Baking challenge

I absolutely love baking! Especially around the holidays.  So when I first heard about the baking challenge, I
New I just had to do it. The baking challenge is when a person bakes ever day (or every other day) for usually a week or longer, then they post their pictures of it to social media. Since the only social media I'm allowed to use is twitter, and that's only for school related proposes, I will post them in my blog. Here is a great cookie recipe🍪.i love this one and it is my go to sugar cookie recipe

2¾ c. all-purpose flour½ tsp. baking powder¼ tsp. kosher salt1 c. unsalted butter¾ c. granulated sugar1 large egg1½ tsp. pure vanilla extract

DIRECTIONSIn a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla.Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Shape the dough into 4 disks and roll each between 2 sheets of wax paper to 1/8 inch thick. Chill until firm, 30 minutes in the refrigerator or 15 minutes in the freezer.Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Using floured cookie cutters, cut out cookies. Place on the prepared sheets. Reroll, chill, and cut the scraps.Bake, rotating the positions of the pans halfway through, until the cookies are lightly golden brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

christmas🎅 🎄 🎁

christmas is coming! so for the next week, i will blog about all christmas related topics! here is the 
order


monday: my favorite Christmas song and lyrics


tuesday: baking challenge and Christmas cookie recipe


wednesday: my Christmas list


thursday: the real meaning of christmas


and last but not least...


friday: double post! what christmas means to me and craft/ gift ideas



now for today's post

i love almost all christmas songs. but out of all christmas songs, my favorite is white christmas. i have seen the movie so many times and this song just brings back good memories. and also as of today, i AM dreaming of a white christmas. there are many different versions of this song and many different singers of it, but i would have to stick with the original bing crosby. it is the original, and like many other things, the original is always the best! so, that if why it is my favorite, now here are the lyrics

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

source:google play

Coding

yesterday in science, we started a new engage unit about coding. When I first heard this, I immediately thought this was going to be one of the most boring units ever. If you didn't know, I don't like most things digital. When we started it, it was boring. But as we started getting farther into it, I actually really enjoyed it, which was quite surprising. I actually enjoyed it so much I went home and did it again. Today in class we had to study for our upcoming test, and then we could code. I always study by doing the review, so that's how I studied. I finished it very quickly so I could get to coding. I did the min craft code, which happened to be very, very hard. But altogether, I found out something new about myself, which is always a great thing.

spelling bee finale

since the beginning of the school year, i have been in a forensics multiple called spelling bee, and on friday we officially had our last performance. i was happy because we had a successful and fun time with a TON of inside jokes (chop the squid, gsa, flying on cubes, does this dictionary make my butt look big, minty and fresh,FOOOOOOD,i is god,etc.) but i was really, really sad because all of that is over. when i was first chosen for the multiple, i was upset because i had some bad experience with multiple. but in the end, i would trade the experience for anything. i made friends with people i never thought i would become friends with, did some really weird things, but most of all, enjoyed myself. it was something i could never regret doing and would change it for the world. thank you to mrs.bassett for making me do it, the multiple for being there for me, and a lot of other people.

My thanksgiving poem 2015

  My Thanksgiving Poem

I am thankful for water, it let's me live

I am thankful for technology, it helps me learn and have fun

I am thankful for trees, the let me breathe

I am thankful for Saint Lucia, it's very beautiful 

I am thankful for Florida, I get to see my grandparents there

I am thankful for my house, it is the safest place I know of

I am thankful for my mom, she cares for me in every way 

I am thankful for my dad, he cheers me up when I'm upset

I am thankful for my brother and sister, they are the best siblings ever

I am most thankful for life, I am so greatful for the things I have, the places I've been, and the people I know and love.

🤗🏊swim meet🏊🤗

🏊swim meet🏊
Today I had my first ever bcs girls swim meet. I'm wasn't sure what the sore officially was, but I know Covington won.  Our meet was against Bloomfield hills middle school, or bums for short. I was in 4 events, the 200 free relay, the 400 free relay, the 200 medley relay (I was back) and the 200 free. I won first in everything!! It was a really cool thing because I swam for points in everything, and I got to swim against some of my friends. I was so happy we won, especially because this was my first meet. Last year bcs was the league champions, and I am so happy to join the team. Congrats bcs and go Cobras!

buliding stories entry

watching rosa grow


hello, i am sylveste4r mcauley. herd that name before, probably not. but does the name rosa parks bring anything to mind? hopefully it does. that, my friends, is my sister. born in 1913 died in 2005. i died many yars before that, but at least i got to see my sister change the world.

