Mother's Day 2008

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My Birthday!! (Part One)

Today was my BIRTHDAY!!!! And I'm a true TEEN!!!! Not a preteen -- but a TEEN TEEN!! It's been a really good day. (Other than a lot of home-work) Also today when I was getting ready to pick my grandma (mom's mom) up for supper I was holding my most prided possession -- Holly. Holly and I go back a LONG LONG way. She was originally my mom's doll -- I bought her for her Birthday and she loved her. But Holly needed to have someone to take care of her. Mommy was at work and had many things to do when she got home, therefore I became her full time caregiver. Five years ago today my mom decided that on my birthday I could choose one of her things that I would like and it would become mine. I had up until midnight to decide. The car and house were no goes -- I tried -- every year -- same answer -- NO!!

That first year I hummed and I hawed over what I wanted. And then I knew what I wanted. 'Nah, she wouldn't want to give that up. But it's all I really want. There aren't many things an eight year old would want of a forty-something year olds.' Then I burst out in tears and ran into my mom's embrace.

"Kinza honey, what's wrong? Do you know what you want?"

Sniffling I replied, "Yes, but I know you won't let me have it."

"Well what is it?"

I didn't say for a while because I was too embarrassed. Then finally ...

"I -I want Holly."

Then mom started to cry and hugged me tight.

"Oh Kinza! Holly is the best gift imaginable! She's yours!"

We cried long and hard. Holly was and is mine forever! There couldn't be a more perfect day.

And back to now -- five years later, I cry again over Holly. When I was getting ready to go mom asked me if I was going to take Holly along. I don't normally take her with me when I go places -- but she is extra special on my birthday. Then I cried. I new I was getting too old to have Holly tag along with me -- even in the car. So as I wished, mom found Holly a pretty Birthday outfit and found her a place of honor in the house.

It was a great day!!
I could go on and on, so I'll continue A.S.A.P. (tomorrow)

Love,
Kinza :)
xoxo
P.S. I'm going to post some pictures of today. And I still have to decide on this years 'Mom's To Mine Gift'

ANTS!

ANTS! Not aunts, ANTS!
It's that time of year again I'm afraid. I don't mind spring and summer, I actuality quite like it ... but that's not what I'm getting at ... it's the bugs and insects and creepy crawlies a.k.a. things with six or more legs. I guess you can imagine what my next sentence is ... Yes, I must simply say it, WE HAVE ANTS IN THE HOUSE!!!!! Only we have no idea where they are coming from ... at least not yet. Ants outside is one thing. But in the house is totally different! I also have this thing with spiders ... they invade my room!! Those nasty little things march around my room as if it were the Wall of Jericho ... but seem to get closer and closer to me each round. As I type this I am watching one of those pesky ants! ... ... ... Ahhh ... I just killed it! The ants have been found to travel single in the kitchen, my room, mom and dad's room ON THE BED, living room, music room etc. It's so weird ... you will never see two or three ants at one time ... always one ... and you wont see another for some time.

I don't care why they are here, I just want them OUT of here! Have I made my point? I think I have. Now if only ants had access to computers and the internet ... and knew how to read. But on second thought I would be VERY scared of these little creatures!

Well that's a little bit of my bug life for you.

Today my mom has been sick. Migraine headache then sick to her stomach. She took a WHOLE gravel and well my mom get VERY groggy over a HALF. So ya ... I don't think I need to explain further.

On Tuesday I will be having my 13th Birthday!!!! I'll say more later about that. Other than :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o :0 :o Soon there will be a TEEN in the house!!!! "OH NO!!!" cries my mother frightfully. "A T-T-EEEEN!!!!!!!"

