A Rose trying to bloom in this thorny world we live in.

2008-10-07T03:53:00.000-07:00

God’s promises and love in my life

So if you would have asked me at 4:45 today how my day was, I would have told you it was going pretty rotten. I woke up to a dark rainy Monday morning.. not always the most fun way to start off your work week. After breaky I started on school. The rest morning wasn’t so bad, just hard to concentrate on school. People seemed to just keep coming. Keaton was at our house in the morning, then Maria watched Rose ( a little 2 year old from our church) and she was VERY distracting- in the cutest way. Then the rest of the Blakston clan came to pick Rose up. More distractions.
It was 11:20 by this stage and I hadn’t made to much progress on school, but I had to leave it and get ready for work. Lou dropped me off at work at 12 and I finished at 4. I did not feel very well at work though. I was sore and tired (from the weekend) and didn’t want to be smiling and chatty to people. I wanted to be in my cozy bed with trakies on. It’s continued to bucked rain all day (sunny and blue skies one minute, poring rain the next) and was a bit chilly (not like the beautiful sunny spring day we had yesterday). After I paid a library fine I went home. A pile of dishes and school work to be done, awaited me at home. It was 4:45 and I had had a crummy day. Then I looked outside right as the sun had broken through the clouds. Then the beautiful rain we need so much came falling to the ground. Though I didn’t see a rainbow I was sure there was one out there, and was reminded of God’s promises and love. After that It didn’t seem like such a bad day. I did the dishes quickly, finished my school quickly, ate a lovely dinner with my family and looked out at the beautiful sun and rain (which continued to shine and fall). I realized that It had been a pretty nice day. And they day wasn’t even over.. So I decided to post on my blog.

So Hello everyone (or anyone.. if anyone is reading this). I trust God is blessing you abundantly in my absence. I do apologies for the very long break I’ve taken from posting. I wont promise that I will start regulartly again.. but I decided that I should post today. :)

Let me share with you what has gone down in my life sense I last posted (8 MONTHS ago!!)

-I got a Job at WORD, ( a Christian book store in Frankston) that my neighbor manages, in March. Its going very well and I feel very blessed to have this job.

-In June and July Ruth and Kate (friends from the states) came out for 6 weeks. We had a blast; 5 giggle girls all in one room. We managed to show them a bit of our Country. We flew to Tasmanian and spent a week there with relatives of friends- who are now our friends :). We also took a road trip to Sydney with two girls from Geelong, Jane and Emily. We drove there in one day, stayed two nights with Jane’s Aunty and Uncle, saw everything there was to see in Sydney in one day, then drove home. :) It was a blast. Ruth and Kate left 2 days before we did.

-Thomas came three weeks after Ruth and Kate and is staying for 6 months to a year and working here and helping with the church. He has been such fun! The day we picked Thomas up from the airport we went to Kennet River alone the Great Ocean Road and stayed there for a few days.

- We’ve been to America and back. July 11 we took off, and landed again back home on the 15 of August. Highlights of this trip; Seeing Family again, International Conference08, Catching up with friends, being back home again in Indiana, Road trip to New York (stopped in Pennsylvania, which was great!), flying business class 20 out of 21 hours home. :)

-We left Charity in America. She stayed behind and is now at Purdue with Zachary.
- Allen came. Is staying for up to a year and working.
- A week after I got back I went snowboarding with some mates

-We flew to Canberra with the Blakstons and stayed there for 4 days.

So that’s a very quick summery of what has happened since I last updated you all. Just ask if you want more details.

Well I trust you all are doing well. God bless
In Him
Tamara Rose

Romas 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

2008-02-12T18:05:00.000-08:00

What Hurts the Most....

Is not being able to give them a hug and say "goodnight, I love you" every night, so that you're sure, if you die in your sleep, they knew you loved them..
Is knowing I can't be the older brothers for Benji
Is sitting down at the table and thinking "wait, not everyone is here".....
It's not having those other two opinions on Friday night when we're all arguing about what movie to watch.
Is knowing when when you just need one of those hugs only a big brother can give, that you can't have it.. yet.
Is not being able to be there for them when they need me and vise-versa
It's knowing that when I end this post and go inside that they're not home..
Is not having two more people teasing me..
Is knowing that they're growing up without me..
Is, when we Skye or talk on the phone, I can here them and see them but I can't touch them
It's not being able to get into trouble with them.. :) Or having them there when I get into trouble to tell me off.
Is knowing that no matter how loud I yell they wont be able to here me.. :)

~What hurts the most.. Is having the two people that are closest to my heart, be so far away from my hand.. ~

(yup, this is my bub- Allen)

(and this find fello I call Zachary)

This post is for my big brothers.. you maybe be thousands of miles away, but that distance doesn't weaken my love for you any! Miss you more then you know.. Thanks for being my older brothers..

(and these are my siblings.. I love them all so much and more.. :) what can I say, they're my best friends.. my heros, forever and always!)

And here is a video of me having fun and getting into trouble with some brothers of mine :) hehe- so much fun..

2008-01-10T23:24:00.000-08:00

Welcome to a new year..

It's weird. Its 2008... But for those of you who are still stuck in 2007, still saying "next year I'll do this or that" when its really this year, or still writing the date 1/10/2007.. I'm with you. I always do this though, and it takes a few weeks for me to stop doing all those things and realise it really IS a new precious year God's given me. *smile* Its funny.. at the begging of each year I wonder and wonder what God had in store for me.. then at the end of it I look back and see what God has shown me, taught me, put me through and for what reasons (some aren't always clear), what blessings he's poured out, what hardships he's strengthened me by.. etc.

~2007~

What God has taught & done for me this year.

Taught me to trust Him with my heart.
Looking to Him for answers.. not the world.
Held me together, when I thought the goodbyes would rip me apart.
Taught me about death- in a very real way.
Granted the desire of my heart: trip to America
Provided food, clothes, and breath every single day {plus much much more!}
Given me counselors & friends to encourage, build me up, teach me at just the perfect time.
straightened my priorities out- made me take a second look at what I've got.
kept my family safe.
Peace.

[this is only a very small, veg list of what God did for me over 2007. Ask me for more details if you want them. Trust me, I could go on and on..]

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I must say having having New Years in Australia is a bit different.. 1/1/2008: I went to Sorrento font beach, read bit before everyone else came, ate lunch, played botchy ball, swam and got salt water in my eyes, talked with lots of friends, made sand angles, played Frisbee in the ocean, got a tan/ little sunburn, ate ice cream, missed my brothers and snow, and laughed.

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Many prayer request for our family & family Church family- go to Charity's Blog.

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It's hot here.. and I have a pool waiting for me.. so God bless you all in this New Year! and...

WELCOME TO 2008!

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Song of post: All Men Will Know- Acappella {thanks to Edwin Allen Henry Blackwood the Second}

2007-12-20T20:42:00.000-08:00

Christmas...

Christmas. A happy, busy, stressful, joyful, crazy, lovely time of the year!
Christmas. before I moved to Australia..
I used to jump out of bed in the mornings and run to my window to look at my beautiful white Christmas, then quickly make my way the living room where out stockings full of candy hung and join in with who ever else was up in the trading. Mum's amazing breakfast comes next, then family worship (as always) and then opening presents! :) Then all the laughing, hugging, "Thanks you" 's and all that jazz. *sigh* I love my family.
Usually, a few days before Christmas day my mum's family would get together (the Coles) for a lovely feast, singing Christmas carols, pressys, laughing, and enjoying this big crazy bunch of people I love so much it hurts! Most of the time the day of Christmas -after we had had our family Christmas in the morning- we'd get together with my dad's dad's family (Blackwoods) for a late lunch, which is always great. The day after its my dad's mum's family (Wallace) we get to spend time with. You really can't beat family. And around that time we'd have a few other little ones with friends, church, adopted grandparents etc.
Christmas in Australia.
So, this is only my second Christmas here, and last year i did get my white Christmas (it hailed for 10 min in the morning), but this year it's suppose to be a little more sunny and warm, and we're planing on going on a picnic in the City. Starting new traditions here has been much harder then I thought. In my view Christmas with out all your family, isn't Christmas at all. And i must admit i sulked a fair bit this year- about not having my brothers, my extended family, the beautiful white Christmas I always remember waking up to etc.-, but i finally realised God has placed in our lives a surrogate family, and I'm happy. And hey, nothing compares to a white Christmas, but a picnic in a beautiful park, with my new family here, doesn't sound so bad ether. :)
So, Have a blessed Christmas. Now matter where you are. No matter how hot or cold it is. Enjoy it. Thank God for this time to spend giving, laughing, rejoicing in Christ- who is God- becoming a man and dieing for our sin, realising what's important to you, thanking our Redeemer for the life He's giving us and love it.
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Random fact about me you might not have know [before reading this post, I mean]

Sometimes the laugh gets stuck in my checks
When I am {attempting} to cook, i have to measure "a pinch" :P
I once ate half a mud pie with worm in it (my siblings made me!)
I can touch my nose with my tong
when I laugh hard I cry
I have walked through (and ordered) a Drive through.
I weed-whacked (for you Australians that's whipper-snipped) for the first time in my life two days ago... and almost killed myself!!
I have been proposed to by four different people ( 2 lil' boy, a guy my age, and one old gentleman old enough to be my great-great grandfather) in the past year.
I have walked 1/5 of the way across a frozen over lake when there was no only like 3 little patches of snow on the ground
I don't like coffee

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Family. I love 'um.. but that doesn't mean I always like them. :)

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Anyways, that's about it for now. So lovelys, I pray you have a
VERY beautiful Christmas, and a lovely New Year!
God bless
with love in my great Savior,
Tamara Rose

2007-11-27T23:42:00.000-08:00

Onions make me cry...

Look at this people, I'm updating and it's only been like a few weeks! :)
Warning!
this is going to be a very random post, most likely.

Today I made dinner! *gasp* I know, I know! Don't worry, mum was helping a bit, and Maria was in the next room, so it was all under control. But I didn't do too bad, I don't reckon (ask my family if you want to know the real story :))

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As some of you know i work (Volunteer) at a nursing home, and yesterday i went and had a funny conversation with this dear lady ( i love all the people!.. most of the time :j):
Me: Hello Ruth.
Ruth: hello, love.
Ruth: why are you in here? You're much to young. Go live your life don't wast your time with lots of old people like me.
Me: But that's the cool bit of it, you all have lived so much longer then me, and its so neat. So you've got lots of stories are so much wiser.
Ruth: but still, you should be out in the world, living your life. Enjoying each moment you have.. Because, trust me dear, life goes by so quickly. And before you know it you're old like me, in here, and life is gone. SO enjoy it while you can.

:) I love the old dears dears. Even Bob who has asked me to marry him about 6 times ;) It's to much fun.

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Okay, i just had to share this as well (and yes, i know we're going from senior citations to 1st graders, but that's okay).
A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she, presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic!
1. Don't change horses......until they stop running.
2. Strike while the......bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before......Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of..... termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but...... how?
6. Don't bite the hand that ...... looks dirty.
7. No news ......impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a......Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new......math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll......stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust......me.
12. The pen is mightier than the ...... pigs.
13. An idle mind is......the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's...... pollution.
15. Happy the bride who......gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is...... not much.
17. Two's company, three's......the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what...... you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and......you have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as ......Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not...... spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed......get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you......see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind...... get out of the way.
25. Better late than......pregnant.
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Christmas is coming. Believe it or now, I'm actually sorta starting to get a bit excited about it. Pretty much when people ask me what I'm doing for Christmas i answer; "sitting at home and crying, how 'bout you?" :) The only real Christmas present i want to see under the tree at the moment, is a big box with my brothers inside.... I am having a laugh at all the e-mails going around between my family at the moment about 'Christmas lists' and Christmas presents. Okay, what ever happened to actually shopping at a store, not online!? Hehe, welcome to the life of a nerdy family (and one that is separated by 950,000 miles). Oh the joys..

It's heating up here.. i know.. summer and Christmas.. it's pretty much to weird to think about.. so just don't. ;) I just want school to be done with! Almost.. Lord willing, only like 1 or so more weeks for Ben and me (Maria and Charity are already done, and have been for two weeks!).

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Well.. I'm running our of randomness for now. So i might just end with this quote:

And if I stand...let me stand on the promise that You will pull me through and if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to You.-Rich Mullins

Have a perfectly, glorious, bright life, lovelies! Live it to the fullest, laugh, don't wast time complaining. You don't know what's really important to you, till it's taken away from you.. And remember.. you're life is just a vapor!

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Here are some Photos from our lovely weekend in Nhill. Go to Charity's blog for the whole story.
I love these guys! The farmers life is not an easy one.. It would be pretty hard living way out in the country like that. God bless 'um!

2007-11-06T16:56:00.000-08:00

One Day the Night will never come...

Hello, fellow blog-mates! I wonder if anyone reads my blog anymore, considering I haven't updated in like years. If you really want to know what is going on in my life, I would advise you to read Charity's blog because she actually takes the time to record some of it for public viewing.

Yesterday, we had a lovely church picnic at Arthur's Seat. It was Melbourne Cup Day, which means everyone in Melbourne took the day off to watch a horse race. Pretty silly, if you ask me...but we didn't have to do school, so who can argue about that??

We had a wonderful time talking, laughing, kicking the footie around, BBQ-ing, walking, racing, looking at the beautiful view of the ocean, and, of course, posing for photos. I'll have to include some for your personal pleasure and enjoyment.

Many of you already know about the Patersons -- a Scottish family that came here 3 weeks ago to immigrate and help the ministry here. Sadly, they decided they didn't like Frankston and are now returning, after these short weeks, to the U.K. We are a bit in shock and sad to see them go, but we are praying for God's grace to be poured out on them as they seek to start over yet again in the U.K.

Also, a girl named Amanda (in the picture beside me, below) has been coming to our church semi-regularly for the past few months. She came with us yesterday but she was really not feeling like socializing as she was very upset due to an accident that killed one of her friends and seriously injured one of her best mates in Sari Lenka. She has immigrated here for uni and work and is planning to stay, even though her parents and brother and many good friends are still in her home country. Please pray with us for her, as this is a very rough time. And pray that we would know how to encourage and love her through this time and hopefully as she continues to attend church.

Even though we are very disappointed about the Patersons, we are overwhelmingly excited about the Blakstons who are, Lord willing, planning a move here to Frankston in early January. This will be such an encouragement and blessing to me and my church.

Please pray specifically that

They would get their house finished and ready to rent out

They would find a house here that is CLOSE!!!

Jono would find a job here

And God would make their transition very smooth and uncomplicated...and SPEEDY!!!

Well, hopefully I will now get into a pattern of updating a little more regularly. Sorry it's been so long. I would make excuses like, "I've been REALLLY busy", or "A lot's been going on"...which could be partly true. But I hate it when others use those excuses for me, so I won't.

Enjoy the life God has blessed you with. Breathe in the air He's given you, and live like you're trying to impress Him...not everyone else.

2007-09-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

Friends walk in and out of your life...

..only good friends leave foot prints.

If I've learned one thing, it's this; you never know when God will send a friend to come knocking on your door.

(-: Elli- five weeks ago she was just a niece of a family i baby-sit for, coming from Germany out to Aus for 5 weeks holiday. Now, she is back in Germany and i have made a new best mate!
The past 5 weeks us girls have used every spare minute to spend time with Elli. We girls took her to the city on two occasions. She's had dinner with us it least 6 times. I went to with her, Walter and Gabriel (her uncle and aunt) and there four boys to the Great Ocean Road for a weekend why she was here. We girls have had a few sleepovers with Elli, watched a few movies, laughed till our sid's ached, and just all-a-round loved every minute we spent with our new friend.

at the Frankston train station before we went to Melbourne

Elli and i listend to our music one side..

and Charity and maria sat accross from us and listend to their music.

Flinders train station..

Starbucks..

La Porchetta!

to much fun..

I love you (ich liebe dich), Elli dear. Come back soon! I miss you already (ich vermiss dich)! And thank you God, for sending a friend...

Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart, And thew sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel

Song~ "Black Roses Red"- Alana Grace

2007-08-08T22:32:00.001-07:00

Hope in the Lord....

Palm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 62:5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

2007-07-28T01:55:00.000-07:00

My Incredible summer!

On June 14th we left for the United States of America... we where going home for 5 weeks and I wasn't planing on wasting a minute of it.

If I could sum up the whole trip in one word it would have to be.... Magical or Amazing... or wonderful, or beautiful.... hm, I actually don't think it can be summed up in one word. :) actually maybe GRAND :-D yup, that pretty much sums it all up!

Enjoy some of the pictures of our time. God bless you, lovely friends.

(these are all out of order but i hope you get the general drift)

now... I'm back in Australia.... sitting here in the cold... missing my summer, my friends, my old life... but knowing this is where God put me, right here and now, and this is where i am supposed to be.

live life, love it, know God is the only hope you have in it.

