Seven Silly Southern Sisters And Their New Bro

When I was 4...

2007-09-27T19:52:00.001-07:00

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Tagged Me!

2007-09-18T10:47:00.000-07:00

Rebecca from Just horsin around tagged me. So I have to list 8 random things about myself and then tag 8 other people.

I have a tarantula (She is loose in my bedroom)

I like going with my Dad to work.

I like playing duets with my Mom and/or my Great Grandmother.

I LOVE eating dark CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!

I am going to homeschool my kids.

I look a lot like my Mom.

My cousin Katelyn Hibbs is the most cute little girl in the world.

I LOVE PAPERBACK SWAP!!!

Paperback swap

2007-09-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

Dear Reader,
I thought you would like to know about paperback swap. It lets you swap paperbacks or hard backs or even audio books to people, and each one you swap you get 1 credit or if it is a audio book you get 2 which you can "buy" a book with. There are a lot of good books there! And if you cannot find what you want you can put it on your wish list and when someone posts that book you get an email that tells you it has been posted. Upon listing your first 9 books you get 3 free credits! You should check it out! And if you decide to sign up make sure you put my nickname (kittykait) in the referred by box! Here is a link to the sign up page, and the how to swap page.
It's GREEEAAAT!!!

Random thoughts and a recipe

2007-09-12T10:08:00.000-07:00

Monday was the Vision Forum photo shoot. I like falling asleep on the way because then I miss the car sickness!
I found a dead tarantula Monday after we got home while weed eating :(
It got down to about __ degrees.
The seven key and the zero key on this computer do not work.
My Aunt Annette ( the same who I scared with the live tarantula) got married.
I signed up for Dun dun dun du!!!!!!!!!! PAPERBACK SWAP!!!!!!!

RECIPE:
Mexican Casserole

2 1/2 lbs. of hamburger meat
2 cans of beans (black beans if you cannot think of anything else)
2 cans of tomatoes and green chillies
1 can of corn or hominy
1 large can of cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup
1 2o pack of tortillas
1/8 cup of taco seasoning
Some grated Cheddar cheese

Brown in a large pan hamburger meat.
Add beans, tomatoes, corn, taco seasoning, and cream soup ,
stir.
stir.
stir.
Using a 9x13 pan put enough of your mixture to cover the bottom.
Put down a layer of tortillas
A bit more filling this time and some cheese on top.
One more layer.

This recipe makes 2 pans. For the second pan we either take it to church and give it to one of the families, or freeze it and cook it on one of those really crazy days when you get up and all of a sudden it's 5:oo pm.

I'm Alive!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-09T19:55:00.000-07:00

Just in case you were wondering I am not dead! I've just been veeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyy lazy about blogging lately. So I guess I have to give you some updates, Monday Lydia and I went to Mr. and Mrs. Bradrick's house (Mr. Bradrick works @ Vision Forum) to help out because Mrs. Bradrick had a baby about 1 month ago.
My thoughts {Tuesday Umm..... Well I think that I went with Dad that day... Yeah!! that's right because after work we went to Aunt Steph and Uncle Justin's house for dinner and DESERT mmmmmm!!!!!!!!! Stephanie makes goooood CHOCOLATE cake!!! Yesterday we dragged our feet for a while and then well... let me skip to the parts that I remember>>>>skipping>>>>> we did chores, and while I did my chores I found a kitten! It was SO SAD!!!!! It was crying, and crying, when I found it I did not know it was abandoned so I left is there to run up and tell Mom after a few hours I checked and it was still alone so I put some cat food out there and waited for a few more hours and it was still all there so Mom said I could bring it in. And the kitten was covered in ant bites! Now it is doing OK we feed it a mixture of:

1 cup evap. milk
1 egg yoke
1Tbs. white corn syrup
1 pinch of salt

After I found the kitten we went to a creek a few miles away and swam for about 1/2 hour, and went home, and while Mom, Deanna, Lydia, and Megan worked in the yard I made pizza!
Today I woke up drank a cup of slightly chocolaty milk and while everyone else went out and did yard work I did my chores, cleaned the house up a little bit, gave Rachael and The Boy a bath, and then went out to help with yard work while Lydia worked inside for 30 min. (we did 6 30 min. shifts) So I went outside and mowed and weed ate etc. for about 2 1/2 hours Then we went to spring creek (like yesterday) and swam for just over an hour. And... Well the rest of the day was kind of boring.

Tarantula happenings

2007-04-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

I guess you have probably been wondering about the tarantula. Well something interesting did happen with her today. SHE SHED HER SKIN!

Even her fangs!

this is a picture of the inside (I did not break the skin

open. She is just a sloppy shedder)

Did I ever say that she was missing a leg when we got

her? If you look closely you can see her little baby

leg growing back.

I'm so touched!

2007-04-09T13:42:00.000-07:00

Someone nominated my sister Deanna and me for the category of Best Homeschooling Teens Blogs. THANK YOU. Well you know what that means everyone follow the link in the picture and go vote for your favorite Homeschooling Teen Blog.

But remember this I DO NOT want you to vote for me because you don't know who else to vote for. Look at the list read, some blogs and find out who is Best Homeschooling Teen with a blog.

Happy birthday to my Cousin and My Grandpa

2007-04-08T11:00:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Gracie and Grandpa! My cousin Gracie turned 3 yesterday so here are 3 things about you:)

She is one of my sister Rachael best friends.
She is almost always happy.
She was named after Grandma Brown (Grace Carol)

Umm... since grandpa is over 50 I think I'll just do the name thing!

Spoils his surprise birthday/Chrismas gifts because he's too good at guessing!
Teases us a lot!
Every time we go to his house he requires that we kiss him (not that we have to be forced)
Very Pretty (but not as pretty as Grandpa C.)
Excellent tickler!

The pretty thing is a family joke.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Thank you

2007-04-07T17:58:00.000-07:00

This post is a little late but I just wanted to say that I think there has been a mistake. My birthday (April 6) is NOT only celebrating God blessing me with 12 years of life but also (if not only) that 1 my Mother worked so hard to raise me for 12 years. And that she sacrificed sooooooooooooooo much for me, THANK YOU MOM. Here is the most perfect poem for you:

MOTHER

By Edgar Guest

Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me
Never a thought of the joys that flew by;
Her one regret that she couldn't do more
Never a thought of the joys that flew by;
Her one regret that she couldn't do more for me,
Thoughtless and selfish, her Master was I.
Oh, the long nights that she came at my call to
me!

Oh, the soft touch of her hands on my brow!
Oh, the long years that she gave up her all to
me!
Oh, how I yearn for her gentleness now!
Slave to her baby! Yes, that was the way of
her,

Counting her greatest of services small;
Words cannot tell what this old heart would
say of her,
Mother -- the sweetest and fairest of all.

