Science Fair

BLUE RIBBON, BABY!!!

GS Camping

This time I have pictures.

My daisy friend was Laney (not her real name...) .  She was so cute!

The beds.  I was next to Abigail and on the other side of me were the Bridget[t]s.

The shower house was next door.  But, if you use the shower house, you have to clean the shower house.

We stayed at Petite Chalet, which according to Genevieve means small castle in french.  I think that is hilarious for whatever reason. 

The fake Indian names are pretty funny too.  Like, we stayed next to Tanda, Ahwenasa, and Kiamecia, all permanent tents.  Heh.

The daisies came out for the day but didn't stay the night.  We climbed up a 'mountain' on Pioneer Trail, elevation like 815 feet or something.  Poor daisies.  Then after that we went on a creek walk where most girls found interesting rocks and fossils, which of course had to be shared afterwards.  Molly found a wolf spider, so of course everyone had to crowd around and get their look at something that might bite them and really hurt. Bah, who cares about safety?

So then the daisies went home and there was an all-camp campfire.  Luckily, I got to stay behind with one of the Bridgets.  Phew.  And that was fun. 

In the morning it was fantastic because nobody got up and stomped around and slammed doors or whispered so loud that you would be able to hear them with your fingers in your ears.  It was good.  Then we (the juniors, not brownies--that's against the rules) did archery.  Mrs.  Wissinger was happy with Cedarledge's equipment, I think.  They actually had a bow stringer, unlike Tuckaho who had a bucket with everything thrown in it.  Good.  Only thing was, the targets were SO easy to hit 'cause they were only like less than 15 feet (or something, I'm bad at judging distances) away.  But it was good. 

And I had fun.  That's the important part, right???

PS  My science project got a blue ribbon!!!!

Three on Thursday (totally stole that title idea from Mrs. W... sorry!)

1)  I have an awesome pun.  Well, it's knot as awesome as it wood have been yesterday, but still.  May fourth be with you.   You have to say it aloud.I'm reading this book, The Phantom Tollbooth, which is chock-full of puns. The watchdog (he keeps track of time), the mountains of ignorance, the island of conclusions (you get there by jumping)... love it!

2)  We have a field trip tomorrow.  There is a naturalization ceremony at the courthouse downtown tomorrow, and my class gets to sing God Bless America and The Star Spangled Banner!  We get to dress up fancy!

3)  Girl Scout camping this weekend!  Getting better at packing, didn't bring ANYTHING extra except for extra socks.  All in one backpack. 
The brownies and daisies are coming though, all energetic, bouncy, talkitive people.  Yay.

Jesus Freak

That would be me.  And if you don't know Him, I can definitely hook you up.

In the Bible, Jesus says that "I AM the way, the truth, and the light.  No one comes to the Father except through the Son."  Without faith it is impossible to please Him, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and He rewards those who come to Him.

I could go on all day doing this.

Is Jesus your savior???

Well...

It's a new month.

And, that's really all that I have to say.  Except for

I really want some Ted Drewes or something. Also

My mom is going organizer-weirdo crazy.  I don't blame her.  Really.  And

Actually a scone would do in place of Ted Drewes.  Oh

I am very excited to see how my science experiment will do in the science fair.  I won't tell you what it's about... yet.  Just because (very not-likely) one of you might might might might be a judge or something.   Just sayin.  Maybe after it's over I will post my logbook here or something, but

A piece of chocolate would also be fine.  Hmm, I'll let you know.  It'll most likely be a piece of chocolate.  Darn. 

Esther is Cute!

She said, "Oh, am I cute?"  Then I took a picture and she said, "Oh, can I see it?  Oh, so cute!  I'm riding a bike!"

I just can't get enough.

Easter (continued from yesterday's post)

I just love grandma's house.  In the middle of nowhere, though not far from the nearest town with a gas station.  Perfect.

It actually gets dark.  Quiet.

And it's beautiful.  I just love giong outside.  You think you're alone.  Then you take a listen.  You're not.  I hear the sound of a white-throated sparrow call resound through the timber.  I will never tire of that sound.

The trees all look like they're dead.  But they're not.  One morning you'll wake up, and it's like God just nudged them and whispered, "Okay, it's time to wake up guys."  So pretty.

