The condo

All right so we arrive in Florida late at night and we go to Burger King for dinner after bringing all of our zillion suitcases to the condo on the 3rd floor, but thankfully there was an elevator. I love Burger King, but the best restuarant that I have been to is Taco Bell!!!! I also have been able to indulge in Ranch Dressing since I came back!!! THe condo was small but cute, and it had cable which overcomes anyother flaws that it had, lol. There are so many commercials on AMerican tv! I got to sleep on a roll away sofa for a month, but I 'm not complaining, cuz I got to stay up latter than everyone else and watch tv!!!! When I got up the next morning and look off of the balcony, I saw the Gulf of Mexico!! I saw beautiful white sand, palm trees, and the ocean!! It was so cool. Mom and dad found us a house 2 or 3 days after we got down here, but it took us like a week to clean it and a week or 2 to buy enough furniture to make it livable. One day we drove by the college and the academy, on our way to the house. It was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like freaked out. It was soooo cool. This was the last place that I thought that I'd be this year. I mean I thought that I'd be in Limoges for at least another year and a half. It's kinda wierd being here; I always dreamed of coming here, but I had no Idea that my wish would be granted so very soon! From our new house, I can walk to the college library. I go very very often. All the people who give out passes to get in know me. They have a whole half a floor of Romance novels, which is like far out, lol. I really really like it here, but I really miss everyone in France!!! Yes that is a hint meaning that I'd love to hear from you all!!!

Florida

Dear everybody,
I am so sorry that it has taken me so very long to write on here, but I just got our internet connection up and working. For those of you who have not found this out yet, we are taking our furlough in Pensacola Florida. Hopefully Joshua, Johnny, and I will be attending Pemsacola Christian Academy next year for my senior year. It is very exciting. The year after that I will be attending Pensacola Christian College and taking a degree in Commercial writing in order to become a journalist. Anyway, we drove form Connecticut to Florida, and let me tell you it is not something that I would want to do again. I had to sit between Josh and Johnny for 23 hours of car time and if it had't been for my portable dvd player and all my starwars movies I would have gone insane!!!!! Not a joke. We drove through lots of different states and I took lots of pictures, but since my dad took the camera back to france to take pictures of the church there will be no pictures on here till at least the end of April.Sorry, but kinda not my fault, though. Any way it was klinda cool to see all the different states, but after a while the highway all looks the same. When we drove thru some of the Southern states they still had up
confederate flags, which , personally, I think is a little wierd since the Civil War ended in 1865!!! Anyway it was a really long drive, but I was so excited when we finally got to Pensacola. Unfortunately it was dark, and then we got lost for about an hour trying to find the condo that we had rented for 1 month. I watched the Choristes, and was really tired of being in the car. Who wouldn't be after driving in the car for 4 days?

Shopping and Restuarants!!!!!

the day after we arrived we went shopping and I gots all kinds of new clothes. I was very happy! I got like $100 worth of stuff for like $32:94. it was so totally rad!! Then we went back to the same store the day after and i tried on like 30 other shirts, but I only bought 1. I love shopping over here. they have such awesome sales.We also went shopping yesterday and I got 3 pairs of earrings, and 2 movies. One of those movies was Love Comes Softly 3. They had the 4 too, but I am gonna wait till the price drops to buy it. You people back home in France would never believe all the food that they serve in Restuarants! There is tons of it! Josh at a whole 1lb lobster plus the stuffing and potatoes at this really neat restuarant called the chwoder pot4. I learned how to eat a lobster, but since I don't eat lobster, it wasn't very helpful. Then we ate at an all you can eat buffet last night. It was really awesome! I don't think that I am gonna do that again soon. There's just too much food over here!!!

Flying out of charles du Gaulle

I hate flying. wait, that is an understatement. i abhor flying. If man were meant to fly, God would have given him wings, just like Archemedes in the sword and the stone says. Any way, our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:40 a.m. We had to be there 3 hours early to go through airport security for which everyone is thankful(the security, not the 3 hours early). We got up at like 5:30 in the morning. For those of you who know me well, you will know that I hated that! I hate the morning!I am getting off track though! Anyway, we some how managed to get there 4 hours ahead of time. We got our luggage checked in in record time, and even though our baggages were over the regulated rate they still didn't charge us any thing extra. Thank you nice airport lady!After we ate a quick breakfast at the airport Mcdonalds. They had really good Egg Mcmufins! Then we went through the metal detector, and I didn't beep, even though I had braces! I was very happy about that! Cuz if you beep they frisk you, and I hate that! Good grief I'm starting to sound like Slimane! Unfortunately, my carryon bags with all my books and all my movies beeped and had to be opened and emptied for the security guards. that was annoying. you'll never believe why I beeped though. I had 3 rolls of wheat pennies in the very bottom of my bag. What a pain! There were books all over the place! When we got to the other side, my dad went to buy some chocolate at the duty free stores, and I watched the bags. then it was my turn to go. i got a comic book to read during the flight. It was a Mickey Parade. I am going to give it to John on wednesday. Well we got on the plane , and the stewardess was a real grump. She should have been fired! There were really no good movies during the flight, so I read my book, Kansas Brides. We arrived at JFK about 40 minutes ahead of time due to some tailwinds. It took forever for all of our baggage to get off the conveyor belt. we were able to catch an earluer bus to New Haven, and we arrived at my granparents house about 2 and a half hours before we were scheduled to. We ate delicious American pizza! I was so happy to see my mom and Johnny. Johnny has been making everyone listen to a country western cdfor the past 2 months and he sings like all 14 songs everytime we get in the car to go somewhere.It is so funny!
He goes" I wish I was, a teddy bear not livin or luvin or goin away! I wish I was a teddy bear, and i'm a wishin that I hadn't fallin in luv with youuuu". He is so cute. I was very tired at the end of that day, and I still have a little jet lag. Not cool.