God bless.

2007-04-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

~ I can only imagine ~

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Psalms 121:3&4 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

So, goodnight my dear friends, sleep well, and take heart, for the Lord will watch over you, always!

with love
Tamara Rose

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I can only imagine- mercyme
-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLCaAu_H2U- that is another link to the same thing (just a little bit different and a different song Redeemer). And here is the story

2007-04-12T23:20:00.000-07:00

The ultimate camping!

Bush camping! Meeting people, out in the bush, tenting, and having a blast! How much better can you get then that! I loved every minute of it, and i would trade any of my many bruises for anything! :)

We started off our journey at 5:20 Thursday morning, and returned home at 6:10 Sat. night. :) Three days of grand fun!! :)

Charity and I decided where we wanted to sleep. Tony M. with his two grand kids-Ashley, and Thomas. My new friend Sam (and me and his dad, Brett, where great friends as well :)

skiing, tubing, and hangout out with folks by a camp fire... :) what better way to spend a day?

Saturday afternoon we started back on our 4 hour tip home. Satisfied and ready to go home. :)

Find more lovely pictures of our camping adventure on Maria's websight.

God bless, my best mates.

"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding job, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and Majesty, Dominion and power both now and forever, amen." Jude 1:24-25

Song: Madi don't leave- by, PlayRaidoPlay
(you have to go down below the archive and play it, but DON'T watch the video. Its very dumb! But that's the only way I could get it on my blog- the songs great though!)

2007-03-30T17:09:00.000-07:00

Heaps of beautiful pictures!

Thanks a million to Zach for most of them. And the other ones thanks to MJ for them! I love Camera's, and siblings who can take beautiful pictures.

Make sure you read my post below about my adventures in writing. ;)
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Philip Island!

on our birthday we went. And Allen, Maria, and myself went exploring. Its a beautiful beach!

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Third time for saying goodbye to my dear brothers.

and about the 8th time I've gone to the Melbourne airport in the past year!

The kind Blakstons came and saw them off, then we went and got ice cream with them.

So out last look at them... it least until JUNE 14! Yup, that's right, the Blackwoods are coming home! June 14-July 17. *sigh* 5 weeks of home! How much better can we get! :) Can't wait to see ya'lls!
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Dixon's Creek Family camp 2007

Now that was one Grand camp! :)

Lots of people..

Lots of sports and games

Lots of fun and fellowship with all these GRAND people! :)

Lots more playing

Lots of Music (it was a GREAT band!)

Lots of GREAT food (thanks to the Blakos for all that yummy stuff!)

Lots of fun dusty bush walks!

Lots of relaxing, Sleeping, and studying.
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Mine and Charity's birthday Grand night in the City

All five us girls got into a one (maybe two) person picture thing- for about 5 minutes because its kinda of hard to get 5 people to smile all at once,Especially when you're being suffocated. ;) It was fun though. EXCEPT that the picture came out blank!! These are Jono's pictures (the guys where standing outside laughing at us all crammed in). *sigh* to much fun.

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Well i hope you enjoyed these lovely pictures. Take care my friends. And I'll see you soon! :)

2007-03-28T17:35:00.000-07:00

Rain drops falling all around me....

We have received two days of beautiful rain! This land needs rain so desperately that it would take a whole two weeks of rain to quench its thirst and dryness.

Last Friday night & Saturday (while some of my family where up at Dixons creek for a working bee) It rained contentiously though the night. IT was a beautiful sound waking up and hearing the rain fall on the tin roof above you. Then it rained (/ poured some) most of the day Saturday.
Yesterday it sprinkled on and off during the day, then in the evening it rained ( go to Charity's blog to read about our walk last night. :)). I must say if you haven't ever spun around in the rain before, you really are missing out.

Update on Family camp: three weekends ago was out RP family camp at Dixons creek. It was a wonderful time of food, fun, & fellowship. The talks my dad gave, and Lynsey's sermon on reconciling relationships where very good and useful (For me it least). It was really good to just be together with the Lords people.

The week after family camp was great as well. I believe you all know that Allen and Zachary came out, and that now we (the Blackwoods) are official permanent residence of Australia (if you didn't know, now you do). They made it just time time for Camp, and then mine and Charity's Birthday. They where only here for 10 days, but it was a very lovely 10 days. IT was almost like they never left.

The weekend after Dikko, we 6 kids went up (Sat. day morning) to Karin & Lynsey Blakstons for the afternoon. We went to Hanging Rock again, and had a picnic! :) Me and Maria had a near death experience- after we tired to find our own way down. sigh why can't the Blackwood children be normal and take the path!??!. But thankful after some panicking, calling out to some strangers, almost tears, and a crowd of people gathered 'round- a very nice Ossie bloke (older, don't worry =)) helped us get down. and we made it back to the PATH, and found the others who where waiting at the bottom.
That night we went to the City with Jono and Lou B & Matt and Justine G for out birthday. We went Lazar tagging at Crown, and then went to get some food at the food court and just walked slowly along the Yarra River, watched the torches light up, then whet and got some ice cream. It was a lovely day, and i couldn't have asked for anyone better to share my late birthday party with. :)

Allen and Zach left two Tuesdays ago and now its just normal and boring again. :) Actually life in the Blakwood house is never really boring. Tomorrow Ben, mum, and I have our home school group (oh what fun... not. :) jk, it's alright- just not as fun w/o C and M there), then the next two weeks are school holidays. Yeah! Easter weekend we might go away camping with some people, but we are still deciding if we we are going to or not. Then Easter Tuesday-.... like three weeks, I am cat sitting for The Lumleys (an older couple from our church) who are going away on holiday- so that should be interesting to see how that goes.
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Um... i think that's all the news i have. So now that you are all updated on my life... I'll stop typing and you can stop reading. :)

I hope you all have a lovely day
God bless
T

Song: Rascal Flatts Bless the broken road
I decided i needed some country. :)

(Ok, as soon as Zach sends me some pictures i will put them up!)

2007-03-14T23:30:00.000-07:00

Listening to the rain poor down
Thank you God! Please send more!

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Happy late birthday to Charity, Rose, and me :-)
I had an absolute splendid birthday! I got the two things i wanted most for my birthday- and they came on an air plane Friday morning! That's right- Allen and Zachary are here! My brothers are back! We are a whole family once again. They made it just in time for Dixon's creek family camp (I'll update about that soon- with pictures D.v.), and mine and Charity's birthday.
Most of you should know that me and Charity Share a birthday (also Joel Edwards & Rose B.) and have for 14 years- yup that's right, she got me for her 3 birthday! Aww... could you ask for a better present!? :) lol- these past 14 birthdays have been full of sharing cakes, party's, matching presents, and love of course. :) I'm just now starting to see that's its pretty sweet to share a birthday with with my sister- and our 18th & 21st we are having a huge blow-out and your all invited! :)
We had a lovely birthday breakfast yesterday morning, then we did out paper round (with Allen and Zachary's help), then we went to subway on our way to the beach. It was a lovely beach, about an an hour and 15 min away from here- Philip Island- and we spent the afternoon there. Then came back home and Matt and James Pluke stopped by, then Ralph dropped in with some lovely yummy presents! :) And he stayed for cake and ice cream, then decided to stay for a movie- Born Supremacy- he didn't end up leaving tell 11:30 (ish), so it was a long, but lovely day!
(More pictures of yesterday, this past weekend, and are party we are having on Saturday coming soon Lord willing!)

Charity- no matter where life takes us, no matter how far we apart we are, no matter who comes along, no matter where we are or where God puts us- you will always be my sisters, and i will always love you, and no one can take that from me! I love you my dear beautiful sister, and i'm honored to have such a wonderful big sister to look up to.

A very happy birthday to Rose Blackston also! 1 year old- She's a little dear. And me and her already have a great friendship goen'. See she's a lot like me. First of all her name is Rose and mine is Tamara Rose . What else... she's very feisty... and um... well I've been called feisty (you guys think i am?) before. She adorable and I'm... ;) nvm, we don't have that in common i guess. The list goes on and on, and pray our little friendship will too. :)

So i got the bestest birthday present, the weekend before i had the bestest lead up to my birthday, and I've got the greatest sister and friend to share a birthday with. :) God is good indeed!

Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:58 -Therefore, my beloved brethren , be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Song: "Here with out you"- Three Doors Down.

2007-03-04T22:13:00.000-08:00

Exhausted from the past, trying to live in the present, but excited for the future...

Last weekend:
Sunday, we had a Joint Psalm w/ Geelong! There was 88 people the last count we had. It went very well. We ended up staying in McKinnon all day, because there was no point driving 45 min home, eating, then turning around and coming back right away. So we had lunch with Some of the Blakstons, Hughes (Denny and Jeane), & Margret. After lunch some of us went to a park, then came back and set up for church. It was really good to see people also.

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This weekend:
Saturday: Woke up at 7:30 shut my eyes for a minute, then woke up at 8:30 to Judy Rogers blasting in my lounge. Cleaned and got ready for Carolyn's and Thomas Hugues's baby shower at 10:30-12:30. 1:10 me and maria went to a girl from our Churches 12 b-day party at the beach (with 15 girls!). And i thought I was a drama queen- you should have seen these 11 & 12 yr old girls! Wow... :) But it was fun-made some friend, swam, ate, jumped off a pier, laughed, and pretend like i was at GCA in 5th grade again. :) Good stuff. Got home around 5 (had to pick up a refrigerator on the way home), then went to our neighbor,Rosa, 's party- us girls ended up staying till 9 (me and MJ stayed the whole time it least). Got home, washed the dishes, cleaned up my room, hit the bunk, exhausted! Was a good full, long day!

Sunday was wonderful. Had a fellowship lunch, then AGM (annual general meeting), got home around 3:45, didn't get a nap in (was typing out my testimony for someone), went to church, came home, took a walk w/ my sisters, put on an Odyssey, then studied my eye lids for a few hours.

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Next weekend:
Dixon's Creek Family Camp! I can't wait. I could hardly do my school today i was so excited. They moved it to Labor day weekend (instead of eater weekend) this year because its warmer, and Lord willing the weather wont be so bad (it was really wet and muddy last year). But I love Dikko whither the sun is shining, or the rain is pouring! And at Family camp heaps of people come!

Family camp 2006- my first time to Dixon's creek, and i feel in love with it! :)

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So I'm tired from yesterday, but living in today, and looking forward to tomorrow! :)
God bless.

Matthew 6:34- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Daniel Bddingfield-"if you're not the one"

2007-03-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

One rainy night....

three sisters set out on an adventure across the world.... or maybe just their neighborhood.

walking on dangerous sidewalks

laughing and being silly with a crazy sister

and there's another one of thoes crazy sisters :).

Thanking God for the bit of rain... :)

Life is good with sisters... I wouldn't be here w/o my sisters. I love 'um!

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Some cool randomness....

Maria is a good photographer ain't she. :)

Welcome to the first day of march everyone!
well I must go to bed. G'night fokes.
God bless you in the hours, days, weeks, months, and years ahead.
~Tamara Rose

"tiger Lilly"- matchbook romance

2007-02-26T23:44:00.000-08:00

Let the rain drops fall... it hides the tears

Quote: "whoever said only sunshine bring happiness, has never tried dancing in the rain"

Observation: There is school, then there is life. Don't get the two mixed up. Enjoy living and breathing each day God gives you, and serve Him to the fullest.

Verse: Isaiah 41:10 -"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."

--God bless my friends--

song: "to little, to late"- JoJo

2007-02-22T23:01:00.000-08:00

Don't blink, you might miss on out life....

It's short, so make the most of it while you're here. Make the most of every opportunity.

It's funny how things can change. How time flys by. Its funny how when the tears come, it clouds your vision, life goes blurry, and you can't see as clearly. when the world goes dark, who will lead the way?

When everything gets turned upside down. When the world you thought you could trust walks out on you, who will walk in?

When nothing is OK, when everything goes wrong, when sleep won't come. Who is there, Who is left?

In one second everything can be taken away. When life goes shaky, your palms get sweaty, and start to slip and fall, who do you hold on to when nothen' is left to hold?

One word: God.
But, God has a hold of us when we slip, all of us, and he isn't ever gonna let us slip out of his grasp. When the world goes dark, His love will light the way. Things change for a reason, He's has a plan. It may not be what we expect, or even want, but He works all things out for good, and we have to keep our hope in Christ, and trust Him wholeheartedly, because you know what, He knows what he's doing.

But don't go through life with your eyes closed, don't let it slip past. Live your life with Christ shinning through you. And remember He's always got a hold of you, through the good and the bad, and he isn't ever gonna let His children go.
So "draw near to God and He will draw near to you."- James 4:8a

Do you feel like every things slipping in? Is your hope in Christ tonight? If not, quit messen' around and get things straitened out. God is God, and He knows you better then anyone and Loves you more then anyone, and He is ALWAYS there, He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Psalm 125: 1&2 "Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion which cannot be shaken, but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people both now and forevermore."

Quote of the post: "God sometimes takes away the things which are most dearest to our hearts, to show us how much we take for granted"-the Four feathers - this is to true.

"It end tonight"- all American rejects

2007-02-17T21:27:00.000-08:00

Hot and Tired....

But thankful its God day of rest for us. Thank God for Sundays!

Well this weekends average has been somewhere around 37 C- 98.6 F- and with no AC and no pool its been almost unbearable! The intense heat here is crazy! Yesterday Ben, MJ, my mum, dad, and I went to the beach. It was good fun- but the sand was burning- so we stayed in the water most of the time! It cooled me off for a little bit, but at 8 PM it was still 37 (in Melbourne). That's the really bad bit, it doesn't cool way down at night- so its very hard to sleep. Lord willing it will cool off tonight and next week.

God's amazing Ocean

More Beauty

:) (these are just some pictures from a few months ago we took of a beach we were at)

Tonight I am giving my testimony at church ( even though i became a member a couple weeks ago- things got a little hectic and my dad kept forgetting :)) So I better get a move on. But for all you people in America who are getting like 2 (or 14 if you in New York) Feet of now and freezing- Well enjoy it! Seriously, its better then frying ;) Have a snow-ball fight for me, and I'll have a sand-right for yous! :)

Have a blessed Lords day friends.

Cartel - "The Minstrels Prayer". Thanks for JJ for this song. GO here to see his cool blog.

2007-02-14T22:45:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day to all

:-) Me and My daddy- My Valentine

"mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the nicest daddy of all?" :) I know

We got all dressed up- Maria and Charity look lovely don't they? :)

Our Valentine.

Me with my Beautiful sister

Hope every ones day was filled with lots of kisses and hugs. SO Happy Valentines Day to all and to All a good night :)

2007-02-05T22:15:00.000-08:00

A Beautiful miracle from God

On Sunday, around 6-8 PM, Thomas James Wilson Hughes was born. The newest addition to our church family

He was born to Carolyn and Raymond Hughes. (they are one beautiful family, huh? :) I think so)

We went to see the new little Hughes family this evening and I'm still pumped from seeing him! (even more pumped then the Colts winning the super bowl this morning - for us. I've had an exciting day! :)) He is a gorgeous baby boy and I know, with the help of our Lord, Caz and Jonah (nick names) will be wonderful parents! And I can't wait to get to know this little guy more and more in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead! He is a little bundle of joy and blessing- for Carolyn and Ray, for Tony and Norma (Carolyn's parents), and all the other family, And for our church and my family! He is a little miracle from God. :)

2007-02-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

No more sleepen' in :(

Yes, once again the dreaded school year has started. No more summer break (but its still summer for another 2 months). Its a pity. And Alas, I'm in Algebra..... Can you say "CONFUSED TAMARA!!!", 'cus that's what I am. Actually its only Algebra 1/2 and this week has been supper easy (the first lessons are always easy!), but I'm just waiten' for the dreaded weeks and months ahead.

(for those of you who are wondering, C is not in Saxon maths 87- and I'm not in Algebra 2, we were ganna switch but C freaked out when she saw how easy mine was and I freaked out when i saw how hard hers was. The print was WAY smaller!)
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In other news....

It has just been a lazy Friday night. Pizza and a movie, session meeten' with my dad and the elders. James G. is over for a "sleep over" (or whatever little boys call it) for Ben's birthday. They have been playing on the Xbox for 6 or so hours. Then tomorrow we are going rock climbing.

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Some modeling shots us girls took before Church last Sunday night.

Maria and I in a tree.

Squinting because of the sun. I have two beautiful sisters don't I. God blessed me. :)

"The Reason"-hoobastank

2007-01-28T21:50:00.000-08:00

A year ago today....

I was stepping on to Australian soil for the first time. I was in Melbourne, Victoria air-port for the first time. I was confused and tired. I was surrounded by people I didn't know. I was embarrassed in kisses and hugs from people who didn't know me. I was in a strange place with strange people. I was beyond hipper. I had so many feeling and emotions, that I thought I'd explode! :) I was amazed by everything! I had major jet lag. I was bouncing on my bed. I was thinking these were the sweetest people I had ever met.

