Isabelle's Corner

LSA Adventures Movie Previews

2011-04-16T09:48:00.001-04:00

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Based on the book by me! Coming early 2012

New Blog!

2011-04-05T13:43:00.001-04:00

Isabelle's Stories is my new blog. I've filled it with a bunch of stories that I've posted on here, and some that I've never posted.

It has 5 pages, Home, and a page for each age category. The different age categories are 3 - 6, 6 - 8, 7 - 10, and 8 - 12. Each page has links to the stories for that age category. You can also look through all my stories on the home page.

Some of my stories are by my couisns. I already have one story on there by Diana, The Leaf Ghost.

If you like to read, you should go to my new story blog!

Isabelle's Stories

Hmm. . .

2011-04-03T09:18:00.000-04:00

I don't know what to post about! It seems like ALL my ideas got used up in my 300-something posts. Or maybe it's because I'm writing 5 books at the same time. Maybe I should stop writing one. Or two. . . maybe three. Or maybe I should just hurry up and finish them all. But that would still take a long time. Maybe I should find a magical pen that reads your story and then writes the rest for you. Maybe I should type them so I don't have to write them. Maybe I should relax and not write anything in my stories for a few weeks. Maybe I should post more. Maybe I should stop writing this post. It's getting boring.

OH!!! I KNOW!!! I SHOULD WRITE MY NEW STORY!!! THE SEQUEL TO LIFE ON A SHIP!!! IT'S CALLED LIFE ON AN ISLAND!!! BYE I HAVE TO START TYPING IT!!!

LSA Adventures: A Guide to Spying

2011-03-29T11:09:00.002-04:00

This is the LSA members here with your guide to spying! Just so you know. . . the LSA is real, it's a spy agency I made up. Whenever we're together, we find a place in the basement (a table by the closet, like in the story). We grab some walkie-talkies, binoculars, a magnifying glass, the LSA folder, some pens and paper, and we get to work! But it's not as easy as it sounds - there's a lot of stuff you need to know before you make your own spy agency!

Spy Dictionary (or make up your own):

Bean: Agent that lies to people who ask what you are doing to protect the agency and the case.

Chestnut: An agent that hides below or behind an object to listen to unordinary-chit-chat.*

Unordinary-chit-chat: Suspicious activity or talking by people outside of the agency.

Antique: Agent that gets information from the chestnut* then writes it down to pass onto Leadspy.*

Codecorrum: Agent that selects numbers and letters and combines them into passwords for other agents.

ex:136Lettuce912

Leadspy: Leader of the agency. After getting information from the antique*, she/he puts all the other spies to work, including her/himself.

Cover: An agent's password.

Meat: Hideout. Leadspy* calls meeting to order in the assigned hideout.

Fly: Finds suspicious items and brings to Leadspy*. The fly is always at work.

Nightspy: Looks through the house at night when people are asleep, comes back upstairs by 4:30 AM. You have to be very daring for this job.

Codecheck: Agent who looks at and edits codes from codecorrum*, decides if codes are hard to guess. if easy, she/he edits them. Also helps codecorrum* create passwords if she/he needs help.

Color code: An agent's assigned sock color.

Colorcorrum: Chooses color codes for all the agents. ex: yellow and orange

Spy Tips and Tricks (you can get creative and make your own, too):

1. Somebody's hurt!

Level: Medium

Go upstairs with another agent. Find a heavy book and have the other agent lay on the floor. Drop the book on the floor and have the other agent scream. Pick up the book and run downstairs quickly, before everyone else runs upstairs to see what happened. While everyone is upstairs, you can investigate downstairs.

2. Who's There?

Level: Easy

Knock on the front door and run to an empty room. Investigate quickly while people go to see who's at the door.

Spy Testing (you can also make up your own tests):

Spy testing is to see how high you can jump and how low you can crawl.

Jump: Have two other agents hold out a jump rope, starting at 6 inches off the ground. Jump over the rope. If you make it without tripping on it or touching it, the other agents raise the rope an inch or so. Keep doing this until you can't get over the rope without touching it. When you touch the rope, the measurement for how high you can jump is where the rope previously was. Repeat this with all other agents.

Crawl: Have two other agents hold a jump rope, starting with 2 feet above the ground. Crawl under the rope. If you make it under the rope without your head or back touching it, the other agents lower the rope and inch or so. Keep doing this until you can't get under the rope without touching it. When you touch it, the measurement for the lowest you can crawl is where the rope previously was. Repeat this with all the other agents.

Write down the test scores and put them in your spy folder. Take this test two or three times a year.

Keeping the Agency Secret and Hideouts coming soon

Sorry

2011-03-27T13:24:00.000-04:00

It may seem like I've barely posted anything this year, which is true, but I've actually been posting new chapters on LSA Adventures almost every day. From now on, I'll post more stuff from now on! Promise!

LeadSpy: The Autobiography of an LSA Agent

2011-03-06T14:07:00.001-05:00

Chapter 1: The Story Behind the LSA

        LSA Adventures is a partially true story based on the pretend spy agency I run with my cousins, Jack and Diana. The only part that isn't true about the story is being a spy agency established by the UNSA (I made that up, too). Everything else is true.
        I have been planning to write this story for over a year, but I have never gotten around to it until now. It's not my longest story, but it is one of my favorites. I plan on writing a longer sequel, and maybe a third book.
        I am also typing this story on Microsoft Works Task Launcher. It will have less chapters, because I am putting four or five chapters on this blog into each chapter in my document.
        I have been the LeadSpy (leader) of the LSA for the past two years. I keep a folder of all the spy adventures we have, spying techniques, spy words, and notes, which helps me to write my stories.
        We had all kinds of crazy ideas for the LSA, but some of the ideas we couldn't use, since my cousins live so far away. Sometimes, E-Mail just isn't the best way to express your ideas. One of the ideas we did get to use was Spy Training. It was a series of tests to see how high you could jump, how low you could crawl, how long you could spy without getting caught, and how many notes you could take in one minute.
        Every time I went to my cousins' house, we had a meeting at one of our meats (secret meeting places). When a spy was late to a meeting, they would have to knock on the door and state their name and password, and we would let them in if they got it right.
        Our spy agency might have been just for fun, but we (Jack, Diana, the Junior Agents, and I) took it VERY seriously.

Chapter 2: The Secret Club

One time in 2008, I was at my cousins' house, and we were all playing in the basement, bored. I walked over to the toy box, and I found a pair of binoculars. I looked through them, and the idea came to me. We should play spies!

I told my cousins about my idea, and they liked it. We played for hours, from 9:30 until lunch at 12:30. We were all sad when lunch time came around, and we decided we would play more when we were finished.

What started out as a simple game became more of our secret business. We played spies in the basement everyday, taking turns going upstairs, talking on the walkie talkies. We made lists and letters about nonexistent criminals and spy gear. We would write notes for hours on end. Every time we had the chance, we ran to the basement to work at our spy agency.

One day, after lunch, we decided upon a name for our secret club - the LSA, or Little Spy Agency. We had thought about many other options, such as ASK (Awesome Spy Kids) and SSS (Small Super Spies), but we all thought LSA sounded the best.

During my week at their house, we searched for spy gear. We found walkie talkies, magnifying glasses, binoculars, and a folder. I filled the folder with notes about the LSA and our adventures. Our club was very special to us, and I didn't want to forget about it.

Chapter 3 Coming Soon

Story 9: LSA Adventures (ages 8-12)

2010-12-05T12:39:00.027-05:00

Chapter 1

SECRET DOCUMENT

Jack, Diana, and Isabelle-
        I am the founder of the UNSA, United National Spy Agency.
We need your help. Please form a spy agency of your own, the LSA, Little Spy Agency. Please help us.

-John Norman Rocktem


        It all began with that letter. And contributing to that, those four simple words - we need your help. I can't figure out why we, being me, Jack, and Diana, have been chosen for such an important position. . . are we. . . special? I can't think of a reason for us to have been chosen. . . but we have to do this.

Chapter 2

       "Jack. Jack, wake up," I whispered into Jack's ear. I had to tell him about the letter, but there was one problem - he wouldn't wake up. He was in such a deep sleep, I almost thought he was dead. "Jack!" I yelled. Erg. He was still sleeping. I pulled his blankets off and tickled his feet. EVERYONE has ticklish feet. . . at least I think so. He started laughing and he opened his eyes. "Isabelle? What?" he said. He looked at his alarm clock. It was 6:00 Saturday morning. "Why are you up so early?!" he was almost yelling now. I should've known this was going to happen. "I have to show you something," I said. Jack rolled his eyes. "What could be SO important that you have to wake me up at 6 am?!" Jack said. He sighed and closed his eyes. "Come on," I said, tugging on his arm. "No! No no no!" he yelled like a 2-year-old. I personally don't think he's mature enough to be a spy. "Get up or I'm going to pour water over your head," I said. "Fine!" Jack yells. And then he finally got out of bed.
        When we got to the basement, I opened the desk drawer and pulled out the envelope. "What's that?" Jack asked curiously. "You'll see," I said. I gave it to Jack so he could open it. He opened the envelope and slowly unfolded the letter. He read it carefully. "Isabelle, I know you wrote this," Jack said. We both sighed. "I didn't write it, Jack. I found it in the mail yesterday," I said. Jack looked at the address on the envelope. "Are you going to show Diana?" he asked. "I'm going to show her after breakfast." I said. Jack folded the letter and put it back in the envelope. He handed it to me and I put it back in the drawer. We walked back upstairs.
          Jack decided that since it was 6:30, we should just watch TV in his room until breakfast. And we did. Kind of. We were mostly just talking about the letter. "So we can't tell anybody about the LSA?" Jack asked. "Yep," I said. We must have lost track of time, because before we knew it, it was 9:30. We'd been talking about the spy agency for hours. We yawned and went downstairs for breakfast. When we got downstairs, Aunt Kristy was setting bowls of apple oatmeal on the table, and Diana was helping her. We sat down at the table and quickly ate our oatmeal. It was time to tell Diana about the LSA.

Chapter 3

       "Diana, we have to show you something," I said as we walked towards the basement. "What?" she asked. "You'll see," Jack said. We opened the door and walked downstairs. I opened the desk drawer and pulled out the letter from the UNSA. "What's this?" Diana asked, studying the envelope carefully and reading the address. "Open it," Jack said. Diana opened the envelope and slid out the letter. She gently unfolded it, read it, and then started cracking up.
       "You want me to believe the UNSA wants US to form a spy agency?! Yeah right!" she said, still laughing."I found the letter in the mailbox yesterday afternoon," I said. "We're not kidding," Jack said in agreement. "You mean. . . you're serious?" Diana asked quietly. "Yep," I said. Diana frowned. She looked really confused. "How are we going to make our own spy agency. . . I mean. . . isn't. . . won't that be a lot of work?" Diana asked worriedly. She bit her lip and frowned at the same time. "We have to go to school," she said. I frowned, too. "Oh yeahhh. . . I forgot about that," I said.
       Jack frowned, but then he smiled a little bit. "Well, I guess we could work on our code and stuff during the weekends, and then we do our actual spying after school," Jack suggested. I though about it. It actually sounded like a pretty good plan. Maybe he IS mature enough after all. "Yeah. That's a good plan. We can do that," I said. We turned to Diana. "Well. . . sure!" Diana said. We all smiled. I guess this could be fun.

Chapter 4

       On Saturday, we all went downstairs after breakfast to plan the LSA. I guess it was our first spy meeting. We all sat at the table by the closet. I brought a few notebooks and pens for all of us to write down our ideas in. "OK. . . now what?" Jack said. "Hmm. . . good question," I replied, sighing. I had no idea what to do. I mean, I knew what things we could talk about, I just didn't know which one to talk about first. "Should we talk about our jobs?" Diana asked. "What jobs?" I said. "You know. . . like. . . one of us does one thing, someone else does another thing. . ." Diana replied. "Oh yeah!" I said, "But first we should come up with the code words for them." Jack and Diana nodded in agreement. "I think we should all have 2 or 3 jobs," Jack suggested. "Good idea," I said.
       We talked and wrote until lunch. By noon, we had all the jobs planned out, and we had code words for them, too. We ran upstairs, ate our macaroni as fast as possible, and ran back downstairs to work on our passwords. We took our seats at the table. "How do our passwords work?" Jack asked. "Well, we could just take a few letters or words and put those together, and then add a few numbers, I guess," I said. Diana wrote that down in her notebook. We'd decided she was in charge of making our passwords. "Can I start writing passwords now?" Diana asked. "Yep," I replied. We sat in silence for a few minutes while Diana wrote down our passwords. "I'm done!" she said, "Jack is sparklyunicorn74, you're weathergirl29, and I'm DMballet52." I nodded in agreement. Jack started laughing. "I'm a sparkly unicorn!!! Yay!!!" he said, laughing. Oh, Jack. . .

