The Fox Diarys

Holiday World

2011-06-26T14:05:00.004-04:00

Yesterday I went to Holiday World with some friends. It was my first time there! I had a blast! I rode The Raven, The Legend, and The Voyage!! The Voyage is the fastest and tallest wooden roller coaster in the world! I still can't believe I actually rode it. It was a lot of fun though!

In the water park I rode most of the water slides and swam in the wave pool. The wave pool was fun! It is a wave pool that has 8 different wave patterns, and the waves make the pool go from 4 feet to 6 feet high (or in the deepest part, 6 feet to 8 feet).

As for the water slides, The Wildebeest was probably my favorite (despite the hour wait). It's the worlds longest water coaster! It was quite a bit of fun. On the drops you practically left the slide and went airborne! It also went extremely fast!

In this picture is a tree frog I caught right before the park closed (while eating an ice cream cone!) The picture is kind of blurry and the frog kept squirming around so it got in the wrong position, but here it is! Just figured I'd post about him too. You don't see tree frogs around here often.

Until next time,
~Eler Beth~

Very Very Tired

2011-06-19T00:46:00.003-04:00

So tired! I've been at our annual Jehovah's Witnesses Convention we have every year for the past 2 days. Tomorrow/today will be the last day. It has been a lot of fun and I saw old friends and made new ones. The program has been excellent! Learned so much and got a lot of encouragement! I can't wait until next year!

I went swimming at our hotel earlier tonight. I'm usually very nervous in water, but I wasn't at all this time! I'm getting better at swimming too! I had a lot of fun, and now I'm extremely sore haha!

Anyway, just figured I'd make a post while my mom was doing my hair. Didn't have to much too write today.
Until later,
~Eler Beth~

P.S. I will be posting about my formal sometime soon, just haven't gotten the chance yet.

Far Too Long....

2011-06-10T19:17:00.005-04:00

It's been far too long since my last post. With Facebook and all, I just don't think to come on here and make a post as often. But once again, I'm going to try and post more regularly, even if the posts aren't much.

Lately I haven't been doing much. Andrew has been doing a Legend of Zelda Series play through this week so I've been watching him most of the time. It's been pretty amusing and a good break from some other games (the play through is the span of 2 weeks and we aren't doing much else). Also, if anyone would be interested in watching, you can watch a stream of it here (he usually plays in the evening)

I'm currently taking care of my cousins pet rabbits. Because of circumstances she can't keep them at her house at the moment, so I offered to take care of them until she can. They seem to be getting along well with our other rabbits, but not with me! One will thump it's back legs if I get to close. But I think they will settle down in due time.

Today has been quite boring so I don't have much else to say :/ Hopefully I can post in the blog more regularly.
Until Later,
~Eler Beth~

P.S. I just remembered I never posted about my formal dance (though I'm sure my mom did). I'll probably post some pictures and stuff from that later!

NaBloPoMo: Last Day

2010-11-30T20:24:00.005-05:00

Well, it's the last day of NaBloPoMo. I actually made it! Just because it is over doesn't mean I'll stop posting though. I'll probably post weekly or whenever something really interesting happens.

I really have no idea of what to post today. I didn't really think about it. I guess I'll just post about stuff. I hate for my last post for NaNo to be short, but I think it will have to be.

I've been playing Kingdom hearts today. It is so much fun, but my PS2 is messed up so I can't turn it off for more that 30 minutes without it taking an hour to start back up again. This is quite a problem. I think it has a motor problem or something, so I'll probably get a new PS2 someday, but for now, it will do.

All my pets are doing fine. I haven't seen my rabbits in days because it's been cold and I've been sick so my mom has been feeding them for me. I'm sure they are doing fine though. All my birds are doing good. Boris has been singing, Schroeder has too a little bit. Lucy has been rather quiet though. Samantha has been doing well. She sleeps on the heated side of her cage most of the time because it's kind of chilly. Sophie is still doing well. She is getting used to her new home I think. I'm so glad we got her.

My mom is listening to a book on tape with my dad while he cuts up deer. I'm not sure which one it is, but I think it's a Georgette Heyer book. I have no idea why I'm talking about this.

Me and Andrew have been playing Donkey Kong Country Returns a lot lately and it is so much fun!!!! We are very good at using team work in the game. It is a lot of fun to be playing a 2 player game together where I get to do important stuff too! Sometimes his character dies and I have to go through half the stage all by myself! I really love this game and it is just so much fun to play!

Well, I think this is the end of my post. I can't think of anything else to talk about.
Until the next time I post,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 29

2010-11-29T21:54:00.004-05:00

Well, tomorrow is the last day of NaBloPoMo. I actually made it this year. It was pretty fun this year too.

I'm just about over being sick and I am so glad. I am going to a sleep over on Saturday and didn't want to miss it! It will be a three day long sleep over with a bunch of my friends. I can't wait!!!

Sophie is doing well. We are pretty sure her name will be Sophie, unless we think of something better. She has been eating and drinking alright, which is good. We had to make something to hang the water bottle on the side of the fish tank because she wouldn't drink out of a bowl. It works perfectly.

As far as deer hunting goes, I have only been out once this year. Because I was sick last week/weekend I couldn't make it out. I'll probably get back out there during muzzle loader season. It's ok if I don't though, at least we already have a few deer in the freezer, and my dad can get more in muzzle loader season.

Well, that is all for today. I hope you liked this post that I just threw together.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 28

2010-11-28T22:32:00.006-05:00

I'm almost over my cold I think (I hope). Our hedgehog is doing well. We are trying out the name Sophie for now, but we aren't sure yet.

I forgot to talk about what anointing is and why the hedgehogs do it yesterday, so I am going to today, the only problem is how to explain it. When hedgehogs find something with a really interesting smell, they tug on it or lick it. Then they contort themselves, foam at the mouth, and lick their spines with the foam. No one really knows why they do this, but some think it has to do with self defense.

Hedgehogs are very resistant to toxins (they are one of the few animals able to eat giant toads), and when they find something that might be toxic, they get it in their mouth, foam, and lick themselves with it. That way they are kind of poisonous in a way. At least that is what a few think they do it for. There are many more theories about why they do this anointing act.

You've really got to see this to see how neat it is. Maybe I'll video tape Sophie doing it sometime, that is, if I see her doing it again. Here is a picture of a hedgehog self anointing (I pulled it from the internet lol). It's not the best example on how much they can contort themselves, but it will do for now lol.

Well, that is all for today!
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: What Day is it Again?

2010-11-27T21:00:00.017-05:00

Today I actually did something! For the first time in a week, I went somewhere and did something! I'm not as sick as I was and I am feeling so much better!

Say hello to our new hedgehog!
This time it's my moms pet (though she said she would share her with me) She doesn't have a name yet. She is 10 weeks old and just loosing her baby spines. She is very alert and very active, but while getting her out of her cage, she curls up and hisses at us. It will take some time to completely tame her.

My mom has always wanted to get a hedgehog, and the other day, while looking at a hedgehog picture, she said "Oh it's so cute! I've always wanted to get a hedgehog" or something like that. So I said "What if I found one for around $10?". She said I wouldn't, and she was right. I did find one on craigslist for $50 though. It was a year and a half old and was a rescue. After some thinking, we decided to get it, but by the time the lady read our email, it had already been bought. So me and my mom both got on craigslist looking for a hedgehog immediately afterwards. I found one person saying they had a cinnamon pinto hedgie for sale or trade and to text, call, or email her. I sent a text and she responded in less than 10 minutes. I made the whole deal for her hedgehog over text around 12:00 am. She had wanted $100 for her, but she sold her for $80. We picked her up today around 12:30 pm.

The car ride home was a lot of fun. Our Hedgehog(she doesn't have a name yet so what am I to call her) kept running up to my shoulder and getting behind my neck. She kept tugging at my shirt and hair and licking her spines (We later found out this is called anointing but I'll talk about that later). She was very energetic during the ride home and wanted to explore everywhere!

When we got home we set up a fish tank we had with bedding and her igloo and stuff. This wont be her permanent cage, but we are using it until we fix up our other one. She went right into her igloo and went to sleep. After an hour or two (or at least it felt like it) we decided to take her out of her cage for a while. She started hissing at me right away and curled up into a ball. I used a towel to pick her up because of her spines (which didn't help much btw). It took us FOREVER to unroll her! She would start to unroll and then we would make a slight movement and she curled back up! It was pretty funny and kinda cool. Once she unrolled though she was fine and wanted to explore more.

