JULY 8th TO JULY 16TH

thursday- all in all, today was okay. mom woke me up around 10:30. said she'd take me to the beach to meet up wit the girlies after my ortho opp. i ate pudding and ring dings for breakfast, woo. so we went, he fixed my wire and tightened the braces. then me and mommy went to the beach. layed and tanned for a while. waited for the girls. elena, jenna, and sky came, and we went to go eat. i got some ice cream. i went back and went in the water wit mommy, then went in wit the girls. it was freezing, but i could handle it =). the water was sooo clear. it was b-e-a-u-tiful. (yeaa watched bruce almighty for the 1st time today) so then we went and layed down. then i left wit mommy b/c i wanted to come home and see the beltrani's! they we're coming home today! i didn't think they were coming home till the 3rd!!! =) i was sooo happy. so i came home, took a shower, and went over to look at pictures. they were sooo cute. i missed the b's =( so then we went out to dinner to the diner and heard all the stories. jenn looks black and mrs. b is RED. and jimbo just looks jamacian. aww. so i came home and gary picked me up. i was headed for a fun-filled evening. i was determined to have a good night wit the girls and make then have fun. but nooope. we made a fort, so that was cool and i let them eat snacks in jessica's room even though they're not supposed to. then stephanie was being mean to me and jessica. so they fought all night and i fought with them. they finally went to bed at 11, and i watched tvee until gary came home. came home, went online, did the usual lizzy mcguire, boy meets world then sleep. goodnight <3

friday- did nothing all day, like usual. then at like 7ish.. we get hit with like this horrible storm. the sky turned orange and the wind was like 904805983 mph. and it starts pouring, then hailing. and its thundering and lighting. and danielle goes 'did you hear that?' and im like 'yeah it was a loud one' shes like 'no i think something fell' so were looking around, cant find anything. so it was a very intense storm that lasted like 10 min. then jimbo calls and is like 'you guys ok? that was rough. hey, i think there is a tree on your house' so me and danielle were flipping out. but it all turned out ok besides the fact that the gutters were falling down and one of the vents is broken. so we got ready and headed off to rachel & liz's house. partaaayed hard all night with them for lizzys 16th birthday! =) had some 'birthday juice' aka malibu = my god. went in the pool... woww good times. guys across the street : 'hey look, a beach party!' danielle : 'yeaaa a malibu beach party.' haha. so then i locked the door, and liz had the climb through the basement window head first and a little tipsty, not a good combo. so they passed out and i was up for like another hour. night <33

saturday- we woke up and me nellie and liz went to the beach. had a really good day with all the people around us speaking different languages. then we went to mcdonals and my lizzy called me to tell me that she landed in the airport so everything was good. we went back to liz and rachels house, ate lunch, me and nellie passed out, then we went down to the boat and met up with mommy. then went to the ground round for dinner. then back home to pick up rachel, and headed to the carnival. got there, bough bracelets and went on the zipper. felt too sick to go on anything else so we wanted to sell our 25$ bracelets that we didnt use. so me and liz walked around for literally and hour and 1/2 trying to sell them. yeahh that didnt work. so we watched the fireworks and went on another ride. then got some food and headed home. prob just hung around wit danielle, then sleep <3 good night.

sunday, 4th of July- woke up, got ready, picked up kerri and LIZZY and went to the bagle place. ate and chatted, then dropped kerri off. headed to the boat. stopped at king kullen. then we were off to aunt nancys boat. went wit aunt nancy, daddy, nellie and liz. went to the middle of the bay. me and liz caught star fish <3 then danielle came in and we chilled on the sandbar. went on the boat, ate food, chatted, napped. came home, showered and stuff. then me and liz rode to meet up wit kerri, pat, matt, james, erin and sarah. we talked for a little, then me and liz left. then did something =) theeeen we went home. lol. chilled wit the beltrani's and my fam. then we went outside and watched fireworks and looked at the stars. then we walked to liana's so that they could say hii. it was a year since theyve seen each other so they ran down the street wit their arms open and lee cried! it was soo cute. so we talked outside for an hour, then came home around 11ish. went in the pool wit liz, rachel, danielle, jenn and jimbo. woo. tried to watch maid in manhattan, but fell asleep.