Kalahari!

i checked the time. 7:45.
"are we close?" i asked my dad.
"very." he replied.
i looked out my window to see a big sign that read Kalahari Indoor Waterpark and Resort.we pulled up to the illuminated parking lot.
"are you guys excited?" asked my mom.
"yeah!" we all answered.
we unloaded our stuff and walked down the loooooong hallway to our room.
"here it is, 2609." we inserted our card and walked into the room. we pulled out the suitcase and set it on the table.
"go say hi to your grandma and grandpa, the're waiting!"
we walked intyo the conjoined room.
"hi!" i said
"hi ainsley! how are you?" my grandparents asked.
"great!" i exlaimed.
"you should get your swimsuit on before you waste the evening!" my grandpa teased
"ok, i'll be down at the waterpark soon." i said as i walked back into my room. i pulled on my swimsuit and walked out the door. this was going to be great.

Yes I'm so happy!! ,my iPad finally came in! I have been waiting all summer for my iPad to be fixed and now it's fixed! I just updated it to iOS 9.1 and I now have the new emojis, which is sooooooo cool! i am so obbsessed with the unicorn emoji because well, who doesn't like unicorns! i was so happy when it came in, i felt like my face was going to explode! i came in and i saw it charging, so i immediatley ran to my dad and gave him the biggest hug ever! i was overly joyed!

can't wait for thanksgiving poem

as the smell of turkey fills the house,.
everyone smiles, without a doubt
someone knocks on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat
things fill with joy, including the cat
this is thanksgiving, a wonderful time
the house is so happy, is that a crime?
prayers of joy, and cheers of laughter,
this is thanksgiving, not the day after
parades fill the streets, balloons fill the sky,
celebratory dinners of that one special night
this is a day of cheers and great peace
when all fight shall hopefully cease


i wrote this poem because i love thanksgiving and i want to show how excited i am for it, and some of the very very many things i specifically love about it. there's probably a looooooooong list that could take up this hole blogpost but i didn't want to write that so instead, i summarized it with some of my most favorite things about it, (except pie, i forgot that) and mad it a fun and cool poem. i

reflections entry

                                                         verse 1
everything has colors. the trees, the grass, the sky. the world has colors, in every single eye. we all use the color, even when we don't know it. we all use that color, to make our dreams come true.
                                                   
                                                      chorus
you are strong, you are brave, you are beautiful inside, you are kind you are smart you are brighter than the sky, so let your imagination fly, let your heart go everywhere it wants to. be yourself, let you dreams fly, cause you,you can make it shine.
         
                                                        verse 2
the words, they may bring you down. you just have to stand up . don't let them make you frown. cause you, can make a difference, with all the thoughts inside your head. you, can make a difference, just one step at a time,
                                                       chorus
 cause you are strong, you are brave, you are beautiful inside, you are kind you are smart you are brighter than the sky, so let your imagination fly, let your heart go everywhere it wants to. be yourself, let you dreams fly, cause you,you can make it shine.
                                     
                                                         verse 3
yeah we, we all need a change in life. the same old pattern turns us down. yeah we, we need to forget about, whats, holding us back. the words, the mean things they say, they, shouldn't mean anything. we need to stand up, get up, be our selves.
                                                        chorus
 cause you are strong, you are brave, you are beautiful inside, you are kind you are smart you are brighter than the sky, so let your imagination fly, let your heart go everywhere it wants to. be yourself, let you dreams fly, cause you,you can make it shine. cause you are strong, you are brave, you are beautiful inside, you are kind you are smart you are brighter than the sky, so let your imagination fly, let your heart go everywhere it wants to. be yourself, let you dreams fly, cause you,you can make it shine.yeah you you can make it shine.

forensics tornament

yesterday I had a forensics tournament. I was in the category multiple. there was one other multiple that we competed against, their piece was mony python and the holy grail, and it was really funny. our piece was spelling bee, which is a famous musical. the other multiple was really good, but we won!! when awards started, I was really nervous. I mean. some of the best people on our team didn't even place! multiple was one of the last categories to be announced, and when it was, I was shaking. but I was so happy we won!! go forensics and go Covington cobras!

dinner theater!

i'm soooo excited!! tomorrow i have something called dinner theatre at school for forensics. i hope everything goes well! dinner theatre works like this: the 7/8 grader and multiple (which i'm in) perform, and the 5/6 graders serve the food. tickets are 10 dollars for kids and $15 for adults. the piece i'm performing in is a multiple based on the play spelling bee. my character is logainne shwartzangrubinere. wish me luck! i can't wait!

good cake recipe

i haven't baked from scratch before, but i did today! i messed up a few things, so it wasn't the best, but it  was okay! here is the recipe i used, some pointers, and how it turned out. recipe from

•  2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk 
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
    2. In a large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating just to combine. finally, stir in vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
    3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 or longer. 
    4. so here are some pointers, remember to use baking powder and not baking soda, there's a difference. follow the recipe exactly. if the cake is to dry, add extra milk, pr put the egg whites in first, and the put in the egg yolks. if you want the cake to be a little chocolaty, right when you pull the cake out of the oven, put a thin layer of chocolate frosting on the tpo and sides.
    5. it didn't turn out the best, but it was still edible. i may have kept it in the oven to long, but it was okay. it was a little bland and dull, and a little salty, but it was okay. 
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no school

yay! no school!! we have no school and im so excited! having no school is even better than weekends! thank you George Washington for making america a democracy! i usually bake when we don't have school, and i want to try to bake something from scratch. i don't think it will turn out good, but i can give it a shot. i tend to bake from boxes, but i want to try something new. i mean, it's always good to try new things!!

