Alaina's Eye 

Grace's Eye 

My Eye 

Charity's Eye 

Whatever

I just came back from Sara Young's surprise b-day party!!! It was alot of fun and there were alot of people there. We met at Applebee's... and then Amber Wheeler drove Sara there and we surprised her, then we ate and watched the Pacer game... they won!!!! :) We all drove to the Youngs house, and Mrs. Young made really yummy cake and we opened presents ( or Sara did, I didn't, lol ) I love Friday nights because I get to go to parties! :)
Thursday was our last Biology class!!! But actually it wasn't a class, we went to Chicago for the day. Charity and Grace spent the night before at my house, we had fun but we didn't get very much sleep. I was so tired when we got home last night! But Chicago was really fun, even though the guy at the coal mine didn't believe that Liz was 21... *sigh* lol
Today was our last Worldview "class". We watched "The Village"... I love that movie but discussing it brought out that really its a bad worldview. If you want me to explain more I will. And to everyone who hasn't seen it, I highly suggest it, because its an awesome movie, even if the worldview isn't that good. I'm just agreeing and disagreeing with myself here...
I have really good news guys... even though I finished the lifeguarding class and my teacher said I had a job, I am now officially hired. They called me today and they're having a meeting next Thursday!! So now I can really say that I'm sure I'll be tanner then all of you this summer!!! lol :)

Quote of the post:
"A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home" -Source Unknown

Regeneration vs. Faith

Last post I asked the question "Which comes first, Regeneneration or Faith?" There were some differing answers so I thought I'd explain:

All men, women and children born into this world are dead in sin and incapable of doing anything to merit their salvation. If we are going to be saved, it is God who must save us. We have no power to have faith in him. Regeneration is first and after God works in us - Faith is the reward. It isn't something we choose it is something that is given to us.

Quote of the Post:
"This Gospel Transforms Lives" - My Mom

Kinda going along with this... another question:
What is your view on altar calls?

Life goes on...

This morning was Field Day. There weren't very many people there. :-( In the older girls group it was just Sara, Jessica, Abby, Lyndsi, Beth and I. We went around from all the little stations, and then at some of them, when we still had time and we were done with the event, we played " I never ". Twas very interesting..
Tonight I'm going to the Rivi to help with the "Parents Night Out" we have 50 kids signed up and there are only 4 helpers besides the 2 adults who are in charge. It should be interesting. I want to go see a movie this afternoon...
I'm in a Bible Study with Alaina Falk on Monday nights, and we've been doing a study on some of the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism. This week we were discussing the Calling of Men to Christ. I don't have time to go into alot of detail, but I have a question for all of you.

Which comes first, regeneration or faith? Explain.

Quote of the Post:
"Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie."
- Source Unknown

Poem

Lonesome
Lost and lonely,
Separtated from my only
Happy existence.
Cold inside, the warmth fading.
My heart left hating
This distance.
No longer knowing how
To continue now
With this wretched feeling.
Torn in two,
Depressed and blue.
The layers of my soul peeling.
I wish I was in a dark hole,
Hiding away like a mole.
Wanting to disappear forever.
Needing some relief,
Needing to believe
Things could be the same.

-Unknown

Busy Busy

I've had a really busy last couple days - Wednesday night was our dress rehearsal - and seriously it went really bad. Thursday I had Biology, then I spent all afternoon at Crown Hill Cemetery with Luke Long, Luke Hovee and Charity Blackwood, we were looking for leaves for our leaf collection due next week. We have to have between 15 and 20 leaves and we only got 12 leaves from our whole 3 1/2 hours there. But it was still fun. :) Afterwards we went straight to the first performance... it was AWESOME!!!!! Everyone did really well and it was so much better then Wednesday night. I even heard that Mr. Blackwood and Mr. Elder cried when I died... :)
Friday I woke up and thought - "great, I haven't done any of my WorldView" so I spent all morning on that, then we to class - twas good. Came home and had a nice long phone conversation and went straight back over to church. I would definitely say that Thursday night was better then Friday, though both were much better then Wednesday. After we cleaned up from the play, I went to over to David's... he had almost everybody over - Thanx David - it was alot of fun!!! Mary Hovee and I then went to Jessica and Sara Young's house for the night. It was a blast - Mr. Young made us Swedish Pancakes at like 2 am... then we watched Princess Diaries, and went to bed at like 4. Woke up at 7:30 and Mary and I went to church for the workday!!!
Twas all very fun and very busy - I went without stopping.
Thanx to everyone who came to my play - I hope you all enjoyed it. :) And Thanx to everyone who commented on the last post - I luv you all!!!!
Quote of the post:
No one can make you feel
inferior without your consent
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Who I am

