********Thanksgiving thanks...by Beckie Sealock

What I am most thankful this year is that my loved ones are healthy and alive. Everyone in my family has a roof over their heads and food on the table. They have heat in their homes and clean clothes on their backs.

My Mother and Step-father are coming to my house from Pennsylvania this year for Thanksgiving and I cannot wait. This will be my Step-dad's first visit to see where and how I live.

My Mom and I are planning to go shopping on Black Friday. I will probably take her to the new outlet mall in my town of Monroe. She'll be excited about that, which that will make me happy. My daughter, Ally, is working that day from twelve midnight to eight in the morning, so I'm hoping we can time it just right so that we can pick her up to go shopping with us when she is done with her shift.

One other thing that I am thankful for this year is my boyfriend Ron....soon to be fiance' then husband, (someday). We have melted our families together and have had our up and downs with that, but it seems to be working out just fine. I'm thankful for him because my daughter Taylor now has a terrific father in her life and 2 older sisters that she can talk with and fight with.

These are the things that I am most thankful for.

Journal 2 Saria

My car is my baby. I love my car so much. it smells like roses. it is big and red. it is fast. I don't think i can live with out my car. my car is my everything. when i am driving it i feel like a quine and that i role the world. my car is my best friend it don't bother me about noting. when i got a problem i run to my car and cry and my car don't judge me.

journal 3 Saria

I remember when I was 9 years old my mother took me and my sister to Egypt. we went there because I had good grads and that's what I wanted to do. my mother was a flight attendant and I wanted to be just like that one day. she took me to see the pyramids. it was the most beautiful place I have ever been to. it was like a dream Reilly like I was dreaming that I was in this place expat it was real and i got to see alto to things meet new people from all over the world. I wish that one day I can go back and visit because that was one of my best childhood memories.

Saria Journal 6

One process that i am familiar with is the going to the ER room process. it is so hard to be seen when you first walk in to the ER room. they first sign you inn then you have to wait till they call you to see what maid you come to the ER room then they will tell you to sit in the waiting room. after that they will call you again to registration and get your information. after about a two hour wait they will take you to the back of the room then again you have to wait for the doctor. Then you Finlay get to see the doctor.
if i could do it in a better way i would hire more staff and alto more doctors so that the proses can go faster.

Cook Preparation

This blog is to show people how to prepare to cook. This process may sound easy, but it's quite hard. These steps should make it easier:
1. When preparing, you have to first know what you are cooking; this way you will know what you need to take out.
2. Once you have your meal planned, take the proper pots and pans out. (You can't cook a turkey in a skillet).
3. After you have yours pots out, take the proper utensils out. (You can't cook a steak with a plastic fork).
4. Depending on your meal, turn the oven on to desired temperature. (You can't cook baked chicken in an oven that's 100 degrees).
5. After all those things are taken care of, you now take everything out that it will take to cook the meal in the pots and pans. (Butter, cooking oil, or vinegar; it all helps).
Now you are all set up for the food; I hope you know how to cook.

Journal 7 Why I dont date older women over 35 anymore Aaron Pullins

Dating can be fun,until you run into a woman who has more experience than you,and expects to much from you.I used to date women my age until I got tired of them.I always had fantasies of being with an older woman as a kid for some reason,but now I am very careful of dating women over 35.

I recently met a women that was 35 years old.She seemed nice and polite,and pretty much went went the flow. I went out to her house a couple times and had a ball! She called me everyday after that,to the point I kind of got turned off.She was to demanding,and didnt give me a chance to continue to be romantic to her.

She called me one good nite while I was chilling and ask me to come to her now or else. I was busy with school work at the time,so I couldn't make it.She got mad and threatened to have me hurt by her goons.I guess I hurt her feelings.I learned my lesson.Never get involved with an older woman unless you really know her or love her.

Now she keeps calling asking to chill but,I am scared to see her again.

