FIX.

maybe

2012-01-23T15:19:00.000-08:00

what if they were polar bears?

yes - they are cows. but what if?

extreme makeover - blog edition

2011-12-22T10:05:00.000-08:00

first, sorry it's been so long since I last posted. it seems like i (along with everyone else) have been really busy lately. but now since we're off for 2 weeks (hallelujah!) i only have polo every day. which is still a hassle, but it gives me a reason to not stay in my pj's all day long.

second, do you like the new look? i decided we needed a change. people change; why not blogs too? :)

still the same inside, though.

yours in changing,

reiles

quiet

2011-09-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

so i'm thinking about taking down my blog with my poetry on it, called "i will not be silent," hence the title of this post. i haven't gotten any responses or anything of the sort on there as i had hoped to. i also realized that if i want to share a poem of mine with anyone, i could just show her. or him. or, i could put it up here.

i haven't yet decided whether i should leave it up there & simply not check on it, or just take it down altogether. we shall see.

just a heads up.

semper tibi,

reiles

B.B. King - Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Rock Me Lord

2011-08-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

welcome to black music.

i think i wore out the replay button on this one.

be sure to turn your volume way up :)

yours in swinging,

reiles

question of the day

2011-08-08T11:27:00.000-07:00

how do cats know that rubbing your thumb and index finger together means "come here, kitty" ?

who tells them?

yours,

reiles

love has found me

2011-06-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

where did they get to sound like this? here listen to it. then i'm done for today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ecc-QG5VLzM

i know, right? :)

stronger

2011-06-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

"strong enough" by matthew west

you must

you must think i'm strong

to give me what i'm going through

well, forgive me

forgive me if i'm wrong

but this looks like more than i can do

on my own

i know i'm not strong enough to be

everything that i'm supposed to be

i give up

i'm not strong enough

hands of mercy, won't you cover me?

Lord, right now i'm asking You to be

strong enough

for the both of us

well, maybe

maybe that's the point

to reach the point of giving up

'cause when i'm finally

finally at rock bottom

well, that's when i start looking up

and reaching out

i know i'm not strong enough to be

everything that i'm supposed to be

i give up

i'm not strong enough

hands of mercy, won't you cover me?

Lord, right now i'm asking You to be

strong enough

'cause i'm broken

down to nothing

but i'm still holding on to one thing

You are God

and You are strong

when i am weak

i can do all things

through Christ who gives me strength

and i don't have to be

strong enough

i can do all things

through Christ who gives me strength

and i don't have to be

strong enough

i know i'm not strong enough to be

everything that i'm supposed to be

i give up

i'm not strong enough

hands of mercy, won't you cover me?

Lord, right now i'm asking You to be

strong enough

this song encouraged me the first time i heard it, and it continues to do so every time i hear it over again. it may encourage you, too, or it may say something different to you, or it may just not say anything to you at all. but it helps me.

go listen to it! :)

yours as strong enough through Christ,

reiles

aaaaaand.... we're back

2011-06-12T16:46:00.000-07:00

summer means, for me, a lot of things. the first thing that comes to mind is freedom. yes, from school (clearly) but also from schedule and constant go-go-go. it's a time to recharge yourself - in mind and soul. the school year is kind of almost a hibernation period for the soul (at least for my soul and i). the mind takes over and it's think-think-think, brain-brain-brain. it's like i'm thinking too much to actually think. (i doubt that even you, sam, understood that. no offense. it's just too weird.) and so in the summer i can just let my soul go wherever it wants to take me -- for a walk, on an adventure, over the city on a cloud, or under the waves to make friends with the fishes. wherever we go, it's always somewhere meaningful in some way - typically more ways than one.

so go on, let your soul take you on an adventure. even if it's an internal adventure.

yours in _____,

reiles

for real?

2011-05-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

dude you gotta check this vid out. favorite commercial EVER? well not quite. but maybe second favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C_CDLBTJD4M

yours in.... something,

reiles

ps. first favorite = the one from during the super bowl for coca cola with the guards and stuff. funny :)

GO.

2011-04-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

"paddle!"

"i am paddling!"

