Reason 110:
It's funny having a cat who smells like wet dog. Benny was out in the rain.

Reason 109:
The next MR video we make is going to be about how JP didn't accurately record the lives of the Flock and how it's ridiculous.

Reason 108:
I've been scouring the MR books to put knowledge upon the boards.

Reason 107:
I got all the pans for the Ren Faire worked out. We're going third weekend in July.

Reason 106:
Thumper Pond wasn't quite what I expected but it was fun cuz Sammi and Jeremy came.

Reason 105:
Sammi's grad party was a blast.

Reason 104:
We've been fixing up the old house and it looks really cool.

Reason 103:
I get to go to Thumper Pond tomorrow.

Reason 102:
I put my "Team Jacob" iron-on on a brown shirt. It's awesome.

Reason 101:
I'm getting my novel edited and it's becoming a lot better.

Reason 100:
I got our trip to the renaissance faire all planned out.

Reason 99:
I stayed on the new MR site all night long.

Reason 98:
Christy stayed here then Indy went to Christy's.

Reason 97:
I stayed up and talked with Christy while Indy was a work.

Reason 96:
We hung out and played badminton, went mattress surfing, balanced on a refrigerator door, blew stuff up with the cannon, and just talked in the cabin and bungalow.

Reason 95:
I had my graduation party and everyone but Katelyn made it.

Reason 94:
I was thinking about the movie Rose Red, and it was on TV today.

Reason 93:
My graduation party is tomorrow.

Reason 92:
I made potato salad and it turned out really good.

Reason 91:
They gave us pizza and ice cream at the party.

Reason 90:
We went to the PACC for a youth group party.

Reason 89:
I found names and appearances for many of the characters in my story.

Reason 88:
I got to sleep in this morning while everyone else was at school.

Reason 87:
I worked on organizing my stories more. Stuff is getting closer to being organized enough to get finished.

Reason 86:
Abbey and Stevie were gone all day so the house was really quiet.

Reason 85:
I went to Laura and Trista's graduation parties. They were fun.

Reason 84:
I finished my presents for everybody.

Reason 83:
I got Ben to throw jelly beans at people during Jeremy's party.

Reason 82:
We went to Katelyn's grad party and messed with her cupcakes so they spelled a different name.

Reason 81:
Stacie gave me a microwave.

Reason 80:
We made bets on when Jeremy would cry and I won.

Reason 79:
I graduated today and didn't cry.

Reason 78:
I went to school because there was a choir party. I crashed it and got free food.

Reason 77:
I got to hang out with my friends.

Reason 76:
We watched the Seniors vs. Faculty softball game. Faculty won.

Reason 75:
Even though it was a skip day I went to school so Trista could pick me up. I helped her clean her basement.

Reason 74:
I rented my cap and gown and bought my tassel.

Reason 73:
I hung out and talked with Pa after school. That was fun.

Reason 72:
I hung out with Trista after school, then we went to Sammi's and bugged Jeremy.

Reason 71:
The seniors ran through the school and I got everyone to sing to Indy.

Reason 70:
Pa surprised Indy at lunch and he got to meet my random friends.

Reason 69:
I got a Kent McAllistor scholarship for $250.

Reason 68:
Pa came to the senior breakfast.

Reason 67:
A bunch of seniors drove 4-wheelers to school.

Reason 66:
A bunch of the farm guys in my class drove their tractors to school.

Reason 65:
My Science teacher let me go work on my art project during class.

Reason 64:
My English teacher brought donuts for the class.

Reason 63:
My final for History was totally easy.

Reason 62:
Tomorrow is my last day of classes.

Reason 61:
I put all the faeries in my garden and planted some plants.

Reason 60:
My room is almost completely clean.

Reason 59:
I worked on my slideshow for Sammi and Jeremy.

Reason 58:
I slept a lot. I was so tired. I didn't ahve to do anything.

Reason 57:
It was an all girl party so we went shopping.

Reason 56:
When we watched "Prince Caspian" we saw the "Twilight" preview. *squee*

Reason 55:
Steve made a cake for Indy's suprise party. It was great.

Reason 54:
I got picked up from school to go talk to a counselor. She was really nice.

Reason 53:
We had a sub for Drafting so I typed part of my story.

Reason 52:
My rainstick for art turned out really cool.