It doesn't really fit into the whole nature tree-hugger theme here.  I wish it was a horse, but I just love to ride the four-wheelers.  It's so fun.  My uncle cut paths all around in the tall grass in his yard.  I just love to zip through and listen to the dog panting behind me.

Easter

On Good (why do they call it 'good?'  It's horrible!  It should be called Horrible Friday.  Although what was accomplished was very 'good.'  Anyhoot.) Friday we went to Church.

On Saturday we just mingled around and did chores etc.

On Sunday morning we got up and stumbled over ourselves down the 16 stairs to see what the Easter bunny brought.  I got chocolate (!), a puzzle, more candy, and my mom is going to take me to get a new cross necklace (my old one broke :0( ).  After that there was no time to hunt eggs.  We hurried to dress and ready and grab all our stuff (this is all happening at like 7 o'clock).  We scurry out to the car and drive drive drive (vroom vroom) to Illinois.

Once we get there, we get to Church (on time!).  We sing, then the kids go downstairs to Sunday school.  I love that Church.  It's so awesome; small (SMALL, really.), and your buisness is everybody's buisness.  I especially like how we testify and we could really go on all day.  And Tommy is always saying, "Can I get an Amen on that?"  "Sing Halleliua!"  I love it.

So after Church, we run down to grandma Judy's, then up to grandma Linny's for lunch.  And the Easter bunny apparently made a stop there too.  Stuffed, we go back down to grandma Judy's for (sigh) dinner.  At her house (this time) there isn't as much food, but still awesome food.  Ham sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs  (of course).  Farm fresh!  From Lula, who has, wait for it, chickens!

For desert-PINK STUFF!  My favorite.  I could eat that stuff all day.  Really.  And there was cherry chocolate chunk cake too!  Could it get any better?

After that we went down to uncle Joe's to play and (almost) watch Ponyo.  Of course, more junk food.  And since Lent is over, we played VIDEO GAMES!  (I gave up video games for Lent.) 

Then it's back up to grandma Judy's for bed.   Slept like a rock, and I had Bubbles the dog to keep my feet warm.

More tomorrow, it's time for me to get off now.  I had so much fun!

Such a Wierd Tradition

Not Easter itself.  The eggs.

We broke out the fingernail polish this year. 

But don't even get me started on the bunny.

Last night my momma was making jokes about the bunny.  She was telling The Story, and, just joking around, she said, "...  and on the third day...  a giant rabbit came and rolled the stone away!"  We all started laughing.  "What?  It couldn't have been a little garden bunny!"

Oh, mom.

So tomorrow, it's kinda jam-packed.  We'll get up at like 6:30 and come downstairs and do the egg thing and baskets.  Get dressed, take all our stuff out to the car.  We're going to take breakfast with us. 

So when we get to our destination, a 700-person town smack-dab in the middle of nowhere, we're going to church.  Then, we go to grandma Linny's for lunch with my dad's family.  After everybody leaves and stuff, we go to grandma Judy's for dinner with my mom's family.

She's making mustard ham (don't tell Abigail that's what she puts on it)  and pink stuff!  My family has a weird idea of 'salad.'  They think salad is marshmallows and Jell-O with a few maraschino cherries with cool-whip on top.  Really.  I don't even know what's in the pink stuff.  But it's so yummy.

Then in the morning we get up and drive back and get to school, but late.  Oh well, it's not like I have perfect attendance anyway. 

And right now I am loving all the white-throated sparrow calls I can hear right outside my window.  It is making me happy.  It's really spring!

Knots!

Because frankly, I can't get enough of them.  At school I tied a hangman's knot (useful for a hitch) and Mr.  Matt said, "What's with all of these kids tying nuaces?"  My dad taught me.  Well, he tied one and showed me and then I figured out how to tie it.  Anyhoot.

This is a half-hitch.  Heh.  You use it to begin ALMOST EVERY SINGLE KNOT.

Sorry, it's kinda blurry.

This is a clove hitch.  It's made of two opposing half-hitches.

I didn't take my own picture of that one only because I didn't really have anything good to tie it to.

