My one and only poem...what do ya think? I know I'm not much of a poet...xP

Apon that Tree

As I looked upon my Savior

Bleeding on that tree

I wondered why he loved me

So much he'd die for me

I had betrayed him

So many times before

My sins had put him there

On his brow a crown of thorns

Beat into his Holy flesh

Were nails

In his hands

In his feet

His hands out stretched

Out stretched on that cross

For me

Oh Why would he do such a thing?

For someone such as me?

A sinner

Cheater

Liar

Hater

Oh why was he on that cross

When the real criminal was me?

His Holy flesh was beaten and torn

While mine was being washed clean

With his blood

Flowing beneath the tree

He washed me clean

Why, oh why did he do this?

Because he loves you

And me

Yea, so that's it. Please honestly tell me what you think of it, what I should change, etc...

Thanks!

Mikayla

Just one quick thing...

Wow...My summer is getting so busy I hardly have time to take a breath, much less blog, do chores or just sit down! I had a spare moment so I thought I'd check in, with one quick thing I want you guys to remember.

Even with all the craziness of summer break or even if your still in school, remember to spend some time with God everyday. I know it's hard getting up earlier or even just trying to find the time, but make an effort to remember.

Hope I'll have a bit of time to blog again soon!

Mikayla

Oh wow...

Oh man it's been a long time since I've posted...So sorry! My parents finally let me get a Facebook account, so I have been doing that instead of my blog.

My apologies!

So anyway...I'm not sure what I should post about...hmm.

Well, I guess I'll just be random then.

I'm out of school for the summer, (YAYY!!!) and I am REALLY enjoying that!

We got a trampoline about a week ago, and we love it.....except I already hurt my back pretty bad. I can't jump for a while. =(

Uhhh....Hmmm. I don't know what else to post about...so...I guess that's it! I'll try to post more often!

Mikayla

God's Grace

Hey Everyone,

I got this as an e-mail forward, and I thought it was a good story. So, I decided to share it with you.

God's Grace It is a shame but this message is very true. Hope you are all as blessed as I was from this story. God Bless!!! I wonder how many people will delete this without reading it because of the title I put on it. There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak... "I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply. "What are you gonna do with them?" I asked. "Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?" "Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them." The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?" "Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing... They ain't even pretty!" "How much?" the pastor asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free. Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story: One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!" "What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!" "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!" "How much? He asked again. Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price. The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit. Note: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell? Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God). Isn't it funny how you can send jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing? Isn't it funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them? I pray, for everyone who sends this to others, that God will bless them in a way special for them.

Hope you enjoyed it!

*mikayla

I need your input!

Hello!

I know I've asked you this many times before, but I need your input--again. I just don't know what to do, or post on, or anything! I really need to know what you think. If you can comment that would be great, I don't even know if anybody is reading anymore.

Thanks,

*mikayla

P.S. If you have any ideas for contests, new pages, posts, or themes, please comment!

New Page!

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to let you know I added a new page to my blog, About me'. Please check it out and tell me what you think, and also, if you have ANY ideas for new pages, PLEASE comment and let me know!

*mikayla

Valentines Day

Hey Everyone!



Well, ever since the Colt's disappointed me on Sunday, I've had a pretty busy week. (BTW, Saint's Fans, it was pretty cool the Saint's won, it being they're first time in the Superbowl).


Monday, my Dad brought home his bosses Cocker Spaniel, Madi, fro us to Dog-sit until he gets home from Hawaii on Thursday. Madi is really sweet and loves laying in my lap, (which is where she is at the moment) following me around and terrorizing the poor cat.


Tuesday, I pretty much just did school and took care of Madi.


