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Playing fetch

2008-03-14T16:45:00.000-07:00

Have you ever played fetch with a dog? I almost acidentaly trained Puddins how to play fetch with a hairband. I slide it across the floor, and she will chase after it and usually she will bring it back to me. She doesn't do it every time, but she does do it most of the time. She is very smart!

Good news and Bad news

2008-03-14T16:29:00.000-07:00

William, Mommy, Daddy and are playing in an orcestra, and we aer having our first concert on sunday! I have gotten several things for the concert! (so has william. He got a mute) I got a mute, a dress, and shoes! I really needed new shoes. Mine were quite Tashi-torn and the leather was rubbing off. My new shoes are just black pumps, but they are my first high heeled shoes that aren't boots!
Daddy has shingles! This is bad. He is very contagious; a "walking death sentence" according to his blog. This is really bad because from now until easter, we have stuff going on every day. Please pray for him.
Yesterday, I accidently shut the drawer on Puddins' paw. She bit my hand because she was panicking. (she wasnn't the only one) Now I have one swollen finger and oone swollen knuckle. It's not infected, and it doesn't hurt too much, but it is very annoying. Thankfully, Puddins came out of it with out a scratch. She doesn't limp, and she still has all four feet. She has forgiven me too. I think she knows it was an accident.

Peanut Training Day 1

2007-11-30T05:46:00.000-08:00

Started : 8:31 am
Finished: 8: 45 am

I started with trying to teach him how to show me that he has chosen a plate. I held a plate and a small piece of bread. I showed him the bread, and then put it on the plate. When he reached for it, I gave him the piece of bread.
I did this test twice, and each time he reached for it immedietly.

Next, I tried it with a cup on top, to see how well his memory worked. I wanted to see if he could remember that there was a treat under the cup. If he reached for the cup, then I would hand him the treat.
I did this three times. The first time he hesitated, but later he reached for it imediatly.

The third test was with two plates, but no cups. I put one small piece of bread on one of the plates, and nothing on the other one. ( I let him see me put the treats on, as always.)
I did this twice. He always picked the plate with the treat, whether it was on the left or the right.

The last test I did today was very tricky. I had two plates, and two cups. I showed him me putting the treat under the cup, then I would offer him the plates. Hopefully, he would choose the plate with the treat under the cup.
I did this three times. Twice he got it wrong, bu the last time he figured it out.

Vue

2007-09-24T08:37:00.000-07:00

Several months ago I found a really neat 3D program called Vue. I made several videos, and I have posted 2 up to youtube. I hope you enjoy them!

Silly bird!

2007-06-28T08:33:00.000-07:00

That was too funny! William was slapping his leg, trying to get Riker to come to him, and then Peanut shouted "OW!". Its like he thought that William was hurting himself! Too funny....

HORSES!!!

2007-06-25T18:33:00.000-07:00

We just returned from Chamber Music Weekend, and I am rather sore. William, my cousin Jo, and I went to a friend's house, and they had two horses! Jo and I were in our matching pinafores, and William was in his Sabbath pants and shirt, so Jo and I took off our outer pinafores and rode in our night-gown-like under dresses. Mine is long sleeved, and it was a very hot day. So you can understand we all needed a shower BADLY before the concert that night. They let us ride, and, as I am out of shape and haven't ridden in a while, I am very sore. But it was worth it. I used to take lessons, as you may remember, but that was dressage. They rode western, and you need a bit more "umph" in your movements. You don't just squeeze with you knees, you kick into the horses sides, etc. One of the super-duper cool things was I got the horse to trot all by my self!!!! And, another reason I am sore is I didn't post properly.. :(

The Concert Saturday night was wonderful! As was vespers. For vespers the division 2 orchestra played three pieces, the first movement of the Brook Green Suite, Appalachian Sunrise, and Contrasts in E Minor.

Interesting Statement

2007-06-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was looking through my history book, and I came across this sentence, which I thought was rather interesting. "Americans loved complicated ways of simplifying everyday life."

A Very Sad Time.

2007-05-31T05:59:00.000-07:00

I have just learned that Bob the Ocicat has died. He was hit by a car a few weeks ago.

New Picasa Web Album

2007-05-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

Wildflowers

New Picasa Web Album

2007-05-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

This one is on pictures of cute animals!

Otters and Other Mammals

Grace is so cute!

2007-04-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

Grace is lying across my shoulder, purring her head off! It is too cute!

My Birthday

2007-02-01T07:13:00.000-08:00

This year I turned 13! I got some things that I have been really wanting. I got an oil paint set from Grandma, which I am going to use for Art class. It is really nice, with 12 brushes and 12 different colors, a palette knife and a stylus.

I also got three books about horses and Gibert and Sullivan's "Gondoliers", one of my favorites!! My friend is going to turn 13 soon too!

So Cute!!

2007-01-16T10:35:00.000-08:00

Soliel decided that it would be a good time to take a nap, and obviously she told this to Charlie somehow. Because as soon as she got comfortable, he started talking softly to her. He used to say things like "hello, peek-a-boo, tick tick tick" etc., when he would take a nap. I think he did this to kind of sing himself to sleep, so it was so sweet that he would lull Soliel to sleep too!

Worst January

2007-01-11T05:24:00.000-08:00

This must be one of the saddest Januarys of my life! We had to put Tiba down last night, and now we only have 5 cats! And it is only 19 days till my birthday!

What's wrong?, Why now?, and Thank you.

2007-01-09T13:08:00.000-08:00

Tiba has been favoring her legs recently. I just noticed today. We don't know what happened, or what is wrong. She is having a hard time walking, and she can't jump at all. She was just fine a few day ago.....

