Even though I'm almost 10..

My 9th birthday was one of my best. We went to a violin lesson early (Though I really did NOT want to!), then came home to prepare for my party. We had 4 hrs, but Mom was going crazy! Anyway, finally people started getting there. 

Once we were ready to play a game, I told Creator's Son "Go tell Mom we're going to play puffle round up now" I said. HR started saying "Puffles? Puffles? Eeekers? Squeak?" 
"How do ya play that?" Every one else asked. Silence. "Eeekers?" HR repeated. 

Everyone loved my "Goofiness Game" and once we were done with games we ate cake. 

Then, we got on CP, and...... I MET SENSEI!!!!! I was letting one of my friends dress my penguin, when I got a stamp that read 'Sensei'. I asked with growing excitement, "Why did I just get a stamp called Sensei?"  I ran to the 'Ninja Hideout', and there he was! 

It was an awesome birthday.. Even though I'm 2 days to 10!

A Typical School Day

A typical school day for us goes about like this: My alarm clock blaring loudly in my ear, then me turning it off and, half asleep still, stumble into then living room and flop down on the couch. A few minutes later, the brother appears and grumbles "Good Morning" loudly. He lays on the couch and is snoring within minutes. Mom asks what we want for breakfast, and the usual answer is malt-o-meal and/or taquito. After we eat and do our Parallel Gospels, I get dressed and make my bed. Then I go out and feed the cat and dog. I brush my hair and give a push to the day with violin. Our schedule starts with violin, then Wordly Wise, Daily Grams and Journal, Poems, History and Science, lunch (Creator's Son's favorite subject) then Greek, reading and math, spelling, and Logic or Critical Thinking.

Last Co-op

Today was the last day of Co-op, and was a very long day. 

It started with getting woken up by the storm that blew through(hallelujah!) at 5:45. Then at 6:30, our normal Co-op day alarm, I was wide awake. Then a LONG breakfast, rushing to get dressed and chores done. The cat, I know, can go under house, and since it was pouring, assumed he had. I got his food ready and saw him under the house. I couldn't get his food bowl through the place he gets through, so I set it in front of his hidy- hole and waited to see if he'd eat it. He stuck his head out of the hole, and ate a bite. Then he pulled his head back in like he was in pain, and meowing like " I'm starving, in pain, and dying", so I was slightly worried. I tried everything I could, but he wouldn't eat it. So I came in and asked Mom what to do. She said dump his food in with him. I did so, and the cat was happy. I was soaked. And all the while the dog is going crazy, wondering what was taking me so long.


We had gotten ready for Co-op the night before, so we were ready. I was worried about having to do a skit and sing the dumbest song in the world. We got there and started moving tables. In Mom's class, we were talking about Jeremiah the prophet. Mom was saying " Jeremiah was interesting. He was-" When I cut her off and said" A bullfrog!" Everyone in the room burst out laughing, and then one of my friends and I spontaneously and unanimously started singing 'Jeremiah was a Bullfrog'. It was pretty funny.


In my next class, Government 101, we went through our skit twice and moved several things downstairs. Then our teacher told us " Stay in the room, be quiet, but do what you feel like." So I played on my violin and moved about restlessly. Finally, it was time to go to Human Body, the only thing besides lunch standing between me and... the dreaded song. 


In human body, we were given some books with our pictures on the front. They held our quizzes and information from the past 9 weeks. We took those down to the gym with our body posters. We took the final two quizzes ( I got hundreds on every quiz) and played with play dough. I made a really cool horse, and by the time I was finished, it was time to squish it and go eat. I helped my best friend with name tag boxes and what not. Then we ate a lunch that seemed to last hours, but couldn't have been shorter.


Soon it was time for presentations. The song was drawing near. My first class was mentioned, but we only had a table in the back. The next few presentations were pretty cool. I groaned and winced when she said beginning the 11:00 o' clock hour. Even nearer was the song.  In one class, Presenters Kit, we watched some funny clips of what happened in class. But not long after came...... THE SONG!


We were called up. my heart thumped. I couldn't imagine how dumb we would sound. Our assistant was on the floor showing us the motions. We got up there and I was laughing. When our teacher said "We will astound and amaze you in less than 30 seconds!" I laughed harder and put my hand on my forehead. I tried to sing. I really, really did. But I was laughing to hard. I managed to get some of it, but I was laughing so hard I was crying. I don't really know what was so funny.