A LOT of things have changed sense then, and a lot of the weirdness and strangeness has warn off- but one thing will always say the same, and that is how much i love these people and how amazing and sweet they are! I love them so much, and my love grows for these people every minute longer I'm with them! And to everone who said (before we left the states) that the time would fly (yes, all yous who i got SO annoyed with)- You were so right! The time has flown by, but its also seemed like we've been here forever, in one sence! But i'm learning to enjoy and love life as it comes, and not to long for the future or dwell on the past. And to quote my bro Zachary-"Everything is not good, but God is, and it's gunna be, so I'm going Great." :-)

[The mission team, some of my church family, and my family at Surrento back beach.]

P.S. Happy birthday to Ben (well yesterday)- He finally turned 11! :) Ok well i guess he's 12, but sense he skipped his birthday last year, I don't think he should be aloud to be a year older. Oh well, Happy birthday lil bro.

Verse of the post: 2Th 2:16-17 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

"I don't want to miss a thing"- Aerosmith (thanks to Tricia for this song)

2007-01-28T21:30:00.000-08:00

Some of those wonderful, amazing people who i love SO much!

Some of my wonderful church family at Walhala! I love these guys!!

2007-01-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

Its over...

*sigh*... I made it through yesterday and made it to tomorrow, which is today- Praise the Lord.
I didn't thank I could get through with it, but with, and only with, the Lords help and strength He got me though- and a lot of other people though- Muriel's Funeral yesterday. It was a a very difficult day, but I think, with Christ, my dad preached the message clearly. My father is a strong man. And we are praying that we can fine some good out this tragic death. Its has been a very long week.

A week ago Thursday I really felt my heart break, for real, for the first time- so I can't even imagine what the family, what Robbie- Muriel's dear husband of 43 years- is going though. Please keep praying for Robbie, his two sons and two daughter's in-law, and the grand children, other family members, our church family, and me and my own family. Your prayers are needed and appreciated.

Memory's of Muriel burns: Muriel taking us girls to Chocoholics and buying us milkshakes. She always wanted to know how you really were. She was Always caring for people, and showing her love for Her savior by loving others. :) She was an amazing godly example to me, and a great friend (to me and many others). She will not be forgotten. And I loved her dearly.

And Robbie... Robbie amazes me more every time I see him. He blew me away when he told me he loves me like a daughter. He really lights up my life and I love and think he's about the sweetest man I know! God bless Robbie. So Please, Continue to pray for Robbie - especially as other people return to their normal lives and his "normal" is no more.

With hope in Christ, for with out Him we have non, But with Him we will ALWAYS have hope!
~Tamara Rose

Robbie and Muriel Burns- Valentin's day, 2006.

Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him.

Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

2007-01-19T19:50:00.000-08:00

Some crazy pictures from my life. :)

Before my hair was done. Me with Mr. nut craker

me in Joshy's chair before..... *dun dun dun* it HAPPENED!

Allll the action! Even though I looked worried, I have full and complete trust in Justine...

And that's when I finally found a mirror..."OH MY GOODNESS! YOU DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS RED!!!!!"

I guess it's okay. James, Joshy, and Beth still love me!

Justine's payment for doing my hair. :)

It was too hot for coffee, so we just decided to use the coffee table for the next best thing: our feet!

We were laughing too much to pose...can ya tell??

For some reason I kinda like that girl...not sure why.

Lovin' the hair...lovin' the hair. ;)

What are YOU lookin' at??!

Me at the Park (Charity was having some fun with the camara. we love taking pictures... if you couldn't tell ;))

Charity got a hold of the camera again...and, of course, grabbed me for a shot. *sigh* If we keep up this posing together, people are gonna start saying things. :-j

We're cool. We're posed. We're on wood. Yeah.
I'm up in a tree, as usual.
...and Charity's still on the ground, as usual.
(Maria likes to call this one "A Monkey and a Princess" hehehe)

Pretty much, this is just a cool picture. Period.
(Too bad the most beautiful sister isn't pictured there....HAH! But who would take our picture??)

This was actually on the way to the Glovers'.... we had to stop and make a quick call. *sigh* C just can't stay away from the phone. :-P

So Charity pulls her long jean skirt out of the closet on Sunday morning. Maria protests, "You can't wear that! I'm going to wear mine!" Then I come out of my closet and say, "Hey...I was going to wear mine, too!" *sigh* What were we to do?? (Allen says we look like Baptist girls who aren't allowed to wear anything but skirts...humph. I think we look purty! :))

The three newest members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia! Maria, Ralph Blakston, and me. (This is a little blurry, but still cute.)

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Well I hope you enjoy looking at some fun moments in my life. :) Enjoy the pictures everyone and enjoy life my Friends. God bless you all!

Song: "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol

C got their new CD after Christmas and we love it! :)

2007-01-07T23:40:00.000-08:00

Life is a Highway...

I wanna ride it all night long.

us kids all together one last time (for awhile)

doesn't that just make you wanna cry? :'( it makes me sad.

now this is happy- all together again at last! I was SOO happy- Overjoyed!!

Us with the Blakstons at the Melborne air port before they (Allen and Zach ;)) left.

Our last family picture with them for awhile.

Us five older kids together for a snap of a picture, then they were gone.

*sigh* how life goes on.... 'tis a very crazy highway.... But by- and only by- My Gods grace have we made it this fare- through the ups and Downs. Its curvy and dark sometimes, but He's ALWAYS looking out for us.
Statement:
I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!

Well Lord willing we'll be back again together before to long. *sigh*... I hate the air port. Except for when I'm picking up.... so just dropping off, those trips about kill me! But God is good!

Quote: (Ben Blakston said after the boys left) "I'm going to pretent to be Allen today so the Blakwoods won't be sad. And Harry can be Zachary."

"life is a highway"- Rascal Flatts
inspired by- watching Cars- great film, a must see! :)

2007-01-04T21:30:00.000-08:00

hot, sweaty, and happy

Its around about 92-95 F degrees today (32-35 C). And the sun was just a'blazen' down. Rule: when your in Australian Sun ALWAYS were sun screen! But today was pretty good, so i'm pretty happy.

Anyways, its cooling down now this evening, which is good and Tomorrow until Tuesday are supposed to be a little cooler, which will be nice.
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A big happy birthday to Justine G today. You are SO sweet. I love you!
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Well I'm hopefully am going to have pictures on here soon (the ones of us at the air port, my hair, New years day, just good times.) but right now I'm going to go in and watch "Fox and the Hound".... oh boy, that brings back memories.
Have a fabulous weekend.

"forget it"- Breaking Benjamin

2007-01-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

Thanking God for each breath

As I think of the new year ahead of me, I have think Him for the year past, and how amazing He has been and how gracious, Almighty, and sovereign He has been to me and my family. I shouldn't just thank God for that at the end of the year and the beginning of a new one, but i should every day, every breath I take should remind me to thank Him for being my God and giving me strength. But most of the time its not till after something really good happens that i thank Him. But the truth is He gives me EVERYTHING I've ever had or have now. And I should thank Him for the straggles and the good times. Not just the good times. Well just some random thoughts of mine. :)

We spend New years eve Lunch with Friends of ours from Kahoonah (sp)- John Taylor and his wife and two adorable kids. Mr. & Mrs. De Jong and there song Peter- and with Graeme and Alison Heart. The Hearts spent the night (Graeme preached in McKinnon) and we stayed up till the new year with them. It was really great spending it with them. Today we spend the day at sorrento beach with Jono and Lou Blakston, The Glover's, The lumleys, Ralph Blakston, and the Stuarts. It was a great day. Almost perfect..... but we were missing two very special people. But I still had a great time.

So I could make a list of How good God has been to me this past year, but that would take way to long! So I'll just say a couple of things I'm very thankful for that's happened this past year.

1. That I moved to Australia
2. That I had my family all together with me for Christmas
3. That God showed me how be content.
4. That God will never give up on me or fail me.

Well that's 4 of about a 2000 # list. But last year-2006- was.... the best and worst year of my life. The saddest and happiest year. Full of lots of hello's and many goodbyes... to many Goodbyes. I've felt overflowing Love for my new family in Christ, but also so much heartache for the one I left back home. Not being able to deside whats home and whats not. Having to go though all that heartach that comes with having two homes, but also feeling so much love in each home. Its been full of so many ups and downs, its like a roller coaster. But Gods always been there watching over and never left. With him I'll never surrender even when life gets tough.
So this year, instead of making new years resolutions, I'm going to try and live my life with Christ shining though me and thanking God for each breath.

So happy new years everyone and May God bless each one of you in this new year He has given' to us.

Psamls 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

Song: "white Flag"-by Dido

2006-12-29T11:21:00.000-08:00

They're Gone again,

Once again my brothers are gone, but this time I watched them walk away, instead of them watching me walk way. Yesterday at 11:20 (iss) they walked though those airport doors and *snaps fingers* just like that, they were gone.
I didn't really cry at the air port, all of yesterday I was actually reasonable happy (I'll tell you why in a minute), Wednesday was the killer. I guess I got all my tears out Wed night, cus' boy-oh-boy did I cry. Silently on the way home from the Glovers (at 9:45. our last car ride with just us 5 older kids for awhile), then when we got home I cried and cried for about 5 or 10 minutes alone in our dark living room. Then with my sisters a little after that. It was good though because I got all my tears out so my Brothers didn't see me cry.

I'm sure more tears will spill over later when it hits me that they are gone, but for now I'm ok. So Jono And Lou Blakston and their 4 kiddo's met us at the air port- before that we had breakfast at Jono's parents house- then after the goodbyes they came back to our house for lunch *laugh*, it was a lunch that turned into afternoon tea, then a game, then dinner, then a movie, then showers for the kids, then at 9:30 ish they left. :-) I was good to have them though, it made us happy. But when they left I hit the bunks, 4 hours of sleep made me very tired. But i didn't go to sleep right away, I heard the phone ring at 2:30 am- the boys calling to say they had made it safe- then I went to sleep till 9 something.

So, They left on a jet plane, and Lord willing they'll be back again in less then 5 months, But oh babe, I hatted to see them go.

2006-12-23T12:05:00.000-08:00

A big thanks to Zachary!

my dear brother, For helping me get the Rose thing back up and helping me out with my blog. Ok so I've got a pink blog.... is that to wierd? Well I can mess around with it still, not anymore right now. I'm sick of messing with this blog, but I hope you like it. Thanks again Zach!

Two more days till christmas. Are you ready? I'm not, Ive got all the gifts and everything i'm just not ready for this Christmas, everything' to wierd. But it does feel more like Christmas now then it did.
Welp God bless and have a very Merry Christmas all! (and if there is any, through a snow ball for me :))

~from the girl "down under"

2006-12-22T12:30:00.000-08:00

Ok right now I'm very frustrated. Maria decided to help me upgrade my blog and it destroyed my old template... :( I'm very sad and annoyed. Oh well I'll work on it later. I don't think I can get my old template on here, so maybe later (with some help from my family) I'll mess around with this and make it pretty. Maybe Charity can help me again and make another pretty blog.

~later
"last kiss"- Pearl Jam

2006-12-19T10:35:00.000-08:00

lalalalalife is wonderful

10 reasons why my life is wonderful!

#1. I've got my whole family here for Christmas.
#2. Saturday I went lazor taging and bowling with the bedfords
#3. I had a great run yesterday night
#4. I've got the best sisters in the world!
#5. I've got the greatest Brothers ever!
#6. Its warm.
#7. we have a beach 5 minutes away.
#8. I've got the best parents you could ever ask for!
#9. My church family loves me and I love them!
#10. My God has blessed my with great family, friends, and home, and He's always there!

:) Those are 10 reasons why I have a wonderful life!

thanks to Ruth for the great song!

"life is wonderful"-Jason Mraz

2006-12-10T09:50:00.000-08:00

This ain't the Christmas I know.....

It's supposed to be snowing. We are supposed to be getting our warm clothes out. We are supposed to be making snow angels, making hot chocolate to warm us when we come inside with clod hands and noces. We are supposed to be sitting 'round the fire. Thats my Christmas is supposed to be.

We aren't suppose to be waiting for rain 'cuz its so hot and dry, our summer clothes aren't supposed to come out for another 6 months. We aren't supposed to be laying out in the sand, drinking ice cold lemonade to cool us down we we come inside from the blazing sun. We aren't suppose to be sitting around a pool! This isn't my christmas, its not the way its supposed to be...

I miss waking up, looking outside and seeing how calm and white everything is. The first snow, getting all excited, getting my snow suit on and running outside and loving that first mouthfull of snow.

We should NOT be waiting for the first warm day, getting our bathers on, then running down the ocean, and getting our first splash in the face of salt water.

The days are suppposed to be getting shorter and colder, not longer and warmer. Where are the coats and scarves? Not shorts and flip-flops. Where has my Christmas gone..... But I guess Christmas really isn't about all taht, maybe I should focas more on Jesus's birth, and less on the seasons. It really isn't that big of a deal weather we have sand or snow under our feet.
Christmas (in my eyes at least) is a day to be with our family and friends and celabrate Christ's birth. And maybe, even though I miss my white Christmas, I should try harder to see what their Christmas season is all about. See it there Their eyes.

A Christmas on the beach won't really compair with a white christmas, but maybe, just maybe if I give it a chance, I might even like it. :) Besides I've got my 5 siblings with me and my parents. Can't ask for much more. :) Plus I've got all my new Ossie friends. Don't get my wrong, I miss all you guys like crazy, and miss my white Christmas, but I love my new second home and I'm willing to give this Christmas a chance.

2006-11-29T08:20:00.000-08:00

Pictures From our vacation in Nhill

actaully these our of our stops on the way there! :) good fun

(a post Lord willing will come later... maybe, and then a post about our adventure at Kennet River will come after that. Charity has a great lovely long post about out adventure in the country on here lovely blog and Zachary has some GREAT, MUST SEE pictures on his websigh! They really are great! Enjoy)

2006-11-29T01:40:00.000-08:00

More pictues...

2006-11-09T05:25:00.000-08:00

Pictures

these our from Hanging Rock. Make sure you read the post below!

2006-11-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

what's new in my life

Well... Its a new month, we have two new Elders in our church (3 including my Father), and we had a new exciting LONG weekend.

A Blakston weekend!
you can't get much better than that.
Friday night was the installation of my Father, Tony, and Matt. Afterward us girls went to Lynsey and karin Blakstons for the weekend. We got up around 9:30- 10:30 (hey we didn't get home till midnight the night before) at 11 we went opp-shopping then we went and had a picnic at Hanging Rock. We took the walk up to hanging rock which was only suppose to take 50 min, but because Maria and I were all over the place (I just couldn't resist climbing on all the huge rocks!)! :-) It was so much fun. And Karin, Lynsey were right behind us. So 2 hour later we got down and went and got some ice-cream and went on another walk to see this huge Cross, that wasn't as long but by the time we got in the car I was So tired out! That night we watched the movie Picnic at Hanging - which I advise non of you to watch! It had no ending! There were some good and funny scenes in it but it was pretty dumb! :) Then they took us to church Sunday morning.

Then after evening church we had Jono and Lou Blakston (Karin's Son and his family) and their kids over to spend the night- the live in Geelong and came down for the thing on Friday- and all day Monday. We went to a park and ate lunch with them and the Glovers and that was good fun, then we came home and later some of us went to another close park and played before we went to the Bay. That evening Us kids stayed home and watched their kids while the adults went out to Tea. Then the sad goodbye came and they went about 8.

Yesterday we got school off again for the Melbourne Cup ( the only horse race that they say "stops the whole nation". How sweet a two minute race and you get the whole day off! :)) and first I went to the Glovers to help finish up the fence for the goats then at 3 our family went to Ralph Blakstons-Lynsey's brother- which was great fun! Then we had bible study they night.

They Blakstons are a way-cool family (and their are more of them) and you really can't get much better than spending a long weekend with them! They are great!

Two weekends ago Matt organized a trip to this place called Walla-halla. I will try and put some pictures up of it so I won't tell to much about it. A gold-mining little town. That was really fun too!

Now tomorrow we leave for Nile- some place in the middle of know where. :) I'm excited... Well not to thrilled about the 8+ hour car ride in our 8 pasenger, but it should be fun! I'll tell all about it when I get back home next Wednesday!

God bless all,
~Tamara Rose~

this song is dedicated to my Hero- aka my Oldest brother Allen!

I'll try and put pictures up tomorrow, they aren't working for me tonight. Sorry.

2006-10-21T03:05:00.000-07:00

Stressed, tired, but SO happy that its Saturday and i'm alive! :-)

Ok so right now Im getting a massage by my wonderful sister Charity. And oh boy do I need it! See yesterday we went to Berwick (our lovely homeschool group :-P).... oh wait I must tell you what I did Thursday.