And 2 it this is the 12th year that my Dad has worked so hard for me and the rest of our family day, after day, to have food and a bed and a roof to sleep under. THANK YOU DAD. Here is a poem for you Dad:

FATHER

By Edgar Guest

Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play,
Used to wonder why he'd rather
Work each minute of the day.
Used to wonder why he never
Loafed along the road an' shirked;
Can't recall a time whenever
Father played while others worked.

Father didn't dress in fashion,
Sort of hated clothing new;
Style with him was not a passion;
He had other things in view.
Boys are blind to much that's going
On about 'em day by day,
And I had no way of knowing
What became of father's pay.

All I knew was when I needed
Shoes I got 'em on the spot;
Everything for which I pleaded,
Somehow, father always got.
Wondered, season after season,
Why he never took a rest,
And that _I_ might be the reason
Then I never even guessed.

Father set a store on knowledge;
If he'd lived to have his way
He'd have sent me off to college
And the bills been glad to pay.
That, I know, was his ambition:
Now and then he used to say
He'd have done his earthly mission
On my graduation day.

Saw his cheeks were getting paler,
Didn't understand just why;
Saw his body growing frailer,
Then at last I saw him die.
Rest had come! His tasks were ended,
Calm was written on his brow;
Father's life was big and splendid,
And I understand it now.

2007-03-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

I am so sorry for the delays on the story which my sister and I have been writing. Since we have not been able to keep up with the schedule we are changing it. Instead of 1 chapter a day we will post a chapter each a week. There is no telling when in the week we will do it, or for that matter who will do it first, so keep checking back with us!

~Kaitlyn

Walk-A-Thon

2007-03-17T18:56:00.000-07:00

When I posted about the Walk-A-Thon I said that I would post how many miles I would walk. I said in the post I was going to walk around 15.2 miles, my mom said I was crazy and I would never do it but I DID even though I was sick most of the time. I walked 8.2 miles today, 1 mile 2-3 days ago, 1 mile 4-5 days ago, and 5 miles the first day of the Walk-A-Thon (March 3). So I am posting a poem on that subject.

Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae,
Who ate a monstrous whale?
She thought she could,
She said she would,
So she started in right at the tail.

And everyone said, "You're much to small,"
But that didn't bother Melinda at all.
She took little bites and chewed very slow,
Just like a good girl should...

...And eighty-nine years she ate that whale
Because she said she would!

~Shel Silverstein

Riddles

2007-03-02T12:40:00.000-08:00

Here are some riddles (Answers at the bottom of the post)

There was a girl in our town,
silk an' satin was her gown,
silk an' satin, gold an' velvet,
Guess her name- three times
I've tell'd it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
30 white horses on a red hill,
Now they tramp, now they champ,
now they stand still.

1. Ann
~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Teeth

2007-02-22T15:40:00.000-08:00

Have you ever slept with your arms under your pillow and woke up in the morning both with of them completely numb?
I have. When I did I didn't realize they were numb. I woke up one morning and tried to rub my eyes and a hand came smack into me! "It couldn't be my hand" I thought, but wait I tried to move it again only to be slapped again. "Ok, I'm gonna try to carefully move my ha-" slap! That's about when I realized I had to wait until they were un-numbed. I waited...and I waited...and waited... "How long is this going to take?!" I tried to throw my hands up in frustration. Instead, slap! So instead of waiting I got up and shook my arms until they weren't numb.

I now have approx 203 pets

2007-02-20T13:57:00.000-08:00

You are probably thinking about dogs, fish, and cats when I say pets. So here are some pictures to help you figure out what I am really talking about.

Aren't they so CUTE ( is that noticeable enough)? They are newly hatched _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

guess!

Walk-A-Thon

2007-02-16T11:25:00.001-08:00

Dear Readers,

My grandma is organizing a Walk-A-Thon for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and Deanna, Lydia, and I are participating. We would like for you to consider sponsoring us. If you would like to know more about St. Jude's Children's Hospital follow this link:

http://www.stjude.org/aboutus

If you would like to sponsor us please comment or email my mom ( callherblest at gmail dot com ) to tell how much per mile you would like to donate for each. You can also make a flat donation. We'll post how far we walk probably around March 18 and sponsors can pay-pal my mom at the email address provided above. Just include a note that it is for the walk-a-thon.

Just to give you an Idea of how much we are hoping to walk Lydia and I are hoping about 15-20 miles, and Deanna is thinking 10 at the most. You can put a limit in the case that one of us walk further then you expected.

Note: We will post how far we walk on separate blogs

Deanna's blog :

http://www.homemadehouse.blogspot.com/

My blog is:

http://7silly.blogspot.com/

Lydia's blog is:

http://happyhouseofchildren.blogspot.com/

A funny poem

2007-02-16T09:40:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favorite children's poems:

Mr. Nobody

Author Unknown

I know a funny little man,
As quiet as a mouse,
Who does the mischief that is done
In everybody's house!
There's no one ever sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was cracked
By Mr. Nobody

`Tis he who always tears our books,
Who leaves the door ajar,
He pulls the buttons from our shirts,
And scatters pine afar;
That squeaking door will always squeak,
For, prithee, don't you see,
We leave the oiling to be done
By Mr. Nobody

The finger marked upon the door
By none of us are made;
We never leave the blind unclosed,
To let the curtains fade.
The ink we never spill; the boots
That lying round you. See
Are not our boots they all belong
To Mr. Nobody.

Who do you think Mr. Nobody is?

2007-02-04T11:46:00.001-08:00

Hey anyone who likes to play computer games might want to check out (link) http://www.classbrain.com/" there are a lot of fun games on there.

Make sure to check out the homeschooling blogrole on my sidebar. It's growing a lot and there are a lot of neat blogs on there.

2007-01-31T14:13:00.000-08:00

Dad this post is for you.

Only A Dad by Edgar Guest

Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he has played the game;
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of eight,

Working daily, long and late.

Plodding along in the daily strife,

Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,

With never a whimper of pain or hate,

For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,

Merely one of the surging crowd,

Toiling, striving from day to day,

Facing whatever may come his way,

Silent whenever the harsh condemn,

And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he gives his all,

To smooth the way for his children small,

Doing with courage stern and grim

The deeds that his father did for him.

This is the line that for him I pen:

Only a dad, but the best of men.

I think this poem very well describes my Dad, and Grandpas.

2007-01-29T09:34:00.000-08:00

While we were at Covenant Ranch Andrew Torres and his sister Lordes each shot a pig. Lordes's pig weighed 118 field dressed and Andrew's was 86. Since thier father did not want to keep the meat they gave it to us. Last night we ate the backstrap for dinner. It was really good! And all Mom seasoned it with was salt, pepper, and flour.
Mom also made gravy out of grease and backstrap crumbs.

My blog

2007-01-29T09:32:00.001-08:00

Does anybody think it's hard to read the posts with the new colors and stuff? If so do you have a color you would like to suggest?
Also does anyone have ideas on what I should post on to make my blog more interesting?
I'm open to suggestions. :)

Covenant Ranch

2007-01-26T09:08:00.001-08:00

As part of my Dad's bonus this year from Vision Forum we got to go to a hunting ranch called Covenant Ranch from Monday afternoon to Wednsday afternoon. Dad shot a deer when it was Megan and I were hunting with him. Here is a picture of me holding it before we gutted it.