This is a bowline knot.  It doesn't slip, so it is known as a 'life saving knot' because of that.

This is a climbing knot (I really don't know what it's real name is), which also doesn't slip, thus is used for rock climbing.

This is a climbing knot hitched to a handle (not that you would use a handle to go rock climbing).

Note that the knot is kinda doubled over, that's because you have to thread it through it's self (does that make sense?) for it to be complete (not slip).

This is a hangman's (really the name according to my dad; I don't know if that is the real name.  I assume so because Mr.  Matt called it a nuace and that's basically the same thing.).

It has a large loop that slips so I have found it is useful to hitch onto things.
It is VERY annoying to take apart....................................................................................

This is the hangman's hitched to a handle.

And, the all important square knot.

The granny knot is like the cousin of a square knot, but whenever I try and tie it I get confused and mess up or just end up tying  a square knot.  So here is a picture I found on the Internet.

I think it looks exactly the same.

There is also this one called the bowline on a bight, but I just don't get that one....

I Hear...

I hear

It almost storming outside and

It being very windy and

The artificial wind... air conditioner and

The blaring television, would you mind turning that down, Abigail?  Goodness you'll wake Esther up and

I also hear this song going over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over in my head and I only know one verse, and

 I also keep dreaming music, not like my own music that I made/dreamed up (although that would be AWESOME), but songs like the one in my head right now, thankfully usually more than one line long and

Speaking of dreams I had a weird one.  So for the Science Fair we have these sequence numbers.  In the dream I was reading the bible out loud to my dad and I read something like, "I'm down on my knees," but in the dream I saw the number.  Hmm.

Sure, there's another way you can do it.

I'm setting the twist on the YARN I MADE.  I can't believe I know how to do that.  But really.  Hung from the pot rack weighted down by a tin pitcher. 

If you really wanna know howta make yarn, you can look here.  (I hope Mrs.  W doesn't mind me linking!)

Bento

Now long past my tummy.

Well.

Well.  I don't know what to blog about.  I really don't.  But.  I don't know.  I think I will change the look.  We'll see.  Yes.  I think I will.  Maybe.  If it will load in less than like 15 minutes.  Well.  I've been meaning to.  But it wouldn't load.  Well.

Park

Well.... Esther would say, "parkswhinsliiiiiide," (parkswingslidealltogetherreallyfastlikeit'soneword).

Anyhoot, we went to the park (swingslide).

This is the bike rack, but really?  Two suns?

They have a lilac too!

(that red thing is a pole on a trellace ;^) )

And the tulips were so pretty!!!

I think I am going to make one of the tulips my new screensaver or something.  So pretty!

You Can Tell it's Spring When.....

You get April Showers-ed

You go on walks

We get the walking sticks out

Our neighbor puts her moth balls out to 'keep the squirrels away.'

Things turn pink

Our lilac blooms!

Abe

So I randomly was facting about Abraham Lincoln (yes, I DO know 'facting' isn't a word).  The dude who sculped him at the Lincoln Memorial is the same guy who did a sculpture at the first school for the deaf or something.  So, Abe is inconspicuously signing his name in sign language.

A:

L:

See it?  I think it's awesome.

Trip

Yes, driving for like 3 1/2 to 4 hours with two babies and an 8-year-old who constantly has to pee and just drank a thing of soda.

Oh, the view!

Oh, the stress!

Poor baby.

More Lincoln Logs?!

Ah, yes.  I think I am in love with them.

And this means I get to write in a country accent again!!!

A veew fr'm th' front

Polly saes hi

Th' privy    

Polly on th' pot

An' fr'm th' top (no, Polly didn' jump off th' top, she perf'ctly fine).

I like to build things.  With Lincoln logs.

Oh, on the subject of Lincoln logs, even though this has absolutely nothing to do with that, I heard a white-throated sparrow several times today.  In the summer, they go to Canada because it is too hot here.  The mnemonic to remember how they sound is "Oh, sweet Canada Canada Canada."  They sing just before they are about to take off to oh sweet Canada, home.  I heard one when I woke up, one at recess, and one when I got home.  It was so exciting.  Now the next step, to see one.  Hmm...  a bit more difficult.  On the bright side, this means it really is spring and not still winter!

