12 days of Christmas

So, I had no idea what to get my mom for Christmas and I knew I owed her something better than just a book or a scarf or something. So I decided to do a 12 days of Christmas thing, before Christmas and I followed what the poem said, and in case you don't know the poem very well here it is:

On the first day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
A partridge in a pear tree. 

On the second day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the third day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the fourth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the fifth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the sixth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the seventh day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the eighth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Eight maids a-milking, 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the ninth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Nine ladies dancing, 
Eight maids a-milking, 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the tenth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Ten lords a-leaping, 
Nine ladies dancing, 
Eight maids a-milking, 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the eleventh day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Eleven pipers piping, 
Ten lords a-leaping, 
Nine ladies dancing, 
Eight maids a-milking, 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
my true love gave to me 
Twelve drummers drumming, 
Eleven pipers piping, 
Ten lords a-leaping, 
Nine ladies dancing, 
Eight maids a-milking, 
Seven swans a-swimming, 
Six geese a-laying, 
Five golden rings, 
Four calling birds, 
Three French hens, 
Two turtle doves, 
And a partridge in a pear tree! 

It's the longest song ever haha, but anyways in case you want some idea but can't afford to get an actually Partridge or a pear tree or six geese, then you can do these things. So on the first day I didn't really have anything so I gave my mom a rose instead, but you could also give them a pear or something like that. On the next day you can give them the candy turtles and doves and you have turtle doves ha. The 3rd day I gave my mom chicken in a biscuit, I know it's not a French Hen, but hey it's pretty close and she really likes those. The 4th day I'm going to give her a really annoying squeaking bird, because she likes thinks that make noise... I have no idea why. On the 5th day I went to amazon.com and bought her (with the help of my dad) a "gold" ring. It wasn't very expensive, and it's really cute. I haven't gotten everything yet so I don't really know what I'm going to do for the 6th day, I know that's no help to you. The 7 day I got her a swan necklace, and again really cheap but still good quality. On the 8th day I got her a stuffed cow, she could also get a goat or something too ... anything that's milkable. I got her a dancing game for the 9th day because she's trying to lose weight and I know she'll really like it. I have no idea what to do for the 10th day ha. The eleventh day I'm burning her a CD of Music she likes. The 12th day again I still don't know, so if you guys have any ideas let me know! Thanks!

Why are they so addicting?

Do you have a facebook? A twitter? Do you watch television? If you answered yes to any of these questions, are you addicted to them? Did you know that there are 500 million active users on Facebook? On twitter there a 200 million active users and 97 people will join or have joined just today. Just in the U.S. there are 240 million people watching TV at this very moment. Why though?

For twitter, it's the simplicity. It's so easy to let people know what you're doing strait from a text. There aren't very many things to do on there, which makes it less "annoying" for some people. Yes, twitter doesn't have as many users as facebook, but even the users for facebook are annoyed with it (like me), and facebook also started out earlier that twitter by 2 years. I like twitter so I know what's going on in my friends lives and I don't need to have a huge amount of people following me either. People that use twitter more than 20 times in a month tend to get more addicted than those that only get on once in a while, so that may be the cause huh?

Facebook is a little more addictive than twitter (at least for me), but I've had it longer and I also use it for school too. Some of my teachers have facebook pages to update students on what's going on in class and what we have for homework. Facebook is place where you can talk to friends easily. Facebook's also the most popular website in America, how it got this popular though people don't know for sure, but there a few possibilities. 1. The social network. 2. People telling their friends about it. 3. easy to use. Whatever it is, we all know we're a little addicted.

Television has been around for a while, and almost everyone single household in the U.S. has one. It used to be rare to have a TV not too long ago, but now you're rare if you don't have one. There are so many television shows and movies out there and people can be so lazy and watch TV for hours. If you don't have cable though, it could be a little boring because you don't have much to choose from. Studies show that if younger kids watch TV more than 12 hours a week they will become addicted when they get older. Watching TV shortens your life span, not by damaging your brain, but by lack of exercise. So if you jog in place, lift weights, or do some other form of exercise you should be okay. Knowing what's going on in the world is also a major factor to addiction, but for adults. People want to know what's going on in their communities and the environment that they watch the news for about an hour and then after that they have a popular show come on and then you want to watch that too. So every show you watch just keeps leading you to addiction.

If you think you're addicted to the computer or TV go outside and doing something, if you're not still go out and do something active to increase your life span. Don't sit around being lazy because that's not helping you accomplish anything. For me, when I'm done with homework I'm going to go hang outside for a while and be active.. unless it's too cold. (:

Holy Wind!

Let’s talk about that storm! This storm has made me so grateful for the Internet, television, and heat! Our trees, which aren’t pine trees, haven’t fallen yet but I expect them to tip soon. This is the worst storm I’ve ever seen, and I used to live in tornado valley! (I’m probably exaggerating a lot but it was bad.)

I decided that I wasn’t going to go to school because I wasn’t feeling very well that morning. If I went, and I’m glad that I didn’t, I would have been stuck in a dark gym waiting for my parents to come pick me up. I was sitting at home, my mom had come home by then, and the power would turn off and then back on. It was really annoying because it kept doing this over and over again until it finally just turned off all together. It was so cold I had sweats, sweaters, and blankets. Yet, I was still freezing and kept shivering, that dumb electricity.

In my backyard we have huge trees and every now and then you can hear a little snapping noise. My mother and I went for a drive in the middle of the storm and we went to see her old neighborhood. “In the middle of the night we just heard a huge crash,” An older man said to us as we stopped to see all the damage done. If you travel through the county it’s like all hell broke loose, or someone really pissed off Mother Nature. There was a house that was lifted up by the roots of tree too!

“If lived in this town 71 years this is bad, it’s the worst it’s been in years,” An elderly man had stated on KSL news. I’ve lived here since I was six and there has never been anything this bad. I hope that the people that have had tons of damage done to their homes are okay and that it won’t cost them too much money. I’m also hoping that none of the trees in my backyard tumble over and crash on my house and that we can trim them as soon as possible. This is one of the craziest storms of my life. Luckily there isn’t any school tomorrow.

Well, I’m hoping that this will all turn out well (even though I know that it’s a disaster). I’m glad that they’ve excused school until next Monday because it’s gives be a chance to get everything done that I’ve been putting off for a while. I’m sure we’ll be hearing about his for a while. Stay warm and well and good luck to those of you who are having trouble.