Music

I finally got music on my blog with Brooklyns help. These are some of my favorite songs, except the Long Black Train voice sounds distorted. It usually sounds like a man is singing it.....not a squirrel. I especially like the song Bad Day and Bubbly; two of my favorites. The controls for the volume and songs are down at the bottom of the blog. Sorry they're so down there; they wouldn't work anywhere else. ~ Enjoy, sourpatch

Happy Birthday Mrs. Susan!

Today, we went, again, to the IBLP class this morning. It was about 3 1/2 hours long. Aghhh!! After this, we went to Wendys and got some food and then I got my eyebrows done. I hate doing this!! Pain = beauty is what I'm told.

By the way, happy birthday Mrs. Susan!! Hope you have a good one! Let us know what you do today! ~ sourpatch

My Newton Derby Car

For science, I have to make a Newton Derby car. This means I have to make a car to race, and it has to pertain to the laws of physics. I chose to do a balloon car. My dad helped me with it a lot. I made it out of Kenex (sp?). I just blow a balloon up and place it in the car's "stand". Then I let go and it goes, a little way. I'm pretty pleased with it!

Pizza

We had frozen pizzas tonight for dinner. We had Red Baron and a Wal-Mart pizza. The Wal-Mart pizzas are really good; they don't skip any toppings! Digornio pizzas top them all though!! Just thought I'd update you. Also, Rachel got some lovely blue flower fabric at Hancocks for the back of her quilt. Hopefully, she'll post a picture of it, or maybe I'll have to do it.... sourpatch

Science

Nothing much has happened today, except for science. Right now, I'm not exactly sure where mom and Rachel are. Probably at Hancock Fabrics picking out something to back her quilt with. There is pollen EVERYWHERE!! We have the windows open, so I bet there's pollen coming in while we speak, I mean type. I'll try and post later with worthwhile information.

NBA Basketball Bloopers

I posted this along time ago, but it was a link. I like the one the best when he slams the ball down and it bounces in his face. That's almost happened to me before!! At home, you don't see that side of me ... thankfully.

The New Public Library & Bowling

Right now, I am in the new public library. They have updated it so much! Although it does not look any bigger than the old one, it is a lot nicer! They have a lot of tutoring rooms and a lounge where you can read periodicals and newspapers. We are going to start meeting here for our sewing group again. We were meeting at the old library, but because of the "move", we were meeting at a local church. I wasn't able to go into the room we're going to be meeting in (because it was locked), but I'm sure it's really nice.... Rachel is exciting because of the big selection of knitting, crocheting, & sewing books. They haven't gotten many more books, but since the library was closed for 3 weeks, all the books were returned. I'll keep typing, because I like the way this keyboard types. Kind of like the way I like certain books because of the way the pages turn. OCD, I know. Also, bowling was this afternoon. I didn't do very well today, but Jessica did wonderful! (kudos to you!) It was funny because I got 108 each game, scratch. We won 2 out of 3 games. Also, I want to go to the rec center for a membership. Except mom wants to go tomorrow so she'll have her make-up on for the picture. Also, there is this program for younger members where we can get our own cards. We have to take a tour like thing so we can use the weight machines. That's pretty much everything that's happened today. Maybe dad will take us out to eat tonight....

Pajama Pants

These are the pajama pants that I was working on in sewing class. I especially love the fabric. They're a little wide, but REALLY comfortable. I wore them to sleep in yesterday night. Rachel really helped me a lot on this pants. They were more complicated than I thought, but well worth the effort. Thanks Mrs. Winter and Rachel for helping me on this project!! (For those that don't know, Mrs. Winter is the 4-H sewing teacher).

My Pin Cushion

Okay, so I admit it, I tried making one of those little pin cushions that Rachel made. The first one went like so:I know! You don't have to tell me it's ugly, I already know. This picture is after Rachel "fixed" it. Part of the problem is I can't sew in a circle so the shape is a little deranged. It's also a little (more like a lot) lopsided. I blame it on the stuffing!! I attempted a rectangle one this morning after school. It turned out well except for the fact that the string doesn't match the fabric. But overall, I'm pleased with it. I made it out of part of a "fat corner" that Mrs. Winter gave me. I used another one of Rachel's buttons also. I whipstiched it close at the end where I stuffed it. At least I think that's a whipstich.... sourpatch