"love you mom!" i said as i walked through the door.
"love you too, stay safe!'" my mom answered.
"we will!!" i replied.
i fixed my little bug ears and walked out the door. this was going to be the best halloween ever. we started to walk to my next door neighbors house to get some halloween candy. i noticed a few drip drip drips on the top of my head.  i ignored them and kept walking. we got up to the door and rang the door bell.
"trick or treat!" we said symotaniously.
a pumkin reeses dropped into my bag.
"happy halloween!" we said as we left.
we went to the next house. my neighbor, andrew sat on the porch and let us pick out what we wanted.
"thank you!"
we trick or treated for a half an hour or so, and the longer we trick or treated, the harder it rained. we saw a car coming, so we stopped. but the car stopped too. we kept walking. the car followed us. we ran. the car kept coming. my friend, abby's house was coming up. we ran all the way there, stopping to get candy along the way.
we knocked on the door.
"trick or treat!" we said
"Oh, hi guys, here!" she pulled out a large bag.
"you guys look cold come in!" she said.
we came in, used the bathroom, and warmed up.
finally, we left. we didn't see the car, so we kept a good pace.
we saw thee car. we ran. and ran. we sopped at a lot of house, and we finally approached my friend lily's house.

writing poem

writing peom
writing is more than creating a story
it's making memories that turn into glory
it pringing life to a thin paper page
writing is creating life without rage
we write for pleasure, we write for fun
we write for to make the world better
and it all starts with one little letter
we rad we work but mostley we write
we need to write to make the world bright

reading poem

reading reading, taking a book
creating a story with an individual look
with pictures and word on a thick brown paper page,
if i couldn't read, i would be filled with rage
reading, reading it gives us a chance,
to make a big chance with a small little glance
i open a book and have a big great smile,
that can be seen for a very long while
stories are now filling my head
with every story i have ever read
i always want to read much much more
so i pick up a book and reading galore
thank you to authors all over the land
you write stories and books that make us feel grand
by me

ahw for 10-21-15

It was the last week of school, but my first day at BCS. Sure, I was. Excited to meet my new classmates and my new teacher, but I was also reeeeaaaally nervous. What would people think of me?  Are the 8th graders nice, or scary?? Thousands of questions buzzed through my head as we pulled up to the BCS parking lot. Oh no, this place is huge. I can't do this. I can't do this. I ignored the millions of thoughts in my head, and walked into the long twisty building.

“welcome to bcs, a great place to be!” a young girl said

i walked a little farther into the building.

“uh, hi, do you know where seley davis is?” i asked

“just check in at the table, they can help you!” she squeaked.

i ran down the hall until i bumped into the table.

ahw for 10/20/15

Tuesday
it was here. the 'portal' was going to be in my backyard, right next to the bog old oak tree, just as i had seen on Sunday. i woke up extra-extra early, but didn't get that weird feeling that i was expecting. i hoped, i hoped and prayed, i pleaded, i had to have it be there. i slowly, very slowly, walked up to my window. i peered through my window, just to see exactly what i was looking for. well, not exactly, yes the hole was there, right where i had imagined it would be, but something was different. the hole was smaller. since i was up just before the sun rised, i had some time to research the shrinking of the hole. i sat in the corner of my room, with my bright screen in the dark morning. i couldn't find much information, except i did find out the title of a book at the public library. i copied down the dewie decimal number, and went back to sleep for the little time i could. i made a plan to get that book, and figure out more secrets of wonderland.

The writing challenge!

So, I've decided I'm going to start something. No, not a new story, but a challenge. I'm going to start something called the writing challenge. I came up with it after the 40 book challenge, where you have to read 40 books from different genres. So, the is the writing challenge.
Over one week of my choice, I will try to write in a different genre every day. Here is the list

Monday:  review

Tuesday: fantasy fiction (secrets of wonderland)

Wednesday: personal narrative

Thursday: history (maybe a new story??)

