Since about half of my family lives in Germany, I go there every three years to visit them. :) My grandparents were originally born in Germany, but they migrated to the US when they were about 20 years old or so, and then had a kid, then that kid had a kid, which is me! But none of the rest of the family in Germany moved here along with us, so we’re basically here by ourselves. :’)

Germany is actually a really fun place to go. It’s so beautiful and green, since it rains a lot there, even during the summer. I wish I could speak more German, because all of my family members speak it and I don’t really know how to say anything but, “Ich liebe dich,” or “Ich bin hunger.” Which means, I love you, and I’m hungry. THAT’S REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW, RIGHT? :D

But, sadly, I’ll be gone a whole month, and I won’t be able to get on the computer much at all, unless I find some internet somewhere. But, I did most of the updates a little while ago, so I’m not really worried about much. I’ll take lots of pictures and stuff to show you guys! :)

Also, unrelated to Germany, I got blond highlights in my hair! I didn’t get a lot of them, and they’re not too bright but they’re actually kind of pretty and I love them! I got a few in my bangs, and then some on the sides.

Do you like them? :3

Well, that’s about it for now. I’ll probably blog again once I get back from Germany, so I can tell you guys all about my adventure! And maybe, before I leave, I can return some comments and maybe give some too. :) Have a great rest of the summer!

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S. When I made the new layout, I kinda forgot some of my affiliates (sorryyyyy) so, if I had been your affie, and I don’t have you up, just let me know!

I was actually quite nervous to start the whole thing. I had pretty bad insomnia the night before, which made me even more tired on my first day, along with bags under my eyes, which wasn’t too attractive. But, I actually didn’t have to be worried about anything. The teacher is actually a favorite of mine, I had him for fourth grade, and he absolutely adores me. I was his “favorite student” back in the day. :’) I was always quite the kiss-up. AND, I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I REMEMBER ALL THEIR NAMES. So far, there are about 12 kids in the class. Cedrick, Gabrielle, Victor, Lauren, Hannah, Peter, Gary, Alicia, Kiley, Malan, Jaspreet, and Jessica. There should be a couple more coming, but I’m guessing they’re on vacation or something. (Oh, and by the way, the names in bold are the kids I don’t enjoy too much. Just saying.)

And guess what, THEY ALL LOVE ME. They give me hugs and they hold my hand all the time. :3 Lauren asks me every day if she can eat lunch with me. Um, no. I understand you would like to spend your lunch with a lovely person like me, but I do not want you around when I am with my other friends. Not trying to be mean or anything, but you’re seven. Go eat with other seven-year-olds. Thanks. Also, can you not continually repeat quotes from “Up”? (I swear, she knows almost every word from that movie. Every. Word.)

Hannah loves to annoy me. I mean, seriously. Today, she wouldn’t stop saying that I was an “impostor” of the real Francine. “You’re an impostor! In the classroom, you’re always so serious and mean! When you’re with your friends at recess, you always laugh and stuff! I think that before we go to recess, your master Joe takes you into his lab and replaces you with the real Francine, then when we go to class, he replaces you back with the impostor. IS THAT TRUE? IMPOSTOR! IMPOSTOR!” Then all the kids started calling me an impostor. .-.

In the beginning, Gary was a cute kid that didn’t cause any trouble at all. But then he just gradually started becoming more and more disobedient, and I think he lost his sense of listening. He made fun of my clothes today. D: “Look at the teacher, she’s wearing skinny jeans. Is the teacher allowed to wear skinny jeans? TEACHER! FRANCINE IS WEARING SKINNY JEANS! IS SHE ALLOWED TO DO THAT?!?!?!?” Gary, I can wear whatever I want to. As long as none of my booty is hanging out, I think I’m okay. :|

Lots of Love,
Francine

P.S. Wow. I never got to adding up the layout. I’ll get to it, I promise. D: I’ve just been busy with little kids, as you can see.

