Happy Birthday Marianne!!!

Happy birthday, Marianne! I really love you and hope you have a fun 17th year! It's super nice to be your sister and I'm very glad that we get to see you this year! So have lots of fun and really enjoy yourself, OK? (Marianne: Your command is my wish....or should I say, your wish is my command.) (she didn't actually say that:P)

P.S. Hope you like the brie cheese and you'd better give me a piece OR ELSE!

Earth Day

On Sunday it ws Earth Day so we went to the park and met up with the other home. There were a bunch of animals and we planted trees. It was insanely cold. Well, here are some pictures.

The guy asked for a volunteer, a bunch of people raised their hands, but he picked me:D

yep, the lizard's licking me (that's how he smells). If you zoom up to the picture you can see the tongue more clearly.

i was brave enough to pick up the millipede:P

I wonder who that person is, labouring so hard to "save mother earth":P

there was a girl with a bunch of birds

that's it for now

JT activity (in the rain:D)

Yesterday we had a JT activity at the park. It was supposed to be super sunny but it started raining so we went under a sheltered area with picnic tables. We had inspiration, then Uncle Simon read Matthew 25 and Andre, Eman, and Marieanne acted it out in a very funny skit:D. Then some people went to play soccer in the rain, but the rest of us stayed under the sheltered area and played a game. The game we played was where one person stands in the middle and the rest of the people sit around them in a circle. The person in the middle then says something that they've never done (for example, "I've never been on an airplane", or "I've never eaten Australian food"). The people who have done that have to jump up and switch seats, and the person in the middle has to try to take someone's seat. If only one person gets up, then they just switch. Then after that some of us girls were trying to find a bathroom. Oh, the first place we went into was a school, and we were a couple of feet away from the entrance of the bathroom, when this janitor lady comes up to us and says,"What are you doing here? Who are you with?" Marieanne replied that we just wanted to use the bathroom. "Well," the lady replied. "This is a private function. YOU'RE TRESPASSING!!! This is a religious mosque. You'd better leave right now!" (when she said 'you're trespassing' she didn't shout) So we left in a hurry:P. We finally found a bathroom after about 15 minutes of walking around searching for one. Then we went back to the sheltered area and we had hamburgers for dinner. Then we had vanilla ice cream in ice cream cones and cookies for dessert:P. Then we went home. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

English Madness

Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or french fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't the preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage (as compared to a horseless one) or a strapful gown (as opposed to a strapless)? Met a sung hero ("unsung") or experienced requited ("unrequited") love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on, and to maintain good posture while sitting you must sit up and sit down at the same time.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all).
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

Woohoo, another niece!

On the 15th, my sister Sue had her baby, a girl. They didn't name her yet, but I'll post her name as well as some pictures as soon as I can. She was born sometime in the afternoon, and weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. Now I have two nieces and three nephews! Woohoo!

Goodbye Cullen!

Today Cullen (that's his new name, because nobody liked Pete) got sick and died. Well, at least he's happy in heaven now. I don't know exactly how he got sick, but ptl anyways that we got to have a few days of fun with him. We had a funeral, and everyone wore black. We didn't bury him though; it was raining. So we conducted a ceremony in the livingroom. Yannie read some verses from the Bible and we prayed for him. Here are some photos I took of him before he died.

Pictures

P.S. I post a lot of pictures, has anyone noticed?

Pete

Today I dropped the lysol bottle, and the front came off, so I brought it to my mom to see if we could fix it. We were on the porch when we saw a little baby bunny lying there, looking like it was injured. Someone put it in a shoebox. It's so cute. I'll post more pictures of it later. We named it Pete, because Eman's picked it up and saw that it's a boy. We tried feeding it lettuce but it wouldn't eat. Then we tried feeding it storebought milk with an eyedropper but it wouldn't eat. We'll look it up online later how to feed baby rabbits.

Woohoo!!!!

I'm so happy! Today I finally got a new bed (as the one I'd been using before was broken). And it even has two shelves at the head (that's the main reason why I like it so much). Well, I just thought I'd share my joy with everybody!

Teddy Bear Love

I took these pictures the other day of our teddy bears.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Yesterday (Sunday) we painted eggs, went to the park and played a fun game of soccer (despite the bitter weather and my terrible soccer skills), did a treasure hunt and received a prize of chocolate, and had fun. I hope everyone had a fun Easter (btw, do you like my picture?)

Hired or Fired? part 2!!!!!

Here is Hired or Fired part two!


