A Late "Merry Christmas!"

Merry (late!) Christmas!!!!

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Hi everyone! How was your Christmas? D
Mine was great! I'm gonna tell you about it but I wanna start with The Night Before, The Night Before Christmas(AKA Dec. 23):

My Grandparents came up to see us, and that night we decided to surprise them by taking them to a place in Orlando called Celebration. They had a special Christmas thing going on and they had it (fake) snowing nightly! So we went up there and saw the pretty snow(which is basicly just soap) and ate some pizza at the pizza shop there. And then we left Celebration and went to my mom's favorite Krispy Kreme donut shop where you can get hot fresh Krispy Kreme donuts! It's so good:D



December 24th(Christmas Eve:D):
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On Christmas Eve for lunch we went to a great Mexican resturant called Coyote Rojo, it was really good:) That night for dinner we roasted hot dogs and marshmellows over the fire:D After dinner we watched one of my favorite Christmas movies; "Miracle on 34th Street"
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We had, had a drawing the week before for Secret Santa with our friends Jason and Tami, so when we finshed the movie we exchanged gifts for that(the rule for our Secret Santa is that you have to MAKE the gift NOT buy it) I got my Dad's name and I wrote him a song and made him a paper stocking.My Mom got my name and she made me a charm for my backpack:D


December 25th(Christmas!!) A.K.A today:
This morning we got up at nine am(what?! that's early for my family:P) and went down stairs, me and Marelle opended our presents, and gave some presents to out parents and grandparents. I got tickets to an Allstar Weekend concert!!! I can't wait! It's on February 9th. And me and Marelle each got two Allstar Weekend shirts to where to the concert:D I also got some stocking stuffers of make-up and candy:)
At about 12:00pm we ate our Christmas "dinner" of turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, creasent rolls, and red cream soda. It was sooo good! The nmy grandparents had to leave to go back to St. Petersburg and Me, Marelle, My Dad, and My Mom went on a walk, watched a Christmas movie, and played games in the backyard. Now we are going to watch a movie we gave my dad for Christmas(It's still Christmas right now, I'm typing this on my laptop to post when I get on the internet)

So that was my Christmas!
How was yours?
I hope it was great!
Please comment and tell me!

Merry Christmas and A Happy Birthday to Jesus:D


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Remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season!



-Mina;)

Happy Birthday Maggie!

I would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to my pen pal Maggie!

She's turning 14!

She's such a great friend and an awesome person:) I've never met someone her age who can draw as well as her:) She is an amazing artist!

I met her in like 2007 and we have continued to stay in touch all these years:D We even met up a few times!


She is the best pen pal ever:D She knows how to make every letter fun!

So Maggie I hope you have a great birthday:)

So Maggie THIS(click here) is for you!

Ha, ha silly but cute:)

Happy Birthday!!

-Mina;)

Giveaway Week Four at "shutter happy:)" !!!!

I'm excited for this one! Even though it's the last one:( *crying*
Oh well! At least we're going out with a bang!
Really nice prize!!



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Have Fun!!!!!!!

-Mina;)

Giveaway Week 3 at "shutter happy:)"

Week #3! Really pretty prizes! And this girl is so nice:D



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Have Fun!

-Mina;)

A Ray Of Sunshine Giveaway Day 6

Last day of this great week-long giveaway! So hurry on over there to win a great prize!

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Have Fun!

-Mina;)

A Ray of Sunshine Giveaway Day 5

Time for day 5! Really beautiful prize:)

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Have fun!

-Mina;)

Story Writing....

I don't really write stories much, but a few months ago I just suddenly decided that I wanted to start one. It's really not very good at all, but I would appreciate it if you read it and told me what you think. Helpful(but not too mean!) criticism is welcome too. Here goes nothing...........

Cassie swatted at the fly that was on her arm and sighed, "August is such a boring month!, Summers over but it's still so hot!" she exclaimed "And there's no holidays to look forward to."
"But," asked her father "Aren't you enjoying eighth grade? "Well I don't really know yet Dad, I just started." But underneath she knew she would hate it, the first three days had been terrible and she didn't think it would get any better. If only mom hadn't left us over the summer She thought Maybe the kids wouldn't be looking at me so weird and asking mean questions.


