Christmas Vacation!

Today, I officially received my permit because I completed my 10 hours of driving. :) I'm really happy.

Christmas vacation starts tonight so I won't  be blogging for awhile. Abbey just got home from college! :D We're about to watch Elf. Tomorrow, I'm going ice skating for the first time ever.

Farewell for now! Have a merry Christmas!

PERMIT!

Last night, I received a 90 on my permit test! :D I also got a 95 on my homework, and a 90 for my over all test average on the practice tests we took. I'm pretty satisfied. Billy got a 98 on his permit test. :) We can't get our permits until we drive one more time on Friday with our instructor.

Later this afternoon, I am going to Meti's house to help and have Mrs. Taylor teach me how to do Meti's and maybe Tigist's hair. I'm really excited! The Taylor's are such an awesome family! After we do hair, we are going to Bible study at the church!

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Tonight I take the test to get my permit! :D I'm pretty nervous but I'm also excited!

Last Sunday, we had a church Christmas party at the Almquist's house. It was really great! We laughed so much, ate delicious food, and sang Christmas songs and carols! Thank you for you wonderful hospitality, Almquist family!

Awhile back, we decorated the church and it snowed right as we were finishing. :)

Hot chocolate at the Road Side Cafe!

Christmas colors on my nails for the church Christmas party.

Don't forget the true meaning of CHRISTmas. :)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Saturday morning, I went with Shannon to drop Billy off at CMCC. Shannon and I went to Heidi's for breakfast. As I was finishing my breakfast sandwich, my classmates began to show up. Shannon left and once everyone arrived, Michelle (the owner of Heidi's) told us all about her starting the restaurant. We got to ask her some questions too. She is a really sweet lady! After about an hour or so, she let us go up and order a snack/sandwich. Mr. Morrison bought them all with the discount Michelle gave us! After we had gotten all our sandwichs, we walked over to the Marriott in next to Walmart. We used their conference room to discuss what we learned from Michelle. We also talked about all the little details in starting businesses, and business names. We got dismissed 15 minutes early. I waited for Shannon and Billy to picked me up and then we drove to the movie theater!

This is what you've been waiting to read about (well, maybe), Shannon, Billy, Sean, Allison, Dan, Peter (Dan's brother) and I went to see The Hobbit. It was brilliant and hilarious! :D I really enjoyed it! It was nearly 3 hours long but I don't think the movie dragged at all. One of my favorite quotes that Gandalf said was after Bilbo wished him a good morning, "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?. They did a really good job at the Dwarve's songs. Martin Freeman was the perfect person to play the younger Bilbo. His facial expressions, hand gestures, and the emotion he put into Bilbo were priceless.

After the movie was finished, I had to go home, get ready for work and then go to work. It was a good night at work!

Almost Finished With Drivers Ed!

I don't have much to blog about besides the fact I had Drivers Ed. class again last night. Billy and I drive with our instructor one more time on Monday. If the weather is really bad, we'll drive with him on Wednesday. Next Tuesday, we have about 2 1/2 chapters to go over and then we are taking the PERMIT TEST! I hope I pass!

Tomorrow morning, I have a YEA! field trip at Heidi's Brooklyn Deli. We're going there for an hour and then we are going to the Marriott to discuss our field trip and business names. Right after we get done class in the Marriott, Billy and Dan are going to pick me up and then we are going to the theater to see The Hobbit! :D  We're meeting Sean, Allison, and maybe a few other friends there. I'm super excited! Right after the movie I have to head home to go to work.

Non-stop Busy

Last Saturday, morning the Kidd family picked me up and we drove to the Wardwell's house for John's birthday party. Emily brought Millie and I inside. We met Mr. and Mrs. Wardwell, and Emily's friend Ruthie. Emily, Ruthie, Millie, and I "baked" a prank cake. We blew up a balloon and taped it to a cereal box and covered it in whipped cream and sprinkles. :) After we made that, we made peanut bars covered in melted chocolate. Emily made some hot chocolate and then Ruthie drove us and Emily's older sister to the Poland High School. We watched the guys play football in the rain for a little while and then we went back to the house because it was cold! Everyone that was playing football ended coming back too.

Mrs. Wardwell made some delicious macaroni and cheese with red hotdogs. After lunch the guys played Black Ops and other "shoot 'em up" video games. We had John cut the "cake" we made for him. It deflated. He thought it was funny and his friends were kind of disappointed. :) Then we brought down, by John's request, the peanut butter bars.

Mom and Dad came and picked me up soon after that. When I got home I did a few chores for Dad and then I got ready and left for work.

After work, Corrie came home with me. Millie and Kevin were sleeping over so we talked to them for awhile.

On Sunday, we had a good church service. Pastor Per preached on The Mystery of Marriage. 'Twas very good! :)

After church, Millie, Kevin, and Erin, helped us help Tim and Angie move into their new house in Poland. There were quite a few people from their church, Aunt Debbie and David, and Ralph, as well. It was fantastic! Loading up the moving truck took a little while but when we unloaded at the house, it only took about a half an hour! After we finished unloading the truck, we quickly said hello to Addie and Angie and then we left. We dropped Millie and Kevin off at the Crawford's house. Erin came back to our house and we baked cookies and then left for Home Group at the Taylor's house. That was fun! We had good fellowship and a good Bible study. Mrs. Taylor and I talked about hairstyling quite a bit. She does such a good job on her children's hair. I might help her do their hair over Christmas break.

On Monday, Billy and I drove with our instructor again. We did parallel parking for the first time. I didn't do very well though. :/ Monday night, I went to YEA! class. We did a little class discussion and then we worked on our business plans in the computer lab.

Tuesday morning, I did some school in the car while Mom and I drove to Poland to visit Angie, Gabe and Addie. We helped unpack a few boxes, cleaned a few dishes, played with Gabe and Addie, and talked quite a bit with Angie. It was really enjoyable. :) Tuesday night, we had driver's ed class for three hours.

On Wednesday, I drove with my instructor while Mom rode in the back seat. We drove around Lewiston for about 2 hours. It went pretty well. It only took me one try to parallel park this time! :D At the end of my two hours, we drove to the Roadside Cafe, where Billy was waiting. Billy, Mom, and our instructor went and drove for two hours while I sat in the cafe. I ordered Mac & Cheese for lunch. It was SO good and filling! It came with two grilled pieces of bread too. I also bought myself a hot chocolate. The owner of the bakery/cafe and I talked quite a bit because business was kind of slow and I was the only one there for awhile. She was really nice! I may get a summer job there.

12/12/12

I just wanted to post a blog post today because it's a very special day! It's the twelfth month, twelfth day of the month, and the year 2012! This is a very short blog post just to so I can prove that I lived on 12/12/12. :P It's rather silly but, I think it's cool.

I will have a much more interesting and longer blog post tomorrow! :)