Right now she is asleep, but she should be waking up soon. They are nocturnal after all. I'm so glad we got her! I had never actually seen a hedgehog up close before. There was a teacher in my school before that had one, but I never got to really see it, but I think I saw it from afar once. My mom is going to name her after a character in a Shakespeare book, or a Georgette Heyer book, but she isn't sure which one yet.

And no, we are not going to name her after any sonic character. Though maybe one day I will get some hedgehogs and name them Sonic, Amy, and Shadow (I do like the name Shadow).

That's all for today. I should have more pictures and the name of our hedgehog soon.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~
P.S. I realized I forgot to talk about anointing, so I will talk about it tomorrow.

NaBloPoMo: Day 26

2010-11-26T20:01:00.003-05:00

Still REALLY sick. I've even been coughing up today, but at least I'm getting it out of my chest. I really do not feel well.

I found these cool tissues at kroger today. They are puffs with lotion AND vicks! They are really making me feel better (kinda).

I really wish I hadn't gotten sick during NaBloPoMo because I don't feel like making posts. This is all I've got for today.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

Edit: I had forgotten to put the title on the post.

NaBloPoMo: Day 25

2010-11-25T22:11:00.002-05:00

Sick! I am still really sick! My sore throat went away, but I'm still sneezing and coughing and have a runny nose. I am so tired and no matter how much I sleep, I can't stop being tired. I actually just woke up from a nap. I really hope this cold goes away soon!

I played Donkey Kong Country Returns today with Andrew. It's a really fun game! the controls took time to get used to, but once I did, it was really cool. The game doesn't remind me of DKC much, but it is sorta like it.

I think i posted enough for this to qualify as a post.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBlopoMo: Day 24

2010-11-24T22:25:00.003-05:00

Well, i woke up sick today! i have a very scratchy throut and I keep sneezing. I've been staying in bed and playing Pokemon mystery dungeon all day, I felt to bad to do anything else.

I really don't feel up to posting anything else.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 23

2010-11-23T23:06:00.007-05:00

Well, I'm not sore from skating anymore, and I can walk without limping now! I'm glad, because those two days were the most miserable two days of my life!

I Stayed inside all day today, didn't feel like going anywhere or doing anything. I didn't even play any video games..... What did I do today? I think all I did was watch tv today.

I watched Aladin today, I love that movie! It is very funny and fun to watch. It has to be one of my favorite Disney movies, next to Beauty and the Beast and Mulan. Mulan is my all time favorite!

I've been watching, talking about, and looking up a lot of Disney stuff, which has made me want to play Kingdom Hearts II. Kingdom hearts is a game with Final fantasy characters, and Disney characters and places all put into one amazing game. I could try to explain the plot, but It wouldn't make sense (I don't even fully understand it, but it's really cool).

You play as Sora, who is the Keyblade wielder (which is a key shaped sword), who is trying to do something or another (I forgot what) and Donald and Goofy are helping him. I'm going to give up on explaining here because I've comepletely forgotten the details of the game. Anyway, the game is really cool and fun, and I'm going to be playing it soon.

NaBloPoMo is nearly over. I've done so well so far. I hope I can make it the last seven days.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

Dearly Beloved

NABloPoMo: Day 22

2010-11-22T22:21:00.002-05:00

Well, today I found out how cheaply made my new skates are. They are made almost completely out of plastic. But it's ok, I can use these ones to skate outside and buy some really good ones later.

Thats is about all I did today. I am to sore from skating to do anything lately. I can barely walk, haha.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 21

2010-11-21T19:57:00.002-05:00

Today I didn't do much. I am so sore from yesterday! I can barely walk! I am sore everywhere!!! Everywhere from my neck to my foot! It even hurts to sit down. Hopefully this goes away very soon!

We went and bought me some skates today! They are Cobra Roller Derby skates (Though they are mens skates, it doesn't really matter). Someone was selling them for only 25 dollars. They are practically brand new and fit perfectly. Too bad I'll have to wait until January to use them.

That is about all I did today.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 20

2010-11-20T22:51:00.003-05:00

Well today I went to a skating party. I had a lot of fun!!! My dad went and skated. He is an amazing skater, doing tricks like skating backwards! He and a friend of ours named Irvin used to get skating parties together and they are both great skaters, and they were both at this party so it was a lot of fun to watch! Irvin is a really fast skater, faster than my dad, but my dad is good at tricks and stuff, and he is pretty fast. Many people came up to my dad saying he was the best skater there. It was really funny! But he was the best skater there, along with Irvin. I should video tape it sometime.

I am a pretty good skater myself, and I have one trick I can do (though it's not really much of a trick). I go really fast and then bend down, to where it looks like I'm sitting down, then I stick out my right leg and it turns me. Everyone calls it a trick, but it's the only way I can turn, lol.

I think being a good skater runs in the family, my dad's side. My cousin was there and it was his third time skating, and he was great at it! He only fell down once, he kept his balance very well, and he was really fast. His sister (my cousin) and I were shocked!

Well that is all today, I got to get to bed. I'm tired and sore.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 19

2010-11-19T23:03:00.010-05:00

I actually got out of the house today, but the whole time I was to carsick to enjoy it. Not too much happened today, so I'm going to post about a few new games coming out and a new tv show (My post is mostly about the tv show).

Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns is coming out on the 21st, two days from now. It is a new Donkey Kong game that has the style of the Donkey Kong Country games. It's the first Donkey Kong game since the country games that looks really good, and me and Andrew are really excited for it!! Hopefully it will bring back the old Donkey Kong game feel!

Disney Epic Mickey
Disney Epic Mickey is a new game coming out on the 30th. I happened to see the opening of it and a bit of the first part of the game and it actually looks good (Despite the fact that it nearly scared me half to death). It reminds me a little bit of Kingdom Hearts. I would explain the plot, but I don't fully understand it myself, so I'll explain it in one sentence: It looks cool!
I'll go ahead and post the description from GameFAQs.

Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for the Wii console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney's forgotten creative efforts, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey's path to becoming an epic hero.

Pac-Man Party and Pac-Man Tv Show
I found out about a game called Pac-Man Party this morning. My first thought was that this is an abomination! Pac-Man games should be Pac-Man games! It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen... at least then it was. I couldn't understand why they made a party game where you play as Pac-Man, Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde, and two other unknown characters. I then noticed that it was "based off" a new Pac-Man tv show that is being made.

The new Pac-Man tv show... Now this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen! It is a tv show about Pac-Man, who is in high school, who has to protect Pac-Land from a bunch of ghost that are trying to take it over. He is assisted by his Pac-friends and four friendly ghosts: Inky, Pinkey, Blinkey, and Clyde.

The fact that Pac-Man is in High school really made me laugh! The fact that Inky, Pinkey, Blinkey, and Clyde are good guys and helping him sorta irritated me and also made me laugh.

In an interview, the producer, Avi Arad, said that "he wants it to have more depth than just fighting ghosts: It could tackle social issues like racism, too." He also said "We wanted to keep Pac-Man the same lovable guy he has always been, but put him in the 21st century. We also wanted to talk about real stories and see how they can relate to our lives, being in high school and being a teenager. At the end of the day, it's the story of a reluctant hero."

How they got this much out of a game where you eat dots and eat the ghost chasing you I don't know. I think it is really funny that they are going to have him "tackle social issues". They have completely made a tv series out of a game without a story.

My Sources:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.203075-New-Pac-Man-TV-Series-Could-Tackle-Racism?page=1

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020718?refCatId=1009

Well, that is all for today. I am barely making the deadline today.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 18

2010-11-18T22:05:00.005-05:00

Well, lately I haven't been posting much interesting stuff, but this week hasn't been that interesting. I've been inside the house all week and barely even went outside. It's been a very gloomy and rainy week.

I've been playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of Sky most of the time lately and that is about it. It's my favorite game. It's the first game I legitimately beat by myself (Besides those sesame street games and a few other "kid" games I played when I was younger).

Basically, the story line is about a human who gets turned into a pokemon and loses his/her memory, meets a pokemon whose dream is to join a pokemon exploration team and forms a team with it, hoping to someday get his/her memory back and find out how she/he turned into a pokemon.

One day I was looking for a new game to play, and I remembered Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I had played it before, but I never understood what to do and gave up on the game. I asked Andrew if it was a good game, and he said that it was fun, but it had "no replay value" so not to waste my money on it. I kept looking into it and it really looked like a fun game, so I found Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of darkness on Ebay for 16 dollars and bought it anyway. I've played it three times since and I am on my fourth time now! This is absolutely my favorite game!

I've beaten Explorers of Darkness once, Explorers of Time once, and Explorers of Sky once and am now on my second time. The second time I played it, when I played Time, I didn't beat the after story, but the other times I played it, I beat the whole thing, including the whole after story. When I played Time after playing Darkness, I noticed they put a few different items in each game and a few different pokemon. Personally, I think Time had the better items.