Well... I stole this from Jae. And I think some of these answers just came because of the mood I was in, and the time of day - 4:30 am. :)

I am not: normal
I hurt: when others hurt
I love: my friends and family
I hate: sin
I hope: in God
I hear: voices in my head
I crave: coffee
I cry: alot
I always: dream
I long to: grow up
I feel alone: in this world
I listen: but I don't hear anything
I hide: where no one can find me
I drive: my friends and family crazy
I sing: and can't stop
I dance: with the wind
I search: for meaning
I feel: sad
I fail: constantly
I sleep: when my mind and body are tired
I need: a hug
I am: different
I think: because I want to do right
I exist: to glorify God in everything I do

And if you read this, please comment.. even if you only do to say hi. :)
Quote of the post:
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone."
- Anthony Burgess

Heya

Everyone needs to come to our play! The performances are Thursday, April 28 and Friday, April 29, 7 p.m. at in the new basement at 2nd RPC. If you need directions just leave me a note. And if you didn't already know - I play Beth March! :)
Tonight my dad took me out to dinner. We didn't get to go to the father/daughter banquet because I had my lifeguarding class. We went to P.F. Cheung's in Castleton. It's a really nice (and expensive) Chinese restaurant. I really liked it. Then we went to Sam's Club and walked around looking at stuff. That was fun too.
Tomorrow I'm going to my brother Andrew's special Olympics swim meet. I haven't been to one of their practices yet this season because I've had so much other stuff going on on Monday nights, though I have worked with him on some of his swimming after swim team in the mornings. His best stroke is butterfly - and he's swimming the 50 fly tomorrow.
Quote of the Post:
"Me and music. Music was always my first love. It was my first love for sure. And still is a huge part of my life." - Johnny Depp

Stuff

Swim Team started back up this week - we had a break for like 2 weeks. Morning Practices start next week. Which since we're starting back I'm gonna try to go to 2 practices a day - though I don't know how the rest of my schedule will work out. And Life Guarding started this week too, so I skipped choir on Tuesday an Wednesday to go to that. It's been interesting - there are 3 guys and 6 girls. All the girls I know either from swim team or well... I just know Jessica. Tomorrow we're going to learn CPR, which should be very interesting. And then on Monday - Chris has to rescue me and I have to really struggle and like try to drown her.... that should be fun. :)
Tonight is SONrise and I heard we're making movies or something like that. I think I'll have to sleep at least a little bit because I have class tomorrow, but its no fun if everybody else gets to stay up and you have to sleep - so I guess I'll see. Should be fun anyway. :) And I'm not going to say anymore or else I'll have nothing to update about next time. :)

Oh and I updated my links - Sorry it took me so long Sara!!! Luv ya

Quote of the post:
We will always remember.
We will always be proud.
We will always be prepared,
so we may always be free.
- Ronald Reagan

Anything is possible

Yesterday Amanda Beard - an Olympic swimmer - pulled out of the World Swimming Trials because her 200 individual medley record was broken by a 15-year-old girl. Katie Hoff of Abingdon, Md. Her time was 2 minutes 11.24 seconds. I find this so encouraging that 1) She actually made it and broke a record and 2) she's 15. I guess its also kinda discouraging, because I'm not anywhere close to that fast right now, but knowing she worked hard to get there and she did well, is motivation enough to do it too. :)

