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Life Lesson

When I was in fifth grade, my little brother was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at OSF St. Francisis Medical Center. He was eight years old and had gotten a cut on his knee. Doctors stitcheed it up and thought it was ok. They were wrong. His leg got extremely infected and his body went into toxic shock. He was lucky to escape with his leg, let alone his life. This experience taught me how quickly life can change for the better, and for the worse, and to be grateful for every moment because it could disappear in the blink of an eye. I commented on Jessie Blair's blog.

My Report Card

I feel pretty good about my report card from first quarter. I have two B's and the rest A's. I have B's in Literature and Spanish. My literature grade has been steadily rising so I think that will be an A by the end of the semester. Spanish will be more difficult. My teacher is Mrs. Zidrich and I think likes it when we do poorly. That class is impossible. I might be able to get in A in Spanish as well, though, by the end of the semester. My grade has risen a little bit. Please wish me luck because I will need it! I commented on Tricia Shadid's blog.

Things I Want To Do In My LIfetime

1. Visit Ireland
2. Do a flip throw
3. Visit Hawaii
4. Graduate from college
5. Have a good job
6. Own a waverunner
7. Pull an all-nighter
8. Have my own dog
9. Fall in love
10. Learn a second language
11. Break a Guiness World Record
12. Have my own boat
13. Do a cross country car trip
14. Do a flip on the kneeboard
15. Visit Australia

New Logo for Peoria

I went on the website where citizens of Peoria are allowed to vote for the new logo people want for Peoria. I didn't like very many of the logos so that was a bummer. To me they looked fake. I did have a favorite thoough that I decided to vote for. It had a white road running through the middle of the circularly shaped icon. There was gold and green on eaech side of the road. This road led to two white buildings that were set up against a background of blue. Under this icon, it said "The City of Peoria". This was my favorite logo. I commented on Jessie Blair's blog.

My Favorite Halloween Costume

My favorite Halloween costume was probably my costume from seventh grade. I have a twin brother named Connor and my friends and I were joking about siamese twins and they said Connor and I should be that for Halloween. We thought it was and good idea. We went out and bought the biggest gray sweatshirt we could find(XXL). We printed a design that said siamese twins in the front and both wore sweatpants and both squeezed into the same sweatshirt and our costume was finished. It was our best one but being stuck together wasn't as fun as we thought it would be. We ended up falling down a hill because Connor tripped and since I was attached, I fell with him.

iPhoto

We are starting a new project this week in our computer class. We have to collect 20 photos that describe our name and our hobbies or things we like to do. A song to go along with our pictures is also required. Students have had difficulties with the iPhoto program, including myself. My pictures would not save and it makes it hard to complete the project when you have to worry about things not saving. Besides that, the project isn't bad at all. I can not wait to finish because I think the project will be fun. I commented on Connor Schuler's blog.