Thanksgiving

What this holiday means to me is, it is a time that you should be with your family, or maybe even friends. It`s a type of holiday that you should spend with the people that you are the most thankful for. It`s a special holiday to me because, you can see your relatives that you are so thankful for, all at once.

What my family and I are doing for Thanksgiving is celebrating as a family. We all come together and bring different foods, drinks, deserts. We have so many choices on where to go or who we spend it with, but we all chose the same thing every year because it`s the one time that we can all celebrate together.

There are so many different ways to celebrate this holiday. Everybody can celebrate it differently. As long as you are having a good time, and you`re with the people that you love the most, it should`nt matter where you are. I look at this holiday as a gift, because there is no better way to give thanks, then doing it with the people you love.

Art

What art would be to me is, expressing your feelings in a painting, or in a drawing or maybe even a sculpture. My favorite type of art is sketching. I love that feeling you get when you have completed your piece of art work and you feel so proud of what you have done. I love picking up a pencil or pen and just drawing the first thing that comes to my mind.

To me, there is no limit on art of what you can or can`t draw. I feel that you should never be told what to create in any type of art. Art is creating something that you feel, or you want to draw, not something other people tell you what to do. I find art as something that I see, but I make it my own, or maybe even better.

Perseverance

If I had to chose to be given $50, or $100 in one year, I would definitely chose to take the $100 because, I feel the longer I would wait, the more I would get in return. The longer I wait the more special receiving the $100 would be.

Some of my long term goals in life is defiantly to be successful. I have set so many goals in my life, some of them are complicated, and some of them are easy. One of my goals is to have a successful job, and to make good money. I want to become a professional soccer player, I could start that by becoming a soccer coach for different collages, and find as many teams I can. I want to have a family, I want three kids, and a good husband in a good house. How I can complete most of these is by staying strong to myself. Also I need to stay on top of my school work and grades. I need to make good choices and stay on a good path. I want to stay healthy and fit, and I could stay dedicated to working out, and eating healthy.

My Top Five

Food

5.) Pizza - Pizza is one of the most common foods to order or something for a party. I love pizza because it`s all the same, but it can taste so different. There are so many types of pizza. Its such a quick and easy food to get and it taste good. I can also get sick of it very easily. 

4.) Yogurt - I love yogurt, but I don`t like it too much to have it be my top favorite. I love it because you could mix any fruit or oat into it, and still have it taste amazing. Also yogurt is a very healthy food.

3.) Chicken Tenders - Chicken tenders are my third choice because I love them but I can get sick of them really fast. Chicken fingers are a good appetizer to have at a restaurant. They taste good, and are also a good food for kids.

2.) Buffalo Wings -I chose buffalo wings as my second choice because I love spicy foods. I also think that the way you eat buffalo wings is really cool because it`s a finger food. There also delicious and I could eat them day. 

1.) Mac n` cheese - I chose man n` cheese as my first choice because I love the taste of it. I also have loved mac n` cheese since I was younger. I pretty much love anything with cheese.

My Conversation with Adam Sandler

If I could chose one person to have a conversation with, it would be Adam Sandler. The reason I would chose Adam Sandler is because he seems to have such a busy life. Adam Sandler is a known by many people for acting in several movies. Another reason why I would want to have a conversation with him, is because he seems like a funny person, and also a really nice person.

What I would try to talk about with Adam is, I would ask him about his life, how he became interested in starting  an acting career, and why he loves it so much. I would also ask about what its like to work in movies with other celebrities. I would ask some of his favorite things to do besides acting. I would want to have him ask me things maybe he would want to know about my life. I would tell him how funny I think he is in all of his movies, and how great of an actor he is. I would also tell him how much I love him and his movies.

My Purpose.

What is my true purpose in life?
I believe that I was put on the earth for a reason. I believe that I do have a purpose in life. My purpose isn`t just to be here, its to be honorable and truthful, but you`re also here to make achievement`s and to do it fearlessly. Some people believe that they don`t have a purpose in life, almost a lot of people feel that way. I once believed that I didn`t have a purpose to be here. I made mistakes and wasn`t choosing the right path. I really changed my point of view on how I look at my life, or just life in general. I know that I have a purpose to be here. My purpose in my life is to, no matter how hard things are I always need to try my best. I want to complete goals in my life that I have set in my mind. I want to be a faithful and trust worthy person not only to my family, but to everyone. I want to help people thru out my life. I want to live in this world, and know, that I have a purpose to be here.