After Gilbert landed on the ground, he was immediately taken to intensive care unit, because after being shot from the cannon he ended up with a broken leg, a broken arm, and several broken ribs. While he was in bed, Mr. Phillips came up to him and said, “Gilbert, YOU’RE FIRED! You’re a ridiculous old clown who can’t do anything right! Goodbye!” Then he walked away. After Gilbert got a bunch of casts and crutches, he ran away from the hospital.
As he hobbled through a park, Gilbert spotted a bunch of men dressed like octopuses surrounding a poor old woman. As Gilbert neared them, he could hear the old woman calling the men (who were doing a retarded dance) shenanigans and hoodlums.
Gilbert limped closer, and shouted, “Who are you guys?” although he already know. “The YGG, Youth Gangster Group,” the one closest to him replied. “I know you, Sam,” said Gilbert. “But what’s with the octopus costumes? Don’t you usually dress in, you know, hoodies, baggy jeans, and backward caps?”
“Well,” replied one of the members of the YGG, “Today is April Fool’s Day, and we wanted to try something new and different.” “Hey, Gilbert!” Gilbert recognized the voice as Arnold’s. “I hear Mr. Phillips, your former boss at the circus, decided to hire you again.” “Great news. Thanks tons, you guys!” With that, Gilbert hobbled away.
The group of guys burst into laughter. “I didn’t think he’s actually all for that,” snickered Arnold. “It’s an old joke.” Meanwhile, at the circus, Gilbert limped his way up to Mr. Phillips. “What is it now, you ridiculous old cannonball?” asked Mr. Phillips, annoyed. “Didn’t you hire me again?” “NO!” shouted Mr. Phillips. “FIRED!”
Afraid he was going to go deaf, Gilbert hobbled away as fast as he could. Suddenly he remembered that Arnold had played that trick on him before. “That old galloper,” Gilbert muttered, narrowing his eyes. Suddenly an idea came to Gilbert’s head. “Arnold deserves to die. Justice must be served.” Gilbert grinned as he took a bottle of arsenic powder from his pocket.
The next day, Gilbert brought Arnold a plate of spaghetti with the arsenic inside. Gilbert watched with a smirk as Arnold ate with relish. “Mmmm,” said Arnold to the astonished Gilbert, who was shocked beyond measure to see that Arnold had not yet died. “What did you put in the spaghetti? It’s delicious!” Puzzled, Gilbert looked down at the bottle in his hand, and rolled his eyes when he saw that he had misplaced his bottle of arsenic powder for one of Parmesan cheese.
“Argggh!” Gilbert growled, and stomped off in frustration. That night, Gilbert decided to have a plate of spaghetti. “And, of course, Parmesan cheese,” said Gilbert with a grin. With that, he took the bottle of arsenic powder and, thinking it was Parmesan cheese, sprinkled it al over his spaghetti. The next morning, Arnold and a bunch of YGG members went to Gilbert’s house to express their thankfulness for the gift of spaghetti from Gilbert to Arnold, and found him dead with his face in his plate of spaghetti. And so they spanked him for being a glutton*.

The End

*Glutton: a person who greedily eats too much

Adorable Pictures!

Yesterday I was chatting with Nessy (one of my friends) and she send me all these adorable pictures.

This blue one right here is my yahoo messenger picture. It's so cute! (well they all are, but....)

Woohoo!

Last night me, Vince, and my parents drove all the way to Buffalo Airport to pick up Marianne, who will be staying with us for around a month to get a new passport. It was super good to see you, MA! We came home at like 1:00 in the morning. And tonight (Tuesday night) my parents are going out for dinner, so we're gonna have family time with Marianne! I just wanted to say welcome and it's super good to see you! I love you tons!


P.S. Soon there will be "Hired or Fired" part two!!!!! It will come out sometime in the next week.

Movie Night and Sunday

On Saturday night we watched "For Richer or Poorer" for our movie, and we had punch and chocolate ice cream. The next morning, I slept in till 12:15 or something. Then I went downstairs but everyone had already eaten so there were no more pancakes left, and I had to make my own. So for an hour I cooked, ate, and washed my dishes. The kids all went to a place called "Sugar Bush", "Maple Shack", and it might have had another name. Anyways, so Vince and I went out for a walk in the sunny, slightly windy 15 above zero weather. Then we got home and I played Civilization III for an hour and something minutes. Then I came upstairs and posted. All the adults except for Eman are out. Actually, Dad might be home but I'm not sure. They went to Robin's birthday party (he's turning 8). Anyways, I have to go now. Bye!

Yesterday I made an amazing discovery! I was typing my history book and I typed the word "helmet", you know, a protective head covering. But all my life I've spelled it with an 'n'; "helment". So the spelling checker made a red line under it, which means it was spelled wrong. I sat there for about a minute scratching my head and wondering how in the world it could be wrong, but I right-clicked on it and it said "helmet" so I clicked on it. I later looked it up in the dictionary and realized that I'd spelled it wrong all my life! Hahaha.