Wednesday, Whew! Wednesday morning we went to a Valentine's Day (even though Valentines day isn't until Sunday) skating party from 10-1 o'clock. I had to rent roller-blades, and that was a pretty interesting experiance. First, I don't think they've ever cleaned those things, I could smell past sweaty socks that had been in them the second the girl at the rental counter handed them to me. (XP)

Second, I had to go back and get another pair of equally-smelly skates because the first pair was WAY to big. Now, I wear a size 8 shoe, and when I finally got a pair of skates that fit my foot, it was a size 5. And the ankle part of that thing was HUGE!!! I probably spent twenty minutes trying to tighten them up to be safe enough to skate on. My friend Trever and my brother Dane had the same issue with they're lovely rentals.

Third, the laces on the rental skates were very slippery, so they didn't stay tight very long. Plus, they were to short to double-knot. Great. So every half hour or so I would have to tighten up my laces of risk breaking an ankle.

Anyway, even with all the trouble of renting skates, it was a lot of fun. Here's a picture:



From the Left: Madison, Laura, Sydney and Me.

Sorry this one is blurry! But this was the best one of us actully skating. From left to right it's, Madison, Laura, Me and Sydney. I must of been saying something when my Mom took this picture, since my mouth is open! =)

So, after the skating party was over I went up to Sydney's house for the afternoon, and that was a lot of fun. =) She lives up in the foothills, so her front yard is like the ultimate sledding hill! And, since it just snowed a couple of days ago, there was enough to sled! On one run Sydney and I decided to sled down a different part of the hill together. So, we piled onto the sled and started off.....only to find that the hill we picked was really BuMpY. Er, so;

Bumpy hill+sitting on a sled=wincing every time I sit down today.

So after our painful experiance sledding, (=D) we went to Sydney's youth group, and that was fun as well. We played volleyball, and then did small groups and sermon, then played basketball until my parents picked me up.

When I finally got home I just collasped into bed. Being gone the entire day and doing a ton of different stuff really wore me out. XP

So, that was the beginning of my week!

I'll have to post about the rest of it later.....=)

*mikayla

SuperBowl!!!

Hi!

Today is Feb. 7th, SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!

I'm rooting for the Colts, hope they win!!! =)

How about you?

*mikayla

Picture-Post

Hey,

My Mom suggested to me the other day that I put more pictures on here, so I decided to do a picture-post sort of thing.

So...

Here goes!

This is my Family and I at my big birthday bash this past summer. I look a little goofy, because I had just been soaked by a water balloon. I guess that's what I get for being the Birthday Girl. =)

This is also from my b-day party. This was the winning team of the "Eating Contest" where there were two teams and each had a bag of "Super Spicy Onion Rings." (What an understatement). Whatever team devoured their bag first won. (Starting on the left side) Trever, (the tall one) Parker, Me, Jaxn and Madison. One of the only reasons we won is Jaxn and Parker LOVE hot food. My mouth was on fire when we were done. =0
Here's the rest of my friends. (Starting on the Left) Madison, Me, Sydney, Dane (My brother), Cory, Kyle, Trever and Adam. We all hang out together after our Homeschool Group every Friday, and call ourselves, "The Gang." =) My Dad thinks it fit's perfectly because of a little incident that happened at a local target a while ago concerning us and, uh, being threatened to get out of the store...BUT that's another story for another time!!!

This is another family we're friends with. (Starting on the Left) Me, Joe, Jake, Will, Sarah, Sam, Ben and Dane. My Mom took this picture after a great game of Frisbee Golf, while we were eating a dessert of Peppermint Pie. I'll have to post the recipe later, it's delicious!

Me, slaving away over English...

Me again, punching our rubber-human-punching-bag, Bob. (That really is what he's called). I just love the look on my face in this picture. I've never seen myself looking SO determined...

And...That's about all! I don't want to bore you, so I'll stop here. =)

Hope you enjoyed my Picture-Post!

*mikayla

Health-Nut Banana Split

Hey Everyone!

Since I work-out five nights a week, I don't eat much sugar. But, that also means I don't get all sorts of special desserts that taste oh-so-good.

