I have definately spent the whole day researching Native Americans in California and the cultural genocide they faced. It's interesting how their extermination/assimilation was such a prominent characteristic of the Gold Rush, yet hardly any of us know about it. I've grown a new respect for them, and can't read a western novel with the same ( Read more... )

I'm doing a fair share of traveling this summer ( Read more... )

I don't know why I can't get pumped about The Family Vacation. I was originally... when we were talking about going to Mexico. I haven't been there since middle school and I only saw it for a day (cruise stop). The prospect of laying out in the sun and reading sounds so good. And I could speak spanish, which I love. And we probably would have ( Read more... )

my fav song from rainbow ( Read more... )

So I can put my hair in a wimpy pony tail now..which dissapoints me because that means I've been too lazy to keep it at the originally-shorter length. A cut will hopefully happen sometime over break though ( Read more... )

yay lol!

Which Disney Princess Are You?
Belle
You are bookish but incredibly pretty. Belle was first seen in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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I found this prayer/adivce/poem booklet at my great aunt ethel's after she died.  I'd completely forgot about it until today.  There are two poems in it that I really like:

Before It Is Too Late
If you have a tender message,
Or a loving word to say,
Do not wait till you forget it,
But whisper it today;
The tender word unspoken,
The letter never sent,
The ( Read more... )

Yea...I sure can make a mess of things...but rhyming is fun and it prevents me from math ( Read more... )

Yesterday, when I was babysitting, 8 deer stopped on the front lawn! Their dog started barking, so they all looked at us in the window...and I made eye contact with one..and he winked at me! lol

;)

Scientifically speaking, he just blinked one eye...

but, I know it was a wink

sweet! haha

Happy New Year!

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This has been a really good month for me! I'm so excited for Christmas! I just watched the charlie brown special, and you can't help but be happy. And emily comes into town on Tuesday ( Read more... )