9 December 1985

"The Cost of Being a Christian"

Times when it costs a price to be a Christian	A reason for being different...
When everybody is: 1. fighting 2. acting like they're better 3. ignoring parents 4. smoking, drinking, etc	A Christian believes that: -you should turn the other cheek -a people are created equal; we should be humble -we should honor our father and mother -we were given our bodies to take care of

What's Happening in the World End-of-year films: The Jewel of the Nile, The Color Purple, Out of Africa End-of-year US events: Christian Identity adherent murders family of 4 mistaken for Jews; John Gotti has Mafia rivals killed, takes over as head of Gambino crime family End-of-year world events: Palestinian terrorists kill 18 in Vienna and Rome airports; Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes in Canada killing all on board, including 248 U.S. servicemen End-of-year celebrity events: Births of American actresses Raven Symone and Beth Behrs; start of Jerry Rice's NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

25 November 1985

“Personal Cornucopia”

Dear God, thank you for all of the things listed below, especially for my family and friends. Thank you for me and every day of my life. Thank you for giving us the Gospel & commandments so we have laws to go by. Last of all, thank you for making every day a day to give thanks. Amen.

What's Happening in the World On CBS: The Price is Right, The Young and the Restless, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Cagney & Lacey Reagan and Gorbachev meet for first time; Prince Charles and Princess Diana make first trip to US Total solar eclipse; volcano kills 23,000 in Colombia; Palestinian terrorists hijack EgyptAir flight; Anglo-Irish Agreement signed Birth of Calvin & Hobbes, Elmo and Microsoft Windows

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)

4 September 1985

“Prioritizing My Values”

The following things are all things which I value greatly in life: Mom, sisters, brothers, God, puppies, friends, Grandma, Father Jim, dreams, the promise of eternity in Heaven, cousins, privacy, freedom.

My prioritized list of 10 values is (in order):
1. God
2. the promise of eternity in Heaven
3. Mom
4. sisters
5. brothers
6. cousins
7. friends
8. Grandma
9. dreams
10. puppies

Why do I value the things listed so much? I value the things I have listed so much because everyday or night they are in my thoughts.

I value God most because He has done more for me than most people could imagine. My dad’s death has brought us extremely close. The promise of eternity in Heaven was given to my mom for our whole family by Jesus (which makes it important) through the gift of tongues (hard to believe, but true).

My sisters & brothers are important because I’ve lived and grown with them my whole life. My friends are important because they care about me and they’re people my own age I can talk to. My cousins have more value to me than my friends I decided because they are the ones that really care deeply about me and are never afraid to comfort me or give me a hug.

My grandma is important because I feel a part of me belongs to her and she understands more than people would think she would.

My dreams are like wonderful movies I see on T.V., except they’re free and don’t take up any valuable time. Stories have always fascinated me and the best thing about these stories are that I’m in them.

Last of all the puppies are important to me because I have had two dogs which I loved dearly get killed (which brought me closer already) and because puppies are my favorite types of pets. These puppies I have known since they were very little and mothered them right away since they came. Now they follow me like a parent.

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Money For Nothing (Dire Straits), Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) House Intelligence Committee announces it will investigate Oliver North's involvement with Nicaraguan Contras, hearings cancelled and Iran-Contra affair continues unchecked for over a year Titanic shipwreck is found; stereo sound comes to broadcast TV

Summer 1985

I have learned how to play basketball better by shooting baskets in our driveway a lot. I know how to by softball now because before I didn’t know. I have accomplished getting a lot of friends and convincing my mom to get my hair cut. I have accomplished getting a regular babysitting job.

My dad had minor surgery yesterday. He’ll get the results Tuesday.

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?

23 September 1982

The Day I got Chewed Up

Do you know how boring it is just sitting in a store, on a shelf, all wrapped up? Very boring. I think I’ll go talk to Tammy Bubble Yum.

“Hey, Tammy! It’s me, Jolie Hubba Bubba,” I said.

“Oh, hi. Did you hear what happened to Jimmy Freedent?” she said, “He got took away by some big thing. It was awful. It took off his wrappers and put him in a dark cave. Then these big white things started squishing him.”

“Well, I gotta go home and eat, so watch out for those big white things,” I said. I was walking home when this great big thing grabbed me and traded me to this other thing for a big silver thing. That thing put me in a dark cave. I wish I ran home instead of walking. Yuck! It’s wet in here. Now, the white things are coming. Squish!

“Help! Somebody! Please help! I wish I was home.” Squish!

“Can somebody please help?” Squish! I give up. Nobody can hear me in this place. Hey, there’s a tunnel! That’s too scary and wet to go down.

Now, the red rug’s moving! Hey! It’s pushing me out! I’m gonna fall and die! Plop! “Ouch!” Where is everybody? Are they alright? Those things are stepping on me. Here comes a big machine. Squish!

Now, I’m stuck on the tire. This is awful! Hey! This is kinda fun! It’s like a ferris wheel. What strange things! Oh, no! Now I fell off! Hey, there’s my home! Yay! Now only if somebody opens the door. That big thing is opening the door! I’d better hurry in. Hey, there’s Tammy and my mom and dad!

“Hi, Tammy!”

“Jolie, you’re still alive!”

“Yah. Hi, mom, hi, dad!”

“Hi,” mom said, “Oh, I missed you! I thought you were a gonner.”

“So did I,” dad said, “Welcome home.”

“I can’t wait to tell you about my adventures, everybody,” I said.

What's Happening in the World Survivor's Eye of the Tiger tops charts, followed by John Cougar's Jack & Diane Ronald Reagan is in his second year as President, the country is in a recession, and train engineers are on a nationwide strike Ariel Sharon admits to Israel's role in the slaughter of Muslim refugees in Beirut at the hands of Christian militia NYC's first-ever female firefighters are sworn in