Stuck

This poem/short story was written by me in 3rd grade. I thought it would be perfect for today, because I have writer's block.

Stuck

I can't write anything. It seems like my brain is rusty. Nothing in the class seems good to write about. A person? A poster? A pencil?
Maybe my brain lost it's power and all the sentences and words just drained out.... and I don't know where to get some more..... I know I shouldn't get some from another brain...
I hear the clock ticking. Every second, minute, and hour brings on the pressure. And while all the time passes, my brain drains some more, like bathwater in a tub. I hope I can think of something soon....soon....soon.........
Ding!
There goes the timer! Oh well. Maybe tomorrow my brain will be ready...

Don't Touch It!

I was swimming at the pool yesterday with Mom and my little sister. Actually, I think I better rephrase that. I was swimming at the pool with Mom and my little sister, and we were the only ones at the pool!
Even though there was nobody to play with, there was still a lot of room to practice my backstroke (yea!) and my sidestroke (boo!). We took snack breaks whenever the only lifeguard watching over us blew the whistle for adult swim. One time, when the lifeguard blew the whistle for free swim, I was about to get in the pool, but I stopped myself. The water looked so pretty and calm that I didn't want to get in!
But I wanted to swim, so I guess I had to step in and spoil it. I watched as the pretty, calm, water turned into waves.

Sigh....

Mom and I talked about it while practicing the sidestroke together. She said she felt the same way when she was a kid. It's the same thing as stepping in a fresh batch of snow: It looks so pretty that you don't want to ruin it, but you really want to play in it. Then when you start having fun, your yard begins to look messy and you start wondering why you ever stepped in the snow.
There are lots of things in life that involve the same scenario. Make a list with me:
pencils
food
journals (I have had big experience in THAT department!)
new shoes
art supplies
a book of tear - out coupons

While we continued to talk,Mom told me, "I think you have a blogpost coming on."

She was right.

Projects!!

Right now, I'm in the middle of blogging on my mom's computer, even though the internet access is up on my new computer. (Except I can't find Firefox yet! Help, Dad!) Bacon is sizzling in the background, along with the noise from my sister and her laptop. (Nick Jr. com- radio!)
I'm kind of surprised that I'm hearing all this noise, because right now I would typically be up in my room working on all the projects I have on my hands!
1. The Crayon Project. From reading my blog and my mom's blog, you know that I am making Crayon Cupcakes for kids in need. Mom wants me to write a letter to Gymboree asking them for colorful boxes to put some more cupcakes in.
2. My Fashion Magazine. I am not your fashion passion shopping fanatic model queen, but when I got the kit for making a fashion magazine, it involved doing several things that I like, so I decided to go for it!
3. The Beach Scrapbook. I started drawing these cute cartoon people doing stuff we did at the beach, and right now I am putting them in a beach scrapbook.
4. Defeating Aneoth. I know. This isn't really a big project. But in the Glider PRO world, Aneoth is one of the biggest, hardest, houses ever, and I WANT TO BEAT IT!

Right now, I would like to go back upstairs and work on one of these projects.
But I have some down time, so I can finally start to relax!

I think I'll go check on the bacon....

From The Calendar Of CJ

Sunday, July 19th
Visit our favorite ball team's stadium with Dad to watch them play a game.
Monday, July 20th
Play Monopoly with Mom.
Go to my swim lesson.
Tuesday, July 21th
Paint eco-friendly symbols on patches. We will later sew them onto Food Lion bags (Mom doesn't like being a walking advertisement! ).
Go to my swim lesson.
Wednesday, July 22th
Sew the patches on the bags.
Go to my swim lesson.
Have a pool play date with my best friends, Cici and Gigi.
Go to Sonic and get a Sonic Blast. YUM!!!
Thursday, July 23th
Go mini-golfing with Mom.
Go to my swim lesson.
Sew some more patches.
Sew a T-shirt pillow.
Friday, July 24th
Write a blogpost about all this stuff!

The Sad Ballad Of My Fingernail

Once upon a time...
There was a little girl. A ten year old, to be exact. And she LOVED to be creative.
I bet you can guess who that is.
Me.

