So while nobody's been posting, we've been doing several different and highly-time-taking things. K was out and aboot in Michigan and Canada doing awesome stuff that she'll post later; S was doing school work and working and being extremely self-disciplined; A was... I don't exactly know what A was doing, but she was doing something! Anywho, I (as in the pronoun, there isn't another person who's joined our acronym) was just recently employed with family. You see it was my Gma's eightieth birthday and for a surprise, my mom's entire side of the family came into town. It was really nice and the look on my Gma's face was priceless, however, I have a big family. And while it was grand and fun and exciting to see them all together, forty five is a lot of people to fit into one house for any amount of time (Luckily the weather was fantastic so the big family reunion was outside on my aunt's yard). We did several things like eat and play games and eat and go to the zoo and eat at the zoo and then eat some more. Honestly, I don't know how my mom did it. I'm pretty sure there wasn't a night when we weren't all together having dinner. Oooo!!! and A and S and I went to the Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 premier. We dressed up and everything. It was pretty epic. Anyway, that's about all that's gone on around here. Now I have to start really buckling down and doing my summer AP school work. XP ew.
_M
M Word of the Post
meatus-n. a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Feelings
Well. Here I am. And you guys are gone. My first blog post in a while. Yippee! Too bad though, that most of the stuff going on right now isn't rainbows and butterflies.
Tensions, and emotions, are running rampant in my house. It's hard to watch my mom and grandma talk about what to do for the memorial. You can just see that it's killing them inside.
They shouldn't have to do this.
I miss you guys.
I feel like an emotional barrel. A barrel that's buried in the middle of the earth. It's SO buried that it's come out the other side of the earth so that it's not buried anymore. But it is.
This post represents a small bit of what's inside that barrel.
My emotions. What I'm feeling.
I feel like, if I put my feelings, my emotions, the things I keep hidden, out there for people to see...then I make myself vulnerable. They're out there. For people to comment about, to criticize, to judge, to think about, to KNOW.
I'm going against every fiber of my being by posting this.
I feel helpless. I'm strong in front of my family. I'm strong in front of myself. I'm strong in front of you.
But in front of my computer. My words. I quake.
I have to watch my family go through this hard time. It's painful, for them and for me.
I want it to be over.
Wow. You guys wanted me to talk, you got me to talk. And you aren't even here. There's some skills right there.
Sorry it had to be so depressing.
Donald Trudeau died on November 30, 2010. He was the best grandpa I could have ever had. He was always happy, always smiling, and I've never looked up to anyone like I looked up to him. There were so many things I wanted to say to him. But never did.
"Grandpa Turtle", as we used to call him, will be forever in my heart.
And one day I'll see him again.
-A
All I ask is that you pray for my Grandma and Mom. They're taking it super hard.
Thank you.
Tensions, and emotions, are running rampant in my house. It's hard to watch my mom and grandma talk about what to do for the memorial. You can just see that it's killing them inside.
They shouldn't have to do this.
I miss you guys.
I feel like an emotional barrel. A barrel that's buried in the middle of the earth. It's SO buried that it's come out the other side of the earth so that it's not buried anymore. But it is.
This post represents a small bit of what's inside that barrel.
My emotions. What I'm feeling.
I feel like, if I put my feelings, my emotions, the things I keep hidden, out there for people to see...then I make myself vulnerable. They're out there. For people to comment about, to criticize, to judge, to think about, to KNOW.
I'm going against every fiber of my being by posting this.
I feel helpless. I'm strong in front of my family. I'm strong in front of myself. I'm strong in front of you.
But in front of my computer. My words. I quake.
I have to watch my family go through this hard time. It's painful, for them and for me.
I want it to be over.
Wow. You guys wanted me to talk, you got me to talk. And you aren't even here. There's some skills right there.
Sorry it had to be so depressing.
Donald Trudeau died on November 30, 2010. He was the best grandpa I could have ever had. He was always happy, always smiling, and I've never looked up to anyone like I looked up to him. There were so many things I wanted to say to him. But never did.
"Grandpa Turtle", as we used to call him, will be forever in my heart.
And one day I'll see him again.
-A
All I ask is that you pray for my Grandma and Mom. They're taking it super hard.
Thank you.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Quote
Well now that I've posted once might as well keep going :) Here is a quote from a book I read recently (in an hour!!) that I liked about companionship.
"First of all, Jesus sends the twelve out in pairs (Mark 6:7). We keep forgetting that we are being sent out two-by-two. We cannot bring good news on our own. We are called to proclaim the Gospel together, in community. There is a divine wisdom here. 'If two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in my name, I am among them" (Matthew 18:19-20). You might already have discovered for yourself how radically different traveling alone is from traveling together. I have found over and over again how hard it is to be truly faithful to Jesus when I am alone. I need my brothers or sisters to pray with me, to speak with me about the spiritual task at hand, and to challenge me to stay pure in mind, heart, and body. But far more importantly, it is Jesus who heals, not I; Jesus who speaks words of truth, not I; Jesus who is Lord, not I. This is very clearly made visible when we proclaim the redeeming power of God together. Indeed, whenever we minister together, it is easier for people to recognize that we do not come in our own name, but in the name of the Lord Jesus who sent us."
