11/04/09 2:47PM

It really is a wonderful life.

I just want to go around singing, "The sun is shining, the tank is clean!" even though I don't live in a fish tank. But the sun is shining. And that makes all the difference. (Well, most of it.)

Heading outside!

Thank you for your monthly update! :)

by theaunt at 11/04/09 2:58PM
Me toooo!!! The trees are lovely... I think I did to get back outside... a few errands to run! Glad you are wonderful! Can't wait to see you at the end of the month since it is not the same any more when your family comes to visit and you are not with them!!

by tweedledee at 11/04/09 3:03PM
haha! Love the Nemo quote. Our family quotes the Emporer's New Groove all the time. It's amazing how applicable that movie is. =P

by gemma at 11/04/09 3:04PM
It's beautiful here too! The trees are lovely and the cool air is getting a bite to it! It's really cool because one of my favorite people at school is a Cuban boy who lived there until he was 12 and before he moved to the States he had never seen the color change in the trees. Same with my sister in law. When they both saw it for the first time they were amazed! I've lived here all my life and see it every year. It's kind of strange to think about someone having never seen that before. I think it makes me appreciate it more. =)

by gemma at 11/04/09 3:10PM
That quote gets used quite a bit around here. Been beautiful here, but the tank is not so clean....

by snickers63 at 11/04/09 9:30PM
=)

by leahabigail at 11/05/09 10:57AM
Hah, I DO go around saying "The sun is shining! The tank is clean!" ;D

by _fire_of_fantasy_ at 11/05/09 11:11AM
"The sun is shining, the tank is clean! *GASPS* THE TANK IS CLEAN!!" I'm good now! :-)

by juliamiriam at 11/05/09 4:15PM
I love you. That sums up my feelings about this post. :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAREST LEAH!!

by mitim at 11/07/09 11:16PM
I hope you had a good birthday on Saturday!!!

by theaunt at 11/09/09 7:18AM
It's been a loooong time since I've seen "Nemo" -- my first thought to the "tank is clean" was "Wait... you've completely emptied your gas tank???"

by laurar209 at 11/11/09 3:56PM
Are you home now?!?!?! Congratulations on a GREAT semester! and hoping to see you sometime soon! =)

by tweedledee at 12/15/09 12:55AM

LIfe is quite wonderful, thank you very much.

at 10/11/09 2:00PM

College is pretty neat. I love it! School is going okay. Plugging along, mostly, and keeping busy. Made it through the first monster week (with four tests/papers due) and since have had one or maybe two major grades every week, so very manageable.

Still have major bones to pick with the new pleo. =[

Had a super-fun weekend with the city-wide scavenger hunt on Friday night and going to the state fair on Saturday. Now I need to work on my music appreciation paper, but the pointlessness of it is slightly demotivating.

Singing tonight!

=) Have a good singing!

by leahabigail at 10/11/09 2:19PM
I knew a trooper like yourself would be doing fine and dandy away from home.

by shaneg at 10/11/09 8:32PM
Hey I think I might know about that...;D

by 1cor13 at 10/12/09 3:56PM
Nice.

by tweedledee at 10/12/09 6:02PM
HEY!!!

This is Julia P.

by juliamiriam at 10/19/09 2:04PM

College!

at 08/16/09 3:45PM

Well! I'm all moved in! Everything went well and seems very comfortable! I start tomorrow morning at 8:00 with Genetics and a bright yellow three subject notebook - so I'm happy. Singing and young folk's get-together tonight!

Have Fun!!

by leahabigail at 08/16/09 4:12PM
Yay!

by theaunt at 08/16/09 9:59PM
I know your light will shine like a city built on a hill. Have fun Leah.

by jaydon at 08/16/09 10:15PM
YAY!! I love you and miss you sister! :) To quote a song from my favorite Broadway musical, "It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime, but let me say before we part: So much of me is made from what I learned from you; you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart." Thanks for everything you are to me, to everyone else, and to God! Continue in growth and service! SHINE with His light and direct others to Him! And try to visit us back home sometime, Lord willing... ;)

by mitim at 08/16/09 11:16PM
So excited that you are there! I hope you have a great time at Auburn!

by miss_cleo at 08/18/09 9:47PM
Soooo... Nana said we could see a pic of your room somewhere on here?? How are you doing? How was the first week?!

by tweedledee at 08/22/09 6:44AM

07/07/09 11:24PM

Perhaps if I refrain from assigning a title, that obnoxious larger font will not appear?