Writing

Don't ya love it when you get a letter?!  I do.  It is so nice.  It makes ya feel all warm on the inside and then you write back with a shaking hand because you are so excited.

On the writing topic, I also love to journal.  While I listen to the radio on my alarm clock and sing along... because that's what everyone doees, right???

But not diaries.  Diaries are only for emergencies when, instead of writing in it, you feel like tearing it up.  Hee.

Then blogging, that's almost like cheating.  Wait a second!

Lincoln Logs

Entrance to the privy hallwae th'engy (I mayked a hallwae th'engy so et woul'ent be so col' en th' Wintur)

From above (red ruffed es th' privy)

Dang it, tha' woul' be th' finest durn privy you all'd evah lay yer eyes upo'.  Them woul' be some high an' lucky 'hind quarters.  Shoo doggie!

An' th' door.  Nuthun too fancy schmancy, but yer know.  Migh' be a li'l' bit drafty in th' Wintur munths, but, hey!

Actu'lly, I furget to take a picshur of th' door, but heres et frem beheind.

Et even has cartput!  Liyk m' ayxent?

Shaw Nature Reserve

I went to stay in a lodge there with Girl Scouts.  It was very fun.

On the first night we went on a night hike.  We did the Halloween thing where you reach in the bag and try to figure out what it is.  There was an antler, a TURKEY FOOT, a freshwater mussel shell, and a turtle shell.  It kinda creeped me out.  Then we did the thing where you chew the Winto-Green Life Saver with your mouth open and make the funny noise.  Well, you don't really need to make the funny noise, but still.  It makes sparks inside your mouth!  but doesn't hurt (duh).

When we got back we played Bananagrams in the Gathering Hall and stuff.  I think we played to late, though because I didn't get as much sleep as I was hoping....

In the morning we had french toast for breakfast with the home made butter that we shookandshookandshookandshookandshook the night before.  It was so good!!!  Then we did a GPS finding your way course and that was very fun.  We got lost, but it was fun.  Not too lost.  But lost.  You know.  The GPS doesn't talk to you like it does in the car.  That would be funny.  "Turn   right   at   the   next   tree.   "   Hah.

Then it snowed.  Wassup wif dat?  I am so mad.  C'mon, it's officially spring, right?  Seriously?

What I find myself doing everyday to be the organized weirdo that I am

Okay, if you know me really well, like really well, you know I go CRAZY if things are messy...

1.  Label things so you know where they go.

2.  Put things back when you are not using them.

3.  Throw things away when you don't need them, they don't work, they don't make you happy or when you don't use them.

4.  Make a schedule (roughly or very prescise, but probably roughly) for yourself so that you can get everything done (mostly chores and homework in my case).

5.  MAKE THE BED.  My sister doesen't and it drives me NUTS.  It just makes you feel cleaner and you feel more ogranized every time you walk by.

6.  You don't have to do everything people ask you to do.  Not everything.

7.  Put things in their own containers so things don't run together and make a mess or get lost.

8.  Clear things off (nightstand, desk, table...) and put it away, don't just throw it in the junk drawer (junk drawer is okay somethime though, I guess it is called the  junk drawer).

9.  Use one of something first, then the next.  Like, if I use all 4 of my erasers at one time, then, well I guess maybe I am just weird.  I dunno.  Bah.

10.  Follow my 9 weird rules  (I'm sure I have more, just don't realize it...).

Ahhhh

Well.  That was spring break.  I remember it like it was two days ago.

But, it is nice to be back at school again.  Tomorrow I have an orthodontist appointment and then school.  Back to life.

But really, it was a fun spring break. 

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What I've Been Doing...

Okay...

The other day we ate dinner at my dad's restaurant.  Not your average french-fries.

On Monday Abigail and I went over to one of our friend's house.

Then on Wednesday, my friend Paige, me, Abigail, Esther, and my mother went to the mall.  We made Build-A-Bears and it was just a great time.  Then, last night we had a sleepover.  EEK!

