February Challenge: Day 3

Day 3: Favorite Book

This is the worst question ever.  I can't pick a favorite book to save my life.  I'll make a list......I might add pictures.

IronHeart
IronSpear
Johnny Tremain
Caddie Woodlawn
Tom Sawyer
Mysterious Benedict Society 1, 2, and 3
Kingdom Keepers 1, 2, and 3
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (it's the only one I've read so far)
Septimus Heap 1-5
Guardians of Ga'Hoole 1-15
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls
Fairy Godmother Academy
Dragon Keeper 1-3
Hoot
Flush
Princess Academy
I have a million more......

Now for the Star Wars books.........
Heir to the Empire
Truce at Bakura
The Courtship of Princess Leia
The Jedi Academy series
The Jedi Quest series
The Jedi Apprentice series
Secrets of the Jedi
(the other book with SOTJ, I think it's Fate of the Jedi)
Novelizations to Episodes 1,2,4,5,and 6 (I read 3 but cried my eyes out)

See my FanFiction page for all the OTHER Star Wars stuff I read.....the ones that aren't books. ;)

Picture time!!!! 

Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage.  BEST BOOKS EVER!!!!!  :D  (Just so you know, I say that about almost every book I read)

I have also discovered that instead of real boys, I have crushes on imaginary ones....from books or movies.  That pleases my dad.  From Septimus Heap series I have a crush of Septimus.....of course!


Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson.  BEST BOOKS EVER!!!!!  I Loved It!!!!  They took place in Disney, so for me that was an instant MUST READ book.  ;) 

Crush on Finn......


Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky.  15 BOOKS.  ALL WERE EXCELLENT!!  MUST READ!!!!!  :D  Nothing like the movie!!!!  LOL!  (somewhat like the movie....I was able to spot the differences right away though...)

These are owls, so I didn't like-like any of them.....My favorite character was Soren though.  He rocked.  For an owl that is....


Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes.  SUCH A GOOD BOOK!  I cried at the end and once in the middle.  It was so good!!!  I highly reccommend it! ;)

Crush on Johnny......


Mysterious Benedict Society Series by Trenton Lee Stewart.  BEST BOOKS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!  I SO MEAN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I've read them all three times....and loved it more each time!!!!!!!  :D

I love Reynie....... ;)


Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.  SUCH A GOOD BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm going to finish the last chapter tonight and then I'll review it tomorrow!!!!!!  :DDDDD  So so so good!!!!!!!!  :D

Who doesn't love Percy?!?  LOL!  (I do!!)

I think that's it......I didn't even add the Star Wars ones.....but you all know I love Anakin (Skywalker), Luke, and Han so I don't need to post them.  ;D

That was interesting.....I just realized that I am hopelessly obsessed with reading and the world of books.  I like the characters more than any actual boys I know!  LOL!  ;)

Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. I'm not really sure how this became about boys....but they were the main reason I liked most of those books!!  :P

Volcanoes and Science Gone Wrong

I know, I know.  Third post today, but I just downloaded the pictures, and my mom says I don't post enough on school and that my friends will think I'm lazy and spoiled and do nothing all day long.  :P

So, a few weeks ago, in science, we studied Volcanoes.  I learned quite a lot.  Very interesting!!!  I learned about the Ring of Fire, what causes Earthquakes and Volcanic eruptions.  We made LapBooks on the subjects and had a good time.  I learned that there are four types of Volcanoes, (and for extra credit and to prove to my mom that I do care about school,) I'll tell you them.

Shield: Shield Volcanoes  are made up of layers of lava.  The lava is really fluid and runny when it comes out of the Volcano

Cinder Cone: Cinder Cone Volcanoes are made up of many layers of rock and ash

Lava Dome:  Lava Dome Volcanoes are made up of lava that is piled on top of itself creating the dome.

and

Composite: Composite Volcanoes are made up of alternating layers of lava and ash.

FUN FACT: Did you know that Lava underground is called Magma?  It is only called Lava when it reaches the Earth's surface.