So, my Mom has been looking for healthy substitute desserts.

Well, she just happened to find this delicious recipe for a healthy banana spit, and it is good. A lot better than you would expect, for it being so healthy.

Just thought I share it with you. It's extremely easy to make.

Here's a Picture:
All you need is:

1 Banana, cut in half long ways

8 oz. of yogurt, any fruit flavor

1/4 C. of Craisins or dried cranberries

1/4 C. of granola

Put both banana halves in a bowl and put the yogurt on top. You may only want to use half of it. Sprinkle the Craisins and Granola on top of the yogurt.

Enjoy!

*mikayla

*Sigh*

Hey Everyone,

My blog has been acting up lately, so I decided to try posting from my
e-mail.

Okay, so now that this is a new year, what should I do on here? I'm not
exactly sure what to post on, and I'm afraid my blog is gonna get boring
pretty soon if I don't come up with a brilliant idea...

So...

Any suggestions?

*mikayla

Happy New Year!

Hey Everyone!

Wow, it seems like we were just celebrating 2009, and we are now celebrating 2010!

This year totally flew by!

More later!

*mikayla

Snow pictures

Here's some photo's of the white Christmas we're having. (Even though it's not Christmas yet, I doubt the snow will melt before Christmas.) This is our backyard. I know, there really isn't THAT much snow, but hey, it's still snow on Christmas.)
This is our front yard. Unfortunately the snow isn't really sticking to the tree yet, so it doesn't look very pretty. This is Zoro, my 5 1/2 pound Chihuahua who hates having his picture taken. But while I was taking the snow pics I caught him off guard, and here's what I got.

Merry Christmas!

*mikayla

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.....

...And my dream is coming true! =)

Colorado is getting a couple inches of snow the next three days, which means, WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Now how awesome is that???

I'll post pics soon!

Merry Christmas!

*mikayla

Daybook

Date... 12/18/09

Starting time... 12:40pm

Mood... Calm. Pretty much done with school for the YEAR.

Outside my window... There's no window near me...lol

I'm thinking... about what I need to get my Pen-Pal for Christmas.

I'm reading...The Westing Game for school right now. It's pretty good, although the plot can be a a bit hard to follow at times. (It was a Newberry honor metal book! You'd think that pick something better written)

I'm listening to...my mom walking on the treadmill.

I'm wearing...Jeans and a royal gorge t-shirt.

Yesterday, I... just stayed home doing school.

I'm excited for...Church on Sunday. It's our Churches annual Christmas play! =)

I'm sad about... I'm not sad at all right now. =)

I'm hungry for....nothing. I just had lunch.

The song stuck inside my head is...I don't have a song stuck in my head right now, thank goodness!!!

I want...Wii sports resort!

I love...homemade apple cider. Mmm!

I loathe...cold, rainy weather with no snow!

This week, my goal is...I don't really have a goal for this week...

Ending time...12:49pm

pics

real quick...(Yes, I'm still up at 12:31am) I was wondering if you guys would want me to post more pictures on my blog.

Please comment if you do!

*yawn* I think I'm gonna go to bed now.....

*mikayla

Grr. can't sleep. again.

Well, here I am on my blog at 12:28pm, unable to sleep. Again. The past couple of nights I haven't been able to go to sleep until past midnight. Grr.

Oh well.

I think I'll go try to catch some Zzzz. Again. *sigh*

*mikayla

P.S. You want a totally random post? I think that's it, lol! =)

Tag!

I found this really cool tag on one of my friend's blogs, and it looked really fun, so I thought I'd do it. =)

1. Do you believe Jesus is the reason for the season? YES! Jesus is the ONLY reason for the Christmas season!

2. Have you ever been in a Christmas Play? Yeah, I did several when little...

3.What is your favorite thing you get in you stocking? Hmmm...I love everything I get in my stocking. Usually earrings and stuff like that. =)

4. What is your best Christmas memory? Ooo, that's tough one! Probably the year I begged and begged and BEGGED for an American girl doll bed and got it! =)

5. What is your favorite Christmas beverage? Homemade Apple cider and Martinelli's. =9 yum!
6. What do you put on your tree top? A white snowflake/star looking thingie...

