April 15, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: The Buliding of People's Moods


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April 15, 2009-TCS # 144
OK, I know everyone is sick of hearing about The Stock Market and The Economy. But, here is what I’ve noticed about the problem with the investors besides Wall Street Greed. It is also their mood; when their mood is down the stocks goes down and when their mood is up the stocks goes up. You see, people’s moods depend on how they see things. Let’s think of people’s mood as a 120-Floor Building we‘ll call “The Building of People‘s Moods, The 120th floor is the happiest you can be or “Being on top on the world” and then, the ground floor is when your very sad or “Hitting Rock Bottom”. in this building, colored floors that reflect the mood the floor reflects to. These colors and floors are as follows:
Floors 0-40 (Purple Floors)
Floors 40-60 (Red Floors)
Floors 60-80(Orange Floors)
Floors 81-90(Yellow Floors)
Floors 91-120(Green Floors)
Here is what the colors means:
Green Floors: Really Happy People
Yellow Floors: Happy People
Orange Floors: Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad
Red Floors: Sad People
Purple Floors: Sad and Angry People
Now, these are the positive side of the building, the really angry, sad, depressed, and evil people go on the Negative Floors or “N-Floors” these floors only go to 20 “N-Floors”. being on the “N-Floors” too long can result in not believing in God, not believing in Happiness, and a lowering Self-Esteem. All it takes is a quick hop on the Elevator and go up to the Happy Floors, just go up!
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you are feeling lower than the Orange Floors, Elevate Your Life!

April 8, 2009

The Christianvile Spirit: My Prefrences


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April 8, 2009-TCS # 143
For those of you that know me real well know what with my Special Needs, the things people with My Special Needs do are very detailed and have to have things in specific way, we’ll call them Preferences. Some of My Preferences are easy to get around or some aren’t. My 1st one is when I up in the morning. The time that my head rises from the pillow has to be at a time that ends in 5 like: 45, :55, or :15 just for example. Another one is not so easy to get around for other people, whenever we out at eat I have to sit in a seat that faces North or East because those are my favorite directions however, sometimes it matters what’s going on around like if there is something I don’t like facing North, then I’ll face directions. Now, please know that I don’t HAVE TO sit in those directions but, I like to. The next preference is one that has to be fulfilled, while riding in the car I have to sit on the right side window because I like to see the front and back of the road signs on the highway. Also, while flying on an airplane I like sit at the window seat so, I can look out. But, I don’t care which side of the plane I sit on. The next one is easy to work around for others, the volume for the TV and Radio. The number has to be not too loud and on the 5’s, 7’s., And 10’s. TV volume goes on 5’s and 10’s (like 10 or 15). The final preference of the day is that I have to have my snack at 8 PM each night. All in all, we are very scheduled and preference oriented.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. All special needs people want are love, respect, and understanding. It’s that simple!

April 1, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: The History of The Christianville Spirit

