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Monday, April 03, 2006

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:31:54 GMT

Oh my goodness...
Right now I am sitting in my Uncle's apartment in Greenwich Village in the heart of New York City.
Jenna Claywell and Sarah and I flew here last Friday and we are having so much fun!
We went to the Metropolitan, Central Park, and Times Square to name a few of the things we've done. And-
We went to see "RENT" on Broadway!!!! It was amazing! We took so many pictures and we got a picture with Roger and Mark and we got autographs from Mimi, Angel, and Roger and Mark. it was so awesome!
Today, we are going to go to Rockefeller Plaza, The Empire State Building, and probably go on the Circle Line Tour...
Tomorrow, we are going to Ground Zero and go shopping...Then we are flying back to Cleveland.
Wow-I am having the time of my life! I LOVE it here!
Ok, well I am going to get going. We have a lot to do still...
Love you all!
~Anna-Kate~

Monday, March 06, 2006

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:48:58 GMT

WE'RE GOING TO NEW YORK CITY!!!!

Oh my goodness! I can't believe it! It is now official that in 26 days Sarah and I are flying out to NYC for a whirlwind adventure around the Big Apple!

We are going to spend 5 thrilling days in New York City with my Uncle Pat who lives there. He said he would take us to a Broadway show and we'll see everything!

Well, I can't write any more-have to go to sleep (Don't know how that's going to happen-I'm so excited!)

All my love,

~Anna-Kate~

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:07:22 GMT

Hola my Homies!

So-I'm sitting here in T.A. and I'm soo hyper!

I have nothing to do and I'm having a fun time being stupid!

So...don't have much time, but I just want to say a few things...

First-a shoutout to Courtney, Natalie, and all my other Columbus Buddies!! I Love you!

And also-HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY to my little sister JULIA!!!! I love you so much!!!

Love you all!

~Anna-Kate~

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:20:32 GMT

^That's where I work! Hehe...

Hello all!

How are you today? I am really hyper!! Hehe....

I just got back from work...SO fun! I love it there! We always have so much fun! We pretty much never have to do anything hard and our boss loves us so, yeah...It's awesome!

Anyway-yesterday we had our pep rally...it was great! Our cheerleading routine went really well , and everybody loved our Dance Team dance! It was SWEET!

Go JUNIORS!!! The Junior class is officially the best! We won everything for Winter Carnival! We won the Wall decorations and Amateur Hour, so we ended up winning the whole week title! We are so great! Hehe...we have won every time (Homecoming and Winter Carnival) since we've been in high school! That's 6 times! Class of 2007 rocks!

Anyway-Jenna is here so I should go...we are going to go watch movies and sleep! Yippee!

Everyone enjoy the rest of their weekend!

~Anna-Kate~

P.S. Rest in Peace Dominic Brown...

A 10th grade student in my high school took his own life on Tuesday night...All I could think about was Ryan and December 17th...I don't know what to say...I still can't understand why someone would do that...I don't think I ever will...

Here's a little something I found...thought you might like it!

If you can remember most or all of these
then you have lived in the 90's!...

Remember when....

*Before the MySpace frenzy.
*Before the Internet & text messaging.
*Before Sidekicks & iPods.
*Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.
*Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night.
*When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
*When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
*When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
*When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off
our walkmans.

Way back......

*Tag.
*Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.
*Red Light, Green Light.
*Heads Up 7 Up.
*Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until the street lights came on.
*Hopskotch.
*Slip-n-Slides.
*Tree Houses.
*Mother May I?
*Red Rover.
*Four Square.
*Hula Hoops.
*The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.
*Running through the sprinklers.
*Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
*Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

Wait....

*Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter.
*Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.
*The original Power Rangers

Or what about...

*The Secret Life of Alex Mac.
*Ren & Stimpy.
*Double Dare.
*Salute Your Shorts
*Rocko's Modern Life.
*AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.
*Wild & Crazy Kids.
*Clarissa Explains it All.
*Are You Afraid of the Dark?
*The original 'All That' cast members.
*Keenan & Kel.
*Who could forget Snick? And Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

*Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Not finished yet...

*Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
*Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
*Class field trips.
*When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.
*When getting high was swinging on the swingset.
*When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
*When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
*When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

Go back to the time when...

*Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
*Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'
*'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
*Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.
*It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
*Being old referred to anyone over 20.
*A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like
winning the lottery.
*The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
cooties.

*It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the 'big people'
rides at the fair.
*When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
*When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

What happened to those days...

