5 MORE DAYS......

Till we go to Mexico/Arizona!! I am so superly excited. Except for, it was colder in Mexico yesterday than it was in Illinois!! We looked at the weather for Arizona and it's supposed to be in the high 60's. So not too warm. :-( We're going to be in Mexico for 4 days, although I wish we were staying longer. And then, we're going to be in Arizona for 5 days, staying at a condo.

Happy New Year!

Love ya'll bunches n bunches!
wendi

Merry Christmas!! (even though it's a little late) I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas like I did. It was full of family, food and fun.
Saturday was the Pfaffmann Christmas at Uncle Jack's. We watched The Polar Express and as usual, ate too much and then went on a walk.
Sunday was our own family Christmas. After church, we picked up Bernardi's chicken(which is the best chicken EVER!), and then opened presents. I got a lot of stuff for my room and keyboard. Oh, I never mentioned, I got a keyboard for my room about a month ago. I love it!!!
Monday, Christmas Day, we went to church and then went straight to Grandma Schick's. As usual, it was very crowded, but we survived another year. A whole bunch of us played Apples to Apples for about 3 hours. After supper, all the cousins(or most) went to Traever and Andrea's to hang out.
Tuesday was the big Schick Christmas. It was at a church that had a gym, so that was good.... but it was still boring as ever. Afterwards, Jenna spent the night. And then.....Wednesday was day care day! Aunt Jeanne, Jill, Kate & Rachel went shopping for a while so they dropped off all there kids. Then Jessica dropped all hers off. So there was: Amber, Holly, Benj, Wes, Brenna, Kyle, Trenton, Raegan, Ashlyn, Kristy, Eric & Luke. It went great until:
-Trenton hit his teeth against the table and his teeth were bleeding like crazy
-Regean and Ashlyn wanted to eat at the same time
-When Heidi wasn't watching Ashlyn and she kicked her baby food onto the floor with glass and baby food everywhere and everyone stepping in it
-After eating, Reagan spit up all over him, me, and the floor
-And when Brenna spilled cherroies all over the floor.

May I might add that this alll happened within a minute period.

And some pictures!!

The 16 Kids (counting us older ones)
Uncle Tom, Wes, & Baby John
The pile of cousins - L to R:
Jenna, Heidi, Me, & Josh
Linds on the bottom, Ryan on top of her.

Have a great day!!

Happy 83rd Birthday, Grandma!

Monday night was my Piano Recital at Mrs. Schupps. It went good.
Tuesday we went Christmas shopping in Bloomington and then went to BroMenn Hospital to play violins. There was 20 something people there in this huge lobby and it sounded awesome. Afterwards, we went to Pizza Hut.....Cliffie is too cute!!
Wednesday morning I went and helped Linds at school. She picked me up at 7:30 and school got out at 2:15. I don't know how she does it everyday. When I was leaving she told me, "now you know why I always feel like I was ran over by a tractor." :0) The kids were cute but very excited and hyper for Christmas. Straight after helping Linds I went to Kidders and played the piano there. I got a new music book! YAY! :0)
Today is Grandma Schick's 83rd birthday! The adults are going out to eat at the Fish House and then everybody(counting all the kids) is going back to Uncle Tom and Aunt Carol's for a party and cake.


Grandma Schick, 83 Years Old!!!

And...Our 2006 Christmas Letter

Well, Christmas is inching closer, and since nobody got around to writing the Christmas letter earlier, I (Heidi) got assigned the duty last night. So here it goes.
Dad is still busy at work. Even though we don’t have lots of news about him, he faithfully takes care of us all, starting the woodburner each morning so we can wake up to a cozy warm house, and a million other things. Lately, us girls have kept him busy setting mousetraps.
Mom is still home schooling the younger kids, so she stays busy with that. She very much enjoys her great nephews and nieces. Sometimes we wonder if she thinks she’s a grandma to them - she sure takes “grandma rights.”
I just finished my last semester at Illinois Central College, and am looking very forward to starting at Methodist College of Nursing in January. I quit working at the nursing home this summer, and it’s given me lots more free weekend time, which I gladly take advantage of.
Adam got a buck with his bow this year and boy, were we proud of him! He took Driver’s Ed this summer and has been making good use of having his permit. It’s scary. He worked a lot this summer baling hay, helping Uncle Tom, and mowing. He could hardly stand it when all his activity stopped after an emergency appendectomy in July. He loves fishing, hunting, and trapping. Too bad those aren’t subjects in school. Mom is a little less than thrilled about his coon skins laying in her freezer.
Wendi continues to charm our ears with her piano music, and her violin music is getting closer. She’s starting her second year teaching piano lessons to my cousin’s two girls, as well as Luke when he cooperates. She loves kids and babysitting, is a professional shopper, and enjoys talking and being with her friends.
Luke continues to be, well, his unique imaginative self. He loves helping Adam with trapping, playing outside in his forts or sandbox, or turning our living room (and most of the house) into a farm, complete with soybeans and corn all over the floor. He was excited to be able to ride with Uncle Tom during harvest, and is pretty sure he wants to be a farmer.
As usual, this summer took the family (minus me) to St. Germain, Wisconsin. I stayed home because I was taking two summer classes. I had a great time, and I heard they did too. Some of the excitement included lots of fishing, good food, playing guitars in the van on the way up, family time, and a grease fire that burned the grill to the ground (long story).
Well, that is our year in a nutshell. We love hearing from all of you and getting your cards, letters, and pictures in the mail. May God bless you with His presence in this Christmas season.

With love,
Max, Mary, Heidi, Adam, Wendi, & Luke

Christmas Picture

This is our nasty 2006 Christmas picture!

gingerbread house disaster and piano recital

Wednesday I babysat and it went CrAzy. Jamie said she bought a Gingerbread house kit, and if we wanted, we could do it. I thought it sounded like fun, so we proceeded to create a beautiful gingerbread house. First, you must know, I’ve never made a gingerbread house in my life. (Sad, I know)  I was putting the house together, when the boys broke one of the pieces.  Now what was I supposed to do? I was clueless since I had never made a gingerbread house before. They ended up breaking 2 other pieces, and it took me 2 hours just to put it together. After I put it together, it fell apart several times. There was no chimney ‘cause they ate it while I was out of the room for a moment. We started decorating it after 3 hours of trying to put it together. They went nuts on the sprinkles and they were everywhere!!
Thank goodness, Jamie thought it was darling when she came home. I have now learned my lesson. Never make a gingerbread house with two 3 year olds and a 1 year old.
     Thursday night was Amber and Holly’s piano recital here. It went really good except some of the duets didn’t go the greatest.
     Tonight is Kendra and Tess’s choir concert. Jenna’s coming with me, and then we’re going to her house. Maybe we’ll go rollerblading since it’s so warm out! :-)
     Have a great weekend!

No time for blogging..

It’s been almost 2 weeks since I last blogged, which is very unusual for me. But, I’m too busy to blog. So I’m blogging now, but I only have a few minutes cause I have to go help make hot ham n’ cheese for 4-H caroling tonight.
     My Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful.
     I love the snow. I went snowmobiling all day Saturday and for a while yesterday. I love to snowmobile. Except with the one’s the boys have, it seems like there’s more exhaust than snow.
     Yesterday I went shopping and got a boat load. :-)
     Last night I played violins at the home, and there was 4 people there counting me. Not good.
     This month is really busy, so I won’t have time to blog.
     So this is bad, I wrote it in like 2 seconds, but I’ve gotta go help with sandwiches.

     P.S. Kate, I’m so sorry!!!! :-( You have my sympathy. Call me!! :-)

I have a new friend...