My last day was last Thursday, and the day after I went camping with a few of my friends for a couple days, which was why I wasn’t updating anything. We had such an awesome time, it was amaaazinggg. And I took loads of pictures, which I will upload either tomorrow or the day after. Seriously, it was super duper pretty there.

But, sadly, there was no service for my cell phone, no internet for my laptop, no electronics, and no showers. Luckily, there was a flushing toilet, so no port-o-potties were necessary. But guess where I had to take a bath? In the freezing cold river. Not to mention, there was quite a bit of dirt in the river, so it wasn’t exactly “bathing” anyways.

Though, I have to say, I did have a really great time. It was so nice to actually have a break from all my electronics, to be honest. I felt so free and non-worrisome. :3 I’ll have to do it again sometime.

But, I have to start “work” next week. : I’m volunteering to help with a kids summer program thing. :) I get community service hours for it, which is the only reason I’m doing it at all, so at least I’ll have that taken care of for next year already. Wish me luck. I’m not too good with kids.

Lots of Love,
Francine

P.S. I’m in the midst of making a new layout, so it should be up soon. :)

Lots of Love,
Francine

But, now onto the actual blog topic for today.
So. Right now at school, for the whole week, the seventh graders have Sex Ed (all the teachers call it “Health Ed” but we all know they’re going to talk about sex, so it’s more accurate to call it Sex Ed). While we’re learning about penises and STD’s, all the eighth graders are at Disneyland, the most innocent place ever. Aint that grand?

At first, I was wondering why everyone was so upset for Sex Ed. I mean, seriously, people would not stop wining about it, it was starting to irritate me. I mean, what’s the big deal? Are you all gonna act like little immature babies? Well, it turns out, that it’s a lot more awkward once you’re there, in the room, talking about female and male body parts. They even showed pictures. Luckily, they were only computer generated, but they still looked pretty darn real. On Friday we’re gonna watch a movie, “She’s Too Young”. The title says it all?

I’m just SO HAPPY that they separated the boys and the girls when they teach us this stuff. That would just make it ten times more awkward. But you want to know what is a bit weird? Some parents wouldn’t let their children go to Sex Ed. Before Sex Ed starts, the parents have to sign this form for permission to let their children attend the class. Well, I mean, their kids will learn it one way or another, I’d rather have them learn it from a professional than from another kid. But that’s just my opinion.

Did any of you have Sex Ed in school? Honestly, it’s kind of interesting. Not in a gross way, but the information is stuff that I like to know. Some things I hadn’t known before I walked into the class. Like, the puberty stages and such, what stuff is supposed to happen at what age, etc. But of course I won’t tell anyone at school that, they’ll all think I’m a perv. x]

Lots of love,
Francine

I’ve always dreamed of this day. Since first grade, when I first got my glasses. I started wearing them in first grade, so I’ve basically been wearing them for 7 years now. I think I deserve a break, am I right?

I had never planned on getting glasses. It just happened one day. So, I had this friend, her name is Tiffany. Tiffany and I were the best of friends, we loved each other, despite our three-year age difference. Tiffany had been wearing glasses, and I was going with her for an eye exam one afternoon. My mom thought it’d be nice for me to get an eye exam, too, even if I didn’t need glasses.

So, I got an eye exam, actually hoping that I would need glasses. It sounded like a fun thing to have glasses! Well, it’s not. Don’t ever think it is. Anyways, after the eye exam, my optometrist told me that I actually did need to get glasses. I was so excited! I was going to get glasses! Woop! And now, here I am, seven years later, and I can’t wait to get my glasses off.

I told Ryan (yeah, that guy at school that I just happen to favor) that I was getting contacts, and he was probably even more excited than me. xD He’s all, “Ohmygosh, really? Take off your glasses! I wanna see what you look like!” :’)

I’m going on Sunday to get fitted for contacts, and I’ll probably have them sometime next week. I’m so excited. I’m a bit nervous to touch my eye though. :L I actually did try last year to get contacts, but I couldn’t even touch my eye! :p It’s harder than it looks, okay? Wish me luck.

