Sorry that I have not posted for a while! There are just so many projects I have been doing!
Things I've Been Doing:
1. Cleaning Out My Saturday Drawer. Every time I bring something downstairs, Mom puts it in my Saturday Drawer. I have to bring the whole boatload of stuff in my drawer upstairs on Saturday.
2.Playing Glider Pro. I finally beat the house Imaginehouse!
3. Going Fishing. Dad and I went on a fishing trip to Lake Anna. Shrimp is good bait.....
4. Planning For The Beach. We are doing a sandwich/ice cream bar for our dinner night.
5. Getting My Neighbor's Mail. She is away a lot, so our family takes care of her mail when she wants us to handle it.
6. Blogging. Of course!
Things I Have To Do That I'm Going To Do:
1. Have a Sleepover. Gigi and I will have a great time!!!
2. Clean The Girls' Bathroom. I can't wait to use that mint toothpaste cleaning formula I cooked up!
3. Vaccum The Floor. There's only one time my room is messy, and that's after I'm done cutting paper. The floor DEFINETLY needs a vaccum right now!
4. Wash My Lunchbox. It's been with me through thick and thin......
5. Make Cookies! What's a trip to the Outer Banks without nutmeg logs, chippers, and scones?
6. Pack My Beach Bags. I have that one down later on my list. The beach trip isn't for a few days, but it's getting closer...
7. Go To A Gazillion Shops. ....for my Panteen haircut, new library books, etc.
I better stop blogging and start working!
More beach, home, and random summer updates to come when I'm done with my summer to-dos!
I WISH this is what it looked like this year! But no, everything is still snowless. Global warming?! (This picture is from 2010.)
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
If I Didn't Look Up
a poem by Claire
Maybe I could've climbed higher, reached higher, and gotten to the top if I hadn't done what I did. Maybe I could've gotten the praise ,gotten the glory and gotten a bit more done if I hadn't done what I did. Maybe I wouldn't say "I'm ready to come down" so soon if I hadn't done what I did. What did I do? I simply looked up!
This poem was written after a trip to Challenge Discovery, where we climbed tall structures. I was ashamed of myself for looking up at the rest of whatever we were climbing because it looked odd up there, and the areas I thought I could reach looked harder to reach then I thought. I would always go down at this point. I did this on all my turns, so I never really made any progress. But I still had a lot of fun, and that's what really matters!
Maybe I could've climbed higher, reached higher, and gotten to the top if I hadn't done what I did. Maybe I could've gotten the praise ,gotten the glory and gotten a bit more done if I hadn't done what I did. Maybe I wouldn't say "I'm ready to come down" so soon if I hadn't done what I did. What did I do? I simply looked up!
This poem was written after a trip to Challenge Discovery, where we climbed tall structures. I was ashamed of myself for looking up at the rest of whatever we were climbing because it looked odd up there, and the areas I thought I could reach looked harder to reach then I thought. I would always go down at this point. I did this on all my turns, so I never really made any progress. But I still had a lot of fun, and that's what really matters!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Class Fads
I love school, so I was really sad when summer came. Even though I am having fun, I can't wait to be back in a classroom again!! One of my favorite things that I like to do to help me remember my class is to pull out all the homeade magazines we made. Fourth grade was a creative year with all the fads, buisnesses, media, and clubs there were! Here's a list of some of my favorites:
Recently. Recently was a magazine I started. Some of the topics it covered were interviews, games, class news, fake elections, stories, poetry, and sports.
Kid94. Started by a group of classmates, this pretend radio station interviewed people, shared news, played music, and made up hilarious commercials!
Deskworld. A friend and I started this fun buisness. It sold fun desk toys, such as Desk Buddies and Desk Scrolls. Due to its lack of customers, it eventually closed.
Chalkworld. A group of friends and I were drawing our dream rooms on the sidewalk. This sidewalk of rooms soon had a greenhouse, a public graffiti board, shops, police, court, and a constitution. Chalkworld was born.
