Well, my grandpa is flying in from Train Town this evening.  He'll be staying for about two weeks so I don't know how often I'll be able to get on here.  I might be able to comment ya'll in spare moments but I don't know.  We'll probably do a lot of driving.  My grandpa likes trains so we'll be going to LOTS of places with trains.

I have a feeling I won't be replying to any of those comments right away either, sorry. =)

Last Saturday my dad, my sister and I went down to the park to fly kites.  It was a breezy day and I thought we'd be down there for a half hour-forty five minutes or so.  Dad started putting together this shark plane kite I wanted to fly, first.  It was taking awhile and then we figured out that there wasn't enough rods! lol.  So then I chose this really simple kite called 'The Sky Dancer' which only had one rod that needed to be inserted.  I started flying it while dad and my sis, Alex, tried to put together this other complicated kite called the 'Pink Dragon.'  It must have took them 20-30 minutes!  Meanwhile I was flying my kite (no I didn't crash it into any trees...) and there were a bunch of eagles swooping around it!  It was so awesome!  Dad thinks that they were trying to find air currents, and they might have been.

Anyway, dad and Alex got the Pink Dragon together but when Alex was flying it, it kept crashing.  She also managed to tangle all the string =) So dad decided to fly that one and Alex got this little plastic kite.  The plastic kite flew really well because it didn't have a bunch of rods and wasn't that heavy. 

After about 2 1/2 hours (!) we decided to go home.  That was perfect timing because some baseball people were coming to use the feild.  Later that evening while we were making dinner mom said my face was really red.  I looked in the mirror and it was burnt red.  Great.  I always forget how prone to burn I am.

Whenever we got to church I always want to clap for the little choir we have, they are really good in spite of having so few people!  There are songs that are better then others but I want to clap anyway.  Well a few weeks ago the choir sang 'Rock of Ages.'  Towards the end the congregation began to clap their hands to the beat and when the song was finished somebody in the back started clapping and then the whole church began clapping!

Hmm... what else?  My cat got some flea and tick prevention stuff on the back of her neck today.  Yeah, she totally loves it... not!  She gets super twitchy and whenever you pick her up she is all stiff.  It's pitiful and hilarious at the same time.  Poor cat.  She stays twitchy for about two days before it all soaks in.

Yesterday my sis and I went to the library where they were having a program doing henna tattoos.  No they aren't permanent  lol =)  They last about two weeks... well supposedly, but that comes later.  The plant comes from India I think, and the ink helps cool your skin.  I have had a henna tattoo once before at another library program, but it this time it was just done by our librarian Melanie.  The tattoos were from a little kit and the paste was rubbed on differently but it was still super fun!  Then we made lip gloss out of Crisco and Kool-Aid.  Yum!  No seriously, yum.  All of us girls were eating it.  Then of course I had a great idea for something we could try if we had popcorn.  We'd melt butter, pour it on popcorn and then sprinkle Kool-Aid powder on it!  Doesn't that sound good?  lol.  The librarian, Melanie, was a little grossed out that we were eating the lipgloss =)

Okay, I didn't finish writing this on Wednesday and grandpa is safely in town by now yay!  I'll have to make this next part quick.  Anyway, I managed to rub of my tattoo =(  We went to the Cadet program at the firestation and the class had to put on fire gear and hold hoses.  I of course didn't wear socks (because my tattoo was on my foot) and it rubbed off on the fireboots. grrr.  Did you know how heavy firehoses are?  Set your house on fire, maybe the firemen will let you put it out.  lol jk

PS: I've got another contest up at RecycledTemplates (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/RecycledTemplates) go check it out!

PPS: Happy Juneteenth!

PPPS: Is it PS and then PPS or is it PS and then PSS?  My brain has died lol.

PPPPS: Hey, why not four????

