Adventure

After the exhaustion of Crossfit, and boredom of sitting around, Acacia, and Chaurel agreed it was time for and adventure. We (Chaurel, Acacia, aimee, stefan and I) packed food, water, and jackets, climbed in to the Billy Mobile and headed for El Chorro park.I love this pic

Acacia led us to some childhood playspots and then we found a rock. it's amazing how a little boulder can keep one occupied for so long:)

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Then Chaurel ran away so the rest of us ran after them. this hide 'n seek/tag went on for a few minutes until we found that they had gone up a big hill toward Eagle Rock, aka Aslan, which is the big boulder in the hills a half mile hike from the El Chorro campgrounds.


It was a lot more adventurous hiking off the trail:) the rock is at the far left(barely visible).

Chad

Chaurel
The view from the top of the rock ,SLO

After hanging out on top of Aslan, eating a snack and absorbing the winter breeze, we heard a faint voice from Camp San Luis Military base. "You on the rock! You are trespassing private U.S. military property. Please get off the rock! Please get off the rock!" no Joke:) so we hiked down on the trail this time:)

at the base of the trail there was this awesome tree so we took some pictures;)


on the way hiking back to the car there was this pool of water a ways off the trail that my older sisters bathed in when they were little. it was full of pretty leaves:)we left El Chorro and decided to go to Montana de Oro to watch the sun set. But first we went to a bakery and bought an apricot pie.


then we hiked up to the dunes at MDO.


the veiw was brilliant

after eating pie, Chad, Aimee, and Stefan decided to hike back down and look at the tidepools.

Right before the sunset, the sun came out from behind the clouds and cast this bright light on us. we were in the perfect spot. it made me feel all warm inside:)

C, A, and S returned just in time to see the sun take it's place behind the horizon.

it was absolutely vwonderful:)

then we went home and slept, and woke up on christmas eve and went to church to hear a wonderful sermon on what Jesus did for me and you, and it made me smile and cry at the same time.
GodBless

~

another year is gone

summer harvest's over and I see the first of the frost.

it's been exactly 2 years and 3 days since my last day of public school.

Merry Christmas

*

a beautiful creation

What I'm thankful for:


beauty

looks like a tornado;)

ufo


sunsets

tree

sisters:)

God is good

it's all good

my neck's feeling better;) I can do bars and my shoulders are getting stronger.

it's been drizzling a little here in slo, and it's wonderful! but I can't wait till later in the season when there're heavy showers.

rain makes the flowers grow and flowers feed the animals and the animals feed us so we are strong. and rain fills the rivers and lakes for their beauty to shine so we could look at them and say ahhhhhhhhhh! so rain fills my tummy and satisfies my eyes. what more could a mortal ask for?

a little prose. anyway. life is good.

I fell on my head...

... but I'm not stupid, don't worry. yah... I over-rotated a front tuck and landed on my head. crack. I didn't break anything, thank the Lord that protects me! but I'm really out of alignment, my head's resting more on my right shoulder than my left, my sisters keep teasing me that I can't see my feet, and pointing to the sky saying they see superman. I can look at the sky(but it hurts) and it kinda hurts to look to the left or right, and can't see my feet. it's tragic. I feel like I'm balancing my head on a needle and if I stop flexing my neck muscles my head will roll away and I'll never be able to find it. hey! I have and idea, I'll be headless for halloween:) lol.

I'm going to the chiropractor tomorrow. I'm kinda scared but I trust Dr. David enough. he's gentle(i hope). I'm gonna go lie down cause this office chair doesn't have neck support. and oh yah, I'm sorry to those i bummed out on not competing. I could use your prayers. thanks:)

It's FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYyyyyyyyy:)

yep... anyway, haven't posted in a long time. Friday's fun most of the time. Friday means I have a meet tomorrow, and everyone's invited:) W're off school today, cause we have a lot of cooking to do for my meet tomorrow. also, I suck at cooking. just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm probably not going to go in to culinary arts anytime soon. here's the story:

I made cookies yesterday, that I made with whole wheat so we're not using them for the meet. anyway, that's not the point. I spilled the last of the sugar so if the cookies have dirty hint them, you know why. I also bumped the chocolate chips off the counter, tryed to stir the batter with a wisk(which didn't work very well), for got to preheat the oven, for got to grease the pan, and... oh yah almost forgot the vanilla. thank goodness aimee decided to super, supervise me. and only left the room when the cookies were in the oven and told me not to do anything stupid. sooooo... I'm pretty much the clumsiest of the pappas kids.