Ok so I was stressing about our debate we were supposed to have done the next day (Friday) and I had just started. We don't have to actually do the debate till next friday but our teacher wanted it done yesterday so we could perfect it all this week (which won't happen! ;)). So I was stressing because I was supposed to go over to Casey's in one hour and I had just started! Well Jakie came at 4:20 and I hadn't packed or anything, but I just threw everything in a bag and left. :) Leaving my lovely debate partner, aka Maria my sister, to finish. :) It was HEAPS of fun at Casey's (even though she had to work from 5:30-9)! But I only got 6 (at the most!) hr. of sleep, but I forgot about all my stresses and worries and just relaxed and had a lovely time, so that was great!

Ok so Friday morning, after we messed aroud and Casey did my hair ( :) look at the pic down below of it), Me, James, John, and Jakie were off to Berwick. And to my supprise my WONDERFUL sister had got all my jumbled thoughts and info I had thrown on a page, together and made it into a great speach... well as great a speach as it can be with a title of "That sewer water should be recyled" Yuck! But hey, I gatta do it. We had lunch (my favorite period! :)) then Drama, which was good, then sport! :) Was that fun or what!? Pluse it was raining and we were playing Ultimate Frisbee (pluse at lunch time I played soccer in the rain)! Even though it was very cold I had a blast, and had SO much energy for some unknow reason, maybe thats what lack of sleep does to me.

Anyways, now I'm tired today from all that 'muckin' aroud in the rain yesterday, but Charity was giving me a massage, :) she got tired i guess and is now on the compie again. Oh well it was very nice of her anyways. Look at here lovely new post. (P.S. I totally helped with that poem!).

Now the rain has gone and the sun has come out! *sigh*.... isn't it great to be alive!

Psalms-

27:13, I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14, Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

94:18, When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.
19, When anxiety was great within me,your consolation brought joy to my soul.

Here are some pic for all-ya'll enjoyment. :-)

Song of the post- "I wish I was a punck rocker"-sandi thom
This is like my all time favorite song ever.... ;) well maybe not, but I like it a lot!

2006-10-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

More Pictures
(make sure you read the beautiful post below! :))

me burning up! ahh...
our lunch with Josh and Lucila Sunday when we were up in Geelong

me and Ben on our way to the Back Beach

up at Aurthers Seat (after we went to

the beach) with Josh and Sarah and

Her parents (the prichard)

Serrento Back beach. Beautiful huh?

scary pic of me and my new cute Bunny,

Dopey

2006-10-10T06:05:00.000-07:00

I'm finally back!

Never fear Tamara's here! :) hah sorry guys it took me so long to get back to this lovely Blogio. But I'm back now.

Two weeks of Spring break (aka- school holidays) was great but very busy! I'll tell you the highlights of it: Going to Serrento back beach. Having a BBQ with the Prichards and the church people. The Jr. camp and Dixon's Creek I helped lead. That was so much fun! The Drama was classic! If you have every led or been around 8-11 year old's for a couple days then you know what I'm talking about! I got a bit stressed out when I had to lead all 15 of them in on a bush walk in a dried up over grown creek! "Jonno where did you go!?!" ;) but it was fun. And I tried to be responsible. Ask one of the other great leaders: Jono B, Karin B, or Alex M, to find out the REAL story. :-)
We had Kids club in McKinnon and Frankston the second week of school holidays and those went pretty well. Friday we went to Vic Markets ( Queen Victoria Market). That was really fun! That was the first time seance we have been here that I actually went shopping for myself and bought more than one thing that wasn't at an op-shop. Besides getting cloths and shoes and things, we got a dwarf bunny! Its so cute! It fits in my palm! I love it. We named it Dopey, sense its a dwarf. ;) Then the last weekend of the holidays we went to Geelong. My dad preached up there.

Last week we were just getting back into school and playing with out new bunny. We went again to Geelong. Friday night us girls took the train up and had a movie night with Sara B. That was heaps of fun! Meg and Emily M. came too! We stayed up soo late but had heaps of fun! At 11 we got up and ate breaky then went to a Charity Footy mach that a bunch of guys from Geelong (and my brothers) and some others were playing in. It was really nice day (pretty hot out in the field, but it least it wasn't rainy and cold like last year, or so they told me). We went to Meg and Brandon's after the game and practiced our song. You see that night they had a charity concert (this charity concert and footy thing was not actaully for my sister Charity, its for a gal who used to go to Geelong RP church and had Brest cancer, They announced that about $1600 was made and more still comming so it was good turn out) and they had asked our family to do something in it, so we did. I also played the drums along with others in my family who sang and played other insterments and sang pluse three other people. It was really fun! We sang the Star Wars Weird Al song. It was great! haha. We didn't back to Frankston till about 11:30 or so. It was a late night, but a good one.

Yesterday I sprained my ankle or something. I was playing on a fallen down tree in the Glovers back yard ( a family in our church) and me and MJ were just messing around and trying to pass each other, with out falling. We finally did it once without falling and we were trying to do it again and I feel and my foot sorta went sideways and I think I heard it pop. Yeah... Ouch! It was extremely painful but I'm alright. I have been limping and hopping today but I just think its maybe sprained. I might go to a Dr. but I don't think its that bad. If it still is on Thursday I might but I think I'll be fine. ;)

Well now you all are all caught up on my life. I'm not going to say I'll try to update more in the future because I always say that and it never happens. :-) I'm going to try and get some pic up here and change this song finally! :) But if the pic don't work go to Zachary's web page and you'll see lots of lovely pictures! :) God bless all and have a lovely week!

2006-09-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

the american hick serving! :)

t
me and brandon

Springs here!

And it feels great!

Last weekend we went up for sarah's 21st! It was heaps of fun. I'm going to try and put a couple pic on so you can see our lovely outfits! :)

Well We have some new friends! And They live right behind us! Amy (she is 16) and her mom. Claire, and her gandma, Rosa! Pluse they are all christans! They are all really sweet! I love them all! And its great to have new Christan friends!

Well Amy and Claire are here to play a card game so I better go!
Happy laborday to everyone in the States! Miss you all. I'll try to change the song later.
God bless

2006-08-22T05:50:00.000-07:00

A sad ending to a great week!

Good report first:
Mt. Baw-Baw (or Boar-Boar as the Aussies say) was a blast! It was really nice Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday-Friday weren't sunny, but good skiing weather. Wednesday it was almost like a blizzard! It was great fun. I went out in in jeans and a hoodie, right after I had had a shower, dryed my hair, and got all nice (bad idea ;)). So I went out down to the slopes where some of my family and some of the Blakstons were. It was alright at first, just sleeting/snowing a bit, on and off. Then it started getting real windy and I decided to be crazy and go on a walk while they were finishing up skiing. I went up and up, down, around in circles, everywhere (mind you, I was wearing no hat or gloves)! Finally, I made it back to civilization. I was alive! ;) Ok it wasn't that bad, but I was frozen. Well, Jono and Lou were still skiing away so I, being the crazy person I am, went back for a nother walk. :) Thankfully I didn't get lost but I wasn't going back up again, at least till I got warm! Joel and Angie Blakston (there were a LOT of those Blakstons. :) but they made it heaps of fun!) walked me back, and when I got in everyone asked were I went and I just said "around" and I wasn't ever lost lost. I always knew I was on Mt. Baw-Baw. :) But that was heaps of fun. I went snowbording with Charity Tuesday and Friday. Friday was better because Jono and Allen snowboarded (Jono tried it Wednessday afternoon, he said he learned how by watching what us girls did wrong. He did everything opposite what we did. So in a round-about way, I taught him how. :-P lol sorta) and they sorta toutored us. :) I wiped out a TON, but it was loads of fun! I thought I did alright for never having skied or snowborded before (you can ask my family for the real story ;-D). We had dinner with Jono and his family after we got down from the Mountans Friday night then came home. It was a great, de-stressing (not distressing) week!

Sunday morning (13th) kind of wrecked out relaxful week. Sort of. We got a phone call (my dad did) and then I come in my room and Charity said Megan and Brandon's front room caught on fire. Then she said Allen was in the house when it happend. My first thought was that she was just kidding. Then when I figured out that she was serious I was shocked! It was like she had knocked me over with the news! Sunday was not a very good day. My mom was sick. Thankfully Greame Heart was preaching so my dad after lunch, we had with Greame and his parents over, and my dad took off to Gelonge to be with Allen. So us kids had to make sure the Hearts got entertained, do lunch and clean up, make sure every thing Sunday night was alright, on top of ever thing that had happend in Gelonge. I'm sure most of you saw the pictures and got the e-mail from the Fishers. If not go to their Blog and you can see them or go here. It got more than just the front room. The front three rooms are all burned, nothing left. The hall way is buned. All but one room (the spare room) has bad smoke damage. Its so scary and sad how quick the fire just swallowed up everthing!

Thankfully, God has been very good and has provided for them in amazing ways. Allen was pretty shaken up last week, but he is doing pretty well now. He lost a lot of stuff, too, but I'm sure God will continue to provide for him and the Fisher's.

Last weekend was SO MUCH FUN! We went to Geelong Friday-Monday. Geelong people are so great, I tell you! Well...all except Brett Mikelsons. (JUST KIDDING!) We stayed with the Mikelsons Friday and Saturday night (much to Brett's dismay! hehe), which was a blast. I love that family! We also got to eat lunch with the Hart's, and spend Sunday night and Monday morning with them. Maria and I almost missed the train home! We had to run from Allison's car to the train, with less than one minute to spare!

We may get to go back to Geelong again this weekend because we were invited to our friend, Sarah's, 21st birthday party.

Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

I LOVE THESE GIRLS!!! We had so much fun "cheerleading". Haha!

Proof that I really DID snowboard. Yep, this makes me look like quite the pro, huh? well...don't be toooo fooled. ;)

The whole group(excluding The Fisher's and Feldman's, who left early).

Here's a picture from "Swimming in the beach in winter". More photos at www.zachary.blackwoods.us!!!

***Thanks to Charity for editing and finishing this post***

2006-08-05T09:10:00.000-07:00

Let it snow, let it snow!

I really want it to snow in the Mountains! It needs to snow in the Mountains! See next week, monday-Frinday, Our family and a bunch of other people are going to Mount Baw Baw. Its going to be a blast! Except I'm learning how to ski here in Augest! Which is a bit wierd, first that is is winter in August, and second that i'm learning how to ski here! Ok thats a lot wierd! ;) Allen and Zahcary are coming up Thursday night. It would be cool if they could come the whole time but they have school.

Maybe you all should pray for me, or all the people out on the slops who are going to get run over. :) Some one's going to get hurt I just know it. :-P Hopfully I won't kill anywon or myself.

My suitcase is so full! I was kind of sad when I was packing, which is wierd because I love to pack (or I did), and I couldn't figure it out but I think it was because The last time I packed was when we moved and all the feelings were coming back. Its pathetic I know but I don't like packing anymore. It reminds me to much of Leaving.

*sigh* but even though I am a big nervase and a bit sad, I'm still very excited. I miss snow in the winter. Now when Christmas comes and i'm swiming in the ocean, thats just going to be to wierd. Charistmas on teh beach, thats pushing it! ;)

God Bless ya'll

2006-07-29T08:50:00.000-07:00

Swimming in the beach in winter....

Can you say crazy? Yeah well, that's precisely what I thought when Maria first asked if I wanted to ride down and go to the beach, but I decided it would probably be fun. So Zach, Ben, M.J. and me all rode about 50 min to this beach (I have no idea why we rode so far, we have a beach like 5 or 10 min away on a bike) And I'm talking massive hills! Huge. It was an alright balance of how many were on the way there and how many were on the way back.

In my brilliance, I knew we should wear shorts under our pants. So we did, and after the long journey there we hid our stuff in a bush that we had to climb like 14 feet to get to (just to make sure it wouldn't be seen and that it would be hard to get to). So Maria and were probably in the water the most, but we all got wet. Even though I cut my feet on sharp rocks, rough sand, rocky hills, and - the worst - the dreaded snails,. ;) and even though the water was freezing cold, it was still cool! It was sunny one minute then super windy and rainy the next. Sometimes you couldn't hear yourself talk! But we got some cool pictures and got to hang out together. I definitely think that's the coolest thing - hanging out with family. ;) The beach is about the only thing left these days that is free and great fun! Even in the winter.

Well I need to go. Just to tell you again) I'm officially back into the blogging world! Hope you all love my template as much as myself and Charity. Thanks for the comments. Have a great Sunday, everyone!

2006-07-26T23:55:00.000-07:00

THANK YOU, CHARITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So... I'm finally back. No, Zachary didn't convince me to become a MOABite. I just took a break from blogging for a while. But, oh baby, it's GREAT to be back! Especially with this GREAT new template which my dear sister, Charity, has spent a couple hours "creating". Isn't it perfect?! And the picture is SO CUTE! We took it the other day at the Glovers'. In the picture with me is Joshy (and Maria, standing behind).

Wow... a lot has happened. The Missions Team came and went. My wonderful brothers came and are still here until the end of the year. Allen is in Geelong right now, but Zachary is here with us. They have both started Uni - Zachary at Monash, Allen at Deakin. It's so great to have them around! :)

I wonder if anyone will even look at this, considering I haven't updated in 3 or 4 months. Well, they better 'cause it's been SO LONG and I want to get back into blogging business. :)

Hmm.... I could probably write about a ten page report of my life, but most likely many of you already know what's going on. And if you don't know, you probably don't care. You can always go to Charity's or Maria's blog, though.

So for now, just let me know what you think of the new look. And I'm going to try and post some pictures in the near future for your enjoyment. PLEASE comment and keep coming because I am seriously back in business!

2006-04-25T01:31:00.000-07:00

Walk, walk, and walk more!

This past week I have walked more than I have every in my life! :) Ok maybe small exaggeration (sp) there, but not to much of one.
Wednessday: can't think what I did but I know that I walked some were.
Thursday: We went to McKinnon and counted 15000 houses (we really did, we walked aroud and counted house on each block it was to see how many fiers we needed to prit out)
Friday: Ran to and from Ray and Carolyn's, Helpt coath Footy and ran around wiht a bunch of little boys, went to Ray and Carolyn's again and ran home.
Saturday: went door to door giving out the fliers for the 60th aniversary service next Sunday.
Sunday: walked to church
Monday: Walked to Ray and Carolyn's agian (we took a really long way though) and walked back
Tuesday (today): went back up to McKinnon and passed out the rest of the fliers. Later tonight we are going to walk to bible study D.V.
Wednessday: We are Lord willing going to deliver junk mail.
:) So I have been doing a lot of walking.

In other new's. Sorry that I havn't updated in so long. Yesterday was the first time I have gotten on the comp in like 12 days. It was really though not having to worry about the computer, but I'm glad I have it and proububly will be making up for my miss of days in the next couple.

If you want to see pictures of dixon's creek and other things go to the picture blog. And if you wnat to here about it go to Charity's blog. Well I updated the song! Sorry about having the other one up so long. I'm not sure if I like that song. I'm still deciding but I know I LOVE this song! :) Matt Pluke finaly straylight run CD so we can listen to it now! YEAH

Wow I just realized its 5 min till we have to go to bible study so I better scoot along now. Have a wonderful week everyone! God bless

2006-04-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

Swiming and breaking records.

Ok So I didn't break a recored in swiming. Those are two difrent stories.

First of all swiming. So I joined a swim team. Monday (yesterday) I went to the highschool up the hill from us, and swim for about 15 min doing difrent strocks for this guy named Rob. He was a really nice guy. He basicly told me what group (they have difrent leavels) I should be in. So starting in two Saturdays. I was really nervace because fist off, I have never swam on a team or anything before, Secondly I always get nevace going to new things whith people I don't know, But I'm sure it will be really fun and good.

Ok the recored breaking was from yesterday. If you haven't heard we have seen the Plukes for 23 days in a row and It would have kept going, we acrtually had planed to go to a bibly study with them yesterday, But atlas it had to stop. All the Pluke children were sick (or had just gotten over from being sick) So they couldn't make it. But 23 days in a row is still a good record and I'm sure we'll keep that record for a while, Or it least till we break it. :-P

Well I better go soon. I need to read the bibly study for tonight so I must end this and go get ready. Have a wonderful beautiful day and week. Today has been so sunny and beautiful It just makes me think how wonderful God is to make days like today! God bless everyone!

Song of the post: Out of the Blue by Delta Goodrem.
An Austrailan singer.

2006-04-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

Time to delet it!

Don't worry I'm not going to delet my blog (sorry Zachary ;)) I'm going to, enless many people andvise my not to, Delet my xanga.

So if you read it and love it than I may consider not deleting it, but other wise this blog is all i need for now.

So speak now or forever hold your peace.

Ok well Benji' and james's (Pluke) little fotty thing is calling so i must go. Have a wonderful day. Hope your's is warmer and less rainy than mine has been. :)

2006-04-03T05:50:00.000-07:00

Gray day!