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April 1, 2009-TCS # 142

For those of you who have been reading The Christianville Spirit for a while have seen all the changes of this newsletter. But, however there are people who have been reading this since the beginning. So, I thought I would give you a view of the history of a newsletter called The Christianville Spirit. The Christianville Spirit or TCS for short started in Christianville, TN in November of 2005 as an email to My Mom and my friend Karleen about the 1st Christian’s Best Friends’ Festival. My Mom told me I should start writing a newsletter about my view on life because my view on life and the world is a unique view. One time I was writing stuff about The City of Christianville and I wanted a newspaper name for The Metro Area so, the word “Spirit” seamed like a good name to symbolize the Christianville Area. On Wednesday, October 4, 2006 was the first official “Christianville Spirit” and it was about my best friend Steven’s “10 Weeks of Awesome Behavior” back when he was in The Group Home. The Christianville Spirit has been known for its slogans. The slogans have changed over the years so, Here are a list of slogans and how long they lasted.
· The first slogan was “Serving The Christianville Metro Area” that lasted from the first Christianville Spirit to December 29, 2006.
· The 2nd slogan was “Christianville Metro Area’s Delight” which lasted one newsletter in January 2007
· The 3rd slogan was “Christianville’s #1 Newspaper” which lasted one newsletter on January 4, 2007
· The 4th slogan was “The Spirit of Christianville” which lasted January 9, 2007-December 27, 2007
· The 5th slogan was “The Spirit that touches Lives” which lasted January 3, 2008-December 29, 2008
· The 6th and current slogan is “The Spirit that touches Your Life” which lasts January 2009-the end of the year
Also, The Christianville Spirit has it’s share of websites it was posted on. The first website was 360.yahoo.com/mapkid2 which was my own personal Yahoo 360 site and after that it moved to it’s current site, thechristianvillespirit.blogspot.com. another The Christianville Spirit has been known for is it’s inspirational lines at the end of the newsletter, the first inspirational line was “ Have a Spiritful Day” in the 14th newsletter. The next thing my newsletter has been known for is its series. The first TCS Series was “Christianville Metro Highlight” which about my friends and family. In the series, I got the biggest reaction to my newsletter is the “Julie Smith-Centeno Edition” of that series. Before I started writing full articles I wrote about what was going on in my life and what was going on in Christianville, those sections of the newsletter were known the “Personal News” and Christianville News” section and Another section change was the addition of the “C. Metro Commentary”. Finally, In case your wondering what the “TCS # 143” heading means, that shows how many newsletters I’ve written since the 1st in October of 2006. all in all, it’s a lot of fun to write these newsletters each week.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. People’s good attitude depends on a good thought and good input. So, feed them good stuff!

March 25, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: The Bradford Pear Tree


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March 25, 2009- TCS # 141
As we all know already, It’s spring which rain showers, flowers, and trees growing their leaves. That is my favorite part of spring in Plano, the trees growing their leaves. You see, here in Plano we have these tree called the Bradford Pear Tree. The Bradford Pear Tree is really pretty in the spring. What happens is around the last of February(Depending the weather of course) White flowers start to grow on the tree and then, after that the leaves start growing along with the white flowers. From the distance, you see a combination of St. Patrick’s Day Green and White on the tree; to me it looks really beautiful. To me, seeing the flowers tells me that Spring is on it’s way. Every Spring I like to follow the growth of the tree because I like watching the process of it. All in all, The Bradford Pear Tree is a really awesome tree.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Tell someone you love that they are as pretty as a flower.

March 18, 2009

The Christianville Spririt: Temporary Negative Thought Files

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March 18, 2009-TCS # 140
You know, when you get on online your computer saves the web pages you’ve visited. Well, those are called “Temporary Internet Files”. Well, in a way that can relate to your life. You see, computers have this part of it known as the “Hard Drive” or “Hard Disk”; the Hard Drive contains all the information of your computer like programs, web sites, computer errors, and more. By now, I’m sure your asking me, “Christian, what does all this stuff have to do with my life?” well, Your Brain much like the Hard Drive stores all the information about Your Body and Mind. The “Temporary Internet Files” are much like your thoughts. You see, the “Temporary Internet Files” store on the computer’s Hard Drive and that’s why your computer gets so slow. Well, your thoughts mainly if they’re negative instead of making you slow, they make you both bitter and slow. Body wise these “Files” we’ll call “Temporary Negative Thought Files”. These “Files” however are only temporary if you get rid of them. If not then, they stay in your brain’s “Hard Drive” and eventually turn into “Viruses” (body wise that means you get sick and bitter). The point that I’m trying to get here is that you should get rid of those nasty “Temporary Negative Thought Files” so that you can run more beautifully.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Instead of worrying about your life and things, wonder how God’s Life is going. I mean, he’s got a life too!!

