keys:

i finally got my permit this week and it still hasn't fully sunk in that i can drive. a car. on the road. yesterday i was out on the road for the first time, driving my best friend home. i was really nervous, but i knew i could do it and i think having her in the car helped me stay focused. now that the first time is over and done with, i feel a lot better about my driving and more confident. although there is going to be multiple first times for me out on the road, i'll get there eventually. i'm just excited that i have my own set of keys now. i actually get to say "my car" now. i have a personal attachment to my car, her name is flossy, (we always name our cars in my family) and she's been in my family ever since i was born, so she's actually older than me, which is kinda weird in a way. anyways, she was my gammie's car and then she gave it to me about a year ago so we could repair minor things and whatnot. it means a lot more to me to have the car i have now instead of a brand new car. if that were the case, it wouldn't have very much meaning to me. my car has character, she's unique and has a couple quirks, but hey, so do i. 

sweet sixteen:

even though i don't have the perks to being 16 yet (my permit) it's still neat to finally say "wow. i'm sixteen." actually, it's kind of frightening. this time next week i can be driving. on the road. with other cars. full of other people. it's quite scary to think about, but neat in a way too. i'm slowly becoming older and being given more responsibility. i finally feel like a teenager.     today i realized that you're real friends don't need facebook to tell them when my birthday is, and it made me feel better to know who those real friends are. whenever it's someone birthday, facebook notifies practically the whole world, or every one on your friends list, and i've seen people's walls covered with "happy birthday's!" in reality, half of those people didn't really know it was your birthday. so anyways, my point is that i don't have my birthday shown on facebook for that exact reason, i don't want people who aren't really a close friend telling me happy birthday just because a web site told them to. seeing as i already have a car, i didn't really know what to expect from my parents. most teens get a car on their 16th, but mine was different. i got a new camera and i love it. i love taking pictures of everything and anything and mine died a while ago, which is actually about the time i started this blogging thing. (all the previous pictures are from when i stole my mom's camera.) i'm excited because now i can capture even more memories. 

     some people see getting older as a dreadful thing, when it's really not. people do what you want all day because you can play the guilty card of "but it's my birthday!" with a sad facial expression, and it works ninety-nine percent of the time, and your birthday is the only day you have that opportunity. 

     i love my birthday because my parents always tell me stories about when i was young or the night before i was born, and they're neat to hear. they always start the same way, "you were born in the blizzard of 94' with over  twenty two inches of snow on the ground. on our way to the hospital we were in four wheel drive and no one else was on the road..." my parents have a way of making me feel special, and not just on my birthday. my uncle sent me some beautiful red roses that hold gold writing with "happy birthday" on each rose. my friends have a way of making me feel important too. today, my best friend brought me homeade brownie cupcakes with "16" written on them. i thought it was so sweet of her to do that, on top of the incredibly amazing gift she gave me. 
by the way: the lower quality one was taken with my phone and the one at the top was taken with my new camera :D

snow:

so, the weatherman was right, we got our snow. the funny thing is we had been on break for two weeks and only in school for three days, but i was already ready for another break. when we got the phone call Thursday morning saying there was no school, i thought it was stupid considering there was no snow on the ground, but then around nine in the morning, sure enough, the snow started to fall and has been ever since. yesterday, my best friend came over and the snow was just pretty much floating around in the air, it was so beautiful. anyways, we went outside with my puppy and played in the snow. Tara, my dog, even figured out how to pull the sled, which was adorable. i ended up getting hit in the face with a big ball of snow thanks to kayla, but i guess it was really my fault since i started it. i've never actually been in a snowball fight, so i decided to throw snow at her, and she did the same. we came inside covered in snow and laughing, only to then make some hot chocolate and hang out in the basement. whether it's snowing or not, i love to be with her because we have a lot of fun together and everytime i see her i realize  how lucky i am to have a best friend.

Happy New Year!

Today starts a new day, as well as a new year, 2010. Midnight last night struck a new time, opened a new door and closed the door of 2009. Whether last year was a good or bad year for you, you can make this year whatever you want it to be. There's plenty of new opportunities and everyone has a clean slate again. "The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it." You never know when your last day will be, so live life to the fullest while you can. If you get a once in a liftetime chance, go for it. Live each second like it was your last and have no regrets, you can't change the past, it's gone, but you can change your future. No matter how you write 2010, it's a new year, a new start, a new chance, so have fun with it. Happy New Year!