And last but not least was our skit. Our narrator messed up a line, but I'm sure no one heard it. We did really good. I played my violin well, and everyone sang along on the first verse. Almost no one knew the fourth, but we pressed through. It went well.

Afterwords, while Mom helped clean up, I played tag and ultimate tag. It was fun. When we left Co-op for the last time till February, I begged out of a violin lesson. I mean, I had enough stuff to practice anyway, right?

Testing, testing: Is this thing still on?

I didn't forget I have a blog. Not really. Well, kinda maybe a little bit. OK, so I did. But now that Creator's Son( also referred to as Playtoy) is getting on his own blog, I have uh...... remembered my blog. I could make up a million reasons for not blogging ( which by the way, is more years than the Earth is old) but the simple truth is either a) I forgot or b) I meant to but couldn't find time and forgot. Notice that both reasons include me forgetting....  Anyway, I am starting to get into this blog thing and will probably be doing posts weekly. To start out, I have a blurb from Bailey the cat's journal.

 " Day 457 of Capture: Today the strange hoomin creatures that Feeder/Crazy-Lady calls "Icepooka* and "Creator's Son* " came to stay for a few hours. The hoomin called Icepooka tried playing with me again. When will she learn? Anyway, when they came home, the Icepooka smelled like other cats! I smelled the place I came from. And I may have smelled some nasty thing hoomins call 'hand sanitizer'. IT SMELLS TERRIBLE! I nearly choked.

 * Substitute for real names



Also, my Mom, who does Rockcastle Blessings, was off with some of her crazy friends to a boot camp. She calls it leadership training, but hey, same thing, right? They were gone ALL weekend. I missed Mom a lot, but today we finally rescued her! Or she came home and rescued me, one or the other. So, get ready to have a window into my life.

PONY

I am a member of a horse book club. Every month, I get horse books, comics, magazines, accessories, and more. They have a website, and for me it is horse heaven. Or was.

I got informed by going on their site toward the end of August that on the last day in Sept, they were closing. I read it about five times, and wanted to cry. I called Nana, my supplier/ loyal grandmother and we figured out that I hadn't gotten my August package. Now fast forward a 3 weeks. I just got my August package ( when I should get my Sept package soon..) and  I am heartbroken.

In a few days, I should get my last PONY package ever. And to add to all THAT, we had a fire at our ranch near Juction.

Ahh, the good life,eh?

Here I come!!

Lot's of reasons to post... I think. Before school starts, we are going to New Mexico to visit Mom's sister, Grandma Mary, Carlsbad Caverns, and we're taking my brother to Roswell.. And leaving him to associate with his own kind.

If you remember in my first post (a million years ago) I mentioned Club Penguin, an online game. They off and on, every month have different parties.  Well, they just started an adventure party. a famous Pirate Penguin comes to visit, and the island turns into dense jungle and bamboo huts. You can get outlandish Pirate clothes from the newest catalog, or pick up some free shipwrecked clothes for your penguin avatar. 

School starts again in a few weeks, and, most kids don't want school to start, but I can't wait to get back to having more or less of a schedule! 

Other than that, picture a serene moment, a child cuddling with her mother. Then picture that same child playing quietly. Now, the quiet music screeches to a halt. Now picture a talkitive child walking sleepily into the room mumbling. Then picture the child playing online. Add the two sets together and you have........ Miou!

My Quest

I know, I know. I have done a lot of things I should blog about. Bailey, Camping, End of School and so on. But this is most recent.

I went to Bandera to see some horses one of Nana's friends has. They were Quest and Bear. Well Quest's family is going to Montana for the Summer, and leaving him behind.

I got to groom Quest. He had more fun trying to eat the brush! I love him and Bear.

She led him out of his stall, over to a trailer.She  went in saying, "Now where is his saddle?" You bet I heard that 'S' word! She came out with a saddle and saddle blanket and put them on Quest. Then she got his bridle.

I got to ride! Even though Quest is very stubborn, he is fun to ride. He wouldn't move unless there was someone in front of him, leading him. It got very tiring. Finally, it was Nana's turn to make him move, and he wanted to trot. He wanted to so bad, he did. He started trotting, so Nana had to run to keep up with him. It was fun! (for me) I loved it.  

And the best part is I have been invited to go back in the Fall to ride, so he will get used to being ridden. Woo!
 

I also got a hot pink bridle for my future horse. I got to feed Quest and Bear carrots. They were so silly!

Bear