My favorite recipes..

So obviously from reading my other blogs, food is very important to me! One of my favorite recipes that I can make without actually looking at a recipe card is Oreo balls...yum!! You mix a pack of Oreos with an 8 oz box of cream cheese. Form them into shapes and cover them with almond bark. I make these a lot for my friends, there's very few ingredients, and it's pretty simple. A recipe that I like to cook but I need the recipe for would be Chocolate Chip Cookies. I usually remember all of the ingredients I need but not the amounts or the order to add them in. My grandma always said to add an extra egg, why I couldn't quite tell you, but I do it anyways because grandma said so ;)..A food item that I would like to learn how to make is lasagna. I love eating it, and it doesn't seen too terribly hard to make. I suppose that once you have all of the ingredients you just have to layer it, but I've never tried to make it so I could be horribly wrong, too. Another thing I'd like to make sometime is skyline chili. The Adams' family has it a lot, and it's really good. It's another one of those that I have absolutely no idea about, but with a recipe it probably wouldn't be too hard.
I don't really cook all that much.. if even at all. If it's easy to make or the directions are simple then I might do it, but otherwise I leave the cooking up to my mom and dad. That's what parents are for anyways :)

Current Event..

This lady was blind for about 10 years because of a complication from a disease. Her doctor took out her eye tooth and implanted it into her shoulder. From her shoulder, he put in in the back of her eye. A hole is made in the tooth to have a prosthetic lens. After all the procedures, the lady could see again! I think it's really amazing that this is even possible. Honestly, I didn't believe it when I first heard about it, but then I read about it on the Internet and it really is true. It's cool that parts of the body can be used to fix another part that has no relation to it at all; like a tooth to restore someone's vision. That's about all I have for today :) I found the article in the Omaha World Herald but couldn't find the same one on the Internet. (I have the newspaper article if you still want to see it.) A similar article is on the website below.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Technology/woman-regains-vision-tooth-implanted-eye/story?id=8595589

7th grade inspired (day 1 with the new lil tykes)

Today's blog topic is "cats" by Noah Fisher. These kids seem to only think of one word topics, not as in depth as Kaelee's. So... to start out, I have one cat named Callie. She's pretty old. She's kind of arthritic too because Evan threw her down the stairs a couple of times and broke her back legs a few times as well. She seems to always sleep on my head at night in the winter, why that's her favorite spot is a mystery to me. As for cats in general I remember Amanda Weber did her 7th grade exploratory speech about cats. According to her, there are persians, red tabby persians, etc.. that's the only kinds I remember from her speech. I suppose if you really liked cats then you'd know all the different kinds, but cats aren't really my thing. That's about all I have for this wonderful Friday :)

Nurture vs. Nature (courtesy of Kaelee)

So.. nurture vs. nature and how does it play a role in someone's abilities. Nurturing is how a person is raised and how a much attention a person gets as they're growing up to every aspect of their life. Nature would be how a person is as is, without the influence of a parent or coach pushing them to excel in everything they do. I believe nurturing does play a role in someone's abilities to a certain extent. While a person is born with their own individual aptitudes, the influence of someone else could cause someone to excel in their abilities or even do worse if the feedback is negative. If a person receives positive feedback, they often do things better to receive more compliments and in turn increase their skills, so they can gain recognition. If a person receives negative feedback, they often retreat and don't try to do better than what they can do naturally. People who receive too much attention can also stray away from what the coach/parent wants because the child needs space of their own and needs to do things on their own and their own way. (why I picked this example I have absolutely no clue) >For example, on HSM Troy Bolton was pushed by his father to be the best basketball player he possibly could be. In a way, the father was living his dreams through his son. Troy succeeded for awhile but eventually got tired of all of the pressure. He was nurtured in the area of basketball too much that naturally he didn't want to participate anymore. He did the school musical and later talked things through with his dad. They figured out that the father needed to not push the son so hard and just let things happen the way they were meant to happen. In conclusion, nurturing does influence a persons abilities. It could help them excel or draw back in activities or in daily life. Too much or too little nurturing could harm a person's natural abilities, so you should let your children develop all their natural abilities and let them be the best they can be. :)

a persuading article..

In the Seventeen magazine, I found an article for clothes from the Buckle. It persuades me to go to the Buckle and buy some of the clothes because the model wears the clothes well. The clothes are flattering to the person's figure and look modest. The bright colors and creative words on the page draw in my eye and make me look closely at the article instead of just flipping past the page. Persuading articles use vibrant colors and catchy words to sell their products.

Why do I want to go to school in Omaha?

I want to go to school in Omaha because I like the city. Out of all of the colleges I have visited, the ones in Omaha appeal the most to me. I like Clarkson College because of it's small class sizes, and the whole campus is within a couple of blocks. Yesterday I went to UNO, and I liked how it was bigger and more diverse. Both campuses were really clean and friendly feeling. Another thing I like about Omaha is that there's many different opportunities for advancement. There are a number of different nursing schools I could choose from and also a wide range of job opportunities. In a smaller town, there would be fewer job opportunities and less chance of finding the right job for me. I also picked Omaha over Lincoln because Evan lives in Lincoln, so I kind of wanted to test out a new scene. He'd still be close if I needed him, but I want to branch out and learn and experience things on my own and create my own ideas about life.

things to change about my speech..

I would definitely have practiced more. I didn't know my speech as well as I thought I did. My visuals didn't work out very well, as I couldn't get my video to turn off when I needed it to. On my poster, the words were a little bit too small. I could get the technological things figured out better and also make sure the words were visible for everyone in the room.