Stop this Train

I am playing a sad, sad game. I keep reminding myself of all the last times I will do such and such a thing. It is so disheartening! I go to Young Women's in Excellence and think to myself this is my final one. I get reminded that I have participated in my last Young Women's camps. I don't get to be the loudest, weirdest girl on a mountain. Thanksgiving rolled around. I watched my family come from various places to return home. This is my last year of being at home. Christmas just might break me! I know I will return. Except that concept is hard for me to grasp. I was always the little sister Emma who was always excited by the fact her family was coming back home and now I am one of the ones to leave and just occasionaly return.
And I don't want to leave.
-Emma.
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Well I posted a long post. But on the wrong blog! WeAreHisHands now has my story of how Mariah moved me....
oops.
Emma! The mistake maker... haha
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AP Calc

Background information:

So if I remember correctly, Emma and I have a plan to take an Adventure Time board I painted (it says 'mathematical!' on it) to my AP Calc class someday and just leave it there.

My math teacher has us draw many different things throughout the week on our assignments. On the review we always draw ourselves getting an A.

So this time I drew Finn and Jake holding a paper-- my test! Then I remembered I can't leave it there because Mr. Mathness might connect pieces! Ugh! :-)

So I figure posting it online is the next best thing. This is the clue Mr. Math, in case you ever see this!

--Secret Agent Strontium

Capaz

Today my lovely niece came over. We played many games, among which are such games as doctor, house, and play dough. That girl is so fun. She could keep going forever though.

We got to see the Muppet Movie, which was downright hilarious! It's hard for me to get into movies and just laugh. Well, not for this one! I loved it. Lyv and I both loved Miss Piggy and Beaker.

Afterwards we went to our local Christmas village. When we got out of the car I heard Christmas music! I made my sister and my niece stop. I said, "what is this?" After we had listened for a sufficient amount of time I said, "It sounds like Christmas cheer!" it was cheesey but true! We're trying to get Lyv to write Santa. So far it's sounding like too much work to her.

CHRISTMAS!!! I love it. The season of Elf, egg nog, snow, service, love, and the Spirit of Christ.

Well happy holidays, y'all!!

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Hello, readers, how goes it? That's so sad, I am sorry to hear that. You have a cold? Oh, sadness. That'd be weird if you really do have a cold, by the way. Whoa, I must be psychic. Not psycho!

So this Sunday has been a really good one. I felt impressed (or shoved; ok, I'll listen, Heavenly Father! :) ) to seriously read and ponder the Book of Mormon. I read about it in last month's Ensign and I listened to a few talks on it. I just keep feeling it is what I need to do. I feel that as I do this, I will not be so stressed with life and the future. I feel like I will be strengthened in so many ways, and that I will be of better service to the Lord.

I also learned about having an orderly life. This really struck home. How often do I procrastinate assignments, leave my room a mess, or push pressing situations to the side? Answer: often. I though today of how God's church is a church of order. If I want to be more like Him, which I do, living a more orderly life is one way of getting closer to accomplishing that goal.

Well, I hope your day was magical. :)

Love,

Mariah

Heebie-Jeebies Cat's Pajamas

Don't mind this post. It is for my own convince. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOVFfVv2yNk

Yay For the Little Life Changing Moments

GUESS WHAT?!?! If rumor is to be true THE HUNGER GAMES TRAILER WILL BE RELEASED MONDAY!!!! Before Twilight comes out! Yep, that's right. MY LIFE IS HAPPY AGAIN!
--Emma!
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गुप्त संदेश. हैरी पॉटर!

So, this morning was pretty uneventful.

Except for the fact I accidentally wore two different shoes to school today. I had been trying on these shoes to see which ones I liked best with my outfit. I thought, I will just brush my teeth real fast and then check them out.

I brushed my teeth, ran my fingers through my hair, and looked around to see if I forgot anything. Nope! I walked out the door, got in Ems’ car, and went to Seminary Devotional. So far no one had noticed. I hadn’t noticed.

So we get into the Seminary building and are just about to sing the hymn, when Polly (name changed for security reasons. Yes, I respect privacy), trying her best to be kind, hesitantly said, “Mariah… Do you know you’re wearing two different shoes?” I looked down, realized my error and looked back at Polly. “Why, yes, I do.” After the hymn I laughed and told her how I must have forgotten this morning.

I felt the need to tell Emma. We were just about to reach the doors when I said, “Emma, I need to tell you something.”

“Uh huh!”

“So this morning I tried on two different shoes to see which ones I liked better.”

She looked down, and I saw her eyes widen with shock, her mouth shaping a small ‘o’. "She gasped, and we immediately started laughing. We had to stop to take a picture.

 

Only five people the whole day said something.

HAHAHAHAHA! Gotta love those days. Gotta love friends who make everything awesome!

Love,

Mariah

P.S. This happened and was written yesterday, but I posted it this morning, :)

THIS IS GETTING EXCITING!!! :D

So.... the anticipated official full length movie trailer is reportedly going to come out "very soon"! That makes Emma so very happy! It will be approx 2 minutes and 30 seconds! That is more than twice as long as the teaser!!!!!!!!! And Peeta may be in it!!!!! AND AHHHHH!!!!

