Ever thought about sanitizing these?

H1N1 started out as a sickness that only like, eleven people had. (AAACHOO!) Well now it's everywhere and I even know some people who had it now. So how can you keep yourself from getting sick? Are you at risk? What can you do if you get the swine? This is a guide you might want to print.

Sanitize these:

• Toilet Seat
• Tabletop or Desk
• Pens, pencils, anything you use for school
• YOUR HANDS!!!!
• Coffee mugs and glasses, cups
• Video game controllers, like Wiis, Play Stations, etc....
• Toilet handles

Keeping myself from getting sick in addition:

• Don't touch your eyes, mouth and nose
• Stay at least five feet away from people, sick or not
• Don't be all in someone's face even if you're mad

What to do if I, or someone i've been in contact with is sick:

• Wash your hands VERY often
• Stay at least five feet away from people
• Don't go to a whole bunch of activities, stay home until you know you are not sick
• Gargle salty water in your throat

Am I at risk? How am I?

• If you have asthma and other breathing problems
• If you have neurological problems like epilepsy and MS
• If you have been exposed to swine in less than a week ago
• If you are a baby or a senior (highly doubt that)
• If you don't wash your hands (I sure hope you do!)

Since i'm in my triple digits...

I'm going to write about me and how i'm doing--- right now!

I love: Danishes, God, cake, friends, family, pie, cheer, gymnastics, diving (although i've never dived in a pool before!), candy

I hate: Sin

My favorite movies: National Treasure 1&2, My Sister's Keeper, The Time Traveler's Wife

That's so cute: Little infants and kitties and puppies

I believe in: Christianity and purity

That's so fun: Hanging out at friend's houses and going to church

I remember: Las Vegas, Utah, and my first week in Ohio

I wish: I was even a better gymnast than Nastia (Anastasia) Luikin and Shawn Johnson!

My favorite bands: Superchick, Addison Road, Taylor Swift, Tenth Avenue North, Casting Crowns, Hillsong United

What else I love: You Guys!

A special word: Thank you to all the veterans: Like my daddy!

my 100th post!

Hello everyone! This is my 100th post celebration! I remember the day I was on www.betheljamadventures.blogspot.com and thought, 'Hey, this looks so cool! I'm going to make my own blog!' I knew that my blog wouldn't be popular at first and people would hate it and all, so I didn't make a blog.

I started sending out emails to all the friends I could name, even people that weren't my friends. They were emails I'd use to send what I now call Weekly Questions. People started replying to me, and saying that I should make an actual blog full of these questions. So I made my very first.

The first blog was not successful. I was following myself, and couldn't make more than one post. I got rid of that one, which is still on the internet, but is not used.

The second one was where the 'magic' happened. I was able to post a whole bunch of posts, like the hundred I have today! I have ten followers at least and have written stories. I plan on writing another book for the Dayton Metro Library Teen Contest next year, The Interstate.

I began to find an interest in being an author, and boy is it fun! I can't wait to publish my books!

Enjoy my hundreth celebration!

FULL!!!!!

Okay, so in History class today we cooked in groups and I was with Spencer Ploutz to make the dessert. We made lavender infused custard. We used lavender flowers and boiled the custard and then took the flowers out to drain it with the strainer. I must admit: It smelled VERY strong, like men's cologne. www.thetopcheese.blogspot.com said that it smelled like axe. You'll never know, maybe axe is made of lavender flowers! Someone else thought it smelled like women's cologne or perfume. But either way, I know how to make some homemade custard, and possibly fragrance if I don't use eggs or milk or vanilla extract.

We also made a nice, fresh peaches and cream ice cream, and gosh, was it delicious. Here is the exact ingredients:

Ginger snaps
vanilla ice cream
Peaches, canned
Cinnamon
Nothing strange like lilacs or lavenders

It was so good, I couldn't even finish it. And bad news, I think I might be allergic to almonds. (I don't like those anyway, so they shouldn't be hard to avoid!)