I'm gonna make pasta salad today so wish me luck with that:) It's a good thing God didn't make me mother earth, cause everyting you ate would be really funky. anyway, I just realized I have a new trait:) never hire me to cook for you before I'm old and I've mastered pouring the milk into the cereal. lol

just a word... or two

wowowow:) My family's amazing. I'm so lucky to have the support I need. here's a tribute to them-

The dad, aka bill, aka Papa: He rocks. Hard core. very quiet. He is the most supportive person I've ever met. he's my dad

Bethany aka barfany(22): pretty much my second mom. very maternal. I have no old memories of her. the oldest is when she left the house to go to cal poly. very outgoing and expressive. currently lives in seattle, with her new son, caden. (sorry I have no pictures of her)

Laurel aka lala(20): stubborn personality, but very lovable. The oldest memory I have of her is her boy cut when she was 14 or 15 or something like that:) Introduced me to my God. ;) (sorry no pictures of her either)

Acacia aka boomfreka(17): It seems to her old friends she has the reputation of being rebellious, but no way, let me correct you on that. Awesome christian. Funniest person I know. doesn't care what people think of her. commonly gets stared at in town;) expressive... really expressive:)

Aimee aka big sister #4(16 on the 22nd): she's pretty much the big sister I know most about. she has a really strong and stubborn personality. shy. absolutely not expressive, but I love her the same.

and last but not least important

Stefan! aka "It's a Boy!": only boy in the family. Strong personality. Being the youngest, it's sometimes hard for him to express himself, but no matter, he's special to us and he will carry on the pappas name:)

so anyway those are my siblings and my dad; family that I love, not mentioning my mother, whom I mentioned in a few blogs ago. I wanted to let you all know that your loved by at least one person in this world: me:)

well, I'm very happy today cause I slept really well last night, and I am not sore(thank you Lord) from yesterday evening at gym. and... not mentioning the fact that it is Stefan's Birthday, adding to the wonderfulness of this freezing fall day:) Mom made coffee cake, so today is pretty much an official cheat day(also adding to the wonderfulness). Heather kissed me a bazillion times, so my face is covered in disgusting red lipstick. haha ok, yah.

Jesus has blessed me.

I'm still a little homesick, but I've learned over the past that I need to enjoy the moment as it is, and not rush or look forward to going home, because this moment will never come again:) I've felt guilty for not living the moment before, and it is not a feeling I'd ever like to confront again. This feeling of Joy will not last, unfortunately, but my Lord will allow it to return-

God will not place my life in my hands,
nor place upon me the burden
of this world and it's lands.

I know that my God has blessed
to give me a time of rest.

Not much of and organized poem, just mere words that rhyme:) I love everyone;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEFAN!!!!!!!!!
signing off~

ps-I could use prayers, I think I hurt my foot again:( anything helps:)

BOOOOOOOOOOOOORED

yep. it's a really really hot Sunday evening. story of my life: blah blah blah:)

ok, anyway. I'm in a gloomy-happy-exhausted-hyper-i'm-gonna-fall-over kinda mood right now. We just started school last week, and it's pretty fun. I'm almost done with my math book:) aaaaaaaaaaand I know I'm a dork. so that was the highlight of my month. ummm...

I just changed the title of my blog if you haven't noticed. that might give you the idea of what kind of mood I'm in right now:) booooooooooored:)

!!
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do you see the person? maaaaaaaayyybe I should go find something else to do:| :)

bye`

Bwahahahahahaha ARR!

My pirate name is:

Dirty Charity Kidd

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

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Cheesy:)

eww:(

I just ate a rootbeer float. I think I'm gonna go barf now. bye

I'm a different person

I've completely changed over this last week! Nothing in my life will ever be the same. I will see the world differently, I'll learn to do things that I thought were impossible for me to do. The love of God has taken its toll on me. Some people will call me nuts, and be angry with me, but that's the most of the fun of it. I'm learning not to care about my life and reputation more than the fact that other people need help more than me. The only thing that matters the most to me right now, is my relationship with my Lord, Jesus Christ. I will no longer hide from my fears of life, because those fears are nothing compared to the fears that Satan has of me and my best friend. Satan is happy that none my relationships in my life have been strong, but now I have a relationship that will not be broken. And there's nothing he can do about that.