March 11, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: The Amazing Acela Train

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March 11, 2009-TCS # 138/139

So, A couple weeks ago I was scanning through the TV Channels looking for something to watch and I found this new show on The History Channel. The show was called “Extreme Trains”, a show about a guy from Maine, who worked at a Train Depot; who crosses the country in search of the way America functions with Trains. Anyway, on the this episode he rode what is known as The Acela Train that runs along The Northeast Corridor or “ The Northeast Megalopolis”, which is an area ranging from Washington D.C to Boston, MA. Anyway, what makes this train amazing is that it is the fastest train in North America. In fact, the top speed of The Acela Train goes an astounding 150 miles per hour! There are no other trains in North America that go that fast. However, there are many trains in Europe that go even faster; Like one in Europe goes around 500 miles an hour. The Acela Train runs via a High Speed cable overhead and The Train is actually a part of the AMTRAK system.
The host rode the train line from Union Station in Washington D.C to South Station in Boston, MA. When the host rode the train he noticed the Hudson River Tunnel was really small. So small that it seemed like only the train could fit in it. Also He also found out that New York’s Pennsylvania Station is the busiest train station in The US. All in all, The Acela Train is an amazing Train.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Don’t waste your life going as fast as this train, slow down and enjoy life.

March 4, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Wonders of International Borders(Part 2)

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March 4, 2009-TCS # 137

If you read last week’s “Christianville Spirit” I told you of the many different kinds of International Borders. So, This Week’s “Christianville Spirit” is part 2 of it. Why? Because I believe that just one newsletter to explain the borders wasn’t enough. So, I’m going to do a 2nd part of it. You see, it’s not just the Customs part of the International Border Fascination. It’s also what they put On The Border; like for example one of the most fascinating borders I’ve seen on Google Maps is the Turkey/Greece Border because the rails of the side of the road on the bridge are colored the National colors, like the rails on the Turkish side has red and white rails and on the Greek side the rails are light blue and white. And, to top it off the flags of Turkey and Greece meet at the center. Another border that is fascinating is the already mentioned Thailand/Myanmar (Burma) Border at the northern most point of Thailand. There is a bridge with the Thailand and Myanmar flags on the side of bridge to the center of the bridge. The final way International Borders are interesting is some borders put plaque to mark where the countries meet. I find it interesting that on the Amistad Dam; on US/Mexico Border near Del Rio, TX, they have the American eagle with the name of the country on the US Side and the Mexican Eagle on the Mexican Side. Another interesting International fact is about what is known as The European Union; there is an agreement in some countries in Europe that people and goods can freely travel from one country to another. And, if you are a citizen of The European Union you can live in a nation like Italy and work in France. All in all, The World has fascinating International Borders.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Think that The Economy will get better and it will!

February 25, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Wonders of International Borders

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February 25, 2009-TCS # 136

As you all know I love Travel and like find things related to travel online. One of the things I like to is look at Google Maps. I like to look at Google Maps because it has really cool functions like Street View, Pictures, Wikipedia, and more… anyway, my latest interest seems to be using that Pictures function and go to International Borders in many parts of the world. Now, in real life the only International Borders I’ve been to are the US/Mexico Border at Laredo and Progresso, TX; and US/Canada at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. but, with Google Maps I’ve been to many borders like China/Russia, Turkey/Iran, Sweden/Denmark, and more. Seeing that many borders makes you realize the different styles of International Borders. Some International Borders have gates on either side; some borders have bridges with the flags of the countries to the middle of the bridge like for example at the Myanmar/Thailand Border they have a bridge with Thailand’s Flags and Myanmar Flags on the side of them and in the middle they meet. But, the 2 things that amazes me the most is that 2 countries with 2 different languages can meet on a bridge or in the middle of land or 2 counties with different building styles and different political systems meet in one place. All in all, though it’s really cool to see pictures of different International Borders.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Be blessed that you live in The United States because some countries aren’t as lucky as us.

February 18, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Switch or not to switch to DTV?; that is the question

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February 18, 2009- TCS # 135

As we know, 2 weeks ago Congress and President Obama voted to delay the DTV Switch to June 12. But, the other day I looked up which TV stations are going to change anyway because I read in several places that even though the February 17th deadline has been delayed, it told me that some TV Stations that are ready to change will in fact change on or after February 17th. So, I looked up which ones were changing just out of curiosity and I found that hundreds of TV Stations are changing. Many of them weren’t in many major city markets. A majority of them were in smaller markets like Madison, WI; Sioux Falls, SD; and, Burlington, VT just to give you an idea. The most surprising was The Burlington, Vermont Market; there they changed all the TV stations in the market including major TV networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS. Now, although you might think the smaller markets changed, the minor TV stations of major markets changed. Like in the Atlanta market, they’re PBS stations changed and in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, a religious and Spanish channel changed to DTV. So, all in all you might need to check which station changed to DTV and if one of them is your favorite station you might want to get a converter box or connect to Cable. Also, there’s the option of watching your show online.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Focus on Happy things and happy things will come.