Wow, this turned out to be kind of a review of the game, and I was only planning on posting the plot. I think that is all I'm going to post today.

Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 17

2010-11-17T22:03:00.006-05:00

Today I found out about a new band, or a comedy band. Not sure if that qualifies as a band :/ They are called The Axis of Awesome. Their lead singer looks just like Jack Black!! Seriously!

I only know two songs by them, but those two songs are the funniest things ever. I definitely recommend listening to these songs, that is if you want a good laugh!

The first one I heard is called BirdPlane.

BirdPlane

The Other one I heard is called 4 Chords. Now the first video isn't the whole song, but basically this is what the whole song is. I'll post the whole song underneath this video in case you would like to hear it, but you should listen to the other video first.

4 Chords

4 Chords

That it for today.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 16

2010-11-16T23:09:00.003-05:00

Day 16, I seem to be barely making the post requirement. I'm to tired to post much, but my day today was alright. I played Pokemon Mystery Dungeon most of the day. My dad cut up the deer meat. We will be packaging it soon.
I don't have to much more to say today. It was raining so I was stuck in the house all day.

I guess that's all for now.
Until a later date,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 15

2010-11-15T22:15:00.004-05:00

I'm really tired, so I'm just going to do a summary of my day, best idea I had for a post.

I was really bored and irritated today! I've been hungry all day and I don't feel like eating anything (Though I did eat some pizza). I went to the store. I started a file on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon again, got to the very first save spot, then abandoned the game for the rest of the day. Went on the computer and went back and forth between my bookmarks. Watched the news with my mom (For 30 minutes or so). Sat around and did nothing. Watched some AFV. Watched 30 minutes of Freaky Friday. Watched a one hour episode of Hannah Montana. Watched Andrew play a video game for maybe 30 minutes. And now I'm making this post.

I probably left out some things, but I think I got most of it.

Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~
-Face-Palm-
The way I feel right now

NaBloPoMo: Day 14

2010-11-14T22:32:00.002-05:00

Well, I didn't go hunting today, but my dad did. He got FOUR DOES this morning!! That's the most deer he has ever gotten in one day! He gave two to our hunting buddy, and we kept the other two. Our freezer will be stocked this year! It is a really good year so far!

I'm not sure of much else to talk about. Not much happened today. I slept in and rested since I was sore this morning. I guess this is the end of my post.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 13

2010-11-13T19:02:00.008-05:00

-There is no blood in the picture, but I do have a picture of the deer I shot today. Just a warning-

I started deer season off with a bang today! I got a huge doe at 9:53 this morning with my 11-87 Shotgun using Hasting Sabot Slugs.

She came out of nowhere and I nearly panicked when I saw it! I tried to aim my gun at it, and it looked up at me, so I slowly moved my gun back to where it was. Then it started walking towards me, so I tried to aim my gun again. Once again it looked up at me, so I stayed perfectly still and it looked back down again. It took me a while to figure out how to aim at it, because if I aimed down, my gun hung over my tree stand and the doe could spot it. Finally it started toward me again, so I quickly aimed and tried to control my breathing, but before I could, she looked straight up at me. I had no choice but to take the shot then and there.

She turned a full 180 around and ran, then took a left and dissapeared into the thick brush. My dad got out of his tree to search for her. She had run about 50 yards. When he found her, she was already dead. I had a great shot! The lung was destroyed and we can only imagine what happened to the heart, we couldn't even find it!

We are going to eat some of the tenderloin tonight for dinner, and the rest of the deer is being soaked now. I don't have any photos to show on here yet, since they aren't developed, but I took one with my phone so I can show it.

I guess that is all for now. I plan on getting more deer this year.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

The view from my tree stand

NaBloPoMo: Day 12

2010-11-12T22:09:00.002-05:00

Well, deer season got here quicker than I was expecting. Tomorrow is the first day of gun season, so we spent today getting ready. I'm not feeling too well tonight, so I hope I am feeling better in the morning.

We went to Pet Smart today to get some things, and there is the cutest kitten there. Her name is Snickers, and she is so playful. Then we saw a brother and sister basset/beagle mix. The little girl was adorable. Well, they both were, but the little girl was especially adorable. I'd love to have her, but I know we don't need any more dogs.

Well, I've got to go to bed. I have to get up early in the morning.

Until tomorrow
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 11

2010-11-11T21:51:00.002-05:00

I was worn out today! I have spent over half this week with my friends. I spent the night yesterday with my friends, and then when I came home, I was out! I slept until 3:00!

I would love to spend this weekend resting and doing nothing, but Saturday is the first day of deer season! So tomorrow I am going scouting and setting up our tree stands and all. I can't wait, I've been looking forward to deer season since January! I've got to get to bed soon so I can wake up early.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 10

2010-11-10T22:25:00.003-05:00

Well, I'm gone again.

My friend Heather is still in town, visiting her sister until Friday. And the two of us were invited to spend the night with two friends of ours who are sisters. And Mom let me go. I'll be home in the morning.

We're having a lot of fun, playing Rock Band and some other stuff.

I have the greatest Mom and Dad, letting me do this. Of course I'll have to double up on some schoolwork next week. :(

But right now I'm having so much fun!

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 9

2010-11-09T22:41:00.002-05:00

I just got back from my friend's house. It was a lot of fun! We saw Mega Mind, went four-wheeling, and played some video games. We also watched Toy Story 3 which I brought over and How to Train Your Dragon, though I fell asleep during it.

Today we went to Pet Smart, then walked to Bass Pro and then to Greentree Pets, and then back to Pet Smart and then to Target. We were looking at guinea pigs, and we got to hold them. They were very sweet. I also got to hold a cat named Snickers who is 7 weeks old and just the sweetest thing. We went to Greentree pets, but they take horrible care of their pets, so we didn't stay there long, and they aren't nice. Then we nearly got killed at the intersection on our way to Target. lol

I am really tire and am going to bed now. Goodnight.

~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 8

2010-11-08T21:35:00.001-05:00

Four-wheeling was so much fun yesterday!

Getting ready to see a movie now.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 7

2010-11-07T19:43:00.002-05:00

I am having SO MUCH FUN!!!

We went four-wheeling this afternoon. I'll have to write more about that later. I'm having a great time!

Til tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 6

2010-11-06T21:13:00.002-04:00

I'm on my way to my friend's house. I'll be home in a few days. That's about all I have to post right now.

We're planning on going four-wheeling tomorrow afternoon, and who knows what else we might do?

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 5

2010-11-05T13:33:00.002-04:00

Well, this morning Copper, my flying squirrel, died. I'm not sure how or why. It was a complete shock. He was fine yesterday.

I don't think I'm going to post about anything else today.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 4

2010-11-04T16:01:00.002-04:00

I'm not going to post a picture of my pets today after all. Also, this post is gonna be kinda short. I've been up all night and can't think straight.

I'm going over to a friends house for a few days this weekend/week so my posts may be short during that time.
I got to talk to a pro kendama player today. His name is Jeffrey van Rasta. He was really nice and told me some things about kendamas. We mainly just chatted though. I have him added as a friend on FB. I hope that I can get as good as the professionals at kendama someday!

That will be all for today. Like I said, I can't really think straight.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 3

2010-11-03T20:12:00.002-04:00

Well, I slept for half the day, So really I'm not going to make a post today. Because I didn't wake up until it was dark outside, I wont introduce one of my animals today since I wasn't able to take a picture of one.... I should have more to talk about tomorrow.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 2

2010-11-02T17:22:00.019-04:00

Day two of NaBloPoMo. I'm doing pretty well so far, haha. I think I will introduce one of my dogs and my birds each day(Excluding Schroeder since I showed a picture of him yesterday) until I've shown a picture of each one. I'll start doing this tomorrow.
I think I'll talk some about Kendamas.

Kendama is a Japanese toy. It is a variation of Cup and Ball, only more fun in my opinion. You play by catching and spearing the ball in various ways or performing various juggles, balances or position sequences. Most people usually play for their own amusement, but there are kendama competitions also. The stick is called the Ken, and the ball is called the Tama. T and D are very similar in Japanese, so it is called a Kendama. It is hammer-like shaped with a spike on the top.

It has three cups that you can catch the Tama on, one on either side of the Ken and one on the bottom of the Ken. The piece that the two cups are on is called the Sarado (Cup Body). Each cup is a different size. The Kozara (Little Cup) is the smaller cup on the Ken, the Ozara (Big Cup) is the bigger cup on the Ken, and the Chuzara (Center Cup) is the cup on the bottom of the Ken. You can also catch the Tama on the spike, which is called the Kensaki (Stick Point). The hole on the Tama is called the Ana(Hole). The string is called the Ito (Thread). The sticker on the bottom of the Ken is the JKA kendama seal which shows that the kendama is certified by them. Only JKA certified kendama may be used in tournaments.