Friday: a little bit about myself

Saturday/Sunday: song lyrics and review

How me work poem

homework oh homework, how I despise you
You steal my time to finish it too
Homework oh homework you monster in disguise
You suck up my brain with nothing but lies
You make me think and think until I stink
You make me work so hard I can't help but know
Every thing that your big textbooks show
Homework oh homework, why are you here?
If you were gone I couldn't help but cheer

This poem is written by me but based off of the poem "homework oh homework" written by jack prelutsky
This is that poem

Homework! Oh, Homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you away in the sink, if only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're giving me fits.
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns.
Homework! Oh, homework! You're last on my list,
I simply can't see
why you even exist,
if you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink. Homework! Oh, homework! I hate you! You stink! 

ahw for 10/14/15

Wednesday
i stayed up all night researching the mysterious "rabbit hole." as i read through my research, i saw that i was not the first person to see this. apparently, it only appears every few days, which meant i had to work fast. if it appeared on Sunday, it was most likely to       appear around Wednesday or Thursday. this time i was going to try to make it stay, at least for a while. this so called 'portal' is my job. i was put here in this position, in this place, to fulfill this job and figure out a way to wonderland . i just knew it.

party games

!. truth or dare
basically everone knows the rules to this
2.skittle challenge
Play this game with skittles candy or any colorful candy. Place the candy into a big bowl.  Sit down and without looking choose 2 candies.  Put the two candies inside your mouth. If the candies are the same colors then chew them. But if they are different you keep them inside your mouth until another turn. Then you choose two more to see if you can get a pair.  
3. music charades
you need a big bowl of filled with strips with famous songs on them. the player takes a song and has to act it out without singing humming, or mouthing the words or the title, they bbasially can't open there mouths.
4.All you need to play this party game is a blindfold and chairs for everyone to sit in.  Place the chairs in a circle facing each other and have all the people find a seat.  The person who is "it" puts on the blindfold and stands in the middle of the circle.  On "go" the rest of the players change seats several times so that "it" doesn't know who is sitting where in the circle.   Then the person who is "it" moves around the circle and chooses someone's lap to sit in.  They sit down and the person who is seated says "Quack, quack!" while trying to disguise their voice.  "It" tries to guess who the person is by their voice.  If they guess the person correctly then they take that persons spot in the circle and the the one who was sitting down stands up, takes the blindfold and becomes the new "it"

fall

i ran. the wind was strong, but  i was stronger. i looked over my shoulder to to see Abby chasing me. i ran faster. she was still catching up. i ran as fast as i could. i had to get home  before her. i had to. i ran through the grass, and onto the thick cement sidewalk. i kept running not noticing the crooks and cracks. i kept running faster aand faster, not looking down or noticing any6thing around or under me until...CRASH.

Mad hatter day!!

So today when I was on goodreads, I sAw a sign that said "happy mad hatter day!" So I clicked on it, being the curios Disney lover that I am. It was actually really interesting. It showed some information about the mad hatter, and mad hatter day! If you saw it or see it, click on it!! So in honor of this day, I will for once remember to write on secrets of wonderland tomorrow.  so here are a few fun facts.
1. the saying as mad as a hatter came from when hats used to be made out of mercury and iy would make people who wore hats mad
2. in the original book by lewis caroll, they never called the mad hatter the mad hatter, he wasw called hatter, or hatta
3. the reason it is mad hatter day is because of the large number placed on the Mad hatter's hat

flour fight

“go wash off your hands! you’re getting flour all over the counter!” said my dad. i could tell he was getting mad.

“wait wait wait! i have a great idea! let's have a flour fight! i mean, we have half-a-bag of flour in that box, and it’s all dirty, so why not use it?” Aidan asked.

“OMG that sounds AWESOME!” i screamed.

“no guys, it’s gonna get all over the grass, and you’ll be covered in flour.it’s too messy.” my dad answered.

“please dad, pleeeeeease! we promise to do it on the driveway! and we’ll wash it off after we promise!” pleaded aidan and i.

“oh, all right, but promise you won’t get the grass messy, any you’ll wash it off after?” he asked.

“yes! we promise!” we promised.

finally, we got to start our flour fight!

We took the heavy, overflowing box of flour down to our driveway, changed our clothes so that we didn't ruin clothes we care about, and started. since aidan had done this before at summer camp, he explained the rules to me.

“basically the only rule is that there are no rules, and try not to aim for the eyes. so yeah, let's start.” aidan said

“Okay. Ready, Set, Go!” i screamed.

And we started! i grabbed the biggest handful of flour possible, and chucked it in aidan’s direction. as i did this, he took a handful and threw it all over my face. then i grabbed a smaller amount and got it all in his hair.

“aaaaaaaacchoooooo!” i sneezed.

we kept fighting until all the flour was out of the box and onto the ground.

lryics to locked away

[Adam Levine:]
If I got locked away
And we lost it all today...
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly
Would you still love me the same?

[R. City:]
Right about now...
If a judge for life me...
Would you stay by my side?
Or is ya gonna say good-bye?
Can you tell me right now?
If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life
Shawty would it be alright
Come and show me that you are down (ah-ha)

Now tell me would you really ride for me? (Would you really die for me?)
Baby tell me would you die for me? (Tell me would you die for me?)
Would you spend your whole life with me?
Would you be there to always hold me down?
Tell me would you really cry for me? (Would you really cry for me?)
Baby don't lie to me
If I didn't have anything...
I wanna know would you stick around? (What's up?)

[Adam Levine:]
If I got locked away
And we lost it all today...
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly
Would you still love me the same?