Later!
Kinza :)
P.S. Don't forget my BIRTHDAY!!! (June 5th)

I'm Back From Massey Hall!! (And A Tag)

Massey Hall was great!!! It went really well!! I didn't do too bad either! On the way there however... my mom and I got LOST!!!!! And ... well ... you see ... my mom used to work in that area!!! **sigh** and the seats are first come first served. They however got good seats in the end. So who came? Mom, DaD, Grandma, two family friends (think I already told you that). It was really funny at the end when I had to lead the group off the stage. 1. I didn't know when to leave and 2. On the spot they told me where to go "To the right and up the stairs" well ... DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY STAIRCASES THERE ARE IN THAT BUILDING????? When I was heading off I asked the girls behind me which staircase to go on. We all agreed it would be the first one. But then some adults were like "No! Not up there!! Come down HERE!!!" 'well you could have told me that!!' thinks to self.

Speaking of the LARGE amount of stairs ... my Cross Country Coach would love to do practices there. why? because in the race there is a huge hill to climb and to practice climbing the hill we run up and down the staircase for like five minutes!! Going down doesn't sound that bad, but it is almost as bad ... especially at the speed we go at.

THE TAG!!!
I TAG... Small Child, Becky, Remster, and Mads on the following:

Five Of Your Favorite Hobbies.

Five Of Your Favorite Books (in order).

Five Things You Like About School (or liked)

Five Things You Hate About School (or hated)

Five Of Your Favorite Movies

Since this post is kinda long, I'll answer my the tag in another post shortly.

T.T.F.N. !!
Ta Ta For Now!!
Smile!
Kinza :)

MASSEY HALL!!!!

Tomorrow evening I will be play my violin at Massey Hall!!!! I can't wait!! I will be playing in the All City Ensemble. My Mom and Dad, my Grandma (mom's mom), two of my family's close friends will be in the audience just for ME!!

Today was the dress rehearsal and I had to get up at six in the morning so I could be there at eight in the morning. I wasn't as tiered as a thought I would be -- actually not that much at all.

Last night I wrote my rough draft of a short story (maximum 600 words) in about two and a half / three hours. So what is this short story for??? A competition!!! My Mom says I shouldn't know how to write such a mushy gushy story. Then she asked me what I have been reading!! HEHE!!! I LOVE romance!!!!

I had been thinking for a while on what to write, but then yesterday it just came to me! That's how writing is I've found. It doesn't matter on how talented you are at writing or what the topic is, the reader is going to know if your heart was in the writing or not. I still have to edit it and do a little work on it, but I couldn't risk stopping and loosing my ideas.

Soon I will be posting a YouTube of me so be sure to come back! (Yes mom I need your help. Yes mom you have to download two videos for your little girl. Yes mom I love you. Mom, say: Yes dearest Kinza, I will help you very soon. -- hint, hint!!)

Smile!
Kinza :)

WHAT IS AN EMO????

Apparently some people are calling themselves emo when they don't even know what emo means! Like really, if you knew what emo means you probably wouldn't go around bragging that you were emo!! And if you are a TRUE emo, you should get some major help.

So what is an emo??

PERSONALITY
Sensitive, shy, introverted, broken-hearted, glum, and often quiet. Writes poetry, which addresses confusion, depression, loneliness, and anger, all resulting from the world's inability to understand the author. Will sometimes self-injure themselves, most often by means of cutting, burning, or otherwise mutilating themselves.

FASHION
Emo fashion is usually defined to have roots in punk fashion as well as gothic fashion. tight jeans on males and females alike, long bangs often brushed to one side of the face, dyed black, straightened hair, tight t-shirts which often bear the names of rock bands, studded belts, belt buckles.
Personality and Fashion text is copied from Wikipedia.
For more info, go to Wikipedia.

So why am I going on and on about emo people?? Well one of my friends is claiming to be going emo and well I was like ... ahhh ... dose she and everyone else like not know what the dictionary definition of emo is or am I the one with the bad rhythm?? One, I did learn a lot about being emo but Two I also learned that I'm not the only one who should do a little research on the topic!

Anywhoo ... being emo is NOT something you want to be!!!
Kinza :)

A Wonderful Week!!

On Monday one of the teachers that I go back REALLY far with's granddaughter came after school to go to her grandma's. And... well... she's a little polished jewel!! She is 20 months old. I simply HAD to play with her!! So I stayed after school for about and hour to play! It was sooo much fun!!!

