Blog # 5

One of my favourites thing about christmas is spending time with my sisters and my friends. I love making houses out of graham crackers , candy and icy and making sugar cookies. Sugar cookies are probably my favourite cookies because they taste like heaven and I think I'm addicted to icing. Christmas baking is the best but there is more to christmas than that. At night I love sitting in front of our fireplace with a big bowl of popcorn and watching classic christmas movies like how the grinch stole christmas and rudolph the red nose reindeer. These movies remind me of my childhood and when I used to believe in Santa Clause and when I used to wonder how reindeer flied. But one of my most memorable parts of christmas is my choir concert. It always starts the same way, we walk down the aisles of the dark church and we sing a song that the everyone in the audience knows called " O beautiful yuletide" and I can always see the alumni in the audience singing along. This concert is special to everyone because it remind the older kids of their choir days and the current ones of the true meaning of christmas. During the christmas season our choir also has a christmas party for the highschool kids and the alumni which everyone loves after seeing them at the concert. We all sit around the piano and sing songs the everyone loves and that we miss singing together. Its a chance to see those rolemodels that taught you the ropes and what it means to be a leader. I love this party because most of those kids are in university so you don't get to see them very often. There are so many things I love about christmas I don't think I could choose just one thing.  Merry Christmas !!!

Blog # 4

Sometimes I am the stereotypical  blonde and I have had many experiences in my life where me and my friends have laughed so hard we stopped making sound.  For example one time I went with my friends family and another family to the Kannanaskis resort. We were going to the restaurant for dinner and the teens all sat at one table.  They were joking around and one of my friends was reading blonde jokes on her phone saying how clumsy I was.  I was trying to defend myself when I spilt everyone’s water and we all burst out laughing.  A nearby waiter had saw what happened and he was laughing too as he cleaned up the mess. Another time me and my friend were sitting in math class and one of my guy friends had asked to borrow my math sheet so I said yes and left to go get something from my locker. When I came back I couldn't remember where I but my math sheet and i was freaking  out when my guy friend pointed out that I lended it to him. The tacher had been out of the room and when she came back she saw me and my friend dying on the flour laughing and she gave as a confused face. When ever I do something stupid now my friend says " Family channel have a blonde moment."  People never seem to forget the silly things I do and they never let me live them down.

Blog # 3

This picture really caught my eye when I saw it, I thought it was beautiful and unique. I love the clouds and the shadows the sun creates. The contrast between light and dark is perfect, and the sense of life this picture has. Each balloon has a story to tell, I bet some of these balloons have been all over the world and the people in them have seen amazing things. All the hot air balloons in the sky reminds me of the lantern festival in the movie Tangled. The various colours of the hot air balloons are stunning, no two are the same and I love how you can see the fire burning in the big red ballon on the right, it really adds to the picture and makes that balloon stand out. Someday I hope to go on a hot air balloon ride in an exotic place especially at sunrise or sunset. You could experience the world in a different way and see sights you don't usually see. Think of all the cool pictures you could take ( like this one) and I think it would be really peaceful just to fly around in one for an hour. I wonder how skilled you have to be to operate a hot air balloon and what famous people have been in one?

Here is a poem I found about hot air balloons that I thought was cute:

Hot Air Balloons

As a child we often dream of flying
In the air so welcome and free
Just like a bird we will become
Floating like a cloud above the trees

And that is what the folks must experience
As they are up in a hot air balloon
I can just imagine the peacefulness
As carefree as the smiling moon

Colorful and joyful balloons look up there
Their passengers in a box below
Oh, I think they are a different breed
It’s a place I would so love to go

Have you ever been in a hot air balloon?
I know there are many amazing stories
I hope someday I too can be amongst
Those that feel that hot air balloon glory! 

Marilyn Lott

Blog #2

Finding money you didn't know you had is one of the best feelings in the world. It's like an unexpected gift that just makes your day. I have had many experiences in my life where I found money out of nowhere. For example I always find money when I'm cleaning my room, usually its hidden in my bookshelf or in my dresser draws. One time I found 100 bucks while cleaning my room which was obviously awesome because I was going to the mall with friends that day. Like most people I also always find money I forgot about in my winter coat. In junior high I was running to catch the bus one day so I grabbed the first jacket I could find, my friend was coming over to my house that after noon so as we were walking home I put my hands in my pockets and found 20 bucks. I was super excited becuase it was hot that afternoon and my friend and I could buy slurpees.Another time my sister and I were at Dairy Queen and she asked me to hold on to her change for her because she had no pockets,I forgot about it and years later I found it when she asked to borrow money from me. I thought was funny because she was actually using her own money. I also frequently find money in purses I haven't used in a while, I found 5 gift cards and some coupons once when I was cleaning out my purses.  Finding money is awesome especially if you didn't know it was there. These little surprises can make your day and put a smile on your face.

Blog #1

My name is Shae Solinger and the main thing you need to know about me is that I love to sing and that choir is my life. I sing in the Cantare Childrens Choir which is one of the best choirs in Calgary. We get invited to many places each year like events for the mayor and organizations like Child Find. Being in this choir has also provided me with many amazing opportunities. Our choir has gotten many chances to sing with the CPO, for example I have sung the Lord of the Rings Symphony once, St Matthews Passion once, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 4 times . This year we get to premiere a piece called the Afghanistan Requiem which is about the war in Afghanistan. This piece has been specially written for our choir and I'm very excited to sing it. But probably the most exciting experience I have had while being in the choir is singing for Queen Elizabeth II at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, that was truely a once in a life time opportunity. I am also known as an animal lover. I have always liked animals and someday I hope to work with panda's or other exotic animals. I loved swimming with seas turtles in the Caribbean and someday I hope to swim with dolphins. One of my favourite memories is going to Harry Potter World and Disney World in Florida, the rides were awesome and the Harry Potter ride was probably the best ride there.  Choir is pretty much my life and when I have the time I get to do other amazing things too.