Today is St. Patrick's day!  I didn't even get pinched by a leprechaun because I forgot to wear green for about 3.6 minutes (not exactly, that's just a guessing number...)!  I changed my clothes about four times.  Hee.  AND, the weather was absolutely gorgeous.  We went to the Botanical Gardens with Abigail's friend.

I've had a really fun spring break so far! 

I Made That!

Well, I did make myself an AWESOME dinner and was going to write about it.  I took pictures, but it just isn't cool without them.  So I won't write about it.

So, I got the font to change, not exactly how I wanted it, but still good.  Who knows?  By the time I'm done posting, it may change itself again.  And I still can't comment.  WHY? 

PS:  Never mind about the font, it's still the same.

WHY???

THE FONT.

I keep trying to change it, beacause right now, well, it's ugly.  When I try to change it, there's this preview thingy and it looks fine on there, right?  Well, I clike 'view blog' and it still hasn't changed. 

On top of that, Blogger won't let me comment on ANYTHING.  What in the world?

Comment as a Post

It won't let me comment either!

Stupid Font

WON'T DO WHAT I WANT IT TO.  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  BAH HUMBUG.

Am I Losing My Mind?

Yesterday, Esther was playing with marbles.  We lost some.

Then, we played cards.  Not a full deck.

I fell off of the rocking chair.

Just kidding.  But it's funny, right?

Hmm, what else is there to blog about???  Oh!  SPRING BREAK!

Tomorrow is the last day before spring break, because there are parent/teacher confrences on Friday.

I get to have a sleepover!  I am so excited!  I hope the weather will be nice.  Maybe we can go on a bike ride.  I haven't had one of those for awhile. 

E-X-C-I-T-E-D spells EXCITED!!!

FOOD

Okay, last night we had some friends over for dinner.

We had horseshoes!  Not the metal kind that go on a horse's foot, though.  Well, more like ponyshoes. Still.

A horseshoe (that you eat) is composed of a piece of toast, a hamburger patty, french fries, and CHEESE.  All piled on top of each other.  Oh my goodness.  A perfect pile of unhealthy yumminess.  With room for cake that Kelly made to squeeze in.

So, it turns out that horseshoes originated form Springfield!  My favorite place to get them (well, the only place I've had them besides last night) is at this restaurant called Darcy's.  Cheese heaven!

AHHHH

This is really annoying!

I keep trying to change the font, but it keeps screwing itself!  I'll try again...

Grandma & Papa

Right now grandma and grandpa are here.

Right now I am roasting inside the awesome new jacket that I don't want to take off.

Right now it is really raining.  Really. Raining. Hard.

Right now I can hear the dishwasher running.

Right now Abigail and grandma are playing the game where cars have houses and talk and run ice cream shops.

Right now I am missing the parade.  It's March 4th.

Right now I am taking off the jacket.

RDKWTWA

Really Don't Know What To Write About.  RDKWTWA.  Yup.  It seems like I just had something looming in the back of my head, but I can't remember now!

Oh, okay, I have something now.  Girl Scouts!

Cookies, cookies, cookies, COOKIES!  I love them!  Selling them is fun, but eating them is better.  So--indulgent.  I pick them up tomorrow!!!  So, if you ordered cookies from me, they're coming!  I sold 135 boxes, but I could of done better.  Abigail was selling cookies this year.  AARG.

And, we have a meeting on Sunday.  A talent show or demonstration.  I don't know what to do!  (Help, Bridgett!?  Well, maybe my dad can teach me a new song on the guitar.)  And we have archery coming up sometime soon!  (Love the picture?)  Still working on the bronze award. Fun fun fun.

But, ohhh.  I can't wait for cookies!

S is for School... Still

Again.  It was a nice, long weekend.  I also like school (as you probably know). 

This week was the last week for Junior Achievement!  (It turns out they were nurses!)

It also turns out that I am starting to enjoy homework.  I'm getting better at journaling (5 pages, no lines skipped) and I always love to read, except when it's a book I didn't choose (like for an assignment).  I guess you could say our teachers don't give very much homework.  Can't wait until High School (love my sarcasm?).

