Food, what kind of food?

Everyone needs foor right, like you cant live without it. But there are different kinds of things that appeal to others. Like too me, pizza and chocolate. =) The tasts are just so mezmeizing. =) If only people could make and have what appeals most to them right? If only they had a class where we could cook whatever we wanted! Oh wait! We do have that!

Sadly we cant make what we want or show our individuality through it. Sometimes in my home ec class we actually make fun things; like chacolate banana milkshakes or banana poppy seed muffins. But then we have to learn about the stuff our body needs. And we have to  make things that if they dont turn exactly like there sapposed to, they really suck. and taste like crap. For example today we made Won Ton soup. Ours sucked. So did everyone elses. And sometimes after making some of the wierd recipes our teacher gives us. We feel sick.

Two weeks ago, Jeni ate something from that class and ended up in the hospital that night cuz she was puking so much. So now im kinda scared to tast anything, plus im so not feeling great now after That Won Ton Soup =( Well if i live ill talk to you tomorow!

-Love Gabby

Wasted

Why is it that people do things to impress other people? And yes im guilty of doing this too but still. Something’s just go over board. Don’t you think? I got to school this morning hearing about how "wonderful" my classmates' weekend was. But most of the other people don’t even remember it. People do stupid things. Like going out and getting drunk at 2 a clock in the afternoon. The sad thing is that these people are mainly kids in my class. Your 14! Get a life! Like really!

They act like they are the most important people in the world; they do anything to get attention. Hooking up with guys, you’ve only been with for like 3 hours. I just don’t understand it. Like id go to party's and have fun, but I wouldn’t make a fool out my self and drink. Or even get into drugs. Is that really what our world is coming too? If this generation continues on this we won’t last for long, or our children. With all the girls getting pregnant in high school now a days its almost like were bringing back the days where girls had to have kids at the age 13 or 14. Do we really want this?

Im tired of having to be one of the in crowds. Why cant people like me for who I am, Im no more different than you. Sure I might not be as pretty or into the same "things" as you, but im me, and that all I want to be.

Now for the girl who is really having trouble with boys or being with everyone else... im going through the same thing. You’re not the only one. But I’ve found a song that kind of brings some hope back into my life.

Gimmie That Girl -Joe Nichols

Blessings- Laura Story

Give these songs a listen, and if you just want to talk... email me =] Im here.

-Love Gabby

STALKER!

Well today I had wonderfull, beautiful day. I was bullied and stalked. Trust me it's really fun. You should have it done to you some time....

Bullied: Well there are beautiful rumers going around... aparently started by someone dear to me. I can't even shrug them off, because they actually really hurt. And the only way to prove my innocence is kinda, well different. It actually really hurts... being bullied. If you bully someone, please stop. Really by doing this... your making a fool out of yourself. No one want to be friends with a bully. And if your being bullied. Please tell someone... dont bottle it all up inside, because the longer its bottled up, the more it hurts.

Stalked: I was trying to walk home.... some stalker was following me... you know how it goes. It took me half an hour to get home. Yea i finally called my dad to come and get me. I was freezing, and scared. =\

Well thats it for today....

-Love Gabby.

Another Beautiful day In Crazy Alberta!

Well here it is... and it comming, and fast. Fall. Is the magic word today. I really do love fall, but thats probably because its my mothers favorite time of year and our house is going fallish colors. But it really is beautful. Thats probably why  love it. The mountains go orange and red, but still have the bits and pieces of greeen here and there. The grass is as green as ever, and when your walk around town you see little leaves everywhere. It really is a beautiful time of year. I love the colors and everyone beggining to get all bundled up but staying all fashionable.

These pictures i put up today are my first... but its really a before and after picture before winter. This one here to the right, is a picture i took last week on my cell phone on my way to school. And the picture below is one my town took. Its incredible isint it? Its going to be like that within the next week. I wish it never had to end, but everything comes to an end at some point or other.

I really do love it here, no matter what i say. Bad things may happen to me but they either always work out in the end or i learn a lesson. All things happen for a reason.