[R. City:]
Let's get it diddly-dong-dong-dong dang
All I want is somebody real who don't need much
A gal I know that I can trust...
To be here when money low
If I did not have nothing else to give but love...
Would that even be enough?
Gal meh need fi know

Now tell me would you really ride for me?
Baby tell me would you die for me?
Would you spend your whole life with me?
Would you be there to always hold me down?
Tell me would you really cry for me? (Would you really cry for me?)
Baby don't lie to me (Baby don't lie to me)
If I didn't have anything...
I wanna know would you stick around? (What's up?)

[Adam Levine:]
If I got locked away
And we lost it all today...
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly
Would you still love me the same?

[R. City:]
Tell me, tell me, would you want me? (Want me!)
Tell me, tell me, would you call me? (Call me!)
If you knew I wasn't ballin'
Cause I need a gal who's always by my side...
Tell me, tell me, do you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, tell me, do you love me yea?
Or is ya just tryna play me?
Cause I need a gal to hold me down for life...

[Adam Levine:]
If I got locked away
And we lost it all today...
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly
Would you still love me the same?

If I got locked away
And we lost it all today...
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly...
Would you still love me the same?

Would you still love me the same? 

 

 

from http://www.azlyrics.com

thursday ahw

Thursday
denise called back in about 30 seconds, knowing it was something important. she came over in less than that. 
Okay, what is it, what is it? are you bleeding, sick, or dying?" she asked
"im fine. well, sort of. when i woke up this morning, i saw this medium sized hole, and it gave me a weird feeling even though I never remember seeing it before it's just big enough to fit a young girl. or a larger animal. so, when i went to check on it, it was gone. denise, this has to be it! I'm no longer a suspicion, this has to be the way to wonderland! and we have to find out how to get there!" I screamed.
" woah, okay, you seem more excited about this than I do! first, to figure out why it keeps disappearing and coming back, and why you got that feeling, even though you don't remember seeing it before. then, do some research about wonderland, and stories about the portal. the, figure out a way to make it saty, and make it work. the test it, see if we can drop pencils or books or something down it. and lastly go. oh and we also have to do this while not getting caught.

dance marathon

today i had two dance classes, each and hour! it was the start of competition season, so we started working on our dances. for jazz team, the song is rotten to the core and its really fun but its also kind of hard. it's from the movie desendants, which was on disney channel, but i haven't seen it. for tap, we dida dance to the song that's not my name!

secrets of wonderland

Wednesday

so if you came here looking for a magical adventure about some girl who went to wonderland, saw some white rabbit with a pocket-watch, and found a lot of random stuff, you came to the absolutely wrong place. yes, i know, it may seem from the title that this is about the classic story by lewis carol, or even the super cheesy Disney movie, but it's not. this is about my story. my friendships. my wonderland. but first, let me tell you a little bit about myself and my town.

my name is Audrey Greenbrier. i live in the town of Alicen. named after, you guessed it, Alice Brendrie, that girl from wonderland. (86)

the story you may know and the story I know are probably totally, completely different. first of all, it was never all a dream. or at least that's what alice wrote, because about two year after it supposedly happened, she wrote a book about her  adventures and her tales. and in that book, the storyline was a little different. but no one can ever find the real information out.  only very few people will every know the true story. about 40 years after alice wrote her story, someone had finally read it, and decided to buy the story idea. it was then modified into to the story you all know.
Thursday 

there are 2 main types of people in my town, the believers and the suspicions. the people that truly believe in Alice and her stories, and the people that believe that it’s just a bunch of phony baloney. i was always a suspicion, until one golden afternoon.

this whole story starts on a normal, average, boring old Wednesday. I came home from school, with my best friend, Denise. as always, she was telling me he research on why Alice story was oh so true. as always, i never, ever, ever, believed her. it just never made sense.Like, why would it be a rabbit hole, not a small door or something, and why did everything talk? it just never made sense. so, i pretended to listen to her as we walked along the small winding path. 

Friday

i arrived at my house, ugh. since everything in this town is Alice and wonderland themed, my house looks like a fairy-tale puked on it. with the perfect rows of brightly colored flowers, the small perfect structure, and my least favorite part, the white rabbit shaped mail box. it looks like a little girl's playhouse. it's horrifying. but hey, at least it's comfy.

Saturday/sunday

The next morning i woke up to the blaring sound of my teeny-tiny, yet loud, super-duper-super-super-sales emporium alarm clock. that store is where we get everything basically, because everything is on sale, hint the name super-duper-super-super-sale. i got dressed, ran downstairs, grabbed some cereal, and packed my bag, and looked at my dad as he almost fell down laughing.

"What's so funny?" i asked, looking around for something absolutely hilarious. 

"Audrey, what day of the week is it?" he asked, still slightly giggling. 

"Ugh. It's Saturday, isn't it." i replied, knowing i was right.