Well today its cold any rainy. When I say cold I'm talking like 40's and 50's. Ok so maybe its not that cold, but just 5 days ago it was in the 80's and 90's so it seems really cold to us! :)

Last weekend we went bowling with the Plukes, some friends of theirs form Tazmainai Emily and Matt, Ray, carolyn, Fe, Trevor, us, and Two girls from their old church Danile, and Aleasha. It was great fun even though I can't really bowl! :) I did all sorts of crazy things though! I bowled backwards, I used two ball's at once, I grany shot it, I pushed it down, I swang it all the way over my head, and it almost sliped and went backwards. ;) Then I pushed Matt and he slid half way down the lain. Then he came and pushed me and I got a strick! :) It was pretty cool. Actauly the second game I beat both Matthews. :)

Tonight were are suppose to say goodbye to Matt (aka Grigsey) and Emily but we can't get a hold of them. Well I'm really cold and Maria wants to get on so I gatta go. Have a marvolous new week!

P.S. who likes day light saving time? I sure don't. Now its really hard to call all you peoplein the US, but it does have maybe 1 or 2 advantages. ;)

P.P.S. Everyone better tell Maria happy birthday, because in three days she's turing 15.

2006-03-31T22:21:00.000-08:00

You want to see an Australian Hottie?

You'll want to keep your lips on this one all night!

GO HERE

2006-03-28T03:49:00.000-08:00

Profile picture

So you do guys like it? Complements of a very sweet brother! :) If you guys couldn't tell I'm holding a little black dog that I got for Charistmas. *sigh* but sadly Zacharty really wanted it so being as nice as I am I gave it to him! :) I just let it give me a kiss before I had to give it up. But I did get the one Zachary had and its cute as well. I have a pic of me and it and I may end up putting that one up. I don't konw i'm experimenting with my Profile Picture.

To night we have a bible/ pray meeting so I better go. Have a wonderful day. And Look at Charity's blog she has a funny post. God bless

2006-03-26T08:30:00.000-08:00

Playing with Kanga and Roo :)

Camping was a blast! Saturday morning at 6 us kids, my dad, and Tony went and saw lots of Kangaroo's (as you can see from the pic). I think the finaly count was 16. It was pretty amazing! The Beach was beautiful too! When we got their, us kids went and ran down to the beach I told Charity that we were living out a dream! We went and ran on the softest sand I have ever felt and ran in the watter when the sun was going down. It was encreadible!

So we set up the tent Friday night, ate some hotdoges, and went to sleep. The wind was pretty strong that night but besides that fact that I was on a hill and kept rolling down then got stuck between charity's cot and the poll but It was ok. Then after we went and saw the Kangaroo's we came back and Casey, James, and Matt Pluke had just got their. Even though we brought lots of serf bords we didn't get to becuase the waves were to small, But we got the general idea how to do and and Matt tied a rope to a stick and we sat on our knees on a bogey bord and we pulled each other aroud. So even though it was cold and we didn't get to serf it was still great fun! We packed all up after we ate lunch then went to squeaky beach (which btw when you walk on the sad it really does squeek. Its really sweet! :)) and didn't swim because it has a really strong undertow but we climed some big rockes aroud it. Us girls went to the top of the meadum size rock then Matt got to a really hight one, then Maria went up, then after her Tony went up. He sliped once and fell but not off the rock, But it still scaird us all! Then they told me to go up so after a bit of convensing I went up. It wasn't to hard, Tony and Matt helped me a little bit but mostly I did it my self. It was great fun! A weekend I won't forget.

Well I need to get to bed now. I put a few pic on here just so those of you who don't have time to look at our pic blog can see a few Kangaroo's but All who can go to the Picture blog! Maria put a lot more pic up and they are really cool! Alrighty well we all have to get back to school tomorow :( so you could pray that it would go well. Thanks! Have a wonderful week.

2006-03-26T01:58:00.000-08:00

a cool spider

2006-03-26T01:57:00.001-08:00

wow baby she's big!

2006-03-26T01:57:00.000-08:00

a bunch of Kangaroo's together

2006-03-26T01:56:00.000-08:00

Beautiful.... us and the veiw

2006-03-26T01:55:00.000-08:00

The girls... Charity, Maria, Kanga, and Tamara ;) (stole that from my dad)

2006-03-26T01:54:00.000-08:00

one of the 16 Kangaroo's we saw

2006-03-26T01:52:00.000-08:00

on our way to Wilsons Prom with Tony and Norma

2006-03-22T23:04:00.000-08:00

Happy!

I'm real happy right now! Casey and James Pluke came over this morning and Casey brought a cake and us girls had a little tea party! It was really fun! And we talked and stuff. The burns are... Actually they just got here so I have to go soon but anywho, here for Supper and after supper us kids are going to the plukes for a "sleep over" :) So that should be a blast! Then Friday and Saturday we are going camping with Matt and James Pluke and Tony and Norma McKemen (casey Pluke has to work which stinks but i'm sure we'll do it again). And i'm really excited about that. We sould finaly be able to see Kangaroos and some other cool animals and Mathew's going to try to teach us surffing! :) Not that he can't teach, I'm just scaired we can't learn it! :) Oh well it'll be fun to try anyways. Well I have to go in and eat! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Love you all!

P.S. look at the pic blog and Charity's blog and comment!

2006-03-21T04:25:00.000-08:00

Well I don't have a title for this most because I'm to tired to think of one. Well sorry I havn't updated in so long I havn't been on the comp for a few days. And have been kind of busy.

Monday we went and saw the race walkers so that was pretty cool. Our party on Saturday also went really well. We should have pic on the pic blog soon of the party and a couple other things. :) I had a really good birthday. Thank's everyone who said happy birthday or sent a card! It was really sweet! Well we have bible study to night so that should be good.

Ok well I'm really tired ( I don't know why though) so I'm going to end this little post. Hope everyone has a splended day! God bless

2006-03-14T16:12:00.000-08:00

12 wonderful year's have gone by!

It's been a whole life time for me, but just a blink of an eye for my parents.

Well I'm now an offically teenager! Thirteen wow. Ok does that sound old or young? To me it kinda sounds old... But because I have four older sib's then it also sounds really young. Well Thank's a lot every one who rememberd my birthday yesterday, But even if you didn't i'll still give you a chance to redeem yourself (You live in the US) becuase its still Tuesday over their. ;)

Also Charity, my older sis who I look up to and admier, Is 16! Sweet sixteen! Can you belive it? Wow... Thats old. :) Well you can also tell her happy late birthday. :) I'm sure she'll forgive you.

Oh hey do you guys think its cool that me and Charity have the same birthday (March 14th)? I think its pretty cool! Kinda wierd but cool.

So yesterday we went out to eat with Casey (f0r our b-day) and that was fun. The water was really nice and we said that it was mine and Charity's bithday and when we orderd desert ( a huge thing of ice cream that we all shared) He put a sparkiler in in! Then we didn't have to pay for it ( ether he just did that becuase it was our birthday or some one messed up but it was pretty cool). Then we rented some movies and watched them all afternoon. Then we went to the bible study. So I had a pretty good birthday. Exccept I'm was kind of sick, Just like a cold, But it was still great fun!

Well I tryed to update yesterday but M.J. unpluged the comp and I didn't have time to update again. But Charity did help me get the music back up and some difrent pic. Well I hope you all have a wonderful day! Love you all!

2006-03-12T16:35:00.000-08:00

The heat really takes it out of us!

Well its like suppose to be 38 (c) today! And thats in the upper 90's (f) well some were aroud that, But they don't have bad humidity so it's not as bad as it would be if it was 100 in Indy. Well I'm kind of tired and I have to do my job before I can get to bed. :) Well Church went well this morning so that was good. Have a wonderul sunday everyone in Oz and every one in the US have a wonderful end of saturday. God bless

P.S. two more days tell....??

2006-03-11T22:20:00.000-08:00

Weeding!

Well that's what Maria and I didn't today. Well first we road the tandem (sp) to Ray and Carolyn's, And that was really scary, but we made it their alive and I actually got pretty calm and it wasn't bad at all riding with her after a little while. She's pretty trusting.... Sometimes. :) Well we stopped by a mail box and dropped off some letters , then we went to see if Carolyn or Ray were home. We got their and we heard some music so I figured that some one had to be home. Carolyn was cleaning. So we decided to help. Well first we talked and weeded the front yard a little, then we washed the van.... And each other :) we probably got more soap and water on each other than the van. lol Then we dried off and had some lunch. After that we vacuumed and cleaned the kitchen up. Ray got home and ate some lunch then we asked if we could paint (it was on Carolyn's "to do over holidays" list) But Ray was a little hesitant to let us. :) Even after we told him all the painting we had done at our old house. :) He decided that we should do a little easer job, Weeding. We weeded for probably an hour and a half or more! It was pretty fun but I have a few scrapes on my arm's from the tree that kept running into me! :) I told them that they had to pay us $200 an hour but I kept getting hurt so the price kept going up for my hospital bill. :) But instead they said we could have two huge leaves (that we really wanted) for our payment instead. They are huge leaves!! Like 2 Ft. Seriously! So when we were done we started home, on the tandem, in our machines helment's, with two huge leaves, flowers in Maria's bike helment, And we're Americans! :) What a sight I know. You should have seen the look one peoples faces, It was hilarious! I wasn't that embarrass because everyone already things were sorry wired Americans. :)
Well that was my adventure of the day.

Hey if you all could pray for Charity and my mom they are both kind of sickish. So just pray that they would feel better and whatever they had would be cured. Also for all the Purdue Corp students who are on their way to... Somewhere to ski ( hehe I forget were sorry). They are driving all night and all day tomorrow (well that's IN time). So hopefully the drivers will stay awake and every thing will go smoothly on their spring break.
Well have a wonderful night everyone! wow its night here and night their.... Well early morning but hey its dark. And its the same day! How cool! :)
God bless.

P.S. guess whats happening in 3 days? you get a prize if you know!!??!!

2006-03-10T11:30:00.000-08:00

Our house is now a home

Yeah! Our shipping crate has landed! Despite the look of the boxes it cam in, The only thing so fare that we have noticed hurt is, my Dad's desk is a little dented (but I think we can bend it back), So its really good! We are going to try to get our house and garage set up all by next Saturday. We got a lot set up yesterday but we still have quite a few boxes to go though still. When it all gets set up we will take lots more pictures than we'll try to put them on the picture blog.
In other news...

Yesterday we went to the Plukes for dinner. Afterwards my dad and mom talked to Brett and Jackie, And us kids went out to play hind and seek in their huge back yard! Then we went night swimming. It was great fun.... Except I got pushed in by Maria, Matt, and Ben's. It was really mean because I was just about to get in. :) really I was! And James was suppose to go in but he ran off and left me. But it was pretty fun.

Well I need to go do my job and do some stuff. We might have school off for a while because during the common wealth games the schools get off the 10th-27th. Pretty sweet, But my mom says we'll drive her crazy if we don't have any thing to do so we might do part of our school. Well hope every one has a wonderful weekend! God bless

2006-03-07T10:55:00.000-08:00

Sore....

Very sore! Yesterday we (Maria, Charity, Carolyn, and myself) went running and we streched first and I'm pretty sure I pulled a muscle in my back so I'm pretty sore! Pluse Maria punched me yesterday so my armes are really sore from that! :) And on Saturday we went rock climbing, which by the way I can rock climb, So i'm sore from that also. So right now I feel like I'm 60 when I walk aroud or try to do anything pretty much! lol No offence to you guys who are 60. :)

Blog contest

Well Charity said that I should tell you all to comment and stuff so she can win. Me on the other hand I couldn't care less if I got first or last place. But I not going to try to not win I just am sure I'll lose! Well I have to go the breakfast table is calling to be cleared. Have a wonderful day everyone!

2006-02-26T16:07:00.000-08:00

Been a while

Sorry about that everyone. I haven't really been on a compture longer than a phew minutes latly so I haven't had much time to update but I will try to more, and I'm ganna have to if I want to get any points in the blog contest, Which I actually don't even care about but just decided i might as well just give it a go. But if any of you want to do it you can look at this websight and it will tell you about the rules and stuff. Well look at one of my sisters blog if you want to know what has been going on in our lives. the past week or so. But starting monday week i'll try to start updating more.

Well we have to leave for church in like 30 min so i might try to get a little sleep before we jave to go. But before i do go you have to look at this beautiful list that we (Charity, M.J., Ben, And me) came up with.

You know your a Blackwood when.....

You know how to argue by the time you're 2 years old.
When you're upset with someone, you simply say their name in a disapprobing/disgusted way.
You've actually eaten green eggs and ham.
You carry your Bible in the box that it came in.
Your scedule gets all messed up if you dont have Frideay night pizza and Saturday morning chocolate-chip pancakes with peanut butter and syrup
Your birthday just isnt a birthday without monkey bread.
Nearly every phrase reminds you of a song (and you start singing the song out loud)
Thr front row of your church is often filled by you and your family.
You're late to everything except for church.
You're known by nearly all RP'ers as "Ed's kids"
Pouring/spilling water/food on somone is a common accurance during dinner
You're very easily entertained.
Your disagreements often go something like this...
"Allen, you are wrong"
"No, Zachary you are wrong"
"Allen, no you are wrong"
"Zachary, No! Zachary you are wrong" etc
While driving along in the car with your siblings, you enjoy loudly singing along to weird music and bobbing you heads back and forth in rythem with the music
You've always Loved "Adventures in Odyssey" and often quote lines from them
You're used to at least six people talking at once.
One of your favorite things to do with people is tell them your life stories for hours and hours
your big vacation of the summer is covfamikoi

and feel free to add on.

Hope every one has a great Sunday, wether its just started or in the afternoon. ;)

2006-02-13T01:39:00.000-08:00

Pictures!!

If you would FINALLY like to see some pictures go here. Maria and Charity made a beautiful websight. :) It has a lot of my pic on there too. Also go here if you want to see a really funny websight that maria made in memory of Flo! :) Its great But flo may kill me if she finds out that i and tellling every one about it! ;) If your reading this flo i hope you still love me! :) I love you! lol

Ok if you want the whole long story of out journey down hear Than go to Maria's or Chairty's blog. I don't really have time to write it all out considering that Charity and Maria are on the comp all day, and even if i did no one would read it becuase you have proububly already read M.J.'s or Chairty's and i'm sure mine wouldn't be much difrent. But I'm going to put a little short (well it least compaired to the s) post about it just so you get my veiw of the whole adventure.

At the train station was very sad! It was proububly the Saddest, Hardest, and scaryist thing i have every had to go though. Trying to say good bye to the boys, trying to hold it all together and not cry, trying to catch up with the guy that had our sutcases and trying to get to the right car! It was crazy, It was so loud I have never been on a trian so i was scaired but i just wanted to sit down and cry and let the world go on with out me.... But considering i'm in Australia right now writing this post you might be able to guess i kept going and didn't give up, Though i did want to many many times!

Well the train ride was very good. I met a phew nice people on it. Benjamin and I were in the same cart so that was annoing at times but alright. We went in the loung a lot and looked though the train (as much as we could) so that was fun. I got some nive pic of the senerie (sp) and played cards ex. It was very relaxing which was what we ALL needed!

L.A. was kind of cool to see. Very crazy big city which i don't think i would want to live in but it was cool to see. And the plain ride wasn't that bad. It was wierd having two nights in one day but was proububly better becuase if it would have been light out I wouldn't have been able to sleep very well (not that I did any ways but it was better than if it would have been light). When we first got off the plain and standing in line i didn't feel very well but when they were waiting for us and had the sign and every thing it was amazing! I was almost overwelmed with all the new people entroducing them selfs and standing all around me but it was good.

Well thats about it. Short and borring! :) Well hopefully not. I could have told you MUCH MUCH more but like I said if you read Maria's and Chairitys you proububly know almost all I would tell you. I really do love Australia! They people hear are encreadable and its just beautiful. We are still getting settled in and getting used to every thing (some thing i don't think i will every get used to) but its nice.

I don't know if I will put my pictures on here sence most of them are on the s little websight thing but i still might.

Well I think thats all i have time for. I'm still thinking about changing my template but may not end up doing it i donno. Tell the other side of the world hi for me! I miss you all lots and lots!

God bless
~Tamara Rose~

2006-02-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

Australia!

Well I just wanted to say we made it! This is our 12th day hear (I think). I would love to write more but i need to go get back to school. It is a beautiful country though and I love the people hear! They are So sweet and Amazing! I love them :)!

I'm going to try to change my template soon becuase this one is getting a little old but not sure what i want it to look like or say. Sugjestions (sp) are welcome.

Hope every one has a wonderful day..... actually its night in the US ;) Well have a wonderful end of Wednessday.