This is an outline of what we did: Slide, Swing, Run, Slide, Swing, Run, Sit!!!!! Slide, Swing, Run. Even though she likes to run around she is not on of those kids you have to put a leash on. If she goes to far you simply have to call her name and she will 1. stop and wait or 2. run back to you. One thing I loved about her was that she liked me!!! When she needed to be picked up to get into the swing seat she went to ME and not grandma!!!! I felt soooo happy!!! And now when I am typing this my heart is flooding with joy!!! When we went back to the parking lot because after an hour I thought I probably should go -- (Thank-you DaDdy for waiting so patiently all that time for me!!) -- she kept on waving and blowing kisses back to me for a long time!!!!

At the park I had a wonderful chat with her grandma, which was an extra bonus!! And the Extra Extra Bonus was that that day was an example of how God answers prayer! How?? Well on Monday I had a French Test and well... I wasn't too excited about that. In the morning my mom prayed that something would come along during my day to make it more exciting or something like that. I can't really remember what it was exactly, but it was something like that. Yes, Monday had to be the best day of the week!

On Tuesday I found out that I would be going to a Birthday Party!!! YAY!!! On Saturday I'll be going to my Best Friend's Birthday Party!!! I can't wait! Also I'm hoping to meet some of her other fiends that I haven't met yet. Since we live in different cities, I don't know many of her friends. I would say what I got her ... but I don't want her to come on and find out what it is BEFORE the party!! Ha Ha Mimi!!!

I could go on for a while longer, but I can say more later!!

Kinza :)

The Paint Computer Program

Ok! So I just made these two pictures a few minutes ago. They are like total opposites as in the emotions of the people and things in the pictures. The top one is something you could imagine seeing in a small child's picture book. And the other? Well I can see it as a young adults' Sci-Fi book cover. Making the pictures was fun, quick, and easy!






Kinza :)

School Dance

This after noon was my first REAL dance. And it was ok -- considering that afterwards when I was surrounded by quiet my ears rang long and hard!! Considering that the food is way over priced!! Considering that I new a total of two songs that were played!! What I enjoyed most was laughing at the people slow dancing -- or pitying them!!! LOL!! What can I say?? Sometimes you just have to laugh! Here are two examples:

Example #1: One of the 'cool guys' a grade up from me (AND NO MOM I DON'T 'LIKE' HIM!!!!) was slow dancing with this girl in his class that 1. was too tall for him 2. was too weird for him. I felt sorry for him because 1. he looked scared 2. she had her head on his shoulder as if it was the time of her life ... while 3. dancing stiffly and having a I-Don't-Know-Why-I'm- Doing-This look on his face while he holds her waist. I REALLY doubt HE asked HER to dance.

Example #2: There were these two people a grade bellow me who danced together for the WHOLE TIME!!!!! They knew a grand total of 10 dance moves put together. Yes we were counting!!!! :) But worse yet... they danced like ZOMBIES!!!!!!! EEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!! They knew things like side step, sway, funny hand jesters... things like that. They danced together the entire time barely speaking a word to each other. Their slow dancing was soooo funny!! It consisted of: boy holding her waist at almost full arms length -- girl hands around his neck at almost arms length!!!!! The most they moved was two steps to the right and two steps to the left!! A few times they moved across the gym but that was it!!! If you ask me ... very dedicated couple!!

Well that was my version of the dance! So why haven't I gone to a dance before this?? I just simply didn't want to. Even though I was asked to my very first dance I turned it down. I think my friend was jellous of that!!! Weren't you Little Miss R. Please don't hert me at the restaunt tomorrow for saying this!!!! Any-hoo it was a fun day!
Kinza :)

HAPPY EASTER!!

Today we went to church because it is Good Friday. It was really quiet at church today. Yesterday I was called by the 'worship leader' to do part of the Scripture Reading (Mark 15:21-32 The Crucifixion) I read from the New Living Translation. I was shaking when I read it because I was nervous. When I was practicing it at home I simply couldn't read it right! But in the end I did it well. Also my Mom played and sang a song she wrote with her guitare. She did it wonderfully! And she POSTED IT ON HER BLOG!!!! GO AND SEE IT!!!!!