But i just wish i could find out why i almost faceplanted during school today. Or why when my sister was in the shower and i told her to hurry up, i closed the door on my face. Jeni and i figured out the first one though, its because i was saying hey to this guy who had a crush on her... he doesint know me but still. Haha he just glares at me and we laugh, then 30 seconds later I TRIP! Like really? haha... He has scary man powers. So were not going to look him in the eye. He like medusa... but a boy! =]

Well whatevers going on in your life, dont forget! Theres a reason! If theres ever anything you want advice on, email me! Ill make a special blog just for you awnsering the question. Or even if you just want to talk email me! My email is on my profile! =]

-Love Gabby.

Sleeping time!

Well today was so unlike any other day. I woke up this mornig at 7 45 feeling so tired i couldint even move. I hurt everywhere. But as always my mom forced me out the door with a muffin in hand and money to get myself something from the vending machine. Once i got to school i tried to stay calm, move slowly and keep myself from puking. Yep thats right all morning i had to go around with a terrible stomach ach, I almost puked on several occations and i hurt everywhere i was shaking.

My last class before lunch had been Industrial arts. And i was barely staying alive. I did my test and asked to go to the bathroom. On my way almost puking again. Once i got back we were about to head into the shop to finish our projects. My teacher said i was looking green and told me to sit down. I did so holding my stomach with my shaking hands and with my head and safety glasses resting on the table. Finaly when i couldint take it anymore our teacher helper brought me down to the office where they called my mom to come pick me up. Man was i happy to see her.

I got home had some soup and went to bed. I was feeling okay after sleeping for a few hours. But im sapposed to be eating supper right now and cant even pull myslef out of the computer chair right beside my room. And as the pain envolping me growns, i write to you witht whatever energy i have left. =] That because i love you guys. I cant let you down now can i?

So i guess... dont use sickness to get yourself out of a test or to just miss school. Because if you cry wolf, no one will believe you one day!

-Love Gabby

TEST'S?

Have I ever told you I LOVE GYM? Well if i havn't I REALLY LOVE GYM! Its always so much fun.

Since school started we have been doing Volley Ball'! My second most favorite sport in the world to play. Iv'e only been on a team once when I lived in ontario. I would still love to be on the team here but i'm always so busy. Like i used to swim 10 hours a week, swimming on days that volleyball practice was on. And i guess swimming was just more important. But this year i was thinking, maybe just maybe, but i now babysit from 3 30 till 5 00 and they already have a team. Maybe ill join next semester! I dont know ill see.

But since im actually very good at volleyball ive been nominated one of the pro's for the class! My gym partner is with this other girl Jamie who's also so friggin amazing at volleyball. But i think she might also be the only other girl who loves gym as much as i do.

So today the DUMBEST thing happend. We had a test. FOR GYM! LIKE, who does that??? You mark us during gym. NOT ON A RANDOM DAY! Like really! Who needs tests for gym. All your doing is being... ACTIVE! And your not learning anything! =P haha

Well thats my rant for today.

Oh and the fact that GIRLS!!!! WE CAN SERIUSLY DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO! We can LOVE gym! Be the BEST at anything we want! And we can BE who we want. So BE yourself. Dont let guys be the best at EVERYTHING. Were so much more AMAZING. Like for example. I am the best restler out of all my guy friends. I can take down the big, bulky, six pack, guys who play hockey and work out everyday.

=] Girls... Don't Forget.

-Love Gabby

Another day in paradise.

This morning when i woke up it was minus 5 degrees. I walked to school through the frosted grass. Did you know tha once that happens here, we litterally have about a week to prepare ourselves for winter. Yeas i know tomorow is the 21 of september! The first day of fall! But no... we dont have fall here we have winter spring winter. Yea it sucks.

Twice this week someone called to let us know we WON A FREE TRIP TO HAWAI! Oh how i wish those calls could be true. I miss my summer haha. Well the positive 15 degrees we get during "summer". But  thankfully this summer i got to spend it in ontario with the positive 35 - 40 every day1 I never even complained once. My aunt and uncle that i spent the summer with, babysitting my two cousins, built an outdoor pool a few months before i came for they know how much i love to swim. So every day when they got home, we made supper, eat, then went into the pool... tucked the girls in, then went back into the pool, or watched a movie.

It was the life. I wish i was still there instead of sleep, school, eat, sleep school, eat. But i was not as close to my parents and sisters as i wished i had been. But still i love ontario. Its so beautiful there! But yes it is beautiful here too. But i was born and raised in ontario so naturally , it comes first. I better go.... dont want to bore you too much... =] So prepare yourself for everything! Snow to school! You can never be too prepared.