Before this last week, I was not ashamed to proclaim that I was a Christian, but there was always something missing. I did not quite acknowledge that it was missing, because of my pride. I knew Jesus loved me, but I could feel that He wanted me more. I did not know that there was a way I could come closer to him. By taking this visiting trip to my mother's house I came closer to my sister Heather and what she was all about. When I saw her one day "drunk with the Holy Spirit," she asked,"Want some?" of course.

It was amazing! I was literally drunk! I had no alchohol and there was no age limit!:) I could barely walk 'cause the Holy Spirit weighed down on me and it was hard to control my movement:) I spoke in tongues too. It sounded like jibberish to me, but Jesus could understand me. After the intoxication wore off, I was exhausted! I slept well that night.

soooo... that was my spiritual birthday. August 15, 2006.

Satan's been attacking me constantly, but I'm not letting him get to me. He hates it when I worship. I love making him angry. God's word is really helping me defeat him. I feel FREE! WHEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee:)

A tribute to mom...

...because she asked me to mention her.

I love my mom, and I forgive her for all the things she's done. It was her birthday 2 days ago! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!

I'm so happy when I have time to hang out with her. God Bless you, Mommy:)

We went berry picking:)

Aimee and Acacia covered themselves in blackberries and pretended they had eaten little children:)

I harvested them for the icecream that evening. mmm

It was fun:)

I learned how to upload photos... finally. ~

Caden Xavier Elliot is the name of the new child in the family! He was 8lbs and 6oz:) I asked Bethany to post some pictures on her blog. Hopefully she can find time to do that:)

~Aunt Kallista

It's a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yep!!!! My sister had her baby at 6:15 this evening. We're all so excited!

I really wanted a little "sister"... but a little nephew's great too. August 1, 2006. ahhhhhhhh another august b-day hmm... that sounds weird! I love him already and I don't even know his name!

anyway, I wish I had more info and a picture.

My birthday's tomorrow.

so is Jacque's. laurel's is on the fifth. mom's on the fourteenth. bethany's is on the 20th. anyone else I'm missing. probably a lot.

wow! beth's second child(don't worry denali[thedog] was her first). :)

San Diego Adventure!

Papa, Stefan, and I hopped in our big diesel truck at three in the morning tuesday the 18th on the road toward Orange County. Papa had some engineering work to do in Orange before we headed to Brand X Martial Arts in Ramona. We arrived at pa's work building at 8:00 am and stefan and I did math lessons until noon when we again jumped in the car to race to Brand X so we could workout with the famous Martin family. We made it there a couple minutes late but just in time to do a quick warmup and storm through a workout called "Short Helen" :

3 rounds-
run 200 meters
21 Kettlebell swings
run 200 meters
12 pullups

It was a great honor working out with Jeff, Connor and Keegan!
After the workout we hung out there and when evening came we went to a Mexican Restaurant with the family. We then headed to the Robinsons to get some shut-eye. Their house was really hot so we slept on their deck in the backyard. It was nice and cool at night but when we awoke, we were really sweaty in our sleeping bags and the air was very humid. the night before we had planned to go surfing that morning. when we went inside the house to get ready for the waves, guess who we saw! ROB MILLER, a famous climber and avid CrossFitter! Oh yah!

After packing the boards in Chris Robinson's dodge ram we zoomed to the beach. I swam and rested the whole time while the men rode the warm waves. It was pretty fun until stefan and I decided to take a swim together before we went back the the house. The beach was really rocky and it was really easy to cut yourself while walking in the water, so Stefan picked this one place where it looked like all the rocks had been washed out to sea. There was a 4 foot wide pathway of pure sand that lead to the water. We walked out into the water and dodged under the waves until the water was about up to our waste. The next moment in was up to our shoulders and the next we couldn't feel the bottom. We were caught in the riptides. Each moment the beach got farther and farther away. I told stefan we should go back to shore, but he reminded me that he couldn't swim anywhere. I freaked out and started screaming, "HELP, HELP!" It must sound really dramatic, but I was scared out of my wits! I started praying... screaming to God to get us out. I must have freaked papa out cause he started coming but then he started getting sucked out also. A nearby surfer must've heard me cause I saw a guy with a surfboard swam(more floated) toward us. The rest happened so fast I'm not quite sure exactly what happened, but I remember that the guy kept instructing us and telling us when the waves were coming. we were slowly washed up to shore. I don't know how papa got back but he was there to hug us when we returned to shore. The lifeguards kept asking us if we had water in our lungs, but I didn't feel anything. we rode home in silence. I was thinking: hmm... when I was out there I must've of felt like Joe simpson when he was hanging over that clif with the broken leg, and just like Aaron Rolston with his arm stuck behind the freezing rock. I felt helpless, close to death. sigh... great experience! :)

