Worn Out!

Today my family invited some relatives over for a BBQ and swimming. Ri and I decided to go to the pool early and get some laps in. We swam for a couple hours... Just the laps we swam were about a mile and a half! It took us a while but we feel really now that we did it. Ahhhh, endorphines feel great!

Back on Track

Its sad how easy it is to fall off track... This summer has been hard for me. Before I graduated, I made three goals for this summer, 1. To get a car & my license, 2. To get a full-time job, and 3. To start private guitar lessons. Unfortunately, none of these has quite worked out for me. On top of all this, my best friend has been gone all summer working at a Boy Scout camp. With all these things, I've been getting depressed. I like to be on top of things and know where I"m headed. However, life isn't as easy as we wish.
I decided last night that I was going to get back on track with my spiritual life. Lately, I've been putting it on hold. So, I decided to start reading more in my Bible, praying more, working setting a Christian role model for my little sibs, and last of all, listening to ONLY Christian music. Now, the Christian music thing is really hard for me, I really like Yellowcard and the Beatles, however, I decided that I could give up the secular music for a week if it meant growing closer to God. So, today was the first day. It's been hard not listening to Yellowcard, the Beatles, or Good Charlotte. However, its funny that when you start doing what's right, things start falling in place. Already, I've seen a difference in my attitude and the way I've handled my siblings when they're being obnoxious, however, the most amazing thing is.... my uncle came up to my dad today at the wedding and it sounds like he found a car for me. All I can say is that when you follow God, he always comes through for you.

The Summer Bore...

Today is the second day of Creation Fest, in other words, all my friends are off watching cool bands perform while I stay home and clean the house and babysit. Unfortunately, since I'm not one of Anna's (some rich girl from my old church) friends, I don't have anyone paying my way and since my parents aren't helping me find a car so that I can get a job and earn money, I can't afford to pay for it myself. In other words, I'm really bummed out. I had been looking forward to Creation Fest for quite a while, thinking that I would have a job this summer and would be able to afford it, I was wrong.
Tomorrow is Friday, which used to be my favorite day of the week, not any more... Now I perfer Tuesdays and Sundays because I get to see my friends at church. I miss seeing my school friends 5 days a week. It's crazy that I actually miss school. This summer has mostly been a bore.
The good thing is that I'm learning to play some John Mayer songs on guitar. The other day, I bought the Continuum guitar book and so i've been working on "The Heart of Life" and "Stop this Train". The songs are actually coming along quickly, since I have nothing better to do.
Yesterday, I hung out with a couple of my friends for a few hours. Hope, Leann, Ri, Gabby and I played the game of Life. It was fun, being girls, we joked about how many kids we ended up with and what our hubbies names were.... Fun stuff... Hope, Leann, and Gabby are lucky that they live so crazy close to each other! I miss Kathleen crazy bad, she's been staffing boy scout camp all summer and I've only seen her like twice the entire summer. I wrote her a letter this afternoon, so hopefully she'll have time to write back
In a couple weeks, my family is getting our first Japanese exchange student for this year. She will be staying for a week... Part of that week, Ri and I will be house sitting for our aunt though.

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Ahhh its Friday

The only thing good about Friday is that its almost Sunday... On Sunday, we go to church and I see people. I've been pretty lonely this summer. However, I did manage to get out of the house yesterday. I bought piano sheet music for "You and Me" by Lifehouse and a Continuum by John Mayer guitar tableture book. I've been working on learning "The Heart of Life" and its actually coming along quite well. I've already learned "You and Me" but I'm much better on piano than I am on guitar. I'm hoping to be really good at several songs from the Continuum book by the end of the summer since I have nothing better to do. When I was at Kennely Keys, I talked to the guy there about guitar teachers. Apparently they have a teacher who would give me jazz guitar lessons for $100 a month which is average. When I get a job, I plan on starting up private lessons.

Malling and Music

Last night, Trebonte, Matt, Ri, Mase, and I went shopping. We went to Southcenter and hit the mall along with a few other stores in the area. I picked up 3 new CDs; Another Journal Entry (expanded ed.), Secret Weapon, And Paper Walls. I'm so hyped to listen to them, I haven't had the chance yet. Well, I'm kind of listening right now. Anyways, we had lots of fun shopping, Matt and Trebonte both got checkered Vans. I won them over! Huzzah! No more boring tennies. I have 2 pairs of Van slip ons and they are the most comfortable shoes. Anywho, we had tons of fun.
Today, my mom is hoping to get a good portion of the kitchen painting finished. I hope we can get it all done, I'm sick on working in the kitchen. Talk about, boring! At first it was kinda fun, but its been drug out way to long. Ri and I are going to do our room next. However, since we're motivated, it won't take us 2 weeks to paint :).
Off to listen to my music!

Summer Sucks

Man alive! Nothing interesting has been happening lately. I hate sitting around and wasting time. My best friend leaves every summer and works a Boy Scout camp. Aghhh, so frustrating. When I was graduating, I imagined a perfect sumemr, getting a car and a job at the Guitar Center or Kennely Keys. What ended up happening was quite the opposite. I didn't get a car and thus, I can't get a job. I've asked my parents to help me find a car several times, every time, they've completely blown me off.

Today three must have CDs came out
Secret Weapon-MxPx
Do You Feel-The Rocket Summer
Paper Walls-Yellowcard

unfortunately, due to the fact that I don't own a car, I haven't gotten them yet...
okay, I'll stop whining, I'm just ready for change.