-Love Gabby

Advice time...

Well theres not alot to say today accpet for these small piece's of advice.

1- If you really want to stay away from drama, stay away from either the opposite sex or only hang out with people from the same sex. For me I wish I had stayed away from girls... Theres always something with girls.

2- Dont focus on getting a boyfriend! Lol, Boys will just break your heart over and over again.... If guys dont like you... then thats actually a good thing... My mom sais that God is clossing these doors so that you can find the right person in your life, at the right time.

3- If your complaining that you have no friends and no one likes you... maybe your just not putting yourself out there enough. Just dont froget to be yourself.

4- Dont leave your homework to last minute... trust me. Haha you'll either be up till 10 o clock doing homework, or you'll have detention with that one teacher you dislike the most... =P

5- Dont suck at the biggining of the year in gym just so you can get a 100% for "improving"... The teachers will just find out. Haha

Well in a way that kind of sums up my day and weekend with friends... =]

I'll talk to you later.....

-Love Gabby

Friday, Friday whats going on, on Friday!

Well here I am at the end of the week. It's so refreshing just to know that in 4 hours i will be done school for the weekend. Yep you heard me! Up here in awesome Alberta we get... Half days! So every friday we only have to learn till 12!!! =]

Haha my week has been a bore, execpt for making new friends and hanging out and doing so much homework, our brains exploded! So not fun. =] Yesterday my friend Colby and I were bored of homework so we got together and just did randomness. Then we got caught in the pooring rain. It was beautiful warm rain, but after your soaked you get cold. We ran to my church to sign up for my dad's youth group then headed to his place. I helped him with a little bit of homework, then he walked me back half way back to my house. The funny thing is, is that we both live on seperate sides of town. So we did a lot of walking. =]

So much to do today1 and i better get started because if i dont leave now... ill be late for school. =]

BYYYEEE! Ill post yea later...

-Love Gabby.

Sick as a dog.

I’m going to start my blog off with... Sorry for not blogging on Friday and Monday. Friday I babysat all day then I spent time with my wonderful family. Yesterday (Monday) I went to bed really early after eating. This past weekend I caught some sort of cold. I’m up till four in the morning blowing my nose and coughing my heart out. =] Isn’t that great?

So getting you caught up. Science is now my most favorite subject. And it’s not because I have an awesome “lab partner”, it’s because I can actually have fun in this class. My teacher is really nice and not very strict. My lab partner and I quickly finish our work then just talk for the rest of the class. Lately our direction of conversation has been in the hands of Funny Pick up Lines.

We print pages worth and bring them to school highlighting the ones we like and discarding the rest. When we find a really fun one, we turn to each other and use it on the other. Its actually fun because we can actually just laugh and be friends, without feeling awkward, about the way we said the line or the way our body language is.

Even though I’m sick I can still do gym! Is that not awesome? We are playing volleyball in class and I’ve been promoted to one of the professionals. I’m really glad because volleyball is my second favorite sport to play. I’ve been paired up with the new girl Jamie and we have so much fun together. Like last week she over hand served it to me and it bounced back so hard it me in the boob. Man does that hurt! We couldn’t stop laughing for a whole 5 minutes!

These are the awesome things that happened in the last week. But the worst part of it all is the matter of how sick I am. Yesterday I almost passed out several times in class, and when ever I looked at my paper I wanted to puke. I had a throbbing headache and I could barely stand. Today all of that happened plus the fact that I’m constantly blowing my nose and I can barely stay awake.  Yesterday I thankfully did not have to baby-sit, but today I still had to go and watch those amazing children. I spent my time sitting on the couch watching the oldest play my most favorite game in the world. HALO! =] I know, im cool. Plus the boys didn’t fight. So my mind had a break. But there is one thing I have been waiting to tell you all weekend.