So my true purpose in life, is really to exspeirence life in all sort of forms, and to live consciously at all times. I will walk with power and truth for as long as I`m here. Lastly I will live my life with the people I love and cherish whatever is special to me.

Stranded- part 2

Tent- $99.50
Pocket knife- $14.56
Three cases of water- $4.99 -$14.97
29 packs of top ramen- $1.00 - $29.00
Outdoor survival magnesium stone flint fire starter- $3.01
Blanket-$18.79
Cooler-$24.99

Total- 204.82

The reason I chose all of the objects to bring with me if I was on a deserted island, is because these objects would be important to have. I would need all of these items to survive, I would need a tent to stay in for coverage in case of rain. A pocket knife incase I need to hunt or cut things down. Three cases of water incase I get dehydrated. I would get 29 packs of top ramen because i could use one pack to last about 4 days and I would not nee to eat every day. A stone flint started because I would stay warm. A blanket to keep warm, or I could use as a pillow. A cooler to keep the water in to stay some what cold.

Stranded

If I were stranded on a deserted island and I had to chose three things, one of the things I would be is , I would bring my dog. I feel like if I brought my dog on a deserted island I would feel a lot safer on the island. Also he could protect me, and I feel like I would not be so lonely if I had my dog. My dog is just like my best friend. So having my dog would be a great experience .

The second thing I would want to bring is a box of seeds. I would bring apple seeds. That way I would plant the seeds and apple trees would grow over time. But until the tree grows I could just eat the seeds. If I brought seeds I could still get protein and still be eating and getting energy. I would want to bring apples because there healthy.

As my second choice I would bring a knife. I would bring a knife for protection. Also if I ran out of food I could kill animals. Being safe is the maine issue on a deserted island, because you don`t know what is surrounding you at night time. And with a knife you could cut down branches and clear a path for a certain root. 

October 28

My free choice is about Sign language. Sign language is a beautiful language created for deaf people. Using sign language is one of the most known ways to communicate by using your hands. There are hundreds of different signs to use, and millions of ways to express them. Sign language was created many many years ago, because many people complained about there children not understanding them. So other doctors and many others created a way to speak.

Using this language you have to work on how neat you are with your hands, and how your facial expressions turn out. Sign language has motions that you would repeat, but they mean different things. The only way you would be able to tell the difference in signs, would be using your expressions. There are so many people who are not even deaf, and learn the language for fun. Tons of schools started teaching this beautiful language for kids who were interested.

Not knowing much about this language, I decided to take it my freshman year. People can make careers learning this language known as interrupters for the deaf. This language is so much fun to learn and it really is an amazing way to communicate. Seeing deaf people around your city and people questioning what they are saying and thinking to yourself "Hey,I know that language", is a great feeling. Sign Language is an amazing language, and I want to continue learning more.

Wisdom

What I would tell my kids when they are at the age to have an experience in drugs is, honestly everyone has a hard time in some part of there life, but drugs are not the route to chose. I would never want any of my kids to part take in drugs of any sort of drug. There are so many drugs and so many people who die from them each year. One of the main things I would say is " Don`t listen to anyone who say`s you wont get hurt, because they feel great and they make you cool. I would tell them to stay as far away from alcohol as they can, because alcohol is almost just as bad. Hundreds of people die each year from use of alcohol.

Main ideas that I would share with them would be. I would answer any question that they wanted to know about drugs or at least tell them as much as I know. I would try to keep drugs and alcohol away from my kids as much as possible. Normally in some school`s there is always one person that would influence drugs or alcohol to who ever they can. Telling and showing my kids pictures of what could happen to you if you start to use different drugs. Drugs really effect people`s lives and ruin them. I would never want to lose a child to any sort of street drug because I could never imagine losing a child.

Heroin

My opinion about this article is that it really shows you what could happen after using the street drug called Heroin. This article shows you that heroin is a strong drug that many people take advantage of. It may effect you by killing you, but it also effected the people that lose you.

This article shows you how families feel after they lose someone so important to them. Also some people think that it`s just a drug, like the article said " Parents need to know it does not go away over night" this drug is serious and is extremely dangerous. A lot of people think that a short period of time in rehab will cure every problem. Recovering from an addition to Heroin can be extremely tough.

Friday Brain Day

1.) Two donuts. Take three donuts on one side and three donuts on the other side and see if any of the sides are heavier. If none of the sides are lower then the other side, the donut that is heavier is on the scale. Then take the two donuts that are not on the scale and measure them both. If one is heavier then you found the donut that is the heaviest. Therefore you can only measure two at a time.