After we gutted her she weighed 83 pounds. It was the second biggest deer shot while we were there.

Deanna went varmint hunting with Dad and Mr. Turley the first night we got there, and Mr. Turley shot a bobcat! Dad said he shot all of its abdominal muscles out and they thought it was dead so Andrew Torres ran out and picked it up by the back legs but it wasn't dead so it started hissing and trying to curl up and scratch him but "luckily" for Andrew all its abdominal muscles were gone so it couldn't, so Andrew started yelling "Get the .22!!!Get the .22!!!Get the .22!!!" but all Dad, Mr. Turley, and Deanna could hear was ''.22!!!.22!!!.22!!!'' but finally Mr. Hart ran out there and shot it dead.

Most of what I did yesterday

2007-01-11T09:38:00.001-08:00

Mrs. Robert E. Lee was the future wife of the great General Robert E. Lee.

She was an only child, but had many cousins. Her cousins lived kind of far away but the roads were very bad so when they visited they usually stayed several days.

Some people who knew her thought she was definitely going to grow up and have a completely joyful life, but her life had many joys and many sorrows, as the author puts it

"If her life were someday written in music, it would be a great symphony, of blended joys and sorrows the joyous tempo childhood, and girlhood changed into one of care and trouble, of tragedy in which received wounds that could never be healed, even in those last days of tranquility. Such a symphony would represent the great thundering of battle, conflagration, surrender, desolation, and finally the heart sob of family with no home to call their own, But through it all would run the theme sublime character of Mary Custis Lee."

She was related to George Washington.

Her maiden name was Mary Anna Randolph Custis, she lived in Arlington mansion, and it was on 1100 acres of land.

Mary was the fourth child in her family but she was the only child that lived. The first child lived only one day, the second lived only 5 days less than one year, and the third lived five days more than one year. he was the only boy. Then came Mary.

Mary's interest lay mostly in their family portraits. One she especially liked was a portrait of Colonel Daniel Parke, and he was born in Virginia and educated in England. Colonel Parke was a military aide to the Duke of Marlborough in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. When the battle was won the Duke elected him to tell the Queen of England.

God was a very important part of the Custis household. On Sunday morning at ten o'clock they would go to church, afterwards Mary and her Father would take a walk, meanwhile her mother would talk to the servants about God and religion to prepare them for when they were free. After her walk Mary was expected to learn a hymn, and after her mother was finished with "Sunday School" with the servants Mary was to recite her hymn to her.

Mary's father had an even temper, and was a kind man. He even allowed

part of his land to become a picnic ground.

When Mary was 15 General Lafayette came to visit. General Lafayette had visited the Arlington Mansion once when her father was 3, and though he didn't remember it very clearly he had not forgotten the interesting thing that happened during his visit.

My 2007 New years Resolution

2007-01-01T14:03:00.000-08:00

In this New Year of 20067 (and I hope many others to come) I am going to read my Bible 1-2 times.
How:
Since there are 1188 chapters in the entire bible ( 928 in the old testament, 260 in the new), if I wanted to read in 2 times a year I would have to read approx 6.5 chapters a day. If I wanted to read it 1 time a year I would have to read approx 3.25 chapters a day.
So I am going to read 7 chapters a day and finish a little early.
And maybe in 2008 I'll read it 3 times a year. (10 chapters a day)

Would anyone like to join me?

2006-12-31T22:11:00.000-08:00

Why I have not been posting

2006-12-28T10:39:00.000-08:00

I have not been posting on my blog lately for multiple reasons:

Mom has been using the computer for this.
Christmas wrapping presents, shopping for presents, etc.
We've been sick. :(
Lots of cleaning our house.

I don't have to worry about most of those things now partly because. WE HAVE OUR OWN LAPTOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the 4 big girls in our family)

So I want to say...

THANK YOU GRANDMA & GRANDPA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!

THANK YOU GRANDMA & GRANDPA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!

THANK YOU GRANDMA & GRANDPA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!

2006-12-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess What I got for christmas

2006-12-25T11:48:00.000-08:00

I'm using it right now. I'll give you a clue it's so cool that the 4 big girls in our family have to share it.

Funny Or Mean?

2006-11-25T09:49:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving we went over to my Great Aunt Linda's house. Aunt Linda and Uncle Ronnie have a son named Gary and a daughter named Annette.
After Thanksgiving dinner, which was very good, we watched a football game. In the 4th quarter, I got my tarantula out and started showing people when Dad suggested that I get the tarantula out and put it up close to Annette's face and call her attention to it.
"But Daaaad," I said. "It might get hurt! What if someone steps on it?"
He said, "Oh, never mind."
"Wait - I've got an idea, Dad. I'll put it in the little jar it uses for a burrow and then put it next to Annette."
So I put it in its little jar, put my hand over the jar as a lid, and creeped over next to the couch Annette was sitting on. It was so perfect because she had her head turned the opposite way of where I was coming up next to her.
I put the jar right up about 3 inches away from her face and then called her name.
"Annette...Annette!"
aaaahhhhh!
She screamed thee most real scared scream you ever heard!
And then we all regretted we didn't have Uncle Ronnie get it on video for America's Funniest Home Videos.
So, was that funny or mean? Or both?

A beta fish story

2006-11-09T18:02:00.000-08:00

One day when we went to town a disaster started. Let me tell you that our fat cat Mr. Tim Bigglesworth was not interested in any of our betas only drinking their sweet fishy water. Now that day I believe we went out for ice cream @ Dairy Queen, when we got back I smelled mischief in the air, as I walked into the kitchen I saw broken glass all over the floor then I realized what it was, the wine glass that the beta was in! Since we now that wild betas in china when their puddles dry up they flop sometimes more than a mile looking for a new one I started searching quickly as I could for the beta but then I realized there was no sign of his water.

TO BE CONTINUED

Carnival of Kid Comedy #28

2006-11-07T10:59:00.000-08:00

In this Week of The Carnival of Kid Comedy:

Gwen gives a little story on Charlisms at Gwibbles.

Sagerats gives a bit of a driving lesson: A Tire Lesson Learned...By the Wrong Child! - High Desert Hi-Jinks.

Kailani tells why not to ask if she/he wants a time out:
Too Much To Do
at The Pink Diary.

Loni tells us how a pinwheel can keep you home with: Car vs Pinwheel Toy - Don't try this at home!
At Finding JOY in the Morning.

Mama Duck shows some cute pics at Lil Duck Duck in the post: His favorite part of the pumpkin patch… (WW) .

Click here to submit your Kids Comedy acts.

Don't read the rest of this,
just stop right now because
it wont tell you anything so
just stop, really right now,
I told you it wouldn't tell you anything.