*Nobody was prettier than Mom.
*Nobody was cooler or stronger than Dad.
*Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

These are the days when you had a blast being a kid...

*sighs* I miss those days..........

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:14:51 GMT

Hola!

Hehe...I'm really hyper right now, can you tell?

I am sitting in English and I'm really bored! Today is Sharpie day and I signed Carrie's boob and Rachel's boob!!!

I am really excited and nervous about tomorrow...it is our pep rally, and we are doing a dance for Dance Team and a routine for Cheerleading. We stayed late yesterday to work on it, and we should stay late today, but a lot of people, including me, have to work tonight. You know what that means! Morning Practice tomorrow! JOY!

Anyway-I just have to say that my Mom is the coolest person ever! I love her so much! She does everything she can for us and she never complains. Like the other night, she came to visit us at work and we just sat and talked! It was so fun and so great to see her there after 5 hours of working!

And she came to our game on Tuesday! It was at Olivet. It was a very exciting game-they were state champs last year and we lost by only 2 points! A shot right at the buzzer! We were so mad...

Anyway-I am supposed to be working on my English essay...it is due Monday and it has to be like 5 pages! I should probably get started on it, shouldn't I?

Love you all!

~Anna-Kate~

P.S. Rent is officially my FAVORITE MOVIE EVER! I have seen it like a billion times already and know every word to every single song and it's not even out of theaters yet! I know-I'm wierd...Hehe

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:01:24 GMT

...............

I really don't know what to say.....

Giulia is officially gone-forever.

I miss her so much. She left about 2 hours ago, and I haven't stopped crying.

Everything reminds me of her-the computer with her pictures on the screen, her empty bathroom sink, and her empty room. Before she left-I was thinking of how nice it would be to have my room back. But I can't sleep in there now--there's no way...

I can't believe she's gone. I love her so much.

Giulia-I love you and I hope you have a safe trip home...

I'll watch for you on the TV during the Olympics! Thank you for everything you did for us!

I love you and I will never forget you or our friendship...

~Anna-Kate~

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:36:39 GMT

Hey guys!

I am so happy right now! Guess where I am?

Walt Disney World!!!

Wow...I am having the best time of my life! It's so amazing! We have used 4 cameras already! And we only have 12 pictures left on the last one. Looks like we're buying another camera!

It's so warm here! I have been walking around outside in shorts and t-shirts and swimming every day! Everything is so green here! And there has been clear blue skies almost every day since we've been here!

We've been to every park at least once, and we've done so much!

And last night-it was so great! We went to a dinner where you had to make reservations a while ago. And then we got a VIP dessert gathering and front row spots for the "Illuminations" fireworks show at Epcot! It was so beautiful!

And everything here is over the top! Nothing is done half-way. There's nothing else like it in the world!

And the last time I came here was 6 years ago when I was only 11. So really all I wanted to do was ride the rides and play. But it's so nice here now. I'm noticing things I have never noticed before. It's all so amazing!

I am going to buy a photo album before I leave and then make a big scrapbook when I get back to Cleveland. I saved all our pins, ticket stubs, and a lot of receipts from all the fun things we've done! And we have some great stories!!!

Well, it would take me 2 days to write everything we have done, and I don't want to waste this beautiful day!

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!

Happy Holidays everyone!

I just can't believe how great this is! I am so happy! I don't know how I could ever be in a bad mood again after this! Everyone here is in such a good mood all the time! It's impossible to be mad when Mickey or Goofy walks up to you and starts dancing with you in the middle of the park! It's such a wonderful atmosphere...It's so amazing!

"Disney...Celebrating 50 Years of Magic...The Happiest Celebration on Earth!"

I should go...we are going to Epcot again to ride some rides and go around the world!

I love you all! Have a very Merry Christmas!

~Anna-Kate~

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:05:41 GMT

Bless the Broken Road was one of Ryan's favorite songs...

I can't believe it's been a year. I remember it like it was yesterday...

365 days ago, my cousin and friend, Ryan, killed himself.

(If you don't know what I am talking about, you can read my entry about it written on December 27th, 2004)

I love you and miss you so much Ryan... I can't stop thinking about you.

I wish I could talk to you or laugh with you just one more time...

I think about you every second of every day.