7. Where do you get your tree? Our tree isn't real, so we get it out of the crawl space. =)

8. Do you go somewhere for Christmas or do you host? We usually go to my Grandma's in the afternoon, but this year we're doing it at our house.

9. Do you have any traditions? We always have pancakes for breakfast and wake our parents up at 7:00am on the dot!

10. How much do you like Christmas? I love it, Love it, LOVE it!!!

11. What do you do on Christmas Eve? We always go to my Grandparents on my Mom's side and open presents from my uncle and them.

12. What do you do on Christmas Day? We open presents in the morning and then we eat breakfast...This year, we're going to have a family Christmas party at our house, instead of going to my Grandma's like all the year's before.

13. What is your favorite Christmas song? I love Carol of the Bells and the entire Casting Crowns Peace on Earth CD, but if I just had to choose one from that CD, it would be I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.

14. What do you really want for a gift this year? Wii games and some board games. =)

15. Favorite treat? Ooo, my Granny's apple pie! Mmm! =9

16. Do you usually have a white Christmas? Not as often as you'd expect in Colorado! About every other year or so...

17. How long did you believe in Santa Clause? I never believed in Santa, even though we've always set out cookies and milk for my brother to munch on at midnight!

18. Who's your favorite reindeer? I don't know, they all have cool names...=)

19. The Christmas present you always wanted but never got? An iPod. =)

20. Last one. What is the best thing about Christmas to you? Getting to spend time with family and celebrating the amazing gift of Jesus Christ!

I tag...

Chris and Dane!

Merry Christmas!!!

*mikayla

P.S. ONLY 9 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!

Traditions

Merry (Early) Christmas!

You probably have already figured this out, but there's only 12 days until Christmas! (Not including today, the 12Th)

Here's a picture of out tree: (The tree's fake, BTW)

Sorry the lighting isn't so good, with the lights on, you can't see the lights on the tree, and with them off, it turns out like this. But I'm pretty sure you all know what a Christmas tree looks like anyway.

I've always loved decorating for Christmas. Our tradition is to do it the day after thanksgiving, so lunch isn't a worry. =) The last two years my parents have let Dane and I put lights around our rooms, and we have little 3 1/2 ft. Christmas trees too.

Here's a picture:

Again, sorry the lighting isn't very good.

I'd like to hear about you Christmas traditions!

*mikayla

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Is anybody still around? I haven't gotten any comments lately!!!

It's okay if your all too busy or bored with my blog.

*mikayla

10 Crazy Questions

I don't really know what to post about today, so I found 10 crazy questions that I thought would be kinda fun to answer. =)

1. Have you ever ridden an elephant? No! Who has???

2. Have you ever eaten squid? Yes, but I didn't know it was squid at the time. It was pretty good!

3. What is one of the crazy things you have done with your best friends? We got kicked out of Target by Security together, but not on purpose!

4. Have you ever held an alligator? Yes, a baby one.

5. Have you ever let a snake slither through your fingers? Well, I've held a snake, but I don't know if it slithered through my fingers or not. I was to busy trying to stop shaking, LOL!

6.What is your first and foremost dream? To be a writer for teens.

7.What is your dream vacation? Hmm...... that's a hard one! I've always thought Australia looked pretty awesome.

8.What is the funniest movie you have ever seen? Probably A Christmas Story, but I'm not sure...Game Plan and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year are good too...

9.What is your favorite song? Probably Casting Crowns, 'I heard the Bells on Christmas Day'.