There that can be my submission since I am a kid
:D

Does anybody...

2006-10-28T14:09:00.000-07:00

...Notice anything, just any little tiny differences, on my blog?

We are in Tennessee

2006-09-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

We are in Tennessee so far it has been kind of boring (except for the fact that we are allowed in GRANDMA'S FRIDGE when ever we want) first we went to grandma and grandpa's school then we went to there house, after that the rehearsal dinner and today we are going to my aunt Michelle's wedding oh did I forget to mention that she was getting married?

2006-09-23T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of something I am helping my Dad build at Vision Forum (that is were he works) we have been working for about 5 hours but it is very fun work Dad is having me help with holding the frame still while he screws the boards in & I screw in the ply wood on the top of the platforms.

Oh yah I all most forgot if you go to the vision form site click on the "everyday news" link at the top and watch some of the videos.

Becca being brave

2006-09-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

Earlyer I was sitting at the table sipping some hot chocolate when Becca asked me what she was supposed to do on her bible coloring page, "Hmm, it says that you are supposed to draw a picture when you where being brave" I said "Well will you do it?"she said "OK when is a time you were being brave?"
"One time I squished a beetle OK...there" I said then I went into Mom's room to see what she was doing, a couple minutes later I heard:

Natalie: What are you drawing Becca?

Becca: A picture of when I'm being brave, cause I'm cutting my hair when mom is not looking.

I started uncontrollably laughing, "What WHAT." Said mom "Becca said she was drawing a picture of herself being brave, because she was cutting her hair when you were not looking!" I said still laughing "Mom can I post that on my blog" I said "Yes but I refuse to laugh"

Blubirds contest

2006-09-15T20:09:00.000-07:00

Have you seen my mom's new template? Did you love it? Well Ms. Susie the Lady who did it for her is having a drawing, who ever wins gets a costom made template for free!
All you have to do is send an email with your name and blog address to her bluebirdblogs@gmail.com. She will enter your name into the drawing. The deadline is 11:59pm EST on Friday 9/22/06. If you do a post about it on your blog then your name will be entered 5 extra times. She will anounce the two winners on her website , September 23rd (Saturday)

Recipe #6

2006-09-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

I've decided that I will do a weekly recipe post not on a certain day just some day of the week.
This weeks:

HOMEMADE MACARONI AND CHEESE

1/2 stick of butter
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup cheese crumbled or grated
a one pound box of noodles

First melt the butter in a 2 quart pan while the water for the noodles is boiling. When the butter is fully melted slowly stir in the flour, after the flour is thoroughly stirred in stir the milk in,by now the water is probably boiling so add the noodles. Now add the salt to the sauce, it may need a little more than 1/2 tsp. Add the cheese gradually. When the noodles are done cooking drain the water and add the cheese sauce. Finally you can eat it!

My Mom made up this recipe for me to cook because we were out of store bought Macaroni and cheese.

Humming bird experiences

2006-09-05T15:20:00.000-07:00

Today I had an Idea the I thought was probably a bit silly. But I tried anyways and I'm glad. A few weeks ago while I was hanging a humming bird feeder a Humming bird started to eat off of it. Eventually I had to scare it off so I could hang the other feeders, but that is what gave me this idea.
Today I was sitting on the couch being bored and I decided to go outside to watch Humming birds. That was boring to so I got a chair, stood on it, and put my hands on the perch of the feeder they like the most. And guess what 2 Humming birds landed on my fingers!!!!!

I did this with the HTML I am learning!

2006-08-30T15:44:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn's try it page

My Dad wants me to learn HTML for part of my school

One of the things I might do with the HTML I learn is make a new template for my blog.

My address is:

Kaitlyn C
234 A Wierd Named RD
Hill Contry, TX 71234

I did this whole post in the "Edit Html" tab.

I can make things backwards!Look:

I can make things backwards!

Put your cursor over TX, the two HTML, and RD.

My new blog

2006-08-25T19:06:00.000-07:00

I created a new blog about Praying Mantids. Here is the link.

Recipe #5

2006-08-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

Oops! I forgot to do the recipe after all those clues! Well I'll do it now the recipe is...

APPLE TURNOVERS!
I got this recipe from a Little House on The prairie cook book of mine.

This recipe will make 12 rather large turnovers.

FOR THE CRUST:

4 cup Flour
1 tsp Salt
1 1/3 cup shortening
12-16 Tbs cold water

1) Stir together flour and salt

2) Add shortening and cut ( cutting is rolling it around in the flour and chopping it up with fork)

3) sprinkle 2 Tbs of water and roll it back and forth in the bowl. Repeat till all is moistened. When you are done set aside to chill

FOR THE FILLING:

6-8 Apples
1 1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon or nutmeg

Peel, core, slice, and chop apples. Mix them in a bowl with brown sugar, and spice. Set aside to chill. Divide the crust up in 12 even balls, then roll one ball out until it is 1/8 inches thick. Now get the apple filling out of the fridge and put about 3 Tbs of it on the middle of the crust. wet the edges with water or the juice in the bottom of your mixing bowl and fold the crust in half, and press the edges of it together with a fork.

TO BAKE THE TURNOVERS

Preheat the oven to 425 as you butter the baking sheets. Transfer the turnovers to the sheets and bake 20-25 minutes, until they are nicely browned.

TO FRY THE TURNOVERS

You'll need 4 tsp. of butter. Put half the butter in a skillet. Put about 3 turnovers in and cook on medium-high heat 10 minutes on each side. Repeat with remaining pastries.

Dust warm turnovers with powdered sugar and let them cool.

THE END.

2006-08-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

When this picture was taken my mouth was watering so much that it... it... it drowned my imaganary friend (Then I had to get a new one)

Just kidding

2006-08-22T11:16:00.000-07:00

OK I cannot think of somthing to say for this picture.

2006-08-22T11:12:00.000-07:00

Does this give anybody a better idea?

2006-08-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

Have figured it out yet?

2006-08-22T11:06:00.000-07:00

Doesn't that look good?!

2006-08-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

Ooh another clue, what do YOU think it is?

2006-08-22T10:58:00.000-07:00

This is a clue to what the next recipe will be since I have been so busy I forgot to do it for a couple of weeks so I made this weeks extra good.

The new testament challenge

2006-08-10T10:24:00.000-07:00

I finished early. I read the new testament all the way through for the first time! And it only took 25 days, I read 10 chapters a day, except today I read 17 so I could finish early. Mom said that she was going to take us out for a treat. :)

Rachael's trauma

2006-08-03T10:24:00.000-07:00

Once upon an evening when we were doing family worship Rachael was tipping her chair. I wasn't paying attention to but after a couple of minutes she tipped to far and fell back, a couple of days later she tipped to far but this time as she started to fall she screamed "Fall fall faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" so Dad caught her that time. Ever since when ever someone tips their chair and Rachael sees it she runs over to push there chair into place yelling " No faaaall" or "Uh-oh fall"

A book

2006-07-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

We have a hilarious book called The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales . On the title page Jack (Jack and the bean stock) the narrator says
"I know. I know.
The page is upside down.
I meant to do that.
Who ever looks at that
dedication stuff anyhow?
If you really want to read
it you can always stand on your head."