Lots of Love,
Francine

But, I did take a trip to the beach with my mom on Thursday. :) I took a lot of photos, which was the main reason we went. I also brought Benji, and oh my goodness, he had the best time out of all of us. He is so cute. He kept squeeling and barking at everything and getting scared when the waves got too close. It was really nice to see. :) Here are some of the photos I took:

I have a lot more, but… I don’t wanna put them all here. :p You can see the most of them on my tumblr. It’s kind of crowded there with other posts, but if you glance through the pages you’ll see ‘em. :)

So, yeah, not really much else going on. Listening to the Beatles. I love them. Very much.
I’ll end the post with that. ;)

Lots of Love,
Francine

Okay, yeah, it’s a long story. So… Right now, at school, I’m taking music elective. In music, we learn about different instruments and such, and last week it was ukulele week. I thought it’d just be some fun week where I’d learn how to play a new instrument, but no no no. It was more than that.

Everyone got their own ukulele, and mine was actually one of the best. Mine said “Makai” at the top, since that’s what the brand name was, so I just named her Makai. :) So, I took Makai home, I practiced ukulele for my test at the end of the week, and I actually grew really close to the ukulele. It was like a connection. I fell in love with the ukulele. I almost cried when I had to give her back to the music teacher.

So, I was begging my mom all weekend to get my own ukulele. I swear, I loved that thing, and I really wanted one of my own. ;) My mom agreed to pay for half, and I’d pay for the other half, and now I have my own uke! :D :D :D I was like, so happy. I can even play Twinkle, Twinkle Litter Star. :o

Isn’t she awesome? She’s made of mahogany. :D

EDIT:// I already changed the layout, so. . . this is it! How do you like it? :3 //:EDIT
Oh, and I’m in the middle of making a new layout and adding new pages and just kind of working a bit on the site, so expect some new stuff soon. :)

Lots of love,
Francine

So, I was enjoying the summer air, so I went in the backyard at my house. My grandpa was out there doing who knows what, when he called me over, and he had this big blue bin. He’s all, “Be careful, there’s a wild animal in here!” So, obviously, I stepped back, thinking there was an armadillo or something in the bin. xD He opened it, and this long, thick snake came out! :O I wasn’t scared. I promise. I stood there like a champ and took pictures. :)

His name’s Jonny. Click for a bigger view. :3

Aint he just the awesomest? I don’t know if he was a garden snake or not, cos he was pretty darn big.

Guess what else happened? I entered this writing competition at my school and I got a pretty bright red ribbon. :’D Another girl entered in my grade, but she only got a white ribbon. :p Red is 1^st, blue is 2^nd, and white is 3^rd. I entered last year too, but they didn’t pick my poem to even enter the competition. Those losers. Last year my poem was really long, but this year my poem was really short. Wanna hear?

Perfection is my middle name,
Though I’m the one they always blame.
I sit in my throne above the clouds,
All earthly kings lay down their crowns.
I know your future, present, past,
My knowledge is incredibly vast.
I love all my children, good or bad,
I’m your caring, loving Heavenly Dad.

It does have a cute ring to it, though.

Lots of Love,
Francine

Well, I knew this wasn’t actually Justin Bieber, but it was still really funny when I saw this dude riding in the car behind Hailey and me. Hailey was telling a story, and I was all, “Look! It’s Justin Bieber!” and I was pointing at the car behind us and giggling. xD She ignored me, continuing to tell her story, and I thought that would be the end of Justin Bieber, right?

Well, after like, five minutes, his car is right next to us and I point and laugh again, telling her that Justin Bieber is riding in the car next to us. :p Well, this time, he notices. And he’s staring at us. And he starts to wave at us. LOL, I couldn’t stop laughing. Then, the wonderful lady that my mom is, she ROLLS DOWN HER WINDOW. Then, guess what? HE ROLLS DOWN HIS WINDOW.