Oh please write:

100 Foot Street
Frankston South, VIC 3199
Australia

I would love to hear from you. I'll try to put pic on hear soon or my dad will have them on our family websigh soon I hope. Zachary actually has some which are kind of sad so go look at them.

Oh One more thing Maria got a blog so you should go look at it! kittyluver1491.blogspot.com.

Love you all and miss you lots!! Please keep us in your prayers.

~Tamara Rose~

P.S. I havn't changed my name but like no one can say my name! Its worse than in the states! Its crazy! I knew i should have! ;) Oh well its a little late now.

2006-01-18T16:45:00.000-08:00

Tired of being tired

*sigh* you think the closer we get to leaving the more excited we would all be but thats not the case hear. There is just so much packing, and cleaning, and more packing to be done and might I add this must all be done in less then a week! Unlike my sisters and brother i have not started with my own stuff yet. I have a box of stuff i want to store ready and a box I want to ship all ready bot not my sutcase's. So tomorow i'm going to pack my room up! :) I don't actauly mind packing my cloth and stuff but every thing elce in my house is the stressful part.

My agenday for next week...
Sunday evaning is our last Sunday at S. Side and in the evaning (5 :45) after the servas we are having our little going away party. I'm sure there will be lots of tears so if your like Nathan and like pictures of people crying then pring your camara's and your selfs. :) Monday after we pack all our 30 sutcases and out crate and out peano in the truch we're renting we are going up to Lafeyette to drop off some stuff then spending the night there. Tuesday The boys (as in Allen and Zachary) are going to drive us up t0 Chacago (sp) to the train station and we're are going to depart from my dear brothers (again i'm sure lots of tears). Then We will be on the train for two days and get to L.A. on Thurday and there we will met up with Meg and Brandon and fly to Oz. So we will get to Oz (Lord willing) on Saturday. Man its already making me tired thinking about it! :) But i'm sure it will be exciting.

Well this might be the last time I update in the USA for quiet some time *sniff* But don't worry I will keep bloging in Oz (though i'm going to try to change my template and get my music up and running again and get some pictures on hear) I know you were a little worred there for a moment! :) I'm sure we will have lots of fun in Australia though. Ok well i'm at the Rays right (Mary made us a wonderful cake... Well she make it for the Maria and Charity for being in there class, but i taged along and got some) now and i should to get off hear now. Keep commenting please! And keep us in your prays. Thanks for every thing you guys have done (especially the food some of you guys gave us this week it was great! :)).
Love you all
God bless

Tamara Rose

2006-01-09T21:00:00.000-08:00

Kansas was great!

We had a blast with the Mann's! They are so fun to be with and are so sweet. Mr. and Mrs. Mann are extronanary! They are all very nice! We had lots of fun with, singing, playing insturments (they are all extreamly good at some insturment or another its amazing!), Talking, Eating (very good meals btw), Paying Ultament football, and just messing around! It was great. We also made the greatest (home made ;)) movie ever! THE CHROICLES OF BLARNI
The Lion, The Witch, and the cubord
Its amasing! And hilareious! Its to long to put on a websight or some thing, but if you guys want to see it than just talk to Zachary if you see him. And if you are fare fare away I might be able to e-mail it to you it would just take like 10 or 20 minutes to load! I think i want to show it at my wedding. But I had a wonderful time. Oh their is a nother video "Will's mad skilz" That Zachary mad on Wednessday (when we were not there He drove up Monday morning with my G'pa because he needed another driver so he was up there 2 days before us). Its pretty cool i have to say.

We went to my Cousins (Jason) Funral. It was never nice, Sad but good. It was nice seeing them again. I think the last time we saw them was like 3 years ago. They have changed a lot i gotta say that!

Well My family is watching a movie so i'm going to make this post shot... Well shorter than i normaly have my post (sorry my other ones always go on and on i'm going to try to shorten them). Pray that our house would sell we have about 2 or 3 people looking at it this week and it would be very nice to have it sell before we left. And pray that our packing would go well and that no one would get stressed out (well its a little to late for that! ;)). We are moving 2 weeks from tomorow! TWO WEEKS! Now i know you all will miss me... ;) well i hope so it least.
ALrighty well God bless

Tamari Samari

2005-12-31T20:25:00.000-08:00

Stressed and a little tired

We cleaned today till like 4:00 pm! Almost all day! Ok first of all its Saturday and normally we clean on Thursday and second we aren’t even having a showing. So are you wondering why we did all this cleaning? Well did I tell you how we were going to go to Kansas some time this week and my parents were going to go to Vegas today though Monday? Well my parents didn’t go, because they didn’t want to be their, if my Cousin Jason died. Alright well you are probably lost right now so I’m going to explain. My Cousin Jason, who lives in Kansas, has a dieses that he has had sense he was born also his younger brother Aaron has it. Jason is 23 (24 in March) and Aaron is 19 (I think), that is actually old for this dieses that they have. Normally they die around 18 and the oldest is 21. Its really sad, but God has shown his grace to both of them by letting them live longer. But on Tuesday we got a call from my Aunt Carla saying that the hospice nurse thought Jason would only live a few more hours, But he is still alive but barley. They think he might have serious brain damage because his eyes aren’t responding but he is still breathing and his hart is still pumping. My aunt and uncle almost don’t want him to have to suffer any longer. They don’t want this to on. We always thought that Aaron would be the first to go because he was always worse than Jason, but a few months ago they put him in this hospice care thing. It’s for people who have some thing wrong with them and aren’t expected to live much longer, but he seems happy their (well this is what my Grandma told me and she talks to my Aunt a lot and is up their right now) and doing a little better. So any ways every thing is up in the air, because if he dies tomorrow or some thing than we would have to go Monday probably. But If he doesn’t die before Monday than we still might go but he may be a long time so we don’t know how long we would stay and the Boys have to go back to school the 9th. My dad way/is thinking about going tonight but he doesn’t know if he going to do that. He has been working all day (he just got done) and is extremely tired also. Well Just pray for us that we would have wisdom about what our travel plans are going to be. And pray for my aunt and uncle and their family. My Aunt is very stressed out. And they will have to go though this again
With Aaron so that’s harder.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!
Well things are stressful around hear and next month it’s going to be getting even busier! Well I would give my best of 2005 but I think I’m going to go watch a movie. Happy New Years Eve every body! I have to say all en’ all 2005 was a pretty great year for me! Who knows 2006 could be even better! ;) Christmas in Oz should be a little interesting! :). Well have a nice New Years Tomorrow. Any bodies have any “New Years resolutions”? I think mine is that I will get though 2006, with out dieing in the land down under. lol I think that’s what I want. Hope you who went had a wonderful time at WC. I heard it was good. Alright Well goodnight all. I hope 2006 brings lots of joy, prosperity, and.... hmm running out of wise things to say ;) and lots of love! :) i donno if that fits but oh well.
Ok well please keep praying for our Famly and My Jason and his family. God bless.

~Tamara Rose~

2005-12-25T17:40:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas All

So how was every one Christmas? Hope it went well. Mine did. On Saturday we had our Family Christmas and it was really good. Though it didn't really seem like Christmas, Nor does today (well to me) seem Like Christmas. I mean it was just to dreriy and rainy and so dark. But It Good to see a lot of people in Church. My dad preched and it was a very good servace. After Church in the afternoon we went to the Hospital and sang some Psalms to Maxine with the Hovee's, and some other s. Then they came to our house afterwards and we had a little "psalm sing" It was only us, the Hovee's, and Grace but it was fun. We went around and had favorates then we had some popcorn and stuff. Even though it was small it was still a good time of singing, but i think i am all sang out for the night. ;)

So one of the gifts I got From me dear little bro Benny was a high lighting kit. We didn't wast any time After we opeand gifts Saturday Morning we ate breakafast then Charity got started. Zachary took pictures (on before 2 durring and 1 after) that I am hoping to get on hear or some thing so you can all see my lovely hair, Well actually you can't really see the high lights because its just a Camara and they blind very well but i still try to put them on hear. When i first took them out I screemed because they were so blond but after i took a shower and stuff they blinded really well and now i LOVE it!

Well thats about all i have time for tonight. Hope every won who's going to WC has a great time. Have a wonderfully week. I'll try to update before next year. ;)
Merry Chrismas

2005-12-18T18:44:00.000-08:00

I'm free!

Yes I'm free from dreadfull school! Yeppie!!! I wish I could say i'm done forever but I'm only done till next year ;) Its really fun saying that or saying "see ya next year". I love doing that.

Well anyways sorry it took me so long to update. I was busy a lot last week then this weekend we hade componey and my dad was working on the comptures so I couldn't get on. Well actaully he still is. He like reprogmaed the computers so now a lot of my stuff is gone, Well its actually still on hear its just in a wierd place. Well I donno were just going to have to download some stuff so its kind of frusterating for me because all this stuff is moved around and some stuff is gone and I am not a tecnical person so i can't rigure it out. :)

Ok so now this is the time were I tell you all whats going on in my life and what you missed and whats comming up. and i'll try not to bore you to :)
So first of all like I said I'm off school, My last day was friday. Well friday we had a friend from evens vill come down, Roy, and he just left tonight, then Betty Eger came for lunch and she is staying till Tuesday or tomorow afternoon. Then wednessday afternoon the Man's (some friends of ours from Canses) our comming and staying till Thursday morning. And then friday we are going to my Aunts for Christmas with my mom's side of the family then Saturday( chistmas even, Also my mom and dads anaversury) we are having Christmas with our faimly then my dads parents. Then Sunday we are not going to celabreate christmas, becasuse We think its more emportant to celabrate the birth of chirst than to do wordly things and opean gifts ex. Well i'm not really going to get into that because I'm not very good at saying what i mean. :) Then we might have a psalm sing at our house or chuch Sunday night because they arn't having an evaning servas. Then Monday we might have Christmas with my G'ma and G'pa Walace so that will be fun, And if your wondering yes we have a LOT of Christmas's! ;) Thats what happens when you have a lot of family. Then Tuesay though Friday the s and Zachary (oh btw the way Allen and Zachary our home also. Allen came one last Wednessday and Zachary came home yesterday, And because we have componey Zachary and Ben took over my room and Allen wanted the whole basment to himself and Ben's room is the gest room so i was stuck out side... :) just kidding i sleeped in Charitys room. Well actually my dad had to tell them they had to let my up their because they wouldn't. Ok well back to the Subject) our going to winterconfrence and Allen will proububly work or do some thing and Ben is having a whole bunch of little boys over so i am stuch with no sisters and nothing to do so i am going to try to excape some were but still don't know were to. :) Well some time next week we want to go see Narnea and Tuesday Its maria and I's last glogging lesson so we are going to have a party! :) fun stuff. Well thats pretty much all thats happening I think. Ok so now i am going to do my "want i want to do over chistmas break list" ;-P

1. Finish shopping (well actually i might be done i'm not completly sure and if i'm not I only have a little left to do)
2. Finsih wraping all my presants
3. take a hot bath
4. relax
5. sleep!!!
6. Call people
7. write a phew peopls
8. Do stuff on the comp
9. visit with friends and family
10. Just chill and have a good chistmas break!

Ok well i think thats pretty much all i wanted to say and have time to say for now. have a wonderfully next week. And if you still have school then just keep telling your self "it will be done in like 1 day (or how every many days you have left)" and if your already out enjoy it. This is actually the fist year i really really looked forward to getting out of school for chirstmas break. Ok well i really should get on upstairs now. God Bless all

2005-12-08T14:07:00.000-08:00

Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow!

It’s snowing! Yeah! I love snow! And so does my dog and cat… well more dog but the cat thinks its fun to play with! It’s so cute to watch them play. My dog has been playing in it ever since it started and still is! You know how sad it will be in Oz not to have snow on Christmas… actually they won’t have snow at all except in the mountains! That’s going to be awful! Oh well I guess I should enjoy it well it last! Man it has been snowing for a long time and hasn’t let up a bit! Its crazy out their! Well if you are on the road be careful! It’s really getting deep fast! For those of you who go to school I have a feeling that you won’t go if the snow keeps up! There are tons of cool advantages to snow! I love
It! I don’t really want to go out side but my dog is looking at me with sad little eyes though the window and scratching on it and I am really board and wasting my life away on hear so I probably better get a move on! ;) Well hope you all enjoy the snow! And don’t take it for granted I have always but this yeah I don’t think this yeah I am going to every single snow flak… Ok maybe just every time it snows!! Last year I actually just laid down in the snow and looked at each little flak! It was so beautiful just sitting their in the quit and looking at Gods beautiful creation. I don’t under stand how you can do that though and not believe in God! It’s just crazy! I mean really. So this yeah if you find time to go out in the snow just take a minute and look real close at each beautiful snow flak and thank God for such beautifully snow! It truly is amassing to see how each one is different and how its mad so perfect! *sigh*… and just breath it all in… J well I am done with my… preaching for now. Have a wonderfully weekend. Ours is going to be a little dull because Charity and my mom aren’t hear but I am sure we will survive! Well I hope so:-D
God bless all

2005-12-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

They harts!

Ok we had a great time with the harts Saturday! They are an incredibly nice family!! They are a ton of fun to talk to and hang out with! And their Kids are really sweet, and adorable! I love just sitting and talking with them! Especially about Australia, They make be very excited to go! Oh yeah I am talking about the harts from Layette (actually they are from Oz they are just staying in Layette), not the once from my church. J You probably already figured that out when I said incredibly nice, though! lol just kidding! :-D

Well my mom and Charity are going to Chicago with my G’ma and Aunt, to go shopping the 7th through the 10th, so pretty much till they kill them self’s! I am not a huge fan of shopping. I mean I like it some times but I pretty much have to be in the mood for it and I am not the one to go for 3 days strait! I will go for a few hours tops but not from 9 or 10 am to 11 or 12 pm! I think that’s just craziness, but I am sure they will have a blast! J

Well I don’t really have much else to say…. I am still considering the name thing. Oh wait I do have some thing else to say! Please comment! I am going crazy no one is commenting! People are so going to forget us when we go to Oz. Well will come back and people we be like;
“Who are the Blackwoods?” It will be so sad! Well anyhow please comment! J I am desperate. Well maybe I should just quite blogging I don’t think any won really reads or likes my blog. I guess the posts just aren’t interesting enough. I am sorry my life is not that interesting and I am not that good of a writer so yeah. Well every blogger thinks about quiting their blog at one point or another so I guess this is my point. I don’t know I will think about it I guess. Well have a nice week every won.

2005-12-02T14:11:00.000-08:00

finally a date!!

Ok we have come to a date. January 26th lord willing we will be in the air on our way to Australia! People ask me how I fell well I would tell you: excited, scared, nerves, every mixed emotion pretty much! ;-P I really don't know who or how to fell! I kind of want it to hurry up but then again it seems like its coming to fast and I know there next month and a half will go very fast, but I almost just want to leave tomorrow. :) That sounds really weird and I don't know why but I do. Hah Megan and Brandon Fisher are actually traveling with us. They where going to go the 27th buy decided to have 3 s to help them with Jolene would make it worth it so they decided to switch their thickets so they did.
Ok I have had MANY people tell me rude remarks about Oz so I decided to share all that I could remember:
Would you hurry up and go to Australia- I think every Sturm has said that to me :)
When are you leaving!- Mel strum
So they let you in to Australia…. Wow I am suppressed!-Brandon Fisher

Well that's all I can think of and have time for. My bed is calling me. Well if you have any more you like to add or that I missed please share. :) lol really!
That's all for now. Thanks for praying. God bless. Oh waite! Also i am changing my name thier i am going to go bye my middle name: Rose.

( i did this last night btw)

were staing!!

2005-11-28T16:49:00.000-08:00

Ok…. Maybe only till the end of January but still ( that’s a lot more time. It’s like a month more! YEAH!! Ok well maybe at this time your wondering why? Well… Se we where going to leave on the 9th because the plain tickets were cheaper but they are all sold out! And the next cheep ones aren’t till January 26th and 27th so Mr. McEwen said to just wait till then to fly over! It does complicate a few things but I am happy! We also might possibly be able to fly with the Megan and Brandon Fisher. But that’s just a possibility it might happen but it might not. It would be fun though, and we could watch Jolene. So I guess we will just have to see what works out.

Today we put out our Christmas stuff to surprise my mom when she got home and that was pretty fun! Though it did take quite a bit of time! ( I had to work on school for a while after but I did it pretty diligently and got it done before supper! I am normally very distracted but today I just buckled down and did it so I would get it over with!