Here is the introduction:

A long time ago people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are almost Fairy Tales. But not quite. The stories in this book are Fairly stupid Tales. I mean what else would you call "Goldilocks and the three elephants"? This girl walking through the forest smells peanut porridge cooking. She decides to break into the elephants ' house, eat the porridge, sit in the chairs, and sleep in the beds. Bu when she gets in the house she can't climb up on baby elephants chair because it's to big. And she can't climb up on papa elephant's chair Because it's much to big. So she goes home. The End. And if you don't think that's fairly stupid you should go read "Little Red Running Shorts" or "The Stinky Cheese Man." In fact, you should definintely go read those stories now, Because the rest of the introduction just goes on and doesn't really say anything. I stuck it on the end here to fill up the rest of the page and make it look like I really knew what I was talking about So stop reading now. I mean it. Quit reading. Turn the page. If you read this last sentence, it won't tell you anything.

That is the introduction and here are my two favorite stories:

The Really Ugly Duckling:

Once upon a time there was a mother duck and a father duck who had seven baby ducklings. Six of them were regular-looking ducklings. The seventh was a really ugly duckling

Everyone used to say, "What a nice-looking bunch of ducklings - all except that one. Boy, he's really ugly."

The really ugly duckling heard these people, bu the didn't care. He knew that one day he would probably grow up to be a swan and be bigger and look better than anything in the pond.

Well, as it turned out, he was just a really ugly duckling. And he grew up to be just a really ugly duck.

The End.

The Other Frog Prince:

Once upon a time, there was a frog.

One day when he was sitting on his lily pad, he saw a beautiful princess sitting by the pond. He hopped in the water, swam over to her, and poked his head outof the weeds.

"Pardon me, O beautiful princess," he said in his most sad and patheitic voice. "I wonder if you could help me."

THe princess was about to jump up and run away, but she felt sorry for the frog with the sad and pathetic voice.

So she asked, "What can I do to help you, little frog?"

"Well," said the frog. "I'm not really a frog, but a handsome prince who was turned into a frog by a wicked witch's spell. And the spell can only be broken by the kiss of a beautiful princess."

The princess thought about this for a second, then lifted the frog from the pond and kissed him.

"I was just kidding," said the frog. He jumped back into the pond and the princess wiped the frog slime from her lips. The End.

Proverbs 26

2006-07-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

Proverbs 26 has a lot of my favorite verses in it. One thing I like is that it tells how bad and worthless a fool is an then it says "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him." and then it says "The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly."
I high-lighted some of my favorite verses.

1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

3 A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 The great God who formed everything gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The lazy man says,“There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”

14 As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy man on his bed.

15 The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17 He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, “I was only joking!” (or "just kidding")

20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

21 As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

22 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,And they go down into the inmost body.

23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;

25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,For there are seven abominations in his heart;

26 Though his hatred is covered by deceit, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

For part of bible every day we read a chapter of proverbs today we read chapter 26 because it is the 26th.

More pictures

2006-07-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

When Grandpa saw that picture Mom and I made of Dad and the baby he asked us to make one for him.
We just got done with it. Here it is.

Recipe #4

2006-07-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

Apple Oat Muffins

1 1/2 cup Flour
1 cup Oats
2/3 cup Cornmeal
2/3 cup Sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Salt
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1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup oil
2 cups Chopped apples (2-3 apples)

pre-heat oven to 375
Mix dry ingredients together
Add liquids
Cook for 15-20 min

These muffins are very filling it only takes 1 muffin to fill me up.

About the blogroll

2006-07-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

If you are a member of the blogroll all ready please do a post about it, If you are not members here is a link to the rules page! And also members please ask your parents to do a post about it so the blogroll can get more members.

Like father, like son

2006-07-20T12:03:00.000-07:00

I think he looks just like Dad, don't you? (Mom and I made some touch-ups on the picture with paint-brush.)

My Aunt Weasy and her roly poly family

2006-07-20T11:57:00.000-07:00

When my Aunt Weasy was two or three (She is almost 18 now) she collected a family of roly-polys. She played with them all morning, showed them to everyone. There was a Mommy roly-poly, and a Daddy roly-poly, and a baby roly-poly. Mom said that she built houses for them, and she kissed them, made beds for them, and made them go to the store, just a bunch of stuff like that. At noon, my grandma called her in the house for lunch so she set them on the ground ever so gently, as she smiled at them, and then can you guess what she did? She squished them went inside and ate!!!

2006-07-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

I just found out that my Rabbit knows about my blog! she did alomst the same post at 12:00 Am this morning as I did today!

I just found out that

2006-07-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

My rabbit has a blog, please don't leave comments on it though or she will find out that I found out! I found out last night when I got up to go to the bathroom, I saw her sneek in and type up a post. Here is the link: http://mylifeinacage.blogspot.com/ check it out it's funny!

The new testament Challenge

2006-07-19T15:44:00.000-07:00

Did you know the New Testament has about 300 chapters in it? Well my mom thought of a challenge: To read the new testament in 1 month 10 chapters a day, I'm doing it in fact today is my third day and I've all really read Mark chapter 2! I encourage you to start the New Testament challenge today!
Today while I was reading about the 30 silver coins that Judas Iscariot traded Jesus for I remembered a story my sister Deanna told me:

Once there lived a king in what was said to be the most beautiful kingdom ever. One day the king decided to have a paper posted all over the kingdom that told the villagers to come to his palace on a certain date and tell what they think he was worth.
So when that date came people came and told early and late some said "I would go over a million mountains and give up all my wealth for you Oh king!" others said things like "everything I own" or "Anything for you Oh great king" But when it came to a very poor looking man near the back of the line the king asked "And what do you think I am worth?" The man answered "29 pieces of silver"
"29 pieces of silver!?!?!? What makes you say such a low amount?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" said the king in much fury.
"Are you worth more than my Lord Jesus Christ who was sold for 30
pieces of silver?” replied the man.

I forgot the rest of the story but what do you think he would do?

Recipe #3

2006-07-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

Ice Cream Cake - mint chocolate chip (makes 2)

First you take 2 boxes of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Set it out to soften a bit.
Get 2 springform pans out.
Crush 1 pack of oreos.
Put 1/3 of the crumbs in the bottoms of the pans.
Line the pans on the edge with whole oreos.
Scoop half of one box of the ice cream into each pan.
Spread more crumbs on top of the ice cream.
Make another layer of ice cream.
Decorate the top with the rest of the crumbs and whole oreos if you have any left.
Freeze until firm.

Warning: whole oreos on the top may make the cake hard to cut.

Other flavors will work too. What sounds good to you? I think chocolate sounds good! If you're having a Barbie birthday party or something, pink ice cream would look good.

