LONGEST THING EVER!! (stole it)

okay so i just spent like an hour answering this quiz type thing and the very last question was "do you think you can change somebody" those weren't the exact words, but something like that. And after reading that, I erased the WHOLE quiz and decided to just talk about this question. First of all, I don't think that I can change somebody completely. I believe that through my actions and through my words, that I can try and inspire somebody to change. To do better and just make something of themselves. To appreciate the amazing life that they have been blessed with and grab every opportunity they have to become better. I was just thinking last night, like I always do..and i asked myself "what am i making of this life, what am i making of this world". And then i just started praying and eventually started crying. I mean we have been so incredibly blessed with this life. We have beautiful, beautiful lives and we are the ones that are not appreciating that. We have a place to live and people who love us and God...and that should be enough, but now a days it's not enough. We demand things that are not even remotely important and that just frustrates me so much. I get SO frustrated with myself for being SO selfish all the time. My time should be spent in thought, in prayer, in helping others, and spreading His word...nothing else.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. LIfe is more than food, and the body more than clothes
~ Luke 12: 22-24

Like that quote says, life is so much more than material possessions. The things that are most important in your life are not tangible, they cannot be touched, only felt within your heart, soal, and mind. I wish that everyone could feel the way that I do when I wake up in the morning. I am just so thankful for another day, another chance to walk on this earth and make something of this lilfe. I feel so lucky every day for the opportunities to be surrounded by people who love me for who I am. This is why I am so against some things...because to me...who are we to take this body; to take this life and basically just trash it? To take drugs and ruin the life that we have been GIVEN! it's not our own...we are given this life...it is a gift. Something to be cherished.

WED NES DAY

I'm sorry, but it bugs me that Wednesday isn't spelled like Wendsday. haha I am so weird. And i swear I didn't just figure that out. So today is WEDNESDAY and my brother is coming home tomorrow! and then on saturday we are having his going away party. It should be so much fun, we are basically inviting everyone that was involved in his baseball career. But yeah I am so excited. Although I wish that we could take the "going away" part out of the "going away party". Because I don't want him to go, but i guess it is good that he is leaving early. And then on Sunday I am going out to lunch with my sister. I haven't seen her for forever...it seems. It's weird not seeing her every sunday. Oh yeah...and don't forget the SUPERBOWL!!!! That is coming up. Cardinals vs Steelers. Should be quiiite a game. =)

"with one eye on the clock and one on the phone. It's 5:19, I'm feeling alone. And if i could talk to you, I'd want you to know. I'm holding loose, ain't letting go." ~5:19

Sunday Six

1.) Puma Football ~ For making this season one of THE BEST seasons ever. When I was at the banquet, I further began to believe that football is so much more than what people make it out to be. I mean when most people think about the NFL or whatever, they think "oh a bunch of drunk men who ridiculously paint their faces and just make fools out of themselves"......this is true, but there is just so much more too it. I have been a fan of the game my whole life and i just wish that everyone could have heard some of the speeches that were made. They made me laugh until I cried, they got me on the verge of tears (Mr. Wilga)...it was just amazing. So thank you for that.

2.) Mr Paino ~ For not being there in class and letting us watch the show Numbers...although I am not exaclty sure how we could possibly be allowed to watch that show. haha.

3.) Mrs. Ng ~ For fixing my report card. My mom called me at school and was like KENDAL! Mrs. Mohr gave you a C- and wrote Student achieving below ability, Student not completing work, Student has missing assignments....yeah that scared the heck out of me (empty colon. haha inside joke) but yes it was a mistake. i didn't have any missing assignments and I swear the i achieve to the best of my ability!!!

4.) Mother Nature ~ For blessing us with this A-May-Zay-Zing rain! I love the rain so much! I have no idea why people don't like it. I mean it is just so crazy to think that water basically levatates into the sky and then falls out of it. I guess I am easily amazed. And who cares if your hair gets frizzy, honestly, noone gives a crap. Especially in high school....nope they don't care.

5.) Muuuuusic! ~ For saying the things that I, myself cannot put into words.

6.) Friends ~ For trusting me so much with the things that they are telling me, for making me laugh, and just being there you know?

