August 30

Did you know that there are some chocolate cookies that taste like hardened chocolate ice cream, they are so good? I found out yesterday, and it is a delicious taste, thought to be honest I think I would prefer the ice cream.

My older brother just told us about a man who mailed himself to his girlfriend, and was almost killed when it was lost in the post. That would be so funny! Probably terrifying as well, and definitely stupid, but without a doubt it would be funny. If not at the time, then afterwards.

August 29

My older brother has gotten into dancing recently, and he is obliterating all of my high scores! Last Monday we were dancing, and I had achieved a personal best. My previous personal best was the record high for the song. He managed to double my new personal best, with extra!

I have to confess, I'm a little mad about it. I enjoy dancing, and have been doing it longer, so it is frustrating that he can so easily take over the high scores. My sister is like that as well, they are now apparently vying with each other over who can get the highest high score ever. At the moment, my brother is winning. He managed to get the highest high score ever achieved on the game, on a song that none of us have ever danced to, or even listened to before! Don't ask me how he does it, I have no idea.

Quotes by my family.

"I lost my train of thought. Now I have to wait for the next one!"

-Me


"I have mixed emoticons about you."

-My sister



(This is my 250th post!)

August 23

I was listening to a song, and the word 'tchotchkes' came up. I looked it up, and it actually is a word. Wikipedia says it's 'a small toy, gewgaw, knickknack, swag, bauble, thingamajig, doodad, lagniappe, trinket, or kitsch.'

So there you go, your word for today. Congratulations! Having learned the obligatory one new thing for today, you can go back to bed.

My brother is reading over my shoulder, so I'll stop here.

August 22

Well, so little actually happened today, that I have nothing to write about. It was simply an ordinary day, with schoolwork, dancing, and reading, and will probably continue as such.

August 21

That budgeting assignment is now done and submitted, finally! Now I only have one assignment to worry about. Isn't that so much better?!

I've been  listening to Phineas and Ferb songs all morning. For those who don't know, Phineas and Ferb are these guys:

 and they have some awesome songs, and the coolest adventures. This is their theme song:

There's 104 days in summer vacation
And school comes along just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Like maybe!
Building a rocket
Or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel tower
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Surfing tidal waves
Creating nano bots
Or looking Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird
Painting a continent
Driving your sister insane
As you can see
There's a whole lot of stuff to do
Before school starts this fall
So stick with us cause Phineas and Ferb
Are gonna do it all
So stick with us cause Phineas and Ferb are
Gonna do it all!


It is a totally awesome song.

August 20

It is finally getting warmer here. We might even be able to go swimming soon. That would be so great. I love going swimming, especially seeing my hair swirl out around me. It also means that I might be able to take some of the blankets off my bed, and not freeze at night!

My brother and I are finally finishing that maths assignment. I finished mine, my brother isn't far off. Other than that, not a lot happened today.

On Saturday, we went to Currumbin, and went on the Green Challenge. That was so much fun! I did the green course, and most of the red course. It was totally awesome, with climbing through tunnels, flying foxes, swinging on ropes, and walking tightropes, all really high off the ground. I loved it!

The other stuff there was good too. We saw a baby joey, touched a baby crocodile, patted kangaroos, and had an emu follow us around for a while. What a time!

August 16

Wow, the days really aren't that interesting at the moment. It seems that nothing much seems to happen. I did find out a few utterly useless facts.

Did you know that Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, and that Ken's last name is Carson?

August 15

One day, my little brother will drive me crazy. At least it will be a fun time getting there! He says loopy things everyday, but that is one of the things I love him for. After all, there is no one else I know who would sing about having a giant robot head!

My sister and I were dancing on Wii earlier, and we really enjoyed it. It was awesome to just dance and have fun for a while.

August 14

Today has been pretty much nothing but hard work and reading. I had more work than last week, yet I still had more time to read. Tomorrow will probably be more of the same.

Really, nothing blogworthy happened today. It was a pretty much average day, except that my mother is sick.

Yesterday something totally cool and weird happened to my computer. I somehow managed to turn the screen entirely upside down! It was totally weird, yet still had a level of awesome. It took me a while to turn it back around again, but it was still so neat!

August 13

My sister has amazing powers of sleep. Just today she slept for 14 hours straight! I didn't know that was possible, but she did it. I am convinced that if sleeping was an Olympic sport, she would be a qualifier.

Now my older brother and I have to watch Romeo and Juliet for English class. We have two different versions we are meant to watch, and this is the really serious version. It's starting!

August 10

Sorry that I haven't posted for a while, but I've been sick. Now I'm getting over it, but my older brother is sick!

My little brother had a birthday two days ago, on the 8th. I got him a huge, rainbow umbrella. I didn't realise just how big it was until I saw it stretched out, but it really is huge!

My little brother and sister and I have rediscovered one of our old favorite TV shows: Recess! My little brother doesn't really remember it that well, but my sister and I do, and we are loving watching it all again. It always amazes me what you can find on YouTube.

It is really windy here. The guinea pigs don't seem to mind that much, but I do. Whenever I go outside, I freeze!

August 6

Well, I'm still feeling kind of sick, so I won't be posting much today either. I mean, not that much happened today anyway. It was pretty much a normal Monday. There were some changes, like my sister didn't have her singing practice, but mostly it was normal.

I'm sick, my younger brother and sister are sick, now there's just my older brother and my mother to go. Well, we'll get over it eventually. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

August 3

Fortunately, my sister isn't sick anymore. Instead, I am. What wonderful news.
So, I don't really have much to blog about, because not much happened today.

August 2

Well, my sister was too sick for Athletics Day today, so we didn't go. We've been at home all day.  Fortunately, she's feeling better now, so we probably are still going out tomorrow.

Nothing much happened today, for some reason. It's been pretty so-so.

August 1

It's a brand new month! The year sure is passing by fast. We're two thirds of the way through already.

My little brother has his birthday in exactly one week. I already know that I will buy him an umbrella, I just have to get around to doing it! We made a deal that if he buys me an umbrella for my birthday, I would buy him an umbrella for his. He came through, now I have to as well.

My sister has been sick today, and slept most of the day away. I hope she feels better tomorrow, because tomorrow is the school Athletics Day! This year my older brother and I are in the pink group. He doesn't seem to mind, and I like pink, so I don't mind either. It's kind of fun to meet up with all of the other homeschoolers, but I don't like having a huge crowd there. Last year was weird, yet also cool. I was one of only two people in my entire grade! The other was a boy, and as almost all of the awards are divided into boy/girl sections, I won first place in practically everything! Best I've ever done at an Athletics Day.

The positive side of life

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE: 

How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you  live.


Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. 

Ever notice that the people who are late  are often much jollier than the people who have to wait for them?

If KMart is lowering prices every day,  how come nothing is free yet? 

You may be only one person in the world,  but you may also be the world to one person. 


Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. 

Don't cry because it's over; smile because it  happened. 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colours....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. 

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.