There are four types of holds for the kendama. The Sara Grip, the Ken Grip, the Tama Grip, and the Rosoku Grip. Of course, it's best to hold it in the way that feels comfortable to you, but you use certain grips for certain tricks. The main way I hold the kendama is like a pencil. To see the different grips, you should go to this link. While playing kendama, it is very important to bend your knees!

I currently have 2 kendamas. My first kendama is a TK16 with a black Tama. I bought my second kendama a couple of months ago. It was a plain, unpainted kendama. It's made from the wood of Zelkova trees, which have a pretty hard wood. It is not certified by JKA, but it has the JKA recommended product seal. I don't mind this too much because I'm not going to be playing in tournaments. It's a very sturdy kendama and hasn't gotten any dents or anything from me dropping it. I painted the tama of the kendama an orange-ish brown color.

I've gotten pretty good with the kendama, but I would still call myself a beginner. I've gotten the basics of juggling down I think. I've started getting the hang of spiking the Tama, but I'm still not that great at it. I can do a few small tricks like Candle and Swinging Candle. I can also do airplanes pretty well. I also made up a trick of my own. I use the Rosoku Grip and do a candle or swinging candle, then I toss the kendama in the air, catch the Ken and switch into a pencil like grip, swing the Tama around and catch it on the Ozara. I might post a video of me doing this sometime.

If you want to learn more about Kendamas or the History of Kendamas, you should go to the following links.
http://kendama.jimdo.com/english/what-s-a-kendama/history/
http://www.kendamakyokai.com/index_english.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendama
http://kendama.net/
http://kendamausa.com/about/

Also, here is the link to the Kendama USA Pro team page.
http://kendamausa.com/pro-team/

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 1

2010-11-01T14:19:00.015-04:00

First day of NaBloPoMo. Hope I do well! I think I will post about how my pets are doing since I haven't posted about them in a while.

Copper, my flying squirrel, is doing great! He is very tame now and I can take him out of his cage now. I think he has arthritis or something in his hind legs because he hasn't been able to move them correctly for a while, but it doesn't seen to be hurting him at all. Because of this, he is not as fast and so he never runs away from me.
He loves getting his cheeks and head scratched! He will nip your finger lightly and then lay his head down for you to scratch him. It is very cute!
Copper discovered new favorite nuts not too long ago. He loves hickory nuts even more! He also really likes acorns. He still likes pecans every once in a while though.

My Rabbits are doing well. We found out Astrid is actually a male! We renamed him Astor. Once we found out, we took him and got him fixed by our favorite vet! After we got him fixed, he suddenly got aggressive, which is odd because it is actually supposed to make them tamer. He's gotten tamer, but he still bites and scratches sometimes. Nevertheless, he is still my baby boy!

Mythril is still pretty shy and very mean, but she is getting used to me petting her, she just hates being picked up. She has gotten very big! A few weeks ago, when she and Astor were playing in the front yard flower garden, which we have nicknamed the rabbit run, Mythril started digging a hole under a piece of drift wood we have in the garden. I think she is trying to build a burrow. It was really cool watching her dig.
Picture Caption: Mythril is not amused

My birds are doing pretty well, except Luey died about 2 weeks ago, I'm not sure why though. She hadn't been doing too well for a while.
Lucy is still as silly as ever, hanging upside down and turning her head upside down. I think she thinks she is an owl, lol.
Schroeder is still my little baby bird. He is still as sweet as ever, and he loves clicking at us and saying "pretty bird".
Boris is still mean, but he has been singing a lot lately. Nearly non stop. It's very pretty, but it is kinda hard to sleep, haha.
Bird in the picture is Schroeder

Samantha, my leopard gecko, has been doing great. She hasn't grown too much, but she has gained a good amount of weight and is very healthy. I've been feeding her crickets and the occasional super worm. She still hates being picked up, and I don't think I will ever tame her, but she is a good pet.

As for my dogs, they are all doing well. I took two of them, Little Bit and Scout, camping this year. They loved it! I had never taken any of them camping before, and it was really fun. They slept in the tent with me and my friend and kept us warm lol.

I think that's all of them, lol.
I guess that is it today. Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo

2010-10-30T02:43:00.009-04:00

It's been forever since I posted. I've decided to try and do NaBloPoMo again this year. Last year I missed one post near the end of the month. I won't post too much in this post, so I can save some things for NaBloPoMo, lol.

I had forgotten to post a picture of my rabbit Mythril, so here she is. The picture is pretty outdated, but she still looks like this, only bigger.

I guess that's it for now. Until Later,
~Eler Beth~

2010-07-19T00:14:00.004-04:00

~I haven't posted in a while. It's going to be hard for me to keep up-to-date with my blog, mainly just because I keep forgetting to post.~

A few weeks after we got Astrid, we got another rabbit named Mythril. She is white with a black spot under each eye and a little bit on her left ear, and a black tail. She is a little bigger than Astrid, but they look about the same age. I will try to post a picture of her as soon as possible.

In one of my favorite games, a character in it uses a weapon called a kendama. I decided a while back to look it up and find out what it is. I found out that it is a Japanese toy that is played kind of like the game "Cup and Ball". In a lot of video games, manga, and anime, people use them as weapons.

It is hammer shaped with a spike on top and a ball attached with a string. You play by catching and spearing the ball in various ways or performing various juggles, balances or position sequences. Most people usually play for their own amusement, but there are kendama competitions. It takes a lot of practice to get good at playing.

I decided to buy one, since it looked like fun, and I have gotten the basics of playing down. The type that I bought is a TK16, a good type for beginners. You should watch this video if you want to see how it is played. They do a lot of cool tricks in this video also.

I guess that is all for now. I am probably forgetting something, but I am too tired to remember.
Until next time,
~Eler Beth~

Astrid

2010-05-11T05:55:00.010-04:00

Well we now have another new addition. I just bought a young female Dutch Rabbit yesterday from a near by flea market/thrift store like place. Her name is Astrid. Her coat is a sort of two toned between gray and chocolate brown, sort of a mint chocolate color as I am calling it. She had a different color pattern then the other rabbits they had there, which were like the standard dutch rabbit color pattern. She is mostly all mint chocolate brown except a white blotch on her right shoulder that goes all the way to under her neck, her front left paw is brown while all the others are white, and a white blaze on her face. She is extremely docile and sweet. She doesn't mind me picking her up at all, and I can put her on the ground and she wont run away. Me and my mom noticed this about her right away when we saw her. All the other rabbits were in the back of the cage, while she came and rushed up to us. I'll have better pictures later, but here are a couple of pics I took yesterday on the ride home and when I got her home.

She is living in Tsune's old cage, and she seems to like it well. We had to modify the cage so I can get her out more easily, making two doors on the front.

Astrid means both Divine Beauty and Divine Strength. It comes from the root word star.

I guess that is all for now,
~Eler Beth~

2010-05-06T19:24:00.004-04:00

I think posting is going to be a weekly/by weekly think for me.

A couple of days ago my rabbit, Tsune, escaped out of her cage. I might have a chance at catching her but it is very unlikely.

My leopard gecko is doing great. We named her Samantha. She has been eating crickets with calcium powder on them five days a week. She shed her skin a week ago, but right after that, her toes on her back leg seemed to stick together. Now they are kind of bound together by a black scab looking thing. I don't know what is going on, so if anyone who has one for a pet knows, please let me know. In the meantime, I am going to ask on Gecko's Unlimited Forms.

I've been playing my key board a lot lately and have learned the old Pokemon theme, Rose of May, and song of healing. I don't know the left hand part of rose of may and cant pay both parts at the same time on the Pokemon song. So far, song of healing is the only one I know and can play both parts of, but I don't know the final part of it yet.

I have caught over 200 fish this year! We have a pond nearby that is over populated with bass and they are biting like mad! I'll post some pictures of the ones we caught sometime. We will be eating the bass for months to come ^^

I'm changing my blogs music again. This time it is a fire emblem song. I was hoping to get the original version, but this was the best I could find. Though if you want to listen to the original version, here it is on Youtube

Well, that is all for now. I'll post again soon,
~Eler Beth~

New Pet

2010-04-20T12:29:00.005-04:00

Story time again! lol

There is a kid down the street named Zack. Zack's Grandfather owns property or something, and at one of the houses he was at, these people had abandoned two lizards and a Beta. He gave the lizards and Beta to Zack and his sister. About five-ten days ago, his sister, Jasmine, comes down to my house and asks if I can tell them what kind of lizards they were. At first I thought "They caught some Blue Tailed Skinks in there yard". Once I got there, I found out they were not some lizards they just caught. They had two Leopard Geckos in a tank. The guy abandoned them with like twenty dead crickets and no water. They had a heat rock but they power was off in the house so it wasn't on. There dad said Zack was going to keep them, but if per chance they couldn't, they would bring them to me.

