let's have a TEA Party!!

April 15th. Tax day. Haven't we been Taxed Enough Already?!?!?! I think so, which is why I attended the local TEA Party with my family last night. There were only about 150 people there (yes, I live in a small town), but it was awesome! There were speakers, petitions, signs, lots of "Don't Tread on Me!" flags... overall, it was pretty great! ....except for the fact that it was REALLY cold and REALLY windy. It was well worth it, however.

Click on the picture to read the article in our local news, if you care to. Dad and I made the front page... *gulp* But, if that means I get to tell people why I was at the TEA Party and what in the world it's all about - then cool! (oh, and my mom gets all the credit for making the signs ;) ) 

Music Monday II

Welcome to the second installment of Music Mondays!!!

This week's song is by a dear, dear friend of mine. She was my dance teacher for a number of years, and is an amazing dancer as well as an amazing musician. She wrote, played, and recorded this song (on her Mac, no less!!!) specifically for a Modern dance that I got to dance in! It's beautiful! Quite a bit different than last week's, but I sincerely hope you enjoy the song as much as I do.

"Aubade" by Elizabeth Andrews

Just a note from me to you. :)

If it's not big enough, you can open it bigger and read it here. :)

Oh, by the way, "lehitra'ot" means ''see you later!" in Hebrew. 

Music Monday I

Welcome to the first edition of Music Mondays!!! I have decided, that each Monday, I'd share a song with everyone. Mondays are not the greatest day of the week, but if you can come over here for a song, it might make things better, right? ;)

The song for today is by Aviad Cohen. (http://www.aviadcohen.com/) He's a Messianic rapper-ish singer, who used to be known as 50 Shekel (haha!). He was born Jewish, and grew up Jewish... then Jesus came into his life in 2005! So now he shares his faith with the Jewish people (through his singing) who reject Jesus as their Savior and Messiah. I like his songs a lot - most have the dance party flavor, as well as having great meaning. I'm sharing a song with you called "Lonely Hearts." I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!

"Lonely Hearts" by Aviad Cohen

(fyi: in the "~music~" tag above I will have all the links to the songs as a lovely archive)

FINALLY!!!!!

Well everyone, as of yesterday, April 3rd...... I'M FINALLY 18!!! *does a happy dance* I've been waiting to be 18 for, well, as long as I can remember. You may ask why this is so monumental... so here are the things I have been looking forward to:

• I can get my very own eBay account!!!!
• I can get my very own Blockbuster account!!! (although I highly doubt I will do this anyways)
• I can register to vote!!!!! (can't wait to get home and do that) 
• I'm now an adult. (according to the world... I suppose :P )

(yeah, go ahead and laugh) So, let's see... my day went like this. Woke up, my dear family wished me happy birthday, then headed outside to play some football with my brothers. I received my first present of the day... a wonderful cut on the inside of my mouth. It's my own fault, I didn't catch the ball that Ezra threw to me.... and it smacked me right in the face. Then, had lunch (which was not fun at all, based on the new present inside my mouth), and headed over to do Torah study with four other wonderful families. That was really great... there isn't anything like studying Scripture with other believers. After that, one of my dearest friends and I went for a long walk, talking about anything and everything.... where I received my second present of the day - a sunburn. (we were in Kentucky, and no, it doesn't take much for me to burn). THEN! The coolest part of the day - a bunch of people (mostly my age) all gathered together on the grass with various music players and speakers to do some awesome Israeli dancing!!!!!! I haven't danced like that in a long time, and it was SO great. We spend hours doing that - then ate supper, listened to some great teaching, and went to bed. Aaah what a great day. 

Now, to appease y'all's curiosity, the Israeli dancing we did was like this. (see link below) Total AWESOMENESS!!! Sadly, we didn't have the costumes these guys did.... but the dance we did is the same. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3AZ5P7zos

(teaser: coming up tomorrow... a new thing I'm starting called "Music Mondays" be sure to check back... cause it's gonna be cool)

(oh, and, thanks for voting in my poll if you did!! I think I'll stick with the new name :D )