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today is hot :P. around 85 degrees, tomorrow is supposed to be 90, and monday 92. besides being off of school, i don't really enjoy summer that much.... but anyway, i went grocery shopping with my mom this morning, and bought a supply of those beef stick things. i need them every once in a while . later we'll head out to cleveland, tonight is the last night the drummer, in my bro's worship band, will be able to play with them. he goes to college next month and it'll be pretty boring without him around ... on thursday i finally asked my dad to get my bro's old bike out of the garage. he had it behind his old bug car and i could never reach it. so i've been riding it around a lot. i forgot how much fun it is .

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still hot, even worse today. i went to church with my bro this week, and i like it there, and i like it at the church in cleveland, but i never really seem to feel comfortable wherever i go. i guess that might just be my age right now. i'm starting to try to "fit in" lately, and i wish i didn't because it just seems to bother me more.... but, i went to the mall with my mom this afternoon, and found a Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends t-shirt! i love that show . and then i just hung out and watched tv with my family in front of the fan all evening.

[fenderguy962]

Hey Bethany. How be is you is lately?


When are you guys starting school again?

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Originally Posted by fenderguy962

Hey Bethany. How be is you is lately?


When are you guys starting school again?

myself be is pretty good. i'm not starting back til Labor Day week! a lot later than last year.

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so yesterday was my sister's 11th birthday. we went to my cousin's house and had cake and ice cream. it was unbearably humid and it took forever to cool off after we went bike riding. then my grandparents came over in the evening and we had this frozen dessert thing that my mom makes. it's hot again today, i just rode my bike around the yard and am still sweating.... but i got this newsboys dvd for, get this, 1 penny at family christian stores the other day! i like the newsboys, preferably '94-'02, but i've listened to all their newer stuff and figured why not. so i watched it and pulled out my other dvds and watched the one from '99. they're fun to see live, but i still like their old stuff better. i'm now going to find some way to cool myself off.

[JerRocks2day]

I used to like the Newsboys alot too. But I got bored of them since they've started their newer stuff. If I were to have a def fav., it would be 'I Got your Number.' I think I also have a vid of the band playing at Creation Fest of 99.

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Originally Posted by JerRocks2day

I used to like the Newsboys alot too. But I got bored of them since they've started their newer stuff. If I were to have a def fav., it would be 'I Got your Number.' I think I also have a vid of the band playing at Creation Fest of 99.

all my fav songs are either from Going Public, Take Me To Your Leader, or Step Up To The Microphone. i have the videos from the Shine and Thrive special editions, they're at the Rock Hall in Cleveland on the Thrive dvd, so that's my favorite one. when you're 12 and newsboys is the only thing you listen to you tend to buy anything they release . so, today i resume riding lessons at the horse boarding farm on the next street. i'm excited! and then we're going down to cleveland for church. my bro isn't playing this week, but my parents always go so i come along.

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so, on monday the modem on our computer crashed. i have had no internet connection since then. nothing very exciting has happened this week, i have been bored out of my mind most of the time. yesterday was fun, though. my dad took the day off and we went up to the Lorain County Fair. it's always fun to wander around through all the barns and advertising booths. we got to watch some hitch classes, horses pulling old fashioned wogons. the first ones only had a team of two horses, but later we watched the teams of six and eight. it was pretty awesome. then on the way home, we swung by a Best Buy and my dad bought a new modem. so here i am once again! also, my mom's sister's mother-in-law has been in the hospital all week, she's a really cute, tiny, old lady, but she's not doing well at all . my aunt doesn't deal with this kind of situation well, either, and i'm not sure exactly how my cousins are doing. we saw my aunt and one of my cousins (the one i jam with) yesterday morning, but he didn't say much. anybody who reads this, please pray for them!

[fenderguy962]

I'll pray for them.

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Originally Posted by fenderguy962

I'll pray for them.

thanks! i haven't heard anything from them, but i know they moved her last night. i just sat around today. my horse riding lessons were cancelled, so i busied myself finishing the crocheted zombie quad player for the drummer in my bro's worship band. this evening we went to downtown cleveland for church. it's quite interesting, but i'll have to explain more about that later.

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today is really quite boring. i'm doing laundry and watching tv. my mom and a friend went to go see my cousin's grandma, who's now in hospice care. she is not expected to live much longer .
i'm really not having a good time with church on saturdays and i really need to let this out to someone. on saturday nights there is pizza after the church service, and that attracts many neighborhood kids. these kids are pretty routy, and on an average saturday there can be up to 20 of them. my bro plays in one of the worship bands, so we always come early for him to practice, and the kids get there really early, so we started bringing basketballs and jump ropes for them to play with so they're not running all over the building. we've been doing this for a long time (even when my bro's band isn't playing) and we know most of the kids. note that most of them are the kind that likes to test those in charge to see what they can get away with. there are tantrums and fights between the kids regularly and it just starts to bug you a lot after a while. i don't know if it's just me, but when you tell someone not to do something and they look you in the eyes and do it anyway you tend to get more than a little angry with them. there are four of us and usually 10-15 of them before the service and it really overwhelms me sometimes. the last few weeks have been like that and i'm really really sick of it. i hate dealing with them every week, and i know my attitude isn't right, but i don't really care anymore. last summer i babysat a couple kids like that and i had some of the worst experiances in my life dealing with them.

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my cousin's grandma died monday afternoon. he was at my house all day yesterday while his parents made funeral and other arrangments. this afternoon my family will be going up to the funeral home (not something i'm exactly looking forward to) and the funeral is tomorrow. the week is sure turning out differently than i thought it would.

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my oldest sister called this afternoon and she's pregnant!!! this will be my 4th neice or nephew!! i'm so excited!

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today went ok, as good as a funeral can be. the long part was that the cemetary is like 45 min away and with a line of 14 cars it takes a LOT longer. it was good, though, funerals really make you think. we didn't get home til 4 and then i crashed for an hour. tomorrow is going to be so boring compared to the rest of this week! we are having my mom's relatives over on Labor Day, so we have to clean the entire house this weekend. i don't know half of the people coming, so it'll be different.

[fenderguy962]

Hey hey! whats up?