Bubbly thinking?

Hello dears!
Today I said, "I could never step backwards to become the person I did not admire in Jr. High." I have changed dramatically! I was so miserable in Jr. High. Now I feel happy and confident! I love reading.
My goals for the summer:
1. Read the rest of Jane Eyre
2. Read the rest of Mansfield Park
3. Work steadily on Personal Progress Program and Preach My Gospel (studying)
4. Be in good shape = be as healthy as plum pie
5. Habit of scripture reading -every morning
6. other
7. another
8. bla
9. gaaaa
10. Sha bling!

My interesting day as the only girl in the house.

Alright Sparky Here's the Deal.
My Mom and my two sisters -Amy 'n' Jenny- left yesterday on a two week trip to Missouri! I am sure they are having a blast! I am not having such a great time. UGH. I really don't have a lot of nearby friends to hang out with either. I don't know how to have an enjoyable time. It seems like all I have done so far is work work work. There -of course- is nothing wrong with work. I suppose I am just having a negative attitude and i'm being spoiled. I need to be more thankful for the things I have. I have such a geat family, great friends, I have great opportunities. I have lots of fun.
Maybe what's wrong with me is that I am jealous of those around me. Maybe I want everything for myself. This is selfish of me. Maybe I should focus on other people being happy instead of focusing on myself.
I think this is how I should do things this week. This is part of what will help me have a good time. hmmm. is that selfish. =thats ironic. haha
Its very weird to hang out with boys all day. My sisters like to do exactly what makes me happy. boys like chess. Funnn.
We're watching Merlin right now. It is very interesting. Kind of evil.
"If you cross that line again, I will brake that promise without a single thought." -King Luther
ahhh! that was very scary.
My heart is racing like a freaking ant on a horse.
Well, good night.

My thoughts pertaining to Parenting

This Post is mainly to get my thoughts out of my jumbled mind.

I have formed my own opinion regarding how parents should guide children down the straight and narrow path. I have heard several different opinions at home, school, and church from all ages about this specific subject. From what I have gathered in my curious teenage brain, I have formed my unique opinion about Parenting. -keep in mind, this article is typed by me, I am the "victim?" for parents... I am the one who is preached to-

For as numerous years, my mother and father have raised, nutured and cared for me. This post is not to get after them. Don't get me wrong. I give thanks every day for such righteous parents. However, I do find something terribly wrong with one of their methods to, "lead me down the straight and narrow path". Something so wrong that it offends me when they do. I do not know my pride is the part of the reason why I take so great an offense.

My mother reads LAST DAYS articles on the computer and it seems to me, she does not form her own opinions on very many things but only believes what she reads without question. One of my most respected teachers, Mr. Clark, said, "I hope you don't believe everything you hear without a thorough study on the topic. I hope you don't believe everything I tell you." I think what he means is, we should get as many opinions on the subject as possible, then ask ourselves, "WHAT DO I (I,I,I) THINK OF THIS?" I do not know if my own mother does this or not. I do not think she does; she believes some crazy things.

When she reads these very random articles, she desperately attempts to force her own kids to believe as she does. The key word is FORCE. Just today, I was listening to a random song, "American Pie". It is very nearly 8 minutes long and it was made during the Vietnam War. Dear Reader, it must be understood that during this time, a large amount of strange songs were written during this time. Some songs have the lable as DRUNK SONG, HIPPIE SONG, DRUG SONG, etc, etc, etc. Yes, this is true. It is also true that NOT ALL songs and NOT ALL people were evil during this time. Obviously we still had good people in the world; we still had an LDS prophet. The song was very interesting. I did not find anything wrong with it, neither did dad. I actually researched the meaning and found out for sure if the song had a trace of EVIL content (my mom said that songs from this time period are all evil and cursed with black magic-I have a tendency to argue with what she says a lot of the time...). Fortunately for me, the song was not bad at all. The song is just about mourning for the loss of great singers/musicians that died in a plane crash (Ricky Valens, etc.) I just HATE HATE HATE it when my mom goes on and on in persuasion. Then after thats not enough and I still am honest in saying, "Thats great, but I don't believe it.", mom ends with, "Well, I'm in charge and I've been around a lot longer than you have, SO you BETTER believe what I TELL YOU!!!". Grrrr. This kind of talk bugs me, probably one of my biggest pet peeves. I am annoyed by it for a couple more reasons. One, if I disagree, they do not accept the disagreement (they don't accept that everyone thinks differently) and they are severely angry with me for hours. UGH. I have had enough. The following paragraph will be my own opinion.