"yessirree!" he shouted.

i thought this was going to be the longest weekend ever, not knowing what i was about to discover.

Monday

as i got up early to watch the Sunday sunrise as i do every Sunday, i saw something odd, yet familiar. something i never realized was there, but had known all my life about it. ugh!! i what's that word, uh, deja vu! yes, deja vu. but the thing i noticed was particularly odd. it just happened to be a medium sized hole, just big enough to fit an animal or a small person, including a young girl. could this very well be what my whole city had been looking for? is this really happening to me? no no it can't be. not possible. it doesn't exist.  my head buzzed with thoughts and doubts. but eventually, my thoughts didn't overpower my curiosity. i went to explore.

by the way, there's this part of the story you've probably never heard. the  white rabbit was running late because he had to do something that wasn't related to the queen of hearts. he had to pick his garden diamonds, which in my town, are believed to be sacred and possess magical powers.  if you find these, then you've unlocked the secrets of wonderland.

Tuesday.

when i got down to the area of the hole, there was nothing. i knew there was something up with that hole, because i saw it and there's no denying it. this hole had to be special. it had to be The hole. and there was one person and only one person i knew who could help me. i called Denise. she was voted most likely to be a storyteller/detective. yeah, i knew she could help me out. 
"ring ring ring, ring ring ring!" 
"ring ring ring, ring ring ring!"
"hello, this is Denise!" answered her phone.
"oh hi Denise, i was wondering if you could help me out with something." i said.
"haha! just kidding! this is my voicemail! leave a message!" blared her phone. 
"ugh! hey this is Audrey. i need your help with something. and i need it now! call back really soon!" I said, almost screaming.

Thursday
denise called back in about 30 seconds, knowing it was something important. she came over in less than that. 
Okay, what is it, what is it? are you bleeding, sick, or dying?" she asked
"im fine. well, sort of. when i woke up this morning, i saw this medium sized hole, and it gave me a weird feeling even though I never remember seeing it before it's just big enough to fit a young girl. or a larger animal. so, when i went to check on it, it was gone. denise, this has to be it! I'm no longer a suspicion, this has to be the way to wonderland! and we have to find out how to get there!" I screamed.
" woah, okay, you seem more excited about this than I do! first, to figure out why it keeps disappearing and coming back, and why you got that feeling, even though you don't remember seeing it before. then, do some research about wonderland, and stories about the portal. the, figure out a way to make it saty, and make it work. the test it, see if we can drop pencils or books or something down it. and lastly go. oh and we also have to do this while not getting caught.

Wednesday
i stayed up all night researching the mysterious "rabbit hole." as i read through my research, i saw that i was not the first person to see this. apparently, it only appears every few days, which meant i had to work fast. if it appeared on Sunday, it was most likely to       appear around Wednesday or Thursday. this time i was going to try to make it stay, at least for a while. this so called 'portal' is my job. i was put here in this position, in this place, to fulfill this job and figure out a way to wonderland . i just knew it.

Thursday 

As the day approached, I had to get prepared. I stayed up all night for three nights reading and researching. People thought I looked sick, or crazy. I probably was, but I didn't care. This was my one chance to succeed, and I couldn't lose it. During school, I'm usually at the front of the room, answering all the questions, getting 100% on everything, you know, that kind of stuff. But this week, I sat in the way back, hiding my books and computer behind my binders and textbooks. Even my teacher started to notice something was slightly different. A teacher even came to talk to me. After that, I figured out that I had to keep my cool.

Tuesday
it was here. the 'portal' was going to be in my backyard, right next to the bog old oak tree, just as i had seen on Sunday. i woke up extra-extra early, but didn't get that weird feeling that i was expecting. i hoped, i hoped and prayed, i pleaded, i had to have it be there. i slowly, very slowly, walked up to my window. i peered through my window, just to see exactly what i was looking for. well, not exactly, yes the hole was there, right where i had imagined it would be, but something was different. the hole was smaller. since i was up just before the sun rised, i had some time to research the shrinking of the hole. i sat in the corner of my room, with my bright screen in the dark morning. i couldn't find much information, except i did find out the title of a book at the public library. i copied down the dewie decimal number, and went back to sleep for the little time i could. i made a plan to get that book, and figure out more secrets of wonderland.

triple threat

in the society where i live, are lives are based on are talents. your job, your spouse, your living area, everything. This is so no one feels Untalented, well, unless you are. when you are a newborn, you get range scanned to find out what area your talent is. for example, your range could be art, and your talent could be sculpting. you don't find out your specific talent until you are 15, but some people can tell by scores and comments from schooling classes. 

Theater camp

Today I had audition for the play for theater camp. I felt like I did well. I was really nervous, but they gave us tips on how not to be nervous. Only one person from school was there, so I didn't know anybody really.

AHW

I walked through the Year Building. I was picked to be part of it. Last week, I got a note in the mail that said:
Anna Maria Sylvet is invited to the ceremony of the Yearling, at
9824 Arden St
Cilviette, Montiago.
She will be trained to become a yearling master, as chosen by her school and community work.
Anna must be at the location my midday, or else she won't be qualified.

