New year, new you?

In highlight of the new year that is upon us, and thole whole "new year, new you" thing that everyone is saying...Why wait til New Years to change who you are? Why not change when the opportunity presents itself?

I was at my mum's partner's cousin's on Christmas day (yeah that was complex enough to read...try living it!!) and me and the family got talking. It seems to us, that in England, amd somehow across the world, that the media focuses on the negative things that the youth of today do. After thinking only slightly about this, I have come to realise that the media do this, as fear sells. It's as simple as that. You cause someone to have an irrational fear of something, and you can bet your bottom dollar that you can profit from it. Regular people don't care if I go to Church, or if my cousins would rather stay in with my aunt. They don't care if there's been a rise in kids stopping smoking or drinking. They only care in the NEGATIVE!! Yes it's important to inform people, and yes it's important for people to be aware of events that can be dangerous. But the only GOOD things newspapers, and other media outlets publicise regarding youths are the extraordinary things that not all youths can do. Do you think my local rag cares that my Church youth went singing? NOPE!! But do they care that a bunch of kids hang around, causing a nuisance? Yes. Do they report on the amount of kids going to Church? No. Do they report on a child sailing around the world? Yes.

It's a shame that normal youths aren't given credit for their skills. It's a shame the minority ruin it for the majority.


Rant over.

I feel so blessed. Simple. Yes, my mum's ill, her partner needs physio, and his daughter is ill also. Yes, I potentially have arthiritis. And yes, I've recently been hit by a bout of insomnia. But I feel blessed. In those wee hours of the morning, when there is no one else awake in the house, and there is an abundance of silence, I think. And things that didn't make sense to me last year, suddenly seem so obvious. I feel..not smarter...but wiser. More knowledged. And it's a blessing.

Happy new year everyone!!

Christmas!

I can't guarantee I'll post again before Christmas, and if that's the case, Merry Christmas to you all!

We have our sixth form review tomorrow (prepare for TOTAL humiliation!!) and my friends come home from BYU in the next week! (aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh I've missed then so much!!). Plus tonight I NEED to write out my Christmas cards. And get rid of this headache. And figure out SOME chav makeup.

Last night I had about 12 hours sleep. Tonight I'll be lucky if I get 5. Stupid last day of stupid term with stupid staff telling me I'm below track in stupid drama and stupid English. I'm up a grade in English, so how am I falling behind??

AAAAND my ex is talking to me again. I miss him, and I still like him, but after everything that happened between he and I, I don't want to go back. I know it's mean, but we weren't meant for each other, at all. He's a great guy though, and I wish him the best.

We had our Stake Carol Service on Sunday, t'was AMAZING!! There's a sister there (like a sister on a mission) who has an opera voice. Jealous, me? Nope. Actually...A hint. But that's not like an envious "I want to be able to sing like her!!" it's more like a "I wish I could sing half as good as her!!"

And there's a missionary here, called Elder Siddiqui, who's an absolutely LOVELY man, and oddly enough, he's serving in the same STAKE as he's from. He was in the Spain Malaga mission, but came closer to home, due to health reasons. Hopefully he stays near-ish to Romford.

I wish everyone a fantasbulistic Christmas, and God Bless you!!

Oh, yes.

THE TEMPLE IS FREAKIN' AWESOME!

Like seriously, my breath was taken away!! It's so beautiful, and you can really feel the Spirit there!!

AND one of our missionaries is serving in like Grays, and he came to Basildon, and gave me a lesson (well...him and his companion) and we were talking about Patriarchal Blessings, and it was SO COOL!

AND like, the SECOND Taco Bell in the whole of England opened the other day in Basildon, so me and my best friend (which ever one feels like going) HAVE to check it out.

I have a work Christmas party tonight. And currently am suffering from a cold. This'll be interesting!! aha, plus we have Secret Santa, and I think I've figured out who has who. But I won't tell if you won't ;)

Well, I'm off. God Bless to you, and I hope you have a fantabulous day!!

And so.

And so, it seems, Christmas is once again round the corner. I don't mind Christmas, actually, I quite like it. I just don't like the fact that I'm exceeding my overdraft by like the 20th of December.

The best bits about Christmas are, in my opinion

• The advent calender (Yes, I'm almost 18, but I don't care. Advent calenders MAKE Christmas)
• The Coca Cola advert (if you haven't seen it, YOUTUBE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1CRvIj7R6k&feature=related)
• Being able to randomly burst out with "IT'S CHRIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!" (in the honour of the song)
• The Christmas parties
• The presents (just not wrapping them!!)
• Secret Santa
• Being able to stuff yourself silly with TONNES of food
• Spending time with your family
• And, of course, the birth of Jesus Christ, and remembering it

DID I FORGET?! Two of my Ward members come back from BYU like a week before Christmas! We seriously need like a BYU London campus!!

Is anyone else organised with Christmas this year? I know I'm not. Like from my ENTIRE Christmas gift list, I think I'm gonna...be poor And work the entirety of January to get out of the red.

But on the upside, I get to go to the Temple on Tuesday, and it'll be my FIRST TIME IN!!!!!!! Like seriously, I'm not sleeping on Monday night. I will be like a child at Christmas. How does everything revert back to that festive period?

Anyways, I better be off, I have a reading assignment to do. But before you stop reading, if you're ever feeling down, check out Psalm 139. It helped me through some tough times.

As always, but that doesn't make it any less sincere, God Bless

Let's stop child abuse

Isn't it amazing how quickly Facebook can be used to convey a message?

For November 6th, the youth of the LDS Church bore their Testimonies via facebook, in honour of Deiter Uchtdorf's birthday.

Last year, the English campaigned so that the XFactor didn't win Xmas number one.

Women all over the world posted bra colours, to try and raise awareness of BreastCancer.

Currently, we're putting pictures of cartoon character's to raise awareness of child abuse. Good idea?

It may not stop child abusers, but with like BILLIONS of pictures of cartoon characters, it will certainly grab the attention of someone.

update!

Yeah, I haven't updated in a while, terrible, I know, and I'm sorry.

The roadshow was fantastic, we didn't win, (it's fixed!!) Ilford and Southend won. I got a Krispie Kreme from Ilford. Nom! And then I found out an Ilford boy had been at the concert the same day as me, and he'd seen me. What a way to meet someone.

"Hi, I'm *****, and I saw you Thursday."
Was odd, I tell you!

So I went to a dance, and missed my SuperSaturday lesson (you cannot fathom how much this upset me). There was a guy there from Southend, who's really sweet. He asked me to dance, and we had like a 2-second dance before I had to go home.

And I'm so bored of drama! The subject and the thing itself! Like, in our class, one of the girls moans about me moaning. Hypocrite? And I wasn't moaning, but one lesson on a Monday does seem pointless. I had an idea, and it was presented, and then people just swore. Charming! I can't wait to leave my Sixth Form. Really, I can't.

We had Stake Conference last weekend! It was great! 3 of my friends were sustained to get the Melchezidek (sp?) Priesthood. Which means they'll be going on missions soon - OH SNAP! They're like, 3 amazing people!! 2 years without them?! I struggle after 2 weeks!!

I stayed over at my stepdad's house 2 nights in a row (I'm going for a record here!!) Silly boy's only broken his arm. I can't say much, I did the same in January. I can't wait til I have furniture and I can move in! Life will be SO much better! They have food. I have dry coco rocks. I must get some milk. Like NOW!

I'll write another post if I think of anything else, but thanks for reading my drivel (although, one man's trash is another man's treasure, you might value my thoughts) and God Bless