No one could really explain why Cassie's mother left them, she always seemed like the perfect mom, kind,caring, and always looking out for her husband and daughter, but one morning they woke up and she was gone, along with all their money. A letter lied on her bed saying she was leaving for Chicago and never coming back. It had been two and a half months since then but Cassie still felt numb, and deserted. Her father tried very hard to be strong and not show his disappointment, but it still showed.They basically had to start fresh, no money, no mother, no wife, It was just Cassie and Dad living on their own. Cassie tried to tell herself that she hated her mother with all her heart, but she knew that deep down inside she would never stop loving her mother and asking that terrible repeated question: What did I do???


"Cassie! Lunch is ready!" her father called "Coming! Just give me one more minute!" She studied herself critically in the mirror, she had reddish brown hair that was pulled into a messy ponytail and big grey eyes, she was wearing jean shorts and a purple faded t-shirt. She used to be so clothes conscience but after her mom left she just sort of gave up on everything.She used to try and ask her dad nosy questions about her parents relationship to try and figure out why her mother left but she knew that she was only asking these questions to try and cover up the thought that was always haunting her: It was my fault, I made her leave, But WHAT did I do??? She tried to think of all the days before her mother left. The last words they had spoken to each other were "Goodnight" and "I love you", Cassie just couldn't see why her mother would stay with them all these years just to grab the money and run.Her dad hadn't changed, so it must have been her, as she got older her mom must have grown to hate her.
Cassie shook her head to erase these thoughts and trotted to the kitchen for lunch. She offered to start making the meals after her mother left but her father would have no part in it.So two times a day on weekdays and three times a day on weekends they sat in front of the meals that her father made, they didn't have enough money to go out to eat so they ate at home every day.Cassie looked down at her plate,some kind of chili was on it, she choked some of it down and asked her father "So how is work?" (Her father was a janitor at a nearby Church) He smiled a thin smile and replied "Well work is fine... funny you should ask that actually, because there is something I have been meaning to tell you..." Cassie's ears perked up, "What's up dad?" she asked "Well, you see there's this week-long mission trip to Africa in a week and...I have decided to go." "Ummm okay," Cassie replied "But what about me?" "Well..um...I have asked my mother to stay with you while I'm gone." That caught Cassie's attention immediately "Grandma Ginger?!" Cassie couldn't stand her fathers mother. After her mother left them her grandma came to live with them for a few weeks,until her dad got 'Back on his feet', back then Cassie still had a lot of hope that her mother would return, but Grandma Ginger had always hated her mother from the moment her father married her. So she would always tell Cassie "Your mother never loved you! She will never come back!" Well you can imagine how upsetting this was for Cassie, and why she most certainly didn't want to stay alone at the house with her grandmother. "Now Cassie," her father said "Don't make a scene about this, I know you don't like Grandma Ginger too much but, she loves you, and I know she will take care of you." Cassie nodded, trying to fight back tears, "Okay dad,if this is what you want,then it's okay with me." He smiled gratefully and said "Thank you so much Cass, I love you." She tried to smile back but all she could think about was Grandma Ginger, so she quickly excused herself and went upstairs to think.

Thanks for reading! I'd love to hear your ideas:)

-Mina;)

One last Giveaway for today

One more!

At "A Ray Of Sunshine"!

ADORABLE prize! LOVE it:D

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Have Fun!

-Mina;)

Even more giveaways!

Okay I know this is getting to be a little much, but there are so many fabulous winter giveaways going on!

It's over at "A Ray Of Sunshine"

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More Giveaways

Okay I promise that soon I will post about something other than giveaways, but this one was too good to pass up:)

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Giveaway: Backtracking

Okay so I know I already entered day 2 of this giveaway but I missed day one, so now I'm going back:D

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Really great prize, Click here to enter!

Have fun!

-Mina;)

More Giveaway Fun!

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What are you waiting for? ENTER:D

-Mina;)

A Titleless Post by Mina Cole

Yes, I know, it's weird. But I am so bad at making up titles! And I think about it for too long, because it feels like a title can make or brake a blog post.

:D Okay now that I'm done with that let's move on to some more randomness shall we?

It's only one week till the Kicking Daisies concert/interview! It's going to be sooooo epic!




I made a Tumblr you should check it out:) Click righta here!