And right now I am at your house, talking with Conor and sitting in your computer chair--missing you just as much as I missed you 1 year ago. I stare out at your pool and the empty space where the trampoline used to be and I recall thousands of memories from years and years of summers together. And I look at the stairs and remember how we used to slide down them in blankets until we smashed a hole in the wall! Then I look over to the kitchen table and remember all our breakfasts, our lunches, and our dinners there together-celebrating birthdays and holidays with Gram's special cakes, or just eating together like we did thousands of times. I look over to the screen door, and remember when you were sitting at the computer and you said something funny to me. I tried to be cool by saying a 'comeback' (which turned out to be lame anyway) and then I turned to walk away and ran right into the screen door! You laughed so hard! I look over to Grandma's room, and remember that it used to be your room before you moved into the basement at Thanksgiving last year-(We were actually the ones who moved you in to the basement! You were out with all the uncles helping Grandma move out of her apartment.) I look on the back of the garage door, and I see the list that you and Uncle Tom had going from your ping-pong tournaments. The last one was played on November 11th, 2004. You were so good at ping-pong! And finally, I look over to the basement stairs and see you walking up them, sleepily dragging your feet and rubbing your eyes. And your hair all messed up and you're in your pajamas. It is 1:00 pm when you finally get up, and we all laugh because we've already been up for hours as usual!

Those are just a few of the hundreds of thousands of memories I have made with you during your 17 years here on earth. I can't wait for the day when I can see you again. I love you so much and I miss you more than I can say...

Rest in Peace

Ryan O'Boyle

11/21/87 - 12/17/04

You are in our hearts and thoughts forever...

I will never forget you...

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:19:31 GMT

Hey everyone!

How are you? I'm wonderful!!

You know why?

Because it's my 17th Birthday today!!

I am so excited!

Jenna is so sweet-she got us Gas cards! (hehe!)...and flowers and cookies and candy! YAY!!!

I'm excited for tonight, too! We are making our birthday dinner-Tacos!!!! And Flautas!!! And we are having some friends over!

And in 3 days we are going to Disney World! SOOOO Pumped!

Well, I gotta go! Love you all!

~Anna-Kate~

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:50:29 GMT

"Prenuptual Agreements!"

"A Goose"

"The pen is blue! The pen is blue! The G** D*** Pen is BLUE!"

Haha! I love that movie!

Hey guys!

How is everyone?!!?

How was everyone's weekend?

Mine was GREAT!!! Friday-the Superintendent actually realized we aren't eskimos or super heroes, and gave us a SNOW DAY!!Which meant that our game was postponed to Saturday night.

Then, Sarah and I had our 17th Birthday Party on Friday night, and it was SO much fun! We had cake, ice cream, pizza, and lots of cookies! Hehe! And we played a bunch of games, and a couple of us just talked for a while. It was really nice. And Jenna smashed cake in my face (a birthday tradition) and that sparked a whole bunch of other people to get cake smashed in their faces! It was so fun!

So then on Saturday we went to Applebees for lunch and they sang to us and we got free chocolate sundaes! What else could a girl want for her birthday?!

Since we had our party-that meant cleaning the whole house and making sure it looked good. Most of it did-except our room!

So we picked up Jenna and we went to the laundromat with 9 bags of clothes to wash! hehe! We're so bad! Then we cleaned and went and got cakes (which were SO adorable!) and lots of candy and chips and pop!

Then we had to work last night from 5pm -10pm and we missed the game. But so many people missed that it wasn't a big deal. Last night at work was actually pretty fun-we were busy for about 2 1/2 hours and then it just died and we were so bored! We even blew up balloons and drew our manager's face on it and wrote Have a nice day and Bob Evans on them! Hehe!

Then we woke up at 7:40 am () to go to Dance practice, and now i'm going to go take a shower and hopefully go to the movies!

Well, I'll talk to you later! Love you all!

~Anna-Kate~

This is really, REALLY random, but I just thought of it when I was reading some of my old entries:

My little sister Laura (who just turned 4 two weeks ago today) loves to tickle us and wake us up when we're sleeping! Laura and her other little cousins used to sneak down into Ryan's room while he was sleeping. He loved to sleep late and Laura would love to tickle him and wake him up! He would always yell at them, but then start laughing because they were just too cute to stay mad at. And then they'd come walking up the stairs dragging Ryan behind them, and we'd all laugh. Laura was there with us at one of Ryan's wakes, and I remember sitting with her and talking to her. I could tell she didn't really know what was going on. It was an open-casket wake, and I remember Laura turning to me and saying, "Why is Ryan laying over there? Is he sleeping?" And then she got this mischevous smile on her face and said "Let's go get him and wake him up!" I just looked at her and didn't know what to say...