The Nature Nut Blog no. 7
Living out in the country you encounter many experiences with nature. Whether it is splashing into the pond off of the zip line or treading through the creek to cool down on a hot summer day, there is no way to avoid nature. During the summer there are plenty of ways to keep entertained outside. Hiking through the woods and riding quads all day are some of the best ways to get some fresh air and have fun. I have had adventures and misadventures with nature but one of them specifically tops them all. My greatest adventure with nature was in third grade when we took a family vacation to the Grand Canyon. We went on a river rafting trip through the Colorado River that winds through the canyon. It was a lot of fun even though the water was 49 degrees and we had to run in it as a tradition of the trip. I also had a bucket of water dumped over my head by our tour guide because I was getting too hot. While we were there we also hiked down the Canyon. I got too tired so I went back up to the rest area with my grandma while the rest of my family and my grandpa hiked all the way down to the bottom of the canyon. We went to Slide Rock on our way back to Phoenix, which is like a creek or river that is formed like a giant slide so you can swim in it. It was so much fun. The funniest part of the whole trip was waking up to see 20 giant elk outside of our hotel window.
Monday, November 19, 2007
English 1 blog no. 12
Blog no. 12 I’m Stuffed!
This year my Thanksgiving is going be a little bit different than years in the past. For the first time we are going to dinner on both sides of my family so I will be eating a thanksgiving meal twice. I will wake up kind of early for me at about nine o’clock and I won’t eat anything until I go to my grandmas house at noon. My grandma is making ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, dinner rolls, and pumpkin pie. I will stuff my face full of food and enjoy a few laughs around the family table. After that I will try to recover in about two hours before we go to my aunt’s house on the other side of the family. My aunt is having turkey, yuck, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, even yuckier, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and a few other things. I am mostly excited for dessert at my aunts because she is getting a pumpkin cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory in Chicago when she goes to pick up my cousin from his college. It is always fun at my aunts because we have a kids table and an adults table. It’s not much of a kids table because I am the youngest one there but we are all under twenty. We always make fun of what our parents and relatives are talking about and we try to be as annoying as possible. And of course the tradition that tops all others is that we have to have a family wrestling match. Thanksgiving is a great time of year and all of that eating is the best preparation for Black Friday shopping.
This year my Thanksgiving is going be a little bit different than years in the past. For the first time we are going to dinner on both sides of my family so I will be eating a thanksgiving meal twice. I will wake up kind of early for me at about nine o’clock and I won’t eat anything until I go to my grandmas house at noon. My grandma is making ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, dinner rolls, and pumpkin pie. I will stuff my face full of food and enjoy a few laughs around the family table. After that I will try to recover in about two hours before we go to my aunt’s house on the other side of the family. My aunt is having turkey, yuck, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, even yuckier, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and a few other things. I am mostly excited for dessert at my aunts because she is getting a pumpkin cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory in Chicago when she goes to pick up my cousin from his college. It is always fun at my aunts because we have a kids table and an adults table. It’s not much of a kids table because I am the youngest one there but we are all under twenty. We always make fun of what our parents and relatives are talking about and we try to be as annoying as possible. And of course the tradition that tops all others is that we have to have a family wrestling match. Thanksgiving is a great time of year and all of that eating is the best preparation for Black Friday shopping.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Blog no. 10
Blog no. 10 Morning Routine
My morning routine is very precise. I have to allow myself to wake up a bit before getting into the shower so from 5:45 until 6:09 I hit the snooze button on my alarm clock. It goes off every eight minutes, and even though it is extremely annoying I have to hit snooze three times. Once I rise from my bed I sheepishly make my way to the bathroom. I take my shower and get out around 6:30. From 6:30 to 6:40 I get dressed. Sometimes this takes longer than ten minutes if I can’t decide what to wear. Between 6:40 and 6:45 I go back to the bathroom to do my hair. I have to different hair products that I put in my hair before I use the blow dryer. One gets rid of frizz and one makes my hair soft and shiny. I take about twenty minutes to finish up my hair before I can move on to make up at 7:00. I don’t like to waste a whole lot of time on make up but it has to look nice, so on an average day I take about fifteen minutes. After that I drag myself downstairs and into the kitchen where I first have to take my allergy and asthma medicine. Once I take those I make a bowl of cereal and a glass of either juice or milk. At 7:30 I go back upstairs and brush my teeth. Then I finish up any last minute things I need for school before I feed our dog, Roxi. At 7:43 my mom drives me up to the grade school where I get on a bus that goes to the high school.