10. What is your most embarrassing moment? Do I have to answer this one??? Well...it would have to be at my Uncle's wedding a few years ago, when I was running around the reception room and slipped on the wooden floor. The BANG when I landed was so loud everyone heard it and turned around to see me sprawled on the floor. EMBARRASSING!!!

I'd like to read YOUR answers to these questions! =)

*mikayla

I'm gonna be a CrossFit Kid!

Hey Everyone,

I'm going to become a CrossFit Kid! You probably thinking, "What in the world is a 'CrossFit Kid?" or, "Good gravy she is always doing something new!"

Well, a CrossFit Kid is a program for teens and tweens under 18, or teens who can't handle the adult program yet, which is called, you guessed it, CrossFit. It's a program for people who want to get into good physical shape. My Dad found out about it from a guy my Mom works for, and is going to do the adult program while we do the program for kids.

Here's a link for the Adult program:

http://www.crossfit.com/

And the link for the Kid's program:

http://www.crossfitkids.com/

If you visit the Adult website, you can see how vigorous the program is once you work up to that level. The kid's program looks pretty vigorous too, especially for the more advanced CrossFit Kids, who are called, Big Dawgs.

Dane and I will be called Buttercups for the first six months, (I wish that name didn't sound so wimpy) and then Puppies, The Pack, The Porch, and then Big Dawgs. That will take one to two years to accomplish.

I'm pretty excited, you should check it out!

Heading for my first CrossFit Kid workout,

*mikayla

CHRISTMAS!!!

You know what.....I just realized something.

There's only 25 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Isn't that great???

I'm not so much as excited about the presents as I am about the actual Christmas SEASON---since I love baking cookies and pulling out all the decorations and all that good stuff. =)

I'll post a pic of our tree soon, it looks pretty great this year!

*mikayla

I'm back.....

I'M BACK!!!

But---unfortunately---I didn't complete NaNoWriMo. =(

I'm really disappointed. I wanted to complete it SOOO bad, but I didn't realize how many words 50,000 really IS.

It's alot.

Trust me.

So.....

Since I no longer have NaNoWriMo to work on, I will be posting more, and checking my e-mails, and all the other stuff I haven't been doing in a while. =/

Hope to hear from you readers soon! I haven't been getting any comments.....=(

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

*mikayla

Be back soon.....

Hey Everyone,

Since I'm behind on NaNoWriMo, I probably won't be blogging until the end of November. I've been trying to write in all my spare time, but I didn't want to leave you wondering where I was.

See you soon!

*mikayla

Sorry

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted for two days, Friday I was gone all day, and yesterday I didn't feel like getting on the computer.

So.....

I still need your ideas on what to post about, like a theme, or a series or something.

Don't worry, I haven't forgotton about posting a sneek peek of my novel, I'll do that soon.

Right now I'm kinda behind on it though, so I'll probably go work on it now.

I'll post more soon!

*mikayla

Everything is Normal

Well, today has been pretty normal, no mocha's exploding, puppy's getting fixed, or anything new on NaNoWriMo. (BTW, my word count is about 8,100 right now)

I'm holding Zoro, who's squirming to get away, so I'm not getting this done very fast. (I'm typing one-handed) He is very adorable, and cuddly, but at the moment he S-T-I-N-K-S!!!!! We forgot to give him a bath the night before his surgery, so he went to the vet stinky, and came home even stinkier.

And you can't give them a bath for TWO WEEKS.

So we are very anxious for Wednesday to arrive!!!

But other than the little smell issue, he is a very sweet and adorable puppy. Sometimes he nips, and goes in the kitchen in search of any morsel of food when he's not supposed to, but we don't stay mad very long. He is of course punished with the spray bottle, since Chihuahuas HATE water!

In some ways Chihuahuas are like cats, they hate water, love heat, (Both Allie and Zoro will lay in the sun for HOURS) and have to have food and water at all times. Their personalty is pretty similar too, a little stuck up, (Other Chihuahuas, not so much Zoro) harder to train, and love to chase anything that moves. The laser-pointer was a good toy until Allie figured out that the little red, "Bug" came from the little stick thing we were waving around.