Yesterday we got a knock on the door. It was Zack. He asked if I wanted one of the geckos because he could only keep one, and I could choose witch one to have. I cleaned up my fish tank and ran to Petsmart real quick. When I went to get the Leopard Gecko, it turned out Jasmine wanted him to keep a certain one, which I didn't mind, I was probably going to get the one I got anyway.

I now have a pet female Leopard Gecko!!! She is very young as she is just losing her bands. I haven't named her yet so if you think of a name you think would be good for her let me know. I am thinking about Samantha, Nami, and maybe Lyn, but I'm not sure yet. Also, names that seem appealing for a gecko are names where the first or second letter is S, T, or L. Don't ask why lol.

I am using "Zoo Med's Repti Sand", "Zoo Med's Leopard Gecko Food", and "Zoo Med's Under Tank Heater". She Has a little hiding rock and a food and water rock dish.
I have to be extra careful handling her because if I grab her, she can constrict her muscles and make her tail fall off!

Until Later,
~Eler Beth~

P.S. here are some pics I took with my phone!

A Strange Error Message

2010-04-05T03:03:00.005-04:00

I went on youtube, and when I click the videos, a strange error message showed on the new window. I have no idea what it means, but I think someone hacked into youtube. I can't post a big picture, but this is what it said:
___________________________________________________
500 Internal Server Error

Sorry, something went wrong.

A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.

Also, please include the following information in your error report: (Then there were a whole bunch of letters, numbers, and symbols like some weird html!)
___________________________________________________

~Annet~

Not Much To Say

2010-03-30T16:38:00.009-04:00

Well, Lately I haven't been doing much of anything.I've been playing Pokemon HG But that is about it. Andrew beat the game within four days again! Then he beat the second part within the next week. Sometimes I wonder how he does that......

I'm still trying to beat the game. My Pokemon are at such low levels and I am near completely out of Hyper Potions and out of money to buy some more. Looks like I have to train and get my Pokemon's levels up high enough to make up for the lack in Potions.

I'm going to Olive Garden on Friday with Anne and Vivian. I can't wait! I haven't been there in forever and I haven't seen Anne and Vivian in a while so this will be fun. I'll try to have pictures afterward if at all possible.

Oh yeah! I forgot I went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D! It was great! I can't wait for it to come out via DVD. I'm also going to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D this week probably. Can't wait!

Go to the comments of my last post. Some spammer posted some stuff in Chinese and I had the nerve to go on google to translate it! Its mainly gibberish but it is pretty funny, so I went ahead and posted the translated version on there.

I'm changing my playlist again and what the playlist looks like so take a look!

That's all for today! I'll try to post again soon!
~Eler Beth~

Long time no see (Some Pictures)

2010-03-13T13:04:00.024-05:00

I haven't been on here in a long time but I am back.

All my pets are doing good. I would post pictures right now but I don't have any on my lap top. The rabbit lives in a cage that we built for her outside. The flying squirrel is as cute as ever. He is out of hibernation now and is in his summer bed. Clark hasn't stayed home in a while, but I know she has been here.

A pokemon game is coming out tomorrow. They are the remakes of the old pokemon games Gold Silver and Crystal. The new games are Heart gold and Soul silver. Heart gold is a mix of Gold and Crystal and Soul silver is a mix of Silver and Crystal. I can't wait!

Because of the Pokemon games coming out, Cartoon network played THE OLD EPISODES OF POKEMON IN THE ORANGE ISLANDS!!!! I was so happy! They even played Pokemon Movie 2000! I miss the old Pokemon so much. The new stuff is just so.... Lame and kinda violent, No memorable value, and no thought put into the new episodes, movies, and games!

There is also a new Final Fantasy game that came out. I hope to get it soon! It is FFXIII. The main character is a girl even! That's a new one. I hear it is good. I hope it lives up to that theory.

I have gotten very good on the ocarina, But I have reached my limit of songs. I need a bigger note range. Soon I will probably be getting this Double Ocarina. It composes a total of 17 notes from A to Higher C but lets you play cords easily. I can't wait! So many new songs I can play!

I am going to see the new Alice in Wonderland movie this week. It will be in 3D. My first 3D movie! I hope it is good. I have heard good and bad reviews.

I am changing my blogs music in honor of the new Pokemon game. Hope you like the song!

That is about it. I will try to post again tomorrow!

Until then,
~Eler Beth~

2009-12-23T02:41:00.004-05:00

Hi. I thought I would post this video because I haven't posted in a while, and I think it's very cool.

It's a variety of zelda songs, mostly wind waker, played by many instruments, but one guy.

I reccomend you watch it at youtube. You can't see all of the video.

Zazzles

2009-12-01T05:17:00.002-05:00

I thought I would post about Zazzles since I hadn't in a while. Zazzles is a website where you can customize your own things and then order them. You can also post them for sale so others can buy them, and depending on your royalty setting, get paid a little whenever they buy your item, either in check or credit card. It's a very neat site. They even hold contests every so often. I just added a thing on the side of my blog with some of my products. I've even sold some!!

Til' Later,
Annet

Going to Bed

2009-11-25T22:59:00.002-05:00

I slept late this morning and didn't think I could get to sleep very early tonight, but I am actually kinda tired. I decided I was going to go hunting tomorrow. Dad always goes on Thanksgiving, but I didn't think I would because he's going with our regular hunting partner and another guy that I've never hunted with and they're going to a place I'm not familiar with. But at the last minute I decided I want to if I can get up and if I feel up to it. So after I post this I'm going to bed.

Mom and Andrew went to the funeral of a friend of ours today but I didn't go. I kinda wanted to but kinda didn't. He was a good friend of dad's. Before he had to stop driving I'd be riding my bike and he would be in our subdivision and he'd see me and say hi. And lately every time we'd see him he'd mention that. He was very old but in pretty good health still. He just went to sleep and didn't wake up.

Well, I'm off to bed now.

Til' tomorrow,
Annet

Post

2009-11-24T23:27:00.002-05:00

This is my post just to be making a post...

Til' tomorrow,
Annet

: )

2009-11-23T23:54:00.008-05:00

Today I went to the east end of Louiville to go to a wine making shop to get my dad a bottle brush. I played a lot on my video games today. We also finally got the rabbit in her new cage today. I'm worried about her because she won't go into her nesting box and sits in the corner. That's about it.

Til' tomorrow,
Annet

Rabbit

2009-11-22T23:32:00.002-05:00

Hello!

Well Dad and I finished up the rabbit hutch today. It looks really good but it is really, really big! We'll put her in it tomorrow. It was dark when we got it finished. A friend gave us a water dish that attaches to the side. He also gave us a nesting box, but it really isn't what we want for her so Dad is going to build her one after all. He has it drawn out and will cut it and put it together tomorrow.

Well that's really all there is to write about. I had a pretty good day. It was warm and sunny.

Til' tomorrow,
Annet

Living at Lowe's

2009-11-21T21:47:00.003-05:00

Today we went to Lowe's to get stuff to make the rabbit a new hutch. It's going to be a really big one, bigger than she really needs, but she'll have plenty of room to move around. It took us a while to get everything we needed, and I was pushing the big cart with the wood and everything on it. I did a pretty good job maneuvering down crowded aisles too. I think I'll be a good parallel parker when I start driving!! We were there for an hour or more. We lost mom at one time. She got tired of waiting for us to get the wood cut and wandered off somewhere. lol

Dad and I put a lot of the hutch together tonight. I like making things like that. Our friend is giving us a nesting box for her, so we didn't have to build that. But we had already bought some plywood for it before we knew that he had one for us. But that's okay because we're always needing plywood for something or other.

Well, that's it for now.
Til' tomorrow,
Annet

Missed time-Limit

2009-11-21T01:09:00.002-05:00

Well I forgot to post before 12:00, so I'm posting now, though it technically won't count as a post every day.

I went to Taco Tico for the first time today. We recently got one near here. I also got a game I've been wanting, Harvest Moon Sunshine Islands for the DS. That's about it.