When Mommy and I were out shopping around 10:00, We got a call from Daddy. He said he was not feeling well and he wanted to go home. Whenever someone says they are not feeling well, my heart stops then starts to race. Poor Daddy. He was not feeling good to his stomach. Mommy still has asthma like symtoms, and she does not have the strengh to take care of Daddy.

I do have something to be thankful about. Mommy and I spent the first hours of the day shopping for clothes for me. I have grown a lot since we last bought stuff, so everything was getting VERY SMALL. We got FOUR PAIRS OF JEANS!!!!!! And all of them fit! We also got a very nice jacket, and a turtle neck to go underneath. The jacket reminds me of a riding habit. it is brown plaid, suitish style. We also got me some high heel boots!:)

Lincoln Log Problem

2006-11-29T10:50:00.000-08:00

Has anyone heard of Lincoln logs with more then 4 notches? Becuase I need some. I am trying to make a barn for my model horses, and it would be a lot easier if I had some logs with 6 notches..... Please comment! Thank you!

2006-11-07T14:31:00.000-08:00

Hi! Sorry that I have not posted in a really long time. I have had a cold for a long time, and before that William had a cold, then before that we went to a camperree. So owe have been rather busy. So right no w I am sitting in my room curled under the blankets, keeping my chest worm with my laptop by sitting in a funky angle, and typing and..... You know the story. Oh, and breathing in Mommy's favorite smell of Vicks. (we are using the vaporizer) Grace is at the foot of the bed looking really cute, and right now I am wondering which movie I want to watch next. Or, if I just want to take a nap, or If I want to read a book. I don't know, maybe I will read a book.

Finally!

2006-09-30T05:48:00.000-07:00

Finally, an unscheduled Sabbath! A Sabbath where we could go biking, or just stay in bed all day. We have been needing this. I have just recently (last night, actually) installed Microsoft Office. It is pretty cool, partly because it automatically comes with Windows Media player, so I do not have to open Parrallels when I want to listen to the Prophecy Code.

Rikers little spot

2006-09-28T13:31:00.000-07:00

I put a blanket in one of the shelves of my bookcase because she was going in there a lot, and she loves it!

Socks being Helpful

2006-09-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

This is Socks ontop of my math book. She was being VERY helpful.

Idea For Another Blog

2006-09-23T05:20:00.000-07:00

My brother William loves to work with programming a computer. And he starts talking about I,and then I get interested too. Well, we decided that we would make a new blog just for computer programming so that we can share some little projects we have done, learn by teaching, and keep track of what we have learned. If you like computer programming, whether it be HTML, CSS, or Perl, we will, at some time or another, have what you are looking for. And, if we are lucky, Daddy will come help! Awesome! Well, come visit once we have made it!

Photoshop Elements

2006-09-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

Recently I installed Photoshop Elements on my Macbook. It is awsome! I have a lot of fun playing around with photos that I take with my Macbook. You can turn a picture into a watercolor, or you can reverse the colors. It is very, very cool!

9/11 All Over Again

2006-09-11T09:06:00.000-07:00

Today, you know, is September 11. We have been watching the coverage that had been shown on that day. It was even worse than I imagined. I was 7 at that time, and while I was horrified, I did not understand it very well. But now I have seen what it did, to airports, to museums, to security in general! Now I can connect what they said, to what actually happened, and it was even worse then I knew. There is something nice about today, though. I don't think that we will have much school today!

My Own Laptop!

2006-09-07T14:29:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Daddy gave me my own laptop! And its a MacBook! I can take pictures, listen to music, and many more things! AND William and I can be on the computer at the same time! This is really, really, super-duper kool!

Sleepover

2006-07-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

The night before last night, I had my first sleepover with my best friend, Kelly. The only way it could of been better, is if it lasted a little longer. We saw one movie (Sumo of the Oprea, Veggie Tales), played a gazillion games, went and picked up Daddy at the Metro Station at nine-something o'clock. During that, William and I taught her about fractuls. We talked about three. One is (as I call it) "William's Crosses", "Somebody-ski's Carpet" (Daddy, if you remember what his name was, plaese let me know!) and "The Dragon Curve". We showed her two pictures of fractuals, one was "William's Crosses" and the other was on the cover of a book, "The Dragon Curve". I should show you a picture of both sometime. We played "Careers", "Formula 1", "Dobule Mikado", and "Seafearers of Catan". We always were wodering whether it was time to go check if she could stay longer, but we did not have too! I just had a lot of fun. I want to have another one some time soon!

Not That Fair

2006-07-16T08:39:00.000-07:00

My best friend was grounded for something she did not do, so I can't play with her today OR tomorrow! And I was hoping she could have a sleepover or even just come over for a little while. This is very sad.

Yesterday

2006-07-16T04:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Sabbath, and I had a lot of fun. William and I listened to the Prophecy Code while I painted. Then the Greenes came over. We ate supper which was home-made pizza! (very good) Then we sang several hymns. It was funny, we never sang any that weren't in the 300's. Then we played a very strange game of Settlers of Catan. The goal was to build a city on one of the golds that were near the end of the board. Also, you could put multiple roads on the same line. Mrs. Greene was getting tired so we rushed through it, but I would like to play it that way again. I wonder what will happen today!

Hello!

2006-07-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

I decided to start over. :) Have you ever gone to Neopets.com?

It is a rather cool website in which you can your own pets, and name them, and feed them, and play with them, and all sorts of fun stuff. There is one spot where you can learn how too draw many different kinds of neopets, such as the

Xweetok
, the Jubjub, and the Mynci . My username is 06Beth and william's is 1992Boychild77.
I have two neopets.

A Xweetok named Memieya.

And a Ogrin named Chenaheehu.