Let's get physical! Haha! This year I hope to get in better shape. I'm not really much of a runner, but I'll try to start running in my neighborhood for some exercise. I'm not in any sports currently so I have to bring it upon myself to work out. I know when it comes to either watching TV and working out,  I'd probably choose TV. That's probably not a good thing. I've also been eating a lot of fast food lately. That has to change too. So I'll make a "middle of the year" resolution to work out more and eat healthy foods.

This year I plan to nurture my intellectual development by studying hard and setting goals for myself. I want to be on the high honor role each quarter. To do this, I will need to study really hard. I know I really need to improve my study habits to complete this goal. If I work hard to nurture my intellectual development, I know that I can achieve my goals.

This week the class has been working on a newsletter project. We have to write I'm in a group with kelly and madisen. The project is really fun and I think ours looks pretty cool. The themes of our newsletters are the dress themes of the week, the activities, the pep rally and the dance. I'm doing the activities article. We're also taking pictures and downloading them onto the newsletter. I think these projects are getting easier as I get used to the software. 

This week we've been working on a powerpoint. We all chose a saint to use as the theme of the slideshow. I had used Microsoft Powerpoint a lot before, so this was a pretty easy assignment for me. The saint that I chose was St. Cecilia. I chose her because she is the patron saint of music. And as you probably know if you read my profile, I absolutely love music. I also play a lot of different musical instruments. St. Cecilia is also a very big inspiration to me because she was  martyred for her faith. She never backed down from what she believed in. I think all of us can take from that example. I know that we all want to "fit in", and do whatever everyone else is doing. But we need to keep sight of what really matters, even if it's not what everyone else thinks. We need to stand up for what we know is right, and never back down.

As teens, we encounter a lot of stress in our lives. From stuff like sports, extra curricular activities, friends, relationships, and most of all school. When you think about it, most of our stress comes from school: homework, tests and grades being just a few. This year, I'm going to try my best to manage my stress. I know I'm definitely not the most organized person in the world, and most of my stress probably comes from that. This year, I will try to be more organized. Hopefully, that will help get rid of some of that stress.

This week's blogging assignment was to post a goal for this year that will nurture my spiritual growth at school. I will teach the Catholic faith and lead students to be Disciples of Christ. I'll do this by joining Teens for Life. I am a very pro-life person and I want to show teens the sanctity of human life by joining this club. I hope that if more people join Teens for Life, it will send a message to others that all life is sacred. I believe that everyone deserves to live, and that no one should ever be able to take an unborn child's life, no matter what the circumstances are. I believe that if I do this, I will hopefully lead students to be Disciples of Christ.

Story Board Project

This week my class has been working on a new project on Keynote. Its a story board that's set to a song. I chose Jordin Spark's "One Step at a Time". So then we added pictures that went with the song, and wrote the lyrics too. I thought it was really fun. I love doing creative things like that. But sometimes I get so carried away, that I spend like the whole period on one slide. But I finally got it done, and it didn't turn out too bad. 

Hi again! I'm going to try something new with my blog. Every week I'll post a poll. You can send me comments to tell me what you think. I hope it works! I'm excited to see what you think.

Technology Applications Class

Hi! Welcome to my blog! My first blog is about how my technology applications class is going. Its been pretty good so far. We use macs at school, and i'm a mac user, so it isn't that hard. Some projects are kind of confusing, but over all i've been doing ok. The class is moving along pretty fast, and sometimes i can fall behind a little. Personally, i like mac computers and their applications. I think they are very user friendly and easy to understand. I think i will enjoy computer class this semester