• Mar. 1, 2010
"The Car Crash" Story Contest!

This post will remain at the top of the page until March first. Please scroll down for more entries.

I'm hosting a story contest. There won't be a prize except for a picture you can put on your sidebar to say you won. Maybe later I'll have a new contest with a nicer prize! Here's the button.



Rules:


The story has to be based on the picture above it could be about some people who live in it, how it crashed, or anything else you think would be interesting. Those are some suggestions.

Everyone must comment Anonymously and give their story. Be honest when I post the title of the winning story. Three people cannot all have written the same story. If that does happen I will e-mail your mothers! (-:

The maximum word count is one thousand words.

The deadline is February 28th.

Get writing!

Betsy

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• Feb. 8, 2010
Amazing Grace

Here's a video of amy and I playing amazing grace. Amy played trumpet and I played clarinet. It took about ten tries to get it down but somehow we got one video that was good enough! We aren't that good at it but here it is. Enjoy!

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• Feb. 4, 2010
Another story.

"Wait for me!" Melinda ran after her sisters as fast as her three-year-old legs could go. "I want to play in the fountain too!" Poor Melinda, She couldn't go half as fast as her sisters. "Momma, Will you carry me so I can go fast?" Melinda up at her mother questioningly. "Well it's not far so I will but on the way home you will walk." Melinda's mother agreed. Soon Melinda was enjoying herself playing in the fountain at the park. "This is so fun!" She cried happily.
 

Once the girls were done playing they slowly walked home. It wasn't far but to Melinda it was! She slowly trudged home, cold and tired.
Once home her mother put her to bed for a nap. Melinda hated naps so after much crying and screaming she finally went to sleep. When she woke up she ran outside to play in the leaves. She picked up one leaf after another and put it in her toy cart.

After that it was time to go to bed. It had been a very enjoyable day.

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• Feb. 4, 2010
Short story.

Here is a silly story I wrote a while ago. It would have been longer but I got tired of writing it so I ended it pretty quick!

"Help!" I screamed. Plop I landed at the bottom of the hole. "Oh well." I sighed. I wondered, would I ever be able to jump down the hole and grab the chest?
The hole wasn't deep and it was easy to get out... but to grab the little box... that's a different story!

It all started last year... It was a cold day. Snow and sleet were falling down. The I heard a knock. I opened the door.
"Hello, package." I stared. the man had come and gone so fast!
"Okay..." I looked down. A small package was sitting at my feet. I opened it.
How disappointing! All I saw was a envelope in the box. I opened it.
There was a paper it said:

I'm on Main St. In a book cellar's house. Noah Webster wrote me. Now what does that word mean?

It looked as though it had been written with a typewriter. "That's strange!" I said.
And right away it hit me! It meant that in the bookstore on main st. I would find Noah Websters dictionary! Right away I set off. The only dictionary they sold was not the right one but wait!
The clue had said book cellars house. That meant I needed to find the owners house and look in the cellar and I'd find the dictionary and open it and I'd find the clue!
So that's what happened. The lady was kind and let me look in the cellar and behind a loose brick was the book and there I found the clue!
I think I started at the end of the hunt because the clue said:

The official treasure and end of this hunt is at 1234 Greesy Drive Yahoot City, Wyoming. There you will find a hole and a box on a ledge. Hurry! Time is running out!

So I rushed over and found the hole and saw the box on the ledge and time was running out because they were going to dynamite the hole real soon so now I was trying to get the box.

Finally! I grabbed it! I opened it once I was home. Here is a list of it's contents:

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• Jan. 21, 2010
Busy days!

A few days ago I decided I wanted to play the clarinet. We have two of them that nobody plays so I started. I decided to see if my dad could help some and teach me. My dad played when he was my age which was a long time ago of course so all he remembered was was some tips and he can play some songs but not enough to teach me actually so I'm basically on my own. I can play two songs now though. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and When I Survey the Wonderous Cross. It doesn't sound that great... I always am stopping to get a sip of water or pausing a few seconds to catch my breath but I enjoy doing what I can! I don't have any pictures right now but soon I might post a video or something. ( Knowing me I probably will never get around to it! ) Does anybody who is reading this play the clarinet?

I'm going to try to start posting more often.  Amy and I decided we'd go a month with no computer games. We could catch up on e-mailing that way. (I'm still not sure I like that idea though.)

It's been busy lately. My grandparents came for Amy's birthday. Alison has gotten more violin students and now we are having speacial meetings at church for eight days straight which means guests for lunch every day and I think we'll have some people staying at our house a night or two also!

It's funny. My title reminds me of a little kids book Busy Day's. There's Busy Day's and then I think there's More Busy Day's. There's a bunch in that series!

Well gotta go! I've got a lot of e-mails to write now... I love to e-mail. That's fun so don't think I don't like to e-mail you if you're on the list but I don't like having a big stack! I've got about four long e-mails to write! Well I'd better get working on them!

Bye!
~Betsy~

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• Dec. 26, 2009
A report on the Pilgrims

A long time ago I posted a report I wrote so now I turned it into a video.

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• Dec. 10, 2009
My Birthday!

Tuesday was my birthday! It was lots of fun! I got lots of fun presents!
One of my favorite presents was the game Slamwich! You probably haven't heard of it but it's hard to explain! Anyhow it's lots of fun to play!
I got the 5th book of the moody series called Summer Days With The Moodys. I really like that book!
I also got a western set! Belt, holster, gun, handcuffs, keys for handcuffs, ( you don't need them though!)  and a sheriff badge.
The guns actually make sound so it's lots of fun! A while ago I got boots too! So now I have all I need except for a horse of course! Anyone have one they don't need?
There was a toy horse at Sams Club I saw that could hold 140 pounds but it's to expensive! Besides you can only sit in one spot!
I got other presents but those were my favorites! I also went to Cafe' 95 with daddy for my birthday date!
I had a chicken ceaser wrap! It was sooooooooo good!
It was lots of fun! Maybe I'll post pictures later!
gotta go!
Betsy

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• Nov. 17, 2009
Boot Giveaway!

There's a Whooga Ugg Boot giveaway so you can click on the button above to go to their site then on the sidebar click "Win Ugg Boots" There you can see the rules. Everyone who enters gets a 15% discount on any whooga boot. If you've got big eet they even have size fourteen! lol I don't know who would need that big of boots but f you need them then you can get them! Of course I don't want you to enter because then there's not as much chance of me winning! The boots all look really comfy!
Well g2g.
Betsy

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• Oct. 14, 2009
This all because of my hat!

A lady stopped by with some stuff for mom or something. She has lots of boys and boys = cowboy hats!
So then of course I had to get my outfit on!
I still need a gun, holster, boots, bandana, and of course a horse!
I guess I'd like those things with a pony head on a stick.
I'd be fine with my broom but what do yu thonk the neighbors think of me riding a broom around the yard? lol
So here is some pics.


Sorry it's blurred kind of!


Being real crazy! Okay this next one is me in my outfit.


Then me asleep! Not really! Just pretending!


Well that's all for now!
I'll post if I get boots or something!
g2g
Betsy

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• Oct. 9, 2009
Some new blogs to check out!

First blog is my dear pen-pal Aubrey.
Her blog is at:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/okiegirl
Please go check it out! She's had her's for quite some time now!
The second blog is brily, a missionary to Japan.
Her blog is at:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/brilysblog/
Please check that out too!
well gotta go!
Betsy

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