new hobby

today i went to my first ever squash match. trinity is known for squash. our boys team has won the national title 9 years running and the girls have been in the top three in the nation for the past 5 years. so it's a pretty big deal here. i've never played squash or ever watched it. i heard it was kind of like racket ball which i knew a little about and i play tennis. but it is really cool. i'm really hoping that i can start playing. my grandpa savoy, who also went to trinity, would be very proud if i got into squash. a couple of my friends play so maybe they can teach me and there is also a class here that i can take that would teach me. i'm really excited and hopefully i can fit it into my schedule. go squash! go bantams! (that's our mascot, yes it's a chicken).

cowboy blog

once i started my blog i was really excited and told all my friends at school that i now have one. they thought i was really weird and made fun of me because i don't have a facebook. in college and high school the cool thing for people to do is get facebooks where you can talk with other people and share pictures and such. however, i never got one. my friends all want me to get one but i'm just not going to do it. they thought it was really funny that i didn't have a facebook yet i had blog. this is one email that i received from my friend meghan that this image is on. i thought it was pretty cute and that i would share it with all of you. i will now probably get many emails from her with all different sorts of images. if i think they are worthy of the blog i'll post them. (if you can't see the picture click on the question mark and it should bring you right to the page. i'll try to fix it later).

birthday bash!

today is my mom's birthday and my cousin alex's birthday. i wanted to give each of them a huge shout out and a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! i hope you guys have a great day! love you both!

a page turner

so i'm pretty sure that most of family would be able to agree that i, faf, am not a reader. i've never liked to read books. i would always have to read for school and i hated it. now in college it's even more reading. but i've never picked up a book and just decided to read it on my own. i rather be playing sports, just hanging out, or watching tv. however, thanks to my friend maggie, i've gotten into reading. i've been trying to read a little bit before going to bed each night. it's a slow process but i really enjoy it. i love reading books for teens that have to do with everyday life and gossip and such. right now i'm reading a book by tucker max (i would not recommend this book to my family seeing as it's kind of inappropriate) and i have a book by van draanen called flipped waiting to be read. i wish at this time to thank maggie for getting me into reading. my parents have always said that it's so important to read no matter what it is your reading. i really enjoy it and would encourage others to read, read, read! i'll keep an update on the books that i have read.

1/25/89

today is stephanie's birthday. stephanie used to be a friend of mine in middle school. i bring this to attention because i have never forgotten that it is her birthday and i don't think i ever will. along with thinking of stephanie on this day i tend to think of her mother. sheila was an amazing person. she was a great mother to her daughters and even helped me out on occasions. i mostly remember her on the softball field since she was always there to help my dad keep the team straight. sheila died of cancer when i was in 7th grade. she died on january 10th, just 15 days before stephanie's birthday. i love to think about sheila because she was such a great person. i hope that she knows i'm thinking about her. and i hope stephanie knows that i'm thinking about her as well. 

love for the fam

to start...sorry for no pictures. i tried once and it didn't really work out that well. hopefully i'll get a little more blog savvy and have more pictures for all of you.

so at school i'm taking a class called family and society. obviously we talk a lot about families and what a family means to different people. the idea of half or step siblings came up and i automatically raised my hand saying that i have two half sisters, but i believe that to all three of us we are as close as close could be (maybe not physically since we all live in different states but you get the idea). it just makes me think about my family and how close i am to all of them. parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, i love them all. i hope my generation of cousins and siblings can continue to be just as close and bring our children into the world with the same family ties. i hope our birthday parties, pool parties, and christmas eve gatherings with continue to be all about family and be a long lasting tradition.

p.e. class

at school i'm taking a tennis class that is actually for credit. what a sweet deal. play sports and have fun while earning credit for school. pretty awesome. i am so excited about this class. i've been playing tennis forever and it's such a good way to stay in shape. as most of my readers, if any, know i love sports. i'm playing softball for the school and have been playing sports for as long as i can remember. i played tennis in high my junior and senior years of high school and i really liked it. i'm REALLY looking forward to class and it should be a lot of fun. we start officially on monday. i'll let you know how it goes. 

p.s. did anyone hear about heath ledger? unexpected.

i did it!

it's done. i finally did it. everyone was doing it. my entire family is doing it. i'm young and got lots to do but i did it. a blog. i got myself a blog. i have no idea how it's going to go or what i'm going to say. but i created one. i'm officially published. in college and already published. exciting. i guess that no one will read this except my family but that's ok by me since they were the ones that inspired me to do it. i have an 11 year old cousin who writes one all the way to my grandpa who writes one and all the sisters and cousins inbetween. hey look, i'm already having fun. stayed tuned 'till my next post. being me is going to get busy!!!