Til' Tomorrow,
Annet

Publish Post

Nothing

2009-11-19T19:21:00.003-05:00

Nothing happened today. NOTHING!! I watched a movie and that was it. Stayed indoors all day too. So I have nothing to write about. Except dad went hunting. Didn't get anything though. And we now cannot hunt at our favorite hunting place because someone else bought it and wont let us hunt.

So thats it....

Annet

Copper Getting Ready For Winter

2009-11-18T22:30:00.005-05:00

My flying squirrel Copper is getting ready for winter. He has been storing a lot of his food and eating more than usual, and every night when he does his housekeeping he builds his nest up even more. The other day after I washed my hair I had a lot of hair in my brush, and Mom said to put it in Copper's cage to see what he did with it. After it had sat there for a while he came out and pulled it in and is using it in his nest.

He's so cute. If I don't cover his cage by about 9 o'clock at night he'll come out and stare at me until I cover it. He is nocturnal, so he wants it dark so he can come out and eat and get a drink and work on his nest, which is in a little log. He jumps around his cage too. One day I got to see him glide.

He loves pecans the best, and peanuts next best. He eats a mix of wild-life feed, like corn and sunflower seeds. He also likes acorns. I brought some in for him and he had never had them before. He loves them! He expects to get one or two every night, and sometimes he has to work really hard to get them open.

Kingdom Hearts/KH

2009-11-17T22:31:00.005-05:00

Today I thought I'd post about one of my favorite game series Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts is a game that mixes Disney storys (like Beauty and the Beast) places (like Neverland) and characters (like Donald, Goofy and Micky) with final fantasy characters (like Cloud and Vivi) together in an awesome game! It has 4 games out so far, KH 1, KH Chain Of Memories, KH 2, and KH 358/2 days. It also has another game on the way, KH Birth By Sleep. The main characters of the game series are Sora, Donald and Goofy in every game except 358/2 days and Birth By Sleep. In 358/2 days the main character is Roxas. In Birth By Sleep, I'm not quite sure yet. Sora has two best friends named Kairi and Riku. It would be very hard to explain the story line, as it drags on though each game, that's why I posted the links to the Wikipedia pages which explain each game. I thought I would post the openings for KH 1 and 2 which are very well done if you would like to watch them. P.S. I like the 2nd opening better than the 1st :D.

KH 1 opening

KH 2 opening

Also, the song on my journal is a song from 358/2 days.

Til' tomorrow,

Annet

Not very fun

2009-11-16T20:53:00.004-05:00

Today I didn't do very much fun stuff. I spent some time with Drew, ran out places with Mom, went to Petsmart and Gamestop, and played a demo of a game I want to buy, Pokemon Rumble. That's about it. Dad's cutting up deer right now...........................................................I'm very bored and not in a good mood.

That's all today I guess........
Annet

Aching Back

2009-11-15T22:19:00.004-05:00

Today Dad went deer hunting again, but I didn't go. I'm extremely sore, everything from the waist up. This morning, I could barely get out of bed. I'm not quite that sore anymore, but it still hurts. So I didn't really do much more than sit around the house today, play on the computer, and play my games. I also watched a Detective Conan movie, movie 4 "Captured in her Eyes", and Bolt. That's about it. Oh, but dad got a doe today.

That's it til' tomorrow,

Annet

Deer

2009-11-14T21:30:00.002-05:00

Today, or rather, this morning, I went out deer hunting. Because it's the first day, getting everything together was a little confusing. Once we got set up out there I got up in my climbing tree stand. I took it about about 15 feet up the tree, facing a deer trail. At 8:20, I suddenly saw a doe step out there in front of me. As soon as it got into the clearing, it looked straight at me in the tree. Because of the angle it was facing me from, I thought I wouldn't be able to get a great shot, so just like on my hunting game when I can't get the shot I want I shot it in the chest. As soon as I shot it in the chest it did a back flip and died instantly.

At 10:11 I suddenly heard this big deer trot out there and then it just stopped. At that point all I could see was the head and the antlers, and it was looking straight at the deer I shot. It seemed a little confused. Suddenly it looked straight up at me and I thought for sure it was going to run. But then it came around through the brush toward me, stopped, and looked up at me again, as if it was trying to figure out what I was. It came even closer, about 10-15 yards away from my tree, and looked at me again. It moved a little closer and I shot at it. Because of the brush, I was aiming through the tree limbs, and wasn't sure if I got the shot I wanted. It ran under my tree stand, where I couldn't get it, so my dad shot it again from the other tree stand, and it dropped. I had actually shot it in a very good spot. So good, it shattered the spine in half.Most of the time, a deer won't look into a tree, especially on the first day of season but the friend we were hunting with had also taken a shot at it from the other side of the woods, and it was startled quite a bit from that.

Since our friend didn't get a deer, we gave him the doe, as we usually do to be fair. We had our friend's daughter take a picture of me and my deer and she is going to email it to me, so I can't post it today. I was actually just eating some tender loin from it we cooked up.

That's all I can write today. Can't stay awake any longer.
Til' tomorrow,
Annet

(V)!_!(V)

2009-11-13T21:37:00.003-05:00

above: Crab

Dad and Mom went out to run some errands today, so instead of staying at home, Andrew and I went to a coffee shop with Wi-Fi called Perkfections. I enjoyed it. I got to spend time with Andrew for the first time in a long time. Afterwards, I went to Petsmart. They're having a charity adoption this weekend. Of course, I didn't get anything :l...though I wanted to. I also went to T-mobile with everyone to get Dad a new phone, and saw a phone I liked quite a bit, and I think I might get it by February!!! Here is a link! I'm so glad to be back on the desktop!!! I got to go to bed soon, waking up at 3 AM.....And Mom is acting a little funny all of a sudden, lol.

Til tomorrow,

Annet

=8-(

2009-11-12T22:28:00.002-05:00

(emoticon above means Bad Hair Day. And it most definitely IS a bad hair day)

I am feeling a lot better. I felt like walking the dogs today. Yesterday I didn't. We're getting things ready for the first day of gun season on Saturday. I'm really looking forward to it this year.

They fixed Mom's desktop today. I'll be glad when I get another laptop. Mine died, and I can't get another one yet. But Mom shares her computer with me, so that's all right.

Well, that's it for today. Nothing going on yet, but maybe Saturday I'll have a hunting story to tell and maybe some pictures. (No blood or anything, though) I know some people don't like hunting. I'd rather eat deer though than beef bought at the store, especially since we package it ourselves.

That's it for now. Til tomorrow!
Annet

Colgate Robot

2009-11-11T23:18:00.001-05:00

Short post tonight. I'm feeling better except my left shoulder has been hurting all day. Mom said I probably slept on it wrong.

I found this video of a Colgate robot. It isn't the same one we saw. The one we saw was a white tube. But it's close, and the voice is very much like the one we saw.

-_o

2009-11-10T19:12:00.003-05:00

Today, not much at all happened. I walked the dogs, ran errands with mom, and that's about it. I played my video game, Pokemon Heart Gold, a lot today. Oh yeah, the computer for some reason broke down today and is now in the shop. I'm on Drew's laptop.

Hopefully more tomorrow,
Annet

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2009-11-09T22:17:00.003-05:00

Today I went to the doctor for my cold. I got an antibiotic, prescription cough syrup, and Clariten Clear. So far I don't feel any better. I also walked Little Bit and Scout together, then Taxi. I've got a schedule set up where I walk Heidi then Bruin one day, then Little Bit, Scout and Taxi the next. I also played a game online with Andrew and some of the brawl players. It was fun.

Thats about it for today.

Til' tomorrow,

Annet

Sick!

2009-11-08T22:49:00.001-05:00

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. I can't stop sneezing. Every time I feel better for a few days I start feeling sick again. I had a fever this morning, so Mom is taking me to the doctor.

I watched Hoot tonight with Mom and Dad even though I was tired. But I'm going to bed now. I hope I can stop sneezing so I can go to sleep.

Running out of titles

2009-11-07T18:03:00.002-05:00

Today I went to Burlington coat factory to buy a baby gift for a friend. Afterwards we went to Wal-mart to pick up some stuff, and there was a Colgate van outside. Inside there was this robot Colgate toothpaste tube with arms. There was someone watching and talking though the robot to kids. It was really funny. It took everyone a while to realize it was a real person talking though it. I wish I could have taken a picture or found one online, but I didn't.

Afterwards, we took dad to the Wallgreens clinic. He has gotten sick now. Oh, and we went to Long John Silvers. They're having a 1 shrimp for a quarter deal.

That's just about it....

Until Tomorrow,

Annet

Scouting

2009-11-06T23:35:00.002-05:00

Dad got off work a little early today, and we went to scout one of our deer hunting spots. It was really pretty out there and it was good to get out of the house. We saw several deer scrapes and found the tree where I'll be sitting next Saturday when we hunt.