Last Club Ado

Beefore flying to Connecticut , I went to my last club ado. it was very sad. They had decorated the room with little posters saying things like Graci we love you and stuff like that. it was really really sweet of them but it was really depressing. They all piched in together and got me and awesome amber necklace to match the bracelet that i got for Christmas. Jeremie and hien had to make dinner for the rest of us(long story, don't ask) , and i had to admit that I was a little nervous about eating their cooking. Jeremie got his Mom to cook for him so that was good( the food that it is) and Hien made a chocolate cake. It was yummy. It was really sad though. i kept tearing up and I almost choked on something. i can't remmeber what. Hope gave me a glass of soda and then I quit choking. Anyway, it was a sad but fun night. I don't have any pictures of this but when I get them from Jonathan I will put them up.

Christmas with the Rossinottis

hey everybody! Sorry that I haven't "blogged" in such a long time. So to give you a quick update I will probably end up writing like 5 or 6 articles . So much has happened in 2 months. I wanted tio put up some pictures of our Christmas with the Rossinottis, but, I don't have the Usb key with all the pictures on it with me. So i'll come back later and put the pictures on when I can. You'll just have to be patient! so josh, Dad, and me went to Jonathan and Prunelle's house for Christmas, cuz my mom and Johnny went to go see my Granparents in the small but great state of Connecticut. I'll write more about that later.So anyway, Prune made this fantastic dinner out of a chapon, which is a neutered chicken. They all ate a large quantity of oysters, but I just couldn't bring myself to eat one. they just look like big balls of flem. Very gross. Then we ate a really yummy , yummy ice cream log. it was delish. Then we all exchanged gifts, and i got a statue from hope, some chocolate, a bracelet, and a necklace. It was a really really fun night.

More of the Same

I had to fix the pic 'cause it wasn't very modest

Same statement as the last post.

Other Movie People that I like

While I'm am putting up these people on my blog, I just wanted to say that just 'cause I like movies that they are in , I do not support all of the things that they do. So if you see any one that was in a movie that I would most definately not approve of or is a wicked person that does like crimes or something let me know and they'll get kicked out of my world, lol!!!

I love high Scvhool Musical

As you can probably tell by the name of this post, I love high School Musical. It is such an Awesome movie!! And guess What! I read on the Web that they are going to make a Number 2 !!! I can't wait , 'cause it is gonna be so totally cool. Everybody keep singing!!

Who on Earth would Buy this ?

Ok, I know that by most people I am considered quite the Star Wars fan, but I am telling you, this is extreme! Who would buy this for their dog? Who has the $ to buy their dog a Star Wars costumew. Ok, they are really cute, but I definately would not buy one of these for my dog, if I ever get a dog. On the other hand, they are kinda cool, lol.

Adorable

Chewie Kid
R2D2 Kid
Tie Fighter Kid

Ok, so I was surfing on Amazon, looking for the ideal Christmas Present for Johnny, and I found these. They are soooo cute.

Thanksgiving

My family andI celebrated a super Thanksgiving with Jonanthan, Prunelle, and Hope. We ate raclette just like last year, but we skipped the chocolate fondue for dessert. It was a lot of fun. Johnny dressed up in my old Indian costume and he was really cute. John wasn't with us this year, but we remember the fun that we had at thanksgiving last year. My mom and Johnny are now in the Us of A and I really miss them. Yes, I did cry when I said good-bye, but since I am a girl I am allowed.on the brighter side, Thanksgiving is cool. I read an article on the web that said that a guy ate 4.8 lbs of turkey in 12 minutes. Gross huh? He did win 2,500 dollars. I doubt that it was worth the stomach ache that he got, lol.