monday-- woke up and ate french toast. got ready, and headed out to kerris to pick up her and pat. then picked up dennis and headed to mandee's. interesting. we hadda get a present for april. dennis bought her slippers? yeahh. then we went to subway and ate. yummy. rode around smithtown, then came home. got ready and me and liz went to shannon's. chilled wit her and her cousin ashely for a while. then met up wit christie to say hello. it was fun. then we washed our hair in shannons sink and got ready. then went to friendly's wit the gang. pat, kerri, elena, shannon, ashely, keri, liana and of course me and liz. lol. we ate food and talkeddd. stayed there for like 3 hours. then me liana keri liz and pat brought kerri to the cemetery to see nicole biando. then decided to walk the whole 3 miles home. no fun. we saw dennis and brian at one point on our long journey. cought fireflies and talked. then we left. got home to kerri's around 9:30? so basically we chilled all night. had one of the best nights ever wit lizzy, kerri, pat and james. laughed non-stop. played twister, pictionary, and EGYPTIAN WAR. omg that game is just so intense. wewatched kerri and krissys movie. then full house for like 2 hours. me and kerri cried, wo0p. then liz asked me to not let her fall asleep. so i didn't, and she SLAPPED me! so we had a really intense slapping fight for a good 5 min. and the 3 of them sat there laughing at us!!!! we brought kerri around the house to show her nothing is scary... and we opened the basment door and the cat goes 'meow' and the 5 of us SCREAM and RAN upstairs. that was AFTER we had the domino effect and all fell on the floor. hahahaa. sang 'ocean ave' all night. because we would 'sleep all day and stay up alll niiiiight' awwww. we tried to watch the sunrise, but it was cloudy. so we say int he midd. of the street at 5am. then decided to take a little nap at 6:30 and sleep for 10 min.

tuesday- later on at 8:15 liana and kaela b/c we were supposed to be at kay's at 8. dont ask. big problems. so me and liz walked ALL the way to my house at 8:30am with ALLLLLLL of liz's stuff. yeahh 2 weeks worth of clothes. no fun. so we get home all pissed, got ready, made lunch and walked to liana's. then we went to the beach wit liana, kaela, keri, mrs. visser and hanah. it was a good day, it was beautiful. we burried liz and kay. good times. swam all day. i love those girls <33 so we came home around 4ish. showered and all. then went back to kerris house b/c when we left her this morning she was too upset. called lee and told her we couldnt sleep over, which didnt end well. so we played anoter round of egyptian war, and went home and fought wit kay and lee for a while. not a good day. so we went over to lees for an hour, walked to baskin robins then hung out in lees room. came home around 10ish, and chilled. we made 'bfflta' t-shirts and crashed at like 12. night <33

wednesday- woke up around 7ish? got ready, and headed to splish splash wit nellie and jenn. drove all the way there.. got there and got the 1st parking lot. w0op. went in, got a locker, waited for it to open, had the 3...2...1... countdown and then RAN! had such a great day. waited on no lines so we went on every ride within an hour. then did everything again. we waited on the line for 'the dragaon' for a good 45 min. played the 'i'm going on a picknick' game. that was intense. had a really good day. went in the car, ate lunch, went back out for some fun. i won a stuffed animal from this game i didnt wanna play, but i played b/c nellie and liz really wanted to. and i won =) muahaha. so they got beads, what losers. me and liz got our dippin' dots (its a tradition) and we left around 3ish? drove to liz's aunts house. she didnt see.. but i was like crying the whole way there. we went inside for a few min, say her brother and john karl there, said hii to the family and left. had to say goodbye to my bfflta till novemeber =( i started to cry. liz gave me her beads. and then we left. then i cried the whole way home. got home.. passed out on the couch, literally. jenn came knocking at the door around 5:30 b/c we were supposed to leave for the pool party. me and danielle were both asleep. so we went to the pool party at kristen and laurens. was still pretty upset, but being with my fav. people always makes it better =) the entire youth group played volleyball, so that was cool. then we ate some food. played a REALLY intense, 10 min, can game wit nellie, katie, rachel, erik, dan, quinn, and jenn. whoaaa. erik is 'one handed stroke' haha dont ask. so then i went in the pool wit quinn and katie. got out, had the reg. bible study. and one question was 'what do your parents tell you about the day you were born?' and katie goes 'that i was a mistake' what a horrible girl. hahaha. so we chilled, left around 10. danielle threw her keys at my head, no fun. dont really remember anything else.

