country
22. Ride on a dolphin with Annie, taking pictures at the same time
23. Go to Neverland with Peter Pan
24. Learn to fly
25. Ride my bike down Mount Everest
26. Find hidden treasure
27. Spend the night in a haunted house by myself
28. Sleep under the stars (without bugs)
29. Kiss the Blarney Stone upside down!
30. Ride in a zorb thing with HO!

Peoria Logo

Personally, I did not even know Peoria had a logo until we had to do this post. We had to go to http://www.logopeoria.com// and choose which logo we thought was the best. It is hard to decide between all these, but if I had to choose, I would choose Logo Number Seven (right). I have always liked old-fashioned pictures and places, and this picture is the perfect example of how Peoria came to be what it is today. It has its establishment, as well as a nice old building.

My second favorite logo would have to be logo number four (left). I like this one because it looks a lot like a ship and water. I like the colors and format of it, and I also think this would be a good logo that tells everyone we are Peoria.

Note: I commented on Seb's blog.

Halloween Costume

As unoriginal as this may be, my favorite halloween costume would have to be a witch. I know a lot of other people are usually witches for halloween, but that is the costume I have enjoyed using over and over again. One year, I had a black hat with green hair coming out of it. I put black lipstick on and made myself look creepy. About two years ago, I put on a witch hat, black lipstick, black nailpolish, and lots of eyeliner. I got my broom out and was ready to go trick-or-treating with my family and get all the candy I could possibly get!

Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of me in my witch costume. However, I have a picture of my whole family getting ready to go out and scare the little kids.

From left: John (as some creepy guy), Thomas (neighbor; burglar), Me (Bye Bye Birdie costume), Tommy (skeleton), and in the middle is Annie (mummy).

IPhoto Project

This week, we had to create an album on IPhoto. We each had to find objects or buildings that was in the shape of a letter and spell out our names. I thought this was a really fun project to do because it required a lot of creativity and thinking skills. We also had to put a few slides about us and what we liked to do. I had pictures of a flower, Winnie the Pooh, sheet music, music notes, and a piano, because I enjoy all those things. The only part I didn't like about this assignment was that the projects couldn't save, so you didn't know if your pictures would still be there or not. If they weren't there, you had to go back and do the whole thing over again. We ended up just saving all the pictures in our documents.

My project is now finished, and I already presented it to the class. It was a very fun project to work on, and I can't wait to see how everyone else did on theirs!

Note: I commented on Johnny Ho's blog.

Homecoming Newsletter Process

Well, I finished my newsletter! As stated in an earlier post, I wrote about homecoming week and all of its special days in which the students dress up differently. Mr. Erwin will have many amazing newsletters to choose from, and it would be really cool if he chose my group's. We have an awesome title page with a lot of pictures full of Irish spirit on it. We each chose very unique and creative topics that are worth being chosen. Now that we will be done with our newsletter, I can't wait to see what else is in store for us!

Physical Development

In addition to my intellectual and emotional goals, I also plan to improve physically. Notre Dame offers the chance to fulfill that. For the first two years of high school we have a physical education class, in which we do different activities. We warm up before each class by doing different physical exercises. We then play a game on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesdays and Thursdays are physical fitness days. Some days, we will be running a mile to build up our endurance and strength. I will be taking the class in the second quarter of this school year. At Notre Dame, we are also given the chance to partake in many different sports; I plan on doing track in the spring. I think it is cool that improving your physical development will also help with your intellectual and emotional development.