Anyway, we went to CrossFit San Diego later that day and did this brutal workout called "Lisa Ray" after the woman who made it up. Then we hung out there until later that evening when papa gave a little seminar to all his climbing buddies from the SD area. I demonstrated most of the movements then they all did a workout. it was pretty interesting watching people who just started the program. I crashed that evening after the long and thrilling day!

The next afternoon we headed to Vista for a day at Mike's Gym. Coach Burgener, aka: the big teddy bear, coached us on our olympic lifts. Mike Burgener's a great coach and has a really loveable personality. That's why Aimee calls him the big teddy bear:) Stefan and I really improved our technique while we were there. After we finished our workout, we watched Aimee(weightlifter), Jasmine(I don't know exactly who she was but she was nice), and Sage Burgener lift. They were awesome! The rest of the day we rested.

The next day was Friday. I thought this was going to be my rest day because of the 3 days on 1 day off system, but pa insisted we do the 6am workout at CFSD. Eddie Lugo(founder of CFSD) prescribed "Fight on Friday!" There were five exercise: pullups; a medicine ball complex; knees to elbows(self explanatory); dumbell clean, jerk, jerk, jerk; and punching bag complexes. You rotated through each exercise trying to do as many reps as you can in a minute. You had a partener to score your reps. 3 rounds. ouch.

We rested and had mexican food that evening. :)

The next day was the first of the two days of the CrossFit Certification Seminar. Stefan and I hung around and listened to Greg Glassman's lectures. We worked out and read a lot on our free time. That evening the trainers threw a surprise b-day party for Coach Glassman's 50th. I just slept in the corner the whole time. The second day of the Cert was pretty much the same except Stefan and I didn't workout. But we learned so much from the different trainers, especially Coach Glassman. Everything went really well. We all met some really awesome people. I love that community. They're so tight together. When Stefan and I are ready to get certified, we will know exactly what to expect from the lectures. We also now know how the community is drawn together. Sunday night all the trainers went to a really nice mexican food place. Us kids barely ate anything and slept in our chairs. We said goodbye to everyone expecially Coach Glassman cause he's moving to Arizona. Then we went back to the Robinson's with Lisa and Mike Ray. Papa let us sleep in.

We headed home Monday. Actually we had to go back to Orange County so papa could finish what he started the week before. We were all very tired, and I was tired of Mexican food. Papa was stoked that we got to meet all these really cool people and experience what we did. I was stoked too:) I love CrossFit.

anyway that was an awesome adventure. I just wanted to let everyone know that my sister bethany's baby is due today. I ask for prayers for Boone, Beth and baby.
:)

~signing off~

thanks

thank you everyone who reads this. I love you all.

I'm going to San Diego this week with papa and Stefan. Well, first we're going to Orange County cause papa has some work to do there. Than we're going to go to Brand X Martial arts in Ramona then to Chris and Susan Robinson's residence to sleep in their backyard. On Wednesday, there's a CrossFit seminar that pa's a trainer at. He said I'm gonna be the model. can't wait... uh. Anyway I can't wait to meet Jeff Martin(Brand X) and family:) Also I'm looking forward to the Robinson's hospitality! I'll let everyone know how it goes.

~signing off~

ps- if you read my blog please post on this entry, just to let me know if there is anyone who's reading it. Thanks:)

Home sweet home!

I got back from Woodward West almost a week ago! I HAD A BLAST!!!

I left Sunday morning(the 2nd, I lied in my last post). My mom drove me to Tehachapi. it was a fun drive. we listened to rockin country music... and talked(I don't know what about) for an hour and a half. the directions on the woodward website led us directly to the woodward west lodge. it was beautiful. the staff were so lucky to stay there. anyway, a man at the lodge gave us directions to camp. when we got to camp, the people told me that I was the first person to check in for the week, because(I didn't know this) camp really started at 3:00 in the afternoon! I checked in at 9:00 am! My mom found my cabin and I settled in. my cabin just happened to be at the back of camp right in front of a sewage system. It didn't really smell, but it did make noise.

