I learned a very valuable lesson about a year ago when my grandpa had a heart attack. It was September 2007, I came home from school, and my mom got a phone call from my uncle. My grandparents (I call them Nana and Nanu- it's Italian for grandma and grandpa) just got off a plane in Milwaukee from Las Vegas. When they were claiming their baggage, my grandpa collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Amazingly, a doctor was standing right next to him and started performing CPR right away. There was also a defibrillator close by, and they brought him back to life. Those first few nights, we weren't sure if he was going to make it. My dad and I drove to Milwaukee almost every weekend to see him in the hospital until he got better. It's a year later now, and my Nanu is doing better than ever. He's lost over 50 pounds, he exercises every day, and he eats really heathy now. When I look back now, I know that God definitely was watching over him.  I learned that you should never take someone you love for granted, and that miracles happen.

(I posted on Kelly Rice's blog)

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Wow! I can't believe that one-forth of the school year is already over! That means report card time. This quarter, I feel pretty good about my grades- A's and B's. I'll hopefully be getting mostly A's this quarter. I know that if I work harder I can eventually get all A's. That is one of my goals for this year. I'll really need to work hard and improve my study skills, but it's a good goal to have. If I set my mind to it, I can accomplish this goal.

This week I commented on Madisen Manning's blog

16 things i want to do in my lifetime:

• skydive
• scuba dive
• take an art course in Italy
• see the Pieta, Mona Lisa, the David, and a lot of other great pieces of art
• visit every continent
• see abortion outlawed
• visit the Vatican
• see a whale
• become either a doctor or an artist, I haven't really decided yet
• learn to speak Italian fluently
• get married
• have children
• meet the Pope
• graduate from a good college
• help the Earth :)
• make a difference

This week we were supposed to vote on our favorite logo for the city of Peoria. I chose the pictured logo because I think it is the most creative. I like all of the different colors in the design. I also like that the artist incorporated the different parts of Peoria, the city, rural areas, and the river. I think it's very eye-catching. If you want to vote for the next logo, go to www.logopeoria.com.

Mrs. Brown- this week I commented on Kelly Rice's blog

Oh my gosh! I can't believe halloween time again. The only time of the year when you have the excuse to eat enough candy in one night to make you sick for the whole week. Luckily, it's on a Friday, so I'll have the whole weekend to recover. I always looked forward to dressing up. My favorite costume I've ever gone trick-or-treating in is a washing machine. Me and some of my friends all decided to go as a washing machine, dryer, and box of laundry detergent. We had so much fun making the costumes out of cardboard boxes and spray paint. We looked so stupid but it was great. That's definitely a halloween I'll never forget.

The new project we're working on now is on the iphoto application. We're supposed to find pictures that look like letters. Then arrange the letters to look like our name. I haven't started yet, but it sounds really fun. I'll make more posts about it as I work on it.

Right now my project progress is looking pretty good. I am finally done with the homecoming newsletter, and I think it looks really good. I am also finished with all of my other past assignments and am looking forward to the next one. I have really been enjoying these projects, they are a lot of fun.