thursday- dont remember. probably went to church? then choir after?

friday- dont remember either. cool huh? ooo i lied. at about 1:30 in the morning i decided to read kerri's journal from a few days ago. find out that kerri was going to liz's cousins wedding!!! raaaaa. i started flipping out and literally just speed walking around my house trying to figure out what to do. so i send them each about 4058990435 text messages. left a very not nice voicemail =/ ... talked to phil (thanks a bunch for everything) and just went to bed b/c i was so angry.

saturday- worked everything out wit kerri that morning. then had the greatest carwash everr. got there around 10, and it was the orlando crew <33 staneck came for a few min. we washed cars, and layed around. went inside and ate some pizza. then, towards the end, we had the anticipated water fight. it all started wit kristen and lauren... those donnelly girls. ahaha. so we all ended up being DRENCHED. anyone wanna play some spongeball? haha good times. it was the best carwash <33 dont remember what happened after i went home. i do remember fighting with liz though. ooo yeah and pat became one of my best friends <3333 he really amazes me.

sunday- dont remember either. ooo i lied. it was 7-11 yayy!! i went to the beach wit katie and nellie. took us an HOUR to get there. well actually.. just to get over the bridge. no fun. the water was BEAUTIFUL. it was so clear, so like tropicalish. layed out for a while. left around 3? came home and hung around. got jenn and jimbo to go get our free slurpee's from 7/11. get it july 11? 7-11? free slurpees =) yayy.

monday- 1st day of VBS!!! =) yesssss. my favorite week of the year. i was teaching with rachel, w0op. so we set up the classroom, and the kids came. we didn't really like them. so our schedual was opening--> music --> assembly --> art --> lunch --> lesson --> snack --> recess --> go home. so basically i would leave the kids from opening to lunch and chill the the rec crew =) rec crew includes : amy. kaite. quinn. alec. meagan. peter. sparky (aka mark). and thats about it. haha. but eddie still counted b/c he was out there as much as i was. occasionally i saw staneck. so 1st day went okay. oo and jeff was there.. havnt seen him in a long time. went home, and had an absolutely terrible night. was supposed to go visit elena b/c i didnt get to see her. but got into a huge fight wit both my parents and just literally layed in my room and cried for a good 2 hours. got nice voice mails from kaite and amy, i love you guys.

tuesday- chilled wit everyone before the kids got there. they set up the bouncer INSIDE b/c it was raining. what other church would have a HUGE blow up bouncher inside? OURS! =) so that was awesome, chilled on that all day. went to rachels after and chilled wit her and liz. made dinner. we were gunna go to the movies, but that didnt work out. went to buy lotto tickets wit rach? i made fun of her b/c who buys lotto tickets? turns out i won her 10 bucks =) do we cashed that in and got 5 more. then i won her 2 bucks =) and she let me keep those. wo0o0op. then we went to the trinity softball game. cheered the guys on. played wit kellys weird dragon pet and the snakes. yayy. then we all dragged ourselves back to the church for choir practice. no one knew anything. way to go. nellie took me home.