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Craziness Of The End Of The Year

the end of the year is just plain out craziness. insanity. chaos. there are MANY words to describe it, but the end of the school year is a big mess in my family. with dance recitals, field trips, and all sorts of other stuff, it is just mayhem. there is always something wacky going on. for instance, today i had a dance recital. it was fun, but stressful and chaotic. my grandparents and babysitter came, so it was fun, but sort of wacky. so, this is how the end of the year is.

When will school end, ugh...

Ugh. I've been waiting for school to end for what seems like forever. CNN student news is ending soon, so our school should be ending sooner. Yes, I know school will be done shortly, but I want it to be done NOW. It's about a week and a half to school ends,and some schools are already out. Yeah sure, school can be fun and all sometimes, but in reality, i think,and I know...
Summer is a lot better.


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Blog Is Back

wooooooow! I'm very mad. I couldn't get onto my blogger account for a very very long time. I don't know why, but even when I signed in on someone else's device, it said my account was not a valid blogger account. I thought it was just a bug, so I didn't mess with it. But when i tried to go on again a few days later, it still happened!! Do I figured out what to do, thanks to YouTube, and started blogging again. Yay!!

Witchcraft life book 1 part 1

I have a secret. A deep secret. A very deep secret. So deep that I won't even tell my parents. That deep. I won't tell you because I don't know if I can trust you, but you'll probably be able to figure out what it is. This is a "story". You have absolutely no proof that any of this is real. So don't go blabbing to your friends. Please. 

I am special. Not like how your kindergarten says everyone is "special in their own way." I mean I'm different. Like I have powers. I can change the position of the sun if I want to. And I have, but a meteorite crashed down on Russia. So I don't want to try that again

how to get emojis from a windows computer

 so when i was on twitter, i saw someone posted something with an emoji,  and i could see it! i copied and pasted the emoji into the blog post, and i hope you can see it. this is how i will get emojis from now on on a windows computer, but there's probably a simple way.

1. go into twitter, or some other social media sight
2. find a post with emojis, or an emoji.
3. copy and paste it into whatever/ wherever you want.
4. your all done!

May:the month of weird days

may has many weird days. here's a list of a few of them. there are many, many more. i'll name one for each day, not all of them. but for today's day i will name two.

source: www.holidayinsights.com visit it to see the rest!!

1:save the rhino day

2: baby day

3: lumpy rug day

4: star wars day/national candied orange peel day

5:National hoagie day

6: no diet day

7:national tourism day

8:no socks day

9: lost sock memorial day (yes,lost socks)

10: Clean up your room day

11:eat what you want day

12:limerick day

13:frog jumping day

14:dance like a chicken day

15: national chocolate chip

16:national sea monkey day

17:pack rat day

18:no dirty dishes day

19:boys club day

20: be a millionaire day (probably the best day out there)

21:waiters and waitresses day

22:buy a musical instrument day

23:lucky penny day

24: national escargot day (ewwwwwwww!!)

25:tap dance day!! ( yay i <3 tap!)

26:sally ride day

27:sun screen day

28:amnesty international day

29:learn about composting day

30:water a flower day

31: national macaroon day

Sun ☉

Sun! Finally sun! I have been waiting so long for a nice sunny sunday! I mean, it says sun in the name, shouldn't every Sunday be this sunny and warm!  Since it was so nice and warm,  I played with my little neighbors, Maddy ,Timmy, Evan, and Cameron. We had a squirt gun fight, built a Lego house, and raced on our bikes. It was so much fun!! I also finally rode on my bike, I haven't done it since last year!! I was so happy that it was sunny and warm, and I hope every weekend till summer is just as warm, if not even warmer!!!

Dad's Shirt

Well, this is an inside joke between me and my dad. It came up at dinner.

My dad is wearing a very ugly shirt. It is hidio us. It clashes with his pants. Plaid is OUT.  All of his shirts are plaid. He told me my shirts are ugly,but seriously, plaid is out!! I love my dad,but I don't like his shirts,or his style. Sorry,dad, it's true.

What happened

Ha-haha-ha-haha. The breathing of some creature breathed on the back of my neck. I was confused. The last thing I remembered, I slid down the slide on Annalise's playlet. Next thing I knew I was sitting on a white bed with people staring at me. I looked down at my wrist. Hospital patient:Ariella Barisque. What happened? Where was I? Why am I here?
"she's awake!" people whispered.
"but how?" others said.
"uh, what happened, why am I here, how long have i been here,and where exactly is here?" I asked.
"she can talk?" a tall man in a white lab coat asked.
"um, yeah, and can you answer my question?" i replied.
"oh sure! We don't know what happened, you have seemed to have fallen into a coma, you have been here for a little over three years, and the national hospital." the supposedly doctor said.
"THREE YEARS?!!" I screamed. People looked at me strangly.
"yes, sadly. " a young man said.
That young man looked like older brother. Wait, was he?