Moooooooooooovies

So i am going to the moooooooovies....yet again. I serioulsy think that my parents are addicted to them because we go EVERY SINGLE week! No joke! Especially these past two months we have scene Yes Man, Bedtime Stories, Gran Torino, Valkyrie, Defiance, Marley and Me, and now today we are going to go see Paul Blart: Mall Cop. haha Weell I am sure that I will enjoy it....

Saturday Song

So i know that I haven't been keeping up w/ my monday madness and sunday six and stuff like that, but periodically I DO remember...like today I remembered that it is saturday and it is time for the saturday song of the week. This song has definately been in my head the majority of the week. It is one of the songs that I heard on my friend Rachel's blog. And it has been stuck in my head ever since. But yeah here it is...(oh yeah it is on my playlist if you want to hear it) And then you can sing along with the lyrics... :)

Best Days by Graham Colton

With everything I've ever done
I'd give it all to everyone
For one more day
Another night I'm waking through
Another door I walk into
I can't break
And it's a winding road
and it's a long way home
So don't wait
For someone to tell you it's too late
'Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So I say let's make the best of tonight
Here comes the rest of our lives
I count the steps
The distance to
The time when it was me and you
It's so far gone
Another face another friend
Another place another end
But I'll hang on
And it's a winding road
Andi it's a long way home
So don't wait
For someone to tell you it's too late
Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So let's make the best of tonight
Yeah, let's make the best of tonight
Here comes the rest of our lives
Rest of our lves.

I FORGOT!

Alright so I don't know if you guys new this and I dont know if you really care or not.

"Today is the anniversary of Roe vs Wade. 36 years ago on this day, the Supreme Court made abortion legal. Since then millions of babies have lost their lives due to this decision. Let us pray that we can overturn this someday."

Yeah this was in a forward I got form facebook. But hopefully one day we CAN overturn this, most likely we will not. I don't think that there is enough of us who believe that abortion is wrong. That's okay though

"It's easy as 1, 2, 3, 4. There's only 1 thing 2 do. 3 words 4 you. I love you. There's only 1 way 2 say those 3 words and that's what I'll do. I love you."

"come on over, down to the corner. My sisters and my brothers of every different color. Don't you feel that sunshine telling you to hold tight. Things will be allright. Try to find a better life."

Please Watch The Video

First of all, I seriously think that I am addicted to my blog. I mean every single time that I have a thought I immediatly think "Oh i should put that on my blog!". And I always start writing and I never finish an entry and then just end up deleting the whole thing. I know it's weird. So new changes: I changed my blog heading thing. If ya wanted to know...

“To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.”

So I this man's name is Jim Valvano (He's a coach). He made a speech on ESPN that really did make me laugh, think and move me to tears. So apparently I had a heck of a day. But this man is incredible, such an inspiration and this speech just made me love him even more. He unfortunately past away (he had cancer), but the words that he spoke and the hope that he brought to this world is something that will live on forever. So for some reason i cannot download it, but here is the link. I really do recommend that you guys watch this video. It is truly amazing. He is such an amazing man, with a huge heart....enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuoVM9nm42E&feature=related

I Believe!!!

"I do! I do! I do believe in fairies!" ~ So I found this thing and it is basically a list of things that people either believe in or don't believe in...and so I am going to share it w/ you...

So this is set in a different format...but i am going to just write the thing, whether i believe in it (yes, no, maybe) and then some kind of comment.