So did every body’s thanksgiving went well I know mine did, though we didn’t get to play football because the guys said it was “to cold”! I mean come of they are such wimps! Just because it was like 30 or some thing doesn’t mean we can’t play! Guys are such wimps when it comes to the weather being cold! (

Well my siblings are watching Princess Bride and I really like the movie and haven’t seen it in a long time and it’s on a very good part so I better end this and go. Keep praying for our house to sell and every thing to work out. Thank every one! God bless

happy Thanksgiving

2005-11-23T15:20:00.000-08:00

Aren’t you happy? I am happy, Very happy in fact! Well go ahead ask why? Well fist off we don’t have school, second tomorrow is thanksgiving, third Friday is thanks giving again, lol well it lest for our family, and forth its snowing… well it was this morning but now its just slush so its not so nice but this morning it just made my day when I work up and saw that beautifully snow falling down on those trees. I almost went out and played in it but Charity had some friends over last night and they where watching a movie and I wanted to watch it so I didn’t. But I guess my dog wanted to come in and watch it becase the whole time he kept scratching on the window and staring at me with these little sad eyes. Heh it was so cute. Actually he just wanted me to play with him which I still havn’t yet but I will some time today.

So sense it’s almost thanksgiving I decided to do 10 things I am thankfully for around thanksgiving. (And these aren’t really any order)

God as provided a great family for me to spend it with.

My brothers are home for the rest of the week.

I get to see my extended family.

I get to sleep in (().

No school.

That we are able to have 2 thanksgiving dinners with wonderfully Christian family!

We get to eat 2 great home cooked meals!

It’s a very nice time to relax and you don’t have to worry about presents and thing like that, that you do have to do at Christmas.

There is always lots of laughter going around.

And last but certainly not least we get to stuff our self’s! hah that’s always fun… well it least till you pop! Heh

Ok was that enough. I kind of ran out of ideas so that’s why they got weird. (

Last weekend was a great! We stayed with the Humphreys Sunday afternoon then we went to the psalm sing Sunday night so we all had a blast.

Well last night was fun. But when you have a bunch of s over then you always have to clean up the big mess every one made so I better get a move on. Well have a wonderfully thanksgiving every one! And remember really do give thanks for all you have. I am very humbled every time I hear of some family who doesn’t have any food or any thing but they are still happy at times like these because they have family. So just think of all your blessings and thank God for every single one! Well I just thought of this but this is going to be the last thanksgiving with Allen and Zachary for it least 2 years so I am praying that it will be a good one.
Have a wonderfully day and please keep praying for our family. The one thing right now that you can pray for is that we would be able to sell our house…. and soon! Thanks again. God bless all!

Visa approved!!

2005-11-16T02:25:00.000-08:00

I guess that means where moving….. FOR SURE (well I think :))

I want to tell you a story.
On day a little and her Brother were home alone. They where playing out side when the mail man drove up in there drive way. They didn’t know what He was doing but they decided to go see. He asked the little to sign a package. She was very curious what was in it, but then the little boy said:
“That’s our visas!”
“How do you know?” the little replied.
“Well see who it’s from and then we will see if I am right.”
The looked on the package.
“It says it’s from, Australia and Washington.” said the
“Then it has to be!” shouted the boy excitedly.
“I mean come on what else would come in the mail that you had to sign for from Australia?” Replied the boy, who was getting more and more excited.
“Well let’s just call dad and see what he says.” Said the calmly.
She calls her dad.
“Dad said he is coming home and he will look at it.”
The little boy dances around saying: we got our Visas! Oh yeah!
“Get a hold of your self! Fist of all we don’t even know if that is our visas, So calm down!”
Then their dad gets home. The little boy is still dancing around and he father replies.
“Well even if this is our visas we don’t know if they have excepted up.?”
“Oh yeah.” the Children say in unison.
As he opened the package the children held their breath.
“I can’t fined anything that says if they have approval us or denied us.” Replied there father.
“I am going to call them (the people who sent it).”
After a while of searching the dad comes back in.
“Look what I found.” As he sticks the passport in her face that has the visa approved page on it.
The little boy jumped up and down, but the wasn’t sure what to say or think. She was kind of excited but was in another way was kind of sad. That visa meant that they where moving to Australia for sure! That seemed scary for her, moving away from every one and every thing she had every known.

So did you guys like the story? It’s a true story. ( Well I don’t know why I wrote that whole thing. You guys don’t have to read it all if you don’t want to. So I have been thinking about this day for a long time. I pictured it the same way, that some how the mail man would come to the door and I would sign for it. And that’s what I did. So I am very happy… especially for my dad. He has wanted this for so long and now he has it. He said before he left that he probably wouldn’t be able to get very much work done. I am assuming that he meant because he is so excited! When we got our sponsorship approved he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep that night so I don’t know what he is going to do tonight. Well if you haven’t heard we are probably moving in January. My dad found plain tickets that are only $30 more on January 9th and 10th we still haven’t figured out why just on those days but they are so most likely we will leave then, but we still have a house to sell so please keep praying. If you want more details there are some on our website (mainly about hosing and stuff) http://www.blackwoods.us.

Well I have been wanting to update in for a while and now that I finally am its going to be long because I have a lot to say (sorry guys)!

Well last weekend Allen came home because the Dr. said he needed some rest so he got about 20 DVD’s and Videos to watch. So he mainly just rested and watched stuff and ate. My mom put him on a soft food diet (which he didn’t like very much. ;)) and tired to get him better. He went to the Dr. Monday and they said he ganged back 4 pounds so that was good, then they checked for TB (heh not me lol) and they wont get the results back till Thursday so they want him back then, but if every thing comes out clear then they are going to give him the Medication, they where originally going to give him last Thursday (or Friday… I forget). So please pray that the TB test will come back clear and that he will be able to get the medication.

Well this Friday Ellie and Ruth are coming up and us s are going to hang out with them, then they are going home on Saturday and we are going up to Layette for a talent night and Maria and I are staying with flo and Charity is staying with Kathryn ( I believe) and my parents and Ben are staying with Betty Eger. Then we are going to there church on Sunday. So we should have a great time this weekend!

Ok I will finish up soon I just want to say some things about our extremely cold whether! This morning we had to take a bunch of leave bags (like 30) done to the end of our drive way and all I had on was my PJ pants and a little sweatshirt and slippers! I almost died I was so cold! My hands went numb! We have had some flares throughout the day but no real sticky snow which is sad but I think it will snow soon; I just have to be patient. ( It wouldn’t fell so cold if we didn’t have so much wind! That is what makes it freezing! So bundle up, especially if you go out some were tonight. I heard it was going to be down to 19!!! I guess it means fall and winter is coming, whether we like it or not! (
Well God bless all have a wonderfully day!

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Country Music Therapy

2005-11-11T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hey go to my Xanga There is a great "song" thing i put on their! Actually i am kind of coping Nathan but i really didn't mean to Maria just found it. :) Its so funny. Its actually not a song is some of your favorite "Country music Therapy" with Dr. Phil! hah. But it’s a different song.
Well actually I think that the one Nathan has is better, but that’s ok. ;)

Well about Allen, Right now he is here because now they think he might have bronchitis (sp), so he is getting some R and R. and getting plenty of TV and movie time in! ;) Yesterday he got i think...12 DVD's and 2 Videos! heh we told him he wasn't going to be able to watch then all in like 2 or 3 days he and he said that he didn't have to watch them all! :) But right now I feel like a nurse because we have to get every thing for him! Yeah so I am kept busy, But its nice to have him home. Well please keep praying. Bye

They won!

2005-11-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

The pacers won yesterday! It was a blast! Even though we where in the nose bleed seats I had a great time! We stopped by the library before we went and my dad read though the whole thing almost. ( It was very close most of the game and the last 3 minutes every one was on their feet screaming half the time and waiting in suspense half of it! I have actually been to Conseco Field house before. When the state games where their and lapel was playing. But that was the fist time to see the Pacers play. Ok what do you love about going to a b-ball game at Conseco? What I love is when you are on like the top level (or close to it) just walking in and seeing all the fans! I love that! But my back side dose hut today because of sitting on those chars for 3 hours. ( We got back about 11:15 and I didn’t fall asleep till about 12:30 then I had to get up at 7:30 so I didn’t get that much sleep but I took a little nap today so I think I am ok.

Also yesterday when we went ridding at my G’pa’s I think I saddles my horse wrong and I was running (on the horse ;)) behind Maria and I could fell it slipping to I tried to stop but then we turned and off I went on my side (and some how I hit my nose also). Pretty hard to, so I tried to breath and I couldn’t. I mean really I couldn’t take in any are, so I moaned for like 30 seconds or more and finally I started gasping in air! Ok if you have ever not been able to breath and you are full a ware of it you know It’s kind of scary. But I am ok. I got some bruised and scarped up my elbow that just finally started healing from when I wrecked on Maria’s motor scoter. So today I am not just tired I am bruised and sore. (

Well I have a pray request for Allen. My mom went to His DR. appoint meant this morning and he had to stay for about 3 horse more because they had to run some test and now they have to do chest x-rays because they think he might have pneumonia! So please pray! That would be so hard when you where in collage. I had it for 2 weeks when I was in…. I think 5th grade and I had it real bad for 2 weeks. I was so sick that I don’t remember much. And trust me I am not the one to forget stuff like that. But yeah if he does get it pray that it will not be bad. But please just pray that he won’t get it at all! Well thanks every one. Oh also you could pray that us s do Ok alone. Ben is with mom and my dad is at presbytery.

Quote:
Life is what you make of it, so make it worth living.

Pacers

2005-11-09T12:19:00.000-08:00

Ok well today had been pretty good. I might go horse back ridding w/ Maria in a phew min sothis can’t be long but I just wanted to tell you guys if you wanted to know more about Allen’scondition then you can read his blog or Xanga and it gives some updating but I think if you read min or Charity’s blog you will already know every thing on their. Well I am kind of excited about to night, (if you didn’t read my other post down below) because we are going to the pacers game and I have never been to one I don’t think. My dad always took the boys so now I guess sense they are gone we s get to take over. ( Well I need comment on myother post. ( Not need but want. Well hope you all have a good Wednesday! God bless everyone!

bloggerforword

2005-11-08T18:38:00.000-08:00

This is a new test post. I am using bloggerforword http://buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html and writing my post in word, then I just hit a button and it is on my blog!

Tiring

2005-11-08T17:15:00.000-08:00

Ok this day has been so tiring. We went to The Harts last night. for those of you guys who don't know who they are, they are from Australia, but are hear right now because Gram Hart is I think finishing up seminary over hear so they will be hear for nine month. I think they have already been here for like 2 and a half month (I think). They have 3 kids, Jasmine, Locklan, And Caleb (that from youngest to oldest. I think like 1, 3, 5) They are the cutest kids ever! I mean really! They are so cute, how they talk and they are so good! Well behaved I mean. It is the cutest thing every! Well we hade a great time. Also Allen and Zachary came so we got to see them and that was fun. Allen still looks a little puny, but it was still great to see him.

Ok earlier I was sitting on my hand so now It's half a asleep and it’s really annoying to type when half of my hand is asleep :)

Well tomorrow night we are going to a pacers game. So that should be fun. Oh I forgot to tell the down side of going to the harts. Well not going but just because it took so long. Well I had this paper that was due today and I had to do it on the way and the way back (if you couldn't tell I am a last minute person :)) and so we got home late and then I had to get up early to type it up, but then my alarm didn't go off so I didn't actually wake up till 7 and I wanted to wake up at 6 or 6:30 so then I was kind of rushed and I didn't get to take a shower, but in the end we got to class on time so it was good, but my paper wasn't great. But that’s Ok and I would have definitely had rather gone though all that than to miss out on the Harts invitation. Also after we ate, while my parent where talking to the harts, Maria, Ben, Zach, and myself (charity was going to play but she found the Piano and couldn't resist it I guess ;)) played hid and seek in the dark! It was so much fun! I love the Lafayette church building; it’s so pretty and had so many cool rooms. I love the church (as in the people) tons also! But yeah I had a great time, and I am sure I am speaking for the rest of my family when I say that. Also Charity said it kind of makes her more excited for when (if) we go! It’s the same here, just hearing them talk about it and every thing was so fun! Well to sum it all up I had a blast!

Nothing real new in my life. Tonight Maria and I are going to clogging but that’s about it. Oh you could pray for Charity because she is kind of sick, and Allen is going to the DR. Wednesday so pray that will go well. Thanks. That’s all that pops in to my little brain (and yes I do have one of those :)) for now so bye-bye.

2005-11-06T21:31:00.000-08:00

shaved

Ok this is a real quick update!

my dad shaved his beard! i think i scremed 10 times when he came down. Its going to take a while to get used to :) its soo wierd! :) no offence, but when some one canges some thing like that its really.... schoking! ;) In time i will get used to it.

well the sermon was good tonight. It was kinda sad but good. well i have to go to bed every one. have a good week. and good night!

2005-11-05T20:48:00.000-08:00

work, work.... and guess what more work! ;)

That seems to be my whole life these days, that and school. Pathetic hu? :) I have been wanting to update and i never had time. We just got done watching a time to kill. Sonds like a quality movie right? :) Well really it is! Its a great movie if you have seen it you know what i am taking about and if you havn't i stronly suggrest it!

Any who in other new's :) I have been working a lot of today. I cleand up our grauge weel Maria mowed our sea of leavs into a bunch of pileas and the reast of my family put them in trash bags. We where going to put them in the burn pile but can you imagen how much smoke that would have been. Yeah well yesterday me and Ben ( is that correct or is it Ben and I?) wraked about a foth of the yard yesterday and jumped in them and that alone was a huge pile! Well actually It was maybe a foth of the back yard today they did frount and back. But our yard and grauge looks pretty good. So does our in side.

We showed it today and when every we show it we have to leave the house so we went to Subway and that was really good! Then Maria, Charity, And Ben to the burris's Ben just went to play and Natily took Maria And Charity to Youth group, so i was hear for a while by my self, well my mom was hear but i was the only kid.

Ok if you have read Charity's blog you know you that she has had 775 (or some thing like that) Well i counted mine and i don't have close to that i have like 36 post, but she has had a blog for like 3 years and i have only had one for about 4 or 5 month, so that might explain some of it, oh and she used to post like 5 or more post in a day, i don't think i have every posted more than 1 post in a day. :) but if you look back on her post they are really funny! Maria and her took like 2 days looking at them. :)

Ok well i don't really have much elce to say. hope you guys all have a wonderfully Sunday. My parents arn't home yet from the Purdue corps dinner thing but i think they will be home soon and Charity and Benjamen want to get on so i better go. bye

2005-11-02T19:40:00.000-08:00

Thursday

Ok maybe its just me but how many of you guys don't fell like today should be tuesday or some thing, i donno y it just donesn't feel like wednessday! Its soo wierd! well actually its not just me beacse i have heard people say that it doeasn't feel like Wednessday. At fist i thought maybe it was just beacse of last week or some thing but..... OH i just thought of some thing maybe its becase spring break was last week. well no mine wasn't. Oh i donno, Its just strange!

Well i am tired and i don't really feel like doning a long updation. Allen went to the Dr. today and they put him on more medison becase they said he was suppose to be well by know. He need to catch up on his sleep. So please keep praying for him. *sigh* i want to help him but i can't. well when i see him next and it is night or some thing i think i will give him a massage or some thing. :) he likes those, but i can't right now becase of the distence. My dad actually went up thier for his appoint ment so he is on his way back now.

hey you all need to go to Micah and Emily's blog and tell Micah that he is great! :)

Ok well thats pretty much all i have to say. good ngiht every one. (not that i am going to bed any time soon, but i proububly should think about sleeping. :))

2005-10-31T21:50:00.000-08:00

for sail!

Ok our house is on the market. some think I have been dreading but waiting for! It seems like things are soo fare away but at the same time so close. I have been having dreams that we don't go and when i really think about that I am disapointed! I am kind of getting used to the idea now. And kind of deep down getting excited, but i do really really want to stay for christmas!
Well our house is very clean right now! Its pretty nice and i found out today that half of it was built in the 1920 and a nother half built in the 1940. so its kida old but I like it! So now we need to get our vesas (sp?) and need to sell our house. Well i am sure thats not all the stuff is done but a lot is!

Ok well for all you who prayed for Allen thank you. He is doing much better. He is still not all better but the pain has stoped. but please contenue prayers for him. He is going to the Dr. on Wednessday so pray for that.

last week was a blast! At my Aunt and Uncle's i wreked on Mara's moter scuter that she brought and i am still in brused and cut and scraped up and kida sore but i had a great time. Then we had a little costume party that my Uncle desided to do when we all come down for my G'pa's b-day and i was a guy! ;) i was pretty good to except i couldn't keep my voce down low enough. And all you guys who have word a shirt tucked in and buttend all the way with a tie.... i feel your pain and i am sorry! :)

Layfetty was TONS of fun to! the Fall party was great and then the squr dance was great also! Man i had a blast! Then we went over the the Helds g'parends and had a little sleep over and that was really fun! we also got to church really really early! we where the fist car in the parking lot (except the Hart's but they live there ;)) so we did pretty good! And church and class where good also. then we ate lunch with the olivetti's for lunch and that was great! I love them and there kids! they are soo great! and sooo cute! well to just say it all together i love Layfetty!

then we heard my dad preach and i sat in the back becase i was in the nersure but there where no kids and that was a change. :) but his semon was really good! i really like it when my dad preaches! but i was kida bumbed becase i like Jared to but we had to go to South side but still like i said it was good.