wednesday- 3rd day of vbs. ready to be shot. kids were driving me crazy. 3rd graders dont like to listen. chilled wit the rec crew. found the love of my life, aka alfalfa. it was crazy hair day. after vbs i went to katies. she drove me to the school, wanted to crap my pants. but dont worry... her mom was in the car or else i WOULDNT have gone in. haha. opps. we went to her aunts house a little, then back to hers. chilled online, i watched her swim, then we went and got ready to go to the quinn's for the partayy. walked there from katies house. figured out that we were an hour early b/c the walk was quicker than we thought and her house clock was 15 min. fast. go us. so we looked at them all through the fense for a while.. haha. meagan was weeding, dan was mowing the lawn, matt was using the leaf blower and timmy was jst there. idk where bridget was. so katie and i helped. i skimmed the pool and washed the tables. did the ice and got soda. good time. then i talked wit meagan for a long time. then everyone started coming. had a really good time. katie pansted danielle.. greatest moment of my life. then all the guys tried to throw bocc in the pool.. didn't work. then alec.. didnt work. then they got eddie in.. finally.  so talked wit everyone.. had a good time. then it started to rain so i went inside and played disney charades wit nellie rachel meagan bridget quinn dan ross and katie. good times. then EVERYONE come downstairs and had a quick bible study. there were like at least 65 people there. then we played some more downstairs. then went upstairs and played uno wit quinn, ross, katie, nellie, rachel, kristen, lauren, greybes erik and meagan. good times. staneck was 'the bartendor' loser. then we hadda leave. went home, chilled a little then went to sleep.

thursday- VBS again. had an AMAZING obsticle course thing. omg so much fun. so we ditched the kids and played outside wit the rec crew. soooo much fun. i went threw like 6 times in a row. wow. it was awesome. got tired, hadda go get the kids. ditched them again and went back outside. sat at the bottom of the slide part wit pete, amy and rachel. watched all the kids fall flat on their faces. got too hot, so we went inside. brought the kids to lunch. we were inside for maybe 3 min and britt, alec, sparky and pete come running in and SCREAMING. caleb (staneck and alec's little brother) had dove into the back of vito's head and got a nose bleed. i have never seen so much blood in my life. the poor kid =( so they locked him in the kitchen and cleaned him up. i talked to him after and he looked so scared =(. so then me and rachel brought the kids up to the room. taught the kids their lesson for the day. then brought them to recess. they loved the blow up thing. i mean who wouldnt? lol. chilled on the thing wit pete, quinn, amy, katie, alec, meagan, sam, ross, dan, greybes, rachel and sparky. then of course mrs. seibert screamed her head off at them all 'for being too rough with the kids' yikes. that wasnt good. then she said she was leaving, fought wit bonnie then left. so that was that day of vbs. went to rachels after. chilled wit her and liz. ate some dinner, then i passed out on the couch for a while. rachel talked on the phone wit her new roomate and i watched liz lay in the pool. lol. then i took a shower, and got ready for the play!! yes i believe! woo0pp. we did soooo good. good job rachel, nellie, katie, rachel, elaine, meagan, kelly, chrissy, quinn, greybes and jimmy!!  so we did that durning service. then all of us minus rachel and elaine went out to applebees <3 had a good time. then katie and i went back to sleepover at amy's. alex and taylor were there for like 5 min then had to leave. so i basically sat on the couch and laughed with katie for a really long time. then she passed out, then i passed out. amy woke me up and go me set in the pullout couch. so we went to bed.

friday- woke up, showered, got ready, and went to the last day of vbs <3 walked around, talked wit people, ate lots of food wit amy. yeahhh. did the usual rutine. ditched the kids and went outside to the petting zoo <3 that was fun. watched the boys play ultimate frizbee. did the usual. had a party wit the kids.. took pictures. rachel yelled at my james so he wouldnt talk to me all day =( i was so upset. lol. yeah. so after vbs, i went back to amy's wit her cousin amanda. cute little girl. 1st ray (aka mr. hereth aka amys dad ) took us to 7/11. so we got back to her house and watched beauty and the beast <33 then we printed out a ton of pictures from my camera on her digital printer thing. it was awesome. yeah. ray made us dinner.. we got ready and then headed off to the closing ceremony <3 i was locked in a room wit my kids for an hour meanwhile all my friends are getting to run around the church. no fair. so the kids sang, blah blah blah. said goodbye to them all <3 then hung wit the rec crew. went downstairs and listened to sparky play the piano. he sings too! it was amazing. i was down there for a while wit amy, katie, sparky, quinn, ross, alec and meagan. good times. then i hadda leave. goodbye vbs 04! <3 so i went home for the 1st time since wed. fun huh? yeah so i chilled and stuff. yup.