His name is Belly Buddy. He was with me 24/7, but since my back is a little better today, he hasn’t been with me as much. Mom made me a doctor’s appointment, but I can’t get in until Monday, and I have a feeling my back’s going to be completely better by then!!
     Last night and tonight Luke and I went “hunting.” When he asked me to go out with him it’s just too cute to say no. :-) Cause all day he comes in all serious and says what he shot, missed or whatever else happened on his adventure. We went in the field behind us and actually did see a buck and a doe.
     Well, time to finish my Blueberry Muffins!!
      Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

mad house

It’s a mad house here this week....

I had a fun weekend...

And now I have to go clean my room cause it’s a disaster.

Oh, and I love comments!!! :-)

Randomness

     I’m going to tell you about my week, but I’m not going to be very specific cause I don’t have time to write that much. We’ll start on Tuesday....
Tuesday morning the Traveling Zoo (the Fritz kids) came. We all went in the field behind our house and walked to see these beautiful horses Luke had discovered. We also discovered huge buck tracks in the field. So all day I was just having fun with Wes until I had to go to piano. *sigh*  These almost 2 hour piano lessons are getting really old.
     Wednesday...was good until our neighbor dogs ran away. Again. I think I’m going to quit that job real soon. Luke and I spent over two hours looking for them. We actually weren’t looking for them for 2 hours, just one. But the other hour we just sat in these people’s ditch we didn’t know, hoping the dogs would come out of the woods. We decided we looked like hitch hikers. Everybody that passed us just stared. We were so bored and tired. Then on our way home we made a band with a plastic sack filled with dog bones, my flip-flops, two dog leashes, a cell phone, and Luke’s tennis shoes. If you really thought about it, it sounded cool, but Luke said it just sounded like we were making a lot of noise. :) Yeah, so we couldn’t get a hold of the owners of the dogs, and we had to leave, so we left. They called us and said they were in there cages when they got home. Our neighbor lady must’ve put them in there.
Wednesday night was ACYF practice. There was hardly anyone there. 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 5 tenors, and 1 bass. We actually didn’t sound too bad for how few people were there.
     Thursday I had no violin cause Kalsey is getting married this weekend. Instead, I went to Gramma’s and I got to go to Wal-Mart!!! Very exciting, since I’ve been trying for a month for someone to take me there. *sigh* I can’t wait till I can drive!!
Thursday night I talked to Kendra for the first time in 4 days. We never go that long without talking to each other. :)
     Today I did my Bio test that I kept putting off. I may have failed it, but it’s finally done! :)
     So here’s a few more random things-

-I loved the weather until today
-Never give your cell phone to Jessica to borrow; she may never give it back!
-Don’t take a shower after Heidi; you will have no hot or warm water whatsoever
-I stepped on a snake Thursday. *shudder* Every time I think of it, it sends shivers down my spine. It was the first snake I’ve seen all year
-I broke my toe on Thursday too
-I was going to post a picture of Adam and his deer, but he doesn’t want me to, so I’m being nice and not posting it.
-I love tootsie rolls

Have a great weekend!

YAY 4 ADAM!

     So it’s Saturday night, and I’m doing much but talking to my dear cousin Katie, who I miss dearly.
     We just got back from going out to the farm because we had to go take a picture of Adam and his buck!! He shot a 6 pointer tonight and it’s a really good size. The past two deer he’s shot at, he could never find.... so this is really exciting!! I’ll post pictures later...
So we were going to go out to eat tonight or do something, but everything kinda got dropped when Adam shot this deer...
     This morning we had a shower here for Jared and Sarah. I hardly had to clean anything. It was great. Wedding showers are really boring.... especially Pampered Chef Showers. :P
     Then this afternoon, Hyde, Nenna, and I went shopping for a little bit. I didn’t get anything. Oh yeah, I got a pretzel. :)

Love ya’ll....

-wenders-

I'm soo tired....

Because it is seriously impossible to sleep at the Leman’s house.

     And, because I biked to Kendra’s today.



[People who has seen/heard about my cheer, (which seems like everyone, thanks to Hyde! :P)  I know, I’m weird....]

GO TIGERS!!

     I’m going for the Tigers. I never get into baseball until the World Series. Guess what?!? I even have a cheer for the Tigers!! It’s really bad cause I made it up in like two seconds.
     When I was little, Kate and I collected baseball cards like crazy. We traded them and always fought over the Sammy Sosa ones. :) I was always so excited when I got to go to Baseball Card City!! I was only 8 years old...I think. I still have my collection downstairs somewhere in a box. They’re probably worth nothing.
     GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!

It's sunny!!

     Weekends are great, you can do whatever you feel like doing, and you don’t have to do any school!! As always, I’ll tell you about my weekend. :)
     Friday afternoon I went to Lori’s scrapbooking workshop. I got there early, and I was the only one there for 3 hours. Kendra went to guitar lessons, and Lori was gone, so I watched Cliff. I didn’t even start scrapbooking until anyone else got there. *sigh* Kendra and I never do anything together anymore.... she’s always too busy. I’m bored pretty much every weekend.
     Saturday, I was going to be the only one home, but I went to Jamie’s soccer game with Linds. Jamie* was goalie most of the time, so we didn’t get to see her play much, but her team won!! After the soccer game, I went to Jenna’s and hung out there all day. We had fun... went to Jimmy John’s for lunch (that place is soo good!!), watched a suspense movie (I hate those...), made cookies, looked at there 3 day old kittens (you can’t hold ‘em, we just looked at them for the longest time. lol), went on our annual bike ride, and went to Wal-Mart. It seemed like a blast to me since I was planning on being home all day alone being bored.  
     Sunday.... was Invite-A-Friend. My mom and dad invited Sticklings, but there kids didn’t come, so it didn’t really seem like we invited anyone. I was with Kendra’s company though, Maria and Amber. I met new people!! :) I love meeting new people... :)

     So that’s about all I have to say.... Oh, cute story! :) On Monday, one of the dogs we take care of ran away. Adam was really mad, so he said he’s quitting the job. So today Luke took over w/me. He was asking how much he’d earn today, and I said $1.50. And he says, “Man, I’m gonna be so rich!!”  :)
     Yesterday I helped Jamie* with the kids. She wasn’t there, the kids weren’t very good, and I’m going tomorrow too.

Love ya’ll!!

*First star is Jamie Schick, my cousin

*Second star is Jamie, you I babysit for.

(Just wanted to make that clear :)

So.....what should I write?

I want to write a post, but I don’t know what about. Nothing exciting ever happens in my life. Just for the warning, this might be a really boring post cause I have no idea what I’m about to write.
Let’s see.....
I’m in the Christmas spirit right now. Kendra got me into it, and now all I’ve been playing on the piano is Christmas, and yeah, I’m just in the Christmas spirit. Which reminds me, earlier today I was playing the piano and Heidi asks me “Is that from Les Miserables?” HAHA, sorry Hyde, but it’s called O come all ye faithful. :)
Ummm..............
Heidi’s moved into my room right now. Am I ever glad we don’t share a room. If you haven’t read Heidi’s mouse “tail” you should definitely check it out. I’m also really glad my room isn’t downstairs. Too many mice and spiders/bugs. And snakes. :) We don’t have snakes downstairs except for we had one after we moved into our house. I was really little, I don’t remember it, but we have a picture of it and  *shudder* it’s disgusting. I hate snakes.
Today I had violin. I think being engaged is making Kalsey.... what’s the word...weird? Not weird.... I don’t know, but she was hilarious today. :)
OK, so this is a really boring post...so sorry to disappoint ya guys.

I have nothing to do, so I'm writing another post.