Ok well it is getting late and i woke up kida early this morning and i am going to tomorow becase i have classes. well befor i go i have to ask a question. Do any of you guys put your self down? I do a lot and i know its bad but i donno i guess its just becase of what people have said in the past sticks. well goodngiht all. Oh and look at my xanga its like done now kida! :)

2005-10-26T15:00:00.000-07:00

more on Allen

Ok just Incas non of you know who he is this is him. His is my cool older (oldest) bro. So yesterday he woke up with intense pain in his lower stomach and so Mr. Saunders ( that's who he is living with) took him to the hospital from their he called my father and mother and my dad went down right when he heard and is still their now and my mother and us 4 kids our going up tonight. Ok so at Noon today he had a thing called a colonoscopy and they found out that he has thing thing called ulcerated colitis. Its like big sores. That is better than what we thought he was going to have. Sense it runs in my mom's family we though he was going to have crons. My grandpa B-wood actually had ulcerated colitis so I donno if it is a genetic thing but there are some people in our family who had it. Don't ask me what they are because i couldn't tell you. Well i sorta know but i don't want to explan it and even if i did you wouldn't understand a word i would say. So anyways he can still fell a little pain but he is on pain killer so that is helping a lot. Oh befor i forget i want to give a huge thinks to Mrs. Dr betty ray! She has been a great help! she always is but she is just sooo sweet and considerate! so thanks you so much Mrs. Ray!

So I think he's doing ok. He will be in the hospetal a phew more days and they will give him medison and things to help the pain and help it heal. We are thinkfull it isn't
but it is still a little seareous. but Mrs. Buris (she is a lady from our church) said she had it when she was about is age and she Said she had awfle pain! I am Sure my dad and mom (and Allen when he can go home, well his second home, the Saunders ;)) will get info about it and reserch. Well i will tell you more about what the doc says later on this week or next. I am pretty sure this will be the last time I update for about 2 or 3 days becase i will be gone and all but you will hear more some time. you can always call, sepeaking of phones yesterday my mom's Cell,our home phone, even Charitys was on the phone with some one about Allen it was absalutly crazy! ;) i was like if I was going to keep answering these phones i am goint to start saying "hello Allen's hot line" :) i didn't but i wanted to with all the calles we got from people! they where mostly family but still it was crazy stuff last ngiht. But i guess thats what happens when some one is in the hospetal. Well thanks for all the prayers and conserns! But keep praying please! i am sure he would appresheate that.

Well this week we where suppose to put the house on the market so i donno if we are still going to do that or not. Its kida funny how one thing effects all your plans! Well Maria and I are still going up to My Aunt and Uncles so that will be fun! I might fell a little bad for leaving Allen I would love to stay with him but i think with every one elce thier he will be in good componey! :) We are going to get balons and candy and stuff for him when we go up for him tonight so i hope he will like that. Well i have to go pack and make some popcorn. Oh i did get taged but bec for the "10 tings that make me joyfull" and i have it writen down but i don't have time to post it right now so some other time i will. I kida chaged it around a little but thats 0k. :) its my thing i can do what i want with it right? :) ok well by every one. please keep praying. and have a great week!

2005-10-25T19:11:00.000-07:00

Allen

Ok i don't have time to give a full update but Allen is in the hospetal right now with really bad Stumic pain so please pray for him! we don't know much right now but i will try to update later but becase i am going to be gone and supper busy i don't think i will be able to. ( look at Charitys blog she might update) Ok well we might go up in the morning to see him. Ok thats all i know and have time to share right now sorry. so please pray for him! and if any of you don't know Allen is my dear oldist brother! and pray taht this wouldn't be major! thanks every one! bye

2005-10-24T15:10:00.000-07:00

This week!

Ok on Wedness we are going over the Neals for supper then Maria and i are going over to my Aunt and Uncle's. We are going to stay with them till Friday night then we are going to my G'pa Coles b-day and my parents are going to be their so we will go home Friday night whith them, then we are going up to Layfettie ( with maybe some other s) and they are going to drop us off at the Church becase there is a how-down party thing and afterwards some Collage kids are going to do squar dancing. We are going to stay over ngiht with flo Faris then go to the Layfettie chuch in the morning and i think some one is having us over for lunch, then we go home. Oh and my dad is preaching Sunday night. Well that my whole agenday! I have to go do some more school. My oral repot is actually kida done i just have to practic it like 100 times! :) But its all thanks to my mom ( and Chariy help too). Well hope every one is going to have a spectuallyer day! bye

Oh i also chaged the song. i forget what it is now thought! :)
Ok and my xanga is:
http://www.xanga.com/Blamara

Oh also i chaged a phew things around. I just wanted some change i might do more later i donno.

2005-10-22T20:20:00.000-07:00

peacefull

Its pretty peacfully around hear. Earlyer my mom was playing the peano and it was really nice. We are doing some odd jobs around hear and just kida relaxing. I got home around 2 from the Hovee's house. That was fun. We didn't do that much ate, talked, watched movies, listend to stuff ( Mary and Fath danced :)), look at pictures, i helped clean some, and just did the basic stuff. Well i am pretty happy right now. Its nice. Nice day and I feel nice!

Right now i'm pretty tired! Ok its ture i'm always tired... Well i can get PRETTY hipper some times, but a lot of times i'm pretty tired.
Its most likly becase last night i stayed up kida late like... 1 or 1:30 then i got woken up at 6:30 becase Any Hovee was getting ready to go some where. I did kida slepp till about 8:45 but i kept waking up. I might go to bed early tonight so then i wont be so tired at Church! I get tired a lot at church! I guess its becase you feel the whole week and it hits you and i just get tired. But Sunday is a day of rest so its nice. Not just becase i want to sleep, its becase i don't have wordly things to keep me busy so its nice.

Speaking of nice it was pretty nice out today. I was going to go run or some thing but i didn't. I really want to right now becase our basment is really hot! OH yeah i didn't tell.... OUR BASMENT FLOUDED!! Yesterday about noon. See i was down stairs and then i went up stairs to help put awayfood and then Ben came back down and said that there was a leak and my dad came down and then i came down and the intire half of our basment (where the pool table is and the TV and stuff (if you have ever been to my house you will know what i'm talking about) and some was getting by the comp ( it was not hurt.. well i don't think it was becase we unpluged it right away!)! It was from the sumpump. It got unpluged some how ( I don't know how It might have just fallen out or some thing) and it flooded some how! So we put fans and

Ok well i wrote more but i didn't not work! Ok Well I was really at peace earlyer! God is great! Ok well my parents went on a date and now they are back and we watched the seares of Unfrotunant events. The 12th book came out the other day. Do you guys like those? have you heard of them? Our family really likes them!

Ok well i wrote more but i did not work. Ok well i was really at peace earlyer! "I love life, except when i it" quote by Sara, but she used it difrently (in collage). Well i really don't ever (even when i sound like it) Life. Ok well i am tired and i want to go to bed. Goodngiht every one. Have a good Sunday. I love Sunday. I need sleep becase normally i am tired on Sunday. I think its becase all the week hits on you. But Sundays are nice, not just becase i get to sleep but becase wordly things don't get in the way and you can just relax and think about God! He is so great!

2005-10-21T00:10:00.000-07:00

Time Goes by quick!

Ok well this week has gone by quick. My Oral report that i am suppose to do is getting really annoing! I am SOO confused and i don't know where to get the info and stuff.

Today i am going over to a friends house for the night so i am got my school done pretty quick( except that paper!).

Ok i watched some thing scary last night. Then i had to go to bed alone, (heh that sounds a little wierd) See i Love having my own room but there are disadvantages, Like no one to talk to, and when your scaired no one to, in a sence, protect you, not that when Maria was in my room she protected me, but some times i did feel more safe. Ok i know i know I'm a woos. Ok Nathan you are right, I am a woos some times, But It wasn't that scary it was suppensfully and thats what is scary! Ok no one will understand what i'm saying ( i don't even know if i understand ;)) so i am going to stop talking now :)

Well It is a very glomey friday! We did need to rain though so its good. Oh pluse it was stormey last night so that was freeky! Not that i am scaired of thurder and lightning, I love it, But the sound on the windows and stuff is kida freeky ( especially at night!).

Oh sorry it took me so long to update the song. But i finally did! even know the other was a good song!

Ok well i need to go. Sorry this was so randome, But thats me. well have a good friday every one! bye

2005-10-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

Sleep!

Ok well i got my Hair cut.

Look here to see a pic of me and my new hair cut. I want it on my blog as my profile pic but it wont work and its really annonig! ok well do you guys like it? i don't think i have had any one say it looks bad or they don't like it, but they could have just not said any thing. It doesn't look great in that pic becase i had just gotten up from a nap, so if i ever get it on my profile then i will put a better one on there. So does any one know how to do that. I my ask my sister. She's a pretty good help.

Well i was trying to update last night and i erased the whole post and it was late and i didn't want to do it again. Also i was going to earlyer in the day but i was kida mad a some one and i was afraide i would say some thing i didn't mean and yeah so i didn't. Well I messed up a paper for my Seek classes. Actually it wa an out line, so i have to do that over again this week and i am giving a Oral Presentation next week so i am kida nervas becase i am not very good at speking in frount of people, pluse i am afraide that my thing will be dumb comparaied to the other kids! Well maybe i shouldn't worrya about it.

Ok well i just got back from clogging and i'm really tired so i am going to go sink into my wonderfull bed! Its so wonderfull to have a bed at night! Bed..... Its such a beautifully word! Oh and sleep, i just LOVE those words! :) good night all! have a wonderfull time in bed tonight!
Oh hey i got a xanga. Its not all done so i wont give you the link yet.

2005-10-12T21:40:00.000-07:00

don't wory i have changed the song! :)

Ok i am posting 2 days in a row this is pretty good!
Well today i was gone till 4 and that was kida annoing becase i didn't get like any school done well i was gone. I wrote a EXTEMLY bad poem. I may put it one hear some day i don't know. But Mr. Cutter and 2 of his guys came down to help ( i forget what his componey is called) So they got a lot done and that was a big help! Well tomorw i will have to do a lot of work and friday i am leaving at 10 and befor that i will most likly be working on our house or school! And i wont get back till Saturday evening, so i don't think i will be able to Update. Well every one who goes on Fall Menisty Prodject hope you have a good time there!

I don't have much to post about...... tomorw a relitor is comming and monday an oprsor (sp?) is comming, so we have to clean up or house and try to make it prety! :) and of corse we get to do more Painting! yeah! :) Well tomorw is going to be busy so i am going to try to get some late night school done. Ok i am going to put a wierd lil fact on hear.
FACT:
target was started in Australia!
did any one know that? not that you guys really care! :)

Ok well i am going to add on to this post becase as the ngiht goes on it is getting more stressfully!we have to do an outline, and i am trying to get the Info for it and its really annoing becase i don't know where to get it really and they didn't explain any thing on this very well and tomorow and friday i will be working so i am going to try to it least start it tonight but its not coming along to well. There are topics i can pick from and i am looking on Google to try to get firther info and i can't find any thing very usefully. *sigh* this is anyoing! Ok well maybe i am just not very good but still... i donno its really getting annoing so i desided to take a break and write this! ugg... i don't know what to do!!!! ugg ok well i have to go to bed! I guess i will try in the morning!
Well i decieded to put this song. Its called bad day! I really like it. I'm not having that bad of a day but i still love the song! i bet you will hear it more than once on my blog. Ok time to end this post. goodngiht every one!
have a wonderfully weekend!

Hair,

Ok i dicided to edit this post one more time! I am going to get my hair cut and i want to know what you guys think should i get it cut really short or should i just get it trimed and layerd? I was thinking like supper short so i could spik it! :) lol i don't think i want it that short but you know i kinda do really want a mohock! :) i thought Lukes was so cool that i want one now! :) well what do you guys think? should i keep gowing it our or cut it short? and i will stile it. well think about it. And i might not do what you say just sugestion if you want to put them down. ok well thats all. i donno y i don't just make this a new post? oh well i'm not going to. bye

2005-10-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

THE GUYS WEEKEND! :-)

Ok so this is our last day of fall break! which stinks, but it was a fun fall break! Like every thing we did revoved around my brothers! It was fun i have to say! they just left a phew min ago, so they will get home kida late but i had a good time with thim. Monday we did most of our stuff becase we didn't have to go any where. But i had a blast becase fist we went to a pizza buffet and then we went shoping a cuple places then we went to the movie theator and saw batman begans! Thats a sweet movie! and i have 2 ways i can do (or watch) some thing scary. I can ither make it funny ( some times make fun of it ex.) or i can be really scaired! So i desided to let it really scare me! It was so fun! i was shaking durring though most of the movie it was great! :) them we went to one more store and got home and watched the goast in the darkness! Thats a good movie also! We bought a new DVD player sence out other one broke so now we can start wathing some of our DVD's again! yeah! Then today we went to our seek classes and Zach staid home and helped my dad and Allen went to IUPUI and visited with some other people and was gone all day! So i'm sure he had fun. Then tonght Maria, Faith, and I went to clogging and that was really fun! we all did our hair REALLY wierd! Mine had like 12 poiny tails all over my head, Faith had cut lil pig tail, and Maria had her hair sticking strite up! it was great! and i think i had a bust of energey from that becase i was really hiper! well i was miled compaired to Maria! it was really funny to watch! Ok well i am really tired and i have school ( darn!) in the morning so i better get to bed! Have a good night every one! Oh and i am EXTREMLY sorry for the pain my song had caused you but i don't have time to change it tonight but i will try to soon! goodnight all!

2005-10-07T18:06:00.000-07:00

spice gurls!

Ok i never thought that i would put the spice gurls on my blog but hear today it is! :) I'm soo crazy! heh and i love it! Ok i'm not saying i even like this song but i just felt like being wierd so i did it! and don't wory i will take it off! :)

So guess what?.... Allen and Zachary our comming home for fall break! yeah! They are driving up in the morning! My mom is at the Womans retreet so she will come home i think Saturday night! So its just us thress s and Ben and my dad! I have been working ALL day! I did school in the morning then i worked (painted man i am sick of painting!! :)) the rest of the day! Ok I have to do a lot of work, like help my dad on our house and stuff, becase the s are always doing school and Ben isn't a huge help when it comes to big things so i get picked! :) luky me! heh.

Ok for those of you who wonder if i ever do school yes i do! I just have to do it fast and i admit i don't have a ton of school today but i still am kida busy! :) ok well i don't have any thing elce to say! have a good friday night! stay up late and sleeping in late! :) bye

2005-10-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

Brace face
Tuesday
Ok my braces our Killing me!! I went to the orthodontist today and they put chances, don’t know if you guys know what those our, well I don’t really know what they are! All I know is they are a LOT tighter! My whole jaw is hurting really bad! And of course my teeth kill! So I took medicine earlier today but I think it wore off! My cheeks kind of fell like I have been smiling and Laughing for 2 days straight, But my tell feel….. I don’t know what they fell like but they hurt that’s all I know! :)
Sorry that I am complaining and I know that some of you braces people say what are you complaining about I had mine on for a lot longer! Oh yeah I forgot to tell I’m going to go back in 4 weeks and see if my teeth have come together that why he put them on! And then at the end of November I will probably get them of! Yeah! I know what you’re thinking, y am I complaining when I just got them on February, well….. I have to get them off before we got to Oz because the insurance won’t pay for it. So there I have a good reason! :) Man my whole face and head hurts!! Well the good news is I like them better, like the look of the Chan thing. So I guess that’s y they say “pain before beauty”! :) I think that’s how the saying goes?

Ok enough of my complaining. I have a request of all you who are reading my blog, could you please pray for Beth long (http://alexandmarty.blogspot.com/)
She had Ear surgery Tuesday and she is in a lot of pain right now! Her blog tells more about it. But if you could all pray for her I am sure she would preheat all your prayers! Thanks!
Well that’s about all I have to say for now! Ok I am writing this Monday night but it’s not working on the blogger thing so I am just writing it on Word doc. So most of the things should be spelled right! :) You all need to clap for me! :) *pats self on back*
Goodnight all! Hope you have better sleep than I will probably have! :)

Wednesday
Ok I’m having a double post I guess :)
My teeth hurt more today! It’s hard to drink and eat and all that stuff! You know you never know how much you use your teeth until they get hurt. That can apply to about any thing really. Well I wanted some thing that I could eat that was soft so I told Ben I was going to make pancakes and he was said “No let me, I’m really good at it!” ok well lets just say they kind of died because he put to much water in them and stuff but I helped him and they actually tasted pretty good! :)

Ok well another thing you could pray about is Andrew twisted his ankle I think, so yeah. And keep praying for Beth! Ok well thanks every body!