Hailey and I are just laughing our butts off, ignoring his waving and trying to get our attention. xD My mom keeps insisting that we knew him. No, Mom, we do not know Justin Bieber’s twin, I’m sorry. (Really, we had no idea who this kid was.) It was just… so funny. It gave me something interesting to think about after church.

Lots of Love,
Francine

This is my bed. It’s a day bed. :) Aint it cute? I love the bedspread.

The closet is on the left, with my bookshelf next to it. Then there’s the window and my two shelves on the right.

Me desk and my laptop! It might look small, but it’s not. I love the drawers underneath and the red lamp. OH, and don’t forget the red trash can!

This is a decoration that I made over the bed. :) Isn’t it pretty? I just bought the stickers and pasted them on my wall.

Lots of Love,
Francine

Well, I spent the actual Valentine’s Day in Lake Tahoe. How fun! :) I went sledding and I hiked in the snow. I would have gone skiing, but you know how short money is these days, and I didn’t mind not having sore legs, so it all worked out. I had my usual photo-taking spree but I’m way too lazy to post it all here right now. I just got back like, an hour ago, and the ride is about 5-6 hours, so can you sympathize for me? I’ll get them up sooner or later. Probably quicker on my tumblr but who knows.

Don’t you hate it when you think you have bunches to say and it only comes out in two paragraphs?

Lots of Love,
Francine

Aren’t they beautiful?

I spent like all afternoon making them, so you better like them. :’( I’d give you all one but unfortunately we only have 20 (oops, 19) left. So, I won’t be able to give all of you one and that would just not be fair.

And now we end the blog post with cute pictures of Benji after his bath. (:

Lots of love,
Francine

After the first semester or so you get used to the way your teacher acts. Weird, nerdy, nice, mean, whatever, you come into class ready for that, and if you get something different… well… it just makes the whole class awkward. Am I crazy or does anyone agree with me?

That’s kinda what happened in 8^th period. Science. Mrs. Ricafrente. Really nice blabber mouth. (I don’t mean that in a mean way, although it sounded mean. I like it that she talks a lot. (: It makes it easier for me to not learn. xD) Anyway, it’s a new semester today (and I got all A’s last semester. (: anyone wanna give me a woot woot?) and some teachers (and students…) have set New Semester Resolutions. For about almost all my teachers it was to be more “tough” or maybe as others would say, more “mean”. Mrs. Ricafrente was the worst failers of them all, and I’m happy she was. After about… hmm… 10-15 minutes she stopped being mean and tough and went back to talking about her sons. (: I love you Mrs. Ricafrente, stop trying to change your nice ways!

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S. Sorry for not returning my other comments… Again… Anyway, I will get to it. I promise. (: OH, and happy February! :D

I’ve had more spam the past couple days that any other time in my whole life. Holy guacamole, I had 8 unapproved comments this afternoon. Oh, yay! More people commenting on my blog! No. Just spam. How lovely. :/ I mean, the SAME people post the SAME spam almost every day. It annoys the heck out of me. And it’s not just on comments. It floods your e-mail too. I mean, I’ve won “The Swiss Lottery” about 20 times this week. I’m filthy, stinkin’ rich by now. Heh. And Mr. Wong Chong has invited me to Hong Kong 40 billion times. I mean, I’d LOVE to go to Hong Kong, but something about Mr. Wong Chong’s invitation seems a little bit fishy.

Now for a more childish subject. (Yes, I said it.) Rude comments. What’s so enjoyable about posting rude things on other people’s websites? I take it as jealousy, so it really just inflicts pain on you missies and misters. When you say that I’m ugly and that my website stinks, it makes me think, hmm, they must love my website so much they feel the need to write something bad about it. Yeah, so all of you rude commenters, if you’re reading this, I take your rudeness as a compliment to everything I do. That backfired, eh?