February 11, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Steven's Finally Back!

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February 11, 2009-TCS # 134

So, one day I was sitting watching TV when the phone rang and it was My Best Friend Steven. When I starting talking to him, he told me something you wouldn’t believe. You see, he’s been in 2 Group Homes in the past 4 years because his behavior was bad because of his Special Needs. So, he begins the call with “what would you say if I told you that I was coming back home?!?!?” it turned out that he was in fact coming back home to Plano after 4 years to try to live at home and work on his behavior. After he told me this, I was shocked and excited that he was coming back home because that meant that him and I can spend time together doing things we used to like going to Movies, Hanging at his house, and Special Olympics Bowling. So far, his behavior has been pretty good while he’s been here. All in all, I am really happy and excited that he’s back in Plano.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Awesome Friends are hard to find. so, cherish the ones you have!

February 4, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: You Are Loved, This Valentine's Day

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February 4, 2009-TCS # 134

Valentines Day, a day on the 14th of February that many people have different feelings about; some people absolutely love it because that’s the day that they can surprise their significant other or they get lovely roses from them or if you are in High School, your secret crush. But, most people who are single, divorced, being cheated on, or widowed; it’s a depressing and feeling-like-your-unloved day. But, here’s the truth about that, you may not have someone to kiss all over but, the thing is you ARE loved. Who you say? Well, God, Jesus Christ (or whomever of higher power you worship), and of course Your Family, both the ones you live with and those far away. Also, Your Friends and even a guy/girl you know who’s been secretly crushing on you loves you. But, the point here is that there is SOMEONE in this world who loves you and don’t you forget that. There are more people out there who love you then you realize. So, open you heart let them in this Valentine’s Day.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Drink to Your Health with MonaVie! What’s MonaVie? Email My Mom at julie8788@aol.com or call 972-400-2273 to find out!

January 28, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Great Days at The Lake House

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January 28, 2009- TCS # 132

When I was a kid, it seemed like every summer Me, My Brother, My Mom, and Mr. Jeff (A guy My Mom was dating at the time) and his kids Alex, Elizabeth, and sometimes Jeffery, would go to a cabin up near a lake called Nocona, which is about a 2 hour drive from Plano. This cabin, aptly named “The Lake House”, was on the east shore of a small lake, which was next door to Lake Nocona, called “Leisure Lake” in a country neighborhood called “Nocona Hills”. Anyway, we had a lot of fun there each summer and after awhile I start making up names for places around “The Lake House”. You see, back then and even today my imagination was quite something. In my mind I would make up whole cities or even metro areas like Christianville. But, the things I named were actually real places around the house. Like for example, since The Lake House was at the east end of the lake, the shore looked like a horseshoe curve that I named “Kids Bend”. I came up with that name because we were kids, and us kids would sit on the dock on the edge of “Kids Bend”. In my mind, “Kids Bend” extended a couple blocks away from the house. I called the hill down the road from the house “Downtown Kids Bend”. There was a small creek running next to the house across from us that was called the Christian River after a long debate between us kids. After the naming, we found a flat piece of wood that wrote the name on. All in all, all of us kids had a great time up there and a great childhood.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you see someone who needs a hug, give them a hug and let them know they’re loved.

January 21, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Profoundly Normal

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January 21, 2009- TCS # 131
So, last week on a Friday Night I was scanning through the channels looking for something to watch and I came across a movie on Lifetime called “Profoundly Normal”. So, I thought it was interesting and I looked at the info. And, it said that it was a true story about a developmentally disabled couple who fall in love, get married, and have a baby contrary to what other people say. So, I turned it on and I felt great that there was actually a love story for people with Special Needs. But, however little did I know they also would show what life inside a Mental Institution that was very disturbing. Because it showed how they grew up in a Mental Institution where they were physically and mentally abused. But, they overcame the bad things that they experienced. The best part was that this couple got married even though their The State said no. so; all in all, this movie shows that Special Needs can conquer anything they put their mind to.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you see or hear something about Special Needs people being treated badly, do something about it and help them!