My morning routine is very precise. I have to allow myself to wake up a bit before getting into the shower so from 5:45 until 6:09 I hit the snooze button on my alarm clock. It goes off every eight minutes, and even though it is extremely annoying I have to hit snooze three times. Once I rise from my bed I sheepishly make my way to the bathroom. I take my shower and get out around 6:30. From 6:30 to 6:40 I get dressed. Sometimes this takes longer than ten minutes if I can’t decide what to wear. Between 6:40 and 6:45 I go back to the bathroom to do my hair. I have to different hair products that I put in my hair before I use the blow dryer. One gets rid of frizz and one makes my hair soft and shiny. I take about twenty minutes to finish up my hair before I can move on to make up at 7:00. I don’t like to waste a whole lot of time on make up but it has to look nice, so on an average day I take about fifteen minutes. After that I drag myself downstairs and into the kitchen where I first have to take my allergy and asthma medicine. Once I take those I make a bowl of cereal and a glass of either juice or milk. At 7:30 I go back upstairs and brush my teeth. Then I finish up any last minute things I need for school before I feed our dog, Roxi. At 7:43 my mom drives me up to the grade school where I get on a bus that goes to the high school.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Blog entry no. 9
Mirror Image
When I look in the mirror I see a person that isn’t afraid to face tough situations because of the tough situations I have already been through. Looking in the mirror I see more than just physical appearance, I can also see my personality. I am a personable outgoing girl who can look at most situations and find something good that came out of it. If I could change my physical appearance I would make my eyes blue again and my hair blonde again. As a little girl I had blonde hair and blue eyes but they slowly started changing to brown hair and gold eyes. If I could change anything in my personality it would be my ability to talk to any person I just met no matter what their personality is. I find now that if I don’t click with a person right away I always have trouble talking to them. I would love to just meet a person and be able to talk about whatever I feel without feeling stupid or like they don’t understand me. I am comfortable with who I am, but I think there is always something, that if we had the opportunity to, we would change. I think for the most part others see me the same way I see myself, but sometimes I think I seem a little less outgoing than I really am. I hide tough situations behind a smile that I carry on my face everyday, because the way I see life is, if you can’t go through life smiling and having a good time then why live?
When I look in the mirror I see a person that isn’t afraid to face tough situations because of the tough situations I have already been through. Looking in the mirror I see more than just physical appearance, I can also see my personality. I am a personable outgoing girl who can look at most situations and find something good that came out of it. If I could change my physical appearance I would make my eyes blue again and my hair blonde again. As a little girl I had blonde hair and blue eyes but they slowly started changing to brown hair and gold eyes. If I could change anything in my personality it would be my ability to talk to any person I just met no matter what their personality is. I find now that if I don’t click with a person right away I always have trouble talking to them. I would love to just meet a person and be able to talk about whatever I feel without feeling stupid or like they don’t understand me. I am comfortable with who I am, but I think there is always something, that if we had the opportunity to, we would change. I think for the most part others see me the same way I see myself, but sometimes I think I seem a little less outgoing than I really am. I hide tough situations behind a smile that I carry on my face everyday, because the way I see life is, if you can’t go through life smiling and having a good time then why live?
Monday, October 22, 2007
Blog no. 8
Time Traveler
If I could travel to any place in the world at any time in the past or future, in fifty years I would go to Cancun Mexico again. I would stay at the Gran Melia because that is the same place I stayed in sixth grade. It would be so cool to see what the city is like and to see if it has changed a lot from when I was there. I could only hope the food would be as good as it was fifty three years ago. If the Mayan Indian ruins are still standing I would go see them again. I wonder if they will still allow people to walk up the steps to go to the top of the pyramid, or if the stairs, with the rest of the sides, will be disintegrated so it isn’t safe to walk on them. It would bring back so many memories of the eight days we spent in Mexico. On our trip to the ruins in sixth grade we also swam in a sink hole. I would love to do that again. Mostly, in fifty years I just hope that the beaches are as clear and beautiful as they were back then. The best part of going anywhere with a beach is just laying in the warm sand feeling the water splashing the tips of your toes, and you don’t have a care in the world so all you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey that life takes you on.