Back Against the Wall by Eric Crossty

Starting a new job assignment can have its conflicts. I just recently got reassigned to being a Flex Officer with my company and it's conflicting with my school schedule. a Flex Officer is someone who does or does not have a set work schedule and work at multiple different work sites. The job pays more money but, by me taking morning classes can effect my payroll. I take morning classes and my employer has scheduled me with morning shifts. Since then, I have considered going to 3rd shift so I am able to pay my bills on time. This is a tough decision I have to make, and I need to do something quick because the holidays are here. Stuck with no money during the holidays will bring you down so faster than anything. I will miss my old assignment because the work schedule went perfect with my school schedule. No one said everything you do in life will be easy but we have to take the good with the bad.

Jounral 7 Today Tanika

Today was the worse day I was late for class. You know when you come in late every body stares at you. That was really funny and as I was walking by ERIN said something crazy that's nothing new. Ms Whitley was talking about a story that the class read and I missed it the storie seem to be really interesting, and the two class clowns were up to there usual thing seeing who can be the biggest clown. So we are on break in the computer room. Eric and Erin are trying to come up with things to write about. So they have know a idea that I am writing about them since I had nothing else to write about so I am done. They are quite now look at that I really think that Eric was drink something other then a Tea in a can. We all know he is a drunk and now Erin is talking about why he dont date women over 30 look at that oh really.

IF THIS WORLD WAS MINE-Journal 7- Carla McNeal

If this world was mine, it wouldn't have to shine all the time. If we can accept the sun, then we must accept the rain. Life would be full of happiness, yet we must feel some pain. Emotionally erect, emotionally correct would fit into our psyche, just like the word Nike we would just do it and achieve it, most of all become it. Whatever our dreams and aspirations, our lives would be full of love not desperation. Every other day we would wake up to a rainbow and in the trees the most beautiful robin would be singing, the bells from the churches would be ringing. God and his son would have the whole world singing of their mighty power that would grace all mankind in a shower of flowers. I know this sounds a little hokey poky, yet it rings in my heart to talk about love instead of hate, about understanding instead of just being demanding.

bonita batton blogger 7 - THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

We are coming upon another Christmas, December 25th. All the world will be filled with the spirit on that day. It's the time e sing, share, smile, pray, are generally nice to each other and obviously feel the spirit of Christmas. Then, comes the day after. The spirit is gone, we all go back to feeling the same prejudices we felt previously before the holiday and all is well with the world.


What is the difference in that particular spirit. How come we cannot have that same spirit all of the time. I personally love everyone. Sometimes it makes me feel bad that we do go back to our old ways so soon after the holiday. I have witnessed people actually going out of their way to be nice around that time of year. What is the difference in that particular spirit. Is it so hard to be nice to people? Can we learn to treat people the way we want to be treated? What will it take?


Christmas is a giving time. We give gifts, we transfer feelings from good to bad; we love people better; we maybe love ourselves more? Is it the air around that time of year? What makes people smile at each other then?


It's a conundrum, meaning a riddle or hard question. I don't think anyone can explain it. It may take a rocket scientist to figure it out - it doesn't make sense.


Is there anyone who can explain this to me? This is really hard.

Journal 7 by Beckie Sealock

Hmmmmm, what should I talk about????

Do you know that Cincinnati has a lot of bugs? Really, it's true. I'm from Pennsylvania, and I have never seen so many different types of bugs in my life.

Maybe it's the flat land out here, maybe it's because Cincinnati is so much farther south than Pittsburgh is, I don't know. But after I moved here, last November, I kept seeing this one bug in particular in my boyfriend's apartment. It was long; about 2 inches long, it was brownish in color, and it had a thousand legs...and it freaked me out the first time I saw one.

Every-time I found one, I would kill it with a napkin, a shoe, or whatever I could find. But one day in particular, I killed one with a fly-swatter. It was a perfect kill, no guts flying anywhere, no legs disengaging from the body...just a perfect kill. So I left it where I killed it, on the window sill in our bedroom. So when my boyfriend came home, I told him about it and took him by the hand and walked him to the bedroom and showed him the perfect kill on the windowsill. I asked him, "What is this?" He looked at it, said "I don't know", gave me a funny look and then walked away.

Now, this was just getting on my nerves...every-time I turned around there was a new bug in that apartment. I swear to this day that that apartment was haunted. I swear that it was built on top of an Indian burial ground or something.

Then, frustrated as all heck, I tried to look it up on the internet. I wanted to find out where all these damn bugs kept coming from so I could nip it in the bud so to speak.