January 7, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Happy New Year 2009


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January 7, 2009- TCS # 130
Hello everyone and Welcome Back to another exciting year of touching and insightful newsletters of The Christianville Spirit. Happy New Year and Welcome to 2009; this year I believe will a year of togetherness and change. To kick off that change, their will a lot of changes to The Christianville Metro Area beginning with The State Of The Metro Address on January 12 and the things The City Counsels’ of The Metro Area want to do is to change many the area freeways names because area suburbs want to advertise their cities; here are the changes that are in store for the freeways Christian Centeno Expressway will turn to Brooke Expressway, Christian Centeno Tollway will be honored in memory of our dog Sophie called Sophie Memorial Thruway and finally, Christian Centeno Freeway will become New England Cities Freeway. Now, Other than Local Changes there will be also the big DTV switch that will drive people crazy in February. All in all, 2009 will be a year of change and love.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Have a Loving and Awesome New Year in 2009!

December 30, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: Christian's Year In Review 2008


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December 30, 2008- TCS # 129

OK, Everyone, You know what time it is. It’s getting close to New Year’s Eve, Watching the ball drop, and the New Year of 2009 to come. But, WAIT. What about 2008? Well, I have to admit that 2008 wasn’t the best of years for everyone but, I feel like I need to review it and not because I want to talk about the hardships of it but, more for the fun for remembering the past year. So, without further a due here is Christian’s Year-In-Review 2008. As with any year-in-review we have to start in January. My year 2008 kicked off great until My Brother Michael decided to move out of the house in January. My Mom and I weren’t too happy about it and we were sad for while. But, it turned out to be fine. On January 23rd I was looking at You tube videos and I ran into one from a guy named Steve Williams who calls himself “The Georgia Road geek” because he makes videos of him driving down roads in the State of Georgia and around it, showing the road signs and other things. I thought it was really cool. On February 1, 2008 was the first “State of The Metro Area Address” in the Christianville Metro Area. The changes effected by the address were Christianville’s Beltway named Geography Loop was renamed to Geography Beltway. Also, Geography Pkwy.(the road that goes to GCI Airport was extended to G-Honey Frwy. 3 miles East of Downtown Christianville. In March, was Grandma Honey’s famous Surprise party which was really awesome because My Uncle Bruce setup a video of people telling her Happy Birthday in a “This is Your Life” style and she had to guess who said it to her. April 2008 was a sad and scary month because on April 10 there was squall line of storms which brought an F-1 Skipping Tornado to rip through Plano and the sirens of The City of Plano did not go off which was very scary. And, now for the sad part; on April 17, My Grandpa Popi (or Budsy) passed away which was really sad for The Smith Family. May of 2008 was a quiet month. In June, was our annual trip to the beach in Gulf Shores, AL. on July 5, I stopped talking to my now former friend, Madison Shields because she was not being very nice to me. On August 11th, 2008 at 1:12 PM I turned 21 Years Old, that is an awesome time ones life and My Mom was happy because she didn’t have to worry about me going out and getting drunk which 21 year olds do but, I don’t. On September 1, I had to quit my First Job because Madison was bullying me and I didn’t want to deal with it anymore. September 24, was a very sad day because my dig Sophie was getting old and sick so, we had to put her to sleep and she passed away. On October 8, I wrote the 120th Christianville Spirit which was very exciting for me because I was amazed that I’ve written that many newsletters. On October 22, My Mom and I went on to the M-Line Trolley which runs along a historic street called McKinney Ave. near Downtown Dallas. On November 16-20, was The 4th Christian’s Best Friends’ Festival in Downtown Christianville which was very exciting. On December 21, we decided to adopt a German Sheppard mix and we decided to name her Zoe. And, she is cute as ever. And, Finally, I wrap up my 2008 Year-In-Review by telling you that December 29th I had all 4 of my Wisdom Teeth removed and it quite a thrilling surgery. All in all, 2008 has been a good year but, it wasn’t the greatest. But, I believe that 2009 will an awesome year.
(For the last time in 2008)
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. I hope you had at least a good year of 2008 and I’ll see you back here for another year of exciting and touching newsletters in 2009!