After I was settled in my mom left. I was left alone in a dark cabin. Two girls that were there last week were moved in when I got there, but they weren't very socialable. I just read my bible for about a half an hour, then I went to take a walk. I met up with coach Adam, who coaches at my gym. he showed me around the camp. it was huge and amazing! the gym was huge; six trampolines, 2 long tumble tracks, two competition floors, five uneven bar sets and a single rail, two men's high bars, two ring towers, pits to tumble in and much more! I couldn't wait!

After the tour, I went back to my cabin and rested for another hour. Then I decided to eat brunch. The food sucked. I had overcooked scrambled eggs, greasy bacon, and gloppy oatmeal. I guess it was fine the first day cause I wasn't tired of it, but I already missed my dad's food!

then i just waited and waited. I took a couple... hundred walks around campus before my cabin counseler came in. it was Danya Linsteadt! she trained at PA and now goes to UCLA. Everyone else came at about 1:00 or 2:00. everyone got situated and at 3:00 we went to meet the staff and go to evaluations so the gymnastics coaches could put us in groups as levels. Maia and Emily and I were in one training group for the week and Chrissi and Dariella were in another.

After Sunday the week went by pretty smoothly. I learned a lot both inside and out of gym. it was a little difficult adjusting to the society. Since I've been homeschooled for more than a year now, I haven't really gotten used to the... uh... you know... the outside world. I just realized that everyone my age looks 5 years older. I know I'm slow. It was really hard just suddenly being thrown into an environment that is completely different from the one that I've been raised in. Now that I'm getting to know this place called earth that I live on, I feel like I'm an alien. I'm glad that people care for me as they do, but some people just don't meet my standards as a good people. As I was suddenly thrown in, I was suddenly thrown out... rejected. I'm used to it now. I can accept it. It's hard, but I can do it.

I'm really glad that I was coached by the people I was coached by. First of all I'd like to thank Leslie Breeze for comforting me and guiding me through the harsh world outside. I'm glad we have so much in common. Friends Forever.

Second of all I thank all the gymnastics staff for putting in so much effort to teach me about a quarter of what I now know. I accomplished half of my goals that I set for the week in so little time. Yes!!!!!

It took me almost a whole week to write this blog entry. I'm glad I have that much time to tell the world about myself. I'm glad those who care, really care. Thankyou

Off to Woodward

I'm going up to Tehachapi for my week long gymnastics camp today! I'm really excited! There are gonna be a bunch of famous gymnasts and coaches there! The camp has a couple pools and skate parks and a huge gymnasium! I'm a little nervous, but I know I'm gonna have a blast!

Off to Woodward West

I crash landed!

At gymnastics yesterday, I hurt myself. I thank the Lord that I did not snap, crackle or pop anything in my body(I stole that from my coach.). This is what happened: I was doing giant, giant, layout flyaway on the uneven bars(here are giants- http://www.drillsandskills.com/images/display?path=ubar5.gif onto a mat. I did something wrong when letting go of the bar for my layout flyaway and I completely missed the dimount mat that was placed a few feet away from the structure. I bulleted forward and landed on a harder mat two feet away from the mat I was supposed to land on. I landed on my knees! It hurt really bad! I bruised my knees and half way up my thighs. They're really swolen and it hurts to bend them. I pretty much got my range of motion back this morning, but they're still really sore. It sucks. I'm gonna do a million more flyaways today just to free myself of that fear!

I don't mean to compare myself to others, but I was fearless of doing something I was uncomfortable of doing(unlike others). To make it simpler, I'll say that directly before I did that routine on the high bar, I had done one on the low bar. I had asked my coach if I could do the sets seperately. She said no, I had to connect them. I did not wine or negotiate. I do as I'm told. I get really dizzy from doing the low bar before the high, I didn't feel very comfortable. I did it any way, and even though I got hurt, it was for a valiant cause. I defeated the fear of discomfort. It only makes me stronger.

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

I love that quote. LIFE IS BETTER.

SOLSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE EVERYBUGGY! longest day of the year! yayy!