Tuesday afternoon, I was at Piano lessons for 2 hours.
Late Wednesday afternoon, I got really sick. I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt so awful. I betcha no one can guess what I did!?! :D
     Thursday was Jenna’s 15th birthday!! Everybody’s getting their permits before me.... :( Anyways, I had violin lessons, and then we had a 4-H meeting. It was our first one of the year, so we elected officers. I didn’t even know if I even wanted to be in 4-H again, and I’m the President. :) I thought I was going to be the only older girl in 4-H cause it seemed like everyone dropped out, but Kendra & KaraLea joined again! Yay!
I’m not doing anything today, just catching up on my school and doing some cleaning. Tomorrow, Jenna and I are going shopping. YAY! I need some new clothes....
Well that’s all I have to say. Except for, I’ve been home a lot lately, and I’m ready to get out of the house!!!!! So if anyone is up to doing something with me, call me!! I’m desperate!! :D And I really really wish I could’ve gone to Mexico this weekend. :’(
     

Pictures of the kids

Well, nothing else real exciting has happened since Saturday. Sunday night we had some families over for a cookout. That's about it. Oh yeah! Katie called me!! :)

Here are some pictures of the kids I mentioned in the last post.



Justice, Jordan, and Logan

Logan

Wes

Ashlyn

Kid day

It’s Saturday. And I’m sitting here at the computer bored. I’m not doing anything today, except for tonight is the bible class wiener roast.
Yesterday was a huge kid day!! At 8:30, Ashlyn came, and then at 9:00, the traveling zoo came. (Heidi’s new name for the Fritz kids) They were still all here when I left at 1:00, to go babysit for Jamie. Jamie wasn’t there, and kids were so much better since their mom wasn’t there. I’ll post some pictures of all these cute kids after weekend. :)

Whoops

     I had something here, and I wanted to delete it, but blogger is having some problems. So this is just a mistake post thing.  I have nothing to say, so this is it.

Taylor!!

     This weekend I went to Taylor. It was a blast, but I didn’t get near enough sleep. On Monday I was so tired I could hardly do my schoolwork, and my back was/is killing me. We left on Friday, and on Saturday we went shopping and then went to the hog roast. Eww. I didn’t even eat the meat; I lost my appetite when I saw the pig. :P Saturday night, Shelby and Madi spent the night too. I only got 2 hours of sleep that night, and on Sunday, I was so tired I was sick to my stomach. The first night I slept in a chair (that explains my back problem).  It was so much fun to be with Steph again though. I met a lot of new people, and I love meeting new people. It was tons of fun, and I’m so glad I went. It was the first time I’ve ever been to Taylor, and can’t wait to go back. :)

Random Question

Ok, here’s a question for you guys. You’ll get it right if you know me really well, I just want to know how many people know this. :)

Q: What is my special so-called “talent” that I can do and no one else can (except for a few people) even though they try?

Taffy

During the night Tuesday night, our cute, but old dog, Taffy, died. She stopped eating and drinking the end of last week, and went down hill from there. Her mouth was all bloody, and her eyes were really nasty. We got her to drink a little bit yesterday, but she got way to dehydrated. I checked on her before I went to bed on Tuesday, and as Heidi would say, she was breathing the death rattle.She died in her favorite spot though, under the deck. My dad buried her Tuesday morning behind our shed before going to work. He put bricks around it, and Luke made a cross for it. :) She was 90 years old in dog years, and not very playful, but I'll still miss her. She's the only dog we've ever had, so its kind of a big loss to us. :) She had gray hair. I actually didn't even know that dogs got gray hair. Anyways, now we're fighting over on what kind of dog well get now. I really want a chocolate lab. My mom says we shouldn't even be thinking about it so quick. :) But, we probably won't get one until spring anyways. :(

Linds

Since Linds was the only one who gave me any ideas what to post about, I decided I would use her idea. So, here are some things about my great cousin, Lindsay. :)
     
     Lindsay’s a great cousin!! She has sleepovers for us “little girls,” she plans Schick cousin nights, she’s one of the few people who call me on my cell, and she leaves comments on my blog!! She is also a teacher, she scrapbooks, and she’s healthy. Her classroom is so cute, especially with the “do your best” border. ;) She just bought a new, bigger house, which is exciting cause it means more fun times at Lindsay’s!! She went to Rome, France and I don’t know where else around there this summer. I never did get to see those pictures, Linds.

     So that was kind of a random paragraph. I love ya lots, Linds!!


P.S. Anyone have some new ideas??


     

I love weekends

     That’s why I always blog about them.

Friday night, Kendra came over and spent the night. We sat around and talked and ate ice cream and a million raspberries. We were laughing so hard that I kept choking on them!! It was really kinda scary. :) Saturday morning, Kendra and I babysat at Jamie’s brother’s wedding. We went to their house for a little bit, and then we went to Riverside church. We got them ready for the wedding, in their darling outfits. Then we headed to the botanical gardens for pictures, and that’s where the wedding was too. We were at the gardens for 4 hours, and it got really long. They didn’t feed the kids or us lunch, so we were all starving, hot, tired, and everything else that’s miserable. There was really no place to take kids, so we had to change diapers and stuff under a gazebo. Not fun. And what was really bad, the twin’s outfits were all white with green ties. Note: white outfits and boys do not go. The twins were the ring bearers, so we didn’t have them during the wedding, but we had Dillon and Logan. Dillon would not stop crying, so I didn’t see much of the wedding. But, I guess I was there to baby-sit.... not for the wedding. :D It was weird though, cause I kinda knew the Bride. She was home schooled, and used to be in our choir group. Anyways, once we got back to the church for the reception, it was so much easier. We were in AC, and the boys were tired, so they were really calm. We felt kinda dumb cause we were at the parent’s table, and we didn’t really even know the bride or groom. Basically, during the reception we just played with the boys and then we just watched people dance (to the annoying jazz band) and the kids sat on our laps. That was definitely the most relaxing and best part. We finally got home at about 8, and I had 5 blisters on each foot, and my feet were so sore. The next morning, I could hardly wear my shoes for church, and my arm muscles were really sore.

Sunday I went to Jenna’s and hung out. In the evening, we went out to eat, and went to go see Uncle Bill and Aunt Joan at John and Dot’s. Missed ya, Kate!! :(
     
This morning, I went to the dentist cause I’ve been having really bad toothaches. Turns out, I had a cavity. Annnddd, another one growing!! :\ My very first cavities!!! I wanted to see how long I could go without having one, and it turns out it’s been 14 years!! I guess 13.... cause I didn’t have teeth when I was born.
     
Have a great one on this freezing fall day!!

Pumpkin Festival

Last night I went to the Pumpkin Festival with Kendra. We saw so many people we knew, and hung out with them. We got tickets, and I wasn’t the daredevil I usually am, cause I haven’t been on a ride since I got sick on one. So I went on some pretty boring ones. My favorite ride though, is the Pharaohs Ferry. I went on it twice. =) We split tickets or whatever, and somehow Kendra got to go on more rides than me. When I only had one ticket left, we were trying to decide which one to go on. (Cause not very many good ones takes 1 ticket) When Jordan found out I had never been on a Ferris wheel, she made me go on it. It wasn’t very exciting.... but enjoyable. Oh, and Carni’s freak me out. Especially the one that was running the Ferris wheel. *shudder* After going on rides, we ate. Kendra got pumpkin ice cream, and I got a funnel cake. Wow, those funnel cakes are amazing. That’s always one of my highlights at any festival.:) That’s the only time I get to go to the Pumpkin festival. I’m going to miss the parade on Saturday too, and I can’t remember ever missing the Pumpkin parade. I don’t really mind that much though. Well, off I go to do more Bio. :P

YAY!!!

