Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Middle Grandchild is ALWAYS Forgotten...

    Christmas, I would assume, is every child's favorite time of the year.  There are presents, cookies, and of course, Santa Clause.  I always loved Christmas; mainly because I'm an only child, and my parents would spoil me.  As I think back, one Christmas stands out specifically...


    In our family we alternate who hosts Christmas and this particular year my aunt Dee Dee was hosting it.  I remember being so excited and full of anticipation as my parents and I stepped into the party.  As soon as we opened the door a burst of laughter and music almost knocked me over.  
    "This is going to be a good haul," I thought to myself as I looked at all of the dazzling presents under the tree; they were all so sparkly and some of them were MINE!
   After we devoured the Christmas ham and cheesy potatoes (classy right?!), all seventeen of us finally gathered around the tree, and my excitement was building!  One by one my cousin Amanda handed out the presents - first to my cousin Brooke, second to my uncle Dan, and so on - and I watched as each one was handed off to someone else.  
   "Okay, mine are just all in the back," I reassured myself as the pile was growing thinner, "they couldn't have forgotten me; just calm down"
   Pretty soon I looked around at all arms flailing about trying to tear off his or her wrapping paper as fast as possible; except my arms weren't flailing of course, I had been forgotten.  As I felt a tear come to my eye, my cousin Amanda laid the last present on my lap.  It was a gift bag.  A wave of relief swept over me, and I frantically ripped out the tissue paper and lifted my gift out of the bag.
   "This is it?!  This is what I've waited twelve months for?!" I thought to myself as I stared at my gift.  It was a five dollar gift card to Culver's and a dancing monkey.  What the poop...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

About Me!

Howdy!

I'm Halle, as you may have guessed, and I like drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain; no, not really, I'm just kidding.  I do like long walks on the beach...

Something that I really love to do is golf; I absolutely love it!  I also enjoy coloring.  One is never too old to color!  When I am not coloring or golfing, I enjoy watching the Badger basketball team or any of my one hundred plus Disney movies.

I am currently a junior so I haven't applied for colleges yet, but I hope to get accepted to the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  It is such a great school!  Another place that I would really love to go if I could get in would be the University of Chicago.  It is one of the best schools in the nation!

One of my favorite books of all time is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Sure I just finished it, but I fell in love with this book.  I can see now why it is a classic.  Classics are my favorite to read, I mean, they're still around for a reason right?  So why not read them!  To be honest, I am very excited to read Jane Eyre.