Chapter 5

       Our first day of actual work was Monday. Jack, Diana, and I set our alarm clocks for 5:00, so that we could get some work done before everyone wakes up. Since it was Christmas break, we could work all day, but we wanted to get some things done without having to crawl around everywhere. I grabbed my notebook and pen and we went downstairs.
       "So what's the plan?" Jack asked. "This is the plan," I said, holding up my notebook. "You mean you stayed up late last night and wrote a plan?" Diana asked. "Yep," I said, "After you fell asleep." I opened the basement door and we ran downstairs and sat down at the table. I pulled out my notebook and read the plan. "Well, I think everyone will be up around 8:00, so that gives us 3 hours to work," I said. Jack and Diana nodded. "We can examine the contents of the desk first, then we can go upstairs and look on the counter, and then we can look under couches and stuff," I said. "That's fine with me," Jack said, "Diana? What do you think?" Diana nodded. "I think it's a pretty good plan," she said, smiling.
       Since nobody was awake yet except us, we couldn't do our normal jobs. We all had to be a fly, a spy that looks for suspicious or interesting objects. It's normally Diana's job, but we didn't have a choice, because we couldn't listen in on any conversations. We didn't find anything interesting on the desk, but I found something REALLY interesting on the counter upstairs.
        I pushed away a mountain of Christmas cards, and I saw a box. A small black box. "Guys, come here," I said, "I think I found something!" Jack and Diana, who were checking out the other counter, ran over to me. "What's the box?" Jack said. "Should we open it?" Diana asked. I picked up the box and shook it. It sounded like a maraca. I slowly opened the box, and you would have never guessed what was inside. I showed it to Jack and Diana - it was a pearl necklace.

Chapter 6

        “Wow. . .” Jack said. Diana was about to scream, but Jack clamped his hand over her mouth. “Be quiet!” He said. He took away his hand and Diana calmed down. It was strangely quiet. Diana finally said something to break the silence. “I wonder who the pearl necklace is for,” Diana said, puzzled. We nodded. “I think before we figure out who it’s for, we should figure out who it’s from,” Jack said. We nodded again.

        We were looking through the kitchen cabinets when we heard footsteps. We all jumped up and ran around the kitchen putting everything back where it was. We put the necklace back in the box and covered it in Christmas cards, closed the cabinets, and ran to the basement as fast as we could. As soon as we plopped down on the couch, I heard footsteps walking past the basement door. “That was REALLY close,” I said. I got up and checked the computer clock. “It’s only 6:15!” I almost yelled. “Maybe somebody is sleepwalking,” Diana suggested. I couldn‘t think of very many other reasons, so I guess it kind of made sense. “I guess we have another mystery to solve,” Jack said. Diana frowned. “I thought detectives solve mysteries,” she said. I nodded. “They do, but I guess spies can, too,” I said. Jack grabbed the remote and we watched TV downstairs until everyone else woke up.

Chapter 7

        After breakfast on Wednesday morning, I decided we had some serious spying to do after not doing any on Tuesday. We finished our pancakes, put our plates on the counter, and ran downstairs. “Can we do some actual SPYING today?” Jack asked. I nodded. We were doing too much detective work. “Doesn’t papa have a pair of walkie talkies?” I asked. “I think so,” Diana replied quietly. “Want me to go ask?” I thought about it for a second. “What if he asks why we want them?” I said. For a minute we just stood there, waiting for Diana to answer. “I’ll tell him we’re playing a game,” she finally said. She ran up the stairs and out the door before we had a chance to say anything else. “I have some binoculars in my suitcase,” Jack said. “Why do you have binoculars in your suitcase???” I asked. “I don’t know,” he replied. “I just do.” He ran upstairs, too. I sighed. I grabbed some paper and a pen and got to work on a checklist of things we would need to spy until they came back.

Chapter 8
        When Jack and Diana came back downstairs, I showed them the checklist. It looked kind of like this:

Binoculars
Magnifying glass
Walkie talkies
Notebooks
Pens
Pencils
This checklist!!!!!

“It looks good,” Diana said. “I don’t think it’s missing anything.” Jack nodded. “Now what?” he asked. I folded up the checklist and stuck it in my pocket. “In a few minutes. . . we get to work,” I replied. “But now. . . we need to make a plan.” We sat down on the couch and I told them what we would need to do. “OK. . . Diana, go get the walkie talkies,” I said. Diana got up and grabbed the walkie talkies off the table. “Now what?” she asked. I frowned. “I forgot,” I said. We all sighed.

Chapter 9

        After a full five minutes, I FINALLY got an idea. “Hey!!!” I said. Jack and Diana looked at me. “I know what we can do!!!” Diana covered her ears. “You don’t have to yell!” she said quietly. I frowned. “Sorry. I just got really excited,” I said. “So anyway, Jack, you can take one of the walkie talkies and hide it under the couch, and you bring the other walkie talkie down here and turn the volume up kind of loud, and we can listen to what everyone is saying.” Jack nodded. Diana smiled. “Sounds like a plan!”

Chapter 10

        When Jack came back downstairs, we listened to hear if anything was going on upstairs. We couldn’t hear anything yet. We waited a few minutes, and the walkie talkie started making noise. We could hear footsteps. Diana grabbed the walkie talkie and took it over to the couch. “Be quiet, they can hear us, too,” Jack said. We heard talking. “Where are the kids?” Someone said. “I think that’s nana,” Jack whispered. “They’re in the basement,” papa said. “PLEASE don’t come down here,” Diana whispered. “I should start making lunch,” nana said. We sighed. Well this just got boring. “Sure, sure, you do that,” papa said. “You’ll never guess what I got you for Valentine’s day.” We all gasped. “Well this just got interesting,” Jack said. “I bet papa got the pearl necklace for nana.” We listened some more. “Let me guess,” nana said. “The new Harry Potter book.” Papa laughed. “Yep. How’d you know?” We sighed. “Aw, man,” Jack said angrily. He shut off the walkie talkie. “I guess it’s not papa.”

Chapter 11

       “Now what do we do?” Diana asked. I grabbed some legos. “We could make a map of the basement,” I suggested. Jack nodded and grabbed some more legos and a lego tray. We took them over to the table. I made the stairs, desk, bookshelf, and TV. Jack made the couches, toy box, and counter. Diana made the table, pool table, doors, and chairs.
        “Looks pretty good,” Jack said, nodding. After that we took some lego people heads and put them on little legos to be all the LSA members. Jack’s body was blue, mine was yellow, and Diana’s was red. We put the our lego selves in the chairs at the table, where we were. “Cool!” Diana said. “It’s a complete map of the basement. With us too!”

Chapter 12

        On Thursday afternoon, we had our first spy meeting, in the Mickey room, one of the guest bedrooms. After lunch, we told nana we were going to the basement. We walked over to the basement, opened the door, and closed it again. Then we quietly walked upstairs into the Mickey room. We quietly shut the door, so nobody would realize we were in there. “Okay,” I said, sitting on the bed. Jack and Diana looked at me anxiously. I opened up the spy folder I had been working on all night and slid it across the comforter.
        Jack picked it up and flipped through the pages. On the sixth page, he stopped and leaned over to read the small words I had written. “Spy tricks,” he read to himself. His eyes moved across the page. Diana and I patiently waited for him to say something. He put it down. “Awesome,” he said. I nodded. “If we ever need to investigate in a room full of people, we can just use one of those.” Some of the tricks I wrote down were knocking on the door so people would come to answer it, and dropping a heavy book upstairs to make it sound like something fell. Diana smiled. “Brilliant!” she said, in her best English accent.

Chapter 13

        5 hours after our meeting ended, it was time for dinner. And a 5 hours after dinner, it was 12:30. It was time for Jack to do his job for the first time - nightspy.

        His alarm clock went off and he woke us up to tell us he was going to do his job. “You have to be back at 4:30,” Diana reminded him through a yawn. Jack nodded and pointed to his wrist. “I got my watch,” he said. I nodded and flopped back onto my pillow. He quietly walked out and shut the door.

Chapter 14

        At 4:30, we woke up when Jack walked in. He looked at us. “Hey guys,” he said. We nodded. “We’re not guys, we’re girls,” Diana reminded him. Jack laughed and rolled his eyes. “Well anyway. . .” he said, “I found something.”

        He took a crumpled up envelope out of his pocket and set it on the foot of Diana’s bed. “It was on the porch.” Diana stared at it. “What is it?” she asked. “Why do you always ask so many questions? Just open it!” Jack replied anxiously. Diana grumbled and wiggled out from under the covers. She crawled over to the mysterious envelope, picked it up, and opened it, all in slow motion to build suspense. There was a small square of paper inside it. Her eyes moved quickly across the note.
        When she reached the end, her eyes widened. “From JOHN NORMAN ROCKTEM?!” she yelled. “Isn’t that the spy-guy from the NSA?” We nodded. What did he say? She read my mind. “He has a mission for us.”

Chapter 15

        Diana didn’t tell us everything the note said. We were too tired to listen, so she had to tell us Friday morning after breakfast. We ran to the basement at lightning speed. Diana led us to the couch. We plopped down and grabbed some pillows. “What’d it say?” Jack said impatiently, as Diana slowly unfolded the note. “Hold on! I’m getting it,” Diana mumbled. Diana held up the note and started reading it.

        “Mission, blah blah blah, thief, blah blah blah, mail, blah blah blah...” Jack was getting mad. “Can you read it without the blah blah blahs, please?!” Diana gave him an evil look. “There are WAY too many details, and a lot of this probably isn’t important. Duh.” Jack made a puppy dog face and forced tears into his eyes. “PWEASE? PWETTY PWEASE?” Diana sighed and rolled her eyes. She threw the note at Jack. “Read it yourself!”

Chapter 16

        After Jack read it, it was my turn.

SECRET DOCUMENT

Jack, Diana, and Isabelle-
        I have a mission for you. Recently, there have been mailbox burglaries in your neighborhood. A boy, about 9, has been seen stealing from your mailbox, as well as numerous others on your street, for the past 2 weeks. Watch for him, find out his name, and see if you can report him to the police and return the mail he has stolen.

-John Norman Rocktem

Our first official mission.

Moving!

2010-06-12T13:51:00.001-04:00

I'm moving into a new house in just a week and a half! It's crazy! I'm getting all new stuff. New bed, new comforter, my own TV, new sheets, new bedskirt, new dresser, new shower curtain, new bath math, and new towels. The only things I'm keeping are my toys, clothes, books, desk, and I get the toy cubes from the living room. I'll even have my own bathroom, walk-in closet, and an extra closet! Yay!

Chocolate Calculator!!!

2010-05-01T15:39:00.002-04:00

Here's how to find your age in chocolate:

1. Choose a number between 1 and 10 times a week you like to eat chocolate.
2. Multiply it by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply it by 50.
5. If you've already had your birthday this year, add 1760, if you haven't add 1759.
6. Now subtract the year you were born.
7. You have a 3-digit number. The first is the number of times you like to eat chocolate a week, the last two are your age!

Other blogs

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Kids in The Kitchen: http://kidsinthekitchen100.blogspot.com/
Wonderland: http://wonderland100.blogspot.com/
Girls Club: http://girlsclub10.blogspot.com/
Flower Power: http://flowerpower500.blogspot.com/

I hope you like my blogs!

WHAT?!

2010-04-11T15:34:00.001-04:00

I've only written 9 posts so far this year?! That's crazy! Don't worry, from now on I will post more often. Check out my other blogs too. I will post links in a few minutes.

Collage #2

2010-03-07T13:53:00.000-05:00

This is another collage I made on Picasa.

Collage #1

2010-03-07T13:50:00.001-05:00

I made a collage on Picasa of pictures of Olivia and Gracie that I took with my new camera. I think this collage is really cute!

New story coming soon!

2010-02-26T17:45:00.002-05:00

Story 10: LSA Adventures

Coming soon. . . . LSA Adventures, my new story! I will start writing it next time I go to Chicago to see my cousins. We started a spy agency we call the LSA (Little Spy Agency). For now, I will just write a book about spying, with all sorts of information. I'll call it The Big Book of Spy Stuff.

Back

2009-12-27T21:06:00.003-05:00

I am BACK from CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!

Sorry. Just a little excited. I know this might be a LITTLE boring to you, but here is a list of all the things I got for Christmas:

34 Bella Sara cards (where am I going to put these? . . .)
Bella Sara card Album (so THAT'S where I'll keep all these cards!)
Bella Sara Book 2: Valkrist's Flight (Amber has the first one, so after she reads hers we can trade and trade back so I cand read mine.)
The Book of Useless Information (I love books like these.)
Sudoku volume 11 (nothing like a little sudoku once in a while!)
imagine Detective for the DS (it's like a cross between Kit and Professor Layton.)
A mood ring (finally, a mood ring that WORKS!)
Girl Gourmet cupcake maker (I'm going to use this a LOT.)
A Wii (well, it's for the whole family.)
Australian Sheepskin Boots (these are my new favorite shoes!)
A long-sleeve from Justice (I am SO wearing this to school.)
100 Cupboards (it's actually just a book.)
Guinness book of World Records (YES!!!!!)
Love every Leaf (it's a biography that actually looks pretty interesting.)
Rubik's cube (it's like a real-life Professor Layton game!)
23 mechanical pencils (just what I need.)
Tape dispenser (Yay!)
2010 Origami Calendar (I love origami!!!)