2.) I think if you roll snake eyes two times in a row, you might have a 50-50 chance of rolling them again. Unless the dice is loaded, meaning set to go on a certain point or number.

3.) To flip the triangle upside down but only be able to move three pennies, you would need to flip only the top penny and the bottom two pennies. You would put the two bottom pennies to the top of the triangle, and bring the top one down.

4.) You would have to put the squares on the outer layer but all together you would have 12 squares. The black squares are smaller then the white ones are bigger.

5.) There should be 96 games played in all, because at least one team will lose one game against each other.

Prescription Drugs

1.) Over 57% died over prescription drugs, such as Vicodin, Oxycontin and Codeine

2.) The total amount of deaths were 238 - 37%

3.) 188 people died from prescription drugs

4.) Oxycontin, Opana, Codeine, and Vicodin are the drugs that are involved with deadly consequences

5.) Natalie Costa

6.) Herion

7.) No I do not know anyone addicted to drugs because, I try to stay away from people involved with those certain things.

8.) I do not approve of drugs, and will never try any hard drugs.

For or Againest

My opinion on Marijuana would be, I don`t think Marijuana is "cool". As everyone else knows it by as " smoking weed". Although it may not be the most damaging drug of them all, it still is not the best drug for you to use. I am against using any drugs.

I believe that most kids are addicted to the feeling, more then the drug itself. Side effects of Marijuana can cause dry mouth, red eyes, lung problems, and your basic mental functioning. I think this drug is too easy for kids to get a hold of it, and thats why most kids are taking advantage of it.

It`s one thing if you were prescribed medical marijuana, but if kids even adults are using it for fun. There was once a time when I thought smoking weed would be cool because everyone would smoke it. Honestly I believe that kids who smoke weed start to use harder drugs in the future because they like the feelings that they get and want to try more and more. I am 100% against the use of Marijuana

Monday`s Assignment

 Reason`s people smoke cigarettes

1.) Peer Pressure
2.) Social Rewards
3.) Risk-taking Behaviors
4.) Parental Influence
5.) Misinformation
6.) Genetic Predisposition
7.) Advertising
8.) Self-medication
9.) Media Influences
10.) Stress Relief

My opinion about smoking is, I think it should be illegal. So many people die each year because of lung cancer, and second hand smoke. Smoking has always grossed me out. There has been times that a few of my old friends would try to convince me that it was fun and calmed you down. Smoking causes yellow teeth and also bad breath.

Although people may think that it calms you down, I highly disagree. I have once tried it under peer pressure and I know for a fact that I will never try it again. I grew up learning that smoking is bad for you, and that`s how I will always remember it. I will never again pick up a cigarette.

More Thinking

1.) There are 5 ducks in all.

2.) Dan or Abe are lying. Rex said that neither him or Earl did it.
What Earl`s statement was " What Dan said was wrong" Instead of blaming anyone Dan instantly tried aiming the blame on his friends as the excuse.

3.) You would put the balls in a star form. there are five lines in each star but only four stars in one line.

My Favorite Band

My favorite band would be Mumford & Sons. This band has been together 2007, and is one of the most popular bands known in the years of 2008-2013. Mumford & Sons are originally from London, United Kingdom. It is mainly based as an English folk rock band.

The reason why this is my favorite band, is because there music isn`t rap or obnoxious. Mumford & Sons music is relaxing, and its almost like every song that they have written is just another chapter to the same story. There songs are very relaxing but they are extremely fun.

Some of the songs from this band that are my favorite contain titles such as, Babel, I Will Wait, Winter Winds, and Below My Feet. I love these songs because they can build up your self esteem. This band has fast paced songs, and slow paced. They are such a creative band and so hard working. This band will most likely always be my favorite.

My Brain Grade

More Brain Busting

 1 gallon- Fill the 9 gallon bucket. Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and pour it out. You now have 5 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket. Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and pour it out. You now have 1 gallon in the 9 gallon bucket.

2 gallon-  Fill the 4 gallon bucket. Pour 2 gallons out of the 4 gallon bucket into the 9 gallon bucket. now you have 2 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket.

3 gallon- Fill the 4 gallon bucket to the top. Pour out 1 gallon into the 9 gallon bucket. Empty the 9 gallon bucket. and you have 3 gallons.

4 gallon- Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and now you have 4 gallons

5 gallon- Fill the 9 gallon bucket. Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and pour it out. You now have 5 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket.