There.  School.  Now for the funny story that goes with my Volcanic experience.

To complete our study of Volcanoes, my mom decided to let my sister and I create baking soda volcanoes.  We didn't use paper mache or clay or anything, instead we used sand and water bottles.  Here's what mine looked like:

It was pretty messy.  That was the before the eruption picture.  Here's during the eruption:

And here's After:

Beautiful isn't it?  Well, I might've added a little TOO much water....Oh well.

So, next, my sister had the bright idea of taking off her shoes and stepping in the sand/water/baking soda/vinegar/soap mixture and squishing it between her toes.  After hearing, "You've got to try this!  It feels so funny!!  It's cold and squishy!" like twenty times, I tried it.

My mom walked into the house to put away the baking soda and vinegar, and then I decided I had enough of mushy ex-volcano gunk.  I stepped out of the muck and there was still some gross /squishy/ stuff on my feet so I kicked it off my one foot.  My sister was giggling and I was too.  I then decided (and I really don't konw why) to kick my other foot like a batmont (high kick) like in dance.  I forgot that I was wearing a jean skirt.

The skirt was limiting and didn't let me kick as high as I could've.  I got my other leg pulled out from under me and in the two minutes my mom was inside, I was face down on the cement covered in the volcano muck and laughing my head off.

I wasn't that hurt.  I had a badly scraped elbow and a skinned hand, but I mainly had a bruised pride.  My mom came back out to find me laying flat on my stomach, crying and laughing at the same time.  I had sand, baking soda, and vinegar in my elbow, which was bleeding and bruised.  I got no sympathy.  She was laughing, and when my mom asked what happened, my sister said, "She was being an idiot!!!"  I was like, "Gee thanks Nutmeg!!" 

I'm fine now.  I survived a Volcanic Eruption and have lived to tell the tale.  My elbow has scarred.  :D

So that was my experience with Volcanoes.  Here is a picture of my Lapbook.

It was actually double sided with two more flaps, but I couldn't post all ten pictures to show y'all that.

So goes the tale of Science Gone Wrong.  I could tell you all about our Earthquake experience, but that's a different story.  ;)

Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. I'm going to do more Homeschooling posts.  Read my comments for the previous post.  I forgot something about my beach experience!!!  :D

P.P.S. Here is the song that inspired this post:

Enjoy!!!!!  That's more Jimmy Buffet BTW! ;)

New Design/Beach Day!

Hey!!  Look!!!  It's all new! 

I was inspired to do my background and design this way because I went to the beach today!!!  Not really the beach, the Hammocks.  I live in Florida.  (Oops, bad me, I just gave away my state!! :P)  I LOVE Florida!!  I'm going to show y'all some pictures from my day at the Hammock.  My sister and I spent a lot of time playing in the sand, collecting shells, and exploring the Mangroves.  See the new Header?  Yeah, I took that picture!!!!!  Doesn't it look great?!?!  I'm really happy with it. ;)

Look, I wrote this in the sand:

My Blog!!!!  :D  Isn't that cool?  I had so much fun being a Beach Comber today!  ;)

I also wrote this:  Me being a Fangirl!!! :D

I also wrote Anakin Skywalker, but the picture didn't come out.  LOL!  My mom was laughing at me for writing this in the sand.  (Ooooh, I'm watching ESB!!!!!  YAY!!!  My favorite movie!)

Shells: I took all these pictures BTW,

That WAS going to be my header, but I had to edit a different photo that I took so it would work.  :P

My Feet:  This is a cool picture!  LOL!!

*Sigh,* I love Florida!!  I love the beach and the Hammock.  Here are some Hammock Pictures! :)

Awww, all the others came out blurry!!!  That's what I get when I let my little sister take the pictures!  :P

I dedicate those pictures to all you up north who have only snow!  :D  Enjoy the Beach!!!  LOL!

Here is a Jimmy Buffet song that sorta describes my day and how I feel when I'm at the Beach.