Recipe #2

2006-07-11T06:38:00.000-07:00

Pancakes

3 cups flour
3 Tbs. Baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sugar

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1/2 cup oil
3 eggs, beaten
3 cups milk

Stir together dry ingredients. Beat eggs, add milk & oil, and stir into dry ingredients.

Oh and you can also have chocolate Pancakes adding 1/4 cup cocoa to dry ingredients. Use 1 cup of sugar instead of 1/2. Add 2 tsp. vanilla with liquids.

This is a triple recipe for our family so if you don't have a big family you might want to use a third of it.

Do you have any kid recipes that you'd like to share? Leave a comment!

Some pictures of my new cousin

2006-07-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of my new cousin Alyssa Dawn.
Steph and her new baby:

I'll put more pictures up tomorrow, because it's late I and I need to go to bed.

I just found out that...

2006-07-08T08:45:00.000-07:00

Her name is Alissa Dawn Finney, but I’m not sure if I spelled it right.

Guess what I just found out

2006-07-08T08:21:00.000-07:00

Last night or I guess this morning at 12:30 my Aunt Steph had her baby it is a girl, that is all I know at the moment.

(Christian) Homeschooling Kids blogroll

2006-07-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't noticed, on my sidebar there is a blogroll for homeschoolers. It's not mentioned in the sidebar, but you have to be Christian homeschooling kids. Here are the rules and instructions for joining:

Members must be homeschooling Christian children.
Your blog must be glorifying to God, and have nothing immodest or coarse. My parents will decide if each blog is appropriate.
Members should be 7-14 years old.
Ask your parents first.
Have one of your parents email my mom with the name and url of your blog.
My mom will email the blogroll code that you have to put in your template.
After the code is on your blog, email again to confirm. Then we will add you to the blogroll!

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever
things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever
things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Philippian 4:8

I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
Psalm 101:3

My Day

2006-07-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

Today I went with my Dad to work, and boy did I work! On lunch break my Uncle Ben bought Abigail(my aunt who is visiting), Megan , Becca, And I a Cream Slush From Sonic. When I got home, I ate dinner, which was a casserole that a church friend made. Then we watched a movie, and gathered up the trash (the trash man didn't pick it up so the vultures got in to it) then we were going to do the dishes but we are out of dish soap, So mom is getting that on the way back from Breading our golden retriever. Now I am doing this post. That is how my day went.

"Dude Falling"

2006-07-05T14:28:00.000-07:00

I could watch this all day!

My sister Lydia

2006-07-05T14:14:00.000-07:00

My sister Lydia Has a blog now. It is called The Happy House Of Children. It's pretty funny she has lots of post up so please look at it.

Stat Counter

2006-07-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

I have a stat counter on my blog (A Stat Counter tells how many people look at your blog, how long they stay etc...) I was looking at a diagram that shows what country the people that look at my blog live in. (I think it's kind of funny sometimes) I got 79 from the USA, 4 from the UK, 4 from Canada, 3 from Australia, 1 from Madagascar, and 1 from Singapore. Isn't that cool?

Have you ever seen...

2006-07-05T12:56:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen a mother gerbil being carried away by her nursing babies? Our gerbils did that once, it was hilarious!!! I wish I had a picture but I don't.

Rachael and the Baby

2006-07-05T06:17:00.000-07:00

Rachael loves her new brother. She is always hugging him and kissing him, and when he takes naps on Mom's bed she climbs up and touches his face very gently. But when he was first born and she saw his umbilical cord she asked my mom "Belly-button? momma?" In a very puzzled voice.
And just yesterday she was kissing his eyes, nose, mouth, and tummy, but when it came to his belly-button mom jokingly said "Aren't you going to kiss his belly-button?" Rachael replied with her sign for yucky where she held her hand on the side of her mouth and makes a yucky face. Rachael was just playing with "Baby" and he started to cry, so she sang to him to make him stop. I guess I will have to change my blog title, but don't worry I'll leave the link the same.

Recipe

2006-07-04T12:03:00.000-07:00

I decided to post a ez recipe every Tuesday, here is for this week:

homemade Ice cream (I got it from a friend)

1 cup 1/2 and 1/2
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup non fat dry milk
1 tsp vanilla
4 cup ice

All you have to do is mix it in the blender on high and enjoy it!!!

Guess what!

2006-07-03T21:04:00.000-07:00

I have a new Baby Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was born June 28. He was 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 21 1/2 inches.

Here is him and Mom

Here is Rachael and him("Boy" I really like to
say "him")

And here I am with him:

A horrible experience

2006-06-19T19:29:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, we did a whole bunch of sanding and texturing on our walls. Some people from our church helped. We were cleaning up, and Dad told me to go outside and rinse a bucket and fill it with water.
Megan volunteered to come with me since it was really dark and the pump is 60 feet away from the house. While I waited for her get her shoes on, I laid down on the deck for a minute. I went out and filled the bucket up and came back inside.
I was talking to Mom for a minute when I felt something crawling on my neck. I figured it was probably just a daddy-longleg, since we have so many of those in our house. I went to flick it off but when I felt it, it was way too big and heavy to be a daddy-longleg. Then I panicked and started flicking at it and squirming around!
Then, to my horror, flying off my neck I saw a 3 1/2 inch scorpion! I screamed when I saw what I had knocked off my neck. Then it started crawling toward Rachael, who was at the time screaming, "Momma! Buuuuuug!"
So Mom squished it as hard as she could.
It scared me so bad that I started crying after it was off, because I thought that maybe I was just kind of in shock, and I hadn't felt it sting me yet, but it didn't sting me!

The End

Monopoly and a verse from Proverbs

2006-06-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sunday night we played Monopoly with my dad. About the time that everyone was getting hotels he asked me, "Are you going to be really sad when you have to sell your hotels to pay my rent?" in a joking voice.
I replied, "Are you sure it won't be the other way around?"
About 2 turns later, he landed on my property and had to sell one of his hotels to pay rent. He had $5 left. I couldn't help but giggle for a couple minutes. Then I remembered a verse from Proverbs:

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls (not that he's my enemy) and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; Lest the Lord see it and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him. Proverbs 24:17-18

Then of course, I soon started losing all my money and he won, even though I was the last one with him in the game.
The moral of the story: don't be happy even when it's not your enemy that's stumbling.

Where is my little Becca?

2006-06-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

One Day Dad took Becca to work and about lunch time he asked her "Where is my little Becca ? Your my big Becca, but where is my little Becca?" She only answered with "Dah-ahd" The next day she said to Dad "Hey Dad ask me where your little Becca is again"

"Ok, Where is my little Becca?" He said "SHE IS DEAD! I RUND HER OVER WITH A CAR!!!!!!!!"