"then paddle harder or you're not gonna make it!"

that was the conversation i had with my dad right as i went over the top of a wave. we were surfing last weekend and i had almost forgotten a key piece of knowledge: the waves can't see you, and even if they could, they still wouldn't stop themselves from crashing on you. fortunately, my dad doesn't forget anything and he reminded me.

when you're out there in the ocean and a wave starts coming at you, you can do one of several things. if it's not going to crash over you, you're good. you have no need to worry. but if it is going to hit you, you can do one of these things:

DO NOT just sit there parallel to the wave. because no matter where you are, you're gonna get flipped over. you have to turn so that you're perpendicular to the wave, no matter which escape method you use.

you can turtle. i don't really like to do this, but it's a last resort. you wrap your arms around your board and flip yourself over. (yes, under the water.) the wave crashes harmlessly over your board, which acts as your shield. just hold on to your board, ok?

you can try catching it and riding nicely to shore. good luck. you'd have to paddle REALLY HARD in order to get up to speed quick enough.

ditch the board and swim to the bottom of the ocean (or just as far down as you can get) you will want to have your leash securely attached to both your ankle and the board for this one, because that way you can use it to pull yourself back up to the surface.

the best option is to paddle STRAIGHT toward that big black wall of water - no matter how scary it looks. that way you should just go right over the top of the wave, as if it's a ramp.

so i was going over this in my head a while ago and i figure it's a bit like life. the wave is your problem or obstacle, and in order to get over it you have to go straight towards it - no hesitation, no questions. so from now on, that's what i'm gonna do. and i won't look back.

yours in paddling ever on,

reiles

dear God, . . . love, kids

2011-04-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

kids make my day.

yours,

reiles

march 24th

2011-03-25T10:09:00.001-07:00

healed.

always yours,

reiles

134

2011-03-08T15:15:00.001-08:00

i went to the doctors' office on monday to get something looked at. (i refuse to talk about it online though. sorry. its nothing to worry about. i gotta go back in this friday to get some test thing done.) so they weighed me and took my temperature and pulse and all that fun stuff. you know what i found out? i weigh 134 pounds. woah! the nurse lady (nice gal) seemed surprised. i've been told i'm heavier than i look. so. i don't really know where exactly i was going with that. i got a kick out of it though. mom says muscle weighs more than fat, so i guess i'm basically just 134 pounds of muscle. don't mess with me.

yours in laughing,

reiles

all we really need to know

2011-02-27T19:02:00.000-08:00

"all i really need to know i learned in kindergarten"

most of what i really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, i learned in kindergarten.

wisdom was not found at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at Sunday school.

these are the things i learned:

share everything.

play fair.

don't hit people.

put things back where you found them.

clean up your own mess.

don't take things that aren't yours.

say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

wash your hands before you eat.

flush.

warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

live a balanced life.

learn some and think some and draw and pain and sing and dance and play and work some everyday.

take a nap every afternoon.

when you go out in to the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

be aware of wonder.

remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we're all like that.

goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. so do we.

and then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK.

everything you need to know is in there somewhere.

the Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology and politics and sane living.

think of what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets of a nap.

or if all governments had a basic policy to always putthings back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

and it is still true, no matter how old you are: when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

--thus, by robert fulghum

hello sunshine

2011-01-30T15:49:00.000-08:00

so nice to see you again.

you're SO BRIGHT after the rain - blindingly bright.

it was beautiful, the rain was. pictures are to come.

the sun shining on the raindrops on the plants outside my window remind me of the morning.

but it's four in the afternoon.

that's kinda cool if you ask me :)

rain makes me so very happy.

it makes the grass greener,

the sun brighter,

the flowers more good-smelling,

the pictures more worth-while,

and above all

it makes me want to sing.

yours in wanting rain,

reiles

"i'm singing in the rain, i'm singing in the rain..."

black sunset

2011-01-23T08:51:00.001-08:00

a few weeks ago there was a beautiful sunset. it was filled with color and clouds.

my friend took a picture of it - but not of the color. he took a picture of right after the color vanished, when the clouds were black and the sky was barely lighter.

it reminded me to look at other points of view, aside from my own.

where's yours?

yours in viewing,

reiles

(one) winging it

2010-12-27T09:15:00.000-08:00

"we are each of us angels with one wing, and we can only fly by embracing each other" -Luciano de Crescenzo

and all this time i'd been trying to fly solo. perhaps this is why i haven't been able to get very far?

so i was looking for my other wing and now i believe i have an idea of where to find it (in the sky, where else?) i just need this other wing to know it is needed.