Science Class, 4-H Club, & SGA

This morning I had science class, then I went with Mrs. Ringley to 4-H. (She's my science teacher, and supporter and major contributor to the 4-H Club and 4-H Honor Club) Except we went by Wendy's for some food first. Wendy's is really a nice fast food restaurant; their salads are good, too.... Anyway, back to subject, at 4-H today, Mrs. Winter held a Cooking Chemistry demonstration that was fascinating. She did some baking soda and vinegar demonstrations as well as yeast. I've seen this before, but she did a demonstration with a balloon and bottle; so where the gas blew the balloon up. We also watched a video on Teen Budgeting. It went over debt, credit cards, interest, etc.

Here is the picture of the craft we did:

We took a gardening glove and tucked the thumb in. We then took a little wooden carrot cut-out and colored it orange with a Magic Marker. Then take a piece of green felt and cut it in a carrot top shape. Hot glue the felt to the "carrot". Then take pom poms and hot glue them to the back, for a tail, and to the front for a nose. Don't forget to hot glue the googly eyes as well and you can draw whiskers and a mouth on. Also, stuff the two middle fingers with stuffing, and color them. They are your bunny's ears. Stuff them enough so they can stand up straight. Also, I got glued the carrot in the "pouch" because it kept falling out. Then wal-la! It makes a cute little craft.

Right after 4-H, we have our Student Government Association (SGA) meeting for officers. I was a grade rep and Rachel was previously the treasurer. We had elections, so it turns out that Rachel got President of SGA. I am going to run for grade rep again, as I am not old enough for a higher office. They won't have this election until next year when SGA starts back up again (it ended for the year). They are talking about going to that Incredible Pizza place for a end of year get together. Several seniors are leaving, so that's really sad. We want to squeeze in as much time with them as humanly possible before they go. One of them is going to Ohio for college.... (:sob, sob:)

That's pretty much it. Rachel is pestering me to help her with "taking apart jeans" for quilts and the like. tootles, sourpatch

Brooklyn

This is Brooklyn, a friend of Rachel's. She has decided to start a blog as well. Her address is in my links. She is really crafty and takes extraordinary photography. Her blog is craft centered.

sourpatch

Pool Table Trick Shot

I wonder how many pool tables they used? - sourpatch

Empty Mondays

I can't believe that I actually have nothing to do today! All year we have had jam-packed schedules of things to do, and now, nothing on Monday's. All we have is Rachels writing class. I used to have basketball on Monday nights, but not since the season ended.... Speaking of which, I went to my basketball banquet two moons ago. It was very nice, they had a slideshow of pictures that all the moms had taken during the year. We also had a lovely catered dinner (I do wonder where it was from....) containing: fried chicken, spaghetti, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and rolls. We also arrived early and watched the game on a huge screen TV. I don't know exactly how big it was, but it was pretty big!! During halftime, the whole Nighthawk clan went to the basketball courts to play knockout. All of the girls whooped the guys. Teehee! Anway, it was fun. We also got a red Nighthawk shirt instead of a trophy. Signing Out - sourpatch

My Homemade Photo Album

This is my homemade photo album that I made in photography class on Tuesday. It is kind of complicated to explain how to make, but there are a lot of great directions you can find on Google. I don't yet have pictures in it....Here are some pics (the words go with the picture above them ^_^):

This is the front of the album.

This is my first page. There are pockets that come out of the sides. These are called tabs. I put ribbon on them so I can pull them out....

This is another page. I just love the prints on all these pages!!

This is just one of my favorite "tabs".

As I said, I haven't put pictures on yet, but hopefully I'll get around to it.

sourpatch *_*

Explanation for NO POST!