For the first time ever I heard a buck grunting. It was higher pitched than I thought it would be. We could hear him walking near us, and we saw several deer trails. There should be a lot of them in that area.

I am extremely tired and will have to go on to bed. I wouldn't have posted this tonight except I didn't want to miss a day. I might write more about our scouting trip tomorrow. Right now I can't really hold my eyes open.

Sunny Day

2009-11-05T23:00:00.002-05:00

I raked some leaves this after noon for a while. It was pretty and sunny but it was kind of cold all day. I ran around the yard playing with my dog Little Bit for a while. She loves to play. She learns fast too. I have taught her to sit, lie down, and roll over. She is afraid of my Mom's cat though. He thinks the dogs should play with him and he will stalk them and then spring out at them. He takes them by surprise. Little Bit will run and he will chase her and then she will find me and hide from him. It's very funny.

Well that's all for now. I'll be back tomorrow.

Not much

2009-11-04T18:54:00.002-05:00

Don't really have much to write about today. It started out raining, but turned out pretty in the after noon. I didn't feel like going out at all though. I was really irritated today. I had nothing to do. I didn't even want to play a video game. So I was quite bored, Until my dad got home from work. Then mom, dad and I went to wal-mart.

I'll try to have pics of the fox picture and fan soon.

That's about it. Til' tomorrow,

Annet

Down Town

2009-11-03T16:53:00.002-05:00

Today me and mom decided to take a walk in the old down town of Jeffersonville, Spring street. We checked out a few new shops, and at one we spent a long time at. It was an antique shop with lots of different figurines, brooches, paintings, and more. I found a beautiful Bamboo and lace fan. It was from France. As we were checking out, we got to talking about how I like foxes. The lady working there said at one time she had a fox painting, but thought she had sold it. So all the way out I watched out of the corner of my eye to see if I could find it. Behind a lamp, there was a hidden fox portrait. We had to buy it, of course. That makes my first fox painting!

Until Later,

Annet

P.S. I will try to post about my pets asap. I've just been too busy today, and now don't have enough time.

Just A Short Post

2009-11-02T23:19:00.001-05:00

I ALMOST forgot!

Mom just asked me if I'd blogged today, and I haven't. I was going to talk about some of my pets and put some pictures up, but I'm not going to today. I started sneezing a lot again this afternoon and was feeling bad. I slept for a while this afternoon, and I'm still tired.

So this is all I'm going to post today. I'm going to bed, and I'll try to post earlier tomorrow.

Oops-Under The Wire

2009-11-01T21:28:00.006-05:00

I didn't actually mean to post my last entry, Under he Wire, but accidentally hit the down arrow key and it suddenly said "Your post has been successfully published". And I thought I didn't have anything to write about. lol

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I decided to participate in the "NaBloPoMo"at the last minute. Mom talked me into it, so this is a last minute post. I'm also going to go by Annet while doing the NaBloPoMo thing.

Today dad went hunting and came home with two squirrels, a fox squirrel and a gray squirrel. Since he came home at night, I had to hold the light while he skinned them. If you're wondering why I didn't go with him, it was because I was asleep, being sick and all. Otherwise I would have gone, too.

I'll have more to post tomorrow, and more time to post it.

Untill tomorrow,
Annet

Under he Wire

2009-11-01T21:25:00.000-05:00

Hello

2009-07-29T23:31:00.001-04:00

Hi again. It's been a while since I last posted. My mom posted pictures of Copper on her blog. He's been doing great lately. He's much more comfortable with us now.

Yesterday my dad's friend called our house. His dad had been watching and trying to catch this white baby rabbit in his yard for a while, but yesterday his dog caught the rabbit and it got a scrape on its leg. He said it's a rare type of rabbit. It is white with blue eyes but his pupils are red. It's a type of rabbit that is not introduced to domestic rabbits yet. So since it was hurt, we ended up running out to get the rabbit, and now I have a pet rabbit. I haven't had time to get a picture of him yet, but I'll try to get one as soon as possible. We don't even know if it's a boy or girl yet, but I'm pretty sure it's a girl.

I let Clark go a few months ago, and she comes back every night to eat. But last night it rained and she stayed in her hutch all night. Well I had heard that once a possum gets pregnant, they have babies in thirteen days from then. So I wanted to check her pouch. Once I looked in it, I saw at least 1 hairless baby possum!!! So now Clark's a mom!! They should have their fur in a week or two. Once they're big enough to come out of the pouch, I'll get some pictures.

I updated my about me and my playlist.

2009-05-16T00:50:00.004-04:00

Well, yesterday we took Copper, the flying squrrel, to the vet. He had been spraying and my dad coulden't handle the smell. So we took hm in at 8:30 AM and had him nutered. Now they were so sure that we had made a mistake and just thought he was a flying squirrel and was a sugerglider, but boy, was she surprised when it happen to acuallly be a flying squirrel. She had done everything from dogs to sugargliders to prairie dogs, but never a flying squirrel. At around 4:00 we picked him up. the surgery had gone very well. Even now, he's still sleepy from the anesthesia and is groggy, but he's doing great. He will let us pet him right now, but hides his head.

I've decided to let clark go. I haven't yet, but when the weather gets nice enough I'm gonn let her go. She always tries to escape and all so I figure she really wants out. We'll take pichures before we let her go.

Something Amazing

2009-05-13T23:43:00.004-04:00

Just today andrew showed me a few videos on youtube and they were amazing. They are quite long so you don't have to watch the whole thing. (P.S. you will probably go into Aww while watching Video2)

First he showed me this one. It's someone who took different techno songs from games and anime and linked them together acually sounding good. You only need to watch 3:00 minutes of this one.

Then watch this. It's the same music, but someone made a custom mario stage and put them together. This is called an Automatic mario stage because you dont do anything but start the stage and because in the game some blocks and stuff will atomatticly move you, you don't do anything. Make shur to pay attention to both the music and mario sounds. Stop whenever you want, but I doupt you dare will.

Oh, and on the the description of the second one, it hase the order of the songs.

(P.S. yes I know a few of the songs)

New Pet

2009-05-02T13:36:00.007-04:00

Hi, it's me again. It's been a long while since my last post. I've gotten a lot better at the ocarina and can play a majority of songs. I hope to have another video up soon.

About 2-3 weeks ago I got another bird yet again. His name is Zuri. He is a white cockatiel. Our friend who owns a pet shop is going to only be selling pet medicine and was selling all her birds including her breeders, and this was a breeder I would visit and talk to every time I came in. So I ended up buying him that day. He had never been handled but about 3 days after we got him, he can now step onto my finger without biting. He is a very sweet bird and I'll have pictures up of him as soon as I can.

Today my mom and dad had a surprise for me. So they blindfolded me and took me for a drive. Now it's not easy to surprise me so they had been misleading me since the night before. I thought we had crossed into Louisville, but they were just driving in circles around blocks to make me think we kept going under over passes in Louisville. Turns out we were still in Indiana.

Finally they stop the car, take me out with the blindfold still on, and take me into Pet Paradise. I finally take off the blindfold and find out where I am. Then our friend goes to the back, gets a cage with a small hamster-like thing in it. Turns out it wasn't a hamster of any sort. It was a flying squirrel. Someone had brought him in thinking he was a sugar glider, and gave him to her for free. So she needed a home for him, so I now have a pet flying squirrel. He's the cutest little thing too.

I guess I better go. I don't have much more to write about right now. Bye.

It's Up!!

2009-03-29T01:31:00.004-04:00

Here is my very first video. I'm playing The Place I'll Return To Someday from Final Fantasy 9. I hope everyone likes it. There are a few mistakes in there though. It was filmed inside a bushed out evergreen tree.

In case anyone is viewing my journal for the first time and are interested in ocarinas, here is a link to the one I'm playing.

Recorded, Now Edit

2009-03-21T13:21:00.001-04:00

I recorded my first video. I haven't uploaded or edited it yet though. So in about 3 days or so I'll have it up. But I'm pretty sure you will like it.

Pretty Soon

2009-03-09T06:37:00.002-04:00

I'm getting really good at the ocarina. Andrews teaching my sheet music, but for now, I'm using tabs. I can play about five songs so far.

I should be able to do a video soon (in other words, when it stops raining) but Not sure when.

Until next time, ttyl.

PMP

2009-02-27T21:18:00.003-05:00

They say Practice Makes Perfect, and boy, have I got to tell you that's the truth. I've been practicing 2 days strait, and have learned to play some songs. I can't wait to make video's and stuff. I already know the tetris theme too.

