lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

this day could not have been better. like i have honestly not had this good a time in years...we went to african lion safari! IT WAS SO AWESOME.

so for starters we drove through the safari part and looked at all the animals. they tell you not to roll down your windows or get out of the car and i was like "ummm OBVIOUSLY!" however i soon discovered it was so hard not to! when the ostrich came up to my window it was all i could do not to reach out and pat it. anyway we saw sooo many animals...lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

...except i didn't see any bears. i don't think they have those in africa. BUT i saw a rhinooo! TOO AWESOME. and giraffes, baboons, zebras, and cheetahs! i had said something about the zebra's butt and my family decided to take pictures of all the animals' butts. good one family. i'll have to put a few up to give an idea. i got a good one of the rhino's behind!

my family thoroughly enjoyed it. and this is the best part, the part i will remember for the rest of my days....drumroll!.....I RODE ON AN ELEPHANT! it made my life. so so so so SO fun.

so that was my experience at african lion safari. truly something i will never forget. THEN i got to hang out with blair! we chatted and talked and chatted some more. i can't wait for her to move near me. ohhhh dear. i'm done vacation in a couple days and i'm excited/sad. excited to finally sleep in my own bed. and to go to the beach! but i can't believe these last three weeks have gone by so fast! i'm going to miss people! but i suppose camp is in a couple weeks anyway.

all my thoughts for today. i'm wiped and sunburned. pictures to come :)
eh

projectile no more!

today. was. awesome.

simply because i'm not vomiting anymore :) heeheehee! so excited.

i'm on my vacation and spent the whole week at my grandmother's house with all my cousins who i haven't seen in forever, and there was only one thing wrong. i was a puker. but the very day we leave is the day i start to feel better.

ALSO today my very good friend maria came to visit me :) she's my east coast buddy! and i haven't seen her in a few weeks so i was quite excited! thanks mia!

we lounged in the sun all day and talked and what not. twas so fun, and i didn't have much time to contemplate things that i usually think about when i have a lot of time on my hands.

it's late, i'm nice and clean, ready for bed, no hurling, and good loving thoughts are in my brain. i couldn't ask for anything better :)

fun times with ahhhmazing cousins

"The Lord your God is with you,

he is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

He will quiet you with his love,

he will rejoice over you with singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

ttfn!

eh

ahhh, decisions

OKAY so i've been thinking about this a lot these past couple of days and here's my thought...well i guess it's more of a question: why is everyone so keen on focusing on the future?! it seems now more than ever people are thinking about it and asking about it. maybe it's because i'm finally growing up and paying attention to it more, or perhaps it's just as i see it. future future future.

like maybe it's the future of the world (dun dun DUNNN), or the future for your family, OR the future like what you're going to be when you grow up. ESPECIALLY when you're in high school. i mean really, i think i've been asked that question at least forty times in the past week. crazy? i think so.

"what is your plan after high school?" is absolutely not a bad question...in fact i'd say it's a downright good one! my issue is that it makes me feel like you NEED a plan after high school...yeaaah, i don't have one..

but i know i'm not the only one who doesn't! there's so much to choose from! ...most of them i don't have the coordination skills for but still! i got nooo money, and there are so many, TOO many decisions to make. school, home, family, money....a lot!

i used to get really scared because i thought not knowing this stuff was a bad thing...if you don't know what you want to do for the rest of your life then how do you begin anything at all? scary thoughts...however i have come to the realization that starting from scratch isn't such a bad thing. it's actually exciting!

it's not that i have nowhere to go and nothing to do, but anywhere, everywhere, anything and everything! see? exciting! people say that life is full of possibilities and i suppose mine fits into that too.

that's kind of cool! the future is wideee open. anything could happen...it'll be scary, but why not embrace it? God's going to make it happen anyway, whether you plan for it or not. life is full of wonderful surprises and we get to be a part of it! :D

so let's all have hope. there's so much in store for our future....my thoughts for today!

eh.


" 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a FUTURE.' "

Jeremiah 29:11

let's start this off, shall we?

HEY so this blog thing is not easy to get into.
i have tried every single combination of my name and words that rhyme with my name, but everything is taken! how many ellie hammonds are out there anyway?!
as you probably know already, my name is ellie, and you can imagine how many words rhyme with that....belly, smelly, jelly...you get the picture.
anywhooo, just so you know, i'm a seventeen year old east coast gal! i'm a christian, my favourite colour is purple...and grilled cheese sandwiches are my fave.
right this second i am visiting a few long lost friends from my hometown of torontooo! and i'm super excited about it! obviously it has been a productive time, i mean, i even started a blog! so fun!
OH something interesting about me: i'm so canadian! my initials are eh!
ta ta for now!
eh