Last Friday the funniest thing happened to me. After school I was Picked up and brought over to baby-sit the boy’s. The oldest did not have a very good day, so he locked himself up in his room. I was finally able to pry him from his room, when his brothers had just finished making crafts and went to their room to play. I said he couldn’t go in his room, so, he decided to play the “im going crazy out here let me back in my room” card. Let me just say it was funny. Finally he calms down and grab’s his mother’s ipod to play some games. He speaks into it, like most ipod allow, and the song I am A Gummy Bear by GummiBar. He gets a scary idea; He locks the ipod and runs to his brother’s room. He tosses it in the room onto the bed and shuts the door. He holds the door in spot as his brothers begin to scream. “AHHHHH GET IT OUT OF HERE!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!” I couldn’t help but laughing. “Best grenade EVER!!!” I tell the Thomas (the oldest.) He just laughs and nods. I now know I should probably save the twins from this terrible song. I open there door to see them under their blankets rolling around on the floor. Man I wish I had my camera, but sadly I did not. I took the ipod and turned it off much to Thomas’s dismay. Well that’s my story for the day.

So my advice for you is whenever there’s a fake, there’s a real genuine somewhere else, we just need to tune is. In other words even when your sick and you just feel like throwing up, something awesome that you don’t expect is happening right beside you. You just need to find it.

-Love Gabby

P.S..... Pick up lines of the day are:

Your father must be a drug dealer cuz your dope!

Hi, do you dig guys who use cheesy pick up lines?

I advise you surrrender emediately or ill have to use a pick up line.

Hey! Your eyes are the same color as my ferrari!

Wanna go out with me?..... To McDonalds?

DETENTION?!

School is hard. Period. Things happen to people for no apparent reason sometimes.

And there's just nothing we can do about it.

Like today for example. I'm just waiting for the new kid at his locker because he he had no idea where our next class was. So I said I'd show him. This other boy Koda is also with us and is sharing a locker with the new kid. He was having quite the time trying to find his books because Koda's books are literally everywhere and the locker is so messy from all his stuff.

So we have about a minute to get to class, and there's no one in the hall so we are RUNNING! to our next class. Plus the teacher is at the door telling us to hurry up, so we speed up. Were literally slowing down so we don't run into him when the bell rings and he turns and closes the door. Another kid who just got there too, just stood in front of me and stares at the door.

"Dude don't just stand there... Knock!" He looks at me then knocks. The teacher comes and opens the door. "Your Late. Stay here." He points to a spot where two other kids are. I walk in and stant by some tall kid as Koda and the new kid keep walking.

"Unless you want to get in trouble, i suggest we stay here . Like he told us too." They come back and stand by me when the teacher comes back and leads us to the very back of the class room. Everyone turns and look at us like were idiots. I just wanted to crawl into a ball in a corner and dissapear from the world. Another kid comes in and stand by us. Five of us... Five idots late for class.

The teacher goes to the front of the class. "Detention. After school." My jaw falls to the ground. I CAN'T! YOU SAW US! WE WERE AT THE DOOR! I HAVE TO BABYSIT! ITS ONLY THE THIRD DAY! COME ON GIVE US A BREAK! I try to keep my self from either screeming or crying. I gather my thoughts and reply. "But sir I cant."

"Why not?"

"I have to work."

"Well then call and tell them you'll be late."

"I can't i have to babysit! Three young kids right away after school."

"Well then too bad for you. School comes first. You may go have a seat now."

I slowly go to one on the last seats in the room to find there's no chair. I look around the room. "Uh sir there's no more chairs"

"Go get one of the computer chairs." I turn to the back of the class and roll a chair back to the front of the class. At one point on the way back the chair doesn't fit in the walkway. Now feeling like a total retard i pick up the montsrous thing. Sitting down extremely embarrased.

Plus i also got another detention in another class for not having my homework in the room with me. It was in my locker and the teacher thought i was lying. Thankfully she said that for today i just had to bring it to her after class.

So at the end of the day where my detention only lasted 5 minutes my teacher tells me. "Because you have to babysit I'm letting you off early. I'm letting you all off. But next time i wont be so easy. Now Hurry.  Run. Go babysit!"

Sometimes life might be hard. But you gotta keep your head up!

Now go listen to the song Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer.

-Love Gabby.

Life as we know it to be...

High School is well.... different. That's all i can say. Classes are already tough well mainly science. Like why do you need to know degrees to find a star in the atmosphere or what not on a piece of paper. How does that teach you anything?