It’s Sunny!! :)

Kansas & Bio

This past weekend, we went to Kansas to visit Larry and Jill. We left Friday afternoon, with my family (excluding Heidi). No offense to my family or anything, but it’s kinda boring to travel with them. It makes it seem longer. Saturday we sorta slept in, (It’s kinda hard when you’re sleeping in Brenna’s room and she yells for mom early in the morning) and then the guys went to Albany Days while we ran errands or whatever. After, we went to Albany Days too. I guess it’s a big thing in Bern/Sabetha, but my mom and I sure didn’t think so. :)  It might’ve been alright, but it was cold and rainy. So we weren’t there for very long at all. When we came home, it wasn’t nice enough to do anything outside, so I took a nap. When I woke up my aunt and uncle, John and Jeanne were there. That night, we ate supper at about 7, and sat around the table till 9. There is never a dull moment or a boring conversation with Jill there. :) Jill talked a lot about when Heidi was little.... I really wish I was born, and could remember it, cause she sounds like she was quite the child. Very dramatic. Sunday morning, I didn’t feel good at all. So, what did I do? I took oxi-link. It helped, once again and I went to church. We went to Sabetha, and I didn’t know one single person there. After church, we went to the visitation for my Mom’s cousin, Sharon Strahm. In the afternoon, I took a nap, rode the 3-wheeler, and actually read my book. Believe it or not, I’m a very good driver on the 3-wheeler. Even Adam said so, and for Adam to say something like that, you really have to be good at it. :)
Anyways, Monday morning we were going to leave, but since Mom’s cousin died, we stayed for the funeral. Us kids weren’t going to go, but they wanted to leave straight from Sabetha. I watched little kids in the baby room the whole time. Jill said they were my 2nd cousins, but I had never seen them before. I probably have over a hundred 2nd cousins. The way home was long.... Luke was being loud and hyper, so they turned “Hank the Cow Dog” on for the rest of the way home. I think I’m getting used to that or something.... I didn’t mind it as much. Wow, actually liking the listen to “Hank the Cow Dog”.... now that’s a scary thought.
Now I have my days mixed up again. I keep thinking it’s a day earlier. And I’m so behind on my school, cause I didn’t do it in the van. It’s just way too hard to concentrate. I have to do 4 days of Bio...which could take approximately 8 hours. I’m on one of the hardest modules, and I’m not getting it one bit. I have to read it over twice, and it’s taking forever!!
Yesterday I helped Jamie again... the kids weren’t the best yesterday, but the time actually went pretty fast. I took care of the baby a lot, which was probably part of it. Oh, by the way, he’s 5 weeks. I had said earlier he was 3 months.... but he was actually 3 weeks. :) The twin’s birthday was on Thursday, so they had lots of new toys. I think I might actually be getting a little tired of kids...but just a little bit. But of course, I will never get tired of Wes and Laura. :)
So that’s all for now...I need to post something interesting. Any ideas?

Never...

I will never get sick of kids. If so, this was/is the week to test it. Tuesday, I went and helped Jamie (my new job) and played with 3 little boys for 5 hours. When I came home at about 5:00, all the Fritz kids were here. So, I played with them until they left, which was about 9:00. The next morning, Evan came at 7:30am, hyper as can be. He was here all day...but he was really good. I guess I wasn’t with kids that much.... but it has seemed like it. Then, this weekend we’re going to Kansas, so I’ll be with Brenna all weekend. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying I love being with little kids. :)

And never...have I had so many mosquito bites on my feet. I have 6 bites on my two feet, and whenever I put shoes on, they start itching. :S

Never.... have I been so annoyed with crickets. Last night, before bed, I opened my window cause it felt so good out there. During the night, I woke up with the sound of a cricket. I couldn’t sleep it was so annoying. This morning, there was a cricket in-between my window and screen.

And last but not least, I haven’t seen Heidi in such a good mood in a long time. :)

Labor Day Weekend

So, here I go again, telling what I did this weekend. On Friday, I went to Lori’s Scrapbooking workshop. Cliff and Kendra were of course there, so they were a little distraction to me, but I got 3 sides done, which is pretty good for me. Anyways, Kendra was going to spend the night, but she couldn’t, and I was going to go there, but she was so boring and tired, that I decided not to. On Saturday we went to Kohl’s for a little bit, and got some clothes and shoes. Yay!!  Then I went to Kendra’s, and we went bike riding, running, and played volleyball. We just hung out all night. And, I accomplished something VERY BIG!!! I got Kendra to eat some sweets!! She’s been on a sugar free diet since last Saturday, and she hasn’t been hyper or hasn’t had as much energy as usually, so she was boring. But, she ate some bars and pie. She seriously then was super hyper while playing volleyball. It was great, she was back to her normal self. We went to bed super early(surprisingly), but talked till late.
     Sunday....was of course church. Kendra, Tess, Jenna and kinda me, decided to be on a sugar free diet. We’re gonna see who can go without junk food/sweets until next Sunday. I doubt I’ll stay on it.....but who knows.....Kendra thinks there’s no way I’m gonna do it, but I might do it to show her I CAN do it. :)
     Monday morning, I got really sick.  But, I took oxi-link and I felt a million times better, and still got to go to Justin and Mindy’s. (See, that stuff really is magic...) We ate lunch, and played baseball all afternoon. I thought I did pretty good for only playing for the second time this summer. We went back and ate supper, and then Jared and Sarah told there story. Now, I need to go study for my Bio test :P and get in the shower. Hope you all had a great weekend too!!

Finally!!

Monday I finally finished my room!! There is still a lot I need to add to it, but here are some before and after pictures.




Before :P



After :)

My New Job!

           Today I went to these people’s house that I’m starting to babysit for or be the Mother’s helper. It’s pretty insane; they have 4 kids under the age of 2. They have twins who are 2(almost 3) whose names are Jordan and Justice. An 18 month old, whose name is Logan, and the baby who is 3 months, Dillon. The mom needs someone there all the time, so her mom (the grandma) is there 5 days a week, all day. So, they just need someone there sometimes so the grandma doesn’t have to be there all the time. So, I just went there, met them, and played outside all day with them. The twins look nothing a like, so that’s a good thing.... I can’t them mixed up. Anyways, I was there for about 3 hours, and I was exhausted.... taking care of 3 little boys is exhausting!! I don’t know how the mom can stand it!! Anyways, I’m going to go there about once or twice a week, which is kinda exciting, cause they pay really well.  :D  

Sleepover!

Friday night, I had a sleepover with all my W-ton friends. Some people couldn’t come, but the ones who could were: Jenna & Jamie, Kendra, Shelly, Emily, Jenna C., and Kara(Lea)!! About half of them came early, but then Jenna C., Shelly, and Kara all came home with Heidi from the Bible Study. Kara had said she couldn’t come, but then Heidi brought her home!! Everybody was hyper. It was really loud....but fun.
We had tons of fun......Ate tons, watched a movie, played v-ball,  and talked all night.
     On Saturday, I couldn’t sleep in much, cause Kara had to leave early, and she wanted me to make my famous Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. So I got up for that...we just sat around, talked and ate more than I have ever ate in my life. Kendra and Shelly decided to go on a diet...so they stopped eating. After 10 minutes without eating anything.... Kendra goes “Wow, I’m doing really good, I haven’t eaten anything for 10 minutes!!” LOL!! We just sat around until 2, and decided to go to Wal-Mart and do something. I didn’t get anything except for some running shorts. I was gonna put pictures up, but I can’t...so, so much for that.

Anywho...On Sunday we went to Forrest.... if you wanna know about that, ask me through IM or something....:)

Have a great day!!

Only in America...

I’m sure you’ve seen this before, I know I have. But it’s true and hilarious.
Only in America...a pizza can get to your house faster than an ambulance.Only in America...are there handicap-parking places in front of a skating rink.Only in America...do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.Only in America...do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.Only in America...do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. Only in America...do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.Only in America...do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.Only in America...do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. Only in America...do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway.---------------------------------------------------------------------EVER WONDER....Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?  Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods:1. On Sears hairdryer: "Do not use while sleeping".2. On a bag of Fritos: "You could be a winner! No purchase necessary.Details inside".[Evidently, the shoplifter special]3. On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap."[And that would be how...?]4. On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestions: Defrost."[But it's just a suggestion]5. On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating.[As sure as night follows the day . . . . .]6. On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body".[But wouldn't this save even more time?]7. On Boot's Children's Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication".8. On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness".[One would hope]9. On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only".[As opposed to what?]10. On Sainsbury's peanuts: "Warning: Contains nuts".11. On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: open packet,eat nuts."12. On a child's Superman costume: Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly".
  

