Today / Drawing of londa :)

Today is one of those days where i dont feel like doing anything lol.

but i gotta work and iron and such but thats ok, 

Anyway i drew one of my sisters LOL and well it didn't turn out like i wanted haha. but hey...does it ever haha :P yes londa i know i cant draw eyes LOL. 

anyway let me know what you all think ( btw her head is supposed to tilt to the left more. but i didn't have much time to draw...) sorry they're sideways i cant switch them on this comp. lol Londa if you recognize this you know where it was lol good times LOL(btw i drew this by lookin at a photo.)

with flash

londa im gonna send you the actual lol then you can look at it better when you have it in your hands plus you can have it cuz its you lol. well its supposed to be you i dont know if it LOOKS like you lol. (i cant get the other picture uploaded the one without the flash sorry)

Math

ok MATH sucks. i dont get it. at all. well i DID learn how to add/ subtract/ multiply positive and negative numbers like the rules of that what and what makes a positive etc. i just have to study it to remember it. and i tried teaching myself to Divide but its going to crap.

*meanwhile- wisse and Arjen come upstairs and to make a long story short arjen shows me how they used to do it in school and BAM i understand division awesomely. only with like smallish numbers like two didgets under the bar thing.

so im practiceing and maybe it'll get better :)

Thats it! I've had ENOUGH!

OK i have had enough about not being able to do things!!

I'm Tired of Feeling inadequate to everything!!!

that's it.

I'm gonna study hard, 

learn everything even if i have to learn from 8Th grade again

I will pass my GED test, SAT test and ACT tests.(if i can take the SAT's and ACT's... dunno i have to check that out)

and then i WILL get into BYU.

that's it. 

Failure is not an option.

I've Had Enough of feeling under Educated, Unintelligent, and just plain not good enough.

so I'm gonna teach myself, and get into a Real college

none of this Beroeps Opleiding crap

i want to do this. i have to do this.

not doing it is not an option anymore.

Wish me luck!!!

This Past Weekend

HAHA ok lets just say FUN

soo it was an institute day right, yeah well anyway after a couple hours of driving we got to Apeldorn :)

anyway, so we had this lesson thingy from this older missionary couple from belgium and such they're american anyway it was pretty good.. only i got kinda ticked when he was like '' dont Bail out and go to america'' i was like. .. ..''what?.(!)''.. so anyway besides bein ticked about that the rest of the day was really fun, i Talked with Alwin and such.. i cant believe he burned a hole in his engine... that poor poor beautiful. fast car. i loved it. anyway so when the dance started we (Vanessa Emma Alwin, and I) went to this snackbar thingy and got some milkshakes lol..and had a conversation with the guy workin  there.

    then we went back to the dance.. and then THIS was awesome lol there was a carnival caramus whatever thingy goin on down the .. ok like a ton of streets but it wasn't that far. and well i never been to one so00 we went there a few minutes later it wasn't very big and stuff i think his name is Michael he joined also, it was  pretty fun,we got back when  the day/ dance thingy was ending lol. but hey it was really fun. and if you dont get the fun outta this then you just had to have been there lol. then LOL on the way home ok it took forever but i dont mind i was all hyped up hyperly on sugar lol. that was after the guy hit the front blinker light and jonathan tried to chase him down but he was to fast. and so we had to stop at the gas station it was like 2:30 in the morning and wait for  the police and such to come check it out. (meanwhile i went in the store and bought some sugary goodness stuff lol aka banana thingy's and other thingys.) so i couldn't sleep for like a half an hour after i got home just cuz i was wide awake. 

but yeah the whole day saturday was way fun. no worries about anything. just dieing in the car when jonathan was drivin LOL. (Alwin is a great driver so im not worried at all with him.)

but yeah anyway i got to make some new friends and such which is pretty awesome. you probably think i dont get out much haha ( and your prolly right) but its the little unexpected fun things that make  things fun. :) 

oh and YSA camp Vanessa Micheal Alwin and i (did catherina come too i cant remember) went at like 3 in the morning to this turkse pizza place haha that was fun too lol.

but yeah im tryin to type fast so im not puttin much thought into how i write the storie(s) and all lol. oh well you get what i mean. oh and sunday was Tylers Farewell, his talk/ speach thingy was really really good. i can't believe he's goin on a mission.. time goes by SOOO fast. we might as well enjoy every minute of it. :)

OH AND TODAY DUN DUN DUN DA! IS---

SHONDA'S BIRTHDAY :D 

yay!