Monday I'll be downtown at the Natatorium singing the national anthem with my choir. So hopefully I'll get to see a little bit of the swimming. I would go to the whole thing, but it costs $40... and all the money I have is like pledged to a cause. :)

EDIT:
I just got back from a wonderful evening downtown at the Nat. It was very exciting, first my choir sang, and then my friend Charity Osborne and I decided to stay and watch the swimming, which was VERY cool. Afterwards we bought swim caps and waited for the swimmers to come up so we could get their autographs. And then we waited FOREVER to get Michael Phelps... but we finally did. And we also got pictures with Chairty's picture phone, which I will post as soon as she sends them to me.
The coolest part though was when I got to meet Katie Hoff. Its kinda scary to think she's the same age as me, like she's a freshman in highschool and she's actually THAT good. Well I have to go to bed now, so as soon as I get the pictures I will post them!!!!

And I have to go... I'm going shopping!!!! :)

Song of the post: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Quote of the post:
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person"

90 things

There has been thing going around on people blocs where you make a list of things that end in the number of the last two digits of your year of birth.
So here goes:
1. My name : Elizabeth Ann Cutter
2. I go by Ellie
3. I'm a Christian
4. I attend 2nd Reformed Presbyterian Church
5. I've gone there my whole life
6. My life verse is: Philippians 1:27
7. I'm the oldest of 5
8. I have three brothers and 1 sister
9. My brother has down syndrome
10. He's very special
11. Andrew 13
12. Daniel 11
13. Philip 10
14. Jessica 6
15. I love them all
16. I've been home schooled my entire life
17. I've only moved once
18. When my parents bought our house it was really messed up
19. They had to fix it all up… and we’re still sort of doing that
20. My mom fell through the ceiling
21. I live in the basement
22. I share a room with Jessica
23. We have our own bathroom
24. My favorite color is purple
25. My room is purple
26. I have a cat named Kelly
27. I've had 2 dogs
28. Both of them died
29. Snow - 2001
30. Kate - 2003
31. I went to China for 3 months
32. When I was 12
33. I climbed the great wall
34. and saw the forbidden city
35. and can still count to ten in Chinese
36. I love to swim
37. My favorite stroke is breaststroke
38. I wake up at 4:30 to go to practice
39. I swim for the Riviera Club
40. My coach is Therese Love
41. I want to be a lifeguard this summer
42. I want to go to the Olympics someday
43. I love to sing
44. I'm in the Indianapolis Children’s Choir
45. I want to try out for American Idol
46. I want to record someday
47. I love Psalms
48. I love Pop
49. and I love Country
50. I got to sing at the Fina World Championships
51. I got to see Michael Phelps in person
52. and Brandon Hanson gave me his flowers
53. I went to ECHO last year
54. My dad lead the team
55. He has gone to ECHO 3 times
56. I hate Math
57. and yes I know its important
58. I'm taking Biology with Alaina Falk
59. I've learned a lot
60. But I hate Dissections
61. I've fainted 5 times
62. At the Pulliams - I knocked myself out
63. In my kitchen
64. At the state fair - I was watching a dog getting neutered
65. Believe me - you never want to see that
66. At the Enas's - I sliced my finger
67. And then very early in the morning at my house
68. I'm in the play "Little Women"
69. I'm Beth
70. I die
71. My description is: Plays Piano, Dies
72. I played the piano for 6 years
73. But I stopped when I was 11
74. I want to start a band
75. I hate running
76. I have lots of wonderful friends
77. that I wish I could name here but that would take too long
78. I love shopping
79. And I love trying on prom dresses
80. I've been in two weddings
81. which means I've been a flower girl twice
82. for Deb Samanda
83. and for Jennie Thompson
84. I have curly hair
85. I dyed my hair
86. I love coffee
87. but I probably drink too much of it
88. I would like to be a police officer when "I grow up"
89. No, not the kind that writes tickets
90. The detective kind
And that took a long time to write out...