Not such a boring weekend after all

Saturday was my birthday, and Jessica (And Heidi.... not Jessica Fritz...) I went shopping in Bloomington. We had a lot of fun except I didn’t find much. In the evening, my family and I went to Olive Garden for supper. I love that place. We had to wait an hour and 40 minutes for a table, and then it took forever to get our food. Oh well, it was worth it. Before we went, I told my family they better not tell them it’s my birthday. But then the waitress asked what we were here for and my mom said my birthday. Then right before we left, they came and sang to me!! At least there was hardly anyone in the restaurant by then.
Sunday we had a ton of people over for dessert. Jessica (Fritz) and I played badminton. That was lots of fun. Amber and Holly were there, of course, and as always, bugged me. :) Not an annoying bug though. More like a teasing bug. I love those girls so much...they’re like my little sisters.  

Anywho, school starts tomorrow, and I am totally not looking forward to it. Usually I am a little bit, but not this year. I think its because I know I have to work harder since I’m in high school now. It’s also because I don’t want to get up early!! :|
Well, have a great day!!!

Salsa, Swimming & Schicks

Thursday morning, Kate, Rachel, and Aunt Jeanne came over and made salsa with my mom. They brought Ashlyn and Reagan, so Heidi and I were busy with them. :)  In the afternoon, Heidi decided to go swimming, so I went along. At first, Michelle and her kids were there, Lynette and Laura, and of course Jessica and her kids, so it was a pool full. After they all left, it was just Hyde, Linds, and me. It got a little boring just us three laying out saying nothing, so I got in the water. It was absolutely freezing!! When we got back from swimming, we left for Grandma’s. We went there to put new edging around her landscaping, that we gave her for Christmas.... I’m not sure if it was for this year or last year!! We had a whole bunch of Schick’s working out there. I really wonder what we looked like. I’m sure it was quite a sight!! After us girls had what we could do done, we went inside and ate. The mom’s made BBQ for the guys. Linds and I were going to go rollerblading, but I think we ate too much. Then, Aunt Carol gave haircuts. She cut mine, and as she was cutting it, I was like, “Am I sure I want this cut?” But, it’s done with, and I like it.

I wanted to go to Leo this weekend so bad, but I can’t. I think it might be a pretty boring weekend. :|

Now I’m going to go to Wal-Mart with Hyde. She goes there when she’s bored. It’s pretty pathetic.

Well, have a great weekend!!!

Sunday was good

Jessica came to Washington, and we went in Bible Class. Oh, did I mention that I’m in bible class now? It’s kinda weird.......
Yesterday I was starting to lose my voice, and I could sing really low. It was pretty cool!! I wish I had a voice that low all the time! In the evening, we ordered pizza and made brownies. My cousins came over, ‘cause both of our parents weren’t home. We played volleyball, bad mitten, and were just outside all evening havin’ fun.

So that was my Sunday....


Oh yeah... on Saturday, I got paint for my room....I need some help if I’m going to get it done by this Saturday!!!

Cleaning Out

    This weekend I started cleaning out, because I started working on my room. As I was cleaning out, I found old diaries and journals. I was only 8 or 9 when I wrote most of them, and they’re kind of boring. But here’s one that I laughed at. I don’t know if you remember this or not, Kate, but I remember it like it was yesterday. We used to get so mad at each other at the littlest things.

6/28/01
Today we went to Restmor. That’s where I got mad at Katie. This is the story. We were singing and I said where did you get that shirt. And she said. At camp. She said you should have been there. And I said. Well I don’t really care because I had Jenna Cox spend the night and we camped out. And she said. So I bet I had a lot more fun. And then while the service she said that they went to garage sales, and they bought lipstick and eye shadow. And Katie thought that the eye shadow was perfume. And I laughed. And she punched me in the nose. I am mad at her.

Wow, I must’ve really like periods when I was nine. :)

Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming....*

On Tuesday, I went to Heather’s pool party with Rebecca H., Kendra, and Shelly. We ate, played volleyball, played games (that are not for blondes), ate, swam, talked, and ate some more. The girls told me to post these pictures, so here ya go.

Me, Kendra, Shelly, Heather & Rebecca.

That night, Shelly, Kendra, and I all went to Splashdown together with the 4-H group.
4-H rented the whole thing out, so it wasn’t near as crowded. I used to think Splashdown was the greatest water park, but once we went to Camel Beach in Pennsylvania, that has 25 slides, a wave pool etc., Splashdown seems kind of boring.


Wednesday, I went swimming again!!! We went to Phil and Jessica’s cause I had to give the girls piano lessons, so why would they come here when they have a pool? :)

*Dory, on “Finding Nemo”

Update On My Life

Title: Update on my life

This past week was the 4-H Fair!!! It was fun, but it got a little boring after being there all day every day. Some of my highlights include:

-Being the ice cream ladies with Kendra!! We were really pretty good, but if you ordered a sundae, and it looked awful, that’s because Kendra Rose did it! :)  

-Hanging out with Jessica, who I never get to see!!

-Holding Jessica’s adorable puppies!!

Some of my not so highlights:

-Modeling a fleece coat in 90 degree weather

-Feeling like you’re going to faint because of the heat

-Setting up the fair, and cleaning it up


On Friday I had violin lessons. I have a recital coming up this Friday night, and I sound AWFUL!!! Oh well...
After lessons, we got to go and see Reagan, my newest cousin.

When we got home, I cleaned all day...and we did corn. We had to get it all done ‘cause we were having a Bible Study at our house that night. Technically, Heidi was hosting it, but I did all the work.  WHOOPS!!! I forgot Kendra. Let me rephrase that.

Kendra and I did all the work. True story. Heidi just chatted online, and was being lazy.

ANYWAYS....

Saturday I just hung out at the pool and watched movies all day. Luke found a wild baby bunny that lost its mother...so it’s in our laundry room, and we feed it milk every once in a while out of a little dropper. I told Luke we should let it go, but he refuses. It’s starting to stink the room up.
I got to go to Kendra’s Sunday after church.... we just hung out...

My back is still absolutely killing me. Any massages are welcome!!

And I’m still looking for volunteers to help me with my room. :) Actually, I don’t think I need them quite yet...I kind of decided I don’t like my bedspread that much anymore. I love Heidi’s, and hers makes mine look not so cute. Speaking of Heidi, she left for Kansas.... I’m so jealous. I was going to go, but I couldn’t leave this week. :’( By the way, Hyde, I adopted your room this week! :D

Oh yes, I can’t forget!
WARNING!! Hyde’s been pretty testy lately; so you better watch out, right Kendra Rose?? ;)


So that’s just kind of an update on my life....

Heidi's Birthday!!

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, HEIDI ANN!!!

Stuff

Yay for me, I have finished my coat!! I finished it at about 4:00 Monday afternoon, and had it judged at 9:00 am on Tuesday morning! :D It turned out a little too big, but I'll eventually grow into it. Later on Tuesday, they had a fashion revue. I did awful, but who cares?! :)I have such a cheesy smile in this picture!! :P I got an A on my coat, and I find out at the fair if I got anything better than that, which I doubt I did.
After modeling, I went to Kendra's. I hung out there, and then Shelly and I went to her swim meet in Roanoke. As always, I saw lots of people I knew there from my old gymnastics class! Anyways, when Kendra would race, Shelly and I ran to the end of the pool and would cheer Kendra on!! (even though she can't hear you) Kendra lost a relay, which wasn't her fault, and she won one!! Kendra would kill me for putting this on here, but here she is, doing a great job!!

And as always, cute little Cliff!!


On Saturday, I got my bedspread!! I'm so excited, cause now my room won't be the little girly pink anymore! :) I am now looking for volunteers to help me take off wall paper, sand and wipe down walls, and paint. My colors are blue, green, and yellow. I really don't like yellow, but I needed some other color. Anyways, my goal for my room to be done, is my birthday. I hope it will happen by then!!