Zoro still chases it. =)

So, anyway, I hope I haven't bored you, I really didn't know where I was going with that post, lol. =)

*mikayla

Playin' with blocks---lol!

Okay, since nobody gave me any ideas to post about, I'm going to have to punish you by blogging about playing with blocks.

Just kidding!

I do want to show you a picture of the game of Tumble Tower Dane and I were playing Tuesday night, which got very nerve wracking, until Dane FINALLY knocked it over!

The picture you see below is about six rounds before it finally fell down. So it was even taller than this when it collapsed.
When we started it looked like this, so we almost build it twice as high as the original.

You should play it sometime!

*mikayla

The American Hero

The American Hero

by Roger Robicheau

The American Hero always comes through
To capture our hearts with a spirit so true

Some proudly are soldiers who march in harm’s way
Insuring our freedom, courageous they stay

While others come forth as civilians so brave
Determined in purpose, so steadfast to save

We should always keep clear a place in our heart
For each has a value beyond precious art

Their duty to country will not be surpassed
Please honor their courage, for some it’s their last

We live in a world which can be hard to bear
Thank God for these people, how greatly they care

Do ponder new heroes and what they will face
And pray for their safety no matter their place

Our heritage brings out the best, we all know
Our great book of heroes is destined to grow

Isn't that a good poem??? I usually hate them, but this one I like.

*mikayla

P.S. LET US NOT ONLY REMEMBER THEM ONE DAY PER YEAR, BUT EVERYDAY, FOR OUR FREEDOM IS BECAUSE OF THEIRSACRIFICE!!!

Let us remember.....

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!

Let us remember all who have served and died for us!

May we keep them in our prayers, and not only remember them one day per year, but each and every day, since they serve US not only one day per year, but everyday!

Introducing.....ALLIE!!!

This is my very, well, INTERESTING cat, Allie!

Here is a little bit of information on her:

FULL NAME: Allie Miranda Veasman

AGE: 5 1/2

BIRTHDAY: Probably sometime in August. We tell her Happy Birthday on the 15Th.

WEIGHT: About 16 lbs.

PERSONALITY: Sweet, grouchy, the usual cat.

MEDICAL ISSUES: Only that she's a little overweight.

We got her from a little cat shelter almost four years ago, about six days after our other cat, Midnight died. The shelter is called "Almost Home Adoptions" which I think is a great name! When we first brought her home she was so skinny we could feel her ribcage, and she was scared to death! She went and hid behind a couch, (talk about skinny!) and we couldn't get her out of there for a while.

Once she got comfortable with us, she began acting allot like Midnight, so we think he left a list of Kitty-Rules in the litter box or something. =)

Here's what we think they are:

• Always lay at the top of stairs or in hallways where they trip over you (No worries, they never step on you)
• Right after they vacuum the entire house, scratch, run around like a mad cat, and shed as much fur as possible on the fresh carpet.
• Demand fresh water in the morning/evening.
• Rub yourself all over the clothes that your fur shows up on the most.
• Never let them brush you. ESPECIALLY before they vacuum!!!
• Always lay in Dad's chair, preferably before dinner.
• Rub your paws on the edge of the piano seat.
• When they are gone, jump up on the dining room table and knock over all the water glasses.
• When they leave, sit up in the living room window, so you won't get in trouble for doing it while they are home.
• Never let them forget about feeding you.
• Play in the clean laundry.
• When they get home, greet them at the top of the stairs with an innocent meow.

Believe me, Allie follows these rules to a T! It's pretty funny, because Midnight did all this stuff too.

I just love cats. Don't you? =)

*mikayla

New Poll!

BTW, there's a new poll!

I still haven't decided if I'm gonna do music.....=/

Thanks for participating on BBM!