So I looked, found a couple of them on the internet but couldn't decide which one was my bug. I think it's a millipede, but I'm not totally convinced.

We have moved since then, right down the road to a bigger house. Our landlord moved into our old place.

Guess what? I left the bug on the windowsill.

Amanda Griffin- Journal 7

Black Friday one of my favorite days of the year. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. This day can bring out the worst in people. However, I think it is so funny to watch these people fight over stuff and push and shove and then 10 minuets later I watch them put the item down.

My husband and I go out every year on this day starting at 5am. I will research the black Friday ads 2 weeks before, trying to find out who will have the best deals. I usually try and make a list before we leave the house so we have an action plan for each place. We start at Wal-Mart at 5am. Wal-Mart is different then some of the other places. You can enter Wal-Mart before 5am but can not put anything into your cart until 5am. So people are all piled around all of these huge pallets full of the hottest items this Christmas Season. We are only in there a total of 10 to 15 minuets grabbing items. Then were off to the next location which is Target. Target opens it's doors at 6am, so we stand in a line all the way around the building freezing our butts off. When the door opens everyone files in single file and then runs once they get inside. My husband and I split up and go for the items that we put on the list. We meet at the check out and move on to the next place. We continue from store to store until we are so tired.

At this point we go home take a nap and then continue on shopping again later in the day for whatever is left in the stores that is still a really good deal and worth buying.

Journal 7~Amanda Glacken

For the past two months I have had free cable. I have no idea how it happened but when we moved in the guy we bought the house from told us it was there. It would have been stupid not to take advantage of it.

I was really enjoying not paying for the t.v. I was watching. Well, this past Saturday morning I was watching cartoons with my daughter, Kaylie, when suddenly the cable was gone. I started flipping through the channels to see if it was just Nickelodeon that didn't work, but it wasn't. Every channel had static. I was upset, but Kaylie was even more upset. She kept screaming, "I wanna watch Dora!" Luckily she got a Dora DVD from Santa last Christmas. Unfortunately we had to keep watching it over and over and over. It was pretty annoying, but at least she was happy.

So, now I have to join the real world and start paying for my television. It sucks, but at least I had the opportunity to enjoy free cable for a little while.

Journal 7 By: Shante' Berry

Rainy days are the most boring days that I know of. They are slow, drowsy, and boring. There is not much to do on a rainy day because it's raining. Days seem much much longer then they should, people don't want to do anything, but sleep and lay around all day. Children can't go outside and play because of the wet weather. I can't even think of anything good to write about because it's a rainy day.

Rainy days are for aquatic animals because they are immune to water, so this weather would be perfect for them, they can always find something to do. From chasing each other to just sitting out in the rain, they always have something to do. People on the other hand have to watch out for buses and cars zooming down the street through puddles, so we won't get soaked and wet.

The best thing that I find good about the rain, is watching my son have fun splashing in puddles. When I see him in his rain gear splashing his little life away, I remember back to when I was a kid doing the exact thing. I guess as we grow up, we find rainy days not to be so interesting as we did when we were younger.

I guess I can actually appreciate rain because if it wasn't for rain who would be complaining. There are some days that need to be slow, boring, and drowsy. I think there are some days where people should be stuck in the house, because it gives them more time to spend with their children. So altogether I guess I am pretty happy for these rainy days that come and go.

Journal 6, by Beckie Sealock

How to make excellent chili.....not Cincinnati style.

Take 1 pound of thawed hamburger, take out of wrapping, and put in frying pan. Brown the hamburger until all brown. Drain the grease. I rinse my hamburger off with water to get all the grease off. I also use 85 percent fat free beef....it's better for you, but the recipe does not state this.

Then add 2 cans of tomato sauce, I use the store brand. Next, the recipe calls for 1 can of kidney beans....again, I use the store brand....but I use 2 cans, to make it extra gassy, which I regret in bed that night because of my boyfriend really loving my chili.

Next, instead of using chili powder, I use McCormick's Mild Chili Seasoning packet. I feel I couldn't get the right flavor with chili powder, so that is why I use the seasoning packet.

Stir all ingredients together, bring to a boil and then let simmer for a good half hour. Again, the seasoning packet states to let simmer for ten minutes, but I like to let it simmer for longer...brings the flavor out of the beans.

