Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Art- something I am not good at. I like to sit and doodle, but sitting down to draw a realistic picture is a whole other story. The right side of my brain does not work as efficiently as the left side of my brain. My brain does well with math, science, and things that use the left side of my brain, but art, writing, and things that use the left side of my brain do not come naturally to me. I’m getting better at using both sides of my brain, but it does take work. Yesterday at the end of art class my art teacher, Mr. Branch, asked me to write about a usual day in art class. So I’ve been thinking about how to approach this task. Well here it goes… Everyone takes there good ole time moseying their way into art class and then they find a seat. Now you must remember that there cannot be two people seating right beside each other. There has to always be an empty seat in between each person. Then Mr. Branch takes attendance while we pull out a number 2 lead pencil, special drawing paper, and our notebooks. After inspecting who all has remembered their proper art materials, Mr. Branch gives a brief speech on whatever we are supposed to learn that day and then we start. Some people are in a race of time to try and complete their art projects as quickly as possible, while others meticulously sketch each line and then critique it trying to make it perfect. I happen to be the meticulous one and each art project takes me FOREVER!  About halfway through the class our teacher comes around to make sure we are doing okay. During that time he looks for anything that might be wrong. Usually Brooke and/or Daisy are completely done with the project; Eric and I are still on the first step; Jeremy brings us all some good comic relief; and everyone else is somewhere in between. Jeremy, Mr. Branch, I and whoever is sitting beside us usually join in conversations of the most absurd things. If only there was a little camera on the wall so I could play back for you the happenings in that little art class of mine. By this point in time art class is pretty much over with. We all bid one another farewell before heading off to our next class. I think that is a fairly reasonable overview of a normal art class with Mr. Branch.

As a little ten year I won a cd from Moody Radio. The cd was by Jill Phillips. It’s called “Writing on the Wall.” About two days ago I pulled out some of my old cds and decided to sit down and listen to my music in one of those “old fashioned” cd players. As I began listening to the Jill Philips cd I noticed that the words are full of Scripture and speak of God’s truths. The songs’ lyrics are all quite encouraging to me, but her song “Sacred” really stood out to me. The lyrics are as follows…

It’s the clichéd writing on the wall

Funny how it’s been there all along

And all the while you’ve listened to

Anyone who had a point of view on what you should do

 

The liars in your head are growing loud

They say you’re in too deep to turn back now

And answers seem so hard to find

You wonder if you still can change your mind… change your mind

 

There’s something to be said for patience

So hold on to what you know is sacred

Don’t let your only dream be taken

And cashed in for everything you’ve hated

 

You have something there that can’t be sold

A lifetime full of secrets to be told

And it is not too late to choose

The narrow winding way that few men do… so few men do

 

I obviously do not take any credit for these lyrics and did not come up with them, but I do own a copy of her cd. They are just absolutely beautiful lyrics and are hopefully somewhat encouraging to you as they are to me. If you have never heard her music I would recommend looking up her album “Writing on the Wall”. I have listened to her cd over and over again for four hours straight now. I really like it!

 

Please pray for me because tomorrow I will be taking the National Latin Exam. I am just a little bit nervous, but I have been getting A+’s in Latin so I’m not exceedingly worried.

 

So long for now!

Miss Good

 

I don’t want to make this super long, but I want to thank all of you who have kept up with my blog. I have had over 4,000 views! This is extremely exciting and appreciated, since that wouldn’t be possible without all of you who read my posts. I know I only started this to keep in touch with my family members and friends while I was living in Canada, but it has reached so many others. Thank you for your continued reading as I love to share with you what has been going on in my everyday life. Hope you have a blessed day,

 Taylor Good

Friday, February 22, 2013

Between life and school I have been keeping quite busy. Right now I am touring colleges and have decided to major in organizational leadership and supervision, which is essentially business management. I really liked the idea of majoring in bio-med. Engineering, but I believe something business related would suit me better.