If I could travel to any place in the world at any time in the past or future, in fifty years I would go to Cancun Mexico again. I would stay at the Gran Melia because that is the same place I stayed in sixth grade. It would be so cool to see what the city is like and to see if it has changed a lot from when I was there. I could only hope the food would be as good as it was fifty three years ago. If the Mayan Indian ruins are still standing I would go see them again. I wonder if they will still allow people to walk up the steps to go to the top of the pyramid, or if the stairs, with the rest of the sides, will be disintegrated so it isn’t safe to walk on them. It would bring back so many memories of the eight days we spent in Mexico. On our trip to the ruins in sixth grade we also swam in a sink hole. I would love to do that again. Mostly, in fifty years I just hope that the beaches are as clear and beautiful as they were back then. The best part of going anywhere with a beach is just laying in the warm sand feeling the water splashing the tips of your toes, and you don’t have a care in the world so all you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey that life takes you on.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
blog entry no. 6
Now That Homecoming is Over
Homecoming 2007 is now history but we can still look back and remember how great it was. For the first time ever freshmen went into the pep assembly winning spirit week, but walked out very disappointed because without lip sync we were unable to keep our place. In high school spirit week has so many more activities to be a part of. For instance the bon fire and community pep rally on Thursday night got us all pumped for the Friday night homecoming football game. Which for the first time in 30 games we finally won against Prairie Central. It was a milestone in Olympia football because everyone is so used to losing it wouldn’t even be a disappointment anymore. When we finally won we couldn’t contain ourselves and that resulted in all of the students running out to the field to celebrate with our Spartans. Saturday was a very busy day for me. I woke up and went straight to a cross country meet at 6:00 in the morning and came home to sleep for an hour before showering and going to get my hair done. At four thirty I went to Molly’s house for pictures before going to Logan’s Roadhouse to eat dinner. After we ate we went to Carl’s Ice cream before heading off to the dance. The dance was kind of a disappointment because they didn’t play very good music. However that didn’t stop everyone from having a great time and dancing all night long. After the dance thirty six of us headed off to Mclean to go to the lock in at the church. We went to play flash light tag and capture the flag and all sorts of games. Before we knew it, it was the next day and we were all going home to sleep and recover from the night before
Homecoming 2007 is now history but we can still look back and remember how great it was. For the first time ever freshmen went into the pep assembly winning spirit week, but walked out very disappointed because without lip sync we were unable to keep our place. In high school spirit week has so many more activities to be a part of. For instance the bon fire and community pep rally on Thursday night got us all pumped for the Friday night homecoming football game. Which for the first time in 30 games we finally won against Prairie Central. It was a milestone in Olympia football because everyone is so used to losing it wouldn’t even be a disappointment anymore. When we finally won we couldn’t contain ourselves and that resulted in all of the students running out to the field to celebrate with our Spartans. Saturday was a very busy day for me. I woke up and went straight to a cross country meet at 6:00 in the morning and came home to sleep for an hour before showering and going to get my hair done. At four thirty I went to Molly’s house for pictures before going to Logan’s Roadhouse to eat dinner. After we ate we went to Carl’s Ice cream before heading off to the dance. The dance was kind of a disappointment because they didn’t play very good music. However that didn’t stop everyone from having a great time and dancing all night long. After the dance thirty six of us headed off to Mclean to go to the lock in at the church. We went to play flash light tag and capture the flag and all sorts of games. Before we knew it, it was the next day and we were all going home to sleep and recover from the night before
Monday, October 1, 2007
blog no. 5
Blog No. 5 Deserted Island
If I were going to be trapped on a deserted island for ten years I would want to bring a few things along. If I could choose one book it would be the Clique series because I could read those books over and over. I could choose any book but it wouldn’t matter because eventually I would get bored with everything. If I could take one movie with me to the island it would be High School Musical 2 because I have watched it five times in one day and not gotten tired of it so I know it wouldn’t get old for a little while at least. The CD that I would choose would be one with all of the songs on my iPod. I have such a large variety of songs on my iPod that could keep me entertained for hours at a time. You have to eat but it would be a really tough decision on what food item I would bring. I love all kinds of potatoes, but I also love spaghetti. In the end I would decide on pizza because there are four different food groups in that one food. The crust would be grain, the sausage and ham would be protein, the cheese would be in the dairy food group, and the tomato sauce would be my vegetable. To drink I would bring milk, simply because I love milk. If I could only bring one piece of clothing I would choose something that is a shirt and pants all in one because I wouldn’t want to have a shirt with no pants. Lastly for my miscellaneous item I would choose my cell phone. Because then I could get help and be able to go home.
If I were going to be trapped on a deserted island for ten years I would want to bring a few things along. If I could choose one book it would be the Clique series because I could read those books over and over. I could choose any book but it wouldn’t matter because eventually I would get bored with everything. If I could take one movie with me to the island it would be High School Musical 2 because I have watched it five times in one day and not gotten tired of it so I know it wouldn’t get old for a little while at least. The CD that I would choose would be one with all of the songs on my iPod. I have such a large variety of songs on my iPod that could keep me entertained for hours at a time. You have to eat but it would be a really tough decision on what food item I would bring. I love all kinds of potatoes, but I also love spaghetti. In the end I would decide on pizza because there are four different food groups in that one food. The crust would be grain, the sausage and ham would be protein, the cheese would be in the dairy food group, and the tomato sauce would be my vegetable. To drink I would bring milk, simply because I love milk. If I could only bring one piece of clothing I would choose something that is a shirt and pants all in one because I wouldn’t want to have a shirt with no pants. Lastly for my miscellaneous item I would choose my cell phone. Because then I could get help and be able to go home.
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