So i officially love gym but, who doesn't? So after a great gym class, you know ending up a bit sweating and your happy to be alive cause you had fun. We get back changed to our "normal" school clothes, (or what ever you can call normal for society these days). I have to go to industrial arts, where the teacher is also my gym teacher and hes already upset with most of us. We sadly enter the class room late. Not our faults, but 1; we had no idea where the class is and 2; because we only have 2 minutes to clobber our way from the gym, to our lockers and back to a class we have no idea where it is.

I forgot to tell you but yesterday i started a job after school. Well it's the closest thing to a job my mother will allow me. Its a babysitting job for three really awesome boys. Twins Lucas and Pete who are both in grade two, and Thommy in grade four. They're father comes to pick me up everyday after school so i can watch the little guy's until just after 5. It's plenty of fun because i get to help them with school work, (which i love to tutor kids), and we get to hang out and talk about things we have in common and play games we love and stuff like that.  The mother, and father are also really cool! They love comic's and superhero's just as much as i do. We have cool conversations, and they're really easy to talk to. Did i mention i love kids? I'm actually excited to babysit them this year.

I guess coming into random things i better tell you more about myself. For starters I have two younger sisters, annoying as any siblings would be, but i love them to death. I live at home with My parents Marc and Laura in Alberta Canada. I always wanted to be an Olympic swimmer until last year when i pulled a ligament in my knee, and my shoulders got messed up. Since i was in grade 3 i wanted to be a teacher, and i still continue this dream. I have even expanded this teaching dream to be an English teacher. Teaching about writing and reading and etc... I have been writing Stories since the age of 12 and I actually have been writing that same story since that age. I have a second blog on my account, and will post 1 chapter to my story on that account every Saturday. To make up for not writing on weekends.

This summer i spent my time in Ottawa, Ontario. But I dont have the time write now... so this will be a story for another time. =]

-Love Gabby...

Tomorow Never Arrives

hy·per·ven·ti·late

  /ˌhaɪpərˈvɛntlˌeɪt/ [hahy-per-ven-tl-eyt]  verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

verb (used without object)

1.

to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.

Hyperventilate.... what a weird word. I have always heard the term hyperventilating but never really know what it meant until this morning.

So this morning at 6:55 AM my precious mother Laura wakes me up. Now who wakes up at 7 AM to get ready for school. Now it was not that I was not ready for school. Actually it was the complete opposite. I took my shower last night, had my outfit picked out, knew what i was doing with my hair, and my makeup. I even had all my books and my purse ready at my front door for when Jenni comes and picks me up. I slowly crawl out of bed and make my way to the bathroom I sadly now share with my sisters. Who knew that on a day like today everyone in my house hold would be running around the house getting ready for work and school.I decide against bringing myself into the bathroom where my two sisters had straighteners on, hair supply's and makeup every where, to drag myself up the stairs to eat.

 Now when your as nervous as me when you finally realize you're starting high school today. The look, taste, and smell of food makes you want to barf. That is when i finally woke up. I think i almost brought myself to the sink to do some pretty nasty stuff. So here i go, starting my day as usually as humanly possible. Finally when I'm as happy as any girl would be with the way she looks, I go and wait for that text message that let me know I'm about to start high school.

As i was leaving my wonderful home to embark on a new journey, I though back to my first day of Junior Kindergarten. My mom had brought me to school this day and she held my hand as she introduced me to my teacher, then brought me downstairs to my class. The whole time i was looking back at this little boy whose mom literally had to carry her bawling son down to sit by me. This boy finally brought the tears out of me and i would int let go of my mother. But finally this little boy Simon came up to me with his mother and sat beside me. Man did he make me smile. By recess I was ready for my mother to leave so i could "hang out" with my new friends Simon, Vanessa and Kit.

On the ride to school Jenni's mother was driving, the freak out car as she called it, while trying to get us to stop hyperventilating. Telling us it was all going to be fine. I did int believe her till we entered the school and i herd the song Tonight Tonight By Hot Chelle Rea. Thankfully no one noticed us until i found my friends Ryan and Matthew. That's when I knew this wasn't going to be so harsh as long as Ryan was in my class, or, well, in other words "by my side". Things have always been weird between me and Ryan. First we hated each other, then we were somewhat friends and so on and so forth. But whatever... not important.

