23 October 1985

“Modern Apostles”

If I were Jesus, and I had to choose 12 people alive today to serve as my Apostles, I would pick the following people for these reasons:

1. Mr. Albertson because he’s an influencial teacher and knows what he’s doing.

2. Grace Cary because she really enjoys Jesus and even though some people criticized her for being so active, she loves everyone.

3. Fred Knapp because he’s always really kind to me when I meet him in the store even though at first I made fun of him. He even gave me a necklace for Christmas.

4. Mrs. Edna Knapp because she spent her spare time making a Cabbage Patch Kid for my sister and she’s real active as a christian, too.

5. Father Jim because he really loves children and he let my older brother FLY his plane!

6. Mrs. Stopol because she has a lot of patience and when she does get mad, she reads from the Bible.

7. My mom because she always goes to prayer meetings and has influenced at least 30 people to join her when she goes.

8. Mrs. Graven because she is very influencial and energetic, besides being considerate and a good teacher.

9. Miss Monrovia because she understands children and listens with concern to their complaints and problems and handles things with ease.

10. My sister Susie because she is a young, energetic, and intelligent child with a sense of humor as well.

11. Rose Zurek because she, at her age, is still very religious, generous, & kind in spite of her half-poverty.

12. Bishop Weisner because he’s always helping others in celebrations and taking time off to spend with his relatives.

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Saving All My Love For You (Whitney Houston), Miami Vice Theme (Jan Hammer) John A. Walker, Navy officer turned KGB spy, convicted and sent to prison for espionage, along with his brother and son Nintendo releases NES in the US, with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt, reviving struggling video game industry

16 October 1985

“The Test of Time”

3 people that are important in my life now	Will be important later?
1. My mom 2. Susie (my sister) 3. Lori H.	very likely very likely not likely
3 things popular when parents were young	Still popular?
1. stretch pants 2. duck tail 3. hoola hoops	yes no no
3 things popular now	Will be popular later?
1. jelly bracelets 2. dangly earrings 3. video games	not likely likely likely

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Part-Time Lover (Stevie Wonder), Take On Me (A-Ha); Orson Welles dies Space Shuttle Atlantis makes maiden voyage, launching 2 military communications satellites Palestinian terrorists hijack cruise ship, 1 American killed; Sandinistas further restrict civil rights in Nicaragua, citing US involvement with Contras Sam Walton (of Wal-Mart) becomes richest person in US, followed by Ross Perot (future presidential candidate) and David Packard (of Hewlett-Packard)

1985 – Angie

Notes About Angie

1) Angie’s known for clashing & being out of date in clothing
2) Angie’s eyelashes are forever batting
3) Angie coughs like a horse
4) Angie is destined to walk like a boy – either that or a clumsy ox
5) Angie is the wierdest person I ever met – she blushes or giggles at the word “bra” when girls in her class are already wearing them & she is ridiculously ashamed to undress in front of her own sister when she doesn’t have anything to be ashamed of.
6) Angie’s a regular Mitch Lawrence. She fools everybody some times & somebody every time
7) Angie wouldn’t be half-bad if she didn’t act like such a fat know-it-all saint. She acts like she’s trying to help out when she proves you’re wrong about something.

5th Grade Story

My Surprise Birthday Present

Our family used to always seem poor; until a year ago.

My hobby is sending in contests. So, as usual, when I saw this sweepstakes in Monkey Magazine, I sent it in. First I had a deal to make with my parents. They got what ever I won if they bought ‘Sweetso’ cereal for a proof of purchase seal.

For the rest of the month it was boring. I got up, ate cereal, went to school, did school work, came home, did homework, ate supper, and went to bed. The same thing happened all the time except one day I missed the bus.

Then one day when I came home from school, I found my dad with tears in his eyes and a big and weird smile on his face, holding my fainted mother. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he went cuckoo and surprised my mother so bad, she fainted.

A half an hour later, I was writing a letter to the funny farm about my parents, when my dad came in my room. I quickly grabbed my letter and put it in my dresser drawer. By the way his eyes and smile looked when I came home, I was wondering if he was contageous.

“Jolie, look at this. We won one million dollars! Can you beleive that?!” said my dad.

It’s a week later and it’s almost my birthday. I haven’t fully recoverd from when my dad first told me about everything.

It’s the next day on my birthday. I went down stairs to go to the bathroom. When I went in the T.V. room to say good morning I didn’t like what I saw. There was a bunch of fancy-looking kids staring at me in my new nightgown and robe.

I just about left when I saw it. It was a robot. I went over to it and it started singing ‘Happy Birthday’. When it was done, it handed me a manuel on how to fix him if he gets busted.

Since I didn’t know if it was a girl or a boy, I called it Herman. For the rest of the year we played Super Pac-Man and other games until the day he blew a fuse. Poor Herman. Maybe someday I’ll be able to find another fuse. Who knows?

25 February 1983

My Leprechaun

One day I was walking home when I heard tapping. I turned. The tapping continued, so I decided to follow it. I walked and walked. Then I realized I was late and should be home; but I still kept walking.

By now, the tapping seemed real loud. Maybe because there was music, too.

I bent down and peeked through the bushes. I saw leprechauns all over. They were dancing. I was so surprised, I almost fell over.

While I was looking around I happened to glance down. There sat a small leprechaun girl. I sat still for a while. Then I reached down and grabbed her. I looked at her. The little leprechaun was staring up at me with the cutest little eyes.

All the other leprechauns were looking at me, too, so I ran real fast out of the forest. I ran and ran until I was just about home. Then I sat down on a rock to rest. When I looked up, the leprechaun was gone. I sat down and cried. “Please come back. All I want is a freind,” I sobbed. I looked up. She was looking at me sympathetically. “I’ll be your freind,” she said. I was so happy, I ran home.

The next morning I got up at 5:00 so I could have lots of time with my leprechaun.

She sleeps in my old dollhouse. She said she likes it even if it’s a little small.

I played with Candy (that’s her name) for an hour. Then I had to get ready for school. I decided to take her to school with me because in her school they are studying human life.

In school, I got some kleenex and made a miniature chair for her. She wanted it to be right next to me on my desk. It didn’t take her long to change her mind when I told her what the kids would do if they saw her. We decided to have it in my ink well. One time the teacher just about caught her because I was playing with Candy and the teacher told me to bring what I was playing with to her desk. I quickly grabbed something out of my desk and braught it to her. I found out what I braught up to her was my sister’s favorite toy smurf.

After school, I said good-bye to Candy after I braught her to her home. We’ve been freinds ever since. I almost forgot. She got one hundred on her test about human life at her school.

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Billie Jean (Michael Jackson), Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club); final episode of M*A*S*H airs this week on TV US prime lending rate drops to 10.5%, gas prices fall below a dollar nationwide, and Dow Jones reaches historic high Hundreds of Muslims slaughtered by Hindus in Assam, India, in election-based violence Cabbage Patch Kids and Care Bears debut at the annual Toy Fair in NYC