Why am I so excited?! cause...uh...sheesh. Summer's fun:) Just never go to palmdale:) ha ha sorry mom. anyway... I love everybody! bye

I woke up this morning in a great mood, snotty and mucousy throat... wonderful. I was tired, and I felt like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed(which is impossible cause my bed is against a wall). Anyway, I had a sweet breakfast of eggs and sausage:) yummy. all the pappas kids were together with the Pa... and Kazul, the cat:)after finished my Woodward West Scholarship application essay, I clicked into math mode and spent a zillion hours doing one and a third math lessons. I couldn't get those functions out of my head for hours. Well I did CrossFit: 5 Over head squats and pushing the car 20 meters. Multiply that by five. ouch! I spent an hour or so recooperating, than did some more math. I went slow on my chores, cause it's my alone time, and I take advantage of being out of the apartment. Aimee babysat an unusually intelligent 4-year-old girl named Julia, while I juggled sticks outside. I just finished a metolius(it's a finger board that improves your grip. rock climbers use them a lot.) workout. My forearms are gonna be sore tomorrow.

Well, there it is, a day in the life of Kallista Pappas:) FuN, fUn.

I got back from a Yosemite trip with my family on sunday afternoon. We had a great time. While Aimee and Acacia soaked themselves by Yosemite Falls, Pa Stefan and I were climbin' some sweet 5.10 cracks. I now have an official favorite climb! Aimee says every climb I climb is my favorite climb. That's not true! ... most of the time. It's called "The Peruvian Flake." My hands were perfect for finger locks in the cracks. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet:)

I've been struggling thinking about what to blog lately, that's why it's been so long. I thought today was a good day to show what my life is like. Even if it's unique that all six "kids" were together(and the cat was in the house), things like chores and homework and AWESOME breakfasts, are stuff I experience every day. I'm so lucky.

Bethany's leaving tomorrow morning. It stinks. I finally got to feel the baby kick today. Bethany said that every time I touched her stomach before, the baby suddenly stopped moving, like it was trying to avoid me or something. I hope he/she likes me when he/she comes out. He/she obviously doesn't like me right now. haha:)

Life is good.

Random

Laurel's in California! I haven't seen her since... forever. I wish she didn't go to school so far away. Darn! Visiting's fun. After I got back from the bloomin' hot Palmdale, I only saw her for about thirty minutes before she rushed off to visit friends in Pasadena. Pooh. Oh well she'll be here until the end of June. There'll be plenty of hang out time.

At the end of this month, Bethany, a soon to be mommy:) is going to be coming down from Seattle. Yayy! Family reunion! This'll be the first time all six "kids" and my dad will be together since we lived in Claremont! Fun FUN... with a few family clashes. ohwell.

I got my muscle up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! look at the link that says Pappas WOD. there's a video there(Kallista's MUSCLE UP!!!). Look at that cause it's hard to explain. Anyway, CrossFit rocks. I got 2nd place All-Around at my last meet! It's all CrossFit's fault. haha(that's a good thing).

Well, if there's one thing I despise the most, it's burping up fish oil. Just thought I'd let everyone know. Random... uh huh.

My family got a camera. A really cool camera:) I need help uploading pictures, so there's none right now. I'll learn.

that's all

i fainted

I had the stomach flu yesterday. I was really nervous, because I have a gymnastics meet tomorrow that's really important. I didn't know if I'd be well by then. Luckily, my siblings who gave it to me only had it a day. That gave me hope. I was better off than my siblings. I only vomited twice. One time when I was alone, the phone rang. I felt obliged to answer it, not even considering the fact that I hadn't eaten a thing since the night before. I hobbled over to it. It was my dad. He asked me how I was feeling, and I told him: dizzy and barfy. The walk over to the phone gave my body and stomach quite a shock. I hung up and ran to the toilet. While I was recooperating with my head in the toilet, the phone rang again. I didn't bother answering it, I was too exhausted. A couple minutes later, I called my dad back again, assuming it was he who had called while I was in the bathroom. Maybe he wanted to tell me something important. He thought that someone else was there that could answer the phone. I told him I felt really dizzy and had to go lie down. I said bye, and at that moment I lost conciousness. I gained it again when I hit the ground. My head was about one foot from our coffee table, which I had a gruesome incident with before. I was really lucky! anyway... that's what happened.