I miss Christmas but I'm really excited to go back to school in a week!

Tree!

2009-12-01T17:05:00.003-05:00

We're decorating the tree tonight, and Amber gets to stay and decorate it with us. My dad just went to Walmart to buy some ornaments, he said he's getting about 50. It's going to be a lot of fun, and we get to drink hot chocolate and watch a Christmas movie.

P.S. I have a new book in my The Great Ballerina series.

Hi!

2009-10-15T06:59:00.004-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time! I've been busy playing with my friend Amber. And I go to school now too.

P.S. Me and Amber have a really cool blog that we created yesterday. It's called The Dogsitter's Blog. It's a blog about dogs and us dogsitting Daisy, our neighbor's dog that we walk every day after school.

Meteor shower

2009-08-13T08:14:00.003-04:00

I watched the meteor shower last night. I saw 15 and there were 8 that I'm sure were real and not just fireflys and moths. The moon came up around 11:53 and ruined it. Too bad it was supposed to get better after midnight.

P.S. Happy first day of Fall! August 13th is the first unofficial day of Fall, because of the orange moon last night.

This week's forecast: Michigan

2009-08-10T10:18:00.002-04:00

Today's Location: Kalamazoo

FIVE DAY WEATHER

Today: Pm thunderstorms
Tuesday: Partly cloudy
Wednesday: Sunny
Thursday: Sunny
Friday: Sunny

FIVE DAY TEMPERATURE

Today: High 84 - Low 65
Tuesday: High 82 - Low 58
Wednesday: High 84 - Low 60
Thursday: High 85 - Low 62
Friday: High 86 - Low 61

FIVE DAY CHANCE OF RAIN

Today: 40%
Tuesday: 20%
Wednesday: 0%
Thursday: 0%
Friday: 0%

FIVE DAY WIND SPEED

Today: WSW at 9 mph
Tuesday: NW at 12 mph
Wednesday: N at 7 mph
Thursday: SW at 7 mph
Friday: WSW at 8 mph

Tomorrow I'll have another Michigan forecast.

Not again!

2009-08-10T10:02:00.004-04:00

The power went out last night for seven hours. 8:00 until 3:09 am. The good thing was that we had dinner before that.

I don't know how our power went out.

No wind. (well, 10 mph)
No hail.
There WAS thunder, lightening, and heavy rain though.

What knocked the power out? Probably a lightening strike. Anyway, a tree was knocked over onto a car nearby, and THAT was probably lightening.

We have to go to Meijer today because all our food is garbage now.

P.S. Like my Accuweather weather widget? I'll change the place of the forecast once a day.

Gracie

2009-07-31T11:25:00.002-04:00

Gracie has to be taken to the emergency room because we think she ate a battery.

She needs an x-ray and she might have to get surgery.

AllAboutMe: Isabelle

2009-07-28T16:00:00.008-04:00

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Welcome to my AllAboutMe page - my favorite things and facts about me!
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Mood: Happy
What I'm doing right now: Getting ready for school
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Favorite color: Yellow
Favorite food: Pizza ~ Tacos ~ Ice cream
Favorite Nintendo DS game: Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Favorite season: Winter
Favorite book/series: Molly Moon series ~ Harry Potter series ~ Charlie Bone series ~ Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events ~ Baby Sitters Club series
Favorite animal: Dog ~ Penguin ~ Cat

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Hobbies: Playing on the computer, reading, playing on the Nintendo DS
Birthday: August 13th
Current Weather where I live: Cloudy

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JOURNAL

6:58 am ~ July 3rd, 2009

I can't believe the fourth of July is tomorrow! The year is passing so fast. It seems like it was New Year just yesterday. . . . .

Anyway, I'm really bored right now. I'm just chewing on some month-old twizzlers - they still taste good, but they're stiff, so I can't bite them.
I hope me and dad can go bowling today. It would help cure my boredom.

At least tomorrow will be more exciting.

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3:48 pm ~ July 28th, 2009

Sorry I haven't written a Journal entry in a while. I've been busy.

Anyway, I have a new friend named Trista who lives in California. She's here because she's visiting her dad. She's staying here for the Summer.

She has to go to her grandma's house today. She's leaving for two weeks.

She'll be back for my birthday party though!

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8:24 am ~ July 29th, 2009

It's going to rain all day, and then it's going to be partly cloudy for the rest of the week. Yay.

Anyway, me and Jack and Diana have our own spy club now, and I send them e-mails about it everyday.
Later I'll post about our spy stuff.

It's going to be boring to play outside without Trista here.

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7:34 am ~ March 25th, 2010

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time! I just wrote to tell you that the LSA Adventures series will be coming in late April or early May. Bye!

Gracie post

2009-07-28T15:38:00.002-04:00

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Sise has a nu frend namd Trista. She is vry nic.

Sise wil post more ltr.

Huh. . . ?

2009-07-20T15:17:00.003-04:00

It just thundered. It's raining (big drops). The sky in the back yard is cloudy. The sky in the front yard is. . . . sunny?! This is very strange weather. And anyway, the weather says it's partly cloudy, and it says that there's supposed to be a 0% chance of rain. WEIRD.

UPDATE: There are two severe thunderstorm warnings about and hour and a half northwest of us, near lake Saint Clair. Quarter size hail, winds in excess of 60 mph, and it's NOT MOVING. Strange. . . .

Greenfield Village

2009-07-11T10:28:00.001-04:00

We are going to Greenfield Village near the Henry Ford museum. It's going to be a lot of fun!

Written by Bubber/Alex

2009-07-10T09:45:00.001-04:00

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The mysteries of weather: finally starting!

2009-07-08T09:19:00.002-04:00

I am finally starting this! Yay!

First, let's go through something that is pretty much 1/3 about weather: Air pollution.

This is absolutely crazy, but checking the air quality levels on the weather channel I noticed that Ney York city (full of airplanes, cars, buses, people. . .) has the Good air quality level, while Little Rock Arkansas (not much of that stuff) has the air quality level Unhealthy for sensitive groups. Isn't that weird?!

Cars are one of the top air polluters, as well as people (by using electricity, smoking, setting off fireworks, etc. . . .). I really do not understand this. How could New York city have a good pollution level, while Little Rock is highly polluted and unhealthy to sensitive people? This is very strange. It'll take a lot of work to figure this out.

Maybe this is just the high wind from the severe storms in New York blowing the gases and fumes away, and the good weather and low wind in Little Rock keeping the fumes and gases in the air. This is quite possible, although it may also have a very scientific answer. This'll take a while.

Glasses

2009-07-08T09:18:00.001-04:00

I got my glasses yesterday! I'll post a picture of them soon!

Forecast: Sacramento, California

2009-07-06T11:33:00.002-04:00

Every week, I choose a state to do forecasts for.

Sacramento, CA
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This week, you get:

1. Hourly forecast: 3:00 pm today through midnight (your time)
3. Current weather (updated every 45 minutes, not including night)

SACRAMENTO
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Current weather: Sunny, 61 degrees, wind from the ssw at 8 mph

Hourly:

3 pm: Sunny, 83 degrees, wind from the wsw at 8 mph
4 pm: Sunny, 84 degrees, wind from the wsw at 9 mph
5 pm: Sunny, 84 degrees, wind from the sw at 10 mph
6 pm: Sunny, 82 degrees, wind from the sw at 11 mph
7 pm: Sunny, 78 degrees, wind from the sw at 11 mph
8 pm: Sunny, 74 degrees, wind from the sw at 12 mph
9 pm: Sunny, 70 degrees, wind from the sw at 10 mph
10 pm: Clear, 65 degrees, wind from the ssw at 9 mph
11 pm: Clear, 62 degrees, wind from the ssw at 8 mph
12 am: Clear, 60 degrees, wind from the ssw at 7 mph

Today: Sunny, High 86, Low 53
Tuesday: Sunny, High 86, Low 55
Wednesday: Sunny, High 89, Low 56
Thursday: Partly cloudy, High 88, Low 56
Friday: Sunny, High 90, Low 57
Saturday: Sunny, High 92, Low 59

Fronts: Cold and warm

2009-07-06T11:11:00.002-04:00

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
There are actually a lot of differences between cold fronts and warm fronts.

WHAT DO COLD FRONTS DO?
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1. Dropping temperature
2. Tornadoes
3. Severe Thunderstorms
4. Heavy rain
5. Hail
6. Heavy snow
7. Blizzards

WHAT DO WARM FRONTS DO?
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1. Higher temperature
2. Showers
3. Thunderstorms
4. Moderate to Heavy rain
5. Small hail
6. Severe thunderstorms
7. Cloudiness

More coming soon!

Rainbows

2009-07-06T10:56:00.002-04:00

So far this year, I've seen two rainbows. I saw them both last week.

The rainbow we got yesterday was the brightest rainbow I've ever seen; it was after a brief hail and heavy rain, and it was in front of dark blue clouds. It was beautiful.

The other one i think I saw on Tuesday. It was just a rainbow line in front of gray-white clouds, and it wasn't very bright or colorful, but at least it was our first rainbow of the year!

P.S. I'm writing more weather posts soon!
You might want to check out my weather encyclopedia. First chapters: Fronts; Rain; Lightening

Back

2009-06-28T11:08:00.001-04:00

I'm back!

P.S. I forgot to do the camp journal thing, but I'll write a story about what I did.

Camp Journal

2009-06-20T09:19:00.002-04:00

I will write about what I did at camp once I come home. I'll bring a journal with me and I'll write one entry a day, and when I'm back I'll post all my entries so you can know what I've been doing at camp.

P.S. When I'm back from camp, I'll also start a travel forecast. Tell me where you're going (and how long you're going to be there) and I'll give you the forecast. Even the hourly forecast for the first day or two of your trip.
By the way, tell me WHEN you're going.

Glasses

2009-06-18T12:56:00.002-04:00

I went to the doctor today, and she said I need glasses. I got to the fourth row on the eye chart and then I couldn't read anything in that row or after it.

I am getting my glasses when I come back from camp.

the mysteries of weather: Week 1

2009-06-16T11:06:00.006-04:00

My experiment: Going until August. Trying to figure out lots of things about weather. First, some facts:

1. About a week ago, we had a tornado watch, and I saw a black wall cloud with weak rotation. Luckily, there wasn't a funnel cloud or tornado.

2. In late April, we got a severe thunderstorm. Mammatus clouds outside, with winds in excess of 65 mph, knocked out the power of 75,000 homes in Michigan. Ours was out for seven hours.

3. Last year, on Olivia's birthday, the sirens went off. A tornado touched down 10 minutes away.

Some things I know about weather:

Tornadoes

#1. They usually touch down on the rainless end of the Anvil, but this doesn't always happen.
#2. Signs to look for: Sudden temperature drop, a wall cloud(usually black, long, and has a flat bottom), and clouds of debris
#3. Tornadoes are often accompanied my hail, usually shortly before.

Myths:

Myth: You will always see a green sky before a tornado.

False. It is more likely that you will see a green sky during a regular rain shower. Usually, there is no need to worry, but you should turn the weather on just in case.

Myth: You will always see the funnel cloud.

False and true. Tornadoes usually happen on the rainless side of the Anvil, but this does not always happen, so it is pretty much both.
P.S. When the tornado is NOT on the rainless side of the Anvil, it is sometimes in heavy rain, which surrounds it and makes it hard to see.

Myth: The sky will always be completely cloudy.

False. Sometimes, the sky just has a big wall cloud, with blue sky surrounding it. This is uncommon, but it happens once in a while.
As for the cloudiness, that is mostly true, since the wall cloud being surrounded by blue sky is very rare.
P.S. When you have a tornado warning and the sky is blue, look out every window quickly. You will probably see the wall cloud. As soon as you see it, go to a basement or room with no windows, and bring a battery-powered radio with you. Stay in the basement/room with no windows until you hear the all clear message.

WEATHER MYSTERIES

Why do some severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes while others don't?

This question is pretty much unanswerable right now, though I will be working on it, and other meteorologists will be too.
I will post information about this as soon as I find some.
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I have discovered a NEW kind of weather! It's a Thunderquake.

What is a thunderquake?

Answer: It's like an earthquake, except thunder is the one that creates it.
During bad thunderstorms, the thunder gets really LOUD, right? Sometimes, It'll get so loud that it shakes your house!
They are not really that bad though. They might make a few things fall (like a vase or a small lamp), but they wouldn't hurt you unless something fell on you.

Here's a tip: Don't sit/stand under hanging shelves during a thunderquake!