GOD = YES = Have you read my blog before?
SANTA = YES = I believe in the spirit and that there once WAS a jolly man unfortunately blessed with the name Santa Clause.
LOCHNESS MONSTER = I can't answer that. I remember watching a show about it, but it kind of confused me because in the middle of it they were saying that it is proven! it is real!, we saw it!, blah blah blah and then the very last words are "Believe it or not" So now we have a choice?
BIG FOOT = Basically the same concept as above.
FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER = What the hell is that?
GHOSTS = YES = We have one in our house. We named him Fletcher. haha
ELVIS ISN'T DEAD = NO = really now?
LOVE IS FOREVER = YES = I would hope my mommy would love me forever. =(
PERFECTION = NO = Not in humans, but in God of course
UFO/ALIENS = NO = Although Sylvia Brown (some psychic that is always on some talk show) says that they will be discovered in 2011. So bring a gun to graduation. JUST KIDDING!
MOLE PEOPLE = What the heck are mole people? This ain't Narnia guys. Moles cannot talk.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON = YES = Finally something normal. How can you not believe that everything happens for a reason? Although some people don't...nevermind
WITCHES/WIZARDS = NO = Not enough evidence behind that kind of stuff. Sorry Harry P.
Global WARMING = YES = I do agree that the globe is warming, but i do think that it is natural. I don't think it is just because of humans, although we aren't helping it much.
BLOODY MARY = I don't even want to know. Although my mom said that she got dared to do it and so she did and she thought that she saw something. So I don't really wanna find out.
EDWARD CULLEN = NO = NO! NO! NO! So stop making pieces of flair on facebook about him! Sorry to disappoint you guys, but this is the reason it is listed under FICTION! And yes I just put that one in there, it wasn't no the chart.
LIFE AFTER DEATH = YES = Uhh it's called Heaven.
BLACK CAT/LADDER/SALT = HMM = It's weird because I would like to believe that I am not superstitious.....but yeah i most certainly am. It's part of being a baseball family.

There were a few more, but they were kind of boring....Soooo I didn't do the. But yeah hopefully this entertained you guys. I know that it made ME laugh. I mean c'mon the Flying Purple People Eaters? What is that?

WOOOOOOOOOOO....

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Congratulations BUBBA!!! haha Bubba is my brother. He got invited to go to Big League Camp!! If you ahve no idea what that means. it means that for spring training, he is going to be with the Major Leaguers. Yeah Yeah!! I am so happy that finally someone is recognizing his talents and he is actually getting a break. His journey is one that should become a novel. He works harder than any other player that I know and he plays baseball for the right reasons. Not just for the money, or the recognition, or the life of luxery...he plays because the loves the game; nothing else and that is the way that it should be. But yeah...I am so excited. He leaves on February 16, i think. It is going to be sad to see him leave, but it is totally worth it.

My Time Machine

Alright so I have no idea what made me think of this, but i remember last year i would have moments all the time when i would want to build a time machine and just go back to 8th grade. To me, 8th grade was THE best year ever! It was so much fun and there was NO drama. Well i mean i don't have true drama here in high school, but i gotta say things are A LOT harder. Everything in 8th grade was just so carefree and innocent (in my world) and last year i just wanted that back. But, now I understand why my prayers to go back in time were never answered. haha "some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers"

I have met some of THE greatest people this year. People I don't even know how I lived without them for so many years. I mean you have no idea the kind of cool individuals there are out there if you just sit around with your little base camp 24/7. There are so many interesting and amazing people out there that I have been so lucky to have met. Most of them are from Life Night . These people just amaze me every single day. And I am sorry that I keep repeating the word people, but yeah there aren't very many synonyms. haha

Anway, so all the times that you wish that you could take something back or change something or relive something there are reasons as to why you can't just go jump in your time machine and do it. Because "life goes on" na na na na na "life goes on" na na na na. yeah that's not a song i totally just made that up. But yes what I am trying to say is don't be so focused on the past that you miss out on opportunities that are being handed to you every day in the present, that will effect your future. YEAH YEAH!

The city turns to darkness
And the stars become the light
Lonely hearts wander streets
In search of what feels right
A beam of light shines through the sky
And the clouds just clear away
A miracle was sent from God
In reply to hearts that pray
Angel of love is in Time Square
To provide a ray of hope
Those lonely hearts find their wings
And leave their lives below
And they fly
They've never felt like this
A feeling that they can't resist
Can't be missed and will exist
A feeling they will reminisce

Ahh Life

"Ahh life. it's crazy sometimes." ~ David Ranalli

True that! And it really is kind of ironic how my screenname is "lovnlife". haha. I just thought that was funny.

So I went to lunch with my "aunt" Terri and "cousin" Jacob. haha they really aren't family, but they make up for everyone else. But Jacob is so cute. He is eleven and he is such a good little boy. He was definately raised right.

Anyway...you guys may not believe me because i have told this story to so many people and they REFUSE to blieve it, but i promise to ______ that it is true. So she is a flight attendent and she was working first class. And one of the people that she was waiting on was Opera. My aunt Terri went to ask what she wanted to drink and Opera asked if she could be waited on by a black flight attendent. Opera refused to have my aunt (who is white), wait on her. So thak the Lord above that there was a black flight attendent on board. But that happened twice!! On two separate occasions.....Ripley's believe it...or not.