After church we went out for lunch with one of our close family friends. When we came home I decided I wanted to paint some eggs because I haven't done that in years. I painted four of them which two were quite random, but the other two weren't. The not random ones were painted: first one -- three crosses on one side and a tomb on the other side of it with a blue sky and green grass. I like it a lot! second one -- you know "The Wordless Book"? Well it is a book with four pages. Each page is a different colour. Page #1 Black Page #2 Red Page #3 White Page #4 Gold. Black represents our sin. Red represents Jesus' blood that he shed to take our sins away. White when we accept him as our savour. Gold represents when we walk the streets of gold when we get to Heaven. So instead of the "The Wordless Book" I named my egg "The Wordless Egg"!!

Tomorrow I will be going to my Sunday School teacher's house for a movie night. I can't wait! We had to rescedule two times so I'm glad we will be doing it this time! We will be seeing The Crucifixion!!!!!! I know I will have to close my eyes in some parts, but oh well!

On Easter Monday I will be going over to visit my Grandma and Grandpa on my DaD's side for a while because I haven't seen my Grandma because she doesn't go out much any more. Besides I love going to their house!

Kinza :)

Gulfing in the Field???

Today when I was playing my violin with my mom in the living room I just happened to look out the window... and what do you think I saw??? No it wasn't a chipmunk beating up the the neighbour's dog . . . No it wasn't a police officer giving himself a parking ticket . . . and No it wasn't that guy from down the street fishing in the field again . . . this time it was someone hitting a gulf ball around in the field!!! I wonder what has become of the field?!?! I know it is April Fools Day and all but it was WAY after 12:00! Really, out of all the days in the year I don't know why he chose this day. It has been raining all day, so the field is rather muddy and yucky! I tried to take some pictures but I don't think they turned out that good at all! Oh well!

Yesterday I was sick. How sick? Well, I had a bad migraine that wouldn't go away (and when I had the hick-ups it made my head feel worse. You see... I give a little 'jump' when I hick-up). And I threw up around five times. **SIGH** Today we didn't go to church so we went on a very long car drive . . . and can you believe it ALL of us sang Sunday School Songs!! Even DaD!! Before we went out DaD read about 7 chapters from the Bible and I said we were free to go because the pastor never covers that much in a serves!! If he did we'd never leave the church! Enough of the jokes! I really do love to go to church!

Today I wrote a poem that made my mom cry and it looked like my DaD could have if he wanted to. I hate it when people read my poems or stories for the first or second time when I'm around. I just get scared! I don't know if I'll post it on my blog yet. It's really funny (not the poem), because it just came to me while I was in bed and when I got up I wrote it down and finished it when I found a break in conversation . . . very few of those!
Kinza :)

Babysitting!!

So I've had a 'licence' since November 25th 2006 but I haven't done a thing! Yesterday I made real business cards and today I made bookmarks! In a few days I will be going down the street to some of our neighbours houses and talk to them. I am soooo nervous!! I hate just walking up to a house and talking to the owners.

What if they are in a bad mood?
What if they have company?
What if they have a weired supper hour?
What if they already have a babysitter and don't want a backup?
What if they say they don't like sitters?
What if I stutter or say something stupid while telling them the most important info? -- thinking to themselves -- 'And I'm supposed to put my children in the trust of this weired girl, when she can't even tell us seriously what she is offering? Don't think so!'
What if the whole time I'm there all they can think is -- 'My supper is getting cold!'

Ok, so enough with the 'What ifs'. Then there is the positive side.

We've been waiting for you to come and tell us so!
This is great! The kids have been telling us they'd love to have you as their babysitter!
It'll be wonderful to get rid of the other babysitter!
We need you every day next week from three to five!
We know a family that needs you just as much as we do!
We'll call you tomorrow to arrange a date!
Come right in and let's get down to business!

Ya, some of them are supper exaggerated. Oh well!
I can't wait!!!
Kinza :)