YES FINALLY~~~!!!

2009-02-26T12:17:00.001-05:00

I GOT IT!!! MY OCARINA!! AND IT"S PERFECT!!!

The mail man came a little before 12:00 to day and handed me a huge package. It was my ocarina I've been waiting for!!! I'm so excited!! I'm going to put a lot of time and effort into it!!!

Opinions Please

2009-02-20T01:40:00.006-05:00

I would Like your opinion on witch ocarina out of these three you like the best. I love them all.

This is a Tenor Ocarina.This ocarina is exactly the same style, just not the same color. It is glazed unevenly to have a bumpy feel. Gold fleck are mixed into the glaze and will shine when put into the sun. The chamber is slightly larger than most ocarinas to have a smoother tone.

Once again, a tenor ocarina. Nothing special though.I just like the color.

In the description, it says it has a unique surface. I just love the color on this one.

UAHHH!!!

2009-02-20T00:26:00.003-05:00

I can't belive it!!! The ocarina I've been wanting for a long time, the one in the post a while ago, is out of stock!!!! I'm very disappointed, and it was special edition. I won't be able to get one now. Now I must find a new one I like. So far, none have jumped out at me. *sigh*

Drugged 7-Year Old Kid

2009-02-15T22:19:00.003-05:00

This is a vid of a 7 year old coming back from the dentist after having surgery. It was on the radio but my mom showed it to me here. Here's the vid. Enjoy.

Crange Is Good Once In A While

2009-02-08T05:34:00.001-05:00

I decided to change my background. I'm not sure if it's better than the last one, but I like it.

Who are the stupidest people in the world?

2009-02-03T04:55:00.003-05:00

Have you ever thoiught "hmm, who are the most stupidest people in the world?" Well here's your awnser. Watch these videos and tell me if you do not agree. Make sure to watch the whole thing. I'm tellin ya, it's just hallarius!!! The Vid 1 is my favorite.

Vid 1
Vid 2
Vid 3

Just found out there famous!!!! There called the dorm boys.

Strange.

2009-02-02T06:09:00.000-05:00

I just saw this picture of a bleeding heart flower, but, of course only I would see it this way, it looks like a fox with something in it's mouth. Go Here.

oh yeah

2009-02-01T08:00:00.003-05:00

When I went to Florida, on my 2nd to last day I helped andrew video tape this. You should watch it. Here's the link. DDR Time

Recently

2009-01-31T00:58:00.011-05:00

I have decided to learn a new instrment. I'm going to be ordering a ocarina. For those who have never seen an ocarina, please go here. The ocarina I'm getting is on the link. Though I haven't given up on my dream to play drums, I have alwas wanted an ocarina. I finally saved up enough allowences. When I learn to play, I'll post a video. Untill then, Here's a video I perticularly love. This way, you'll know what one sounds like.

I have recently updated my playlists. The songs I have put on there are:
I Hate it, by ELLEGARDEN (a japanese band that sadly broke up last year),
Mustang, by Asian Kung Fu Generation,
Final Fantasy 9-Beutrix's theme,
Terra-Final Fantasy,
Midnas Lamet-Twilight Princess (A zelda game),
Bramble Blast-Donkey Kong,
Gourmet Race-Kirby Super Star,
Karma by Bump Of Chiken (yes I know, weird name, but it has a logical explamation. I forgot what it was, but when I remember, I'll let you know.)
I hope you like them. There just a few that I like.

Andrew and I play a game called Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Andrew is the 3rd best person in Kentucky (right behind Tactical and Rowen) , And one of the best olimer players in the Mid-West (olimer is a charecter in the game.) All of this is acually oficial. Theres a website called smash boards that all the top players go to. Andrews nick name is Hilt. Mine is Annet. I am being trained by him, so I'm pretty good. I can't wait to go to the touney again. Last time I was having an off day and lost to an eight year old. Oh, the embarresment.

We are pretty sure Luey is a girl. We think he/she layed an egg, so....

Latly, I've been reading a manga called detective conan. It's an awesome book, and I'm farther than andrew in it. Mainly because he does not like detective mangas. To summerize, it's about a high school detective, Kudo shinichi, that gets sliped a drug, APTX4869, that was ment to kill him, but instead shrunk his body. Now he looks like a seven year old boy. It's a good manga, though I think onepiece is better. That's all for now.

Terrible Loss

2009-01-31T00:39:00.002-05:00

On wendsday, my sled broke. My cousin ran it into a tree (perhaps on purpose. She has a dark side.) and it cracked the front. I had had it for several years. I bought it at ace hardware, and it was the only sled I ever had. I bought a different sled to use till ace gets one in stock. Not nearly as good. You tumble out every time you sled down, every bump you hit, you feel the full force of it, and it's so flimsy!!! I hate this sled!!!! So, in order that my cosin dose not break my sled again, this is the only sled she'll use. :)

EMERGANCY, EMERGANCY!!!!!

2009-01-27T21:52:00.001-05:00

I need to find a GREAT place to sled before the snows gone. I have one spot, but it's boring. Please, if you know of any places in Indiana to sled, let me know.

The game.

2009-01-02T08:01:00.003-05:00

Theres a game I wanted to tell everyone about. It's called The Game. The rules are very simple. I'll post them here.

1. You are always playing the game.
2.You can't win the game, only lose.
3.You lose the game whenever you remember it.
4. Whenever you lose the game, you have to announce that you lost to anyone, but u must announce it.
5.After you lose, you are allowed to remember the game for 30 minutes without losing.

It's just a silly little game that people all around the world play. oh, and it's not made up, It's a real game. Well that's all for now.
;)

2008-12-21T20:39:00.003-05:00

By the way, I'd like to ask if everyone would click each of my eggs (to the right =>) or eles they'll die. thank you.

Hi

2008-12-21T20:00:00.003-05:00

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would since I have the time now.

I didn't get any deer this year, sadly. I'm going to go squirl hunting though.

Ranulf decided the dogs were going to be his playmates and started playing with the dogs, but the dogs wern't to sure. bruin and taxi finally started playing though.

2008-11-30T08:19:00.001-05:00

make custom gifts at Zazzle

2008-11-26T02:22:00.004-05:00

Hi everyone. Like my meez? Now imagine her with fox ears and tail.

2008-11-21T11:16:00.002-05:00

Forget Everything I said back there. She wasn't laying. As a matter of fact, she was egg bound. There could be alot of reasons why she was. She died last night bout 20 minutes after I had posted. Right now I'm manly worried about the eggs, but borris is taking good care of them, and as long as he does, I don't have to incubate them myself.

2008-11-21T02:33:00.004-05:00

Nadias in labor (or whatever u call it for birds) for her 4th egg WRIGHT NOW!!! Or at least I think so. she all of a sudden made this weird nois and all the birds perked up out of there sleep. It woke me up too.

real quick

2008-11-16T21:47:00.001-05:00

sorry I've been busy hunting. I will get the pics of my vacation asap but I thought i'd tell u that borris and nadia LAYED AN EGG.we think it is fertile.

He Who Neuters First Litters None

2008-11-09T00:00:00.007-05:00

Hi. I got back on Wednesday. I just got on the computer for the first time since. Well when I was at the beach, I got caught in a rip tide. I was really scared because I'm not a good swimmer, but, I stayed calm and a guy came over and helped. It helped that I was swimming with my mom. It also helped that I had my boogie board around my wrist, It kept me afloat.

I caught many lizards and chameleons (wow spelled it right the first try) when down there. I visited my cousins I haven't seen since I was 7, too. I also got to do some fishing. Didn't catch anything though. Well here are the pictures.

P.S. Borris and Nadia Have mated three no, now it's four more times since I wrote so expect babies.
P.S.S. That Sign is a sign from a pet shop. I thought it was hilarious.
P.S.S.S. When I got home, the next day I went target shooting to try out my new 11-87 shotgun.

The Pier

Me At The Beach

Weird AT&T Building in Tennessee

srry. I'll have more photos from my mom later. she just uploaded them and i forgot to get them from her.

Oh My Goodness!!!!!!!

2008-11-01T00:14:00.002-04:00

I came home from Florida for a few days (I'm going back on Sunday) and I found my new bird Boris (thats what we finally named him) and Nadia MATING!!!!! That means expect pictures of fertile bird eggs and pictures of newly hatched birds in the future. Cool huh.

2008-10-24T04:08:00.002-04:00

oops. made the wrong post and don't know how to delet it. please forget about this post.....

YAY NEW BLOG!!!!

2008-10-23T01:38:00.000-04:00

Hi. I have a new blog. Hurray!!!!!. Here's the link.
http://daysofmoderncrochet.blogspot.com/