One day, I was doing one of those projects that rates REALLY HIGH on the creative scale. At my church, we had been collecting school supplies for children who can't afford them. When we were sorting crayons one day, my friends gave me some broken crayons we didn't want to put in with the new ones. I took them home and peeled the wrappers off, cut the crayons up, melted them, and before long, we had brand new crayons that were ready to be donated!
There were some hard parts to this process, though.
1. Cutting the crayons up was hard work. Luckily, my mom was around for that part.
2. Even harder then cutting up crayons was the difficult process of peeling the paper off. If you peel too hard, crayon will get up your fingernail.
Oh, I remember those long, hard afternoons where merciless crayons jammed crayon into my screaming fingernails. Luckily, a couple of hard scrubs with Dawn dish detergent removed most of the nasty stuff from my fingers. But there was one finger that held on to the crayon bit it got stuck in it's nail. Mom and I tried every method in the book to get the crayon out.
1. Take out the crayon bit with tweezers. Did it work? Nope.
2. Scratch a bar of soap for a million hours. That didn't work, either.
3. Count on good old Dawn dish soap to save the day. I think you probably know this already, but NO! That didn't work either!
So currently, the crayon bit was stuck in my finger forever!

DU-DU-DU-DU............

The next day.......

We did a paint project.
A really, really big paint project.

We were painting an old shower curtain and turning it into an abstract beach painting. I enjoyed splattering colors everywhere to make a crazy ocean. When I was done, the ocean looked wonderful. But my hands looked like they had been caught in a paint spill.
"Oh no!" I wailed. "This paint will never come off."
"Wash your hands with soap and water," my mom said.
So I washed my hands off, and I was so happy when the paint disappeared. Now my hands were blank. No crayons, no paint, no nothing!
Until I looked at that one finger.
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at still has that little piece of crayon wedged in it.
Does anybody know a cure for ridding the finger of crayon?

Big Beach Blogpost!

I have not been posting in a while for two reasons.
1. This one isn't a big deal. The internet access was down.
2. This one is the big deal, the thing I'm going to be blogging about. I went to the beach.
Every year, our grandparents rent a beach house on the Outer Banks. Then we all go to the beach house together for a family reunion. This year, there were 5 big parts about the beach that everyone went crazy about. They were:
1. Theme Nights. Every year, we have things called theme nights. Each family gets to make up a theme for a dinner. For example, this year we had .....
*Bug Day, where we ate cheeseburgers and "flies".
*Cincinnati Night, where we ate foods inspired by a family-famous Ohio restaurant.
* A night where we did a kabob bar.
* A "Create Your own" night with sandwich and ice cream bars.
*And many more!!!!

2. The Beach And Pool. There is nothing our family loves to do more at the beach than to soak in a pool (or hot tub!) after a whole morning of sandcastles and surfing.
3. Little Extras. In our spare time, we would usually be doing a craft, watching TV, playing cards, playing Apples to Apples, or playing volleyball.
4. Our Special Outings. This year we made our annual trips to go to Jockey's Ridge, The Currituck Lighthouse, and Five Guys.
5. The Surf Club. My cousins and I LOVE bogieboarding and wave jumping. So we started a special club. We surfed by day and held meetings at night.

When I went home, I wrote lots of poems, lists, and stories about our experiences at the beach. But there was a special one I wanted to post on my blog. It's a list of terms that we used in the Surf Club a lot. It's called, "Surf Club Lingo."
Surf Club Lingo
baby wave- a tiny wave
mommy\daddy wave- a bigger wave
grandpa wave- a REALLY BIG wave
ghost wave-a very big big wave
tsunami-a very big wave that can do a lot of damage. They often happen in Japan.
Surf Club meeting- a meeting where the members of the Surf Club just play some type of game.
Oh, I want crabs for Christmas- a song we sing either when we are out deep in the water or when we are happy
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waves to take us "home"
floater- a wave that is easy to float over
stopper- a wave that looks like it will take you very far but when you ride it, it doesn't
wave jumping- the art of jumping over waves



I hope some more summer adventures come my way.....

A Super Sleepover!

Gigi and I had a sleepover last night. It was AWESOME beacause not only did we have a sleepover, we had a playdate with Gigi's little sister, Cici, too! On our playdate, we jumped rope, played Statue and Hide 'n Seek, and ate brownies! But the real fun began when our sleepover came. We did plenty of fun things, and I have the list to prove it. We:
1.Played Monopoly. This is was only Gigi's first time playing Monopoly, yet she creamed me. She had at least $1,000. I had $100.00- or less.
2. Played Glider Pro. Gigi says she isn't very good at Glider Pro yet. But I don't believe that. She is beating ME ( yes, me, a very good player) on the house Paper Palace.
3. Made Shaved Ice. I have a slushie maker at my house, so we decided to whip up some watermelon and blue rasberry slushies.
4. Made Paper. Yes, we made paper. Gigi got me an awesome gift. You can reuse old paper that you don't want and turn it into new paper! VERY eco-friendly.
5. Played With Random Toys. We tested out a dollhouse, dolls, play food, and a Kerplunk-like game before the night was over.


Overall, it was a pretty super sleepover!