This is a post to say that I am not dead and will be posting again soon. Heh, I bet that sounds funny. But really, I can't do a nice normal entry right now but will soon. Thanks for the comments! (If you're one of those kind people that comment) ;-) More soon!

~Nikki

Ok, first off is the reason I haven't been on. Um, well, it's a little silly. I'll start from the top and work my way down. Sound good? Good.

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I went boating with my Uncle, Aunt and cousins. It was a blast! First I just rode around in the boat and watched the guys be weird and get thrown into the cold water. Then I wanted to try. (I couldn't help myself, it looked fun.) So I got my cousin Sadie to come with me on the innertubes. You see, they have two of them and one person sit on each one and they try to crash into each other. It's great. So I got on one and Sadie got on the other. We rammed each other for about twenty minutes and then gave it a break while we watched my older brother and cousin whack each other into the water. Then I gave it another try. The second time was good too. Only on the second round I hit the wake from another boat and slammed into Sadie, thus sending all my body weight onto my hand. I was fine, laghed it off and kept going. Then the next day my thumb hurt really bad and I couldn't really move it. Mom guessed that it was sprained and had me wrap it up. It looked much worse than it was. It was my left hand, and since I'm a lefty I couldn't write, type or ANYTHING til it was better. It's better now. Though my pride is still hurt. I mean really! Who sprains their thumb?!  A wrist I can see, but a thumb? Come on! I felt like such a loser. My loving cousins found it funny though. I'm so happy for them.

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So that's my stupid reason for not being on here. Sorry. And I know it's lame, but it's the truth. Now that my hand is better I have been doing lots of stuff. Like all the school work that I couldn't just read I had to do. And then on Friday I went to a free Relient K concert in Boise. That was so fun. My Aunt Sandy, who is awesome, went with three teenage girls to some silly concert and stood there with us looking like she was having a good time (though I'm sure there are places she would have rather been.) I love my Aunt.

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Now I need to go. More school and chores to do. Not to mention some comments to write. I hope to be on agian soon. Hope everybody is doing well!

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~Nikki

Really, they can. I haven't been able to write any entries or comments or anything for what seems like ever because our computer was down. We have a back-up one...But it failed as well. Goodness! Computers! My cousin fixed the new one for us though, so I'm happy :)

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Sorry I haven't been by blogs or been commenting. I really wanted to, but couldn't. Maybe now that the computer is working I will be able to keep up on all of this blog stuff. I hope so!

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School's going good so far. And the horse, Cassie, seems to like her new home, which makes me happy. I can't write much more now because I need to go leave some comments and then Mom needs me to do some stuff, but I'll try to get on again soon. Bye!

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~Nikki

Well everbody that reads this, I know it's been forever since I last posted. Sorry. I was really busy and still sort of am. So I'm posting this to let you all know that I'm not dead.

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I did get my horse. Her name is now Cascade (or Cassie, as I like to call her). She is very sweet and seems pretty happy here. I'm gonna try and get the saddle on her and ride her today. Wish me luck ;-)

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I'm going to see this awesome looking movie with my mom today. I hope it's as good as it looks.

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Thanks to all that left me comments while I was gone. It's nice to come home and see that I was missed, or at least that someone thought of me. I have such good blogging friends.

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More real soon, or at least I'll try!

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~Nikki

Well, I'm off again for a little while to go camping with my grandpa, brothers and cousins. So I won't be on HSB for a few days. But many comments are welcome! :D

I should be getting my horse around the second week of next month and will be posting pictures of her then, so check back in!

I'll comment everyone back when I get home. Hope everyone's doing well! I'll be back soon!

~Nikki

First off, this is like the third time I've tried to blog today! Everytime I went to get on I got called away for one reason or another. So here I am now, going to blog, I hope.

I haven't been on here much lately, I know. I will be posting the reason for this soon. But I want to see how things turn out before I do. So, stay tuned!

I took some cool nature pictures the other day.

Mom's wild flowers.

A flower.

The sunset.

My little brother, Ian.

The Gents (Ian and Mikhail).

Well, not all of those are nature shots. But I wanted to post some of the other pictures I took as well.

I have to go now. Sorry for the short post. I'll let you guys know what's going on around here as soon as I can!

Take care!

~Nikki

Just so everyone knows, I'm not dead. I have just been a little busy and haven't gotten a chance to blog.

We had my Dad's aunt, cousin and her son staying with us for a little while, but they are gone now. The day after they left I went shopping with my Mom by order of my Dad. He seems to think that Mom never buys things for herself and needed to. I agree. So Mom and I had a great time and she found some cute things for a pretty good price. That always makes it more fun :D

I had a good fourth of July and I hope everyone else did as well. The best part was during our family picnic my aunt and her husband stopped by with their new little girl from China! How cool is that?? They had been gone for three weeks and got home on the fourth. And I guess they thought it would make for a great fourth of July to bring Elizabeth over to see us before they went home. She is so cute and I can't wait to baby-sit her and get to know her. I can't believe I have a new cousin! It's so awesome!

I have to get off now. I need to clean the kitchen up before Mom and Dad get home. So I guess I'll post again soon! Bye!

Oh, and I know my sidebar is all weird and way bigger than my writing space, but I'm leaving it for Jocelyn to fix because I don't want to make things worse than they are! And trust me, I always seem to do that!

~Nikki

Okay everyone, I'm going to be busy for a few days because we have family staying with us and I can't blog for a bit. So I am sorry for any comments I have not answered yet or don't answer right away. I'll try to get to them soon.

I will be back on here soon! Hope everybody is doing well!

~Nikki