We went Christmas shopping today, I only bought two things though.

I entered another giveaway, you should too:



This is the blog^^^^^^

And THIS(click here) is the giveaway!


I'm probably going to watch my favorite movie tonight: "White Christmas" It is amazing:) Have you seen it? I loooove it!



So good-bye!

-Mina;)

Perks.....

You know what one of the perks to being a slow learner is? You are always getting excited from finding stuff out! Like for instance, I have been on blogger for quite some time now, and I just now learned how to put peoples buttons on my sidebar and in my posts(yes I know it's surprising ) so now I'm excited! See how that works?

Okay that is all. The end. Good-bye.

-Mina;)

Awesome giveaway!

There's a super cool giveaway over at shutter happy:) ! A great prize every week! click here to enter!



You should follow too!

GO GO GO:D

-Mina;)

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Cat's

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Happy late Thanksgiving everyone!
How was your holiday? Mine wasn't good, it was *Tony the Tiger voice* grrrrrreat! We had some super yummy food!




We had turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, crescent rolls, corn, cheesecake, gingerbread men, and pumpkin pie:D Here's how the day went:
First me and Marelle woke up and went downstairs to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as always. I love that parade:)

Then we ate our Thanksgiving dinner (well technically lunch, but who can wait that long?)

Then we went outside and played some yard games

And then we played "The Christmas Game" which is a Christmas trivia game

Then we watched "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"

And then...........

While we were watching Charlie Brown we saw a commercial that said Walmart was going to open their Black Friday sale at ten o'clock pm. Me and Marelle had never been Black Friday shopping before and we kind of wanted to check it out so when 10:00 rolled around Me, Marelle, My Dad, My Mom, and our friends Jason and Tami went up there to check it out. WOW! It was busy! Let's just say I won't be dong that again! Have you ever been?


So now let's move on to the day AFTER Thanksgiving:

It's a tradition in our family to go cut down and put up our Christmas tree on the day after Thanksgiving. So.... we did! there's a U-Cut Christmas tree place just a little while from our house so we always go there to get our tree. We got a really nice one this year, and we went home and decorated it right away, along with the rest of the house. It looks so pretty:) We always have the lights on and the Christmas music playing!







After we were finished decorating we went to Epcot(Disney World) because all the Christmas stuff had just started, we watched a Christmas show and saw this GIANT gingerbread house! I love Christmas at Disney!





Ready for the most exciting thing of all?
Me and Marelle's Christmas present from Jason and Tami is.....
Kittens!
Their cat had three adorable kittens and me and Marelle each took one! Mine is named LoverBoy(because he has a heart on his back)
And Marelles' is name Sugar!

Here is a picture of Loverboy playing with a cord:)

and another:


I promise to put up more(and better!) pictures!

How have you been? Did you decorate for Christmas? How was your Thanksgiving?
Please let me know! Comments mean soooo much to me!

-Mina;)

Authentic People Blog Party!

I love this idea:) I can't wait to get started so here we go:

Hi! I'm Mina Cole, I am 13 years old and loving it! I could go into intriguing details of my looks and such, or I could just show you a picture, I mean it's worth a thousand words right?

Yeah that's me, strange, weird, crazy:)

I am obsessed with animals, all kinds, dogs, cats, deer whatever!
I love to get my picture taken, and my mom complains that she can never get a "normal" picture of me:D


I love bloggger
I looove youtube! Comedy is just something that I LOVE to do and I love to make videos with my sister and post them on youtube so everyone can enjoy them(hopefully:D)
I am a SUPER smiley person:D
So I guess I will answer the questions now:)
1} What's the nerdiest/geekiest/weirdest thing about you?
Um, did you not see the picture above? :D

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2} If you could live in a fictional universe from any book, movie, or television show, what would it be?
Definitely Mayberry! I mean who wouldn't want to live there? (In case you don't know it's the town from the "Andy Griffith Show")

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3} Little or big, practical or frivolous, what is one of your favorite items in your house?
My couch! The whole stinkin thing reclines! It's amazingly comfortable!

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4} Do you like animated movies? If so, what is your favorite?
Duh! Animated movies rock! I love all Disney cartoons, and of course the SPONGEBOB MOVIE! Spongebob is the bestest, cutest little dude ever!!