THUNDERQUAKE SAFETY:

#1. After a thunderquake, watch for glass. Wear thick gloves, sneakers, and long sleeve shirts and jeans when you are cleaning up broken glass.
#2. Stay inside. If you are getting a thunderquake, it's likely that you'll gets a whole bunch of lightening after it!
#3. The thunder is not really that bad, it's the lightening during and after it. Stay away from wiring and electrical appliances such as televisions, telephones (cordless phones are fine), and fans.

MY THUNDERQUAKE EXPERIENCE

On Thursday night I got a thunderquake, but everything was OK. There was plenty lightening of after it, though.
The only really "bad" thing that happened was a few books fell of my wardrobe.

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Make a pen out of paper, tape, and a bit more

2009-06-16T10:58:00.002-04:00

What you'll need:
2 inch wide, 6 inch long paper strip
Electrical tape
Peg from Tricky triangle
Ink tube and top of a pen

1. Roll the paper into a thin tube.
2. Put the peg in the bottom end of the tube.
3. Put the ink(with the top on it)into the top end of the tube.
4. Push some of the paper into the top until the ink is touching the peg and sticky out of the top.
5. Tape this all around with the electrical tape.

I have one of these pens. It works pretty good.

Computer Fun: Fun sites and 3 ways to make a more creative post

2009-06-15T11:10:00.011-04:00

3 ways to make a more creative post:
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1.Write a rainbow.
2.Play with some two-tone oval marbles.
3.Write in all different sizes.

3 fun sites
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I have some fun websites you might like!

Many games at Orisinal
www.ferryhalim.com/orisnal

Webkinz World
www.webkinz.com

Barbie Girls
www.barbiegirls.com

Funny computer questions:
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What does the computer mouse have to do with real mice? What do you call more then one computer mouse?
My answer: No idea what they have to do with each other. I'll look it up.
P.S. I think you call more then one computer mouse computer mice. Computer mouses sounds weird when you say it.

This month's featured article: Getting used to the keyboard
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Did you ever wonder what your blog teaches you?
It helps with your writing and memorization skills.
Why memorization? It helps you memorize the keyboard keys.

After having a blog for a year or so, you're pretty used to the keyboard keys and don't have to look all over the place for them, but you still have to look at the keyboard. After a year and a half, you have them memorized so well that you can type without looking at the keyboard, but you often make mistakes.

Then, after two years, you pretty much do it without even looking at the computer.

I'm pretty good, I can type pretty fast for my age, since I've had this blog for almost a year and a half, and I can type short words like you and them. But I often forget I can.

I know it sounds silly to forget you can type without looking at the keyboard, but what do you expect me to do, put sticky notes everywhere saying 'Remember not to look at the computer screen'?

Anyway, with some practice, concentration, and a computer, maybe I will not forget that I don't need to look at the keyboard when I type.

Now, where do I put these sticky notes. . . . . . . . . ?

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I hope you liked this issue of Computer fun! I post a new one each month.

How to me an Adventure Club member

2009-06-15T10:42:00.004-04:00

You can join the Adventure club yourself! Tell me your first name and I'll write you down on our member list. Come back often to tell us about your adventures.

HOW TO BE ADVENTUROUS:
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#1. Do things The hard way. For example, at me and Diana's clubhouse, we jump off the ladder platform instead of climb down.

#2. Have The right gear. You need lots of gear for your adventures. For example, If you go on an adventure in a forest, you need a long sleeve shirt, pants, and sneakers to prevent from getting hurt by prickly thorns and weeds. And you need bug spray, especially after rainy days. That's when all the mosquitoes are out.

#3. It's more fun if you have a Team to have your adventures with. Help each other and use teamwork if something goes wrong.

#4. Sometimes it's best to have a First aid kit nearby. It depends on what sort of adventure you go on and your gear. For example, if you go into a forest with a T-shirt and shorts, you'll probably get pricked by thorns and need some Band-aids.

#5. Be Prepared. For example, if your going on a hike, bring snacks and bottles of water for you and the rest of the club. Everyone should bring some Band-aids and tissues, too.

#6. Check The weather. If it's going to rain, storm, or snow, you probably should reschedule for a day when the weather is nice. You should also check the temperature. For example, you wouldn't want to go on an adventure in temperatures as high as 110 degrees or as cold as 20 below, would you? It's best to have your adventures in Spring and Fall, when the average temperature range is 50-75.

That is how you become a member and how you be adventurous for your adventures in our club.

Remember. . .

Do things the hard way, have the right gear, have adventures with your friends, bring a First aid kit, be prepared, and check the weather.

To do today: Monday, June 15th 2009

2009-06-15T09:52:00.002-04:00

Key: * Done it- % Probably not going to get to do it- ^ Really want to do it- & it's planned that I'm going to do it- # Didn't do it

% Experiment with some recipes
Go on Barbie Girls and Webkinz and the weather and my blog for computer time
^ Come up with a good chapter for Marriana: A webkinz domino kitten
%(mowing lawn today) Go outside
* Check the weather
^ Post a guide to birdwatching(PLUS bird journal)on my blog

Me and Diana's Adventure Club

2009-06-12T13:36:00.004-04:00

FACTS ABOUT OUR CLUB:

At aunt Kristy and uncle Tom's house. . .

Clubhouse/hideout: The slide and platform. The platform is only 3 feet wide and 6 feet long. But we have three adventurous ways to get in and out.

Getting in: Climbing up ladder two bars at a time, climbing up slide, climbing through hole (4 feet up)

Getting out: Jumping down place near ladder, crawling down slide, climbing down ladder (not holding on)

Adventure forest: The plants in the dirt in aunt Kristy's garden. it's about 30 feet long (with a few turns)

What's in it: Two 18-foot-tall trees, twelve 5-foot-tall trees, ten 3-foot-tall bushes, one 7-foot-tall tree(with some sort of flowers on it), one 9-foot-tall tree(some sort of fruit on it), a patch of 2-foot-tall grass, a few flowers, LOTS of prickly weeds, and about 18 flat stones(sides about 6 to 7 inches)

What we do for fun: Play on slide, have adventures, play on stones(they are set sort of like hopscotch), play tag, and talk

ADVENTURE JOURNAL

#1: Rescue Grace!

Diana heard this crying and screaming noise, and she told me. We looked at the bushes, and we saw that Grace was tangled and lost in them! The bushes were about 5 inches taller than her, so she couldn't see. I went in to rescue her.
It was easy because me and Diana play in those bushes all the time.
I got to her, picked her up, and carried her out.

#2: War!

Jack and Alex started their own club, and their clubhouse was the plastic house. Jack had to crouch down.
Because of that, they raided me and Diana's special Hideout!
Jack started a war. He and Alex threw balls at me and Diana. We got in their clubhouse and shut the windows with shutters.
Jack opened the door, which I was pulling, but I had been pulling longer then he had. I couldn't hold it anymore.
Me and Diana jumped out the back window, and Jack followed us. I'm a very fast runner, so I missed most of his hits and scratches.

I'll tell you more about our Adventure Club later!

Storm Details: Michigan, April 2009: Roofs ripped off, shingles blown away, some tornadoes

2009-06-09T16:58:00.007-04:00

Date: April 25th, 2009
Location: Southern Michigan
Storm type: Severe thunderstorm/tornadoes

Details: I was watching TV, and then our power suddenly went out. It was hailing. The winds in the storm were at least 60 miles per hour. My mom looked at the laptop. Our alert: Severe thunderstorm warning, 1:55.
It was 1:55 when we checked the alert.

In Lexington, there was a tornado, and there was almost one in Dearborn, which means there was a funnel cloud that didn't touch the ground. The tornado in Lexington uprooted a tree and blew a sign in half.

At my house, we saw the next day that one small tree was almost completely uprooted, and a few shingles were blown off our roof.

This was pretty much the worst storm that Michigan has ever had in April: Uprooted trees, tornadoes, 60 mph+ winds, hail, cloud to ground lightening, and rumbles of thunder the whole storm through.

Here's a link for some pictures of the storm: http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=MI+tornado&x=10&y=7

Weather report

2009-06-09T09:37:00.004-04:00

Yesterday, the midwest was filled with tornadoes and supercells - even Michigan and Wisconsin.

There was a tornado in Michigan, in Ithaca, which crossed over from Wisconsin, it got all the way over Lake Michigan.
That tornado was at Milwaukee, Wisconsin at one point.

Half of Lower Michigan had a tornado watch.

There were also Severe thunderstorm warnings in Lower Michigan and Wisconsin, including a Severe thunderstorm watch for a few counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

Today, the Northeast and central area of the U.S. are expected to get severe storms, especially Missouri and Pennsylvania. This may include tornadic activity.

Jack's name

2009-06-06T10:51:00.002-04:00

By the way. . . Here is Jack's middle name! He made it and wanted me to post it.

Price John Bob Cheeseburger Fred Frank 123Jackmagee Going to the museum Paradise

It's sooooo hard to remember! He needs to remind him ALL the time.

By the way, here's a joke I made up:

Joke: What do you call a clothes hamper that's filled with wet clothing?
Answer: A damper!

Severe Possible

2009-06-01T09:46:00.002-04:00

At nana and papa's house, we're in severe possible.

We had a strong storm early this morning, it wasn't windy or hailing but I saw 5 lightning strikes at the same time, they lit up the whole sky.

Anyway, we're watching Up(Disney Pixar movie)at 1:10. We won't see it in 3D though.

Bye!

2009-05-31T09:53:00.000-04:00

I have to go at 2:00! I might post while I'm there!

Magic shop

2009-05-30T14:38:00.003-04:00

Welcome! Tell me what you want, and I can make it.

P.S. Here Olivia!

Magic dust
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Little Pets

2009-05-30T14:27:00.003-04:00

Only Caterpillars so far!

P.S. Here's a pet for your birthday, Olivia!

>OOOOOOO

Gifts!

2009-05-30T14:03:00.003-04:00

What do you want? We have balls, Marbles, and I can try some others.

P.S. Gift for Owa! Happy birthday!

Marble set

o o o o o o o o o o

Two-tone oval balls

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() () () Isabelle's snacks

2009-05-30T12:46:00.024-04:00

What can I get you? Everything is free! I have chips, donuts, celery, cakes, and drinks. Here's what I have right now.

() chips

(0) donuts

|| little celery sticks

O O O O
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|____| Birthday cakes

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|_| lemonade (with straw)

So what do you want?

P.S. Birthday cake for Owa!

ooooooooooo
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| O_O_O_O_O |
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She's turning four!

She wants donuts too.

(0)

And chips.

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And apple slices.

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And peas and macaroni!

)) )) ))

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Blueberries.

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Post the weather. . .

2009-05-30T12:40:00.002-04:00

With your color!

Yellow-Sunny
Grey-Fog
Light blue-Light rain
Dark blue-Heavy rain
Black, yellow, and dark blue-thunderstorm
White-cloudy or snowy, if you post white you have to say which you mean

Hope you like it!

P.S. It's sunny here, so I'm writing in yellow!

Post your mood. . .

2009-05-30T12:37:00.002-04:00

With the color you write in!

Yellow- Happy
Blue-Sad
Green-Regular
Red-Angry
Grey-Bored
Purple/orange-excited

I hope you like it!

P.S. Since I'm posting in purple, it means I'm excited about the Little Chef and going to Chicago tomorrow!

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2009-05-30T12:13:00.004-04:00

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bY THE WAY< style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Everything is green!!! Uhhh. . . happy St.Patrick's day???

It's Chrisstmmas!!!

Did you like that post? I might have more later.

LSA

2009-05-30T10:47:00.009-04:00

SUPER SECRET DOCUMENT

Jack, Diana, and Isabelle-

I am the founder of the UNSA, United National Spy Agency.
We need your help.

Would you please form a Spy Agency of your own, the LSA: Little Spy Agency

Please help us.

- John Norman Rocktem

Please follow me, Jack, and Diana on our adventures. I am going to write our Spy adventures (real ones!!!) into a great book - The LSA: The story of a real spy agency

In Chicago I am having the spy adventures with Jack and Diana.

I might write some of the story there.

My longest story ever!

Excited

2009-05-30T10:34:00.002-04:00

I'm so excited! I'm going to Chicago tomorrow!

I can't wait to have the Little Chef, it'll be a lot of fun. I also have a new recipe to add to my menu, banilla (or banana-vanilla) pie!

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
store-bought graham cracker pie crust
Bannila yogurt (or banana and vanilla, just mix them together)
Whip cream

1. Pour the bannila yogurt into the pie crust, it takes about six or seven cups.
2. Mix in a cup of whip cream, to keep the yogurt from falling out when you cut a slice.
3. Put a dot of whip cream on top in the middle. It's a good decoration.

I'll try to get the recipes for all my recipes before I leave tomorrow. Not partchooeezy though, just scroll down to my idea book.

Gracie's interview

2009-05-29T08:48:00.002-04:00

Me: Are you related to Sunny Baudelaire? Are you?
Gracie: No

Me: How are you doing?
Gracie: Good

Me: Are you having fun?
Gracie: Yeah

More coming later!