I Actually Miss School

I never thought I'd say it, but I really miss being in school. At BCC, I had lots of friends that I got to see everyday and fun assignments from theory and guitar class. Without a challenge, life is boring... I can't believe that I'm taking off an entire year. It wouldn't be so bad if I had a car, but my dad doesn't seem interested or like he cares to help me find one and I have no idea what to look for in a car... As for friends, its funny how much I took them for granted while I was at school. There was rarely anytime when I wasn't hanging out with at least one friend. My friends and I would even sit through each other's classes. Ahhh, the good times! I can't wait to be back in school.

Face Book

I set up a facebook account since my friend Hope raves about it.... Anyways, if you want to visit my face book, its under Emily Lickey. Have Fun!

Happy Birthday Matthew

A happy birthday to you a happy birthday to you and the best that you've ever had! Today is Matt's birthday... He's got to be the best big brother a kid could have. Tonight we'll be having some of his friends over for dinner and games.

Party Time

This evening, Matt's having his birthday party.... I'm looking forward to playing board games. We're making tacos and hanging, nothing fancy, but it'll be fun.
My mom decided to revamp her kitchen. Today, we started by painting the inside of her cabnets. She picked out the colors from a Martha Stewart magazine. The inside of the cabnets are peach and the kitchen will be a peri-winkle blue color. So far we've only painted the inside of the cabnets. My arms are coated in paint that won't come off, oh well.

This Weather's Killin Me

Wow! Seattle is NOT supposed to get this hot! Today the temp got to be around 100F outside. Even with our air-conditioning, it was over 80F in our house. Yuck... I don't do so well in the heat.
I haven't done a whole lot today. However, one thing I did do was I went and looked at paint for redoing my bedroom. Ri and I are thinking of doing our room in a blue called frosty. It is a light blue with a hint of green. If we decide to use that color, we will probably do our accents in a deep red. I'm really looking forward to it.
Matt's birthday party is coming up. It is in 2 days. Unlike the usual LAN parties he has, this year, he's having a board game party. I'm actually looking forward to it. I love playing board games and some of his friends are fun to hang out with.

Till Next Time
Saiyonara

Ice Cream Social

Today was a busy day. I hung around the house in the morning, I was sick so I didn't do much. In the early afternoon, Ri and I went to a book club at the library. Its just the two of us and the librarian right now, but we're hoping to expand. We hung out, ate ice cream, and chatted about books it was fun.
This evening, I went to youth group at Bellevue Neighborhood Church. Its soooo different than the youth group I attended at Renton Assembly. I miss the big worship band and all of my friends. At youth group today, we had an icecream social. First, Pastor Lori gave her testimony and then we ate ice cream and played catch phrase. Every leader is suppose to take a week to share their testimony. Mine isn't until September, but I'm a bit nervous. I hate public speaking... Oh, starting next week, I'll be leading worship on accoustic guitar.
It's late & I'm tired so thats all for now
Saiyonara

Church and Prayer Meeting

Today, being Sunday, I went to church and played worship. I also went to a prayer meeting this evening at the church. It's amazing what God can do with a willing individual. I'm trying harder to be that individual who is willing to do God's will. So often, I get consumed with everyday activities and forget to pray or read my Bible. Well, its getting late, so I'm gonna hit the sack. Ja!

Hello Good Friend

Up until I was six, I was good friends with my pastor's son, Taylor. Then, Taylor and his family moved to Michigan. They came back to visit once in a great while. The last time I saw Taylor, was probably like ten years ago. Then, a few months back, his mom visited one of my mom's best friend and I heard and got his address. We started chatting online back and forth. Then, about a week ago, he told me that he was coming to Seattle to visit his grandparents. He asked if I'd be interested in hanging out. So today, he came over... It's amazing how much alike we are, our interests seem to be very similar. We spent the day shopping at Bellevue Square and talking. His little sister, Brealin, also came. She was only 6 the last time I saw her. I had a great time an hope that he visits again soon.

Bridal Showers, Birthdays, & Graduations, its been a long day!

Today has been non-stop craziness! This morning at church, a worship team from Northwest came and led worhsip, so I had the day off. I was shocked when they walked on stage and the keyboardist was Hannah Moreno from my old church. We used to be in a youth band together back when I was in 8th grade. I haven't seen her in years. She didn't recognize me at first, man, I've grown up quite a bit over the last 2 years since starting college. I've cut my hair and started dressing differently, I guess I didn't reallly pay any attention until someone else pointed it out.
After church, there was an independence day picnic. They served hamburgers, pastas, salads, and desserts. I'm not a hamburger fan, so I had salad and pasta. The desserts were excellent...
Then, after the picnic, I went to my soon-to-be aunt's bridal shower. It was funny cause the theme was bed and bath and she accidentally registered for WAY too many towels and she got towels from almost everybody. She also got some really cute nightgowns that I wouldn't mind wearing myself.
After the shower, I went to my uncle's birthday party/other uncle's graduation party. Again, the food was amazing. My vegetarian aunt made these really good tofu/veggie kabobs that were merinated. The soon-to-be aunt bought me an orange skirt as an extra graduation present. At my graduation party, I had commented that I loved her skirt and that orange was my favorite color, so she bought me one just like it. I totally wasn't expecting that....she's really nice.
Oh, and my friend from babyhood who moved to Michigan is coming to visit either this week or next! I haven't seen him in years. It'll be awesome being able to catch up.

I'm off to bed
Ja!