Next week is 4-H fair week!!! Everyone's invited to it, and if you come Wednesday night, you can see me model my coat!! :) It's Tuesday and Wednesday....Hope to see you all there!!

I'm My Sister's Servant

True Story

Indiana

Late Saturday morning we left for Indiana for my cousins graduation open house. We went with my uncle Scott and Aunt Dawn, so us girls (Hyde, Jamie, Jenna & I) got our own motel room. In the afternoon, we decided to go shopping. We only had about a 1/2 hour, and the mall was huge! We went to U. Dan & A. Sandy's for pizza, and went back to the motel to swim. We stayed up way too late...and ate way to much food. Jenna and I had tons of food right in the middle of us while watching a movie. Poor, poor, Heidi....we teased her so bad. But I won't get into that for Hyde's sake! ;) Sunday was church and I made new friends, unlike Heidi! :D Then we went to the Graduation Open House and we were super bored.
We had a lot of fun on the way home...except for Jenna eating the gross cheddar popcorn! :P We watched "A Cinderella Story" and listened to Jenna's ipod. It flew by, unlike the way out, with Uncle Ted in the same van as us.

My Fourth

On Monday, I was a little servant to my sister. I helped her clean out, wash windows, and tear off wall paper. Also, on Monday, I started my 4-H project, sewing! I’m not going to be in 4-H next year because it’s always a pain to try and get it done in time. This year, I’m making a fleece coat. Heidi’s made two of them, so she’s helping me. On Monday, I got the whole thing cut out! And it only needs to be done in less than two weeks. :D Last year, I got state fair with a shirt and jean skirt (thanks to Hyde)! Anyways, on the fourth we had all the Pfaffmann’s over. They came for lunch, and then after lunch a whole bunch of guys and I went swimming. It was definitely not as fun with a whole bunch of guys. They'd tease me about every little thing.. But we swam until about 4, and then we came back, ate supper then they all left. Then my family went to tell Bill & Joan good-bye. *sniff* I don’t want Kate to leave!!! Afterwards, we went to Eureka Lake and watched Fireworks. We were right by the water, laid down, and the fireworks were right above us. It was pretty cool cause it looked like they were going to fall on you! This morning I practiced violin for the first time in a month! Wow, I sound bad. Ok, well see you all later!

A Busy Week

Wow, my week has been very busy mostly because Kate is here. Let's just say I did something about every night, and every night I didn't get much sleep at all. On Wednesday, all the Schick "ladies" went out to eat. So, Kate and I babysat all the little kids who needed to be babysat. At first we thought it was just going to be Willow, Tate and Brenna. But, when I got to Billy and Jenny's, there was more. Not really one's we needed to be babysat...some of the Barth kids were there. Yeah, so we sat all the little kids to watch Dumbo.Then we decided to take them on a walk! HAHA...we had to look hilarious because Brenna and Willow were in this two seater stroller. Tate was in a one seater, and we were holding Henry and Monwell's hands. We probably looked liked we were a daycare business. We took all of them to watch some of the guys play baseball. On Thursday, Shelly and I went to Kendra's for a sleepover. It was kind of for her birthday too. We went in the afternoon, and we had a hose and water balloon fight. We played volleyball, and then laid out and talked for a long time. Later that night we did manicures and pedicures. Then we put on so much make-up we looked so fake. By then it was dark, and so we went outside and took pictures. We talked really late that night...and then Lori comes in and asks, "Can you watch Cliff while I exercise?" I said sure, but Shelly and Kendra were so mad at Lori! So, Cliff laid by me and slept. He kind of cried a lot because he wasn't in a good mood that morning. But I didn't care one bit! I love any baby/kid, even when they're crying! :D Anyways, Friday night we babysat Ashlyn, Brenna, Kyle & Trenton while all the parents went out to eat. Then they all came back here for dessert. They stayed here really late...so that made more less sleep for me. On Saturday morning, us girls (Kate, Jenna, Jamie & Me) went shopping. My Mom dropped us off at 11:00 and we didn't leave until 5:00. We literally shopped until we dropped. I spent way to much money!!! : I spent more in AE than Kate spent in the whole mall. Then the girls spent the night at my house. I think I grew some grey hairs that night. Heidi got home from work, and tells me that I owe her 70 dollars for pictures! I was like what in the world?!? Well, on Friday Heidi and I went to Walmart to get pictures. Well, I did mine and Heidi did hers. I accidentally pressed something that said I wanted to order all of the pictures on the memory card. And there was 412 pictures on that thing!! So, I went up to the counter and asked the guy if he could cancel the order. He said sure, pressed a button or two, and said they were cancelled. Obiouvsly not because Heidi picked them up (don't ask me why). So now, if they don't return them, that's 70 bucks down the drain for me. And that's a lot for me! So, that's all my shopping money and 70 dollars gone!*sniff* So anyways, that made me in a bad mood Saturday night and then I thought I left two of my Sunday skirts at the mall. So I was panicking and looked all over the house for them. Then, Kate found them in my closet... :D But, they were buried!! So Yeah, 7 people had to take showers that night...and we didn't get done until 12:30!! I was so tired and my back was killing me (like it has been) and so yeah, I was really really grumpy. Sunday night, we went to the greatest thing ever! (I'm being sarcastic) There was a Schilpf reunion/shower. There's 5 couples engaged in the Schilpf family. But, I was so bored...There was girls there my age, but I was so tired that I didn't feel like making new friends! :D So, I just walked around by myself and hung out with Heidi, who had friends.

My Vacation

A morning's catch
Me tubing! (My hair is all wind blown, it was really windy that day)
Well, I'm back. I've been back for quite a few days, but I never got around to posting this. Sorry the pictures are kinda weird, I couldn't get them to cooperate. Anyways, we went to Northern Wisconsin to this little town called St. Germain. We went to a lake and fished, tubed, and relaxed. We went with my Uncle Rob and Aunt Lily and there family. Heidi and Elise didn't go, so it got a little boring. For one, I'm a social bug, Northern Wisconsin is not. I became a big fisherman (or lady)! I put my own worms on and took off my own fish! *takes a bow* First time I've ever done any of that. But the bad thing was, I only caught one actual fish. I caught way more than that but none of them weren't big enough! :(

Me and my fish!!
If I wasn't fishing, I was watching movies. I got to watch the Loves Come Softly series again! Note: you do not want to watch that with the guys...They totally ruin a love story!! Anyways, I think the guys watched enough Andy Griffith. We had 5 CD's and they watched them all! :P Every night at supper, they would quote Andy Griffith. Anyways...tubing was a lot of fun. It always looks like a blast when they whip ya off of the tube...So I decided I wanted too. Well, I never did...:( I guess you have to weigh a lot for that. We only got to go one day because the other days it was too cold. One night, the guys(Micah, Josh, & Adam) let me go fishing with them. They always act like they're the best fisherman etc. etc. Well, It turned out, I was better than they were! :) The night of the fish fry, we had a campfire and roasted smores and the guys played there guitars. Luke and I went on the dock and fished until 10:30. That was really fun, but I got a million mosquito bites! We always get a lot of those in Wisconsin...Last year, Hyde got 32! Another thing that they have a lot there, is ticks! :P I got one stuck on my toe, and it would not come off! Thankfully, we didn't have to use a match or anything. I found a lot of them, but only one was stuck to me. phew! If you don't know me, I hate bugs...so that really grossed me out. The last night we're there, we always go out to eat. We went to a really fancy restaurant. I don't think I've ever been to that fancy of a restaurant ever. It was a humongous log cabin and had tons of mounted animals. On the way home, I rode with the guys, and they put the seats down, got out there guitars and played almost the whole way home. I serioulsy had a headache. Well, that's all for now!

Leavin'

Just to let ya'll know, I'll be leavin' for vacation tomorrow. We're going to Wisconsin for a week of fun. I'll write about it when we get back!