Little Chef: Interview

2009-05-28T10:35:00.003-04:00

In order:

First read my post Little Chef, then Little Chef Menu, and then read this.

INTERVIEW:

Question: Are you excited about doing all this cooking?

I can't wait! It's going to be even more fun since Jack and the Junior helpers are going to help me, and Diana will do some cooking when she's not busy taking orders.

Question: Junior Helpers?

Alex, Olivia, and Faith. They do things like give us the food that they can reach and set the microwave timer.

Question: Are they excited?

Alex and Olivia are almost as excited as me! I don't know about Faith, though, because she's in Chicago.

Question: How did you come up with Partchooeezy?

Ummm. . . . . I forgot.

Question: What are you, Jack, Diana, and the Junior helpers having for your meals?

We're making things from our menus for us.

Little Chef: Menu

2009-05-28T09:52:00.003-04:00

Scroll down for the first post on Little Chef if you haven't read it. After that, read this.
If you have read it, read this now.

Here is our menu. They are simple recipes, but they're all delicious.

The ones marked with RRKC stands for Rachael Ray Kids Cookbook, and the ones marked with MR stand for My Recipe.

Food
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MR: Partchooeezy
RRKC: Bite-size Antipast-salad
RRKC: Tropical yogurt parfait
RRKC: Chocolate Dip and strawberries (but the strawberries were my idea)
RRKC: Cheesy Pizza Popcorn
RRKC: Yogurt and sliced fruit
MR: Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich
MR: Plain cake with chocolate frosting (pound cake with chocolate frosting spread all over it!!! haha, is that cheating?!)

Drinks
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Milk
Apple Juice
Water
Chocolate Milk
RRKC: Purple burping cow (grape soda with vanilla ice cream and mini marshmallows)

I can't wait to start our restaurant! Here's more about it:

Where: At nana and papa's house it's in the basement, and at aunt Kristy and uncle Tom's house it's at the kitchen table.

Time: 8:00 am through 9:00 pm. We'll have to wake up soooo EARLY!

Meals: All of them! Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Snacks. . . . . . .

When: Oh, does that mean the date? I don't know, just a day when we're not going to be out doing something.

Rating: Alex and Olivia rate it five stars.

Seating: At aunt Kristy and Uncle Tom's, it just chairs at the kitchen table. At nana and papa's, it's a couch, a few little chairs(Gracie), and the computer chair.

Entertainment: At nana and papa's, TV, a pool table, and magazines (Reader's Digest and Family Fun).
At aunt Kristy and uncle Tom's, everyone is next to the kitchen so me and Jack will tell jokes while we cook and I might take a few magazines (Reader's Digest and Family Fun) for everybody to read while they wait for their food.

Which place is best: Nana and Papa's.
It'll be more like a restruant because they won't see us cooking - we'll be upstairs.
It's more fun too, because it has magazines and TV. The pool table is good too, incase anybody wants to play some pool. I like playing pool.

It will be a lot of fun! I can't wait to go to nana and papa's this weekend!

Little Chef

2009-05-27T13:00:00.002-04:00

In Chicago, we will have a restaurant for a day. Me, Alex, Olivia, Faith, Jack, and Diana will all work there, We all have jobs. Nana, papa, Aunt Kristy, Uncle Tom, Mom, dad, and Grace will be who we are serving.

Job positions:

Isabelle: Head chef
(I am the oldest, so I'm pretty much the best cook!)

Jack: Chef
(He helps a lot. For example, he reminds me what the ingredients are, how much of what to put in, and does 1/3 of the cooking.)

Diana: Waitress
(She takes peoples' orders, tells me and Jack who wants what, we make it, give it to her, she gives it to the customer. When she's not busy, she helps with the cooking.)

Alex, Faith, and Olivia: Junior helpers
(They get to give us the ingredients that they can reach. They also set the microwave timer with my help.)

Hours:
We're pretty much making all the meals, and everybody gets what they want.

We'll pretty much be open 8 am through 9 pm.

Menu:
A few recipes from my Rachel Ray kids cookbook, and some I invented myself, with drinks like milk and water.

I'll post more later!

Bubble Fest

2009-05-27T12:50:00.003-04:00

Today is the first annual Bubble Fest in our house. Here:

GAMES

1. Bubble Dimes
Instructions:
1. Find a dime.
2. Blow a big bubble.
3. Throw the dime through the bubble. The person who throws the dime closest to the middle of the bubble wins.

2. Big Bubble Contest
Instructions:
1. Just blow a big bubble! The person with the biggest bubble wins.

3. Bubble Go Fish
Instructions:
1. Make circle shaped cards. To give them a more bubbly appearance, Draw a curved rectangle in the upper left corner.
2. You just made the front of the card. To make the back, make the cards like in regular go fish: Draw four cards with the same object or shape.
3. Make about 20-30 sets of four, depending on how many people are playing.
4. Play like regular go fish!

I might have snacks up later.

The Forest

2009-05-26T16:16:00.003-04:00

I am going to a forest near the school I went to before I was homeschooled.

I am going tomorrow. Last time I was there was three years ago, and the grass was a foot and a half tall, so the highest I'm guessing the grass is now is three feet tall. There are lots of prickly weeds though, but there are also beautiful flowers.

Alex and Olivia are coming too, it's going to be a lot of fun!

P.S. When I come back from Chicago, I might write about a few kids who find a secret world in the forest that I'm visiting.

Going to Chicago

2009-05-26T16:12:00.002-04:00

I'm going to Chicago this June.

I actually leave on May 31st, But most of our time is this June. I am so excited!

While we're there, we're going to celebrate Olivia's birthday, she is turning four. It's actually June 9th and we're leaving June 7th, so we're celebrating it early.

My ideas: Idea #5 up!

2009-05-13T10:51:00.004-04:00

Idea #1
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Last night I thought of something. I got out of bed and hung two hangers on the side of my bunk bed ladder. I asked Olivia what she wanted to wear today, and I put it on the hanger. I did the same thing with Alex.

This morning, they just got out of bed and put on the clothes on their hangers! Usually they make messes trying to find clothes, but if I keep doing this everyday there will never be a clothing mess again!
I also put up a hanger for me this morning. I just hung up my clothes for tomorrow.

Who knew a hanger could prevent a mess?
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Idea #2
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Sometimes I like to keep things simple, like using that idea with the hanger.

This is almost just as simple: Predicting the weather. Without using electricity.

This means no checking the weather on the computer, checking it on the Weather channel, the weather website. . . . . . . . . . . . You don't need anything. You pretty much just need clouds and a cricket.

Temperature: Count the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds. Add 40 to that and you have the temperature.
Weather: Look at the clouds.
Cirrus-Thin and wispy, these are the highest clouds in the sky. These usually appear when it's going to be a nice day.
Cumulus-Very puffy, usually white. If one is covering the sun, don't look at it! It's blinding white.
Now, Cumulus clouds usually appear when it's going to be a nice day. But watch out, if there are lots in the sky there might be rain later.
Cumulonimbus-A mix of Cumulus(above)and Nimbus(below)clouds. When Cumulus clouds bump into each other, they can get big and tall and grey. These clouds mean thunderstorms are coming.
Nimbus-Usually bluish-grey, these clouds bring rain, but sometimes they just pass right over you and move somewhere else.

That's the simplest way of predicting the weather!

Without using electricity, of course.
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Idea #3
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Make a snowglobe! It's easy.

Take a clear glass jar(like a salsa or jam jar with the label peeled off)and take the lid off. Fill it all the way up with water, and then just put some beads, sequins, and glitter in it. Put the lid back on. Turn it upside down.

After that, turn it back up so the glitter falls to the bottom again.

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Idea #4
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Make Partchoeezy! Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:
Pepperoni
Cheese
Bread
Tomato paste

Recipe:
1. Toast your bread.
2. After that, spread on the tomato paste.
3. Put two pieces of cheese on each slice.
4. Cut one piece of pepperoni into three rows, then cut each row in half. You should have six small pieces. Six small pieces(1 whole piece)per slice.
5. Microwave for one minute.
6. Let it cool off for three minutes. After that, it's ready to eat!
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Idea #5
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Make a little neighborhood! It's perfect for kids. You can share it with your brothers, sisters, and friends.

Library:
Use a bookshelf for this.
Instructions:
1. Put your little brother and sister's books on the bookshelf.
2. Make paper or cardboard library cards, have them sign their names.
3. Set a number of days the books can be kept.
4. Set a number of how many books can be checked out.
5. Rules.

After they check out their books, they can't get any more until take them back.

They have to ask you to "check out" the books. Like, pretend to scan their library card and books.
6. Have fun!

TIPS: For my Library. . .
Number of days: 3
How many books?:Up to 10

P.S. Maybe I can post pictures sometime.
I'll have my church up soon.

Church

This works well with little brothers and little sisters.

1. Choose a nice, sunny or shady spot.(outside works well)
2. Find a Bible that has bible stories, except like they would be like in the present, so it's easier for little kids to understand. For example, I use the Little Girls Bible Storybook.
3. Read bible verses(from regular bible), pray, read bible stories(little kids' bible), and send out prayer balloons.(below)

Prayer balloons:
1. Get a helium filled balloon.
2. Write a prayer(like the Lord's Prayer)on a piece of paper.
3. Punch a hole in the top of the piece of paper.
4. Tie it onto the balloon with the balloon ribbon.
5. Before you let go of it, write this at the bottom:

If you find this prayer, please e-mail _______.

If you want to know how far it went, put this below that.

Please e-mail your country. If you live in the United States, e-mail your state.
I would like to know how far this prayer has traveled.

P.S. I'll have my store up soon!
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I really hope I come up with more good ideas. I'm trying to come up with ten or more.

Partchoeezy

2009-05-12T09:34:00.002-04:00

Partchoeezy- pronounced Parch-ooh-easy: A delicious pizza-like treat, made with bread, cheese, pepperoni, and tomato paste

I came up with that. It sort of reminds me of the game Parcheezi(is that spelled right?). I forgot where I heard of it. . . . maybe my world almanac for kids.

Anyway, I am making Partchoeezy this afternoon with Alex and Olivia. If it turns out right, it will be Idea #3 in my idea book.

I can't wait to make it!

Code Dictionary

2009-05-10T09:29:00.002-04:00

One
Pof

Two
Uxp

Three
Uisff

Four
Gpvs

Five
Gjwf

12:00
23:11

1:00
2:11

2:00
3:11

3:00
4:11

4:00
5:11

5:00
6:11

6:00
7:11

7:00
8:11

8:00
9:11

9:00
0:11

10:00
1:11

11:00
22:11

Book
Cppl

Chair
Dibjs

Food
Gppe

I will post more words later.

Code

2009-05-08T14:03:00.004-04:00

Here is something fun: For the code, switch each letter forward for every word.

Example:

Bubber
Cvccfs

Owa
Pxb

Isabelle
Jtbcfmmf

Code
Dpef

Quiz

Is Alex. . . . . . ?
1. Bnfw
2. Bmfy
3. Bofz

Is Olivia. . . . . . . ?
1. Pmjwjb
2. Pmjxjc
3. Pmkwjd

Is Grace. . . . . . ?
1. Hsbdf
2. Hscdf
3. Iscbf

Is Secret code. . . . . . . ?
1. Tfdsfv doef
2. Tgdtfu dpef
3. Tfdsfu dpef

Answers

Bmfy
Pmjwjb
Hsbdf
Tfdsfu dpef

Have fun using the dpef!

Weather

2009-05-08T13:14:00.003-04:00

At my grandma's house, there is a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning.

Here, there is nothing.

Missouri: Tons of tornadoes, but none in Kansas?

Lately, Missouri has seemed to get all the Severe T-storms and tornadoes. There have barely been any tornadoes and Severe T-Storms during this severe week, could Missouri be the new center of tornado alley? It seems like it.

Missouri forecast:

Tornado warning for: Saint Francois
Sainte Genevieve
Flash flood warning for: Barry
Barton
Benton
Butler
Camden
Carter
Cedar
Crawford
Dade
Dallas
Dent
Douglas
Gasconade
Greene
Hickory
Howell
Iron
Jasper
Jefferson
Laclede
Lawrence
Maries
Mc Donald
Miller
Morgan
Newton
Oregon
Osage
Perry
Phelps
Polk
Pulaski
Ripley
Saint Clair
Saint Francois
Sainte Genevieve
Shannon
Texas
Vernon

Tornado watch for: Bollinger
Butler
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Crawford
Dunklin
Iron
Madison
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Perry
Reynolds
Ripley
Saint Francois
Sainte Genevieve
Scott
Stoddard
Washington
Wayne
Severe thunderstorm warning for: Madison
Saint Francois
Flood warning for: Bates
Henry
River flood warning for: Cape Girardeau (Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau)
Cedar (Sac River near Caplinger Mills)
Cooper (Petite Saline Creek near Boonville)
Dunklin (St. Francis River at St. Francis)
Gasconade (Missouri River at Gasconade)
Jefferson (Meramec River near Arnold)
Lincoln (Mississippi River at Winfield Lock)
Marion (Mississippi River at Hannibal)
Mississippi (Mississippi River at New Madrid)
Mississippi (Ohio River at Cairo)
Montgomery (Missouri River at Gasconade)
New Madrid (Mississippi River at New Madrid)
Pemiscot (Mississippi River at Caruthersville)
Pemiscot (Mississippi River at Tiptonville)
Perry (Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau)
Pike (Mississippi River at Clarksville)
Pike (Mississippi River at Louisiana)
Pulaski (Big Piney at Fort Leonard Wood)
Saint Charles (Mississippi River at Alton)
Saint Charles (Mississippi River at Grafton)
Saint Louis (Meramec River near Arnold)
Scott (Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau)
Scott (Mississippi River at Thebes)
Vernon (Little Osage River at Horton)
Vernon (Marmaton River near Nevada)
Vernon (Osage River near Schell City)
Significant weather alert for: Pemiscot

LOTS of severe weather today.