"You got your hand on the door and you're ready just to walk out
The fight that you had filled your mind up with all this doubt
And you're losing your mind and you're losing your faith
And you can't remember why you fell in love in the first place
Go back, go back to the moment of truth
When she walked down the isle and you first said I do
When this life makes you wonder what have you got to lose
Go back, go back to the moment of truth
You got your hand on a habit and you can't seem to let it go
It use to be your escape now it's out of control
And now it's you in the mirror but you don't recognize your face
And you're looking for a reason not to through it all away
Just go back, go back to the moment of the truth
With three words "it's a girl" and she looks just like you
And when this life makes you wonder what have youg ot to lose
Go back, just go back to the moment of truth"

Okay so I freakin' loved Samaira's blog when she signed her name using all of her nicknames...so i am going to do it. even though the list isn't going to be as long. haha

SINCERELY, (hahaha)

Kendal whowaa the wall kacey treehugger kendal kat panda butter ball turkey puanoni speedy gonzalez waterslide kacey and the sunshine band smalls candle tendle skunk nala kathleen breadavore bridgett craig BAM!

MORE FILLING OUT STUFF! (totally stole it)

1.) Whats your name spelt backwards?
LADNEK
2.) What did you do last night?
Basketball Game
3.) The last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Skype
4.) Have you ever licked a 9 volt battery?
Nawww
5.) Last time you swam in a pool?
God knows when! and i have one in my backyard!
6.) What are you wearing?
My cousin ryan's jacket a shirt jeans and sneakers and a hat
7.) How many cars have you owned?
Iiiii don't own any
8.) Type of music you dislike most?
That horrible screamin' music
9.) Are you registered to vote?
nope
10.) Do you have cable?
yeah yeah!
11.) What kind of computer do you use?
Laptop
12.) Ever made a prank phone call?
uhh who hasn't?
13.) You like anyone right now?
uhhh yeah yeah
14.) Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
Not right now, but it's on my bucket list
15.) Furthest place you ever traveled?
OH! CaaaNADA oh CaaaNADA
16.)Do you have a garden?
i am going to have to go with no
17) What's your favorite comic strip?
Calvin and Hobbes
18.) Do you know all the words to the national anthem?
yes
19.) Shower, morning or night?
night on schooldays morning on weekends
20.) Best movie you've seen in the past month?Gran Torino
21.) Favorite pizza toppings?
The sauce
22.) Chips or popcorn?
BOTH!
23.) What cell phone provider do you have?
Veerizon
24.) Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
I ain't smoked nada
25.) Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
does it look like i belogn in a beauty pageant
26.) Orange Juice or apple?Orange
27.) Who were the last people you sat at lunch with? Jazz, molly, venus, anna, sara
28.) favorite chocolate bar?
snickers but if it's not a bar then recees
29. Who is your longest friend and how long?
Abby....birth
30.) Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
I have actually never done that
31.) Have you ever won a trophy?
heck yeah!!
32.)Favorite artist?as in painting?
I am my favorite artist. haha just kidding
33.) Favorite computer game?
haha Zoo Tycoon
34.) Ever ordered from an infomercial?
yeah
35.) Sprite or 7-UP?
they taste the same to me
36.) Have you ever had to wear a uniform to school/work?
umm yeah
37.) Last thing you bought at Walgreens?
good question
38.) Ever thrown up in public?
yeah
39.) Would you prefer being a millionaire or finding true love?
finding true love
40.) Do you believe in love at first sight?
yep
41.)Can exes just be friends?
I believe o
42.) Who was the last person you visited in the hospital?
My grandpa
43.) Did you have long hair as a young kid?
yeah. still do
44.) What message is on your voicemail machine?
another good question
45.) Where would you like to go right now?
Life Night
46.) What was the name of your first pet?
tori
47.) What kind of back pack do you have, and what's in it?
black jansport...backpack stuff
48.) Last incoming/outgoing call on your phone?
jasmine
49.) What is one thing you are grateful for today?
knowing that i have spread His word to others
50.) What do you think about most?
my faith, my family, baseball, life night and everybody that is a part of it.