yours in winging it,

reiles

underwater breaths

2010-12-26T19:56:00.000-08:00

weeks ago at practice, Coach gave us what he calls Progressive Underwaters. of course, he did not let us know that they would be progressive; he simply shouted to us, "you only have four breaths to get across the pool. go!" i don't need any breaths to swim a length of the pool, so i only used one breath during that trip. upon seeing that all eight of us there had successfully reached the opposite end of the pool, Coach yelled "again!" (sounds sweet, doesn't he? -_-) so I swam, again only using one breath. we continued to do this with for breaths for a grand total of four times. after those four laps, we had three more - this time with three breaths each. after those three, we progressed to two laps with two breaths each. then two laps with one breath each. and finally, one lap with no breaths whatsoever. around my fourth of fifth lap of using only one of my offerered breaths, my breain kicked in and told me to breathe more. (i've had experiences of being physically unable to breathe, and i swore to myself that i would never go through that again) so after that i used every single breath i was given.

going back and thinking about that lovely day, i made a connection. every breath is a second chance. use it well. we're not here for forever.

yours in breathing deep underwater,
reiles

dismantle. (repair).

2010-12-17T12:54:00.000-08:00

you must be soar before you soar.

an extremely close friend of mine once said to me, "You just want to be free. Don't you, Reily?" and i could not believe that she knew. i had always known i did, but i kept to myself and told no one. (the birds knew, of course. they know everything.) but my friend is right. i do want to be free. i long to soar on wings like eagles.

but i need to learn to fly before i learn to soar.

and that will probably hurt some.

i have a lot of random aches and cuts and things of the sort. i honestly do not know where they all come from. so therefore, i cannot help but think: is God literally dismantling me to repair me sometime soon? and then i begin to wonder: or is this simply a preparation for something yet to come...? i suppose i will not possibly know during this time here, but i will hope to find out.

i do know that someday, sooner or later,

i will soar.

yours in trying to soar,

reiles

raindrops on windshields

2010-12-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

it's raining and we are driving places.

I watch the raindrops crawl up the windshield, pushed by the wind, and start thinking. (I can't help it) I end up thinking about We the People of the Human Race. about how we are somewhat like the raindrops stuck on the windshield.

free-fall out of the clouds, soar helplessly through space and time. we finally hit this new Windshield (our lives) and begin the Ascent: some slowly, others crooked, few quickly. upon reaching the top, we sail utterly straight across the roof of the car (ascent to Heaven). when we get to the edge of the car we fly freely, peacefully, through the air (Heaven).

yours in watching raindrops,

reiles

FIX

2010-11-18T17:57:00.000-08:00

FIX.

if you are one of those special persons who tends to notices all the monotonous minutia (minutia: noun. trivial matters of something; tiny details) in life, you just may have noticed that the name of my blog has changed slightly. i'll be changing it completely in about a week from Dive Into Life, to FIX.

not because i personally am the FIX, but because a lot of things in this world do need fixing. so i'm giving the world my take on it. i know i can't FIX the world alone, but i can FIX myself alone. so while i focus on FIXing myself, i'll continue to have tremendous thoughts (sorry, Joe, i stole your phrase) on life. and as i have them i will share them with you in hopes of inspiring something to go off in this world.

something that will perhaps cause people to join and conquer, rather than divide and conquer. conquer the apathy and stand-off-ish-ness that i see when i look around at school.

something that will reach across the seas to the sad widow or the hungry orphan and let them know there is hope in the Lord's strong hands.

something that will inspire.

inspire souls to express themselves through art - on paper and on canvases and in song and in poetry, not on buildings.

inspire souls to turn these fists into arms that reach.

will you agree to help me in this FIX?

yours in FIXing,

reily

corners

2010-11-14T15:20:00.000-08:00

i am almost 40 miles away from my next destination.

the car is stopped on a street corner.

i see a man.

i see his eyes are somewhat young.

but i see his face is weathered from standing on street corners for so long.

he is holding a cardboard sign, more weathered than his face.

i strain to read it and the words break my heart.

a tear slips unnoticed down my cheek.

the sign reads:

"homeless.
need help.
JUST RUN ME OVER."

i want to do something somehow.

to reach him somehow.

to help him somehow.

to let him know that he is loved.

my parents say that he could be dangerous.

i would be willing to take that chance.

to let him know that he is loved.

but i cannot.

my parents, my guardians, my controllers, will not allow me.

this is what brings me down.

breaks me into tiny pieces.

but how could i possibly help?

i am only one person.

these people, these stories, are here.

in L.A.

surrounding me.

surrounding us.

but how many people have passed them by -

without even a glance, much less a thought?

what could i alone possibly do?

are you ready?

i cannot do this alone.

i need you.

yours in the Corner,

Reily

Mindless.....