The Apples to Apples Club. Do you like playing Apples to Apples? I do! My classmates did, too. We played Apples to Apples together every chance we got!
Poster Boards. A lot of girls and I hung personalized posters and graffiti boards from our desks. Our desks looked awesome with all the decorations we hung from them!
Who ever knew that our class was so creative?
Recently. Recently was a magazine I started. Some of the topics it covered were interviews, games, class news, fake elections, stories, poetry, and sports.
Kid94. Started by a group of classmates, this pretend radio station interviewed people, shared news, played music, and made up hilarious commercials!
Deskworld. A friend and I started this fun buisness. It sold fun desk toys, such as Desk Buddies and Desk Scrolls. Due to its lack of customers, it eventually closed.
Chalkworld. A group of friends and I were drawing our dream rooms on the sidewalk. This sidewalk of rooms soon had a greenhouse, a public graffiti board, shops, police, court, and a constitution. Chalkworld was born.
The Apples to Apples Club. Do you like playing Apples to Apples? I do! My classmates did, too. We played Apples to Apples together every chance we got!
Poster Boards. A lot of girls and I hung personalized posters and graffiti boards from our desks. Our desks looked awesome with all the decorations we hung from them!
Who ever knew that our class was so creative?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting....
My blog!
My new blog, to be exact.
Why am I so happy about this one little thing?
It's a long story.
Better get cozy.
Once, when I was about 8 or 9, my mother started a blog. She named it CREATE: Making Something Of Today! It was about friends, what was going on in her life, and biblical things. Sometimes I would write or do something intresting and she would write about it, but most of the time I would be away from her page.
Whenever I did something intresting and Mom didn't blog about it, we would engage ourselves in a conversation like this:
"MOM!!!"
"Yes,....."
"I made that really cool recycled crafts sculpture of a city and YOU DIDN'T BLOG ABOUT IT! ''
"I'll blog about it someday."
"That's what you always say!"
Then, Mom would usually say:
"If you want your thoughts and ideas to be on the web, why don't you start a blog?"
And I would finish our arguement by saying:
" IT'S GOING TO BE TOO HARD TO START A BLOG!"
Days passed. Then months. Finally, after a family trip to Belle Isle, I decided to start a blog. It sounded creative, and who knows, maybe Mom would stop bugging me about it!
I soon found out that making a blog was harder then it looked. Beacause I was so easily frustrated, I kissed my blog goodbye!!!
But during suProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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er, I turned ten. I soon felt like I was old enough to tackle making a blog. So I filled out some blanks, I chose some backrounds, and......
You know the rest.
Now you know why I'm so happy:
I can finally do the "impossible"!!!
My new blog, to be exact.
Why am I so happy about this one little thing?
It's a long story.
Better get cozy.
Once, when I was about 8 or 9, my mother started a blog. She named it CREATE: Making Something Of Today! It was about friends, what was going on in her life, and biblical things. Sometimes I would write or do something intresting and she would write about it, but most of the time I would be away from her page.
Whenever I did something intresting and Mom didn't blog about it, we would engage ourselves in a conversation like this:
"MOM!!!"
"Yes,....."
"I made that really cool recycled crafts sculpture of a city and YOU DIDN'T BLOG ABOUT IT! ''
"I'll blog about it someday."
"That's what you always say!"
Then, Mom would usually say:
"If you want your thoughts and ideas to be on the web, why don't you start a blog?"
And I would finish our arguement by saying:
" IT'S GOING TO BE TOO HARD TO START A BLOG!"
Days passed. Then months. Finally, after a family trip to Belle Isle, I decided to start a blog. It sounded creative, and who knows, maybe Mom would stop bugging me about it!
I soon found out that making a blog was harder then it looked. Beacause I was so easily frustrated, I kissed my blog goodbye!!!
But during suProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0
er, I turned ten. I soon felt like I was old enough to tackle making a blog. So I filled out some blanks, I chose some backrounds, and......
You know the rest.
Now you know why I'm so happy:
I can finally do the "impossible"!!!
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