Winterfest!

This past weekend was alot of fun. My roommate from school spent the weekend with my family and me at my house. On Friday night, we all went to the Winterfest in my town. It is a big deal in Elsinore, they close down Main Street and there are venders, live enetertainment, food, real snow to play in, and much more. While we were there we walked around the stores and my little sister played in the snow. We also made these goofy hats out of paper bags. The next day we showed my friend around Lake Elsinore, since she had never been there before. It was fun, and I never realized how much stuff there is to actually do and see in Elsinore. Then that night my family, my roommate, my boyfriend, and me all went to go see Four Christmases. It was a good movie, really funny! On Sunday, we just hungout at the house and studied for our finals. I had a good weekend, I cant wait till Christams break.

Christmas Break

This week is finals, I am pretty stressed, but there is an upside to this stress. I have been studying, and hopefully I do good on my finals and get good grades, also at the end of the week it will be Christmas break. Christmas is my favorite time of year. Christmas is when I get to spend alot of time with my family. We really get into the Christmas spirit at my house. My mom already decorated the entire house inside and out with Christmas stuff, she started the day after Thanksgiving. Even though not that many people come to our house for Christmas, we normally go to other people's houses for the holidays, she still decorates, she says she does it for me and my little sister. I really appreciate all the time she puts into decorating, I always invite friends over during this holiday because my house looks so pretty. Like this past weekend, my roomie from school came home with me to meet my family and she was taking pictures of my house to show her family because she said it looked so nice, I thought it was kinda funny. My mom and I, also bake really good food during Christmas for people in my family, like cookies, pies, and breads. This break should be alot of fun also because I get to spend one week with just my parents alone, because I get out of school a week before my little sister. Some people might think that its weird that I like spending time with my parents, but I dont, they are really great and I love them both alot. My mom already has the week planned out with everything were going to do, like shopping and baking, Im really excited. Over break I am going to go snowboarding, I really want to take my little sister,she is really good and a few of my friends because this will be the first year I can drive myself up to the mountains to go snowboard. Not this weekend, but the next weekend coming up, my family and my grandparents are going to go the Festival of Lights in Riverside, it is supposed to be really fun, and there is ice skating there too, which I love. Over break I also get to see my little nephew, he is growing up so fast, this will be his first Christmas where he can actually open his presents on his own. I also am going to get to see all my friends that live back in Elsinore, we already have stuff planned out to do. Over break it will be not only Christmas, but New Years. I normally go to a family party on New Years during the evening then that night I go hangout with my friends, it should be fun. This year went by so fast and I have experienced so many new things, I cant wait to see what next year will bring. I cant wait for this break to be here, I really want to go back home and get out of this dorm room!

Anything is Possible(written in 2000)

So I found this old paper I wrote, for a contest, I recieved first place for it at my elementary school in the year 2000! I really lked it, so I thought I would put it on here:

Anything is Possible

We have mapped the globe,

We have mapped the stars,

We have built huge cities,

We have built cars, toys, and telephones,

We have radios and electricity,

We have satelite dishes and nintendo 64 games,

We have nice homes and computers,

We have swimming pools and air conditioning for cars and homes,

Some people even have solar powered cars,

We have a Statue of Liberty and an Empire State Building.

But some of us do not even have houses yet,

Some of us do not have toilets, running water, and electricity yet,

Children are still killed while walking in a cross walk to school,

Children are shot in class rooms,

Some of us today do not have enough food to eat,

There are still wars, overpopulation, racial discrimination, droughts, pollution, and violence.

Anything is Possible

I think maybe we should stop and think about some of these things before others and try to fix them.

By Tarah Murphy

Age 10

2000

Reflections Contest