Not Tagged....

...Just like filling out stuff. haha

A - ATTACHED OR SINGLE: single
B - BEST FRIEND: Sara Malik and Madeline Wilga
C - CAKE OR PIE: Neither
D - DAY OF CHOICE: Sunday (If I have Life Night)
E - ESSENTIAL ITEM: iPod
F - FAVORITE COLOR: Blue all the way
G - GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Not giving in
H - HOMETOWN: Temecula (it's in California, near SD if you didn't know)
I - INDULGENCES: skittles, hot cheetos
J - JANUARY OR JULY: july, bro's birthday and lots of vacations
K - KIDS: i love them to death
L - LIFE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT: music, faith, family, friends
M - MARRIAGE DATE: in between Nov to Feb if my bros still playin' baseball
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 1; allen
O - ORANGES OR APPLES: apples/orange juice
P - PHOBIAS OR FEARS: snakes, losing the people i love
Q - QUOTES: "never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"
R - REASON TO SMILE: the sun will rise tomorrow
S - SEASON: all of them!
T - TAG SOME FRIENDS: i don't have any friends
U - UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME: i just had a miniture panic attack when i heard the music to the notebook just started playing
V - VERY FAVORITE STORE: sport chalet/chicks
W - WORST HABIT: continuosly bouncing my leg up and down
X - WENDY'S OR MCDONALD'S (sorry, not much goes with x's): neither.
Y - YOUR FAVORITE FOOD: good question
Z - ZODIAC: taurus

Gran Torino

So basically I took this picture on accident, but i kind of liked it. I thought it was very interesting...anyway I just saw THE most amazing movie EVER! I do not believe that any of the movies I have seen in the past year compare to this one. It's called Gran Torino. and it's the one with Clint Eastwood in it. Gosh it is amazing, but yeah you guys HAVE to see it, but probably not 'til it is out on DVD because it is rated R, unless you want to go w/ your parents like I did. haha. But yeah...there is A LOT of bad language, but it's in good humor. I am COMPLETELY against bad language and if someone cusses in front of me I will tell them, but this movie was just amazing and the language did not bother me one bit because it was just so hilarious. But anyway, Grand Tarino, Clint, R, GO SEE IT!

Thao: It's not Toad it's Thao

Walt: Yeah, well you're blowing it with that girl that was there. Not that I give two s**** about a toad like you.

Thao: You don't know what you're talkin' about

Walt: You're wrong eggroll, I know exactly what I'm talking about. I may not be the most pleasent person to be around, but i got the best woman who was ever on this planet to marry me. It was the best thing that ever happened to me hands down. But you, you know, you're letting Klit-Klat, Ding-Dong and Charlie Chan just walk out with miss "what's her face". She likes you, you know? Though I don't know why!

Thao: who?

Walt: Yum-yum. You know the girl in the purple sweater. She's been lookin' at you all day stupid!
Thao: You mean Youa?

Walt: Yeah...yum yum...yeah nice girl, very charming girl....I talked with her. yeah But you, you just let her walk right out with the three stooges.

OKay yeaaahhh that scene is SO Much funnier in the movie, another reason why you have to see it. But besides all this stuff, this movie has SO many life lessons, so many morals to it and things to learn. There was one critic who didn't like the movie, but my family and I do not understand how somebody could miss the deeper meaning to this movie. There is so much too it and I think that is what I liked most about it. I mean right when I walked out of that theater I wanted to go back in and stay for the second showing. But yeah, i think that you guys should see it, worth your money and the wait to rent it at Blockbuster, or just kidding because they went out of business...rent it at some other movie place too.

Karen Carter

Wow...you know there are some things in this world that amaze me. "I will be grateful all the days of my life..." ~My other mommy Karen Carter. Karen is basically impossible to describe because she is above words. She was my very first babysitter and she will always be my second mom. She has one of the sweetest hearts in the world and you would be so incredibly blessed if you had her in your life. I was just reading her blog and it is truly truly amazing. I envy it so much and I wish that everyone could be as thankful and kind as she is. Some people say thank you and walk on by but she really is TRULY thankful and she does not take anything for granted. The little things amaze her, the little tiny deeds bring her to tears while you and i would probably think nothing by it. The world would be a much better place if there were more Karen Carters in this world.