Parents should give their opinion. Say, "This is my opinion..." Then they can tell their opinion and leave it at that. Kids should respect their parent's opinon enough to consider their words. BUT to force children to believe exactly as the parent does is despicable. Sharing opinions with parents does not always have to be a girl's cat fight. If both have said their part, then there is no more to say. BOTH sides should separate to think the conversation over in their minds.

Parents need to be limited on what they should tell their child to do. Kids NEED NEED NEED to think and decide for themselves. That is what will help them. They will more fully understand that choosing the right in every aspect of life will give them true happiness. As soon as kids reach the age when they can decide and think for themselves, they must only do that. Parents can give opinions and advice. They should not be bossing them around. If they do, the kids will be BABYSAT the rest of their lives, until they learn to be INDEPENDANT.

Thanks for reading! And I am now satisfied... I finally got that mess out of this brain.

Old Spice Commercial

Oh my stars! I love this!
The Man your Man could smell like

Fab quote from Re-joyce

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

- Marianne Williamson

LDS.org - Ensign Article - A Return to Virtue

LDS.org - Ensign Article - A Return to Virtue

Prepared for Mass

Hi there!
Exactly a week ago, I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting about Missionary Work. I'll put a link on the bottom if you would like to read it. I specifically chose to write about inviting friends(etc) to environments where they can feel the holy spirit. (Ex: to temple square, a beautiful hike, a place where the people are good examples, etc)


As I thought about this, the thought occurred to me that I have haven't practiced what I have preached for a long time. Of course, there was this one time during my childhood when I invited my friend to come to church :D. That was so long ago. I vaguely remember feeling joy because I had done this. After giving this talk, I decided to DO- what I told my ward to DO. Background: I have many non-member friends and I can literally see how the Holy Ghost affects my life and can see the absence of it in their lives. How awesome would it be to bring the Holy Ghost into their lives?!
So, I put the plan into action. Note:thankgoodness my friend is open to talking about religion. I brought up the conversation and then asked her if I could go to Mass (a catholic sacrament meeting) with her! I sincerely want to learn more about different religions. And since Catholicism is a very popular religion, I thought it would be a great experience to go! Also, I would probably hear some inspiring sermons! THAT IS (in itself) SIMPLY COOL. Then, she told me a little bit about what happens. Then I asked her if she wanted to come to the lds church with me, we talked and she agreed it would be great!
I am leaving next week on Sat to go to mass and then she will come with me Sun for all meetings! I hope this all works out like I hope it will! But I know I shouldn't fret, it will be a great experience for both of us. :D
Bye! Love, Peace, Chicken Grease.

The Cruel World That Loves me only 30%

Hello my Melybelly fans! This morning, I found out the world hates my guts. I have no luck WHATSOEVER. This morn. my phone fell out of my pants or slipped from my grasp 4 times! GRrr. woof sigh. hmmmm and i didn't get the grades I was hoping for because i am a little bit SLACKER-I get that from my dog?-false-No -although Maggie does live on 100% slackerism. haha.