So, I'm reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.  It's so good!  Even though it's about a bijillion pages long and I've been reading it since winter break, it's good.  I think my favorite character is Meg or Marmee because they are such good moms (and wives).  I'm almost done (about 75 more pages!!!).  AND my mom just gave me FOUR chocolates!  How much better could this get?!?  Well, I could think of a few things.  A trip to Whangdoodleland would be pretty cool...

I Don't Know What To Call This Post (Sorry!)

So, Saturday and Sunday my aunt and uncle were here and we went to the science center (which, by the way, is not nearly as good as the one in Minnesota) and got to swim at their hotel.  They are so nice!  We even got to have cupcakes because it was his birthday.

Today we didn't have school so we had a play date.  All day.  It was fun, but yeah.  Exhausting.  We went to the West County mall and ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A and poked around at Barnes and Noble (but we didn't buy anything.  I decided that it was too expensive and I would wait.  I have plenty of books).  It was fun!

The lady who got hit by a car died.  Please pray for her mama.  Her mom is the sweetest old lady you'd ever meet!

AARGH, it makes me mad though!  The suspect got away!  On the bright side, she is in heaven with God with so more pain or hurting or sorrow or anything bad.  And the police are giving out tickets!  I would say that about 2 in 10 people don't even slow down and probably 6 or 7 don't even stop!  That is a problem.

Where Did I Go?

Nowhere.  Just not on the computer.  So let's see, just a short recap of the past few days?  I don't have much time before bed.

On the 13th it was Abigail's birthday, great party.  My aunt (former professional hair/makeup artist) did every body's hair and we got a few teenage 'expert' people to do nails and it was great.  Blueberry 'mufcakes.'

Then comes Valentine's Day.

On Tuesday (or was it Wednesday?) at school we threw paper airplanes for a science experiment. (F-U-N spells FUN!)

Today we (my class) went to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and got to listen to some of the music from Romeo & Juliet (Pytor Tchaikovsky) and West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein).  We got to sit in the balcony this time!

Also today, shortly after I got home from school and TW left (we watch her everyday after school now), I heard some tires screech, a scream, and a horrible cry of a dog.  Our neighbor was hit with a car by a drunk driver at a stop sign and her dog was killed. She is okay (as far as I know) and the drunk person was arrested.  Please pray for her and her family.  It doesn't matter what name you use, God knows Who You're talking about.

So I'm back.  Sorry I neglected you, blog!

Joke

So, this chicken goes to the library.  He comes over the librarian and says, "buck, buck, buck" (what chickens say).  the librarian gives him 3 books.

The chicken goes away and comes back a few minutes later with nothing.  He again says to the librarian, "buck, buck, buck."  So, the librarian gives it 3 books.

The chicken goes away again and still comes back with nothing.  It says the same thing, "buck, buck, buck."  By now, the librarian is getting suspicious, so he follows the chicken outside, across the road of course, and to a pond.  The chicken presents the books to a toad and the toad says, "readdit, readdit, readdit."

If you don't get it, I'll have to tell it to you in person.  My new favorite joke.

The School I Love

So it's Tuesday. 

On Monday it was my mom's birthday.  It was great.  Grandma Linny got to come down and visited and babysat while mom, dad, & some of their grownup friends went out to eat.  We got her some cooking utensils and I am struggling to knit her a scarf without giving up because I am tired of the sick green color I so poorly chose.  Grandma taught Abigail how to knit, too.  Yay.  Anyhoot, we had tiramisou (I doubt that's spelled correctly, the spell check is confusing!) and it was a great time.  Just for the record, I made the best birthday card in the history.  Happy birthday, momma!

So at school I had/HAVE a bunch of catching up to do.  Especially, well, everything.  In math there is a new POW (problem of the week)  and a bunch of jumbled up Pascal and Fibonacci.  The Declaration of Independence keeps poking it's way back into the curriculum.  And all of the writing assignments that have piled up.  Gee, I wish I could write this good in my homework journal!  I guess I'm better at blogging.  Maybe it's just cause I actually want to do this. 

And the Junior Achievement people came.  I seriously thought that they were just off of work (they're volunteers [I think]) because they have these uniforms that look like the scrubs that nurses wear.  Or maybe they were nurses.  Who knows?

