A Little About Me

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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

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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!

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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.

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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!!!

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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).

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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.

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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. ?

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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.