December 23, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: How Early is too Early for Christmas


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December 23, 2008- TCS # 128
Well everyone it’s that time of year again, The Most Wonderful Time of The Year as Burl Ives says it. Man, I love Christmas time. I mean The Lights, The Music, The Fun, The Smiles, and of course Jesus’ Birth; not to mention all the presents and Santa Claus. But, there is part of Christmas that I haven’t touched on yet besides The Awful Dread that really shouldn’t be happening to you of Christmas. This one is multi-opinionated and that is Just exactly how EARLY to start Christmas stuff? Now, let me give you an idea of how opinionated this is. Some believe that Christmas should put up in September after Labor Day. Some believe should be anywhere between the Beginning of October and Thanksgiving. And, finally there are people who believe in putting stuff up in a rush within 2 weeks of Christmas. You see, Christmas sadly isn’t what it used to be. I mean don’t get me wrong I Love Christmas like Crazy but, sometimes, people’s definition of early is just too early. These days you walk around in October (Weeks before Halloween) and there are already Christmas decorations in the shopping areas and already Pre-Christmas Sales going on. But, that’s the thing that is changing Christmas and that is that Christmas is becoming more of a sales holiday more than a holiday to enjoy your family’s company or a religious holiday. But, what people don’t get is that Christmas NOT ABOUT THE PRESENTS. It’s about Family, Company, Being Together with anyone (Family, Relatives or even Friends) as long as you’re with someone. And, no; you don’t have a buy a credit-busting amount of presents for them; just enjoy their company. But, finally Christmas is about Jesus’ Birth and he became our savior. Yet, if you don’t celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanza then just enjoy your family’s or anyone’s company. All in all though enjoy families and they’ll enjoy yours.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Kwanza.

December 10, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: You, The Word To Avoid


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December 10, 2008-TCS # 127
You know when people have verbal fights, what’s the word that starts it? Using a sentence that begins with you; You, as in, “You don’t do this!”, “You don’t do that!”, “You ALWAYS do this!” but, when you say something like that the person your fighting with whether it’s your spouse, brother, mother, or whatever, they feel like they’re being attacked and they need to defend themselves. So, here’s how to talk to them without saying YOU. The major rule to get the message across without saying YOU would be to say I. Like let’s just say that you and your spouse are fighting about the fact that your supposed to do the dishes which she asked you to and your sitting in the recliner watching the football game (now keep in mind, something small things like doing the dishes shows your love for that person) and, she says “You never do the dishes! And I’m sick of doing them!” Well, a different way she could have said this would start it out with “I love it when you do the dishes for me. So, could you please do them for me tonight”? And, with her saying something like that, that would make you want to do more things for her. Now, women shouldn’t be the only ones not saying YOU, the men should also not say YOU. All in all though, without saying you at the beginning of a fight, it will be a smoother one.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Small Things like taking out the trash and doing the dishes shows your spouse that you love them.

November 16, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: Christian's Best Friends Festival 2008



