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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:28:11 GMT

I'm home from Jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IOWA- FLAT, EMPTY, BUT STILL VERY AMUSING

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:26:43 GMT

In Clear Lake City, me and the fireboy strike up conversation.

Out at the dock on Clear Lake (the Lake, this time). Hotter than blazes.

Dinner down by the river. Ahh, that hits the spot.

At the park, by the river. You wouldn't believe how fun those swings are.

Still at the park, Erik and I strike a pose.

End of the day, heading home over the river.

So, when I was in Iowa, a couple of weekends ago, I had a pretty fabulous time. Why did I go to Iowa? Well, my cousin Erik has been working down there all summer, and from what I could gather, was about to rip his eyeballs out from boredom. So, I went down and spent a weekend with him. All these pictures are from one afternoon/evening. We kept busy, and had a really good time. We stumbled across a carnival/fair, walked the length of Clear Lake City (which was almost completely deserted), got some food at the grocery store and ate by the river, went out for ice cream, and stayed up til three in the morning watching a movie and half a dozen Cosby Show episodes. Yup. It was fun. :D

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:51:10 GMT

I just re-realized that I will be voting for the next presidential candidate! *feels like squealing, but doesn't know how to squeal* Can you believe it?!?! I'm going to be 18 next year............No, it can't be so soon!! But it is! That means...I'm going to be 17 this year!! But I'm not done being 16, I've barely started!! I've still got about three months left, phew. Wow, time flies......and in two years I'll be starting college. *eyes glaze over* that's too soon that's too soon that's too soon ah!!!! it's just scary. *sighs* oh well, since I can't freeze time, I suppose I should embrace growing up!! *folds arms defiantly* oh heck, what am I saying.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:24:58 GMT

I got my permit today!!!! And, I drove out and about. Crossing highways, merging, yielding, stoplights, stopsigns, even a biker and some pedestrians. It was a very full drive. Ok, I'll admit, so I was a teensy bit swervy. Yeah yeah, I don't need to correct myself overly with the steering wheel, cause then,well, you know...

At one point *whispers*I kind of drifted off the road, *slightly* but dad warned me (note: I was looking over my shoulder, I can't multi-task in a car yet, not one iota.) and I swerved back into my lane. Some probably thought that I'd perhaps snuck one under the counter, or something, but honestly, I didn't. I was alcohol free, and honestly not a terrible driver.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:38:11 GMT

We raised approx. $2000 at the benefit concert. ;)

Monday, June 18, 2007

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:19:33 GMT

A Wandering Wind

Not content to stay in one place

It roams from land to land,

It whistles past the sun’s bright face,

And kisses the wave-washed sand.

It carries dandelion seeds

And fills the sailboat’s sails,

It bends down the boughs of trees

And sweeps the leaf-strewed trails.

The clouds ride upon its back,

It boils up the sea,

It investigates each hole and crack,

And billows clear and free.

Whenever it meets a wall,

Or comes upon a crag,

It skips right over, though it was tall,

And never tires or lags.

Oh what a life to live each day,

To see all everything

Never twice travel the same way,

Oh to be the wind.

by: Natalie Scholl

Monday, June 04, 2007

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:32:42 GMT

Hey! To everyone in the Minnesota area, (though if you're not, you can still come!) I am issuing an invitation to

JAMAICA 2007

ROBIN'S NEST CHILDREN'S HOME BENEFIT CONCERT

Natalie Scholl and Gary Sipes in Concert

Sunday June 24th, 2007 from 6:00-7:15 p.m.

Bethlehem Baptist Church, 720 13th Ave S, Minneapolist

Please join us for refreshments after the concert!