Once the chili is done....spoon out into bowl, add shredded cheese of your choice, or crackers, and or sour cream.

Then serve. Yum!

Journal 6 How to get caught stealing a cell phone aaron pullins

If you want to get busted for stealing a cell phone,it's real easy to do.First, find your victim that owns a cell phone.Wait until the person is not paying attention and grab their phone right under thier nose.Once you get the phone,make numerous phone calls to your house,family,friends,and even your job. Once the owner of the phone finds out that the phone is missing they will probaly call the phone company and have all their calls traced back.They can get information from all the people you called,and can also track you through GPS.

Once they get enough information,you are sure to be caught and proven guilty.You will have to run and hide or just return the phone because you will be exposed.Stealing is not good,but you have can surley be sucessful in getting busted if you follow those steps I mentioned.Just remember,technology is a bad boy and people are becoming more familiar with ways to do things that you would ever think.

Amanda Griffin-Journal 6

How to coordinate a cute outfit. The original process would be when I would go into a store I would see how they coordinated an outfit and then I would choose the same one put together because I liked how cute it looked. However, I guess I was not the only one that would do this because I would go out with all my friends and see 2 other girls with the same exact outfit on. This would make me upset because I wanted to be different and look like I came up with the outfit on my own. So eventually I had to change how I would coordinate a cute outfit. Now I go into one of my favorite clothing stores and see a cute shirt and this is the first item I have to start with. Then I look at the shirt to determine what color jeans would look best with it. Sometimes I will even hold the shirt up to different color jeans just to see what looks best. After the right type of jeans are picked, I move onto shoes. Finding the perfect shoe is very important. I want to make sure they match perfectly. The last step is to select jewelery. You want to pick jewelery that matches the colors in your shirt. You can also pick jewelery that matches your shoes. After you have found all of this your should have a very unique outfit that no one else will be wearing.

Journal 6: How to make a Chocolate U.D.F Milk Shake

When making a Chocolate milk shake from U.D.F., the first thing you need to do is see what size shake the customer wants. The different sizes are 16oz, 24oz, and 32oz. Using a 16oz cup, pour chocolate milk into cup until milk reaches line in the cup. Then, grab two scoops of malt base (Frozen milk in a ice cream form) and place it inside the cup. Take cup over to mixer, place mixer inside cup. Mixer will automatically turn on. Once mixer is on, watch cup to make sure all the malt base has no lumps. Make sure to notice if shake has turned into a soft texture and not liquid form. Remove cup, place lid over cup and serve with a straw and a smile.
The process I have developed is similar but the steps aren't in the same order.
Using a 16oz cup, place two scoops of malt base inside cup, then pour chocolate milk over malt base. Take cup over to mixer and place mixer inside cup. Make sure ice cream appears to be in a soft texture and not liquid form. Remove cup after 1 minute of mixing and place lid over cup. Serve with a straw and a smile.
--By Eric Crossty

Amanda Griffin-Journal 5

I am currently living a very on the go stressful life. I feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get done everything I need to get done. I am always running somewhere and feel like I don't even have time to sit down and think about it first. I'm constantly forgetting things that need to be done because there is so much. Everyday is a different day routine. I am usually running to school and work which right now I am currently interning at two different locations. When I am not at work or school I am either running my daughter to one of her practices or running errands. When I am at home I am picking up after everyone, doing laundry, fixing dinner, helping the kids with homework, and then giving them a bath. By the time I get them off to bed it's almost 9 and then I still need to start my homework and get some sleep to be up early again in the morning to do it all over again. My husband works long hours some days so I am pretty much on my own. When I finish school in December I am hoping that things start to slow down a little and things become more of a routine. Until then I will continue to do what I have to do and get done what I can.

Journal 6~Amanda Glacken

How to wash dishes. The process for washing dishes starts with dirtying the dishes. They must be dirty in order to wash them. Once they're dirty you must rinse them off. Then you put them in the dishwasher, put the soap in, and start the dishwasher up. I think a better way to wash dishes is to not have to rinse them off before putting them in. The point of a dishwasher is to wash the dishes. You shouldn't have to wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. You might as well just clean them by hand.