2010-08-04T09:02:00.000-07:00

"Of all the things I've lost, the thing I miss most is my mind."
-Mark Twain

Anyone agree?

Yours in Mindlessness,
Reily

Shaver Lake:)

2010-08-02T18:22:00.000-07:00

last week (Sunday through Saturday) we went to Shaver Lake with like 5 other families. final count:
3 boats,
5 families,
32 people,
2 tents,
3 RVs,
4 badly stubbed toes,
1 possibly broken toe,
3 people throwing up,
1 gashed knee,
1 fever,
1 hyper-extended knee,
6 people climbing up a slippery waterfall just for the heck of it,
24 sore necks,
and
0 BLOWOUTS or FLAT TIRES! (that's a new record for us)

i added something new to my list of water sports. i've already got swimming, water polo, surfing, knee boarding, boogie boarding, water skiing, body boarding, and WAKEBOARDING!

it was SO MUCH FUN.

on Friday night, everyone made Shaver Rolls. that's an invention of my dear friends who are now in Oregon. they're made from the dough of Phillsbury rolls, cooked over the campfire for about 10 minutes, dipped in melted butter, and rolled around in cinnamon-sugar ...SO DELICIOUS...

that's all from Shaver.

yours in Wakeboarding and Shaver Rolls,
Reily

playlist.com

2010-07-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

hey all,
last week i found this absolutely awesome website called
www.playlist.com
it's really cool. and free ;) basically you just register there with a username and login and password and all that fun stuff. then you get to create a playlist with all your favorite songs on it. and since you have to register on the site, you can connect with other people on it. it's really cool. check it out!

yours in Playlist-ing,
ReilySmiley

well...IT'S UP!

2010-07-17T12:41:00.000-07:00

woohoo!
and now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've been waiting for...
i am announcing the arrival of my NEW BLOG!! the one with the poems. there aren't any poems on it yet, I'll post some later.
go to it at...
www.ReilysRamblings.blogspot.com
woohoo!

yours in Posting,
ReilySmiley

water polo addict

2010-07-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

HELLO WORLD

so me and meika (awesome gal down the street) went down the block to CVS/pharmacy to get some ice cream a couple days ago. so after a little bit of the usual idle girl chatter, she asked me "so, are you addicted to anything right now? like a new show or something?" and i said "no, not that i can think of. but i know that you are a new addict to LOST!" and she was says "yeah...guilty as charged...i've gotten through three seasons in just a week!" (woooooow...) so then she said "but wait, i do know something that you're addicted to! WATER POLO!!"
yes, i am fortunately addicted to water polo. that is not a bad thing people! trust me.
here, i'll explain. some people are addicted to drugs, so that in turn keeps them away from sports. well, i am addicted to water polo, which in turn keeps me away from drugs. so, water polo is both my drug and my anti-drug at the same time.
make any sense? any at all?
well, boys and girls, that's all for now.
and remember ... GET ADDICTED TO A SPORT! ... and yes, Chrissy, choir IS a sport ;)
peas out,
reilySMILEY

new blog in consideration?

2010-06-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

so
as some of you know, i'm into writing poetry, and also lyrics. for those of you who don't, well there's a surprise around every corner of me ;)
in order to try to get some of these published or something, i'm thinking of creating a new blog - just for my poetry. i'm hoping that the name will somehow get circulated around to someone who has some type of a connection, or to someone who might be able to give me some feedback or pointers or something.
i am wondering what you think!
feedback please?
ReilySmiley

R.E.I.L.Y.