Well, I somehow managed not to post for a week and a half... sorry about that...     Wow, my first ever smiley!  Give me a round of applause... =) I like keyboard smileys better =P

Today I had an orthodontist appointment, I taught an hour long origami class at the library to 8-9 year olds.  Then I went to Tae Kwon Do (my sister taught) and then at lunch.  After that I was supposed to sit at the Teen Summer Reading Club desk and wait for people to sign up, instead I taught two more hour long origami classes!  Some of the kids were younger but oh well.  I taught them how to make: sailboats (or yachts), ladybug, rockets, butterflys, drinking cups, and monkey climbs the mountain.  I think they had fun. I, needless to say, am exhausted. lol.  Kids really wear you out.  Some of the teachers and leaders looked a little grumpy and worn out too.

Please be praying for some families in our area, they need it!

Okay, so I have a new contest on my RecycledTemplates blog and I would like you guys to go vote for it.  I only have one vote and the contest ends (at least for this week) on Sunday!

Voting for the templates begins TUESDAY JUNE 10, and ends SUNDAY JUNE 15, any votes cast before or after those dates will be omitted!

What happens in this contest?  In this contest several templates compete to become the Template of the Week.  This means that your template gets free publicity, you will get HTML advice from others and bragging rights and a banner if you win.  Winners of the Template of the Week will be entered into the Template of the Month contest.

How do I enter?  Every template that is submitted to Recycled Templates will automatically be considered, you do not have to send them in.  I will choose several templates that I think will do well together and enter them in the contest.  I will PM you if I choose to enter your template. 

What is Recycled Templates?  Recycled Templates is a website where you contribute old templates that you won't use anymore and 'recycle' them for other people to use.

How do I vote?  You can either PM or comment me your vote.  PMing is advised it you have friends in the contest, that way nobody's feelings are hurt.  No anonymous comments will be counted.  If you are going to comment your vote please comment on the template you are voting for (template of the week 1-2-3) NOT on my RecycledTemplates blog!  And... let's say you are PMing me, please tell me the TITLE of the template for instance: template of the week 1-2-3 OR Cool Template by HTMLpro1 (example) instead of 'that cool template by what's-their-face. lol

Is it okay if I tell the contestants what I think of the templates in a comment?  That is perfectly fine, as long as you are nice and don't JUST tell them the things that could be changed, tell them what you like also.

May I tell others about this contest?  Yes!  You may post this post on your blog to let people know.  Please do not just tell your friends to go vote for you.  You might have more friends that vote for you then other contestants do.

What sportsmanship do you require?  I ask that if you win, please don't put anybody else down.  I would like it (but it isn't required) if you went to the other contestants blogs and congratulate them if they win or tell them that it was a good try if they lost.

If I were entered into this contest can I vote for myself?  No.  You may however vote for somebody else who is participating.

Will I be entered multiple times?  You could be.  Right now there's only a few templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates.  Every time you contribute a template you increase your odds of being entered.  At some point in time I will have entered everybody who has contributed.

What if I don't want to contribute something to Recycled Templates, could I still enter?  At the moment I am only entering templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates.  My reason for this is: I don't know how many (or few) templates I'll have flooding in and I don't want to forget which ones are for Recycled Templates and which ones are for the Template of the Week contest.  This will make it easier on me, but I might change this after a few weeks.  My other reason for doing this is so that your template will be recognized as a good quality one and more people will use it one their blogs. 

Let's say I have contributed several templates to Recycled Templates but there is a certain one I would like entered in the contest.  Can I ask you to enter it?  Yes!  I'm not saying I'll do it right away but at least I know you would like it to be entered.

How often will this contest be held?  Every Tuesday voting will end for the past three templates and the winner will be announced.  At this time three new templates will be entered.  Every three weeks the past winners of said three weeks will be entered into a Template of the Month contest.  I may stop this contest in the fall because I will be starting school again and I have no idea how busy I will be.  If I do quit in the fall I will start again next summer.

Is there anything else you would like me to know?  Please remember that this is a HTML contest, not a popularity one.  Please don't vote for someone just because you know them.  Please be on your honor system at all times and please remember to have FUN!!!

 Please take a look at the templates and go vote!!!  I've only had two votes so far so I need more!

Ocean Waves by zactlin

Cityscape by SAMIAM

Black Flowers by Renee

I can't edit the post below for some reason but I forgot to say something!  Please be praying for Steven Curtis Chapman's family.  For those who don't know, he is a Christian singer who has recieved lots of awards.  He has three adopted daughters from China and three biological children.  A few days ago his daughter was playing in the driveway and one of his sons was backing up and... well you can guess the rest.  His daughter (Maria) died in the hospital.  Please pray that they will have peace!    I can't imagine what this family is going through.  I haven't heard a LOT of his music but what I have heard has been really good!