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5} What is your favorite household chore?
Can "none" be an answer? ;) I guess not huh? Well then...... I guess vaccuming

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6} What's your favorite thing to get at Starbucks (or your favorite coffee shop)?
I loooove Starbucks mint mocha's! They roooooocccckkkk!

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7} What is your favorite pizza topping?
Steak, chicken, pineapple, ham:) Yum! And if you add Alfredo sauce instead of red sauce, it's like heaven:D

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8} Waffles or pancakes?
Waffles:D I don't like pancakes:P

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9} Do you like to play games? If so, what is your favorite?



I LOOOVE games! I like all games; Monopoly, Wii games, Word games, computer games!

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10} Have you ever let anyone win a game?
Only if they're really little:D

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11} Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yes I died it purple:) It didn't last for very long. And I've had Blue same story though.

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12} Do you make your bed every morning?
No way! Only if I am ordered to

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13} Picasso or Norman Rockwell?
I have no idea

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14} Do you like carpet, tile, or hardwood floors?
Hardwood for sure, carpet drives me nuts, especially when you have pet's!

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15} If you could put one thing in a safe under your bed, what would it be?
Pictures

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16} What's your favorite condiment?
Ketchup! No way I'm eating fries or chicken without it! ;D

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17} Have you ever thrown up on someone (excluding when you were a child)?
Well one time my cousin was in the bathroom when I started to throw up so my mom put her hands under my mouth:P

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18} What was the last thing that made you laugh?
Talking about a joke I just played on my Grandpa:)

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19} Think fast...what's the first song that pops into your head?
"No Idea" by Big Time Rush it's been stuck in my head all night!




All done now! Thanks to Abby!

-Mina;)

Wise Words From Grandma

I have been thinking a lot about something my Grandma told me a few months ago. It was something that her pastor told her when she first got saved,and I think it's a really good piece of advice:
"Ask yourself this question: would you say it , do it, wear it, read it, watch it, or listen to it if Jesus was in the room with you? If the answer is no,then you shouldn't at all."

There you have it,plain, simple, and so true. I think there are many things I say,do,watch, read, etc. that I should be asking myself this question. But sometimes we forget,we forget that He IS there at all times, whether or not He is visible should make no difference!

So what do you think? Are you guilty of this as well?

-Mina;)

My Apologies Dear Readers

Hello there friends, I have been thinking that I owe you an explination and apologie for not commenting on your blogs much lately. I am very sorry,but I do have a reason: First I would like to say that I have been reading your blogs,A LOT,In fact I check them daily. But I do not have internet so I have been reading them on my phone,which,for some reason,will not let me comment on blogs. I do get on the computer sometimes at friends houses though and I promise to try and comment more when I am on:) Also I would like to thank you all very much for your nice comments. Well that's all for today,I just thought I should tell you all this. Thanks for reading! -Mina;)

Fun Times,and Fun Pictures:D

Hello there,It's been awhile I know! So bear with me here as I start of with the long-awaited Halloween pictures and then tell you(and show you!) about the awesome time I just had yesterday and the day before with my friends from New Jersey Nicki and Alyssa at......... Disney World!!! We stayed in a fancy shmancy hotel in a room that's bigger than my house,went to Magic Kingdom,went to Hollywood Studios, went to Epcot,and rocked out at a Night Ranger concert(also at Epcot) So here we go:
Halloween Pic's:



Me in my "Cutie Convict" costume:)



All of the dressed-up peeps from the left there's:
Chris as "Jason" , Me again, Marelle as a piece of candy corn, Justin as "Scream" , Sonya as a sorceress, and Jason as a member of the "Geek Squad"



Our great big bowl of candy:D

The pumpkin cookie pops that Tami made and I decorated:)


The "Green Slime" dip,what is it you ask? Cheese!

And now my Disney trip pic's:



Me and Nicki on the balcony at the hotel



Me and Alyssa at the hotel



The lounge on the 16th floor



The view of Magic Kingdom from the 16th floor:)



The fireworks we watched from the 16th floor



Me,Nicki, Alyssa, and Marelle in front of the castle:)

Us in front of the Tower of Terror



Night Ranger:)



Right before we left Epcot:) Love y'all!




Thanks for reading! Please comment:D

-Mina;)