Eventhough we lost, we still got Earl...

it'll be here before you know it

I can't wait for Chirstmas time! The music, the lights, the smell of Christmas... I love it all!

Who will win? I can't wait!

ironic

Taken from Earl's blog...

So if there are 0 people with my name in the US with my name, does that include me or not?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

There are 59,994 people in the U.S. with the first name Morgan.
Statistically the 697th most popular first name. (tied with 12 other first names)
55 percent of people with the first name Morgan are female.

There are 870 people in the U.S. with the last name Sopko.
Statistically the 30847th most popular last name. (tied with 1665 other last names)

new game...

http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs12/f/2006/292/a/1/Linerider.swf

Released today!

Football season is over...

Last night we had our football season cheer banquet. Good people, good food, good times... Our senior cake was the best one yet! And yes that is a picture of me eating my face. Competitive tryouts are Monday, I can't wait for this season! Hopefully we can make it this year to States! This year we are hosting a meet at the high school, in late January I think. I am excited for it! We haven't had one at our school since I've been in the high school. I'll post about when it comes up so you all can come out to support!

Yep, I'm related to them...

You'll never guess what these dresses were made out of...

The first picture won a $500 prize for the best dress made out of toilet paper. The next two pictures are of the second place winner. She received a $200 prize, (I think her dress should of won!) The rest of the dresses shown came in honorable mention, but they are still amazing! Toilet paper?!? Who would of ever thought?
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'because we already don't have enough fried foods...'

NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters Life!) - A new fast food is making its debut at U.S. fairs this fall -- fried Coke.
Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe -- a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.
Balls of the batter are then deep-fried, ending up like ping-pong ball sized doughnuts which are then served in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry on the top.
"It tastes great," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair of Texas where Gonzales' fried Coke made its debut this fall. "It was a huge success."

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It's that time already?!?

Snowflakes? Frost?? Ice on my windshield?!? Fall is my favorite season and I think it got chipped this year. The only good thing about it getting cold outside is that it means Christmas is coming. We still have 60 days until Christmas, so I think that the cold weather should hold off for at least another 40 days...

*sidenote* Bring on Christmas music!!!

a 7x9 inch opening

A toddler gets stuck in a toy machine

When the 3-year-old Austin, Minn. boy crawled through the discharge chute of a Toy Chest claw machine at a Godfather's Pizza here, he ended up on the other side of the glass surrounded by stuffed animals. Rescuers had to pry the door open to get Devin out, though the boy was in no hurry to leave. "When we got it open, he didn't want to come out," Fire Chief Dan Wilson said Tuesday. "One of my firefighters had to reach inside and get him. He was happy in there."

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It's finally here!!!!

http://www.24trailer.com/

after 3 pm

Chef makes wedding gown with cream puffs

Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod in Aug. 27, 2006. The edible dress, made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing in at 20 pounds (9 kilograms), took the 28-year-old baker two months to make. (AP Photo)

UZHHOROD, Ukraine Oct 12, 2006 (AP)— Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel.

The dress made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing 20 pounds took the 28-year-old baker two months to make, and by the end of the wedding reception, bride Viktoriya said she didn't want to take it off.

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updates...

Sorry for the slacking in posting. A setting on my computer has been changed and it wont let me get to my blog, and i'm not sure what I changed on it yet. Updates will be coming soon! (Either from my current location on the church computers or at school.)

Count Downs

~95 Days until 24 premiers
~75 Days until Christmas
~63 Days until Kids' Street's Christmas Program
~43 Days until Thanksgiving
~20 Days until Halloween

Fall

I love the Fall season. The leaves change colors, the crisp air, and the pumpkins... (Yes pumpkins, I want to carve one!) This picture is of my neighbors tree and my dog Cody. Yes, he is a DOG not a abnormally large rabbit.

unexpected generosity

Sunday after church a group of us decided to head out to good-ol-Uncle John’s Pancake House. This was my first experience there (I had been told that I was missing out and haven’t lived till I went) and I must say that it exceeded my expectations of it.

