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Title: A Little About Me


1
A Little About Me
  • Index
  • Slide 2 An Introduction to Me
  • Slide 3 Family Information
  • Slide 4 Family Information Continued
  • Slide 5 Enjoyable Interests
  • Slide 6 Best Friend
  • Slide 7 My Dog
  • Slide 8 Goals for Life

2
An Introduction to Me
  • Hi!!!!!
  • My names Madeleine Washington. That picture
    on the right is my best friend, Heather, and I
    (Im the one on the right). Im fifteen years
    old and in my first year of high school grade
    ten. Im very short (just over 5 feet), have a
    ton of cousins, dont snore when Im sleeping,
    dislike seafood, and live with my very big family
    in the south east end of Calgary, Alberta. This
    slide presentation will give you information on
    my life, my family, my hobbies and interests, and
    the goals I have for life. Enjoy!

3
Family Information
  • My very large family consists of 10 people. My
    dad, mom, grandma, and 6 younger brothers.
    Although I do have an older sister, Jessie, she
    doesnt live with us. She lives in Victoria with
    her mom (shes my dads daughter). Shes 19,
    graduated about a year and a half ago (the
    picture in the middle was taken at her grad), and
    I love her to bits. My little brothers, Levi,
    Caleb, Joel, Jacob, Benjamin, and Malachi, (ages
    13, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 3 respectively) are quite a
    handful although that term really only applies
    to Malachi, the youngest. Many people ask me how
    I can cope with being the only girl in my family.
    The truth is, I dont know any different. Ive
    lived with them all my life and although my
    brothers are a handful and can be annoying at
    times, I love them. My whole family is wonderful
    and Im blessed to be with them.

4
Family Information Continued
  • (Because of my big family I decided to cover
    the information on two slides) At home, our (my
    familys) house and our lives are very busy due
    to my brothers hockey games and practices,
    school, piano, basketball, and little kids
    fighting over each others toys. Lucky for us,
    my grandma lives with us shes the glue that
    holds our family together. Since Mom
    homeschools all of the boys (except for Levi),
    Grandma is a HUGE help. She does laundry, cooks
    dinner, washes dishes and looks after my youngest
    brother, Malachi, who is always getting into
    mischief. My family and I are very, very blessed
    to have her living with us. Anyway, some
    wonderful news just came my mom is pregnant
    again!! The new baby will arrive sometime in
    August 2004 very exciting news!!!

5
Enjoyable Interests
  • Music is a very important part of who I am. I
    have played piano since I was about seven or
    eight years old. I cant say it is my most
    favourite thing to do but, my parents say it is
    great for my education and that Im not allowed
    to quit till I take my grade eight exam.
    Listening to music is one of my favourite
    pastimes (although I do not like listening to the
    piano especially if Im the one playing). The
    genres of music that I really enjoy are rap, hip
    hop, and rb. Im not allowed to own CDs of any
    secular bands, but I dont mind. I really like
    the Christian bands Mary Mary, Out of Eden, Holy
    Culture, Trinity 57, P.O.D., and Souljahz.
  • Reading, for me, is a very consuming activity.
    When I read its like Im in a whole different
    world I dont hear or see anything and I wont
    stop reading, which, of course, drives my mother
    crazy. Reading is very important to me it
    always has been and I can guarantee you, it
    always will be.
  • I am a very active person. I love physical
    activity and pretty much every sport except for
    baseball and hockey. My personal favourite sport
    is gymnastics I love to watch it and I used to
    compete I quit, just recently. I was very
    involved with gymnastics and competed for three
    years (this would have been my fourth). I loved
    almost every minute of it. I have been asked
    many times by many different people why I quit.
    The answer to that is that I simply lost my joy
    for training. I felt that this sport wasnt
    taking me anywhere and I was starting to feel
    exhausted and run down from the length and
    intensity of the of the training (I was training
    somewhere between 16 to 20 hours a week). Im
    feeling much better now that I have quit and I
    feel that I made the right decision. I would
    like very much to get right into another sport
    (preferably track) as I love sports and physical
    activity.
  • I must admit that electronic devices are a big
    part of my life. I love playing Playstation,
    Gamecube, Gameboy, etc. Plus, I love to watch
    movies, talk on MSN in short, I like to be on
    any electronic device in general. It may not be
    a great habit, but I try to play within a
    reasonable time limit (except during holidays).

6
Best Friend
  • The pictures on the left are all pictures of my
    best friend, Heather Bebbington, and I. Our
    friendship started when we were about seven years
    old. She was the pastors daughter of our
    church. We met in Sunday school and our
    personalities simply clicked. We spent a lot
    (and I mean A LOT) of time together and our
    friendship blossomed into something very, very
    special to both of us. We would do everything
    together we were inseparable. Unfortunately,
    because of my dads job, my family and I were
    transferred to different parts of the country.
    Right now my family lives in Calgary, Alberta
    while she lives in Bolton, Ontario. Its been
    hard not seeing each other but we keep in touch
    through our letters, e-mails, MSN, and the phone.
    Also, every summer we spend a few weeks
    together. We have a blast and Im very, very,
    very, very, very, very, very thankful to be able
    to call her my best friend. She has truly taught
    me the meaning of friendship.

7
My Dog
  • Dogs are literally a mans (or a womans) best
    friend. My dog, Otis, is sooooo funny!!! When
    my family and I play with him we throw the ball
    and he runs after it like a mad-dog, slipping and
    sliding on the hardwood floor. Most often he
    catches the ball but then goes sliding into a
    wall head-on. Other times I take one of my hair
    elastics and tie his ears up in a pony tail (sort
    of) then he flops around the room shaking his
    head trying desperately to take it off. But the
    funniest times are when my dad plays with him.
    Sometimes hell get Otis really dizzy by spinning
    a toy round and round and then Otis walks crooked
    (right into a wall). Or Otis will be playing
    tug-of-war and then Dad will lift him off the
    floor by his teeth and swing him around (Yes,
    its true my family and I like to abuse the dog
    P). But really Otis is a wonderful blessing to
    me. When Im sad or upset and need a hug, Otis
    is right there, trying to lick my tears as I
    snuggle him. I can hold on to him and tell him
    secrets without ever worrying if hell tell hes
    a wonderful companion. Of course there are times
    I get annoyed with him like when I have to
    clean up his messes, give him his food, brush his
    teeth, or when he barks incessantly and all that,
    but although he can be a lot of work, I dont
    know what it would be like to live without him. I
    am truly thankful to have a dog like Otis, my
    best friend. ?

8
Goals for Life
  • I have a couple of short term goals right now
    finish my first year of high school (with good
    grades, hopefully), start coaching gymnastics as
    a part time job, take my learners exam so I can
    drive (finally), and work hard at my piano and
    theory so I can take my grade eight exam and be
    able to teach.
  • As for long term goals, after I finish high
    school, Id like to go to university to study
    either architecture or interior designing.
  • After I finish university and establish my
    career I want to get married and have children
    not too many though my family showed me that
    kids cause chaos. ?
  • One of the goals that I am working on right now
    is changing my negative outlook on life Id like
    to change my negativity and start seeing the good
    not just the bad.
  • Another characteristic that Im working on is
    my judgmental outlook on people. I find that Im
    a judgmental person and often judge people before
    I get to know them. So as a goal Id like to
    reserve judgment until I know a person fairly
    well in doing so, this goal might even give me
    more opportunities to make good friends.
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