        As some of you may know my grandfather passed away in September of 2008 because of pancreatic cancer. Because of his passing away right now I’m looking into the details of organizing a group together to walk with me on May 11-12 for Relay for Life. Relay for Life is an organization that supports the American Cancer Society and raises both money and awareness to help save people’s lives. I want to help give others with cancer a chance at life. All I am asking is that you give up an hour or so of your day to support this noble cause. If you would like more information, their website is definitely a helpful resource. Here are some details you may like to know…

Relay for Life website: http://www.relayforlife.org/index

Date: May 11- May 12

Time: 10 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Place: Forest Park in Noblesville, Indiana

Relay for Life Phone #: 1-800-227-2345

I would love it if you all could come and walk with me as we support our loved ones who are both fighting against cancer and have already passed on because of cancer. Help the ones you love and take this challenge to spend one hour on a walk that may save a person’s life.

        I am also working on a project called “Sister’s in Christ.” Essentially my theme comes from Titus 2: 3-5 where it talks about older women encouraging younger women in the ways of the Lord. I am getting a group of devoted high school girls together to help me with this. We will be Christ-like examples to a group of 1^st- 4^th grade girls. Please pray for wisdom in the planning and preparation of both of these endeavors.

        Tomorrow is my first dress rehearsal!! Nerves and excitement are flying high as I frantically gather everything together. Tomorrow we will practice the whole play together for the first time. Can’t wait to see how it ends up going!

So long for now… Miss Taylor Good

 

 

Some things I’m learning…

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. Galatians 6: 7-8

        -The choices you make today have an effect on your future

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 1 Corinthians 3: 18-19a

        -Being like people of this world will get me nowhere

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation. And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Psalm 51:12

       -SIN STEALS JOY!!!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Caught in a blizzard! Today it is snowing so much that they are calling it a blizzard. We cancelled piano lessons today because of the snow. Yes!!! If you know me, you know that I like knowing how to play piano, but practicing is a whole other story. My puppy loves the snow and can’t get enough of it. My brothers and sister are also enjoying the frosty flakes. I have a sinus infection so I’m staying warm indoors.

      Just heard a great song by toby mac called “Steal my Show.” You should look it up if you haven’t heard it yet.

      Okay so yesterday was Christmas! It was just as wonderful as when I was younger. Friends and family gather around the Christmas tree, reading the Christmas story, love and smiles fill the air, everyone giving of themselves to make it better for someone else, fire crackling and Christmas carols playing in the background, peppermint filling the air, fleece and fur pajamas and blankets to keep warm, wrapping paper going flying through the air, cameras flashing to capture that surprised facial expression, laughter and gaiety from the hearts of many; Oh this is Christmas! It definitely is the best time of the year! I hope the Christmas time finds you all in good spirits!

Taylor

Back row of four: Justin- Jamie- Taylor- Autumn
Front row of three: Chandler- Amanda- Grayson

There will be a Christmas video some day with all the pictures. Hopefully it will be put up sooner then my Thanksgiving video got put up.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Christmas is just four days away!!! I am exuberant with joy and excitement. This is the time of the year when we celebrate our Savior’s birth and remember why he came here. This Sunday I would like to invite all of you to come to our church. Here is their website…

     http://www.fbccarmel.com/

Our service starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. Feel free to come and worship the Savior’s birth.

     This Sunday after church my mom’s side of the family is coming down to celebrate Christmas. So we are attempting to clean our house for them.

     Last night was our first snow. There was ice blowing sideways and it was quite terrible driving home since there was little visibility, but I made it home safe and sound. Today my dad took me into an open parking lot where I practiced driving on ice. It was fun and frightening all at the same time. Then my dad took me out on a date for lunch. We went and ate sushi at a place in Clay Terrace. It was absolutely delectable. Tonight I am going caroling and to a girl’s sleepover. I can’t wait. This reminds me, I still need to pack for it.