Lobby Hobby

Lobby Hobby, no, that's not it.  Blobby Hobby?  Hobby Lobby.  That's it.  Okay, so we went to Hobby Lobby today.

I had $25ish and I got some yarn and knitting needles.  Hooray!  The other day I finished a scarf that I'm giving Abigail for her birthday and today I started one for my mom for her birthday.  I should of made hers first, though, because her birthday is on Monday and Abigail's is on the 13th.  I'll have to give it to her late. (Don't worry, dad, I already told her.  I think maybe I shouldn't of?  Oh man!) Well, I guess it's better late than not at all.  Bummer.

I really need to work on standing up straight.  Momma says I have the hump, the slouch, and the pooch.  Dang it, she's right!  Don't you ever get tired of being right, mom?  Bah humbug.  Oh, wait.  I can't say that, it's not Christmastime anymore.  So I guess it's just bah? 

I Miss School!

So I didn't go to school all week.  I really was sick.  Not as much these past few days, but my mom kept me home, rather for my own good.  I'm actually glad that she did, because otherwise I would probably already be sick again.  I miss school, but this is a lot of what I did, if not all, while I wasn't at school this week.

Monday-So I woke up and puked my guts out.  Then I went to the doctor who was very insensitive (I hate that!) and didn't even remember when we had called the day before.  It made my mom maaaaaaaaaad.  So for the rest of the day I slept.  And took a miserable shower.  And puked my guts out some more. 

Tuesday-I really don't remember.  That's weird.  I think I got my days mixed up.  But I do remember that I felt much better that day and my parents made fun of me because I slept for like 20 hours straight the day before.  Hee hee hee!

Wednesday-That day my mom was really feeling the cabin fever since we couldn't go anywhere because of the snow and ice, and when she gets like that, she moves furniture!  We had like a bedroom party and organized and threw away and moved shelves and I feel so much better about my organization now because me and Abigail's room was a mess!

Thursday-My dad was off and he and I played some MarioKart and it was fun.  Then he ran some errands and I played MarioKart and it was just fun.  This was kind of a more relax-y fun day.  We (mom, Esther, and I) went to Target because she needed diapers for Esther and I had some money that was burning a hole in my pocket.  $40 in Target gift cards, baby!  I bought some birthday gifts for Abigail (she was almost a Valentine baby), Valentines to give out at school, and some SillyBandz for myself.

Friday (today)-I organized some more while listening to the radio in my room.  Played with Esther all day.  She is so adorable!  The only thing is, she forgot how to sleep or something.  Not good.  She keeps waking everybody (my mom [poor mom {and Esther}]) up in the middle of the night and getting up early.  I also finished a scarf that I was knitting (my first real project) for Abigail for her upcoming birthday.  Shhhhhh!

That was my week.  Little bit of everything, but no sledding still.  Understandable but disappointing. 

Can't Decide!

I can't decide what I want my blog to look like.

I keep changing it.

But I hope you like it.

S is for Sick. And Snow. And School. And Scouts.

And Seriously.  I don't wanna be sick anymore.  I don't think my throat can take much more strep.  And I wanta go to school!  I miss it.

Sick sick sick sick.

Doing better.  So on Monday I woke up, breathed in, coughed once, and vomited (thank fully in the toilet), went to the doctor, and slept, and then took a miserable shower, and slept all day and all night.  Some well needed sleep!  20 hours!  My dad said that I played video games in my sleep with him but I think that was his sarcasm coming out.  I'm sure.  Right?!  People don't play video games in their sleep!  Or do they?

Snow snow snow snow.

It snowed.  Again.  I really didn't think we'd ever get this much in one year, living in Saint Louis!  We still didn't get to go sledding... ah, the disappointment.  But it's okay.  It snowed, and that in itself is enough for me.  But since it snowed and freezing-rained and sleeted and hailed, we didn't have any

School school school school.

I wouldn't have gone anyway so that's good because it didn't count against my absence.  But darn it, now we have to go to school into June!  My mom probably won't make us go, though.  (Smirk.)

And, to top it off, I sold 135 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.  Yay me!  Last year I sold 160, but I sold less this year because I had to give a lot of my customers to my sister this year.  Still, that's alotta cookies!  Enough for me.