I also forgot to say last post, please pray for our soldiers and thank God for what they have done for our country!

Go and comment my last post, there are some really great pictures of mom's cat!

Well Narniagirl has started a prayer challenge.  Pretty much you choose one country (or two!) and you pray for that country for 20 days.  You can pray for any  country you want.  Here's a few of the things you can pray for:

God's Word to reach the people

The people to except it

False religions to fail

Any important wars

The leaders

Salvation of the people

And anything else you'd like!

If you'd like to read more about it click on the picture below

I am praying for Laos.  I read about it in my World Magazine and it sounds pretty sad.  It is one of the last communist states and one of the the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.  Only about 3% of the population are Christians and the state encourages Buddhism.  Christians are being asked to sign papers renouncing their faith and not to share their faith anymore.  Christians who refuse to do this are tortured, murdered or jailed.  One of the pastors who was jailed led five other prisoners to Christ.  I thought this was really sad and really neat.  You can read the first portion of the article HERE at the World Magazine website.  I am going to praying that:

The world continues to fight the war against communism.

That the Word would continue to spread and that the people would hear it and accept it.

That the believers who are being persecuted would continue to fight for God.

That the leaders of the country would discontinue the persecution and torture.

That the people realize that Buddhism is not the way to go.

That the people would not give up hope in spite of their poverty.

 If you would like to join this prayer challenge please click on the picture above or go HERE to read more about it.  Then leave a comment on Narniagirl's most recent post telling her what country you are praying for, I'm sure she would love it if you joined (and I would too)!

I will also be working on my RecycledTemplates blog, go check it out if you want!

Yesterday was the last day of school!  Whoo hoo!  Yippee!  Well almost, I've still got some miquon math, it's so easy it's hard. 

Yesterday was Science Fair.  I built a harmonograph.  I won't even bother explaining it.  Sorry, I'm harmonographed out lol.  Anyway, I won a medallion, I think that means first place.  I was pretty surprised, there were a lot of other good projects at the fair.  I won first place last year also.  Reigning champion, woot!  Well actually, I think I was the only person in the Physics category last year, so yeah... kind of hard NOT to win a medallion if you are the only person in your category.  This year there were about 17 different projects.  There was supposed to be 30, but hey, 17 is better then the 8 there was last year.

While waiting for the judges to tally the scores Erin and I waited outside.  She had brought along her mp3 player and she put it on random and we asked eachother random questions and the answer was the next song it picked!  It was hilarious!  I kept getting the 'Live Version'!

Hmmm... Well at the moment I'm listening to Narniagirl's awesome playlist which has songs from The Chronicles of Narnia (what else?), it's really good!  I've been wanting that CD for awhile, the music is sooo good!

A tag from Erin:

What is the color of your template?  Green and black (for now)

What is the color of your favorite food? Brown (if you count chocolate, if not... too bad.)

What is the color of your favorite pillow? Multicolored.

What is the color of your pet(s):  Well my cat is black.

What is the color of your fave CD? Can't decide!

What is the color of your fave drink? Clear (water)

Do you like pop?  It's okay, not better then chocolate though!

What grade are you in?  Well since I'm officially done with school I can say I will going into 9th grade next fall!

What is your fave vacation spot?  Dreamland...

Why is it your fave vacation spot?  Imaginary worlds, flying cows, happy endings etc. etc.

I tag: Anyone with a u, t, w, q, or p in their name/username.  Or anyone who wants this.

And another one from Erin...

How many pillows do you have: *counts* six.

How many windows are in your house: Oh gee.  This is an estimate... twenty one...

How many chairs are in your house: uhhh... *counts again* 13.  I didn't count rocking chairs or couches but I did count the stools around our table.

How many computers are in your house: let me think a minute... 4... maybe 5...

I tag: Same as above.

 I was also awarded by Renee

I have not decided who I shall give this too yet... I don't like deciding these things!