This is really funny, and no I don't do any of this stuff

How to know if you are obsessed with Obi Wan Kenobi

) Every pic of him you see online you just have to print out. (Even though you probably won't really want to.)
) You kiss his picture goodnight/good morning at least once a week.
) You have over 100 pics of him in your room, hanging up or otherwise.
) You MAKE posters of him when you can't find the perfect one.
) You have a calendar full of pics of Obi and you "faint" over it at least once a day.
) You dream of meeting him one day, even though you know it will never happen.
) You don't cry because Qui-Gon died; you cry because Obi must feel so terrible.
) You write his name EVERYWHERE-even on your homework.
) You learn by heart all of Obi's speaking lines.
) You jump up and start screaming wildly when Ewan's name appears in the credits.
) You start singing "We are the Champions" when Obi dices Darth Maul.
) Talk to ALL your pics... give your favorite a kiss... often.
) Talk to your favorite pic. Make it talk back.
) Buy a cardboard cutout of Obi and worship it.
) Paint your room blue in honor of Obi's beautiful blue eyes and lightsaber.
) When someone calls your name you answer, "Yes Master?"
) Invite all your friends over and rent a Ewan movie, (Not TPM), insist he looks cuter with the Padawan braid, no matter what your friends say,
) Your boyfriend leaves you because he feels he can't compete with a Jedi.
) Change your last name to Kenobi.
) Have all your girlfriends call you "Obi's Girl"
) You've read every Jedi Apprentice book and can quote it chapter and verse.
) When Ewan has a new movie out you find a way to get tickets to the world premier, when you finally see him, you scream out, "I AM NOT WORTHY!!!" and fall to your knees, sobbing hysterically.
) Even though your probably a girl, you want to be Ewan's stunt double in Star Wars Episode II.
) When you answer the phone you say, "Master, destroyers!"
) Remember, you can ALWAYS trust Jedi from the U.N.
) The plates on your car say, "OB4EVER"
) You cut your hair in the Padawan style. You have to wear a hat though, because people on the street stop you all the time thinking your Sinead O' Conner.G.B. note Who is Sinead O'Conner?
) You dress up as Obi-Wan every year for Halloween.
) If little kids come to your house dressed as Darth Maul, "slice" them in half with your toy lightsaber.
) You go out and buy the 12" Obi-Wan doll, get out one of your old Barbies, dress it up as you would normally dress, and stage a date with Obi-Wan, acting it out the way you want it to go.
) Your parents change their phone number because every time you find a new Obi pic on the 'net you just have to call and tell them about it. Every though they've probably never even heard of Ewan or Obi-Wan.
) When you move into a new apartment you go out and buy two new Obi wan pillows for your sofa, when you get home you realize you don't have a sofa because you spent all your money on Obi-Wan stuff.
) You never leave home without your Obi-Wan Kenobi pin. (We have done this!!)
) Every day you write love letters to Ewan, finally he writes you back saying,"Stop it. I'm married."
) You have ALL of Ewan's movies.
) Ewan files a restraning order against you.
) After a staff meeting, you turn to your boss and say, "You were right about one thing Master, the negations WERE short!" --Thanx to Amidala :)
) You have the Obi-Wan action figure and play/talk to it on a regular basis.

Just for the record I don't do any of this stuff, just in case some smart alek was wondering, lol.
Star Wars rulz !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool Stores

On Thursday, I had a half an hour between my organ lesson and my orthodontist appointment, so I wne to the galeries Lafayette( this huge department store ) and I tried on this awesome 28 euro lip gloss. Then, since I found out that my organ teacher was no longer giving lessons at the place he usually did and did not tell me, I wnet to the fnac. The fnac is so awesome. It is the biggest book/dvd/ cool stuff store I have ever been to.

I went to the library

Side view
The cd racks
The little circle with chairs is the coolest place to read 'cause the chairs are noce and cooshy!!
Last week I spent a wonderful afternoon at the town library. The library here is so cool and it is enormous. I thought that people might like to see what it looks like.

New pics of me and my lil bros

Josh on the swings
Me in my new haircut that I hate. That is the last time I let that guy cut my hair!!!
Johnny!!!!!!!
Here are some pictures that Josh and I took( we were goofing off in the yard with the camera) and I thought that some of them turned out pretty good. Josh and I like to take pictures so it was a lot of fun. I had a really hard time getting a good picture of Johnny 'cause he is like constantly in motion, lol. Little brothers, can;t live with 'em; can't live without 'em.LOL!!!

More John Pics

John and a guy I don't know
John and friends walking in the rain
I don't know what this is, but it looks cool to me!!!
Here are some pictures that John sent to me about his trip to Boston. I want to visit Boston someday, but not in the rain. He went on this trip to visit some friends of his from BJU that were there for some choir tour. Sounds pretty cool. It is always lotsa fun to visit with friends.

John News

Toys for Tots
John and his buddies
John and Mike
Ok, here are the latest pictures of my "big bro" John and this time I promise not to acidentally deform him or anyone else in the pictures this time. Sorry about the last time John. I promise, it was an accident, lol. He was at this thing ,toys for tots,( i have not understood what exactly that is so do not ask!!), it was some kinda charity race. Sounds cool. Anyway, I have more pics he just sent us that I will put up in a new article.

November and October

Nothing really special has been happening these past 2 months. On October 8th, my Mom had her birthday. I only have a picture of her getting a present for mother's day, so it will have to suffice.

The John Files

His Cat, Lily
Him and his bro, Mike in front of their stand
Their vegtable stand, and the stand watcher
These are some recent pics that John sent to us. Like Mike's shirt? Oh, what happened to John's eyes is an accident, sorta!