2010-06-20T15:57:00.001-07:00

sooo...
my sis just said something really funny.
she said that she thought of a new title for my blog.
she goes,

"it should be called 'Really Energetic In Life - Yeah' because it spells REILY"

so yeah we started cracking up:)
hahahaha.
bye
ReilySmiley

a lone vagabond

2010-06-19T19:53:00.000-07:00

hey

so i learned a new word the other day...it's called vagabond. the dictionary definition of this new word is "one who does not have a fixed home." ...like a nomad.

i think this applies to my life in two ways:

1. because i'm always moving around in search of that perfect wave.

and

2. because i don't have a permanent home here on this earth until HE calls me home to Heaven. (HE being God).

okay, just wanted to share with you.

later,

ReilySmiley:)

banquet! (bank-wet)

2010-06-11T14:59:00.000-07:00

hey!

last Thursday (i know, i'm late in writing this) the CHHS swim team had our banquet (hence, "bank-wet"). it was really fun! i got to go to a country club (ooohh fancy) and i had to dress up and everything! haha i didn't know which fork to use... :) i figured it out though. smart.

so remember how, back when swim season started, i told you about how i wanted to letter in my freshman year? well...

I LETTERED!! woohoo! my coach started to describe a girl who "was kind of quiet in the beginning, you wouldn't really notice her at first, but she surprised us with some amazing times and we had to bump her up to Varsity." at this point i heard whispers all around the room saying "reily. it's reily." and i was still so surprised when Coach said my name! so that made me really happy :D

so, on other happiness topics, i FINALLY finished my freshman year!! im a SOPHMORE now! wooo! oh, and random fact for you: sophmore actually means wise fool! hahaha so now i'm an oxymoron myself ... i think that could be a compliment ... oh i'll take it as one anyway.

well ... my purely, blonde-hair-blue-eyed Irish sister says HELLO WORLD.

yep, that's all.

goodbye for now,

ReilySmiley:)

Bumper Stickers Make Me Smile:)

2010-05-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

hey there,

so we got an email the other day that made me smile...it was pretty funny. it was a list of some bumper stickers seen on cars at military bases. (some of them, you might not get if you don't speak Military. just leave a Comment)

"Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism,WAR has Never Solved Anything."

" U.S. Marines - Certified Counselors to the 72 Virgins Dating Club."

" U.S. Air Force - Travel Agents To Allah"

"Stop Global Whining"

"When In Doubt, Empty The Magazine"

"Naval Corollary: Dead Men Don't Testify."

"The Marine Corps - When It Absolutely, Positively Has To BeDestroyed Overnight"

"Death Smiles At Everyone - Marines Smile Back"

"Marine Sniper - You can run, but you'll just die tired!"

"What Do I Feel When I Kill A Terrorist? A Little Recoil"

"Marines - Providing Enemies of America an Opportunity To Die For their Country Since 1775"

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It"

"Happiness Is A Belt-Fed Weapon"

"It's God's Job to Forgive Bin Laden - It's Our Job To Arrange The Meeting."

"Artillery Brings Dignity to What Would Otherwise Be Just AVulgar Brawl"

"One Shot, Twelve Kills - U.S. Naval Gun Fire Support"

"My Kid Fought In Iraq So Your Kid Can Party In College"

"Machine Gunners - Accuracy By Volume"

"A Dead Enemy Is A Peaceful Enemy - Blessed Be The Peacemakers"

" 'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the U.S. ARMED FORCES don't have that problem .' ...Ronald Reagan"

SO TRUE, RIGHT?

season almost over?! whaaaaaat??

2010-05-02T20:12:00.000-07:00

hiya!

sooo...i've been kinda busy for a little while...ok scratch that. a long while. it's been what, since swim season started? hehe...sorry about that...alright, so remember how i had a goal of lettering? well, i had an issue. i discovered that i have tendonitis in the rotator cuff of my left shoulder...and probably something else in my deltoid muscle of the same arm. so i was out of the water for a couple weeks:( so sad. i missed out on like three varsity meets. so by the time i was back in we only had three league meets left and then finals. i've gotta swim in four varsity league meets and two finals in order to get a letter. eh, well i look at it this way: at least i made Varsity during my freshman year! and season'll be over in like two weeks!

well i just realized something. my past couple posts have been all about swim...and of course polo haha. so enough about that, i've got a bunch of stories.

#1: i'm at Brooke's place right now. basically baby sitting, but not getting paid:P yeah...we've got like eight kids here. LOUDNESS! Brooke just changed a reeeeeaaaaaaallllllllllyyyyyy dirty diaper. yuck.

