~Break-Time~

*sigh*
i am very excited to say that i will be getting a month's break at the end of this week.  i am so excited! :D  now, some of u may be wondering why i am getting a month's break.  the answer? ... YEAR-ROUND HOMESCHOOLING.  yes, i homeschool with my mom & dad & sibs year-round and we take breaks whenever we feel it is necessary or permitting.  see, with year-round homeschooling u don't have to take breaks from such and such month until another such and such month.  u can take breaks as u please. so, consider this... while public or private school have certain times of the year u are free from school, u are restricted to those ONLY times for vacays or anything else u want to do.  if u want to go see a movie on a weekday without it being busy...homeschooling is a great way to avoid it, because if u go year-round (now, not everyone does) then u can take a day off of school here-and-there and go see a movie w/out it being crowded, or u can go -for example- bowling or something of that sort w/out there being 50,000 other people there too! (now, i know 50,000 is an over-exageration, but oh well...)
NOW...considering i've been working all summer on my school, along with volunteering at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium my mom(teacher) and dad(principal) have decided to let me have a one month's break from school! yayayayayayayayayayayayayaya! lol i am soooooooo excited!
do u know what's weird tho?  i have no idea what i'm going to do!  i'm so used to having to do school and stuff all day that when i have free-time i don't know what to do with myself! :P haha. funny, i know! (:
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~Bizzare~

sooooooooooooooooooooooo i was outside earlier today and found this spider.  yea, it's yellow & green.  apparentally, according to my mother (who i just spoke with lol) said they found them all the time in the front yard, which is where i found this one.  NEVER did i know about them, tho!  weirrrdddd!!!

i think i'll name him 'John'...  'John Deere' lol (:

Meanwhile, some pretty flowers (idk what kind) are blooming away. lol

aaaahh i LOVE summer! (:

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~Backyard Buddies~

OK, so I am a little jealous right now of my family in ND.  Didn't think that would happen.  lol.  It turns out the neighbor down the street has fixed the fence and done all that was needed to bring up the horses he wanted to use our field for. Well, today he brought the horses up to the house.  I'm sure my mom will put pics up on her blog soon, but she hasn't yet.  All I know so far is that they are four years old and there are two of them.  They are both females, and the one with the Red bridle's name is Missy, and the one with the Black bridle's name is Angel.  Both are very pretty!  And I wish very much to see them :) 
Until then...
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~Ohio State Fair~

so today my grandparents and i went to the Ohio State Fair.  it has been forever since i have been there and i had a good time.  i invited one of my friends to go, since my grandparents said i could invite someone so i might be able to enjoy it more, but unfortunately she was unable to make it.  besides, i had a good time anyway.

i was a little upset because there were so many people it was hard to get pictures as the day went on, but here were the ones i got...just a few but oh well. (:

the first pictures are of the lego village or something. /: lol  i'm not sure exactly what to call it...

the train tracks

the train

this next picture is of a HUGE-O pig! haha this thing was huge and i mean HUGE!

this is the sign that was on the pig's cage

i liked this little waterfall and thought it looked relaxing and picture-worthy.

this sign was in one of the old cabins

i liked the fact it said 'from telegraph to twitter' ! haha

just as we were ending our day a storm rolled in.  this didn't look too pretty so we started walking faster to beat the rain but instead the rain is what stopped us!  it was blowing 35+ mph winds and that is NOT normal for ohio!  definitely for north dakota, but NOT ohio! lol.  here are some pics...

preettttttttttyyyyy haha... ;)  it did look pretty sweet tho!

gorgeous grey/black sky...  LOVELY DAY!

the giant cardinal thingy before the rain...

the giant cardinal things IN the rain! (yea i know, it's kinda hard to tell it's raining. but believe me - it was pouring!)

this is a good pic of the rain i think.

wet pavement!

so yea that's part of my day at the ohio state fair.  wish i would have taken some more pics, but ya know, at least my camera isn't clogged with 50bajillion photos.