THE END

Our suprise vacation

2006-05-12T19:48:00.001-07:00

When I was 5 we took a surprise vacation and in a resent post I said I would write about it:"OK everyone we are eating out" said Dad so we all loaded up and drove to a really far away McDonalds and on the way there we saw about 5 other ones and asked Dad "how about there?!""No there is a better one up here" he would say "Dad why are our pillows in the back?" I asked because I knew something was up "Because we thought you might get tired "oh" I said when we were done eating we wanted dessert but dad said we would stop some where else. By now I knew something was up then we got to grandma & Grandpa's house and everyone was surprised except me but boy did we eat dessert there!

New stuff Rachael says

2006-05-12T19:38:00.001-07:00

Here are some new Rachael says:

peeeeeeeeee (pleeeeeeeeeeeeese?)
he u! (help us!)
my my si (mine mine swim)
gama (Grandma)
gao (Grandpa)

And other stuff I don't remember.

I'm always the one...

2006-05-11T18:32:00.000-07:00

I'm always the one to find out a secret here is list of things that I found out before planned: A secret

road trip (I'll post about that next)
Grandma and Grandpa's many "secret" trips
Us going to a lot of different places
That mom was pregnant
When were eating out at a restaurants

And I'm sure that I'm missing a few things last Sunday I heard a lot of talk about the 11th & 3 days and the zoo and sure enough today Grandma and Grandpa are here!

God's protection over grandpa

2006-05-10T06:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday my Grandpa flew down from Tennessee to pick up a car, for my Aunt Catherine (she bought it from my Dad) when he got here he took us out to eat. Then we went home and Grandpa went to bed shortly after which. In the morning we got up @ 4:45 A.M. We all sat at the table and talked until about 6:00 and grandpa prayed then left. After about 30 minutes later the door opened "surprise!" Called Grandpa through the door "Grandpa!" everyone yelled very surprised "Your back?!?!" said Lydia "I was about 50 Ft away from easy mart and out of nowhere came 4 deer" he hinted "NO" said Dad "yes" said grandpa "you hit 4 deer?” I said "Just one "You did it on purpose so you could come back didn't you!" I said I don't remember what he said. When we went down to look at the car I could barely see the damage all I saw was Gods protection. We all knew the with the front of that car being so low the deer easily went right through the wind shield and hurt Grandpa very badly.

I did not take the picture.

Molars and maturity

2006-05-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

My mom got her 12 year old molars when she was 10. My dad got them when he was 15. I guess I got my mom's teeth, and my older sister Deanna got my dad's, for two reasons. Number 1, enamel. Number 2, timing.
Yesterday Lydia (my third sister) was talking about teeth. She brought up the subject of me having my 12 year old molars before Deanna. She was talking to Deanna, so Deanna said, "So?"
Lydia answered, "That means Kaitlyn is more mature than you."
"What does that have to do with maturity?" Deanna asked.
Lydia's reply made us all laugh: "See, you don't understand because you're so immature."

A post I should have done a long time ago

2006-04-28T13:46:00.000-07:00

In the description to my blog I promised stories of Seven Southern Sisters, And I said some situations might include snakes, stinging scorpions, and today I will tell a story the has to do with my grandpa Brown and a copper head snake (I don't know if I've told yet but my grandma, grandpa, and 7 aunts and uncles moved back from NY) in probably 2004 my grandpa I forget why but he was getting a pan out of the cupboard, I was standing right behind him so I saw the whole thing, he opened the cupboard and slammed it shut for what he saw was nothing other than a copper head ready to strike. Springing into action he turned around and said "Give me two pares of tongs quick! And everybody stay back! ” Then he turned to the back to the cupboard and cautiously opened it and grabbed the snake! Ran out side with it and chopped its head off with a shovel. But it did not die for a really long time so the adults let us hold the body by the tale. The head on the other hand was snapping trying to bight us and it still would have killed us if it could bight us so we weren't aloud to hold it, not that anybody wanted to!

Note to readers:
I did not actually take the picture

A picture

2006-04-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

I made this picture on a little kid program called paint brush and it is what I named my blog after. I am going to make it my blogger Id picture but first I have to put it on the internet. Deanna's has a book on it because everyone knows Deanna loves books. In mine you will see a halo over my head because I'm perfect:). In Lydia's she is all dirty because when we lived in Ohio she would go outside for 20 min and come in and say "Look Mom I'm Grubbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!". In Megan's she is really dark and an indian because she really was like that. In Natalie's there is a rose because her middle name is rose. There isn't much to Becca's but she's cute and short. There is a lamb in Rachael's because her name means ewe (that is hebrew for lamb)

Skunk

2006-04-26T12:06:00.000-07:00

To tell this story I will have to tell 2 stories. In the first I will explain about some roosters. Well, my Dad's boss Mr. Turley gave us 7 roosters to butcher and we were tying string around their legs. We haven't had much experience with roosters so we were a little bit scared of them and we weren't sure how smart they were so we had got 2 tied up we were about to do the next cage. We took the piece of plywood off the top of the cage. One jumped out "Close the cage Deanna!" I yelled as I chased him but before she did another one got out. So she ran after it and as if two weren't bad enough 4 y/o Rebecca opened a little door on the side and let the other three out! So from 11:00 AM- 8:30 PM Saturday we chased roosters through the very thick woods and we only caught two of five that were lose! Monday (butchering day) each one got away at least once. Here is when the skunk comes in. Before all of them were caught I found a feather and a idea. "Lady" I called to our dog and I gave her the feather "Go get it" she ran off in the direction were the woods got even thicker. I followed and I followed her. Every once in while she would stop to take a sniff or to let me catch up. After a while we got to a field she ran over to a pile of brush and started to jump up and down excitedly and run around it as to try and block the "chicken" from getting out. So I walked over to it and saw a skunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ran as fast as I could about twenty feet away and started yelling for Lady to get away from that skunk! She didn't come. Running faster than ever before I went through the thick thick woods and up to the house yelling "Skunk! Skunk! Lady is going to get sprayed by a skunk!" I told mom the whole story and she warned me against letting Lady in if she comes running up as fast as she can from where I saw the skunk because it probably would mean she got sprayed. Later Lady came up but the skunk had not sprayed her thank GOD.

Note to readers:
I did not take this picture

My rabbit

2006-03-23T10:26:00.000-08:00

My rabbit had babys! She had 6!

2 are tiger striped
2 are black
2 are a mixture of white, brown, and black

I will try to put some pictures up later!

Kitchen Scrap Cookies

2006-03-16T09:51:00.000-08:00

Today "instead" of math Mom and me made kitchen scrap cookies. Here is a recipe:

1/2 cup butter
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1 c. cold cooked oatmeal
1-1/4 c. flour (using 1 cup WW pastry flour makes a crisper cookie)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. bkg. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

Up to 1 additional cup uncooked oats, rolled or steel cut,

Add at least 1 cup of kitchen scraps like:

Cup cakes
Oat meal (with raisins and/or apples optional)
Coconut

Cream butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Lightly sprinkle flour, salt, soda, and cinnamon. Add to wet ingredients. Mix batter with cooked oatmeal and add-in's. The finished batter should have a semi-stiff consistency, or stay rounded as you drop the teaspoons on the sheet.