25 :)

Happy birthday again :) 

oh its also Grandpa's birthday :) i dunno how old he's turnin....

oh and other good news i paid EVERYone their stuff back so im pretty proud that i can start saving now for things!!!! :D

ok im gonna go

i'll write later :)

Plans/Schedules & To-Do's

So i figured out all how im gonna pay everyone back :) and how to save/spend my money.

so thats good :) im not gonna put it on here cuz  thats kinda dumb. 

but now my To-Do list:

1.) The Rest of the Laundry

2.) Iron

3.) Dishwasher

4.) Re-Organize boy's Closets

5.) Go buy some bread for Tomorrow for the boys and such.

6.) Bring Thijs to Janne's at 15:00

--Talk to my bosses and figure everythin' out.

my to bring from home list:

-- Sweaters

-- Jeans

-- My Blankets

-- My Books (?)

-- My DVD's

-- My Pillow!!!! --  i miss it lol

-- CD's

-- some other thingy's that i'll see and be like ''OHH..this too''

To Buy:

Lindy a Belated b-day gift.

Jessica a Belated b-day gift.

Elvira a b-day gift.

Train korting (discount) kaart? ( have to talk 'bout that) 50 Euro

Retour Ticket to Scotland and back.(figure out exactly when) to visit Christina. 60-80 Euro (+/-)

things not to forget to do!!!:

Give Tyler his Farewell Present thingy on sunday.

Read the Relief Society Lesson.

Do November ZHV Newsletter. for my Dordrecht branch.

keep up my scripture thingy (goin on 3 weeks straight readin every way :) sunday it will be 3 weeks i've done it :D yay!)

Switch my Records to the Amsterdam Ward.

flippin change my playlist gosh im sick of that music already. lol

Living in Amsterdam

So i Made my Decision if i were to stay or Return to Dordrecht and through a lot of thinking and everything i have decided to stay with this family in Amsterdam. thats making a long story short. im glad that the stress of choosing is over now. although i do feel about letting Jasmijn and her Family down and breaking my promise. i just wish i could please everybody...

well it's been almost 3 weeks of reading my Scriptures everyday and well i gotta tell ya its really actually fun! i love it! im getting into such good habits here! and i cant wait to start a course of some sort. im thinking spanish but we'll see.

anyway this blog's gonna be short because i promised myself i would go to bed early!

well Goodnight

--Lizzie

Family

So I decided awhile back that I want a ton of kids

not that I'm like '' oh yay kids'' that I love them, but I dunno anyway I want a big family. I love having a big family now and I want my kids to have the same opportunity to enjoy family as I do :)

This isn't for everyone its more for my own family.

So if My Sisters & My Brother are reading this;

(Nicole, Rachel, Michelle, Yolanda, Shonda & Ray)

I really appreciate that we're all a Family.

I hope that this coming year we can be closer.. 

I miss everyone there but I'm pretty well adjusted to being far away..

I just hope you all know how much you mean to me and yeah ok this might seem kinda cheesy but its true

I really enjoy us all being family and I hope sometime soon we can all be together again and see each-other again. I enjoy your company when your around or when I'm around you.

I know I'm the youngest but I hope that even though I am, that this means something to you as it does to me.. I've Recently learned that Family Is what matters in life, and It's something some people don't have. We should value each other.

I just want you to know that I really do love you all and care about you more than I thought was possible... 