Congratulations!!!!!

Today is St. Paddy's Day!!!
This morning my little brother Daniel went and ran the Shamrock Run Downtown... 5 miles and his time was 40:56. He got first place in the 11 and under age group. And he received a glass beer mug... :)

On Monday our family got 12 duck eggs. Which are in incubator in my mom and dad's room. It should be fun to see them hatch, and when we have 12 little ducks running around our house, you should all come and see them. :)

EDIT: I also got a xanga site :) go here

Quote of the post:
If you're not using your smile, you're
like a man with a million dollars
in the bank and no checkbook.
•Les Giblin

Question of the post:
Should convicts be able to make money writing about their crimes?

Lifeguard Training

The Riviera Club is offering a 2 lifeguarding classes, I'll be taking one of them, though I don't know which one yet, and I thought I'd mention it to all you people. Because 1) it's a great summer job and 2) you'll have the skill through the rest of your life.
Where: The Riviera Club
When: Class 1:
April 9 10-2
April 11-14 7-9pm
April 16 10-2
April 18-21 7-9pm
Class 2:
April 25-28 7-9
April 30 10-2
May 2-5 7-9pm
May 7 10-2
Requirement: Must be 15 and have to be able to swim 500 meters (20 laps)
I would LOVE it if anybody wanted to take the class with me. :) So just call me if you are interested.

And I have more good news, my divisional swim meet went really well! I didn't make the state cut, but I made it back to finals Saturday afternoon in the 200 breaststroke and then ended up getting 6th place and receiving a medal. It was very exciting, though when I came home I was really tired... and I had to miss Allen's party. :( Sorry Allen!
Question of the post:
If your best friend forgot you owe him $100 what would you do?

B-day!!!!!

Today is Josh Groban's 24th birthday!!!!
Song of the Post: America by Paul Simon sung by Josh Groban

Life's good, I'm busy but that's always good too.... :)
Question of the Post:
Would you serve your homemade food to guests if you dropped it on the floor?

Divisionals!!!!!!

I found out this morning that I made divisional times at my last swim meet!!!! That means that I get to go to a special meet on the 4th and 5th of March. The thing about this meet is, if you make certain times you can go to state, which is another special meet, that means you could be one of the best swimmers in the state!!!! I'm swimming the 50 free and the 200 breast. I qualified in the 100 free too, but I'd have to swim it on Sunday, so I won't be swimming it. I want to invite all you people to come watch.... I'll keep you updated on what time and exactly where. :)

Fainting

This morning was interesting. I usually wake up at 4:30 am to go to swim team, which starts at 5:15. My alarm went off and I got out of bed and packed all my stuff in my swim team bag. Then I got back and in bed and thought "I can sleep for like 15 more minutes". But when I woke up it was 5:10 and so I got out of bed and ran upstairs two by two and was like "Mom, should I go, or should I not". And I felt really dizzy and then next thing I knew my head felt like it was going to explode!!!!!! She said she heard a huge thunk and then heard me scream and start crying. My mom walked me back down to bed and I didn't go swimming after all. Its been like a year since I last fainted.
What's your fainting story?
Song of the post: Wave on Wave by Pat Green

Recording and Duct Tape

This evening I got to go with the Indianapolis Children's Choir (ICC) to a recording studio in Zionsville. Mr. Leck - our director - wanted us to record a Christmas CD, with all the music we sang for our Christmas concert in December. It was a very interesting experience. For all the people out there who think recording is cool... It is awesome!!!! Except when you're squished in a room with 200 other kids. :) After 4 hours of recording, I am excited for the CD to come out.
I don't know how many people get the newspaper or read "let it out", but on Wednesday somebody had this awesome comment that I just HAD to post because I love it!!! :) Luv all you people and thanks for commenting on my blog!!! :)

"Duct tape is like 'The Force.' It has a dark side and a light side and holds the universe together."