Quiet Rage by Carla McNeal -Journal 6

When I think of the words quiet rage, it is like an oxymoron, how can these two words comply with each other? Yet I know this is the overwhelming emotions I carry within myself everyday. I have some anger issues that I must deal with, the deaths of my three sons, two as infants, Matthew born on November 14, 1982 died at 14 days old in the hospital. My son Kendall who died of hypo plastic left heart at the Cleveland Clinic at the age of 5 months 1995. Then the murder of my 18 year old son Jeremy July 23. 2001 . Damn! I am angry at myself for maybe not being the smartest or best mother in the world. I am angry at God, but it's not his fault either. My babies Kendall and Matthew were here on this earth a short time and I was blessed with their love and their lives. Believe it or not when it is time for their birthdays' I can feel them in my(phantom) womb moving around reminding me that I am their mother. The murder of my son Jeremy just keeps pulling at me , only the other day when I was watching t.v., there was a young man on it , he was vibrant and full of life like my son Jeremy and there I broke down crying. Aching for my sons' is all too common for me, yet I am very thankful for my daughter Jessica and grandson Roman. I am very thankful for my sons' Dominic and Trey,my prayers are with them everyday. The monster who killed my son Jeremy is still out there and I don't like it; a monster by the way is a cruel , evil, and insensitive human being someone that I will hunt until I die. I used to care about what other's thought of me, you know about all this merciful stuff and somehow forgiving the murderer or somehow letting it go, I can't, I've tried; If someone should happen to kill your son or daughter, then you make the choice you can live with . The strength that endures in me is only because it must, if the killer or killers of my son thinks that this over, you are wrong. You are wrong because i bet you don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of and you call yourself godlike because you took my son's life in the most cowardly fashion there was, my son could not even fight back you s.o.b. I hope that today your life is a living hell, like the one you made for me and mine when you took one of the most precious human beings God put on this earth.

Fingernail polishing By: Shante' Berry

Women polish their nails probably before going on a date, to a party, or just for fun. Some women also get their fingernails repainted every time the paint is chipping or every other week when the color gets old. How easy is this process really? When women polish their nails those that are right handed might find it easier to paint there left hand and hard to paint their right hand, and those that are left handed might find it easier to paint their right hand and hard to paint their left.

Whichever the case maybe, polishing your own fingernails can get a bit frustrating at times. The first frustrating part of polishing your nails is the color. A woman might not know exactly what color she wants, and when she does decide she has to decide on the particular shade of color she wants. For example, a women might choose pink. She has to then decide on the shades of pink; hot pink, magenta, fuchsia, mauve and so on.

Once the color and shade has been selected, then the polishing process begins. Right handers will begin polishing their left hand, and left handers will start polishing their right hands. This might be the easy step for everyone because their using their hand that they are most comfortable with. Once that step is complete then the opposite hand must be painted and that is a hard step. Painting the opposite hand is tough because your hand starts shaking, you get the polish on the skin, you forgot a spot, etc.

Once that part is passed, then it's time to let them dry for about three minutes and begin your second coat. Once you have added your second coat and let them dry for three minutes then you must add your base clear and final coat.

To get over the fear of messing up the hand that you are not comfortable with, you can have someone else do that hand for you, or keep practicing with it until you feel more comfortable in doing it all by yourself.

Journal 4, by Beckie Sealock

Bonita Batton - BLOG # 5 - SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE

From the time our daughters are born we become teachers. Mothers are very important in the lives of our girls. They, from inception, need to know so much that sometimes it seems we don't have enough time to teach them everything we want them to know.

Things that we should teach our girls. When little girls are born, their cute, cuddly and sweet. When they are the age of three to seven years old, they are explorers. Trying to find out what and how things work - and they usually do. At the age of eight to ten they are somewhat of a calm mind, seeking guidance throughout all these phases but forever curious.

From the age of ten to maybe twelve they are even more curious than before. Their hormones are beginning to form, and they are busy trying to find their place in the universe. Seeking, searching, trying to understand the logistics of life, and having fun doing just that, without any interruptions. And from then on until they are in their teen years, they are basically satisfied with the status quo, the way parents say life is to go.