     Some of you may know that my body is not functioning as well as it should, so I had some blood tests done. The results came back today and said that I have a food sensitivity to milk, wheat, peanuts, and oats. Also I have been taking Magnesium, a Pro-Biotic, and Iron Free Vitamins, which have all been really helping.  Thankfully I have found a doctor that is actually helping me and not just doing quick fixes that don’t really last or work. I feel the best I have felt in years, except for the fact that I have a slight cold from my brother.

     To finish off this blog post I would like to mention that I finally posted up my Thanksgiving video now that a month has gone by. I know it was greatly delayed, but my studies in school always come before blogging and video making.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOODNIGHT!

TAYLOR R. GOOD

 

 

Starbucks Coffee got its name from a character in the book Moby Dick named Starbuck, who drinks a lot of coffee.

 

The idea of a Christmas tree originated in Germany

 

A friend of mine described a candy cane as…

A cane… but candy. Hard candy that tastes like peppermint or fruit, but never like dirt or brussell sprouts, usually decorated with stripes, but  never polka dots. (now there’s an idea)

 

Another friend of mine said the best gift they bought for someone else was…

A little fake Christmas tree with fake money pinned to it. She gave it to her dad and proved to him that money really does grow on trees.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

A few weekends ago I toured another college. I went up to Grace College with my friends Anna and Jesse. I absolutely loved the smaller campus size. Each classroom seemed much more personal and great for getting an education, although I don’t have much to compare it to so I can’t give it a detailed thumbs up or down. All I can say is I can’t wait to go off and live at college.  They made sure to keep us busy while we were there and we ended up getting to see and tour almost everything on campus and a little off campus.

My dad cooked a delicious dinner filled with swordfish, white asparagus, sushi, bruschetta, pumpkin eggnog and something else. It is nice to eat new things. I truly believe that teaching a kid to try new things is one of the best things you can do for them in their life. We also put up our Christmas decorations! YEA!!

This past weekend I spent with my friend Lindsay. We made spritz cookies, edited old photos, and laughed about our lives.

I had a Scottish Christmas this past Saturday with my Auntie Jen. I absolutely love her. We were able to help her bake and we also were able to help her eat all the food!JRecently life has been up and down making it extremely difficult to find time to write blog posts. I hope to write a lot of blog posts over Christmas break and I also hope to shoot a couple new videos for my You Tube channel.

On Friday I attempted to drive up to my grandparents’ house, but the car broke down one hour into the drive, so much for a surprise “get-away” for my parents. Oh well. Honestly I couldn’t have broken down in a better place because I was only fifteen minutes away from my aunt and uncle’s house. I ended up spending eight hours doing nothing though, which really bothered me. Thankfully no one ended up hurt or in danger and after a five hundred dollar car part was fixed, the van was repaired. :/

Tomorrow we have a Christmas party with our Youth Group and I will be performing in our church’s Christmas Choir program. I am super excited! We are supposed to bring a white elephant gift, so I am bringing a stack of old magazines, wrapped in old newspaper with a box of “Dots”. J

Please pray for Newtown, Connecticut as many families are hurting greatly, after the tragic killings.

 

     Taylor Good

 SISter's

 Hey, look we all got the memo! :) 

Yummy!!!

 There is nothing better than CHRISTmas Lights!!!!! ;)

 Lindsay and myself

 SPRITZ!!!!

Auntie Jen's house for tea

Dinner Time!!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

THANKSGIVING!!!!! So I haven’t posted recently so I need to update y’all on what has happened recently…

This past Saturday, the 17^th, I went over to my friend’s house and we ate food, watched a movie, and talked. I mean come on what more could you ask for at a girl’s get-together. It consisted of a group of school girls.

The 16^th was my friend Megan’s birthday and the 17^th was my friend Lindsay’s birthday. So this time of year is full of those celebrations and of course Thanksgiving. I will make a separate post dealing with Thanksgiving.