All donations to benefit Robin's Nest

My teacher and I are putting on a Benefit Concert for the Robin's Nest Children's Home in Jamaica. Donations are voluntary and everything goes directly to Robin's Nest. It will be used to buy things like diapers, deoderant, books, clothes, food, tools, supplies, and much much more. We are trying to raise a thousand dollars, because I have someone who will match up to a thousand dollars. Please come, even if you have nothing to give, I'd appreciate your support, plus it's going to be fun! ;) Bring friends family, anyone you can think of!! There will be refreshments after the concert.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:20:18 GMT

At the baccalaureate (sp?) service today, Pastor Piper said that his parents wrote in his bible (I think it was his graduation gift) "This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book." Wow, I thought, isn't it incredible? Summed up so simply and briefly. Absolutely true.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 18:08:49 GMT

A married couple was planning to go on vacation in Key West, Florida. The man went down first, while the wife was finishing up a business meeting in New York City. The husband arrived and decided to email his wife to tell her he arrived in Key West.

After he typed his message, he accidentally typed in the wrong email address. The email went to a woman who was grieving over her recently deceased husband. The grieving woman checked her email, read the man's letter, then passed out cold. Her daughter came in and looked at the computer screen. It read:

Honey,
This is your husband. I just wanted to tell you I got here OK, and I have all your bags checked in and ready for you to get here tonight so we can be together.

P.S. It sure is hot down here.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Sun, 20 May 2007 00:10:59 GMT

I saw a little article, more of a blip really, that was talking about America pretty much butting into other countrys' wars. Wars we have no business in. Shouldn't we focus on solely America's problems, and let other people do what they want? However, and I may be wrong, it seems to me like the people who talk about world peace, are also environmentalists. You know, you're part of the world, do your part to keep it clean. Shouldn't we do that politically as well as environmentally?

You can say it's none of our business, but that's like a mom watching her kids punch each others teeth out and not doing anything. She really shouldn't interfer with her kids choices, right? Now, I know this is a very flawed metaphor, but do you get the jist of what I'm saying? Also, and I know I'm kind of jumping from track to track here, but how are we supposed to save the earth, when we shouldn't save the earth? You can talk all you want about world peace, but sadly that'll never happen, at least, not until Christ comes back. We are humans, we sin, war will be present until we are perfect, which is definitively not now. How are we supposed to have perfect goverments and perfect government communication when we aren't perfect?

Please, how are we supposed to shut our eyes to poverty, death, AIDS, abuse, etc.. ? We can do everything in our power to promote world peace by avoiding the issues of other countries and keeping our eyes in our small portion of the world, but controversy and strife will eventually reach us if we try to avoid it or not. Now I am *not* saying, "Well, if war will reach us sooner or later, might as well dive in just for the heck of it right now!" I am saying, you can try to avoid, but it isn't possible! How can you in good conscience close your eyes to the ruin happening in other countries? We do many wonderful things like Feed the Children, and sending doctors into Africa, and giving food to the Iraqis, these things have an amazing impact on thousands of lives, sadly, this has not changed the fact that poverty, sickness, death, and cruelty live on. They are amazing programs, led by amazing people, but that still doesn't fix this broken world.

It will always have turmoil, and we cannot just sit back and say, "This world is a yucky, tangled, place, oh well!" We have to try and fix it! Which we are doing, but we do unfortunately have to take aggressive action! Ever heard the saying that once you've learned from the school of hard knocks you can't learn any other way? Some people are like that, and when some of those people are in power, it is disasterous.

People sacrifice their lives for what they believe, and so very often people's beliefs conflict. No matter who you are you believe in something, even if it's 'nothing'. If it is really the right belief, shouldn't we fight for it? We can say, "I promote world peace!" but then how can we sit back and let a country destroy itself? If we truely believe in world peace, and truly believe in freedom, then we have to fight for it! If we believe in liberty and justice for all, does that mean that 'all' only includes Americans? If so, then we should cross that out and put, "liberty and justice for all Americans". Think about it.

I've rather rambled all over, try to make some sense of it, and there are probably some holes in my arguments, if you see any, please tell me, as I am tired right now and am not going to be able to catch everything. Thanks!