6 gallon-  Fill the 4 gallon bucket. Pour the 4 gallons into the 9 gallon bucket. Fill the 4 gallon bucket up to 2 gallons. Now pour the rest of the 2 gallon into the 9 gallon bucket and you have 6 gallons.

7 gallon-Fill up the 9 gallon bucket. Pour 2 of the gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and then pour out the 2 extra gallons and you have 7 gallons.

8 gallon- Fill up the 4 gallon bucket and pour the amount of 4 gallons into the 9 gallon bucket. Fill up the 4 gallon bucket and you now have 8 gallons of water in all. 4 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket and 4 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket.

9 gallon- Fill up the 9 gallon bucket to the top.

10 gallon- Fill the 9 gallon completely to the top. Take the 4 gallon bucket, pour most of it out until you reach 1 gallon. You now have 10 gallons. 9 gallons in one bucket and 1 gallon in the other.

11 gallon- Fill the 9 gallon bucket to the top and there is 9 gallons. Then fill the 4 gallon bucket and pour out 2 gallons of the 4 gallon bucket and it gives you 11 gallons.

12 gallon- Fill the 9 gallon bucket. You now have 9 gallons. Take the 4 gallon bucket and pour out 1 gallon back into the well. it gives you 12 gallons

13 gallon-  Fill up the 9 gallon bucket to the top. Then fill up the 4 gallon bucket to the top.

Today`s Brain Buster

1) it would probably take about 4 hours ad 50 minutes 17 seconds

There are 24 hours in one day.

My Super Brain

1) $1.19 ( three quarters, four dimes, four pennies)

2)Take a piece of fruit from the box marked apples and oranges. Suppose the fruit you take is an apple, Then that box must be the box containing just apples. Therefore, the box marked oranges can't be the box containing just apples and it can't be the box containing just oranges either so it must be the box containing apples and oranges. The remaining box is therefore the box containing just oranges.

If the fruit you take out is an orange, the solution is derived in a similar fashion: the box marked apples and oranges is the box containing just oranges the box marked apples is the box containing both apples and oranges; and the box marked oranges  is the one containing just apples.

3) Fill up the five gallon jug, pour three gallons of it into the three gallon jug, empty three gallon jug, pour the two gallons that are now in the five gallon jug into the three gallon jug, fill up the five gallon jug again.

4) Mary

5) Three socks each hand

6) 30

7) Ask which door is the door to freedom, and the liar would point to the death door, but the truth teller also points to the death door so he would know which one is the door to freedom.

Mt Favorite Hobby

My favorite hobby would be my job. I work at Cold stone Creamery. Cold stone Creamery is an ice cream parlor, where you serve ice cream to customers, but you mix and add ingredients yourself. I have worked at Cold stone for four months staring August 4, 2013.

My opinion about this hobby is, I love to work. I think starting this as my first job has been a fantastic experience. I would love to continue this job until i`m mature enough to handle jobs that would be a bit more complicated.

Why is this my favorite hobby? I love to help others. Getting my first job was a big step in life and was also a huge step for growing up. I love to sing when we get tips, or tell jokes to customers and make them laugh. I love providing customer service and meeting new people.

Happy Gilmore

My favorite movie would be Happy Gilmore. Happy Gilmore is a movie staring Adam Sandler who plays the roll of Happy. This movie is about a man who loves playing hockey, but he was not very good, instead of hockey he found a secret talent for Golf.

Happy Gilmore has been out since February 16th, 1996. This movie is mostly a comedy and is a very well known movie. The basic of the movie is to try something new and you might have a hidden talent. Happy Gilmore enters competitions to raise money for his grandmother who lost her house.

Happy Gilmore has defiantly been my favorite for about four or five years. The reason I love this movie so much is because it always makes me laugh no matter how many times I have seen it. I Could watch this movie over and over again. Also it reminds me to succeed in what you do, don't give up just because you don't like something because secretly you could be amazing at it.

GMOs

GMOs are genetically modified organisms which could be both plants and animals that are genetically engineered with DNA from certain bacterias, also viruses, or other plants and animals. Evidence shows that growing bodies connect with GMOs for health problems, damage with environmental damage and violations of farmers` and customers` rights. A company name involved with GMOs would be Monsanto. Monsanto is a sustainable agriculture company who deliver's agricultural products that support farmers all around the world.

My personal opinion of GMOs would be, I don't think they should be changing anything about animals, plants, or what were eating. I think GMOs should be labeled for those who want it can buy it, but those who don't, wont have to. My last opinion would be to label what they are doing or putting in to the the foods,plants, or animals to make a difference. 