So I have a younger brother named Grayson, who is ten, and my mom, who has been trying to redecorate the house. My mom put up a picture in our living room and exclaimed, “This picture makes the wall look too busy doesn’t it.” My younger brother thought about it and said, “How can the wall be busy it doesn’t do anything.”J This just made my day hundred times better.

     ~Sorry this is sooo delayed. I was having inernet connection difficulties at both my grandparents houses.

 Becca and Anna

 Starting at the top left going to top right: Anna M., Me(Taylor), Becca

Starting at the bottom left going to bottom right: Anna B., Anna R., Grace

 PURE CRAZINESS!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Megan and Lindsay!!!!!

 

FunFactsfrom my cousin, Mandy:

Every year you swallow an average of eight spiders in your sleep! Yuck!

The song “Ring Around the Rosie” originated when there was a Black Death otherwise known as the Black Plague.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. My brothers made her breakfast in bed, which is a rarity in this house.  We all got her presents. I and my sister gave her a combined gift card to the container store because we weren’t sure whether she wanted an intricately designed jewelry holder or a new desk in the office. Later on my sister gave her a pedicure, while I curled and styled her hair. Then I secretly made her gluten, dairy, and wheat free brownies. FYI if you ever want the best brownies in the world, just ask me. These brownies were sooooo moist and chocolaty and came right out of the pan with no problem.  For dinner we ate at houlihan’s. They have some of the best food I have ever eaten and I have eaten at places that are considered to be quite nice. I would not say it is dining experience that requires a suit and tie, but I would never be caught going in there with sweatpants and a tee-shirt. I had there spinach salad, a little of my mom’s fish tacos, some of my sister’s chips and salsa, a bit of my brother’s ribs, creme brulee, and apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Obviously I was quite hungry since I didn’t eat much for lunch and forgot to have a snack. After dinner we went to Khol’s where I got a new pair of sweat pants, using my birthday money and my mom bought a new crock pot and a slicer, for vegetables or meat. We were going to end by renting a movie from Redbox, but instead bought a couple movies to watch. By the end of the day I was exhausted. We finished the night with popcorn, a fire in the fireplace, and “The Three Stooges.”

Today I slept in until one o’ clock p.m. I don’t think I can remember the last time I slept in like that. Apparently I haven’t been getting good sleep recently. J Later on today our family went over to the Quillin’s. We went over there for one main thing and that was to have fun shooting guns. And yes I did say our whole family, including me and my sister. My sister was too freaked out to shoot a gun this time, but somehow I had some crazy idea to write down on my bucket list that I wanted to shoot a gun, and with that being said I knew this was my time to do it. My heart was pounding faster than it ever had before. I was given a couple instructions on how to stand than handed the gun. I stood there took my aim and pulled the trigger. I hit the target, but not the bull’s-eye. So what did I do, I tried again. I shot with three different guns and hit the target every time, but only hit the bull’s-eye a few times. Now, if for nothing else, I can say I have shot a gun. Tonight we roasted hot dogs and sat around a campfire having lovely conversation. Then we had to leave around 8:00ish  because mom is singing at church on Sunday. Well I think those were the main highlights of this week. And with that I must say farewell until next week.

Taylor

 

 

Do you know why a vaccine is called a vaccine? Well without going into great detail it all starts with the root of this word being vacc, which comes from the Latin word “vacca” or in English we would say “cow.” Now you may be wondering what a cow has to do with a vaccine. Well it is very simple. When people became sick with the chicken pox there was only one cure and that was to get cow pox. Although you could only get cow pox was by injecting something from inside the cow into you, therefore creating the first “vaccine.”

 

This is a totally random fact I heard on the radio…

The average person consumes 3 pounds of peanut butter every year.

 

 

We could not believe how big this tree was! (That is my 5' 6'' mom beside the tree)