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~Summer Twenty-Ten~

so yea, this has got to have been one of the best summer i have ever had! (:
the beginning of my summer basically started a little before easter, when my mom, bro, sis and i left my daddy in north dakota ( sad day ) to go spend time with my grandparents in iowa/nebraska before going even farther east to ohio to spend time with my other grandparents and friends.  now, little did i know what the rest of the summer beheld.  i was under the impression that i was going to get to stay a few weeks in ohio with my mom & sibs before heading back thru iowa up to north dakota.  now, a little before we ended up leaving north dakota on the second of april, my mom got to thinking.  (now, when my mom gets to thinking...it can be good or it can be not-so-good, however, not always 'bad' so say)
anywho...so i have volunteered at the columbus zoo and aquarium ( the #1 ZOO IN AMERICA) since the summer of 2008.  i love it so so so much and each summer i get to meet awesome people and develope awesome friendships, not to mention have awesome experiences. lol.  (can you tell it's pretty awesome?!)
so i got my renewal packet in the mail month back and i wouldn't throw it away.  well, long story short my mom talked with my dad, grandparents, and any other partie that would be involved about me staying for the summer to volunteer at the CZA for my third summer.  i was completely excited, and tho i loved my dad, i couldn't wait to get out of north dakota to head over to ohio.
since i've been in ohio i've had so much fun and even done some new things that i have never done in my 15 years of life.  one being as simple as going out on a boat on a lake.  i also got to go tubing. (: now THAT was fun!
along with trying out new things, i am volunteering again at the CZA.  now that is one of the main reasons i came back, however, i also came back to be able to spend much needed time with friends and social-ness. (;
being back at the zoo i have been able to go spend time with my friends and hang out at zoombezi bay, or hang out when working (whether it be being paired up at a station or on lunch break).  i've had such an amazing time and i honestly don't want it to end.  i think summer is getting to be my top favorite season!  (i've always enjoyed summer but have come to the conclusion you can do way more when you are available to do more).
as i've mentioned numerous times i am back at the zoo and lovin' it!  things are going really great!  i am super excited to have the number of hours i needed to reach my goal and am also really excited to be able to continue volunteering so maybe i will be able to beat my hours from last summer.  i'll be honest, i don't always like going just because i am too tired and have no motivation if i don't know anyone working that day, however, as the day progresses and i get to talking with people my day gets better. 
friends are also a very very very very very important part of my summer (and life) and i have been really glad to be able to spend alot of time with who i can get around to. lol ;) 
now, tho it sounds like my summer is coming to an end considering i've been talking about everything i've done, HOWEVER it is still continuing.  i am going to be able to go have an overnight at a friends house this week and can't wait until some of my other friends & i figure out a date to go to zoombezi bay and hang some more. (:
i would really love to get back into more activities so i can spend more social time, however i am also still working on school since i go year round homeschooling.  now alot of people are always like 'oh my gosh, year round must suck; but homeschool must be awesome.  i'd love to be able to go to school in my pajamas.'  now, as much as i enjoy the saying over and over again, some people just don't realize that school is school and that's that.  some people think homeschooling is biased, but it's not (at least in my house it is FAR from it!).  some other people think that because you are homeschooled you are not socialized and have no life.  again, it's not...especially in my house!  alot of people are surprised to find out i'm homeschooled because i'm 'normal'.  another phrase that i hear alot.  sooo... what is the definition of 'normal'?  i think the best way to put it is... i am me and not the sterio-typical homeschooler people always assume.  considering i think i've made my point on not to judge homeschoolers because of rumors or whatever i'll continue on about my summer schooling.
between the zoo, friends, and family i always find time for my school... especially considering i am kicking butt to get thru my 9th grade books which i started at the beginning of the year (our school calendar is January-December) to get thru my freshman year so i can begin my sophomore year in september or around then, so i am pretty much on a 'school year' calendar.  that way when it comes time for my senior year and graduation i will graduate when the rest of my grade would be graduating.  some days i do extra work, others just what is required.  now, another question i get asked alot is if i were to do say four lessons of each subject in one day would i be allowed to take those other three days i got the lessons done for off?  ok, now not always because if i do alot of extra work that means i'm getting thru my books faster and stuff.  but, if i want to go somewhere one day and won't be done for school i HAVE to get it done since i won't be around.  make sense? ok... (:
well, considering i have written a book on my summer (and i throw a fit to my mother whenever she does this) i will leave you with that.
an overall summary would be that i am really enjoying my summer and don't want it to end.  that's pretty much the end of the story. (: lol

(i am hoping to be able to update my blog more often...considering i've REALLY been slacking!) :P
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