#2: today after church, we went to wal-mart and went to the hulahoop section (i know, says a lot about my friends right?) so i was hulahooping and it fell, so i picked it up and i was just kinda rolling the hulahoop back and forth and whatnot. then this employee guy comes over and takes it out of my hand with a gruff "i'll take that." i was sad:(

#3: a couple weeks ago, my team had an intersquad meet. we just divided into two different teams, the Pirates and the Ninjas. my team was the Pirates. we didn't keep score, so i dunno who won. anyway, we dressed up as pirates (the ninjas team dressed up as ninjas, duh) and so afterwards no one had anything to do so we all went out in our pirates outfits and saw the Spy Next Door at the cheap-o theatre. very funny looks we got from people :D

well that's all for now. later!

Smiley:D

polo season over, swim season starts

2010-02-20T18:06:00.000-08:00

hey dudes and dudettes:)

so a week or two ago, my water polo season ended. then, a few days later, swim season started. so we really didn't get much time for resting. but it's all good. if we had any more time than that, we would have started to lose some of our strength. kinda crazy how fast you lose it, eh? but anyway, we've had about a week of practices now, and the other night, my coach Chaylene gave me some great encouragement. well, actually she was talking to my mom, but my mom told me everything afterwards. she said that she can already tell that I am one of the hardest workers on the team, and so she has me practicing with Varsity! me, a freshman!:D and also, she said that she might have me compete at a Varsity level! I mean, not up against the swimming powerhouses like Ayala, but still! she said that I have a chance of lettering! as a Freshman! not many people can do that, you know. so of you know me very well, you already know that I like to do what isn't expected of someone my age or size. so I now have a newfound goal of competing at a Varsity level and receiving a letter for my letterman jacket. yay!

well that's all. I'll let you know how my goal goes!!

later,

REILYsmiley:)

news, news...

2010-01-13T19:43:00.000-08:00

okay, so Tuesday, we had a game against Glendora HS. but we had a bit of a problem...they didn't bring their JV team because they thought we didn't have one...so, me and my team (i also refer to them as "my girls" i don't know why but i just do) played Glendora's varsity team. and we had that game in the bag until about the end of the third quarter! i'm not too sure what exactly happened, but i'm guessing it was a combo of a couple things. anywho, the final score was Chino Hills JV-9, Glendora Varsity-11. not too shabby, eh?:)

in other happenings, heard about the Haiti earthquake? yeah, my dad's been deployed to go fly out people who are supposed to help. so he won't be gone long though. only like a week. for those of you who don't know (or forgot), my dad is in the Air Force Reserves, and i'm VERY proud of him. so don't go dissing on the Air Force man!

and also i've got this chest cold right now, so it's really annoying because i keep coughing in class and bugging peoples...embarassing... *-*

but that's about it i guess.

later!:)

{H2OpoloFever}

wishing all a belated merry christmas/happy new year!

2010-01-01T18:12:00.000-08:00

hey,

sorry i haven't written for a while. my grandparents on both my parents' sides were here, so I was kept busy. I just wanted to say merry Christmas & happy New Year:) okay that was just a quick update. i'll post more some other day.

later,

{H2OpoloFever}

first game of the season!

2009-12-04T13:44:00.000-08:00

yesterday (Thursday) my water polo team had our first game of the season. and we won, 9-5!! we played don lugo. coach put me in a new position called sprinter. At the start of each period, teams line up on their own goal line. Three players go to both sides of the goal; the goalkeeper starts in the goal. At the referee's whistle, both teams swim to midpoint of the field (known as the sprint or the swim-off); the referee drops the ball near the side of the pool. The first team to recover the ball becomes the attacker until a goal is scored or the defenders recover the ball. After a goal is scored, the teams line up anywhere within their halves of play, but usually along the midpoint of the pool. Play resumes when the team not scoring the goal puts the ball in play by passing it backwards to a teammate. i was the gal who swims to the ball & then tosses it over to someone on her team. my family & my friends Jimmy & Chad (they're on the boys' water polo team) were there, too. Jimmy said that i won his respect by being the sprinter:) so that's pretty cool. haha. well i gotta run now, i'll update some other time.

bye-bye!

{H2OpoloFever}

Disneyland!

