The E-mail

One day I got this e-mail from a friend and as I read it I laughed. I want you to read it before give anything away.Here it is:It is called TAKE MY SON

A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art.

When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.

About a month later, just before Christmas, there was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands.

He said, "Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly. He often talked about you, and your love for art." The young man held out this package. "I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this."

The father opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture. "Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me It's a gift."

The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.

The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.

On the platform sat the painting of the son The auctioneer pounded his gavel. "We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?"

There was silence.

Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, "We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one."

But the auctioneer persisted. "Will somebody bid for this painting. Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?"

Another voice angrily. "We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van Gogh¢s, the Rembrandts. Get on with the real bids!"

But still the auctioneer continued. "The son! The son! Who'll take the son?"

Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son. "I'll give $10 for the painting." Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.

"We have $10, who will bid $20?"

"Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters."

"$10 is the bid, won't someone bid $20?"

The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son.

They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections

The auctioneer pounded the gavel. "Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!"

A man sitting on the second row shouted, "Now let's get on with the collection!"

The auctioneer laid down his gavel. "I'm sorry, the auction is over."

"What about the paintings?"

"I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will. I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.

The man who took the son gets everything!"

God gave His son 2,000 years ago to die on the cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is: "The son, the son, who'll take the son?"

Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE..THAT'S LOVE

Well I didn't necessarily laugh I just thought it was funny.

Braces and fu-ni-y video(and shopping for piant samles)

I walk up the stairs to Dr.Ho's office to get my braces and my in my head I say help me!!!get me out of here!!!!after they put the braces on they told alot of stuff on what not to eat like:no gum, no chips, no hard candies,no gooey candies,and no sugary sodas or popcorn (and whats really messed up is that we just bought a box of kettle corn and i can't have it-i want some pop-ed corn!!!). i said to myself what is the only kind of food we can eat- rabbit food and water-'cause lets face it there ain't no such thing as not chewey gum or soft chips or candy that won't get stuck in your teeth or popcorn that won't loosen the brackets or anything that will change when you get your braces. It was like a nightmare I couldn't wake up from.
well wake up from the nightmare because its time for ....
.... for a little comedy and by that I mean this name Bon qui qui and this video about her at well I let you find that out:





I think we should call sa-curity on her. Out-of-the-hood or not she has to go!

And for my next trick I will tell you about buying paint samples. It would have been a long and painful day if it weren't for the computer. See I can pick out 3 thousand paint samples for my room but my mom said just 2 colors. So as I was looking finding more than 2 samples my brother was on that computer put there so it would be easier for you than just going to'n'fro trying to see what matched. When he was done I went on there and found 2 poi-fect colors and got the samples and left. When we got home I decided that they were too light and picked the ones below that then on another day I picked the ones below that one and I stuck w/those and now I think I'm having second thoughts about it-JUST KIDDING- But I am wondering how long it will take to paint my whole entire room.

Shopping and my dogs new haircut before and after

We went shhhhhopping and like always get more than whats on the list. My mom was helping me look for pants and was getting madder by the second 'cause i wasn't going to look at jeans so she was pretty angry with me at the moment.So she grabbed some jeans and some more jeans and 2 shirts and some beige capris and we were off to the changing rooms.

I tried on the first pair of jeans and too tight. Second pair were good and didn't hug my legs and I liked them.(If you know me then you know I HATE jeans!!!!) I got 2 pairs of the Capri jeans-which were like regular jeans on me-1 pair of the beige capris, and 1 shirt-oh and some gum too!
moving on...this is Shady!Shady says-Elena get back to the blogin' about Shady-OH rriiiiiggghhhttt so here are some pictures of my dog Shadezila

The first one is Shady before and the 2nd one is Shady after(poor him)(2 words: hi laryous!!!or hilarious)


his 'fro was all matted so we-meaning mom and I- had to shave him.He looks like a cross between a poodle and a wiener dog!! -what would you call him?- a pooner dog!!(more like gooner dog)

"2 words: Pet Peeves"

numero uno:

Have you ever kinda overhear a little bit of a conversation where the people in it go,"ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwa" and you have a curious expression on your face and one of your friends was in the conversation and they walk up to and you said "I don't even want to know!" so they start explaining it anyway. Yeah,those are my friends.

numero dos:

Has anyone said your name wrong no matter how many times you say its THIS instead of THAT?Well I TOtally hate it.

numero tres:

Oh and also i hate it when people spell my name wrong. It is spelled E-L-E-N-A NOT A-L-A-N-A!!!GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!WHAT IT WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Calm down Elena , calm down. Everything is o.k. No need to get stressed. Its just other people you are talking to.

O.K. bye.