Wow, I can't believe how COLD it is right now! I'm not sure what the temperature is at this moment, but Mom said that it's supposed to get down to 12 degrees tonight. We put Cessna, Cheyenne and Libby in the basement. I'm not sure how it's going on down there because Cessna and Cheyenne are dogs, and Libby is a cat, but, so far I haven't heard anything disturbing. Cheyenne and Libby get along pretty well together because Cheyenne won't bother Libby...but, because Cessna is still a "puppy", well, she's a puppy at heart, she likes to chase Libby, so...yeah, I guess I'll find out later.

I'm watching National Treasure 2 right now. I'm not exactly sure how to describe the part where I am in the movie. Riley is hilarious! I think he's probably my favorite character in the movie. The movie just wouldn't be the same without him. We have the second movie, but we haven't bought the first one yet. I want to get it sometime. Speaking of buying movies, I want to get Nancy Drew, but we have to have a guardian thing first because they say God's name in vain so many times.

My fingers are so cold right now! I just got up out of my chair, so I'm freezing now. I can't believe how cold it is!

Anyways, yesterday was the Tree Canopy thing Daddy wanted me to volunteer for. I didn't understand it very well at first, but then after Daddy explained it again, it made more sense. We had to look at ariel maps, which had a grid with yellow dots on them, and then decide what each dot was on top of; a tree, other vegetation, hard surface, or bare soil. Then we had to color the dots green for trees, red for other vegetation, black for hard surface, and orange for bare soil. After we colored, or marked, the dots, we had to count how many dots there were in each category. Courtney and Cody did the canopy project with me. We worked for 5 hours straight. We didn't HAVE to, but we did. I can't believe we didn't get hungry! The last one I did was all tree or other vegetation, so, after awhile, I got to where I couldn't tell the difference between a tree and another type of vegetation. So, Cody finished that map for me...We were so brain-dead after awhile. Cody thought I said other meditation, instead of other vegetation, Cody said education, and we all said vegetarian. Anyways, I guess it was a pretty good experience.

Wow, I can NOT spell right now. I'm so tired, so I'm not even going to worry about seeing if I misspelled any words...Just to prove how bad it is, I'll tell you this: I typed "seeying" when I meant to say seeing. I've made lots of other mistakes similar to that one. Anyways, I guess I had better go so I can get in the bed as soon as National Treasure is off.

                                                   ~Emily~