*mikayla

Hmmm.....

Hmmm.....

What should I post about?

I need a little help!

Well.....I guess since there's really nothing else to post about that I can think of---I'll post about my day.

So.....

School.

I got up this morning and did my reading, then I had breakfast,

*munch munch*

Did Geography, Writing, History, Science and spelling, then had lunch,

*munch munch*

Then did math. I had to do two lessons today since I forgot to do it on Friday after my home school classes, one regular lesson, and a chapter test.

And guess what.....

I GOT AN A-!!!

I know that may not sound like something to be very proud of, but for someone who's been struggling to get something better than a D, I an pretty happy!!!

Since then I've been working on NaNoWriMo, which is going well, except I'm a little bit behind.

Okay, I'm actually a little more than a 'little' behind. About 8,000 words to be precise.

It seems like no matter how much I type, I can never catch up to my daily goal! But it's not like I don't know what to write, I've pretty much got my whole novel written down in my brain, it's just getting it onto my laptop that's the issue. =/

I guess I'll just keep working toward 50,000 one word at a time.....

*sigh*

*mikayla

So.....

So.....

What do you want me to blog about on BBM?

Some sort of theme, maybe?

Photography?

Writing?

School?

Any ideas?

Please comment and let me know!

*mikayla

P.S. Anybody want a sneak peek of my novel? (Still untitled at this time) Comment if you do!

New poll

Hello,

Real quick I just wanted to let you know that there's a new poll.

Please vote! Only open one week.

Gonna go work on NaNoWriMo!

*mikayla

Yikes!

Have you ever heard of the "Magic Bullet"?

It's a special kind of blender that looks like, (you guessed it!) a bullet. We just bought one the other day, and it's really handy for making smoothies and such. I like to drink a smoothie per day, and the bullet is very nice because it doesn't make a huge mess like a regular blender.

Well anyway, the Magic Bullet comes with a little recipe book, and earlier today my mom and I decided to try a iced mocha recipe out of it. But instead of using coffee, (We aren't coffee drinkers, except for an occasional Starbucks) we used a powder that tastes and smells like coffee, but doesn't have the caffeine. (I'd tell you what it is, but I forgot what it's called)

We put the ingredients into the bullet, and thought it looked a little full, but we were sure it would be okay, and not spill over or anything like that.

Wrong.

I was just about to turn it on when the doorbell rang, (of course) and Mom went to see who it was. I waited for a minute, but she didn't come back, so I figured it was somebody we knew and it would be okay if I started it up. I pushed it down and locked it on, and the bullet started to work on making our mocha.

Now, you need to understand that the magic bullet doesn't have an on/off switch. To turn it on you plug it in and push down on the jar thingy that has the ingredients in it. You can either keep holding it down or twist and lock it into place. I, of course, locked it.

It was doing fine for a moment---then, poof!

Mocha began pouring out of the lid and down the bullet onto the stove, then onto the floor. I, of course, panicked and tried to unlock the thing, but that only made MORE mocha come out since I accidentally pulled the lid off. I finally gave up and pulled the plug---just as Mom headed back into the kitchen.

Now, I wasn't in any trouble or anything, since we didn't know that we could only fill the bullet half as full as we just did, so we both got to work cleaning up all the mocha. I was almost done cleaning the floor when I noticed a little line in the middle of the bullet, that said, FILL MAXIMUM.

Great.

So that was my little event for the day, besides cleaning my room. (I was having a hard time writing with my room being a wreck!) Oh, and just so you know, I'm not discouraging getting magic bullets, they really are great.

Just make sure you know where the FILL MAXIMUM is!!!

*mikayla

P.S. For those participating in NaNoWriMo, they are encouraging everyone to try to complete at least 15,000 words by Monday. I'm trying my hardest, but that's a lot of words! =/

Poor Zoro. =(

NaNoWriMo word count update: 5,672

Poor Zoro.