Bake at 350* 12-15 minutes on a very lightly greased cookie sheet until the edges are brown.

These could sound very weird but once you take a bite the first one you won’t stop!

Now I have to take some cookies out of the oven!

2 Yellow Jacket Stories

2006-03-14T12:09:00.000-08:00

Deanna and The Yellow Jacket

While we were on lunch break from school we noticed a Yellow Jacket fly into the house. "u-oh a bee," I said. We all held still for a second or two. We thought it had started to charge. "Duck in cover!" I yelled as I ran for the bathroom. After in safety I thought for a second or two. "A good soldier never leaves a man behind!" I said to myself quietly. Slowly I emerged from my hiding place. The horrible yellow jacket was nowhere to be seen... everyone was still... and then in a horrified voice Lydia shouted, "Deanna it's on your shoe!!!!!!!!!" Deanna looked down in horror and screamed the loudest, the most horrefiedest scream you could imagine! All in one motion she jumped, kicked her shoe off and single footedly hopped away into the kitchen. Immediately we all started laughing. When we had fully recovered, springing into action I jumped into the air and landed on the shoe (which the yellow jacket was under and now flattened) "da da!" I said as I took a bow.

A Closer look
A short but true story by Kaitlyn Coghlan.

About an hour ago, I noticed that yet another Yellow Jacket flew in the door and tried to fly out the screened window. I got a cup and a piece of paper and pulled a chair up close to the window, careful not to aggravate the bee. I slipped onto the chair and watched the bee go closer and further from the edge of the window but I never really had a chance to catch it, so I got down. Then Deanna started to walk by me. "Hey Deanna," I started slyly "I'll play with you in the wheelbarrow with barbies and water if you catch the bee on the window with this cup." I handed her the cup. "OK," she said. Then she unsuccessfully tried to do as I asked. Then seeing the perfect chance I took the cup and plunged at the window with it. " I got it! Hand me the paper!" I shouted. I slipped the paper underneath the cup and captured the bee! Very, very carefully, I took the cup to the freezer and put the cup in it. Two minutes later I took it out but the bee wasn't in it! So I slipped a glove on and picked up the bee, set it in the cup, and took a closer look.

the end, I mean,

THE END

I won't be able to post very often

2006-02-15T11:07:00.000-08:00

Sorry to inform you that the cooling fan in our laptop is broken and I won't be able to post very often :( it's not permanent because Mom and Dad are going to get it fixed:)

I think:(

Kaitlyn

A mime in Hawaii

2006-02-02T13:36:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of a mime in Hawaii. He would wait for people that thought he was a statue to get too close and he would scare them!

Mom and Dad went to Hawaii!

2006-01-27T10:34:00.000-08:00

It was a business trip:) they had to work two whole hours out of six day and they only had 5 1/2 days to do what they wanted how unreasonable is that! Just kidding :) While Mom and Dad were there us kids got to stay uncle Justin and Aunt Steph's house and they have cable TV. I drew the picture on the left. Over the next couple of days I'll be posting some pictures of Mom and Dad at
_ _ _ _ _ _
fill in the blanks!

A Scorpion

2006-01-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

We called it the cereal stinger like a cereal killer only it just stings you and it does not kill you well one night I was laying on the couch and I felt something sting me it HURT! "OUCH!" I yelped I started to sob Deanna and my aunt Brianna were sleeping on the floor next to the couch so they got a wet paper towel to put on it. The next Friday Megan got stung on the hand Because she slept on the couch the only person who didn't get stung was my aunt Steph.

Free Cheese

2006-01-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

One day we were walking in to Wal-Mart and we saw a whole 1 pound Block of Cheddar Cheese! we looked around and figured nobody would come back looking for it a man in a truck saw us and said "I would take it if I were you!" so we did and it was fine there want anything wrong with it. :)

3 really good E-Z Recipes

2006-01-06T18:01:00.001-08:00

Vanilla Milk

8 oz of milk
1/2 tsp of vanilla
1/2 tsp of sugar

Mix it all up and enjoy it!

For moms:
Cold coffee

1 cup of milk
1 tsp of instant coffee
2 tsp of sugar

banana peanut-butter smoothies

3 peeled and frozen bananas
3 cups of milk
a blob of peanut-butter
you can put a very small splash of Vanilla in

it depends on how much you like the peanut-butter it could be more or less, just put the milk, the blob of peanut-butter and the bananas together in the blender or smoothy maker and blend!

Another Thing I Got For Christmas...

2006-01-06T11:25:00.001-08:00

Another Thing I Got For Christmas is from my Uncle Ben (Benjamin) he got me a 3-D model of St Patrick's cathedral It's not really a puzzle but it's cardboard it looks a little hard but I think I can do it!:)

Our Christmas eve and Christmas Day

2006-01-04T12:58:00.000-08:00

On Christmas eve we had our Christmas dinner at our aunt Steph & Uncle Justin's house when we were done we were much to stuffed for desert so we decided to have it at our house on Christmas day after that we watched some Christmas moves on TV, nothing good seemed to come on until the best one, the classic The Christmas Story! Our favorite!

Now on Christmas day we got a rather slow start and didn't open the presents until a bit late but when it happened we got what seemed like ton of presents! The little girls got baskets, and babies, and pencils etc. and the big girls Oh we got too much to list! Our present from Mom and Dad to all of us was a trampling (trampoline) after the presents were done 2-4 hours we ate a little and
Put the trampling together and trampled each other (Jumped)

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

2006-01-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite .

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

..............There , now you know everything!

I don't actually know if all of it is true but I think Most of it is (I got this it a E-mail a while ago)

Right on her Birthday!

2006-01-03T13:43:00.000-08:00

My little sis bec still thinks it is such a coincidence that she was born on her Birthday!

Happy New Year!!!

2006-01-01T17:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everybody!!!

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-27T14:44:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS

EVERYBODY !!!!!!

Christmas

2005-12-18T16:46:00.000-08:00

On holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the 4th of July, we (the Coghlans) all sit at the table and discuss why we celebrate. Dad always tells us that we don't actually know the date of Christ's birth. The reason we celebrate Christmas on December 25th is that on December 25th there was a pagan holiday. So the apostles said, "Hey guys. How about instead of doing that, you celebrate this!" And they said, "Yeah!" I'll have to say my favorite Christmas story is called, "Christmas Every Day." It's about a little girl writing a letter to the "Christmas fairy." She asks her to make it Christmas every day. So the first Christmas comes. Then the next morning her brothers and sisters rushed into her room, woke her up, and said, "It's Christmas again! There's a bunch of presents in the library!" The little girl was so excited! She got up and ran down to the library. And her wish had come true! but after about 100-200 Christmases everyone got tiered of it! So the little girl even though she did not want to sound ungrateful wrote to the "Christmas fairy" and asked her to stop Christmas! So she did.