Jounal 5/ Eric Irby

A long time ago, Patrick ran down a street and after he was told over and over again not to run, Patrick ran out into the street and got hit by the car that was flying down the road. Patrick's mother came out on the porch, seen her son laying in the street, and ran out to the street only to get hit by a car also.
Someone who witnessed the accident, turned around and called police. Once the good samaritan got out of their car, a car came around the bend and hit them. This was turning out to be a long day for anyone who was on this road.
Once the police arrived, he did the inspection and was headed to the car to get paperwork and was smacked by a cruiser that was riding up on the scene. The officer that was hit was killed instantly. As it turned out, it wasn't the drivers that was causing the accidents, it was the weather; it snowed and left 11 inches of snow on the ground. The (City) didn't send anyone to shovel the street, so now not only do the (City) have to pay for 3 citizens accidents, but they have to pay for one of their own; for the rest of his spouses' life.

Angst verses Whoopi! journal 5 by Carla McNeal

Angst is a feeling of dread, while whoopi is feeling of joy and relief. I prefer the joy even if it's brief. Boy, trouble with angst, it just sometime hangs around, making adults and kids alike frown. But a hayride or a roller coaster is a whoopi type of happiness, yes, the happiness with finess. So,angst go away. Just because you have a meaning does'nt mean you get to stay.

Jounal 4/ Eric Irby

Once upon a time, a man named Donald took his children to the store. Once Donald entered the store, there was another man that entered the store with the intentions of robbing th place. The robber ordered all the customers and employees to the back of the store, so that his accomplice could take money at gunpoint from the manager. The manager however, pulled a secret button that notified the police in the event of a robbery. Within minutes, the store was surrounded with cops. The suspects then realized that there was no way for them to escape, so they tried to grab one of the kids that came into the store with Donald earlier. With Donald not wanting to give up his kids for anything in life, Donald grabbed for the mans' gun and shoved him to the floor. Donald then pointed the gun at the robber and demanded that he put his gun down or he would shoot until the gun was empty. The man dropped his gun and went out the store with his hands up. Donald, who is being called a local hero, was given a purple heart, and the key to the city for his efforts.

Journal 5 by Beckie Sealock

The story in English 101 was a terrible story!!!! That kind of shook me up a little bit. I'm gonna have nightmares tonight. I just want to go home and lock my door and stay safe!

The beginning of my day was good. I woke up this morning at 5:00 a.m. and got on my steno machine to practice. I practiced on Real Time Coach, it was a good practice. I scored a 91 on Q and A...which is really good for me. I thought maybe I would have passed my 120 test today, but I don't think I did. I doubt if Ms. Baker even had time to grade it for me.

Tonight I will go home, make dinner for everyone, go pick up Ally after basketball practice at 5:30 p.m., and hopefully not have to go anywhere else for the rest of the day. Just call me Taxi Mom.

I hope to be able to get on Real Time again tonight...if not, I'll have to listen to my tapes. I probably will do both, but Real Time is really a lot of fun. It checks your steno and shows where you have made mistakes or mistrokes. I use the Text version....I really enjoy it.

Maybe if I have time, I will unpack some more boxes, hopefully I will get a second wind.

I also should do some research for my paper that is due in Steno next week. This first half of the semester sure has gone by fast. Soon it will be Christmas break....which I will surely need. I'm not going to do anything on my break except to practice on my machine. I cannot wait!!!!!

Tough Times

Shante' Berry Journal 5

Yesterday was election day. I watched the news and seen that building casino's in Ohio had passed. I don't think that this was a very great idea because I think it will increase crime and not give alot of jobs to the people living here in Ohio. I believe that Casino owners would want to hire people that already have casino experience. Such as those that was laid off from Vegas, or over in Indiana.

I don't think they will take the time to train new people if they never worked at a casino before. Training new people would take more time and money. By more time I mean they want these Casino's opened asap. Far as money goes I don't think the state will want to pay for classes to train those who are new.

Bringing casino's into Ohio, will increase the crime rate above the charts. More robberies, car break in-s, and kidnapping's will occur. I believe that there are too many homeless people on the street that could use help, and building a casino would only allow them to try and take advantage of those they prey on.