The little guy is now almost six months old, (Will be on the 9Th) and got 'Fixed' Wednesday.

Here's a picture of him with his cone on:

Don't you feel sorry for him??? He absolutely HATED the cone, but he had to wear it so he wouldn't lick himself and get an infection.

It was kinda funny though, (In that very tragic sort of way) because every time we would put his cone on, it was as if it paralyzed him. Seriously, he wouldn't move---AT ALL. Not even his eyes. They just fixed on your eyes and started watering up, as if to say, "How could you DO THIS TO ME???"

He isn't wearing it any more though, since he's not licking, and those poor, pleading eyes would kill you if you looked at them to long. =)

*mikayla

BREAKING NEWS ON NANOWRIMO!!!

So sorry about posting on NaNoWriMo again, but I just got on their website, and they introduced a NEW PRIZE!

ALL 2009 NaNoWriMo winners will get a FREE paper-back copy of their book! They did this last year, and decided to do it again!

Click here to read more.....
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3286025

I am defiantly gonna try to win now!!!

Gonna go type my fingers off some more...

*mikayla

AHHH!!!

AHH! My fingers are going to kill me pretty soon. It seems like I've been writing all the time, even though I really haven't made all that much progress. I didn't make it to my 6,668 works goal yesterday, so TODAY I have to get my word count up to 8334.

Yikes.

I even stayed up until midnight last night writing.

I really want to complete this thing, just so I can say I have written quite a bit. Even if I'm only 13.

Hey, never to young to start practicing, right?

If I do complete my goal of 50,000 words, I'll send it to NaNoWriMo between 11/25 and 11/30 to get a special certificate saying I completed NaNoWriMo, a banner for my blog, and my name on the winners page.

There aren't any special prizes for best writing or plot or anything like that, they just want all of the "I'd like to write a novel someday" people to finally sit down and write a novel, even though a 50,000 word novel is pretty short. You can create a bigger goal for yourself, but you'd have to be a really fast typist to complete it!

Now, if you aren't sure you could do 50,000 words, you can go to the home page of NaNoWriMo, http://nanowrimo.org/
and click on the link for the kids website, for people ages 17 and under, who want a smaller goal.

I hope somebody will join me in NaNoWriMo!

I'll post soon, and hopefully not about NaNoWriMo! Sorry if I'm boring you.....=)

*mikayla

Almost forgot.....

Oh! I almost forgot---You can go see what NaNoWriMo is all about at:

http://nanowrimo.org

My username is:

mikayla_writer

Go to the seach page and look me up!

Gotta go write!

*mikayla

NaNoWriMo!

NaNoWriMo!!! No, that isn't baby gibberish, (even though it kinda sounds like it if you say it fast) it's National Novel Writing Month!

I am still trying to decide if I really want to commit to it, since writing 50,000 words in one month can be a bit, well, frustrating, and maybe, a little, HARD. Especially for me since I'm just a beginner, and the longest thing I've ever written is about 3,000 words. Big difference between 50,000 and 3,000, ya know?

I have been working a little bit on a story I started a few months ago, and so far I have a grand total of.....(drum-roll please) 2,895 words!!! Only 47,105 to go!!! Since it is already the 4Th of November I need to finish up today with at least 6,668, so I've got to write 3,773 tonight.

If I'm able to catch up tonight, (big IF, 3,773 is allot of typing!) I'll continue writing about 1,667 words per day to reach my 50,000 word goal. Whew! I better get with it!

I'll post soon!

*mikayla

Hel-lo-o!!!

Hel-lo-o!!!

Hey everyone, and welcome to my blog! I hoping this will be better than shutterfly, since I've been having problems with them for a while. Grrr. Don't you just hate computer issues?

Well, (A very deep subject, lol) anyway, I hope you'll stop by often and read, and I'll try to post everyday. (That's a TRY not a promise!)

Thanks for stoppin' by!

*mikayla