WEEKLY QUESTION, finish the story, and best hair list

WEEKLY QUESTION!
Think back to when you were in third or fourth grade. (for third and fourth graders, think back to kindergarten!) What was your favorite toy? What did you want so badly, but never got it? Who was your best friend, and why? (Best friend other than God)

Best Hair List!
Okay, if you've noticed I never do this list for girls, it's because [some] girls get mad very easily and can be dramatic if they don't have a good position on the list. But today, i'm doing something else... although I did put a few girls on the list...

BEST HAIR LIST FOR BLOGGERS!
1. Leah Brembeck www.myblogster-candy.blogspot.com
2. Maria Chaney www.thetopcheese.blogspot.com
3. Jenilee Goodwin (and yes ms. Jenilee, you do have good hair!) www.betheljamadventures.blogspot.com
4. Drew Poole www.drewpoole.blogspot.com
5. Pastor Jeremy Goodwin (Pastor Jay) www.betheljamadventures.blogspot.com
6. Gabrielle Bowman (i miss u!) UNKNOWN URL: LOOK AT BLOG LIST

Finish the story!
Taylor had left home at 7:00 on Wednesday, August 19th to go to her first day of school at Studebaker. She was thirteen and was---in her view---a millitary brat, which meant she was a millitary child. She had just moved from Italy to Ohio, and did not like it. She was homeschooled in Italy for one, and for two she could barely speak any English. Sure, her parents could since they were born in the U.S., but Taylor couldn't. Whenever she spoke that day, the kids would laugh. She couldn't use very good grammar and had an accent. The shy, short seventh grader hated her new house so much---even though it was a three story mansion---she grabbed a lamp and threw it at the wall. CRACK... and the wall began to open. Inside was a dark staircase with torches perfectly aligned on the walls. But Taylor wasn't scared. She slowly walked down until a light appeared. Suddenly she stopped breathing.

Finish this story! What do you think would be most exciting???

Achieve that goal!

Do you have goals for this school year? I think it's time to reach them! Starting a new school year brings many changes, and hopefully, we've all started school by now. Maybe you're starting middle school. Maybe you're a freshman in high school. Maybe you've started college. (I highly doubt any college students are reading this.) Maybe you've been homeschooled your whole life, just like me, and you just started public school and don't have any friends yet.

No matter what the transition, there are goals out there waiting for you. Don't know what they are? Set up an organized plan with a pen and paper, just like this:

My Goals
School: to finish three English books for 6, 7, and 8th grade this year
Sports: to win the gymnastics meets coming up
Miscellaneus: to get extra money for my pie and cookie and cake business
Church: to get my second and third seals for JBQ

Go ahead, organize, and tape this paper to your bedroom wall, right where you go to bed at night. Work extra hard every day to achieve these goals, and if you're self-disiplined, youwill!

Injuries: Stuck with you for life?

Injuries may seem like a one-time thing, but can the pain last forever? Hope Ezell reports.

I remember breaking my toe when I was eight years old, and it was. It didn't hurt, nothing. As soon as it healed, it was just a thing of the past. I started tumbling lessons later in the year at Premier Athletics in Beavercreek, when I found out I had pain in my right knee. It had never been injured, and it only hurt if I did something acrobatic. But on Christmas Eve that year, while practicing, I had hit my knee on the wooden part of the couch--- really hard. I had sprained it and couldn't tumble for a long time. Soon enough, I was training again, but the pain started to come back in June of 2009.

Later in the summer, I had sprained my ankle doing forward somersaults. "Somersaults are scary because while in the air, so many things go through your mind," Says Anonymous. "your heart skips a beat and you wonder if this flip will be successful. They certainly are not safe without an adult around, on the trampoline or not." You can't see anything in a flip--- you're just blind. You can't remember what you saw, so I couldn't see I was about to land ankle-first. BAM! My ankle was sprained.

I have injured so many things since starting gymnastics, and it's only been a year. And yes, injuries are stuck in your imune system for years to come, unless you take action and drink milk, take vitamin supplements, and play outside. YOU are in charge of your body, not a broken bone!