How clouds are formed? when I was younger I use to think that clouds are just huge cotton balls floating in the sky or something that was put there to show us the different shapes in the world.Then, being on a plane for the first time when I was nine years old, flying thru them, I realized that clouds are really just visible water vapor. I am going to give you a few clues and tell you exactly how clouds are made.

How clouds are made is when the the water evaporates, rises, and fills up the atmosphere. The water vapor in the sky clings to different numerous particles or dust found in the atmosphere. The dust in the atmosphere can come from many different things in the air including dirt, fires, sea spray, bacteria from any other living or non living thing. As water vapor rises, it begins to decrease in temperature. Now that the lower temperature of the air, is more eligible to hold its capacity of water vapor.

 Each cloud is different. Their are several different types of clouds, Stratus, Altostratus, Cirrus, Cumulus. All of these clouds move though? Why? Because the clouds move with the wind. Some high cirrus clouds are pushed along by a certain jet stream. Clouds can travel up to 100 miles-per-hour. When a cloud from a thunderstorm is formed they usually only travel up to about 30 to 40 miles-per-hour. This is a little information that I think you would find interesting about clouds, because I know I did.

Being Charitable

One of the Charities that I support is the International Fund for Animal Welfare. This charity helps support the animals that are in danger. IFAW helps raise enough money to save any type of animals that need to be rescued, need a home, a family, or to be treated for injuries or sickness's. This charity will help any animal in danger for as long as it needs until cured.

This charity is important to me because I love animals. Animals need to be treated like people. There are people in this world that have no consideration for animals. There are so many animals being tortured, without a home, or are severely injured and they can't do anything to help themselves. Charities helping to support, rescue, or adopt any type of animals I will be there to support a much as I can.

This charity is so important to me because, I have seen animals in pain or without legs, or tails, and eyes. It hurts a lot of people to look at dogs, cats, dolphins or any other animal and to imagine them as there own. I do not think that animals should be treated any differently then how a human would be treated. I respect many charities but, IFAW is a charity I will have huge heart for.

My Expertise

We all have our own expertise, mine is soccer. Soccer has been a very important sport to me and I believe that it is an expertise of mine. I know a lot about this sport and love everything about it. At the age of four is when I started to play. 

Some interesting things I know about this particular sport is, that it is made for your feet only. You can not use your hands in this sport unless you are a keeper. Soccer can also be a very aggressive sport. Soccer is also very frustrating for some people because, you need to know how to multitask. Soccer involves running, kicking, and defending your self and the ball all at one time.

Picking the topic of soccer, i'm going to explain it in my own words. Soccer is very athletic. A lot of people just think its just kicking a ball back and fourth, but its not it takes up a lot of your energy. Soccer is a sport you should all try some time because you would love it. Not everyone is good at soccer, but its a skill that takes practice. Take a look and see what you think.

Typing some more

1.) Some classes or exercise that I have done to help my typing skills were, in elementary school we would have to spend four days a week for at least 45 minutes typing words and sentences repeatedly.

2.) Another thing that I always had to do was in fifth grade the whole class would go to the computer labs every wednesday and take courses online on how to use proper grammar and correct punctuation on a key board by typing all sorts of sentences. 

1 minute test

                                                                     One minute test

                                                                      Two minute test

                                                                     Three minute test

                                                                    Four minute test

                                                                      Five minute test

Multiple Intelligences

           4.57  Body movement

           4.57  Spatial
   
           4.29  Nature

            4.0   Language

           3.71  Musical

           3.71  Social

           3.57  Self

           2.57  Logic/Math

The Best Thing I Did This Summer

The best thing that I did this summer was, my family and I took a trip to where we are from. I was born in Pennsylvania. I grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to California in 6th grade for my dads job. All my family and close friends live in Pennsylvania so I don't see them very often . My family and I only go out to visit about once a year so, when I do go it is a very special thing for me. I went to Pennsylvania for two weeks this summer and the amount of fun I had was unbelievable. When I first flew in we stepped off the plane and my mom and I looked at each other with excitement because we made it there safely.

    A couple day after being there we went to the beach where we all rent a beach house and all of our family friends do to. Its really interesting because my dads side of the family has 47 people all together. We all stayed at the beach for a week and a half. The whole family would sit on the beach for about eight or nine hours a day. Then we would go to the board walk which has a bunch of games and rides for us to enjoy. Seeing my whole family is amazing because we rarely ever get to see each other. Going back to Pennsylvania is always the high light of the past summers that I have lived in California. I look forward to going back next summer to have just as much fun and maybe even more.