I know I don't know some of you as well as I do like Michelle and stuff, but I hope that will change and that we can become a closer family.

in the past Few months I've Learned that enjoying someone and seein' their strong qualities and good qualities instead of mistakes they make and/or have made, makes you a stronger person yourself and a more optimistic person. I've also learned that when something would usually offend me or usually tick me off, I can choose to take offence from it or not. I learned that if I let things slide and choose not to let things offend me life is a lot less dramatic and stressful.

Thanks for (even though sometimes I probably tick you off) always being there for me if I ever need you. 

I know I'm Still young and I'm Still learning but I hope I can learn things from you (like spelling lol)....... (and math) and that I can help you the way you have helped me now and in the past. even if its just being a Sister or a Brother to me.

Love Elisabeth

CHurch & Highlights

So today was my first time going to the Amsterdam Ward by myself

and i gotta say I LOVED IT. People came up and  introduced themselves and welcomed me it was really nice! and the lady who showed me around turned out to be my Past Young Womens President (when i was in Capelle) sister! she is so nice! and there are actually quite a few Americans in the ward as well, an older couple ok their not old their like in their late 40's i think and then there is this young couple who just moved here from BYU and they've only been married 2 months! they moved here about a month ago, but they're american, and then there is this other lady she is here for work she works something with a telefoon company so there are like 5 other americans which is nice. everyone was so nice and  the lessons were good i enjoyed it :) well this Saturday is a Institute day in Apeldorn so im gonna be headin' there and then the day after is Tylers or Elders Koppe's  farewell he's leavin on a mission to London, he seems very well prepared. (btw it was Tylers mom who was my yw's president and his aunt is the one who showed me around in church today haha, she's also the bishops wife :) oh and her other sister another aunt from tyler was also my yw camp leader :))  but yeah this next weekend is gonna be very busy. then the week after that there's a seasons dance here in Amsterdam so that'll be fun :)

anyway i'm here in this big house alone lol..

the family isn't back yet i dunno where they went so i think im just gonna go watch a movie or whatnot . 

btw im pretty happy with my weight now! i hardly have love handles HAHA lol jk but its goin great its awesome feeling more in shape! 

OHHHHH wait.

so i went and got highlights to make a long story short:

the lady screwed up and they are orangeish blonde. awesome. so i paid her 10 euro's less and gave no tip obviously. but i guess its ok.. its fall after all.. i can look like a pumpkin...oh well i just should avoid colors like.. yellow and orange.. and white..ok maybe i  can still do white. but i dunno oh WELL it doesn't matter lol hair grows.. only mine is remarkably slow! lol elvira was laughin at me! which made the situation lighter so thats  good.

OH haha and another thing today i walked to church and well its about 15/ 20 mins away walking, and so i wasn't about to walk in my heels all the way there. so i was wearing a nice purple shirt that i just bought my nice black knee height skirt and tennis shoes lol i got some pretty  awesome looks but i did bring heels with me for church so.. :) and it was a good thing i actually read the lesson in advance because i got more out of it than i usually do. at least in this relief society there are younger people closer to my age. although i did have some huge Dordrecht with-drawls lol i did miss my own little branch back home. but hey we'll see.

ok i'll write again later :)

New Habits

So for the Past week and a half :)

I've gotten in the habit of Reading my Scriptures everyday :D 

I'm almost done with second Nephi :) as in 3 chapters away.

its pretty awesome. i think that the Concern that the people who wrote it have for us in these days is just really cool and shows how not only important it is the message they're giving but how much they care. and its always nice to know someone cares.

and i cant believe its been almost a week since i last wrote.

well nothin' really exciting has been happening, but I DID buy a new dress thing 

and a shirt, they're pretty nice :)

i don't really know what to write.. 

oh yeah well this sunday will be my first Sunday in the Amsterdam ward at least going there lol I'm not transferring or moving my files.

but Amsterdam is pretty cool :) its been fairly good weather last week. and part of this one.

oh well i'll keep ya updated :)

Lady Bugs Attack!

yeah so the other day as in Yesterday there was this invasion. i about died when i saw it. the pictures don't do the moment justice. anyway the pics are pretty much self explanitory. i tried to fling, blow and tick them away but they kept flying back in bringing more friends. so we got the bug spray it was sad. but yes very freaky experience i seriously only had my doors open for like 15 minutes then i turned around and BAM!

