Late New Year Greetings

Happy Late New Year everyone! Sorry I'm so late on this post, I haven't gotten the chance to get on the internet for a long time(yes, yes, I'm a lame person with no internet at my house, with the exception of my cell phone which doesn't allow me to make good blog posts. Whatever.) but here I am finally!


Even though I'm more of a look ahead, not behind, type of person, this post, rather than talk about expectations and resoloutions for the future that'll probably never work out, I wanna talk about my quite eventful, quite topsy-turvy 2011.


First off, I switched houses at the beginning of the year. That was quite different. Me and my family had our own house in 2010, but now we live with my grandparents in their 2 bedroom house. Last year was so crazy as far as our location. We talked about moving everywhere you can imagine(which I really wouldn't have wanted) but we're(luckily for me) still in our normal town, with my grandparents. It may be cramped, but I love my family more than anything, so it's not as hard as it would be for some families, and I'm lucky and thankful to have somewhere to live at all. God has been very good to us.


2011 was a really hard year for me, because of the fact we lived in North Carolina for over 5 months. It was not fun, to say the least. I was away from my home, my friends, and everyone I know with the exception of my parents and my sister. I hated it and wished the whole time that I was home. That was definitely the worst thing about 2011. All I could think about was how much time I was wasting there, and what I could be doing if I were home.


With all the free time I had in NC, I did a lot of planning and scheming(those are things I'm very good at), and by the time we got home, I was featured in one of my favorite magazines, and set to interview my favorite band for my fan blog.(At least I got something accomplished ;)


I had sent a story to my favorite magazine, M Magazine's email just for fun, and a few days later they contacted me and told me I was going to be in their magazine, along with my sister and friend. By the time I was back in Florida, our issue was out, and I was super excited. It was kinda surreal seeing myself in a nationally famous teen magazine, on stands in Walmart and such. It was my first time in a magazine, so it was a big deal for me.


The biggest hilight of 2011, and actually of my whole life, was meeting and interviewing one of my favorite bands, Kicking Daisies. While in NC, I talked back and forth with Ben, from the band, and the bands tour manager, until I somehow managed to get an interview for me and my sisters fan blog. I had interviewed them via email before, and had talked to them several times online, but this was huge and undescribably exciting for me(music is sorta my life). Meeting them and interviewing them was such an honor and a pleasure. They are some of the nicest people I've ever met, and so down-to-earth. We're now good friends, and we talk so much now. They are so, so awesome and I would love to get to hang out again soon. <3 Their concert was as amazing as ever as well.

Other cool concerts I went to were Trans-Siberian Orchestra(just...wow they're amazing!) and Night Ranger(my favorite classic rock group). And also I'm so stoked, cause me and my sister got Allstar Weekend tickets for Christmas from our parents. YAY:D Can't wait for February 9th!!!

Oh, almost forgot, my mom's dream came true in 2011(LOL, mom!) cause me, her, and Mina met her favorite TV star, Daniel Curtis Lee, who plays Kojo in Zeke and Luther, at Epcot while he was there filming a commercial. He was really, really nice, down-to-earth, and cool. So yay, I met a TV star last year as well :)

What was good and bad about your year? COMMENT:)

-Marelle<3

Accomplishments

When a new year starts, I think a lot about what I would like to accomplish, how I would like to change myself to become a better person. I guess you could call it new year's resolutions, although I've never really thought of it like that. Well, come to think of it, I'm constantly trying to accomplish things during the year too.

I thought I would share with you some of the things that I want to do this year.


I want to write more stories. Well, correction, I want to FINISH more stories. I love writing short stories, but I never get around to finishing them. I've started so many writing projects that I haven't finished, so this year my goal is to write 5 short stories in full. (I thought I would keep expectations low so I might actually succeed, lol:D) If I do end up doing this, I will post them on my blog so you can read them.


I want to write more songs. Writing music is something I've always loved, but lately I've been so busy I haven't found the time to sit down and write. I sometimes wait for an inspiration to strike, or other times I just go ahead and write. I'd really like to write 5 more songs this year, because music is special to me, and writing is also special to me.


An obvious goal this year is to get my learners permit! I can't wait for that!


The farthest I've ever ridden on my bike is 18 miles, and my next goal is to beat that! I want to ride over 20 miles on my bike this year, that would be really cool! I love getting exercise, and this would be a perfect way to exercise! I do ride my bike everyday, but I want a challenge! Who's with me?


And lastly, I want to make my youtube(youtube.com/minaandmarellecole) really awesome! I want to document me and my sisters lives and post it on youtube weekly! We get to do so many cool things, like going to Disney world, and I would love for everyone to get to see that! I also want to film all of the goofy things that we do with our friends to share as well, because life as a teen is short, so we need to make the most of it and be able to remember every moment!




What are your goals for this year? Tell me!


-Marelle<3

Hey:)

Hellllllloooooo:)


Acouple days ago wuz my moms bday, so happy bday mom! My aunt uncle and cousins came over and celebrated with us, we ate pizza and rented the movie "the sorcerers apprentice"


We had a sleepover with our friend Tori last night, it was a lot of fun! We always get really slaphappy towards the end though:)


I hope you have a rockin new year!


-Marelle