Lots of love,
The terrible, ugly Francine ;)

P.S. I’m sooo sorry to those of you that I didn’t return comments to. I’ve been so behind on doing that. Please forgive me, I’m getting around to it! Oh, and one more thing, check out my Tumblr? :)

Something exciting already happened today and it’s only 1:00, I had a basketball game today! I was so nervous (as always) but I had no reason to be. No offense, but these girls were really short, and they weren’t really that good. I don’t want to be mean or anything, but by the end of the game it was 26 to 2. The only reason they got those last two points was because we “fouled” them. The referees just called a foul to help them get some points so they could shoot free-throws. They missed every single one except for the last two. Hehe. Oh well, I’m glad they called those “fouls”, I don’t want them going home with 0. But, I really like their team name “Eagles”. I always wanted an animal as a team name. But, our name says it all. GO WARRIORS.

Also, me and Hailey set up a store online, so if you wanna check that out, that’d be super cool. Unless you’re a dude, then you probably won’t want what we sell. ;) The stuff might not look that cool in the picture, but they’re super cute and I would have more of them, but apparently people who work with the store don’t get discounts.

Sorry for such a crappy blog, I warned you. :]

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S. Good job with the comments, guys! I love you all for commenting. :) It makes me feel good.

So, we got to the dog park and there was like, nobody there. Only two people and their dogs were all huge. Aw, darn, Benji was all hyped up and now we aren’t even gonna go to the dog park. We didn’t want to just take him home. That would totally crush his spirit. So, we drove a little bit up the rode and turned on this street and we saw this walkway, and I’m all, let’s go! Benji loved it. He got mud and grass all over him… But, while we were walking, my mom remembered something. She remembered the Secret Sidewalk. She went there when she was young, and she wanted to see if she could remember where it was.

Well, to make a short story shorter, we hiked along this muddy, wet, rode and we didn’t find it. Maybe they made it too Secret-y. Hmph.

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S. Anyone wanna hear another verse?

Wow. December 31^st. Is that correct or am I just dreaming? It feels like just yesterday we were all celebrating the coming of 2009. Well, new year, new start, right? Oh and the thing with those funny year resolutions. Any of you do those? I know I do. Any of you actually do those? I know I don’t. :)

In the past years I’ve always made a resolution. That I would clean my room more often (as if), I would be more nice to the meanies at school (Yeah, right). I’m pretty sure you all know what I’m talking about, am I right? Well, this year, I’m gonna try and actually do my new year resolution. Yes, I said it on the internet, I must be serious.

I’ve explained new year resolution’s past, but what about the present? Well, my new year resolution is… I will read the whole Bible in the next year. Okay, you all have my word, I must do it now. I promise I won’t remember to read the Bible and act like I forgot, I promise I won’t try and hide in my closet to prevent myself from doing it, and I promise to keep my word. I feel like I can actually do this one. The past one’s have always been something that I never have done anyway, but I do read the Bible, just not the whole thing.

Do you guys ever do the new year resolution thing? Do you ever end up ditching that mumbo jumbo? ;)

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S. I hope all of you have a happy New Year! Do you like the new layout?

So, now you see everything in my eyes. :) And, since the originals of those are 1200×1600 and they look so much better when they’re bigger (especially the ones with the moon), just e-mail me and I’ll send you whatever one you want in its original size. And if you want to have it as your wallpaper, you can do that too! :)

Lots of love,
Francine

I was listening to the radio earlier when I heard the most adorable song by Sara Groves called “Toy Packaging”. I seriously searched all over youtube for it and couldn’t find it, but I only found the download version. It’s really, really cute if you wanna listen to it. Maybe later I’ll find a way to put it on my iPod. :)

Oh, last week or so me and my mom went to the most adorable street with, what I think, are the best lights in the whole wide world. There was even this one house with a holographic santa claus. Tee hee. I just love stuff like that!
*click*

Lots of love,
Francine

P.S.
Even in the trees
There are certain leaves
That stick out among others
That make you see them.

• Juniper