My Wonderful Cooking Skills.

Yeah so i can't cook. 

my kids (when i have them) are gonna end up starving. 

its sad. 

i cant even make Simple things. 

i mean i try i do what the box and the bag tells me to do but NOoo. 

it ends up to be a huge mess.. 

yeah. even the 12 year old around here can cook WAY better than me. 

its really really sad. REALLY. anyway. so the first Disaster was pancakes.. the second.. i cant even remember because there have been so many... 

i gotta do something about this. lol. 

anyway im pretty good at doin cereal.. and Sandwiches..  

no but seriously.. this has gotten beyond pathetic.

''A Spooky Spider?''

yes. 

there was a spider. 

a HUGE spider. 

Heleen found it when she moved Wisse's Soccer bag.. she told me its a big spider but i didn't expect it to be as in thickness i thought like maybe just longer legs.. 

OH, no. it was big as in thickness. and it was black. which makes it even more of a spider like thing. (in a non racial way). 

today i also saw a black cat... AND a lady in a purple coat.          (lol)

yep Halloween is definitely coming that's for sure. 

anyway when i saw the spider i about died. i went downstairs lol. then it started going into my room. Fokke had to come and kill it.. .. .. .. .. 

that's about it but it was a pretty big deal.

 i couldn't even pick it up when it was dead because of the legs all hanging out.... ew. 

and ew as in a half frightened ew. (from the spider in general AND it being dead.(do spiders have tongues?...because i was just thinking.. if it they do.. his was probably hanging out....) ) but yes. today has been a pretty eventful day. 

:)

Ended up

So Basically i Ended up Buying the Movie ''Sydney White'' instead of a sweater LOL. 

its a pretty funny movie i was laughin' pretty hard, And i also went out today to find out where in the world i am lol, i found everything i wanted to BUT  the trainstation so i think it went pretty well considering this was ALL in high heels im so proud haha lol jk, no but im suprised i didn't die with my clumsyness and all.. i am pretty clumsy.. other than that im loveing  Amsterdam! today it didn't rain much just sprinkles but you dont really want a weather report, so the Family here is REALLY nice i like them a lot they're really cool :) i can understand why michelle misses them. (oh and no michelle they don't have your bike anymore it got stolen.... and we were laughin about haudgie lol)(i dunno how to spell his name but you know who i mean) anywho im plannin on goin home this weekend only im gonna suprise mom and pop, i told them i probably wasn't coming. so whoever reads this DONT TELL MOM lol or pop... ok well im gonna go relax the first hours of my weekend. :) yay! hope you all are doin great :)

Weather.

ug... i think im getting the flu ..again. i just had it two weeks ago. it seems everyone here has it. oh well at least i'll loose weight again haha,:p 

anyway so far Amsterdam is fun :)

i dont know if i'll be going home this weekend or not but it all depends on if i get to know my surroundings and find the trainstation haha :P Heleen gave me a map now all i need to do is learn to read it lol. improve on my map skills lol.

it is so cold over here it has been rainin like none other since the day i came its crazy!

my plans for tomorrow: 

go figure out my surroundings.. if not get lost lol.

Make Pictures For Michelle of the Boy's

go buy another sweater? 

go buy some tylenol or something clever lol.

yeah there's nothing really more to write, thijs and his friend here are coloring here in my room and watching Barnyard lol. and their all excited cuz tonight were eatin Pizza LOL

well i'll keep ya all upated and hopefully i can get to General conference in Rotterdam thats always super fun seein everyone again:) :D cant wait!