My mom's coming tomorrow to watch me compete. Then she's taking my brother and me down south. Fun, fun.

sunday, funday

Yesterday a guy came and spoke at my church. He had purposely become homeless just to test his faith in Jesus. After 5 months on the streets of numerous different cities in the east and west, he went home. Even though someone doesn't have a home, it doesn't mean they're unnatural in any way. People walking around town never care to stop by a homeless person on the street to talk. Some bums go weeks without having a conversation with anyone. I can't even imagine their feelings. I wouldn't be surprised if they just shouted their feelings just to get them out of their system.
This speaker told a story about when he was sitting on church grounds in front of the sanctuary in the morning with a buddy, when the church was preparing a public breakfast. The two friends hadn't had a decent meal in weeks. As they were just sitting there smelling that aroma of sausage and pancakes, a man walked toward them. He said "You guys can't be here. This is church grounds." and he walked into the sanctuary. They stayed where they were just to push it a little. When the man walked out of the building, he saw the two still sitting there. "I told you guys that you can't sit here. This is church grounds." They decided to push it just a little further and asked, "What are church grounds for?" This question irritated the man,"Church ground are church grounds, you can't sit here." With that, he walked away. The two left.
The next day, Sunday, they sat down in the same sanctuary for service. There was a 10 foot empty radius around them. After service as they were walking out, the man they met the day before ran up to them crying. The man hugged them and cryed, " I'm so sorry for what I did yesterday. That was so foolish. Please forgive me!" They replied, "Oh no, don't worry about it, we're so used to that by now."
"Well, thank you, but do you know the bad part? I'm head of the Homeless Outreach Organization."
They stood there staring.
" But you see, that's on Tuesdays."


I thought that was really funny. I learned a lot from it. After that ministry, my bible study group went around town and talked to some homeless people and gave them food. It was really touching. I'm so glad I was taught that lesson. Imagine, if everyone went around to with a bag of trail mix or energy bars in their pockets and gave to the hungry, there wouldn't be any hungry homeless people in the town. :)



"Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." Romans 12:13


God bless everyone.

Daylight savings

This day light savings thing always throws me off. Fortunately this year I had no major mishaps (except waking up at the "new" 9:00, thinking it was eight). Once when I was in about 3rd or 4th grade, when daylight savings was ending, I woke up at the new six, thinking it was seven, and panicking because I was going to be "late" for school! I made my lunch as fast as I could(faster than I ever had before) and struggled to eat my breakfast, which just happened to be the grossest food in the whole world(we won't go into details on how it literaly made me barf!). I ran outside and was about to cross the street to my friends' house who gave me a ride every morning, when my father yelled out to me to remind me daylight savings had just ended and everyone would be asleep right then. My whole family had been playing along with it the whole time, humiliating me. I came in crying and laughing at the same time. That was so embarassing then but I just laugh so hard now. haha

Another funny time mishap was when I went to bed the night before a very important event at about 8:00 pm. I did not sleep very well for the two hours I was in bed. I woke two hours later thinking it was 10:00 am, not even noticing the fact it was pitch black outside. I ran into my dad's office explaining my situation. He looked at me blankly and after I was finished with my fit, he gently explained the "real" time, 10:00 pm. :):):):):)!

So, I looked back on those events, laughing, and I say to myself, "Time is just another creation, among all others."

So I ask myself if time has ever been stopped. You know, anything's possible.

BSB

BSB are not my favorite, but this is pretty funny:) HAHA

PUKIE!!!

I'm really pooped. I've been doing some really intense working out lately. I used to think that working out was the stupidest thing ever. I mean... I've been a gymnast for uhhh... about 5 years now, and I always thought that if you just got out and excercised a bit you'd be really fit and strong. Umm I was kinda wrong. Yah, so just last year I started this fitness program with my family called CrossFit. It's a really intense combination of metobolics, gymnastics, and weightlifting. It really raises your heart rate, and almost makes you want to puke sometimes. I'm serious. Really serious. :| This picture is kinda the "mascot" of the CrossFit program. His name is Pukie, Pukie the Clown. Friends, this is Pukie. Pretty repulsive huh?
CrossFit has really helped me and my siblings in sports and training. Greg Glassman, the creator of this suicidal progam(hehe) , is one of my top role models. He changed so many people's lives, just by explaining and literally showing the meaning of fitness. It's pretty much awesome!

Sitting Ducks

This my favorite book in the WHOLE world! :)

Picture

First Picture:) Ducks rock...Yah!

Gone Quacky

For those who don't know much about me, I'm a human being that lives on planet earth. I'm a Pappas child. That should explain it all. My family has risen me to become very explorative and I'm always driven to find out more... about anything....
I'll try to get a picture. :)

helllooooo :)

first post....how exciting!