Kansas

This weekend I went to Kansas with the Bible Class. I didn't actually go WITH the bible class...I stayed at Jill and Larry's. But, I could've cause I'm considered a Freshman now. I went with them on Sunday, but that's all. Katy, Michelle, Kendra and I all had a blast on the bus. The bus was so empty that we each got our own bench to ourselves. There was even extra seats left. I think the bus trip was more fun than actually being in Kansas. Anyways...Michelle, Heidi, and I stayed at Jill and Larry's. Brenna is so cute. She is soo obsessed about pink. We were reading a book, and if anything in the picture was pink she had to point it out. She's also into the word awesome. She just started it when we got there. Kyle got all these pens, and he pours them out and she goes, AWESOME!!! Then we went over to the neighbors and they have a pool, and she looks at it, and says AWESOME!!! She said it to every thing. It was hilarious. And as always, Jill and Larry made fun of me. They always make fun or comment on how little I eat (which has changed...)(not a good thing) or how "healthy" I am. This time, they made fun of how I take oxi-link. Seriously, I could not live without that stuff. It's my life saver. Kendra and Michelle refer it to "the toilet bowl cleaner." Anyways...I had fun, and on the way back we were soo slap happy and laughed at every thing. We sang, talked (while having 4 people on a bench) and laughed. Great Times.

ACYF Day

Sunday was ACYF day and I had a blast! But, If you ask Adam, he'll answer by saying, "It was soo boring." Guys just don't have as much fun as girls. True Story. But, I'm a lot more outgoing than Adam too. I met a million new friends and Adam just hung out with the Washington people. Most of the people I met were from Princeville or Peoria. I met the most funniest person. She could live out of her purse. Seriously. She got chocolate on her shirt and takes out this "Tide 2 Go" stick. She says she's a messy eater so she keeps it in her purse. HAHA!! When we went to set up for V.B.S. today, Kathy said, "That's what Michelle needs." lol! Anyways...The only part I didn't like about Sunday was the food. ick. The pizza sauce on the pizza was like jelly. :P
Well, this week is V.B.S, and it's my last year in the "little kid" one. *sniff sniff* See ya'll later!

Cute Pheasants

Here's a picture of the really cute baby pheasants.

Swimming

Tuesday and Wednesday we went swimming at Phil and Jessica's. It was the first time I've been swimming this year, and we had a blast. Then we went to go see there baby pheasants. They were so cute. I decided I wanted to hold one. Mine was really squirmy, until it pooped on my toe!:P It wasn't much, but ME of all people (if you don't know me, I'm not much of a tom boy). On Wednesday, I got soo burnt. I can't stratch my shoulders or legs without them killing me. Well, I need to go sew for 4-H! :P

Bored.....Bored...Bored

And bored I am. Since I don't have school, I just walk around the house and try and find something to do besides work. I can't wait until we can go to the pool. I won't be so bored then. Actually, Phil and Jessica opened there pool last night, but they said it was totally black :( If it wasn't, I think Heidi and I would've gone today. I just got done mowing....man is it hot. I hope I got a tan while doing it though!! :) This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and I don't think we're doing anything special. Well....if you have the time, you could call me on my cell. You'd make me happy! 1) I'm so bored 2) I never get calls on it *sniff sniff* So, if you need my number I'll be glad to give it to you. Actually, I have Nextel. :P So if you have a Nextel too, I'll give you my direct connect number.
See you all later and have a great weekend!

My Weekend

Was good. On Friday, I had an eye appointment because I could tell that my eyes were getting much worse. And, they are, quit a bit. So, now I can read the clock and see much more clearly. Afterwards, we ran a whole bunch of errands. One of them was Kiddders! I love going to the Music store and picking out piano books. So, now I have two new books in my collection, The Sound of Music and Cinema Classics. Then we picked up Kendra, went home and ate, and then went to the PCA High School Musical. It was really good, but a lot like last year's. After that, Kendra spent the night and Adam made us Milk Shakes!! He makes the best ever, and they're huge! I was going to put up a picture, but it's not working right now. Maybe in my next post. Anyways, we stayed up until about 1:00 and got up at 8:00 and went to the Congregate Living to clean. It started at 8:00, but we didn't get there until about 9:30. But, when we did get there, they were about done! So we wiped off some doors, and then went to Ricketts new house. We cleaned there, just wiping off walls basically. KaraLea treated me like a slave! ;) Anyways, we went back to Congregate Living for lunch and then went back to Ricketts. After lunch, Elise, Kendra and I cleaned 4 bathrooms. Which meant 5 showers. Poor Elise!! She cleaned 4 of them and Kendra cleaned one. I didn't clean any! :D Elise kept on making fun of me because I didn't want to clean the toilets and I don't know why else. Elise, would you like to tell me? Anyways... On the master bathroom, we spent 2 hours cleaning it. But, that's enough about the cleaning stuff. So afterward I sat down at the piano and played my new piano books to my hearts content.
Sunday, we went out to eat with all the Pfaffmann's to Kenyon's. It's my Grandma's favorite place because of there great corn fritters. So we went there and then went to Uncle Ken and Aunt Sandy's for desert. Oh yeah, on Sunday, Nate and Lynette announced that they are expecting! Isn't that exciting? Since I'm a baby freak, I get very excited when my cousins announce that they're expecting.
Well, that's all for now!

Giant Schnauzer's

NOTE: Giant Schnauzers are cute when they aren't puppies. Since they are big dogs, it's a lot harder to handle them. For instance, I take care of our neighbors 2 giant Schnauzers every day at noon. One of them, Koal, is my favorite because he has the cutest personality. Josie, who is about 1 and 1/2 is a big dog but still acts like a puppy. Which means, she's very hard to handle. I love doing the job though, except for in the winter. If you want to know more about them, here's some information I found:


Intelligence: The giant is a working dog. You will be amazed at how quickly they learn. Originally bred to serve man, they take to training very well. While your giant learns quickly, occasionally it uses that intelligence to figure out clever ways to avoid obeying or complying to your command. They feel they have a better idea. Giants can even be selective about who gives commands - obeying those from someone considered to be dominant and ignoring those from someone of lesser rank.
Energetic:The giant is a vigorous breed and needs lots of exercise. Their approach is often one of great force and gusto. Obviously the stronger you are, the more likely you will be able to cope with a giant. They need walks, playtime, or jogging. If they do not get enough exercise, they will make up their own. Running back and forth through the house with toys, chasing the kids and/or getting underfoot are some of the ways giants signal their restlessness. Simply putting a giant "in the yard" for exercise is not enough. A giant puppy is a bundle of energy and needs plenty of exercise.
If you want a giant, consider carefully whether you can meet the extensive requirements to keep him well and happy. You must give the giant the necessary, socializing, training, and guidance which such a dynamic dog needs to be their best. However, if the giant can fulfill your requirement for a protective, loyal and obedient pet and you can meet their requirements for socializing, training, exercise, grooming and above all, love, we recommend the Giant Schnauzer to you.

I think it would be tons of fun to have a Giant Schnauzer if it was as fun as Koal. But, not every Giant Schnauzer has the same personality.
Finally I wrote something a little more interesting!!

What's Your Name Mean?

Yesterday Kendra and I were talking and she was telling me the list of baby names she liked. Since I was bored last night, I decided to get the baby book out too! :) I mostly looked at the names meanings. Wendi means wanderer. So, if you want to know what your name means lemme know! :D
Saturday is cleaning at Congregate Living. The Young group invited the 7th and 8th graders to do it with them. I'm trying to decide if I should go or not....I don't think any of my friends are going, but I'm trying to convince Jenna to come and Kendra's might come. I don't know....maybe I won't come, maybe I will.

Sorry my blog is so boring. I really have nothing exciting in my life.