Gr. I am SO sick of EVIL on TV! So after I decided NO MORE CARAMEL CORN FOR ME! but then that failed miserably and the next day I watched yet another episode of Gilmore Girls. UGH. The whole thing promoted terrible morals and ethics. That show has a foundation of SELF-CENTERED-NESS, DISHONESTY, SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, RUDENESS, NO RESPECT FOR PARENTS, SMOKING, GOSSIP, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COMMIT, PEOPLE WHO DON'T IMPROVE THEIR FOLLIES-BUT LEARN TO JUSTIFY THEIR FOLLIES,OVERLOAD OF PROFANITY ETC ETC bla bla BLA.

You know, I hadn't really thought about all of this. But it is as true now as the first time I watched it. The show was so deceiving. Why do I think this?

At first the show had half of these qualities and shown in smaller portions. From the first episode, the bad qualities have increased exponentially and in Larger scale.

There is one positive thing I can say about Gilmore Girls. I love the Theme Song: "When you lead"


All the characters/heros have very bad qualities. I want to reflect on what Brother Johnson (great Mountain View Seminary Teacher) said about heros- A hero is someone who you can look up to, who sets a higher example for you, someone you want to be like, therefore you can feel right about every decision they make.

Gilmore Girls was very funny and addicting to watch. It was very addicting because i knew I was doing something rebel worthy. I did not have a good feeling after I watched the show 75% of the time. A lot of the time it ended on a depressing note. But a good theme of it is: Really try to be best friends with your mother also, support good behavior and warn of bad behavior but let them make their own decisions.
This show did help me when I was feeling lonely. I felt like I was without friends, just like how Rory felt. It did help me, but now i'm ready to move on.
Enjoy the Fabulous theme song!- Where you Lead- by Carol King.

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

Hot Basketball Boys

My sis and I went to an AWESOME b-ball game in SLC. I was always booing/wahooing/yeeehawing, there were some amazing shots. The only complaint I have for basketball games is that they seem to drag on because of Advertising. Ah! I can't tell you how annoying it was to always be told, "buy this, go here,bla bla bla!" I came to watch an epic basketball game, and not to be over-advertised to. On the other hand, we had GREAT seats, 3rd row and in the middle of the court! We saw every thing! And on the way home, Amy told me a couple funny/awkward stories of boys. These are the best stories, hahahah!

Girls Camp Vids: beware, it gets ugly

La Vida Loca:Girls Camp

We have crazy vids. Michelle Miller-Mama was my bus buddy! we had a fab time!
The Hike. The 2nd day Sherri Riggs and I woke up at 5:30am to go running up to Lone Pine! Probably a 5 mile hike and uphill, however it was worth it. Gorgeous! we saw the sunset, with shades of red, orange, purple, blue, and whatever! I was able to chat with old friends! go on yet another hikes, play fun games, testimony meeting was wonderful! I feel like our YW are finally becoming united, which is what i've been praying for! I was I Camp Leader:YCL this year, =a very different experience. Camp was loca! It was AMAZING. I posted this earlier, but it had a vid by it that was of the Kingsford Family reunion -not girls camp haha

A Fresh Start: Why I loved Timpanogas Academy Middle School, 7th Grade!

The first year of Junior High School was also my first year at Timpanogas Academy. It was different, because I wouldn’t have the same friends from Elementary. Timp. Acad. Is a charter school, they wear uniforms. The First day was wonderful. Eager to meet new people and make new best friends, I charged into my first class, Spanish 1. The first thing I said was “I’m going to sit here, you can’t stop me!” with a wide grin on my dimpled face. I smoothly sat and chatted with two Latino girls. These girls, Miroslava and Sofia, would be my best friends for the whole year. We just clicked! We were very different culture wise. However, we were both very friendly people who loved to have a good laugh. I can’t remember a year equal to this 7^th grade. It was so darn fun! The first day was great, not only to get a fresh start, but because of the uniform policy. No one could judge us by our fashion! We all wore green-blue skorts or shorts and white polo’s! Without this parting of segregation, we students could be able to see others for who they are. We could beam the brightest side of our individual personalities! I had a great time with this, everyone loved me and I loved them. I know now this concept deeper than before, that no one should be intimidated about their clothing, if they have a strong self-esteem, they can let the personality shine through. Our class was great because we had a feeling of acceptance, on the very first day.