But then:

Sad news.... People believe that it will be screening first on the new Twilight movie. WAY TO RUIN MY HAPPINESS!!! WHY TWILIGHT?!?! C'mon. I would have taken so many more options over Twilight. I don't want The Hunger Games touching anything Twilight. Blah!
--Emma. Who wants to be so super duper excited about this but is nauseated by the whole Twilight having the privilege of having the trailer. That means all those Twilight people get to see it before me.....!!!!! NOEGJD:OGJ WELJBGDLGH EOPGJ DJBG :((
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Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Greetings from Emma!

Its my senior year... It feels so different being the oldest. But fun! I love being that kinda mentor person. Well this years has definitely been unique! I am currently in four clubs! Clubs have become my new favorite things. They ARE SO MUCH FUN! I suggest finding clubs as soon as you can. Friends, fun, and random activities to make your life not so dreary.

This morning I convinced to wake myself up at seven. Even though I had stayed up so very late to celebrate the first snow fall by watching Elf! Traditions are splendid. Back to my point.... I woke up and made myself get out of my perfectly warm and comfy bed. I got ready to go help with Jog for Joplin. I wasn't sure if they needed my help for sure because I was assigned to send thank you notes. But I wanted to be a part of the experience and I'm sure there must have been some job for me to do. My wonderful sissy Amy was going to run. She try to talk me into doing the 5k but I refused. Well that is until I some how signed up! So my friend Shanda and I without any planning before hand entered ourselves into the 5k!

I take you back to when I was 12. Or 11.... Hmm... Well anyways the county fair was having their annual 5k walk. 5k is equivalent to 3.1 miles, you know. Well 3.1 miles should not be a problem for a youngster. Unless if you are wimpy like... well... like I was. Haha. I think I made it 3/5 of the way. Sat down. Cried. Refused to go on. Yep. Haha. My mom who was 50 at the time was able to do it. My cousin my age did it with out a problem. But I was throwing a fit saying life was just too hard. So I carried this experience with me. I hadn't tried to participate in another 5k since then.

My sister is awesome! Just last year she began running. I never understood why people even ran. To me running=pain and pain=no fun. So I kinda thought runners were crazy people who liked not having fun... haha. But my sister had me start running. Some days were very hard. I would come home very exhausted and not happy with how I did. I was seeing the running=pain=no fun side. But as the weeks continued I started seeing more of the puzzle. Running makes you see the world differently. The sky becomes more noticeable, your usual thoughts seem to disappear, new ideas start tossing and turning in your head. The grass is greener and the ground isn't just a place that you place your feet. The ground is so much more. It is made of steps you are about to take. It is made of goals you are going to reach. It is made of all the destinations you are going to pass that you never thought you would see. The road is the destination and the reward is being there. I could now see why people run.

Then school started. Yep that can explain it if you know me. I stopped running, I conveniently forgot that I had a 7th class I needed to do... Fit for Life. I let myself forget I was preparing to run a 5k in October. School became my days. My sister would try to remind me of my 5k goal. I would pretend she was just joking even though she was serious. Running just wasn't my focus at that time.

Okay this story is becoming way too long. SO I will try to make it short storied. I join Key Club this year! Yay another club. Key Club had this awesome plan to host a 5k to raise money for Joplin Missouri to help with those who recently lost homes to a tornado. I thought it was such a great movement to be participating with. I wanted my sister to run but I in no way thought I could do it myself. The tought of wimpy 12 year old Emma who thought that past 5k was so hard kept on reminding me of my doubts. Plus I hadn't given running more than a moment of thought this whole school year. My sister pushed and pushed. I denied and denied. I used the lame excuse but sorta legitimate reason that my recent knee injury just kept me from participating. This is still rather long, sorry!

Well in the end I did it! Some people ahead of us took a short cut but I was determined to finish. To show myself I am not the 12 year old Emma. I'm the prove myself awesome Emma! :) I'm excited now! I feel like I can do so much more. That's another thing running does. It gives you clearer perspective and proves yourself so much stronger than you thought.

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Best part? I really hadn't planned on participating so I was wearing my purple sparkly converse!

Small Hinges, Small Choices

“Have you ever looked at one of those 16-foot farm gates? When it is opened, it swings very wide. The end at the hinges moves ever so slightly, while out at the perimeter the movement is great. It is the little things upon which life turns that make the big difference in our lives, my dear young friends.” --Gordon B. Hinckley, A Prophet's Counsel and Prayer for Youth, Ensign, Jan 2001

Throughout our days, weeks, months, years, and very lives, we are bombarded with choices. Some are very big choices, such as which College to attend, or who to choose as an eternal companion. Some seem comparatively small, such as what to wear to school, or whether or not to study for that test tomorrow.

And yet these very choices are fundamental to personal growth and development. One day of missing scripture study might not hurt you that bad, right? Well, maybe not, but that choice will. Every choice we make influences the rest of our choices. Do you think that you could be more prone to making that decision again, and then again, if you will only do it once? I know I have felt that way about many things. Let’s make the decision today about what we will and will not do.

A small helm can lead a big ship, my friends. If you feel like you are making those small decisions everyday without being accountable or making a difference, please remember that you are. Your decisions today make you who you are tomorrow. What you did yesterday made you who you are today.

--Mariah

HAHAHA

"THAT"S WHY COWBOYS WEAR HATS!!!"

Just a fun ole' memory.
--Emma
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