Mothers Day

Did you guys all remember Mothers Day? What did you guys get your moms? We got ours a new pizza stone. We didn't do much though....just had the Schicks over. It was kind of boring because Jenna and alot of other people weren't there. So, all I did was take pictures. Here is one of the many I took last night. (I just figured out how to put pictures up so I'm going to lots now! hehe..)

Sunday School Party

Was @ Jeff and Chelby's and was a blast. Chelby made up a Road Rally. If you don't know what that is, it's a photo scavenger hunt. For example, we had to sing Christmas Carols @ Walmart (we went in the bathroom and did it, we were wimps), Do the YMCA in front of Kroger (once again, we were whimps, we did it in the parking lot), eat anchovies (we just acted like it for the picture), play with little kids toys, wash a strangers windshield (that was that best!!!), dress Stan up and get him to act like he was putting on make-up, and get Chase to laugh. We also had to get a picture by: a wild animal (we found a lion statue on someones porch), palm tree (found it on a beach towl in Walmart), with Power tools, Foot measuring thing, A "Slow Children Playing" sign, behind bars, on a horse (we went to the Walmarts Fun Center and went on those really cool horses, lol), by a pumpkin, doing a group pyramid and I think that's all. It was guys verse girls and we totally beat them!!!! Oh yea, we saw Luke there with all his purchases for his new house. haha....

51 Ways 2 Annoy People

1) Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you ''like it that way.'' 2) Drum on every available surface. 3) Sing the Batman theme incessantly. 4) Staple papers in the middle of the page. 5) Phone the operator and ask for dates. 6) Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page. 7) Specify that your drive-through order is ''to go.'' 8) Set alarms for random times. 9) Buy large quantities of mint dental floss just to lick the flavour off. 10) Honk and wave to strangers. 11) Dress only in clothes coloured hunter's Orange. 12) Change channels five minutes before the end of every show. 13) Tape over climactic parts of rental movies. 14) Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register. 15) dont use any punctuation 16) Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets. 17) Pay for your dinner with pennies. 18) Infact, pay for everything in pennies 19) Repeat everything someone says, as a question. 20) Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: ''Do you hear that?'' ''What?''"Never mind, it's gone now.'' 21) Wander around the restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley. 22) Leave tips in Bolivian currency. 23) Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly. 24) At the Laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks. 25) As much as possible, skip rather than walk. 26) Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read. (This is especially effective on the train or bus) 27) Finish the 99 bottles of beer song. 28) Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles. 29) Try playing a song by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce ''No, wait, I messed it up'' and repeat. 30) Name your dog ''Dog.'' 31) Ask people what gender they are 32) Reply to everything someone says with ''Well that's what YOU think.'' 33) Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was "a real hoot''. 34) Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of air freshener. 35) Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers' brains, such as 'Amarillo' 36) Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day. 37) Make beeping noises when a large person backs up. 38) Change your name to John Aaaaasmith for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each A. 39) Moo when someone says your name 40) Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down. 41) Chew on pens that you've borrowed. 42) Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance. 43) Wear a LOT of cologne. 44) Sing along at the opera. 45) Finish all your sentences with the words''in accordance with the prophesy.'' 46) Scuff your feet on a dry, Shaggy carpet and seek out victims. 47) Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment. 48) Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears. 49) Construct elaborate ''crop circles'' in your front lawn. 50) Stare at random people and say "You've lost weight" 51) When people try to talk to you, go "Shh I'm trying to listen"

Welcome, Cliff Herbert :)

Herb & Lori Leman had there baby yesterday afternoon!! She had a baby boy whose name is Cliff Herbert. When Kendra called me, I knew right away that it was a boy because I don't think she would've sounded so happy if it was a girl (in case you didn't know, they all wanted a boy really bad). When Kendra told me his name I thought she said Cliss. So, we told some people his name was Cliss and they were like, WHAT??? But then I was talking to Stephanie and she thought it was Cliff so then I called Kendra to see who had it right and I guess that Stephanie was right and I was wrong.... so I had to tell everyone I told, that it was Cliff, not Cliss.
I know it's kinda weird that I'm posting about Herb & Lori's baby, but Kendra is one of my best friends and I'm over there all the time, and so Lori is practically my second mom. :)

Hard Caramel

This Morning I was making caramel rolls. My mom told me the recipe for the caramel and I added it all together and it started boiling. Well you're supposed to take it off the stove as soon as it starts boiling. I thought it had to boil for about 5 minutes. Well, I was wrong....To make the story short, The caramel was like concrete. My mom said it was more like caramel candy but it was Caramel Jolly Ranchers. Just ask Heidi how bad it was. I was so dissapointed. So today when we were at the grocery store, I bought Pillsbury caramel rolls. :)

P.S. It wasn't my fault I messed them up, my mom told me to add to much syrup.

I Hate Algebra....I Love Algebra....I Hate Algebra....I Love Algebra....

I know, my title's weird. I'm in a hole in Algebra right now. I love math...but then again, I hate it. I hate learning the stuff and getting the hang of it, but once I do get the hang of it, it's easy to me I love it! I just can't wait to be done with school! I only have 11 more days! You lucky college people, you get out earlier. Oh yea, I have to do Science and Algebra during the summer...*sniff sniff*

Today I talked to Kendra for 1 hour and 7 minutes. It was great....I love talking to my friends on the phone for forever.

Today is my dear Katie's birthday. If you guys know her, you should send her an e-mail. I miss her so much....*sniff* But she's coming for a month or maybe even over a month in June!!!! YEAH!!! :)

Wow, it's my second post in a day!

Phantom Of The Opera

Hello! I haven't posted a blog in over a week. That's because every time I go to post one, it has an outage. Anyways, if you're wondering why my title is Phantom Of The Opera...Heidi has it blasting right now and she told me to put that as my title. She's dancing all around the living room and is singing on the top of her lungs. Oh wait, she just took a break because she ran out of breath. She said she needs a guy to help her on this song;You have just experienced what it's like living with Heidi :)

Bored.....

I'm so bored right now.....Whoa! I just realized that in 40 minutes we have to leave! I suppose you want to know where too. ;) Well, our 4-H club is going to Oakwood and Linden to play games. We're going to Linden because Kristy is there. But, It's gonna be boring cause there's going to be no girl my age cause Jenna's not going to be there. :'(
Last night I had a laughing attack. It was so weird. I was sleeping in Heidi's room cause my back is killing me (long story) and I was trying to go to sleep and we were kinda matching up ppl and then I just started dying laughing and I couldn't stop. Nothing was even funny. Ok, this is the most boringest (if that's a word) post yet.
If you look @ this pleez leave a comment because I want to know who all looks @ it!!
Sorry so boring!

Scrapbooking

Last night, I went scrapbooking @ Lori's workshop. We stayed till 10:45 and then Kendra spent the night. She went to the bathroom, and there was a wash rag on the top of the toliet and she comes out and says, "Can I flush the toilet or is it there to tell you you're not supposed to flush it." We started dying laughing, but it wasn't even that funny (which shows you how slap happy we were). But, at the workshop we had tons of fun.....Except Kendra kept making mean comments all night......but then she wrote I love Kendra on my hand....haha. But we stayed up till almost 2 but then i had to get up @ 7:30 because I had to practice violin before lessons which were @ 9:30!!!!! Isn't that early for a Saturday morning? Anyways....so I am tired, tired, tired, right now.

Well, I hope that some of my friends join this so the college people don't have to look @ my boring blog. But, if you want to, I'll love it. :)

Oh, did you know that 99% of the people don't actually spell out okay??

NEW!

I just got a blog! I don't know if anyone will look at this but I have one anyway.
Today all the Fritz kids came. I watched Wes and we played outside scrubbing screens, hauling sticks in the lawn mower, etc. etc. In case no one knows, I'm crazy about kids (and babies). That's why I'm looking for a babysitting job that's pretty consistent. I hardly EVER get jobs and I need one! So, if you know of someone give them my name and let me know! :)
I better finish my schoolwork....If you look @ this would you please leave a comment? Thanks!

~Wendi