When I finally make it to class I'm shaking really hard as i set my books down on the desk in the far back corner behind a filling cabinet. My L.A teacher is actually kinda cool. She talks a lot though. So she makes me hand out this school hand book or what not. Its like 20 pages long. But the main thing i was obsessing over was the fact that they tell us were going to be same. BUT REALLY! DUDE WERE FRESHMEN! IN OTHER WORDS "FRESH MEET"! Every one know what the older grades to to the fresh meet.

Now to other things after finding different weird traits of all my teachers i found out i was actually bored. So my favorite teacher is actually my social teacher. Hes best friends with my favorite teacher from last year. Thankfully they're almost like twins so ill have fun in this class. Finally by lunch time, after getting lost between each class and being extremely bored. And also being kind of nominated for student council... [which ill talk about later] I make it home eat and sit around bored for another half an hour checking out my blog stuff. [which is cool because i have had many people check this out! thank you! oh and one of you are actually from Germany and the other is from the U.S! Now is int that cool?]

Getting back to school after lunch is always the hard part, well i think. I have the worst subject in the world! MATH!!!! Ha ha my favorite teacher who also teaches me math, is explaining how grade 9 math is the hardest. Because there's no more progression, its just that you have to adjust to new harder math. that you don't even know the name of the sort of things were going to learn! Then he just begins to blabber on when I'm the only one who noticed one of the funniest puns Ive heard in a while. Hes obviously talking about math and laughing at things he says that are not even close to funny. When he says "You guys will be overwhelmed by the "volume" of math". You seriously cannot say that's not funny. =] I randomly reply to the class. "Ha ha, that was a pun!" Jenni burst out laughing at how awesomely i said that.

Finally after gym with the teacher i thought was going to be awesome, but is kinda mean. I make it to the last class of the day. Home Economics. Man, I was literally walking in the door as the bell rang and she yells at me for being late. Sorry for walking behind a slow person! I make my way to a table Ryan chose for us and look back and laugh at the comment a boy behind me says. Devin- "Man shes atractiiive!" He makes a close impression the way her face scrunches up when she yells at the rest of the late kids. She goes over all of the rules and boring stuff her class has when she said something really deep i wanted to tell you guys... "Tomorrow Never arrives, so don't leave your work to tomorrow, if you can do it today..."

So that's the main part of my day. But here comes the big thing for me.... This year i wanted to get in and out of grade 9 with out being noticed. But student council is looking really cool... Do i join or not? Because if i do... i will be really noticed.

 Your decision.

-Love Gabby

Preparing for, Well I don't know what.

Starting something new is always tough. Like the first time you rode a bycicle and you kept falling off. Or when your parents brought you to the pool when your were 5 and you did'nt want to wear flowties anymore, so in the end you needed help to stay aflote. And even on your first day of school EVER, your mom got to stay and hold your hand as long as you wanted her. Now were moving on to some of the most difficult times of our lives and mommy cant be there to hold your hand.


Change... it sucks. Honestly why cant we just stay kids forever like Peter Pan? Then we would'nt have to face these tough times. Tomorow im going to the dreaded HIGH SCHOOL! I'm going to be picked up by my friend Jenni and were are going to ride the terrible minute to school in her mom's Ford Crossover . We made sure this could happen so we did'nt have to arrive alone and be totaly singled out by, well the rest of the school.


Today i checked and double checked my school supplies to make sure i had it all for tomorow. Don't want to look like an idiot in front of your new teacher's, now do we? I even pulled apart my room to find the, Perfect, outfit. Finally after half an hour i settled on some jeans and a long sleeved shirt. What? Its cold up here in Alberta Canada at this time of year. It snows almost every month!


How am I feeling? Well I can narrow it down to well, extreamly scared. Of coarse i could find much better words to decribe how scared i am, but i don't use that kind of language.


But starting my freshman year of high school is'nt the only thing im nervous about. Actually to be honest, i was kind of scared to start this blog too. I know its not hard... now that ive been typing for nearly five minutes. But at first i was'nt sure what i was going to exactly type about, but i think i'm okay now. And I was also nervous about people reading my blog, and what they would think of it. Now? I honestly don't care if people read it or not, this is for me to improve my writing and to express my feeling and to just do whatever i want with it. =]


Ill type some more tomorow. For now, i have to get to bed and see if i can settle some of these nerves. Night!



-Gabby