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November 16, 2008-TCS # 126
From now till’ the November 20 is a special time in The City of Christianville because I have this festival called Christian’s Best Friends’ Festival that honors my best friends. This is the 4th year that this festival has been going on. The festival is held in Downtown Christianville on Friends St. (except for Brooke Day which is November 17 in Downtown Brooke). You see, my friends are very important to me and my idea to honor them is with this festival. I choose a couple of my friends and have days and events on those days to honor them. So, the first day which is November 16 honors My Brother, Michael because he is an awesome brother. On Michael Day, This year in honor of our dog Sophie and grandpa, Popi, the entire Christianville Metro Area had a minute of silence and said “God Bless Sophie and Popi!” after words. After that was The Presentation of Friends (New and Old) that I made this year; 2008’s New Friends included Kathy’s friend Sherry, and her sons Blaine and Drew Mitchell, and Michael’s girlfriend Meagan. Plus my friends Rachel Hogle, Karleen Frishman, Steven Vandeneykel and more…
After they played The National Anthem, The Festival kicked off with The City of Christianville Band and introduction of the US, Tennessee, and The City of Christianville flags. After that, was The Parade of Michael Centeno. And, of course, his girlfriend Meagan was with him and they had a couple extra floats for her. A lot of the people there enjoyed the extra floats for Meagan. In fact, Bryan of “the famous festival couple Bryan and Holly” who met at the 2nd annual festival said “Meagan looks like a very nice girl”. Tomorrow, November 17 will be Brooke Day, held in Downtown Brooke (which is North of Christianville). Brooke Day is in honor of my long-time friend Brooke Herrick. The event on Brooke Day is a fair called The Christian Smith and Brooke H. Fair. On November 18 is Meredith Day, which is in honor of our long-time friend Meredith Herrick. On Meredith Day there is a fair like the one held in Brooke but, today it’s held in Downtown Christianville on Friends St. On November 19 is Whitney Day, which in honor of our long-time friend Whitney Herrick. For the event for the day, they close all the streets of Downtown Christianville and let everyone explore them. Whitney Day is so fun that the magazine for area teens, “The Christianville Teen” voted it the most fun thing for them to do at the Best Friends’ Festival. The reason why, they say, is because they don’t have to drive up and down the streets with the traffic to see their favorite places of Downtown Christianville. Finally, on November 20 is Steven Day which honors Christian’s Best Friend Steven Vandeneykel. On Steven Day, they have a “Tigger Parade” for him because Steven loves Tigger. After the parade is over the festival ends with the rest of the day being a made-up holiday for Steven. All in all, Christians’ Best Friends Festival is a fun Festival for people of all ages.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Believe anything can happen and it will.

November 12, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: The Small Town Bypass


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The Spirit that touches lives
November 12, 2008- TCS # 125
Interstate Highways, a major highway that you take to get from Point A to Point B. but, there’s a sad fact about traveling interstate highways and that is that many towns, culture, interesting people, and hidden secrets that only the locals know of are missed. You see, an exit off an interstate isn’t JUST an Exit Number on an interstate. It’s an exit to a town that has a lot of culture and interesting places that Interstate Travelers never see. Off interstates are where the good stuff is like an awesome burger restaurant and of course the cheapest gas. Many don’t know that the cheapest gas can actually be down the road from an interstate. Of course, also there are interesting people to meet in the town that do things that you have never seen before. So, the next time you drive an interstate and have extra time, find a good exit to a town, get off the interstate, and check it out because you’ll never know what you’ll find.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. There are towns along the interstate that are waiting are you!
***Starting This Sunday, November 16, 2008 will be the 4th annual Christian’s Best Friends Festival in Downtown Christianville on Friends St. The festival will last from the 16th to the 20th and I will be reporting on it on each day of the festival. ***

November 5, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: Traffic Jam! Whoo!!


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
November 5, 2008-TCS # 124

They say that PTLS and Autism Kids like to line objects up together for some reason, that reason I don’t know why but, I can tell you what I thought it was because I did exactly that when I was a kid. So, here it goes; back when I was still going to San Antonio to see my dad at my grandma on-my-dad’s-sides house I had a loop car track with tons of micro cars. Every time I went over to her house I would play with the micro cars and I’d do that and call someone to look at it. When they looked I would stay “Look, Daddy I made a Traffic Jam. It’s a Traffic Jam” I did that because it made me think of Traffic Jam. Now, I did that even at My Mom’s House with the cars I had there. when I wanted to play with them I would grab the cars, put them in a line, and once they were in a “Traffic Jam” I’d make honking noise and people talking, telling the people to move it. The best way I can tell you about the noise would the sounds out of New York City or LA Drivers. To me, I didn’t think it was anything that a normal child, I just thought of it as a cool traffic jam. All in all, though making traffic jams was a lot of fun of me when I was a kid.
Thanks for the reading The Christianville Spirit. Now that we’ve elected the first African American President, Anything is Possible!!!