I got Genetics! Just happened to be looking - almost missed it - but saw two spots open! I had to drop Physics and Ethics to do it, but I can take those anytime . . . and hopefully I can add one of those back later, as I now only have 14 hours, instead of my previous 17. Genetics will be a prerequisite for other courses in my major, so I'd like to take it on schedule. Maybe I won't have to take summer classes after all - although I still have Organic Chem to tackle at an undetermined future date . . . ! Fun!

Anyway, happy beyond all expectations! What a stroke of luck! Now, if only my AP scores would come in . . . =]

ack! the date/time stamp is still large and obnoxious. =[

by summersilk at 07/07/09 11:24PM
I think I missed where you're planning to go.

by mattmanua at 07/07/09 11:58PM
For those of us whose eyes aren't what they used to be, the larger font is not so obnoxious!

by theaunt at 07/08/09 9:31AM
You're the same as me with the large title thing! lol
That's what I thought as well, "maybe if I don't put a title" *muahahahaha*
-_- But it was not to be. ;)

by _fire_of_fantasy_ at 07/08/09 10:49AM
Where are you going to school?

by austinator at 07/12/09 7:45AM
Yay! Are you majoring in vet. science?

by flute92 at 07/14/09 6:39PM
Earthquake!

by turner120995 at 08/04/09 10:31AM
Have a fun move-in day!!!!

by snickers63 at 08/13/09 10:44PM

ack! ack! ack!

at 07/04/09 10:00PM

It's all big! and obtrusive! where's the lovely minimalist-y-ness? and, because everything else is so big, my links to friends aren't even visible without scrolling down for three miles . . . sad sad sad sad . . . .

Camp was really fun. This was my last year as a camper. =[ It seemed like we crammed more singing and bible study in than ever before - when we could work it around the very noisy girls' wrestling matches (don't ask). It was nice to walk into the bunkhouse and know almost everyone . . . I guess that's the perk of being a senior camper, but I don't feel like one. Maybe because all of my friends are in the lower grades . . . oh, why? oh, well. Was disappointed with the girls' prank this year . . . basically let's just go roll/shaving cream the room. I have to admit, the boys stealing our beds and not messing with much else was funny and good.

Work is really busy this weekend . . . upwards of 100 animals. But I work this week and then I'm off to camp - the all-girls' camp - again, and then I won't have much time before college. Speaking of which, I need to really get on getting ready for leaving. But I don't like thinking about organizing everything and transporting and setting it up. I wanted to do some sewing this summer, but haven't even broached that subject with mom, yet. We'll see how it all goes . . . still, it's a major "yikes!" thought.

Well, life is good, anyway. Spent most of today working, resting up from camp, and puttering around getting a little done. =] I have to get up really early tomorrow . . .

Is there a date of departure?

by theaunt at 07/04/09 10:32PM
Missed you today.

by snickers63 at 07/04/09 11:10PM
Congrats on getting the Amy Gay award!!

by shbeck at 07/05/09 12:09PM
Had fun with you at camp! You'll have to come back next year or for wintercamp!

by arya at 07/06/09 3:12PM
Hahaha!! You are so right about the Llama!!

by pianopony101 at 07/07/09 8:50PM
And I enjoyed the post =)

by pianopony101 at 07/07/09 8:51PM
Leah, you got the Amy Gay award?! Congratulations!! :)

by dragon_blade at 07/07/09 9:05PM

11/04/09 2:47PM

LIfe is quite wonderful, thank you very much.

College!

07/07/09 11:24PM

ack! ack! ack!

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