Reason 51:
Sammi, Jeremy, Indy, and I wandered around Battle Lake. I found a quarter when I went to pick up a rock that was on top of it.

Reason 50:
Everyone is impressed with the novel I'm writing about my friends. I'm approximately half done. I'm on page 64 in my notebook.

Reason 49:
The speech pizza party was today. I ate 4 pieces. We got Trista, Stephanie, and Katelyn to come even though they aren't in speech.

Reason 48:
There are only 6 days left of school for me.

Reason 47:
Trista and I finished our houses for drafting, especially after I helped with half of hers.

Reason 46:
I went to the choir concert and it was awesome and I was so impressed with all the songs.

Reason 45:
My step-dad was making faces at my younger cousin and she was laughing and it was hilarious.

Reason 44:
I finished the second song of my slide show.

Reason 43:
It was sleeting today, so in essence snow was falling in the middle of May.

Reason 42:
I finished the first song of my slide show.

Reason 41:
There are only 7 days of high school left.

Reason 40:
I cleaned out all of my notebooks and got rid of a lot of my extra papers.

Reason 39:
Today was our 2nd to last Friday ever of high school.

Reason 38:
Laura's sister showed us a cool slide show of her trip around Europe in our history class.

Reason 37:
We got the Physics test postponed.

Reason 36:
We wrote graduation speeches in English and Trista's made me cry.

Reason 35:
We teased Brandon and it was funny.

Reason 34:
Trista came to youth group.

Reason 33:
I talked to Jeremy and helped him through some stuff.

Reason 32:
I helped move a bunch of furniture at Sammi's house.

Reason 31:
We made a Maximum Ride movie of Sammi to put on youtube.

Reason 30:
I got to take a 2 hour nap when I got home from school. It was nice.

Reason 29:
All the trees are budding and making me happy.

Reason 28:
It thunder-stormed and now everything is fairly clean.

Reason 27:
I got to go outside at school and it was so nice out.

Reason 26:
I got to T.A. for the 2nd and 4th graders because the teacher I assist was teaching their classes.

Reason 25:
We didn't do anything in Physics but take pictures.

Reason 24:
We took a bunch of good pictures with Laura's camera.

Reason 23:
My history class complained a lot about the test we had to take.

Reason 22:
Jeremy got to catch up on my story and see what it's about.

Reason 21:
My sister straightened my hair and now it's a different kind of fluffy.

Reason 20:
I got a bunch of really cool music from my sister.

Reason 19:
I had a really cool dream about vampires that I can write a story about.

Reason 18:
I started working on the slide show for my friends.

Reason 17:
I had a really cool dream and was able to sleep in for a long time.

Reason 16:
My younger siblings went to their mom's house and my sister went to her friend's house so I was alone at home.

Reason 15:
I got my graduation invitations printed off.

Reason 14:
My science teacher let us do nothing during Physics and we got to leave early.

Reason 13:
The counselor told me I got a $750/year scholarship that I get for 4 years.

Reason 12:
I got to sleep during Earth Science because we watched a movie.

Reason 11:
It's raining and melting all the snow.

Reason 10:
I got to make graduation invitations that look super cool.

Reason 9:
I got to see sides of people that I didn't realize were there.

Reason 8:
I won an excellent award at the art show.

Reason 7:
I got to show how many people are injured in car accidents by wearing a tag during the whole day.

Reason 6:
I got to watch movies in two of my classes.

Reason 5:
I have an art field trip tomorrow that I get to go on with Katelyn.

Reason 4:
My name was drawn to help show the importance of seatbelts.

Reason 3:
We got yearbooks and all my friends wrote about how happy and friendly I am.

Reason 2:
Katelyn was talking to Jeremy during Art Class.
"Jeremy, have you ever wanted to be a hippopotamus?"
"Ummm, sure." Jeremy replied.

Reason 1:
Friends are my first reason to live.
I know they will always be there when I need them just as I will always be there when they need me.

This blog is designed to outline all of my other reasons to live.The things I would have missed if I didn't have the fist reason. I'll try to write every day but some days I don't have the time or the reasons.

So here goes, another reason to live...

Dedicated to Jeremy who gave me the strength to live and was there when I needed a friend the most. Thank You.

I also want to thank the rest of my friends Sammi, Laura, Stephanie, Trista, and Katelyn for always being by my side and lending a shoulder when I needed one most. Thank you all for inspiring my other reasons.