After our table’s food had arrived, our waitress brought out three extra plates of Uncle John’s Potatoes. We were a little lost, none of us had ordered them, but the waitress said that her manager told her to bring these out to our table…free food... can’t complain! (If you go there get the potatoes, they are a heart attack on a plate…but SO good!) We finish up our meal, get the bills, and head up to the register to pay. The cashier told the first person in line, from our table, that were good our table has been covered. WHAT?!?

She went on to say that her head manager came up to her and said that he was going to pay for all of our meals. We asked her if she could get the manager so we could thank him but he had just stepped out to do a few errands. I thought it was just so cool that someone we do this for a group of high/college kids and we have no idea why he did pay for our meal. We stopped next door to get a Thank You card so it would be there when he came back.

i like it...

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6

Fellow bloggers

due to their lack of updating a few people are at risk of being taking off of my link list. Beware those who don't update, the time is coming to a end soon.

On a happier note: Check out Ashley's or Andy's blog! They have lacked in updating lately, but they are trying to make up for it! Comments with a few encouraging words from fellow bloggers maybe all they need to keep updating. Keep on updating people!

a favorite...

One of my new favorite shows! It's on Tuesday nights, 8-9:30. Any fans out there?

This week Vivica Fox got voted off, I think that she was one of their stronger dancers this season. Sara Evens, I love your country music, but I think it is time that you exit the dance floor. Then we have Jerry Springer. He is making a great effort and he made it as far as he said that he wanted to go on the show. He wanted to learn the waltz for his daughters wedding and that was last weeks dance, he did what he came to do, now he has been asking to be voted off! (He says he's in too much pain from the dances, understandable) I think that we all should respect that and let him leave. Plus, we'll be keeping the better dancers.

Mario Lopez is my favorite celeb dancer! He's from the show Saved By the Bell, (Slater). So far in the competition, I think he has proved himself as the best natural dancer on the show. Joey Lawrence comes to a close second.

a letter

Wasn't it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores?

Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans Association wrote.

"Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event.

We received the following reply from the local TARGET management:
"Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education."

So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, then something is reall y wrong at this TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance.

As a follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S. Corporate Headquarters and their response was the same. That's their national policy.

Then I looked into the company further. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further,

TARGET is a French-owned corporation.

Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET cannot support American Veterans, then why should my family and I support their stores by spending our hard earned American dollars! And, have their profits sent to France .

Without the American Vets, where would France be today?

"They, most likely would be speaking German and trading in Deutsch Marks"

Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans

Pic of the Day from Sierra

I want to give a shout out to my friend Serria! She just got back from a trip to NYC, check out her blog for pics!

This one's for the girls...

Last Friday we had our last home football game, surprisingly we won! I'm glad the boys were able to finish with a win. It was Senior Night, always a bonus when you win. I think that we still have 3 more football games left in our season, so if you missed them, check BedfordSports.com and come on out!

Seniors 07'

a thought...

"Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful"
Romans 12:12

rainy day

Today was just one of those days... The lay around and do nothing. Listen to the rain and the thunder outside. Sit back and drink hot chocolate & marshmallows. Yep, just one of those days.

TOMORROW MORNING...

is See You At The Pole! 7:00 am, at your schools flag pole.
The junior high and senior high meet at their own flag pole in the morning. It is definitely an experience. BE THERE!

even more pics

Scroll down and check out ALL the pics,

from Homecoming to CarShow...

-Homecoming-

Yep, we're cute...

more pictures

*Big Ball*
The Seniors (Black & White) vs The Juniors (Red & Grey)

Big Ball was the highlight of homecoming week to me. The game itself is kinda dumb, trying to toss around a giant ball from endzone to endzone, But getting ready was half the fun! Hours of makeup, teasing, and hair-die... I can't believe people use to tease their hair on an every day basis, crazy!

To see more pictures of Big Ball, go to jsopko.photosite.com

pictures...

