Catching Up

  Yikes!  Life kind of took over there for a little bit.  I thought I'd let you know what I've been up to. :)

Passed Principles of Marketing on Friday!  :D  Studying took up a large part of my schedule from the end of January up until Friday.

I am going to Virginia in April!  I can't wait!  I'm going to another CollegePlus gathering!  We will be doing some D.C. touring, and other historical tourist sites, and just having fun with friends.  So right now, I am searching for airline tickets!

Another thing that makes this trip so exciting is that I am traveling by myself.  :D  A little scary, but still  exciting!

I've been planning my high school graduation party!  This is my 8-section notebook. :P  Trust me, this is one bad thing about being organized: I feel the need to plan everything 8 months ahead of time. ;)  I'm super excited!

Selling my old college books...so far, no luck. :)

Bought these yesterday.  Making them for my room/grad party.  The goal....

...is to make them look like this.

Yesterday, we headed to my cousin's house to celebrate my 18th birthday with her, her husband, and my uncle & aunt.  The "big day" is not until Tuesday, but we couldn't do it any other day since there is a huge snow storm in the works today and tomorrow.  We had an awesome time - played a new game together, which was hilarious!  My family is so much fun to play games with!

 So that has been my life the past couple weeks.  That, and cleaning (and yes, there is a reason there isn't a picture for that :P).  I have two cleaning jobs, which I am super thankful for, but it keeps me busy and worn out!

  I am really looking forward to this week!  I get to talk to my coach, turn 18, have a Bible study, watch Anne of Green Gables with my 16 LIVE girls, and go to a wedding! 

I hope to be posting more within the next few weeks now!  I actually have post-worthy things coming up. :)

 Have a blessed week!  And if you're getting this snow, stay inside! :D

 Sierra

photos of what I've been up to

Wow!  I kind of didn't realize that the last post I posted was...almost three weeks ago!  Well, good thing I was working on this post! :)  I've been pretty busy lately.  My life has been filled with high school, college, Sunday school, and some other things mingled in here and there.  Here are a few photos to show you what I've been up to:

Sunday school lesson!

Wrapping Christmas gifts

Studying Principles of Marketing

I received this coloring page from a girl in my Sunday school class

My December itinerary

Highschool 3rd year Latin

I am just starting to be involved in a Skype Bible study with several other girls internationally.  I will be diving into this book soon.

The next few photos are photos of some crafty things I did over a weekend right after I finished my Leadership Theory & Practice course.  

It is kind of hard making wire unbend when you've already bent it a certain way. 

This wreath type thing looks pink, but it's the same color red (deep red) as the 'S' shown above.

Getting cards in the mail!

Working on Economics and American Government for highschool work.

Finished math in two weeks! :D  Whoo-hoo!

There's my little update.  Not much is super new.  Looking forward to Christmas: just one week and two days! :)

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It's been a long, long while since I've posted what I'm thankful for.

351. an awesome LIVE harvest party

352. a wonderful Thanksgiving

353. paintball wars with my family

354. Black Friday shopping with my mom

355. going to Operation Christmas Child's processing center

356. going to the MOA with friends

357. getting Christmas packages and cards in the mail from friends

358. Bible study over Skype with girls internationally

359. fun LIVE meetings

360. going to The Hobbit with my family

361. teaching Sunday school

362. caffeine

363. finding fun games that my LIVE girls enjoy

364. watching movies while I clean 

365. shoveling our long driveway after a beautiful snowfall

366. Pinterest :)

367. God's goodness all the time, even in the midst of tragedy

368. my "sub coach" and friend who is willing to give me school advice and tips

369. finishing highschool and college math

370. having 39 college credits

371. cute journals & stationary

372. being able to lay in bed all weekend when I'm sick

373. wrapping presents

374. Christmas music

375. visits from cousins

376. hugs from my Sunday school kids

377. a quiet Saturday

378. gifts from my LIVE girls

379. my white fleece jacket

380. a fresh snow fall

 Have a blessed week.  I will get better at posting regularly....I hope. :P

Love in Christ,

  Sierra

Happy September!

Can you believe it's September?!  Where on earth did summer go?  It's time for schedules to start filling up to the brim, and school to start in full swing.  Sadly, I pretty much never took a break from school.  Well, I took a break from high school, just not college.  So I started everything back up on Monday, and I have Geometry, history, Latin, and college Humanities on my list right now.  Those subjects will most likely take up most of my day.

 Lately, I've been reading a couple blogs I follow about...reading.  The bloggers have been talking about books and how much they enjoy reading!  And I realized something: I haven't read in such a long time it's sad!  I used to be such a big reader, and whenever I get a good book, I hardly ever set it down.  But, this summer I've hardly read at all!  I miss reading.  I actually did read part of a series by Beverly Lewis at the beginning of summer, but then I couldn't find the third book anywhere, so I still have yet to find that one!  I'm hoping in a couple weeks when I get accustomed to my schedule, I'll have more time to read.  Because I have a long list of books I want to read!  :)

 Tomorrow, I have my degree consultation with CollegePlus!.  I am declaring my major!  I'm excited and nervous at the same time.  The only reason I'm nervous is because it's going to be a lot of work (more on that later), and tomorrow I'm just making it official.  Anyway, I'll post about the consultation later.

 I'm finally feeling like my new house is like home!  It feels nice.  I still have plenty of unpacked boxes yet, but I have my big shelf filled with all my leisure books and school books.  Before, I shared a room with my younger sister, so I didn't have as much space for my own things.  Now, my bedroom has all my pretty things set out such as tea cups, porcelain dolls, picture frames, and other "pretties" that I've inherited or been given.  Last week, I went through my hope chest that I inherited from my great aunt.  Some of the items were crocheted by my great aunt (who was more like a grandma to us), others were dolls given to me by my grandma who passed away when I was 5.  But they are all very precious and I can't wait till one day I can fill my own home with all the decorations and other things!

 Well, I think that's enough rambling on my part.  Have a wonderful day!


 ~Sierra
Matthew 5:16