-In The Name of Jesus, Henri J.M. Nouwen
-K
"First of all, Jesus sends the twelve out in pairs (Mark 6:7). We keep forgetting that we are being sent out two-by-two. We cannot bring good news on our own. We are called to proclaim the Gospel together, in community. There is a divine wisdom here. 'If two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in my name, I am among them" (Matthew 18:19-20). You might already have discovered for yourself how radically different traveling alone is from traveling together. I have found over and over again how hard it is to be truly faithful to Jesus when I am alone. I need my brothers or sisters to pray with me, to speak with me about the spiritual task at hand, and to challenge me to stay pure in mind, heart, and body. But far more importantly, it is Jesus who heals, not I; Jesus who speaks words of truth, not I; Jesus who is Lord, not I. This is very clearly made visible when we proclaim the redeeming power of God together. Indeed, whenever we minister together, it is easier for people to recognize that we do not come in our own name, but in the name of the Lord Jesus who sent us."
-In The Name of Jesus, Henri J.M. Nouwen
-K
Sunday, June 5, 2011
WHOA
Ok wow. So...we went to the homeschool prom which was pretty awesome, oriental themed. We danced and stuff... :P Yeah.
And me and A went camping and then we went camping again but with S that time and a bunch of boy scouts. And we planned the next medical TV drama.
And I took my AP tests, and S got her lisence, and summer came and we finished school (except for S) and we did a bunch of fun stuff outside and me and A went rafting with my family and I helped cook for Kids Camp bootcamp and M and S are going to be group leaders this year (wooooot!)
Aaaannnddd....we watched X-Men last night ("beautiful man....") and we watched Madagascar 2 this morning (amazing movie).
On Wednesday A and I are going canoeing for 5 days. Tomorrow M and S start Kids Camp. Summer is here and it is blissful. Trigger and Solomon are very strong.
Me and M are done teaching preschool...I bought a swimsuit on ebay. Calvinism is different. We're trying to buy Les Miserables tickets for this summer (BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!!!)
And that's all I can think of now.
-K
And me and A went camping and then we went camping again but with S that time and a bunch of boy scouts. And we planned the next medical TV drama.
And I took my AP tests, and S got her lisence, and summer came and we finished school (except for S) and we did a bunch of fun stuff outside and me and A went rafting with my family and I helped cook for Kids Camp bootcamp and M and S are going to be group leaders this year (wooooot!)
Aaaannnddd....we watched X-Men last night ("beautiful man....") and we watched Madagascar 2 this morning (amazing movie).
On Wednesday A and I are going canoeing for 5 days. Tomorrow M and S start Kids Camp. Summer is here and it is blissful. Trigger and Solomon are very strong.
Me and M are done teaching preschool...I bought a swimsuit on ebay. Calvinism is different. We're trying to buy Les Miserables tickets for this summer (BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!!!)
And that's all I can think of now.
-K
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Pomp & Circumstance
My sister graduated today :) I don't want to go to school anymore....bleh.
I got new shoes and it was raining earlier, I don't look good in yellow but then again like nobody does. I can't wait until school is done and I can read books all day long. Or sleep. I don't get why people play Sudoku. I might have to get a job next year to raise money to go to Europe with Mr. Brown because that would be so cool but then I would have no money for college and we'd never be able to go camping because I would be working...hmm....
-K
I got new shoes and it was raining earlier, I don't look good in yellow but then again like nobody does. I can't wait until school is done and I can read books all day long. Or sleep. I don't get why people play Sudoku. I might have to get a job next year to raise money to go to Europe with Mr. Brown because that would be so cool but then I would have no money for college and we'd never be able to go camping because I would be working...hmm....
-K
Monday, April 25, 2011
Just postin'
I have a zit like right on my ear and it really hurts.There are a bunch of strange men in my back yard...one of them is pretty cute but most of them are older with beards and they're covered in mud and smoking and scratching and spitting and other man things and it's kind of creeping me out. I can't wait to go camping....Lalalala. I had to write a paragraph about myself for this Facing Your Future program to be shared with the whole group, and I didn't know what to write so I can up with this:
"My name is Kosette Isakson and I live in Anchorage Alaska. I live with my parents and sister in our igloo with our two polar bears. My sister and I share Snow Ball, the older of the two. She is, like me, nearly 17 years old. We also have a dog named Steele who wards of grizzly bears during the summers, though we have to keep him indoors during the daylight hours due to the mosquitos. Each morning during the school year I ride my dogsled team twenty-two miles to the community school where I am one of nine students K-12. My favorite meal is moose meat chili, and no, I don't eat whales-- that's just a silly rumor that people made up about Alaskans."
I just thought I'd share in case you guys have any suggestions to add to it.
-K
"My name is Kosette Isakson and I live in Anchorage Alaska. I live with my parents and sister in our igloo with our two polar bears. My sister and I share Snow Ball, the older of the two. She is, like me, nearly 17 years old. We also have a dog named Steele who wards of grizzly bears during the summers, though we have to keep him indoors during the daylight hours due to the mosquitos. Each morning during the school year I ride my dogsled team twenty-two miles to the community school where I am one of nine students K-12. My favorite meal is moose meat chili, and no, I don't eat whales-- that's just a silly rumor that people made up about Alaskans."
I just thought I'd share in case you guys have any suggestions to add to it.
-K
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
So yeah...
So yeah, we should all get together sometime cause I miss you all!! I want to see your faces...And we can change the blog background and my dad can teach us how to SURVIVE and do "man-car-things" and then we can play Halo and watch Tangled and talk about Batman and Flash and Superman and Whoever M likes (Hawkgirl?) and play in the grass (or not) or go to the sand dunes and play in the sand and then take pictures and do a puzzle and climb a mountain and swim in a hot tub and talk about Characters and the future and "deep stuff" and how our toes all look different and then we could, I dunno just chill for a little bit before going to the park and running around and around and around and around and then swing and jump off and be like WEEEEEEEEEEEE and make more videos. And then go camping.
Forever.
-A
Forever.
-A
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