Spring!!!

Spring is in the air!! I'm so excited!! I love spring. I love when baby animals are born. They're SO cute!!! I love spring break. No more school for a couple weeks!! But my most favorite thing to do on the first day of spring is to buy flowers and then plant them!! I have been doing that for awhile. It's my family's tradition. I love picking out the flowers to plant, and then bringing them home to plant. I love the feel of the soil when I'm planting the flowers. I'm so glad we have spring!!

My new cousin was born!!

My cousin, Benjamin Dennis Elrod was born yesterday at 8:05am!!! He was 7lb and 12oz, had curly hair, and was 21 3/4 in. long!!! My three year old cousin was very excited!! I can't wait to meet my baby cousin!!

Happy, happy birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRYLL!!!!
You're 12!!!!! Wow!!! I hope this will be the best year in your whole life!!! There are many words that explain you, but here are a few!!
Awesome
Pretty
Really fun to be with
You are #1!!
Loving
Likable

Perfect Valentines Day E-card!!

This is the perfect Valentines day ecard!! It is very funny!!! http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category4%7C10001%7C10051%7C-102034%7C147551;-102001;11443;-102034%7Cecards%7Choops&yoyo Then click on "I love you!"

Hi!!

Hey everybody! This is my FIRST blog. I have NEVER had one before. If it starts getting boring, STOP READING IT!! I will not be offended! (I won't even know your reading it.) But if you find it interesting, put a comment on if you like! Please, no mean comments for those of you who are completely, 100% bored with it, please, NO RUDE OR MEAN COMMENTS! You can tell me how you think it could be better, I wouldn't mind that! I hope you enjoy my first ever, one of a kind, MeMyselfandEye blog!!

School... ugh!!

Who likes school? I like certain subjects, I don't like them all. I like when everything is easy that day, like making graphs for math! (That's what I'm doing right now in math.) I sometimes wish though that I didn't have school! Then I could play my Wii, check my email, play on the computer, blog, and do whatever I wanted all day!! But on the other hand, I want an education! I want to work with animals, and to be able to do that, I have to go to school. Think how boring it would be if you didn't do school at ALL! You would get plumb bored of everything. (At least I think I would!) If everyone went to school except the people in your family, then you would have to wait until your friends get home, then when you ask them to do something with you, they say, " No, sorry Eliza (or whatever your name is), I have to do homework! I won't be able to play until 4:30." Now, wouldn't that be annoying? You may ask, well what about Saturday and Sunday? One of those days might be their family day. Or, they may go to a special place as a family for a whole day! Then you couldn't hang out with them! One more reason, don't you want to have a good job when you grow up? School is supposed to be hard, (and maybe boring) but make the best of it! If you like cooking, you still you math, if you want to work with animals (like me!), you use science. Every day life, you use school. So, make the best of it, and TRY to enjoy it! If you find it impossible to enjoy, put up with it! I'm not saying school everyone will like school, but give it a try! If you like seeing your friends every day, that's a reason to look forward to school. But if you are home schooled like me, you will probably be done with school sooner than people who go to public or private school! That's a good reason! Then when you are done with school, you can do whatever you want (I don't mean WHATEVER you want! Like drive your parent's car if you don't have a permit or license! Your parents probably wouldn't let you do that!) ! If you do your best, and try your hardest, and if you have a good attitude, then even if you don't get the best grades, you are doing well!! But don't take my word for it, I'm just a kid, but kids can still do things! I hope this was an encouragement to you! If it wasn't, oh well! I will not think of myself as a COMPLETE failer, just a little one! jk. Have a good day trying your hardest!!

Valentines Day!!

Valentines day is coming up!! I'm so excited!! I like getting the boxes of candy best, I think!! I know it's all about love and everything, but that's not why I like it. This is how Valentines day began. (For anyone who wants to know!)

How did this heart-filled, card-sending, candy-giving holiday begin? The exact details of its origins are not clear, but the basis behind Valentine’s Day stems from a priest named Valentine who lived during the reign of Roman emperor Claudius II, also known as “Claudius the Cruel.”

Back in 270 A.D. Christians were under severe persecution. During this same time Claudius II was also having great difficulty enlisting men into his military leagues. The emperor realized that the married men did not want to leave their wives to serve in the military, and many of the single men had sweethearts or girlfriends that they, too, did not want to be away from.

Claudius decided he would put an end to his problem. He ordered that no more marriages were to be performed and that all engagements were to be annulled. Valentine chose to disobey the emperor’s command. Understanding the sanctity of marriage as a part of God’s plan for mankind, he continued to secretly perform marriage ceremonies for Christian couples.

When Claudius discovered the priests’ disobedience he ordered the arrest of Valentine. The faithful priest was beaten with clubs, then beheaded. His death occurred on February 14, 270 A.D.

As is common with many other holidays a pagan holiday coincided with what became known as Valentine’s Day. Christians wanted to remember St. Valentine and offer believers an alternative to the pagan holiday, much as we now hold fall festivals on Halloween. One of the traditions that carried over into Valentine’s Day was that of drawing names. Each maiden’s and bachelor’s names would be put into a box and drawn out in pairs. These couple would exchange gifts, and would be partnered for the evening’s celebration.

Opinions vary as to how the hearts and flowers became associated with Valentine’s Day, but many attribute the first Valentines to a young French duke who was captured at the battle of Agincourt during the 15th century. He was kept a prisoner in the Tower of London for many years and, during his captivity, wrote hundreds of beautiful poems to his wife. Sixty of these are on display in the British Museum today. These somehow became known as Valentines.

Centuries later a daughter of Henry IV of France gave a party in honor of St. Valentine. Each lady received a bouquet of flowers from her chosen Valentine. In more recent times commercial enterprise gets a great deal of the credit for modern-day traditions. Placing candy into heart-shaped boxes and offering ready-made Valentine cards has turned into a multi-million dollar business.

Still, whatever our reasons for acknowledging Valentine’s Day, it has become a romantic tradition. It is one time of the year when most people go out of their way to express their love for others.

That is how Valentines day got started!!