Click the links above for more information on the Missouri weather alerts.

Power out

2009-05-05T10:54:00.002-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately, the computer had a virus and the power was out one day. I'll tell you about the storm.

I was watching Flight 29 Down on Discovery kids, and suddenly the power was out and it was raining and hailing. 5 minutes later, the wind started blowing everything around outside, it even uprooted a tree. The winds were blowing the rain to the left, and it was really scary. The wind was like 60 miles per hour, maybe even 70! The clouds became mammatus clouds, which are black and scary. They usually look like bubblewrap, some deep hills in them, they look like holes being pushed into the clouds. Usually these occur during a severe thunderstorm or before a tornado. The thunder was very, very loud.
10 minutes later, the wind was gone and so was most of the thunder and lighting, but it was still raining and hailing. My mom called my dad and he said the worst had passed.

75,000 people in our area didn't have power, that's what the news said when we got back home from dinner.

It was the worst thunderstorm we ever had. The next day I read on the weather website that the clouds had rotation in them and might have produced a tornado. While our power was out, we had a tornado watch.

Back!

2009-04-20T13:03:00.001-04:00

I'm back from my grandma's house.

Weather: April 9th through April 14th 2009

2009-04-09T10:21:00.012-04:00

SEVERE WEATHER
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A storm system will be moving through the mid-South today and tomorrow, and eventually exit through the East tomorrow night. It will bring thunderstorms to Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, a small bit of Texas, and Ohio. There is the biggest tornado threat for northeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, northern Arkansas, and southern Mississippi. On Friday that threat will move to southern Tennessee, and northern Georgia and Alabama.
Today there is a severe thunderstorm threat for all the states listed for thunderstorms, but the severe thunderstorm threat will not be for Kentucky today, mainly tonight and tomorrow morning through early afternoon.

HURRICANES
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Hurricane season is still about two months away, but Texas is getting a hurricane very soon. It has not been named yet. Some of the hurricane names for this year include Peter, Ida, and many others.
The prediction of Hurricanes and topical storms this year:
Tropical storms: 12
Hurricanes: 6
Major hurricanes: 2

Next storm system entering through West
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There will be a new storm system entering through the West on Friday, bringing rain to most of the U.S. Much of it will just be rain for the northeast, a few thunderstorms in Kentucky. A couple of these storms may be severe, but it is unpredictable where they will be currently. This storm will be much of a relief to Texas(scroll down).

Texas wildfire threat
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The threat for Texas wildfires is currently extremely high, With extreme heat in the 80s and 90s for some parts. The air there is very dry, and there will be wind pushing through most of Texas, making wildfires and spreading them. Most of these winds will be gusting up to 30 miles per hour. The next storm system will bring much needed rain to Texas, it will stop the spread of the wildfire and prevent another one for a few weeks.

Six day forecast
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One city forecast for five states, different states and places each time.

Kevil, Kentucky:
Today: PM rain showers, High 62 low 57
Friday: Thunderstorms, High 62 low 42
Saturday: AM clouds, High 63 low 42
Sunday(Easter): Cloudy, High 65 low 55
Monday: T-showers, High 63 low 47
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, High 65 low 43

Highland, Michigan:
Today: Mostly sunny, High 53 low 32
Friday: Partly cloudy, High 50 low 29
Saturday: Mostly sunny, High 50 low 28
Sunday(Easter): Partly cloudy, High 50 low 31
Monday: Cloudy, High 48 low 39
Tuesday: Showers, High 48 low 35

Orlando, Florida:
Today: Mostly sunny, High 81 low 60
Friday: Partly cloudy, High 87 low 66
Saturday: Partly cloudy, High 87 low 67
Sunday(Easter): Partly cloudy, High 86 low 68
Monday: Partly cloudy, High 86 low 68
Tuesday: Scattered thunderstorms, High 86 low 67

Wheaton, Illinois:
Today: Mostly sunny, High 56 low 36
Friday: Mostly cloudy, High 51 low 30
Saturday: Sunny, High 52 low 31
Sunday(Easter): Mostly cloudy, High 56 low 37
Monday: Showers, High 49 low 41
Tuesday: Showers, High 53 low 37

Buffalo, New York:
Today: Mostly sunny, High 49 low 31
Friday: Mostly cloudy, High 50 low 32
Saturday: Partly cloudy, High 47 low 30
Sunday(Easter): Partly cloudy, High 47 low 29
Monday: Partly cloudy, High 50 low 38
Tuesday: Few showers, High 50 low 37

4 day Pollen levels for places above:

Kevil, Kentucky:
Today: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Friday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Saturday: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Sunday(Easter): Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None

Highland, Michigan:
Today: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Friday: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Saturday: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Sunday(Easter): Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None

Orlando, Florida:
Today: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Friday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Saturday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Sunday(Easter): Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None

Wheaton, Illinois:
Today: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Friday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Saturday: Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None
Sunday(Easter): Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None

Buffalo, New York:
Today: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Friday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Saturday: Tree: Medium | Grass: None | Weed: None
Sunday(Easter): Tree: High | Grass: None | Weed: None

I will do another issue in six days! Bye!

Etsy shop

2009-04-08T12:01:00.002-04:00

In a couple weeks, I am going to create my own Etsy shop! It will be called Isabelle's Holiday cards, stationary, and more! I am creating all the things for it already. Mainly Christmas stuff to sell in December, but I've got some Spring and Easter things too, but the Easter things will be a bit late! If my grandma will help me, I'll make a Spring T-shirt, and some Spring colored bracelets. The beads will be pastel colors: Light purple, light pink, light yellow, light green, and light blue. Very Springy colors. I'll do the same for each season, a bracelet to match its colors and a T-Shirt(or long sleeve, depending on the season)for the biggest holiday in that season. Here:

Winter: Christmas: Long sleeve shirt
Spring: Easter: T-Shirt
Summer: Fourth of July: T-Shirt
Fall: Halloween: Half-sleeve shirt

I will make two of each, one big, one little. I will try the little one on me to see what size it is, but it will probably be my size. I might try the big one too.

My Stationary is beautiful, I made Red Poinsetta Stationary for Spring(I'm sure my grandma would like it!), Golden SnowFlake Stationary #1 for Winter, Golden Snowflake Stationary #2 for Winter, Nutcracker Stationary for Winter(mainly Christmas), Pastel Purple and Gold Stationary for Spring(because it's pastel purple), and Yellow Star Stationary for Summer(mainly Fourth of July). I hope you like it! I made MiniCards(they are tiny cards, so small you can't even write in them, but the Stamp-Size Cards can just have three or four words written in them), too. Some of them have matching stationary.

My shop will be made when I get back from my Grandma's house!

Tornado watch!

2009-04-05T13:05:00.001-04:00

My grandma has a tornado watch and a flood warning, and I have a snow storm watch. I hope my grandma stays okay!

Short posts

2009-03-31T10:31:00.004-04:00

sometimes i will do short posts that just have a joke or a puzzle or a little story or just say hi because I have to go soon those are my short posts im typing this really fast right now we have to go to sams club in an hour or so so I'm making a lot of mistakes because im typing as fast as i can bye

ps sorry for no capital letters or periods or anything im typing really really fast

Wow. . .

2009-03-28T11:39:00.002-04:00

The weather is crazy! Tornadoes in Georgia, tornado watches all throughout the Southeast, it's crazy! I have the Weather Channel Desktop(I check it at least once everyday), and one of the maps says my grandma is in the severe possible zone, but Kentucky has no active weather alerts. I'm getting showers today and snow tomorrow. It's COLD! Just a week ago the high was 60 and now it's 45. It's 41 right now, and *checks Weather Channel Desktop* 58 at my grandma's house. She's getting thunderstorms today. I can't wait until it's hot again.

I can also tell the weather by the clouds. Here:

Cumulonimbus clouds: Easy. Thunderstorms. Sometimes tornadoes, if they look bigger and blacker and violent.
Cumulus clouds: A nice, sunny day.
Nimbus clouds: Rain, of course! They look sort of like cumulonimbus clouds but smaller and grayer.
Cirrus: Sunny.
Stratus: Hmm. . . mostly just cloudy. Sometimes they bring rain.

Yesterday there were cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds. and some cittro-stratus(they have rows and layers, but they are very thin and beautiful). It looked really pretty. It was just cloudy all day.

What I learunique! this week

2009-03-27T12:33:00.004-04:00

I put a sticker that says unique! on the N key! Wheunique! I have to do N, I will put unique iunique!stead.OK, so what I learunique! this week is:

LOTS of multiplication! I love it, though. It's soooo much fuunique!!
I did this post.
I did Art.
I did my LAST lesson in Wordly Wise!
I did Latin.

Unique!ow I will press the N key a lot.

Unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!unique!

That would have been Nnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Good bye auniqued have a uniqueice day!

Cool Dogz Carnival!

2009-03-27T12:04:00.001-04:00

In 7 Minutes, at 12:12 Eastern time, it will be Carnival time on Cool Dogz! Head over to a brother and sisters blog(Bubber and Owa's, on my blogroll). I'm going over there right now!

Chatting with Owa

2009-03-27T11:43:00.002-04:00

I'm going to chat with Owa, I'll write what I say and stuff:

Me: How are you?

Owa: Good.

Me: So what do you want to do?

Owa: Talk about Cool Dogz!

Me: OK, how about we do that on your blog?

Owa: OK.

Switching to Owa and Bubber's blog, see you there! You can see their blog on my blogroll.

Rosita the hamster(post one)

2009-03-27T11:36:00.002-04:00

I'm Rosita the hamster! I have lots of funny stories. Here's a song I wrote:

I like pie with a fly in my eye and that fly in my eye is ME!!!!
I like pie with a pie in my fly and a fly in my eye in my pie!!
I like my eye with a fly in my pie and my eye in my pie in my fly!!!!!!
(HINT: I'm my eye, the fly, and the pie!!!)

Do you like it?

Here's another:

One time I was hungry so I ate a hamster,
and that hamster was me,
so after I ate myself, I was invisible!!!

I like doing this :P

I pulled my tooth out!

2009-03-23T16:00:00.001-04:00

The day before yesterday, I pulled my tooth out! It was easy and it didn't really hurt.

What I learned this week:With commentary by Alex and Olivia

2009-03-20T10:55:00.002-04:00

Hello! Welcome to what I learned this week.

Alex: They all know that.

Alex and Olivia will be making commentary on this post.

Olivia: You already said that.

I think they're taking advantage of it.

Olivia: We are NOT!

OK. . . . . so. . . . . I did multiplication this week, and dad taught me a trick so that it's easier to do multipl-

Alex: I know that.

Yes, I know you know that, but this post isn't just for you, you know!!!

Olivia: Sorry.

OK, soooo. . . . . . I am doing this post, I did multiplication, I did art, I did copywork, I did Latin, and I did Wordly wise.

Alex: :S :D :) :( :O :| :[ :F :P :K :Z :E

Stop making faces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex: OK, OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Erg!!!!!!!!!!

I am done.

The "I'm Bored" Post

2009-03-19T14:40:00.002-04:00

Are you bored? So am I! Here; this is a newspaper/journal/diary/post/thing to look at when you're bored!

Isabelle's News
This is my news! Here's what I have so far:

1. The sea monkeys are finally growing!!!
2. We(by we I mean me, Jack, Diana, Faith, Nana, Papa, Mom, Dad, Alex, Olivia, Gracie, Aunt Kristy, and Uncle Tom!)are going to Disney World this November! Yay!
3. The secret world is now open!
4.There will soon be a contest in the secret world! It's guess the number of Jellybeans in the jar. There won't be a picture, but there will be hints! It's coming on April 17th.
5. OK, I'll tell you the hints right now, but don't answer until the contest!:

My first number can be spelled quickly, but my second, not that fast. My last two numbers aren't easy to guess, but even so, do try your best!

Do you like it? It's a rhyme, too!!

That's all the news for today! Bye!