2009-11-23T13:53:00.000-08:00

so, on Friday we went to Disneyland. i got to drag along my best friend, Brooke. we had a blast! we stayed there until like 11:00. and we watched the fireworks. and then it "snoaped" on us. "snoap" is the So. Cali version of snow...well actually, it's just a bunch of little soap bubbles:) it's fun anyway. even though the drive home was only like 30 or 45 minutes, we were all zonked in the back of the car! (in case you have no idea what "zonked" means, when i say it i mean fast asleep) gotta go now.

bye!

{H2OpoloFever}

hey, i'm a swimmer. it's just what i do

2009-11-21T16:57:00.000-08:00

Swimmers revolve around the pool like the earth revolves around the sun.

H2O: Two parts heart. One part obsession.

Swimmers: We make mermaids cower in fear.

I'm now waterproof.

7 days without pratice makes one weak.

Swimming is a 90% mental sport...no wonder we're all insane.

I swim, therefore I exist.

A swimmers biggest thrill...Thunder Storms...

We swim for laughter, we swim for tears, we swim for madness, we swim for fears. we swim for hopes, we swim for screams...for we are the swimmers who create the dreams...

A heart of a swimmer beats only under a swimsuit.

Swimmers do more flips in one practice then cheerleaders do in a liftime.

I get up at four in the morning, I go to practice, I go to school, I go home, I go to bed. And you think I have time to go out with you?

When global warming floods the planet, swimmers will rule the world.

Normal is only a speed on your washing machine.

I can't fly but I can swim, and that's the next best thing! Water is my sky.

{H2OpoloFever}

Long Time No Update...Sorry, My Bad...

2009-11-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

hey hey hey!

sorry i haven't posted for a while... been pretty busy. i have church every Sunday, school everyday (no kidding!), polo practice every weekday, youth group every Wednesday, guitar every Friday, and a polo game every Saturday... i think that's it... so anyway, i'm really liking polo. you know what i say, i love a challenge! :)

gotta go now.

adios for now!

{H2OpoloFever}

Week One in School: So Far, So Good

2009-09-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Hi again,

I started school at CHHS Monday, the 31st...haven't gotten lost yet, and that's always a good thing:) Public school is so different from homeschool! The people are nice, for the most part. I like most of my teachers, too:) A few of them even go to my church!

Being freshmen and all, we don't have a table in the shade yet. We eat on a bench, sometimes stealing the shade from the upper class men. Ha! When I say "we" I mean the CVCC group from my church. (Hi guys!)

I'm actually in my computer class right now...Mr. Thomas is pretty chill dude.

I gotta go now: class is almost over.

Have a great day!

<3,

{H2OpoloFever}

HELLO AGAIN!

2009-08-22T11:04:00.001-07:00

Hola!

Sorry I haven't been able to write for a while. I've been at Hume Lake with my church for a week. Words can't even begin to describe how awesome that was. It's SO beautiful and clear up there! One night, I just sat on the dock and watched the stars and moon come out. Wow - I was completely awestruck as I looked out over the lake and watched the mountains around and beyond the lake slowly blend into the night sky. After seeing that, I wondered how anyone could possibly watch something like that and still not know the Lord. I also witnessed 2 of my friends give their lives to Jesus. Congrats, girls if you're reading this!

I have to go now.

Adios 'til next time!

{H2OpoloFever}

WELCOME!!

2009-08-09T18:47:00.000-07:00

Hola!

My name is Reily. This is my first blog and I'm SO excited! Let me tell you about myself...

I'm a 13-going-on-14-year-old girl and going into CHHS. Right alongside me are my two best friends, Brooke and Mikaela. I'm SO excited! I was homeschooled by my mom during junior high, so this'll be my first public school im 2 years. At the end of that period of time, my mom gave me a high school verse...kinda like a life verse, except it's just for high school. It's 1st Corinthians 16:13, and it goes like this: "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong." It's on my notebook. :)

Anywho, I'm taking the CHADDAC academy at CHHS this year, and so far I only know 1 or 2 people who will be in that, so if you happen to stumble across this blog and ARE doing that, PLEASE tell me! :)

I'll be on the water polo team there at CHHS and possibly the swim team. (That's why my signature is H2OpoloFever)

And by the way, yes - I am a Christian and proud of it in case you were wondering. :)

I guess that's all. Bye for now and have a blessed day!

{H2OpoloFever}