Journal 5~Amanda Glacken

Yesterday I had a pretty terrible day at the grocery store. I took my daughter to Kroger's to get chocolate milk. It started just as any other trip to the store, but certainly did not end that way.
Kaylie has a bit of an obsession with baby dolls. Everytime she sees one, she screams,"I want that baby. Give me that baby." It's very embarassing. When we were at Kroger's we happened to walk past an aisle that had baby dolls in it. Of course she started screaming and yelling at the top of her lungs. I told her she couldn't have the baby, but that made her cry even more.
I had to walk around the whole store with a screaming two year old. People probably thought I was beating her because the sounds she was making were horrible. The crying continued through our checkout, walk to the car, the ride home, until we walked into our house and she saw her million and one baby dolls that she already owns.
On my next visit to the grocery store, I am going to be more careful. I guess I'm going to have to cover her eyes everytime we walk past anything she could possibly want.

Journal 5 The best steak sandwhich in a while

Today,I had the best steak sandwhich in a while.I went down to Penn Station near my school and ordered a small steak sanwhich with bananna peppers,mayonaise,and american cheese."Is that all you want on your sandwhich sir?"the cook asked."Yes that's it for today",I answered.I saw a couple of my fellow college students as I was paying for my meal.We all went back to school and enjoyed our lunch with a big bright smile.The juicy peppers,and hot smoking steak was the best sandwhich that I had in years.I enjoyed my lunch today;hope you will enjoy yours.

Journal 4 The school of ghouls by Aaron Pullins

It was a cold,gray day in Southern Ohio,and Jacob's phone rung at home.His sister Sarah yelled out, "answer the freaking phone Jacob!" Jacob ran to the phone and answered it.Come to find out,it was some old sounding lady trying to convince Jacob to come to her college and get a degree."Should I go check out this school sister?",Jacob asked Sarah.Sarah said yes to her brother Jacob,so he went to check out the school.

Jacob went missing for hours and never returned home.Sarah called the sheriff of the small county and begun to search for her brother Jacob.They never found a trace of Jacob.Sarah is now a lonely sister in this world,and is still searching foe her lost brother.

Journal 4 by Beckie Sealock

A beautiful baby girl was born. She was everything her mother and father had ever hoped and dreamed of. She was blond-haired, blue-eyed, healthy, chubby, and sweet.

The time came when the mother and father could take the baby, Tina, home. This is like every typical family story that you hear...Tina learning how to walk and talk, learning how to ride a tricycle. Being the center of attention, laughing, crying, tormenting her cousin Marissa whom was only eight months older than she. Loving her mommy, daddy, and dog named Duke.

One day when Tina had just turned five years old, her daddy asked her if she wanted to go for a bike ride up the dirt road that they lived on. Tina's mother had left for work a couple of hours ago and there was no way that Tina wasn't going to go. She loved being with her dad and riding her bike.

So, off they went, up the street....Tina on her tricycle, her daddy on his big bike. Now the rule was, if a car came up or down the dirt road, Tina and her dad had to get off to the side of the road and get off their bikes until the car passed. They only saw 1 or 2 cars come up the road.

The third car came up the road and Tina and her dad got to the side of the road and they both got off of their bikes. When Tina tried to get back on her bike, something happened and she couldn't lift her leg to put it over the seat of her tricycle. Her daddy kept asking her what was wrong and Tina just stood there and started to cry, for some reason she couldn't answer him. She just kept trying to move, trying to tell her daddy that something was wrong and that she couldn't lift her leg. But she couldn't speak, all she could do was cry.

After about fifteen minutes of standing there with her daddy asking her what was wrong and Tina not being able to answer him, her daddy swooped her up in his arms and ran down the dirt road to their house. He took her into the living room, put her on the couch and then went to call mommy.

The next thing Tina knew, she was in a helicopter. She had never been on a helicopter before. She loved going on rides at the amusement park, but this was way different. All of a sudden, the helicopter landed and she was rushed into the hospital, men and women with masks on were taking her away from her mommy and daddy into this room with big lights overhead, then these people put a mask on her face and told her it was to make her go to sleep.

Dr. Martin came out of surgery....he just didn't know how or what to tell this little girl's parents. In the thirteen years that he has been a surgeon, he thought he had seen it all, not today.

Tina was five years old and she just had three strokes.