Loose tooth

2009-03-19T14:34:00.002-04:00

I have another loose tooth; I think it's my 14th. It feels like if I wiggle it for a minute it'll come out. I think I'll just let it come out by itself, like I did with my last three. All my last three were last year, three loose teeth in two months! All three of them were loose at the same time, for a little bit. It was crazy!

THE SECRET WORLD(not the book)

2009-03-16T15:30:00.002-04:00

OK, for the comments here, we have the secret world. We do secret world chat, play fairy games, and talk to each other about secret world events. You tell me what you want your fairy to look like, and I'll draw a picture of it and post it. Comment and I'll tell you more.

What I wearned this week

2009-03-13T11:29:00.002-04:00

Hello! I am Gwacie. Since I am too now, sisy sed I can do what I wearned this week. I'mm not used too bloging. I am sowy about all my speling mistacks. Sisy did mathh, Worly wise, copy work, and a phew othar tings. I fowgot what thiy wier. But shi sed she had fiv pages of mathh. I reely wis I new more aboud bloging. Thenn I culd chek my mistacks. I am sowy if you cann't teel whad I'mm sayingg. Sisy will look at it and post anothar won lik this. A weviewd verson. Shi sed she has to do mutiplikaton nxt weak in mathh. Shee hed som BIG wurds in worly wis. She sed thiy are haard too memowize with ot loking at them. Shee sed she had a wot of fuun. Biye!

What I learned this(well, last)week

2009-03-09T11:01:00.002-04:00

I didn't do any school on Friday because we were very busy. We went to Meijer in the morning, we had lunch when we got home, we went outside. . . . very busy(if you count being "outside" as being "busy" :P). Anyway, I'm writing this now. And before I get started, I want to tell you something.

One time just Jack came over and we went to Meijer. He didn't know the J was silent, so he said this:"Why are we going to Mijjer?"

OK, I did math(mostly subtraction, which I very much dislike), I wrote this post(wait. . . that doesn't make sense, does it?), I didn't do reading(I didn't have to), and I did writing strands(oh wait, still have to do that today).

Oh, and before we went to Meijer Olivia spilled some water on the table. When we looked in it, we saw the reflection of the blinds. Not just a reflection, but it looked like they were going down, like 3D. It inspired me with a story to write(isn't it odd that we can get inspiration for stories from water?!). It's about a girl who travels into a magical world through a puddle of water on her table that makes everything look 3D. It's not 3D reflections, she discovered. It was an opening to a magical world. When she comes back out, everyone stares at her(including her friends). They were amazed. When she tries to get them to come with her, she discovers that only she can use the opening, and she wants to know why.

I'll write the whole story this weekend. Bye!!!

I need to post more!

2009-03-05T12:28:00.002-05:00

I've only gotten three posts so far this month! Well, four if you include this one, but that's still not very many.

Oh, and this is a new Newspaper I have. I'm doing the first issue on here:

News about. . . . Well, stuff.
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Hello! This is my news about stuff. I don't exactly know what I'll be writing, but here:

SEA MONKEYS
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We are going to have pet sea monkeys! We got a kit yesterday and we're going to put the eggs in in a little bit. They should hatch as soon as we put them in the water. At first they will be little specks but they'll grow bigger. They double their size really fast. They live for about two years. They eat algae off their tank. They are very interesting. They don't hatch until put in water and they need oxygen in their water. Interesting.

A REALLY COOL GAME ON BELLA SARA!
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I forgot the name of it, but it's in the World. It's really easy and fun. It's in the village part of the world, and it's something like Marvelous Match. When you go there, the instructions say this:

Click on five of the nine boxes.

Easy! When I played it yesterday, I got some toys from it. You can get HUGE prizes though, like, say, a PATIO DOORWAY(I want want one so badly!!!)!!!!! You can only play one time a day.

That's all the news for today.

BELLA SARA IS AWESOME!!!

2009-03-04T10:26:00.003-05:00

BELLA SARA IS SOOOOOO COOL!!!!! Here's what I love about it:

1. The miniature horses are sooo cute! I love their velvety fur.

2. The cards are absolutely awesome! I love the colors and pictures. Each one has an inspiration on the bottom(except for item cards). I've adopted three magical horses from them: Rosebriar, Nike, and Diamond. They are really pretty. When you get your account, you don't need cards. You don't need them for your first magical horse, either.

3. You don't need cards for your first magical horse because it instantly gives you one when you get your account! You don't know that until you visit your magical horses section. I discovered that when I clicked I had a magical horse named Peter!

4. I love the Wheel of Wonder! It's awesome. You spin the wheel and get a prize. The first time you do it, you get a free spin. The times after that, it's 10 horseshoes(it's the currency on there). I've gotten 6 or 7 charms from the wheel or wonder that I can use to decorate my house with. The cottage. It's next to your horse's stable. It's awesome! In the cottage there is a green room and a pink room. You can decorate them however you want!

5. It's just like having a real horse! You can feed it apples and oats, groom it with a comb, use a little thing to get mud of its hooves, get dust off it with a brush, give it a drink, put it to bed, play music for it, pet it, remove the dirty hay and put some clean hay back, and many other things. Yesterday I discovered my apples were rotten! I wonder how you get new food. Maybe they just give you new food for your horse at the end of every day?

6. There is a store in the World(next to your horse's stable)! You can use horseshoes to buy things to decorate your cottage with. When you get your first horse it gives you two items.

It's sooooo much fun! You should get your own account!

*UPDATE*

I've had sooooo much fun on Bella Sara! I decorated the pink room in my cottage yesterday and it was a ton of fun!!! It's my living room. I'm thinking that once I have enough horseshoes I'll get the Patio Doorway(500 horseshoes)for the green room. Right now I have 267 horseshoes. I'll have to keep waiting until I get more. To get to the store, go to the World. After that, go to the Bazaar. My favorite section of the Bazaar is Wonders section. I also like the Animals and the Furniture section. I can't wait to get on today!!!

P.S. I've put in all the codes I have so far.

P.S.S. My dad talked to a guy he was working with. The guy sells lots of stuff, but they never did Webkinz. My dad told him that I really love Bella Sara stuff and now he's going to start selling it! I'll get some new cards, tattoos, stickers, and miniature horses soon.

HOW TO BE A PIRATE: Chapter 2-Fish & Sharks

2009-03-04T10:16:00.002-05:00

Chapter 2-Fish and Sharks
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Hello again, Isabelle! This time we are learning about fish and sharks. Here are tips to avoid a shark when diving for treasure:

Wear dark blue clothes to blend in with the ocean. When you do that, a shark is less likely to see you.
Be careful that when you go in you have no cuts or bloody scrapes and scratches; sharks can smell blood.
Be as quiet as possible. Even though sharks can't hear, it keeps other fish away. If there are fish near you, the shark will come to eat the fish, and that means you too.

Here are fishing tips:

When fishing, be quiet and patient.
While you wait, read a book or magazine to pass the time while waiting for fish to bite.

That is the end of this lesson.

ISABELLE'S PIRATE NOTEBOOK
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I've gone fishing before in Disney World, but we didn't bring any books. If we had, I would have read some while I was waiting!

THE GUIDE TO BEING A PIRATE: Chapter 1- Bead Strumming

2009-03-01T11:13:00.003-05:00

Chapter 1-Bead Strumming
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Bead Strumming is one of the pirate jobs(chapter 4). Most of the time Bead Strummers are girls, not often boys. Bead Strumming is easy, but requires much skill also. Bead Strummers have to thread beads to make into bracelets and necklaces, which are handed out to other pirates. As you are a Bead Strummer in training, I shall tell you more about it:

Bead Strummers hold the very tip of a thread. They choose beads very carefully, and they are often of the same color. Most of the time they are all different shapes and sizes, but sometimes they are not. When they have their beads, they tie the end of the thread in a triple knot to make sure that the beads don't slip off. Once done with that, the Bead Stummers slide on the beads in a very neat way. It is often tricky, but most Bead Strummers get it done. Once one bead is on, the rest are easy to slip on and off. When the thread is full, the Bead Strummer takes both ends and ties them together, often using five or six knots. Sometimes, if requested by a crew member, there will be a seagull feather dyed the matching color put on the bracelet. The end gets slipped under a bead and glued there. The thing is, if there is no thread left, Bead Strummers often use twist-ties instead!

Interesting, aren't they, those Bead Strummers? Well, you are going to become one. Let me tell you of their history. . .

Bead Strummers are wonderful at Jewelry making. And where do they get their skills, you wonder? They get it from their very ancestors. Isabelle, you get your Bead Strumming talent from your great great great great grandmother, who was a young jewelry maker back in the mid 1700s. She believed in pirates, as she was married to one. That is also how you become a pirate. By having one as an ancestor. And I bet Alexander has been telling you those lies about becoming a pirate by that crystal you have, hasn't he? That's part of the reason. You can only become one if you have a crystal like that and a pirate ancestor. Interesting, isn't it?

Well, that is the end of your Bead Strumming lesson for today.

ISABELLE'S PIRATE NOTEBOOK:
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Oh, I can't wait to become a Bead Strummer. It's so interesting that my great great great great grandma was a jewelry maker and was married to a pirate. Very cool and intersesting. I can't wait for my next lesson on Bead Strumming!

What I learned this week: With what to do after you read this post

2009-02-27T11:08:00.002-05:00

Hello! Welcome to What I learned this Week. I am pretty much making this a lot of fun now, with Webkinz things and games and stuff. Today, at the end of this post, I will have what to do when you are done reading this post!!! Right now I have a lot of things for here. Look at what I did this week:

1. I read a book called A Wrinkle In Time. Oh, and now I give the books I read rating. I rate this one VGB(Very Good Book). If I tell you a single thing about this book, I will pretty much be telling you the whole thing, so I decided not to tell you about it!
2. I did nine pages in my new math book. My math this week wasn't to bad. . . Pretty much rounding and adding. Those are two things in math I don't mind much.
3. In history, the activity for the lesson about vikings was about sunlight. In Sweden in the Summer, there are 20 hours of sunlight! That would mean going to sleep while it's still light out. And in Winter there, there are just four hours of sunlight! The seasons sound very different.

OK, now here's what to do after you read this post:

1. Read The Time Travelers. It came out in 2006 and I rate it AGATHPB(As Good As The Harry Potter Books). You should read it! It is absolutely wonderful. You have to find out what it is about yourself. Again. It's hard to explain. (READ IT!!!)

2. Play Webkinz!!! If you have Webkinz, that is.(I love webkinz)

3. Look at another one of my posts.(think I've seen all of them. . . )

4. Watch a movie.(I've watched all of them :D)

5. Go to bed.(not tired-yawns-)

6. Eat some popcorn.(mmm. . . good idea :D)

7. Throw your computer out the window!!!(why would I do that?!)

8. Read anything(even a sign!).(Why???)

9. Go outside.(to cold)

10. Think about how if there wasn't a zero there wouldn't be any numbers AT ALL.(wow)

11. Do nothing.(OK :D)

12. Play with something(is reading books the same as playing with them? :D).

13. Do school(I am already! :D).

14. Have lunch(just had Breakfast!)

15. Draw(I think I'm good at drawing. not sure-draws big huge weird looking thing-).

16. Do nothing(didn't you post that already? :P).

17. Make as many funny faces as you can like this: :D(:D :) :( ;) ;D |:( is that good enough?).

18. Make up funny faces(for aliens!). (:Z :X :T :Y :O :I :U :P :K :L :H :J : F :S :W :E :Q :A there!)

19. Sing. (Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!!!!!!)

That's all I can come up ith. Bye!

What I learned this week: Another fun one.

2009-02-20T10:39:00.002-05:00

Hello! Welcome to What I Learned this Week! I'm going to play a game. I roll the die, and see what I get. Here's the chart:

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Math

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Wordly Wise

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Art

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Copy Work

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Science

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This post

OK, let me roll it. . .

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Yay! I get to tell you about science.

I learned about the atmosphere and weather. It was really cool. Did you know that when you are on a plane you ride through a whole layer of the atmosphere? I really liked that. Oh, and I didn't learn this in science, but did you know that air is really HEAVY? The air in a small room(about 10 feet across and 9 feet the other way)weighs about 46 pounds! That's crazy, isn't it?! I wonder how heavy the air is in my living room. . .(it's about 18 feet wide and 17 feet across). . .

Aargh, the spell check thing keeps saying that I am spelling isn't and didn't wrong!!! I am NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy thing. Oops, and did I say aargh? I meant errrrgggg. If you don't know that word, check my dictionary(coming soon!).