Apparently, I am in big trouble for not posting yesterday. I knew that was going to happen!! Well here goes my excuse(!!): We woke up 30 minutes before we had to go to the IBLP (Institute in Basic Life Principles) class. We actually had to drop my brother off at my grandma's house because he isn't really able to sit still that long. We scraped in on time though. That class lasted from 9:00-12:00. Then we raced home to have a bite to eat (and I took a shower) and then loaded up everything for sewing and photography. We then raced to sewing. Sewing and photography are back-to-back and start at 1:30 and go until 4:30. I drove home and unloaded everything. I cooked some cheese toast for dinner and mom heated up some left-overs for herself. Then we dashed out of the house to leave for Bekah's party. We were kind of a little late, but oh well. We almost ran out of gas on the way there, too. The party lasted from 6:00-10:00. Then Mrs. Susan drove me home. I was thoroughly exhausted when I got home (mind you it was about 10:45 then). I got ready for bed and then conked out soon. So there's my explanation. Later, hopefully I'm going to take a picture of my photo album that I made and post about it. sourpatch

Notebook Craft

This is a notebook that I made for a friend's birthday. What I did was to take a composition notebook and cover it with decorative paper on the front and the back. After that, cut a piece of ribbon and use a glue stick to glue it to the book, and wrap the ends around it to the back of the front. I swiped a couple of Rachel's spare buttons and hot glued them to the front of the book. Not a bad little gift.... I was going to take pictures step by step, but I forgot about that. Hey, ttyl, sourpatch (don't forget to post!!)

Bowling/Errands

Today is Wednesday, meaning that I go bowling this afternoon. We got beaten on all three games, but none of us were playing real well. We're still winning in our category, but not by much now, so we need to keep working at it. After bowling, we went home and then went to a local recreation center to see about getting a membership. We had a membership there about 3 years ago, but now, since I'm older, I can use the weight room. That's especially exciting! We can also start swimming in the wintertime. My grandma has a pool, so we swim there in the summer, although it is in full sun, so it does get a little hot at times.... Later today, we also went to Hobby Lobby where we got materials for a friend's birthday gift and for the craft we're going to make in photography on Friday. We're making a picture frame. The way it sounds, it's going to look really cute. But, we all know I'm not crafty, so you never know! I better go now and assemble the gift. Remember to post daily!!!!(I'm waiting.....) :) :) sourpatch

Sakura

A friend of mine has decided to start a blog. Jessica and Mary might know her from somewhere. Her address is in my links. I know her from 4-H and science class. Her screen name is Sakura. You might take a look at it. She's a great, fun, bubbly girl. sourpatch

Blogging 101

I have a little extra time, so I'm going to write a Blogging 101 to help others with their skills in blogging -- or lack of said skill.

1. Post every day. (It gets boring when you keep checking other blogs and find no new posts...Or if you can't post every day, then make sure you post 5 days out of the week.)
2. Don't choose pastel colors for your type. (Or for that matter, don't choose any pastel colors.)
3. Post with pictures as often as possible. (Don't post about an item you made with no pics; that's no good!)
4. Ask questions! (If nobody asks questions about others, there's nothing to talk about.)
5. Answer questions! (Don't just leave others hanging!)
6. Give your opinion, (even if you're brutally honest.)
7. Use some humor in your posts and comments -- (even if you're not good at it.)
8. Fill out your "About" page. (We all want to see what you're interested in.)
9. Get a blogger template and stick with it. (I can understand changing every couple of weeks or so, but changing every day gets a little bit confusing.)
10. Post about anything. (Referring to #1. Post about anything! If it's what TV channel you're watching, we want to hear about it. Anything that's usually normal in your life is a lot of times great to other people.)
11. Throw in "extras" on your blog. (Polls, pictures, anything! We want things to do and look at on your blog.)
12. Have worthwhile content. (It may be a little disappointing to readers when you just post with a link or a couple of sentences.)
13. Use links with your writing. (Good job Mary!)
14. Create "How To's" on your blog. (Again, great job Mary!)
15. Spell-check (Make sure that your posts don't have too many mistakes.)

Hope this helped some. I do realize I'm not the best at some of these things. Don't take it that way.... Happy posting, sourpatch.

Shopping Trip

Yesterday, as you know, I went shopping with Rachel and mom. Rachel and I both found a pair of shoes at the Shoe Carnival. I got some white sandals that can be worn casually and to church. Rachel got some country print "slippers," as we like to call them. They're kind of hard to describe. I still need some more tennis shoes though. We went to CATO afterwards. (I used to think this was a store for cats; I also used to think that "Cattle Xing" signs were called: Cattle Zings. I know, I'm crazy, but I blame it on mom.) We tried on tons of stuff, but nothing really worked. Rachel got a nice suit ($10 bucks mind you) and also a skirt. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on what's going on! ttyl, sourpatch