~Lock In~

Lance (our Homecoming King), Nicole, Me, and Margeaux

The Homecoming theme was 007, Casino Royale (Representing our Senior class, graduating in 07). We made lots of posters reflecting the theme, then we had our random ones... 11-6am... lots of randomness. It was fun kids, lots of memories!

Large Picture Posts Coming!!!

Car Show!!!

This is a picture of Kids' Streets Stage Squad and some of our Elementary Large Group Programmers. We just finished our Kids' Street Car Show Show... good times...
I really thought I had more pictures of the car show, but I was mistaken.

This past week has been busy for me! Big Ball was last nightm it was a blast! I"ll be posting some more pictures of that when I find the time. But for now I just wanted to post a quick little note so you all wont stop checking my site, I'm off to practice, LATER!

hola!

Sorry for the lack of post!

Things have been busy lately with school and everything. Friday night Bedford won their football game against Dexter! It was surprising! The score was 50-something to 30-something, are we going to be seeing a new trend for Bedford…?
After the game the high school had a lock in to decorate the school for homecoming week, I thought it went well. The school is now ready for homecoming! …kinda… But it was a lot of fun, I was able to hang out with some friends of mine that I haven’t in awhile. (I’ll def post some pictures of it later this week)
Today was Crossroads Car Show. I thought it went well for the most part, I was expecting a little bit more from it, but I still think it ended out okay. I was a little disappointed in the lack of advertising this year than the past years. Normally I’d be hearing about the car show on the radio and in the papers, but this year I don’t think we had as much as in previous years. I may have just missed them. (I’ll post some pics later this week from it)

Below is a ceiling mural in a smokers lounge... ironic.

Wear your PINK

Tomorrow make sure you wear the color pink tomorrow (Friday).
It is National Breast Cancer Awareness Day.

Here's Bridget...

Kathleen this is for you courtesy of Matt Miller

It's all coming together...

The Kids' Street Preschool side looks amazing! Great job Emily Smith for all the hard work your putting into it... freehanding everything?!? It looks awesome! It is exactly how it should look for those kids, straight out of a coloring book! I love it! Great job everyone! I know a lot of time and painting skill from quite a few people have gone into making it possible!

9/11/01

I want to go back to being in kindergarten. Playing dress up whenever I feel like it, going out in public in ridiculous outfits and still be called cute. Even though my clothes didn’t match, my shoes were too big, and I would be wearing the brightest shade possible in lipstick. Then there was the accessories.... Jewelry galore. If it was shinny or sparkly I had it; from crown to handbag, necklaces to bracelets, it was all good. I want to go back to that age were I could wear all of these things and be smiled at, because if I wore them today, I would definitely be getting some type of look.

verse:

So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing. You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk, now that you have had a taste of the Lord's kindness.
1 Peter 2:1-3

Pic of the Day

if you haven't heard...

The "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, died the same way he lived most of his life, on camera. Irwin was stabbed through the heart by a poisonous stingray barb. He pulled the barb from his own chest but died a short time later, and the whole shocking incident was caught on tape because Irwin was filming a documentary at the time of the freak attack...

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pic of the day (sry for lacking on them)

Today was the first day of high school. I like my classes. I have a good friend in at least every one, and they are semi easy. I have decided that I am going to go out for editor-in-chief of our school paper. A best friend of mine is also going out for it, I wouldn't mind if she got it... maybe co-editors? Thats what we use to do. We'll see how it turns out, but i'm going to take to the hippie style, (Matt this is for you) No worries!

Premier of House tonight! 8:00! come on over

"Don't just pretend you love others. Really love them, Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Love each other with genuine affections."
Romans 12:9-10

Saturday, in the park...

Yay for Saturdays. This is my last weekend before school officially begins... I'm not ready to go back yet. So lately I have been trying to finish up my AP English homework and get in the mental state for school. (More like preparing myself for having to wake up at 6:30. Blah!)
Last night we had our second home football game. It was good to see everyone. This past Thursday I begun my college classes. It's not too bad, I think I will like my English class. It is like a Bedford reunion in there.
I'm off to find food! Have a happy Labor Day weekend!

~No one needs a smile as much as the person who fails to give one~