You want to know more about my Dictionary? Here's a preview of the first page:

Isabelle's Dictionary of Weird and Wacky Words
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Hello! This is my Dictionary. It has some Weird and Wacky Words that me and my family use. Here:

Erg: Eurothopean(It's a language I made up :D)word for andry or mad. It doesn't really have a meaning, you just say it when your annoyed, mad, or you just want to see how much different it sounds from aargh.
Wompudo: Pronouced wom-pa-doo. It's Eurothopean. It just something to call someone. My dad asks Owa and Bubber if they Are a wompudo, a shingolo(below),or a huberdo(below shingolo) all the time!
Shingolo: Pronouced sheeng-go-low. Eurothopean. Another thing just to call someone. You pretty much use it when you want to call someone silly or crazy.
Huberdo: It's fun to say. Pronouced Hub-err-do. Eurothopean. Doesn't have a meaning. Just something you call someone.
Bead Strumming: This isn't one word. It's two. It just meand putting together a bracelet in a certain order, mostly out of brightly colored plastic beads. It's English, just it sounds weird. Something I use in my secret Pirate life(oops, did I just tell?).
Do I have to tell you about my Pirate life now? I'll tell you in The Guide To Being a Pirate. I'll post it.

OK, done with the first page! And really, I will write The Guide To Being a Pirate. It's got about 30 chapters. It has my Pirate Journal entries, How to become a pirate, What the Ship looks like, What we do on the Ship, and other things like that, including what we eat. Now, I'll do another subject. Here:

Math
I like my new Math book. It has hard math problems. It has rounding millions, ading, subtracting, and soon I'm going to start adding millions! It's crazy!!!

Well, bye fo now!

What I learned this week: This is a fun one. It's got puzzles

2009-02-13T10:39:00.002-05:00

I learned about the atmosphere in science. Did you know that when you ride an airplane you actually go through a whole layer of the atmosphere? That's weird. Well, I'm going to put in some puzzles and things. Some of these things include Webkinz stuff. Here is a Webkinz thing:

Floral Flower Feast Open for business!!!
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Floral Flower Feast is a wonderful thing I have in Webkinz world. It's become my own little business. It's in the Kinzchat PLUS Garden Yards. RickRandy(my webkinz Best Friend)is my helper. He advertises it on the trampolines doing his flip and jump actions shouting,"Go to Floral Flower Feast for a yummy flower treat!" I do it with my floral fox, Flora. Now we send flowers, too. We have decoration flowers and flowers to eat. I ask people if they want flowers to eat or for decoration. If they say decoration, I add them and ask them what kind they want. I send them that kind. If they say to eat, I ask them what kind they want and ask them if they want some pollen to drink. The edible flowers and pollen are pretend. Here's how to get there:

DAYS: I try to make it everyday. TIME: Depends on the day. Usually 4:00 to 5:45 Eastern time(Kinztime too) ZONE: Blue. CLUBHOUSE: Kinzchat PLUS in Garden Yard one.

Please come!

OK, back to school stuff. I finished Bible Town Detectives last week. I didn't post that because I didn't know. Sorry! Wilbur and Orville Wright is in the library now. We just have to get it. We'll save it for next week. I moved on to a new math book. It's a Spectrum one. It's got hard stuff! Division, Multiplication, adding stuff like 43,507+39,561, and subtracting like that too! I've just got one more page in it to do this week. Well, half a page. And maybe I'll add some puzzles later. Bye!

Webkinz magazines going to have the rest of the issues on my new blog

2009-02-07T10:11:00.003-05:00

I am going to write the rest of my Webkinz magazines on my new blog. It's called Tons of Webkinz Fun. I'll also have fun Webkinz quizzes and games on there. Those are little magazines called Webkinz Quizzez and Fun! They are filled with games, quizzes, and we tell you about the games on Webkinz World and give you tips for them. By we I mean my webkinz best friend RickRandy and me. He's really cool. He's a few years older than me but we have lots of fun. He'll give me ideas in Kinzchat PLUS. In Kinzchat PLUS he will also tell me if he wants to post. When he does, I'll write the things he said on here. It's kind of like him actually posting but me writing it. It will be cool! Remember, this is on my new blog, Tons of Webkinz Fun!

Weird visitors

2009-02-07T10:08:00.001-05:00

OK, I had a visitor from Hollywood. Hollywood in Florida. Where is that??? My mom also had a visitor from an unknown place. In fact, that person is on right now. It had a blue flag and said Unknown. It was in the middle of the sea and there was no land. Is that weird or what???

What I learned this week

2009-02-06T10:54:00.002-05:00

Art was very fun this week. I had to write about bald eagles for it and I found out they aren't really bald. It might come from the Old English word balde, which means white. I had no reading or narration this week because I currently have nothing to read for it. And for LLATL(Learning Language Arts Through Literature)I need a copy of a book called Wilbur and Orville Wright, and there are only seven copies of it in the state! I have not started LLATL yet because of that. It is a very rare book.

Sorry I am using these, but I have to because of my backround! Sorry!

Oh, on WI(Webkinz Insider, for those of you who need reminding)I have a post you NEED to see! It's got the latest Webkinz news. That is exactly what it's titled. Webkinz News. There have been odd happenings so this is where you need to go! Just go to WI and go to the Forum. Go to the General disscusion/Chat section of the Forum. Look for a post titled Webkinz news! An issue every Wedsnsday! by isabelle99. Click on it. That's my post. Oh, and this is the WI address:

www.webkinzinsider.com

What I learned this week

2009-01-30T11:25:00.002-05:00

I just finished reading Sword of The Rightful King. This has nothing to do with school but the only Harry Potter books I have left to read are the first two. I joined a Harry Potter fan club on WI(Webkinz insider. It's just www.webkinzinsider.com. That's not a link, it's just the address. I get on it more than webkinz now!). I did a fun art project and I still have to do another one. I am going to be using a new math book soon. It's got stuff like 293647+623192. I've done narration and learned about medieval times in history.

Sorry I haven't been on in a long time. I've been on WI.

I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI
I love WI

That's all I learned this w eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
(sorry I called it a w eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. I ment week)

What I learned this week

2009-01-23T11:32:00.003-05:00

I have learbed a LOT of stuff this week! I did eleven pages of Bible Town Detectives, nine pages of math, three lessons from Mystery of History(including activities, timeline figures, memory cards, and a quiz!!!), five hours of book-reading, a whole lesson from Manners Made Easy(including a quiz), a whole lesson from Latin and my Latin-learning activities, a lesson from Wordly Wise, AND copy work!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a LOT of school!!!!!

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LLLLLLLEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRNNNNNNNEEEEEDDD AAAA
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry if that broke your computer :). . . .LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about that-I couldn't help it :D

I learned a lot. I learned more multiplication(it's easy if you do it in a pattern. . . I'll show you how...

I'll start at 3x1-
3x1=3 x2=6 x3=9. . .. . . . . .. . . . Get it?)

I like multiplication!!! I also like adding. . . I definitely don't like subtraction!

I have a math quiz. Here. . . .

WAIT! I'M NOT FINISHED BUILDING IT YET!!!

OK-I'm done. Here. . .

SUBTRACTION

67-39=__
92-58=__
138-78=__
463-296=___
729-572=___
2,728-1,462=____

ADDING

36+29=__
69+41=___
147+81=___
418+325=___
649=392=____
2,036+1,853=____

MULTIPLICATION

3x6=__
8x4=__
2x7=__
6x7=__
7x3=__

How was the QUIZ? I didn't do the answers. Comment me what you think the answers are and I'll see if you're right. BYE!

My cousin Jack

2009-01-17T10:19:00.003-05:00

Do you know who Ella and Jackson are in my story Lillian the House Maid? Jack and Diana. I am Lillian, Jack is Jackson, Olivia is Rose, Diana is Ella, Faith is Faith(that's easy!), Alex is Alexander, and Grace isn't in the story.Here is an interview with my cousin Jack(I'm not talking to him, but i know what he'd say!!!)

Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Jack: A baseball player.

Me: What is your least favorite food?

Jack: Most vegetables are ones I don't like and I also dislike pasta.

OK, it was short, but it told you some about him. Oh, by the way, I'm writing this with socks on my hands!!!!! I have a funny writing contest. You have to write a comment to me in an odd way, like backwards or wearing shoes on your hands. In the comment, tell me how you are writing it, and I will enter it. Bye!

What I learned this week

2009-01-16T12:45:00.002-05:00

I have a schedule. Well, it's not exactly a schedule. My mom writes down what i have to do for the whole week. I can do whatever I want on each day as long as I get done by the end of the week. It's really fun. In fact, i could have done this post on Monday! :P

I'm learning about Medieval times in History right now. I will tell you how i felt about each subject i did this week with little faces. Here:

History :)
Math {:S (That means I had to think about the math problems a lot. It's my Frustrated/Thinking face)
Reading :D
Science :| (That's how i say i can't make up my mind)
Latin :)
Art :)
Others: :|

Don't stop looking at this post yet! I've got a learning game. This is a math cube. It's a GIANT math problem! You add onto the four and you subtract every couple numbers, too! It might even have no answer. . . . After you try the cube, scroll down to see if you got the answer right or wrong, or if there's no answer at all!

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|4+5-3+9-5+3-1+4-6+7+|
|2+8-3+6-8-1+9-2+4-5+|
|5+8-3+6-7+2-3+6-4+1+|
|3+9-5+2-4+7-5+2-1+9+|
|7+3-2+4-7+1-5+6-7+2=|
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The answer is: 57!

I tried it on this post and my mom tried it on the online calculator, it's 57. We're sure. I hope you liked it!

Story 6: Lillian the house maid-Chapter 1: The unicorn

2009-01-12T10:16:00.004-05:00

One morning, Rose woke up to the sweet smell of waffles with strawberry sauce. She knew only Lillian could make waffles like that. She got out of bed and got dressed and looked at her new book. It was called Rose and the Unicorn. Her mother, Queen Belle, made it for her. When she was done looking at it, she hurried downstairs to have her waffles. When she got to the dining room she saw her waffles sitting on the table in front of her seat. She started eating right away."Mmm. these are good, Lillian,"she said, though Lillian was nowhere nearby. She just started eating her second waffle when Lillian appeared out of nowhere."Where is your brother?"Lillian asked. She always sounded very mother-like. Especially for a nine year old."No idea,"Rose said,"Check the bathroom."Rose blinked, then Lillian was gone. She thought it was very strange how Lillian could do that. It's so interesting she can just disappear like that. I wonder how she does it? she thought to herself, taking a large drink of milk. She took one last bite of her pancakes and went to search for her brother, Alexander. As soon as she got to the bathroom door, Lillian appeared out of nowhere. Again."How do you do that?"Rose asked. Lillian didn't reply. Maybe it's a secret, Rose thought. She opened the bathroom door."He's not in there. I looked already,"Lillian said."Oh,"Rose squeaked. Lillian didn't here her. She shut the door."Ella and Jackson are coming over today. I think you should go clean up your room,"Lillian said."OK,"Rose squeaked, running up the stairs. Why can't I just be able to talk the regular way? Rose thought. Then I wouldn't sound like I'm always quiet. Rose wasn't just sad she always squeaked. She was also jealous of Lillian's French accent. Lillian lived in France for the first five years of her life and had a wonderful, beautiful French accent. She also taught Alexander and Rose a bit of French. When Rose was cleaning her room, she saw her brother under the bed."We've been looking for you! Why are you under my bed?" Rose asked."I was just looking for my little stuffed puppy, Spotzza Mozzarella," Alexander replied. Rose and Alexander came up with the name Spotzza Mozzarella. It took them a while, though. First they came up with Spot, then Spots, then Spotzza, and they finally came up with Spotzza Mozzarela."Spotzza Mozzarella is in the toy box,"Rose said."Thanks!"Alexander said, running out of the room and down the stairs.Rose was just about to follow him, but the door bell rang. She finished cleaning and ran down the stairs."The door bell rang!"Rose called to Lillian."OK, Rosie,"Lillian said. She suddenly appeared at the door. Rose ran over to her. She and Lillian opened the door."Hi!"Rose said to Ella and Jackson. Ella's curly, golden hair ran down her back. When Ella came in, Rose saw a little girl about her age come in behind her. A little three year old girl with curly, light-blond hair."Hi, Rosie!"said the little girl, smiling. Rose was surprised."Who's the little girl?"Rose asked Lillian."Oh, that's Faith. The McGrath's new little house maid,"Lillian said. Lillian always called Rose's cousins and aunt and uncle the McGraths because it was their last name."Hi, Faith,"Rose said. She wasn't quiet anymore."Want to see your cousin Ella's pet unicorn?"Faith asked. Rose became excited."Ella got a unicorn?!"Rose asked loudly. Faith nodded. When she nodded, a white horse came in. Rose saw it wasn't a regular horse-it was a unicorn! It had a small horn and shiny, glittering hooves. The horse was about four feet tall, three and a half feet long, and eight inches wide. The perfect size for a unicorn."Wow. . . . ."Rose said, looking into the unicorns crystal-like blue eyes. She was very happy."Where can we keep her?"Ella asked."You can keep her in the little stable in the back yard. The stable isn't too small, it's more like a barn. She'll have plenty of room to run around. There are also some horses in there about the same size as her,"Lillian said. She led the unicorn out to the barn.

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