LOVIN 7 Peaks n' stuff

Hella, (wow that sounds vulgar)
i haven't written FOREV-ver, ummm I did a backflip on the swing rope at 7 Peaks, it was AWEsome all the hot guys behind me were like WHOAAAAAAA!!! it was fantaz.
I go there 3 times a week. g2g soon byebye luv ya
xxx

So Inspactedly excited for Rich and Cheryl + HAILEY Comin Round the Mountain from D.C.(hometown)

Tuesday Wa-hoo's-day! stinkin Rich and cheryl, I am soooo hysterically eccentric of you 3 fleeing that jungle of woe to the welcome gang of OREM the UT. (Rich-bro, Cheryl-sister-in-law, Hailey- Niece!) My neighbor's daughter had a baby, I saw her today and thought of Hailey! This is going to be soooooooooooooooo bubbily-ishness-fantastico (really really really fun)! Yay.

Sophmore PROM!

Fri: Yesterday was the fabulous day I was actually asked out to PROM! It was planned out in very very sneaking-like. I didn't expect it at all! So my brother gets a strange phonecall,saying, make sure the blinds are shut, in 3 min i'll ring the doorbell... " When the future sophmore prom date rang the doorbell, and (I guess) ran away, Jason answered the door, (I still didn't expect this!)Jase said, "Mel its for you." The First thing I saw was string, which was terribly confusing. I stood their for 2 sec, looked over to the right, A poster on the Porch Pillars said this, "Sorry it took so Long, will you go with me to PROM? Follow the string to find out who I am! The string wrapped on around the whole yard and 1/4 of Smit's yard. Ha. I chased it, laughing hysterically. The string led to a random bush, in the bush was a poster. "I'm not Mike or (and) Ike i'm...." And then on the back on tape read, "Kevin Martins" Ha! I wouldn't want to go with anyone else! I'm so excited for Saturday, Prom is going to be a blast!
After Prom: Ahhh it was sooo much fun! Soooo crowded, everyone was rocking out, we danced pretty much every song. ate at Olive Garden, absolutely delectable!

Sunhats and Swimsuits

On Spring break friday, My loveable sis and I went to Dillards. We searched for hours for the right sunglasses that complimented our face curves, this is more difficult than one might think. We eventually found perfect sunglasses for both of us. The prices were also flattering, buy 1 get one for 88 cents! We both bought white sun hats to go along with the accessories. Last of all, my sister and I found the swimsuit section! I got a lady bug tan-keen-ie! Yip-eee! Adieu.

Mag: Pest of the West, Heart-melting face, Nausiating breath, Lamb-soft ears, exercise-buddy, unresponding pen-pal, family friendly (but no one else).

Maggie
Maggie is still a toddler. She has a strange personality, and a fie-stiy attitude. Maggie is present at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Weird, I can never find her at Bath time. She frequently hides surprises under my pillow, most recently a dog biscuit, grrrr. Maggie adores walks at anytime of the day. She also adores snarling/chasing after oncoming walkers, bikers, skateboarders in order to bite their ankles. After a long day, Maggie is worn out. She will now snuggle with the most comfortable looking owner. When the owners have left, Maggie will find carpet to pee on. She will then tip-toe to an open-door bedroom and snuggle with an owner. This is Maggie.

Snuggled Maggie

Queen Maggie

Fie-stiy Maggie

If you would like to meet or visit Maggie you can! She lives at the Kingsford's residence. P.S. You may want to bring some bandaids. Just in case.

Self-cradle your Heart with these additional Cute-ta-cious puppy pics.

http://www.puppiz-r-cute.blogspot.com

-These puppy pics will warm your harrowed soul.