And this one:  I love Jimmy Buffet!!!  :)

God Bless and May the Force Be With You!  (Han is searching for Luke on a TaunTaun right now!!!!  :D)
Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. Tomorrow I'll try and get my Church post up, and a post on a gift from my uncle.  :D

February Challenge: Day 2

Here's Day Two!!!!  Favorite Movie...

Well, judging by my numerous Star Wars posts, my declaration to my obsession to Star Wars in my Profile, and the countless times I've talked about it, you'd be safe to say that Star Wars is my favorite move.  ;)

It is.  My personal favorite movie is The Empire Strikes Back, closely followed by Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.  I also really like A New Hope.  The only one I don't like is Revenge of the Sith.  Too Depressing. 

My other favorite movies include...

My Neighbor Totoro:
I loved this movie since I was a little kid.  I used to watch it with my dad all the time.  I still love it!!!!  :D

National Treasure: 
I LOVE THESE MOVIES!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited they're making a third.  I love, love, love these movies!!!! 

Disney's Tangled:
SUCH A GOOD MOVIE!!!!!!  I'd go see it again and again and again!  I love Flynn Rider!!!!  LOL!  And the chameleon, Pascal! 

Barbie in Mermaidia:
I know, it's Barbie, but I seriously LOVE this movie!!!  LOL, I drive my sister nuts with it all the time.  I can quote the thing word for word, but I make my little sister watch it with me over and over and over again.  It's so good!  LOL!

I think that's it.....You all know Star Wars is my favorite!  LOL! 

Until Next Time,
Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. Next time will be in a few hours, when I upload pictures of my awesome day!  ;)

Happy Groundhog's Day!!!

Hello!  Happy Groundhog's Day!!! 

I started celebrating this wacky holiday when my family started homeschooling.  We did a lapbook on Groundhogs and learned all about the traditions of February 2nd.  It was fun!!!
Puxatuany Phil said that this year we will have an early spring!!!!!  He didn't see his shadow, so congratulations Northerners!!  Winters ending!!! ;D

Awwww, isn't he cute?!?

Apparently today was Puxatauny Phil's 125th Birthday.  Something tells me that this cute little Groundhog isn't the FIRST Puxatauny Phil......

Well, Everyone have a great Groundhogs day!!!!

Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. We got gifts for Groundhogs day!!!  I got a TCW Anakin Action Figure.  I was /really/ excited!  I still am!!!!  :D

February Challenge: Day 1

This is so cool.  I got it from several of my friends in our blog circle!  ;D


Do one per day:


Day 1: A favorite song. 

Just one?!?  Ohhhh, how do I choose?!?  Hmmmmm,

I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!


Here's Another one.....

That is like my FAVORITE Owl City Song!!!! 


More Owl City:

What a beautiful song!!!


Here's one more...

Haha, I love that one!!  The video is hilarious too!!! :D




Here's the rest of the list:
Day 2: A favorite movie. 
Day 3: A favorite book. 
Day 4: A favorite television program. 
Day 5: A favorite quote. 
Day 6: A moment you wish you could relive. 
Day 7: Five things you couldn't possibly live without. 
Day 8: A thank you letter to someone who has changed your life. 
Day 9: A photo you took. 
Day 10: A photo of you taken over ten years ago. 
Day 11: A photo of you taken recently. 
Day 12: A song that you want played at your wedding(or was played). 
Day 13: A guilty pleasure. 
Day 14: A vacation you would like to take. 
Day 15: A person you admire. 
Day 16: A song that makes you cry. 
Day 17: An art piece. 
Day 18: A time when you felt passionate and alive. 
Day 19: A talent of yours. 
Day 20: A hobby of yours. 
Day 21: Something you know you do differently than most people. 
Day 22: A website. 
Day 23: A way in which you want to be remembered. 
Day 24: A movie no one would expect you to love. 
Day 25: A recipe. 
Day 26: A childhood memory. 
Day 27: A physical feature you love. 
Day 28: Hopes, Dreams and plans you have for the next 365 days

Jedi~Chick <3