To be continued...

Costumes!!

today, I some more dance costumes. I got my tap costume, which is blue, black and very very sparkly. I also got my jazz costume, which is cheetah print, turquoise, black, sparkly, and has lots of sequins, and even a big sparkly bow!! I love getting dance costumes. I get to try on new costumes, and learn how to be a srtage performer. Also, it' really  fun!!

NO MORE

Yay!! finally, M-Step is over! sorry 6th graders, you are going to hate it. it's really boring. i can't talk about details, but it was terrible. we had to sit still for ever. it was horrible. sometimes it was kind of fun-ish, like the lesson part. but otherwise that, it was absolutely horrible. i actually like tests, but not this test. i and so happy it's over!

Weekend! Come!

Today, I really want the weekend to come. A lot. I don't think I'm doing anything this weekend,so I really want the weekend to come. Since today is Wednesday,  I have 2 and a 1/2 more days. Ugh. I just want a nice, two day long break. That would be amazing. But sadly I have to wait 2 and a half more days. I just want the weekend to come!!

school

i don't want to go to school. i have had such a fun weekend i do not want it to end! i got to dance in a charity show, compete in a forensics competition, and do many more super awesome and fun things. i want to have just one more day! or two, or three, or  four! i can't wait for next weekend, even though i don't know what i am doing. i really hope it's something fun! i just wish it was saturday, because then i could have just one more day!

forensics comp!

i had a forensics competition! it was so fun! i competed against 48 people, and i got either 7-12! i got to see some really cool pieces! and some i had seen before, at the last competition. it was cool to see other people, because i can learn from what they do, and make myself better. i competed in storytelling 5/6, which is a big category. i wish i got to see other categories.

Gala

today i had a dance show! it was so fun. we raised over 18,000 dollars for a charity called ask or acts of simple kindness. the website is actsofsimplekindness.org. the charity gives money to children who lost a parent, so they can do extracurricular activities and have a little bit of normalcy in their lives. we held the event at andiamo's in warren, at a big baquet hall. we had dinner, dessert, and a DJ. we had so much fun! at the end of the show, all of the competition teams performed a dance. i had npot even seen some of the dances before! it was so fun!

photo editing

i like our engage/science project a lot. just before we started the unit, my sister had gotten in to photo editng, and got me into it. i think it is realy fun making regular, ordinary things into things beyond belief. it is fun, because i can explore new technology and learn. isn't that what school's all about? and most of all, i get to climb my own everest. maybe, i'll get stuck on masking. but i'll find my way out of the situation. and, i have a partner who i wouldn't usually choose. but i found out how we can work together.

Ashes cont

My life has always been weird. I don't know my mom, by dad left me, and now I am stuck with my stepmom and stepsisters. so basically, my life is a fairytale.  besides the fact that my stepmom and stepsisters are quite nice. and, there is no prince charming, and there will never be. i am about as unpopular as it gets. yeah, it is not gonna happen anytime soon.

My life is not just wierd because its the unhappy version of a fairytale, its weird because of a lot of things. my best friend thinks my life is an amazing mystery to investigate, but shes just a wannabe Sherlock Holmes.

Ashes

Bum-bum-bum! The sounds of hundreds of footsteps slammed the ground. Trina ran with the young baby in her arms, as the smoke smell came into her nose. The fence was approaching, and Trina had to jump. She reached out for the fence, but the child slipped out of her arms. She couldn't go back. She didn't have time. The fire erupted the city. She had to flee. She could only hope for the best for her little baby, Anna.

Cheese

I opened the refrigerator, looking for dinner. A fruit, a sandwich, maybe even some left overs? But no. I did not see anything I wanted, so I opened a few drawers. Then I saw something. Cheese. I took out the big roll of smoked Gouda cheese, unwrapped the plastic, grabbed a knife, and I cut it into small pieces. It wasn't what I was expecting to have for dinner, but it was something.

Gala

This weekend I have a 2 hour dance rehearsal. Why, because, in one week, my dance team has atype of show called the gala. My dance studio has been around for 35 years, and every five years, we do a charity fundraiser for a children's charity at andimamos in warren, mi. All the money we earn goes to a different charity each gala. This years charity is ASK , or acts of simple kindness. http://actsofsimplekindness.org we are doing this charity because we are kids, and we want to help other kids.

Pool

I love being at a pool. I get to swim, realax, and have fun. At the pool at the condo where I was staying, it was especially fun. I got to play with my 7 year old cousin Gary, sit it the sun. And play with the other kids at our condominium. We played this game called silence a lot. In this game, you have one person standing, facing the opposite direction, so not facing the pool. The person has to listen, and if they think someone playing is swimming accross the pool, then they can turn around. If no one was swimming, they have to move up a step. But if someone, or multiple people are swimming, then the person standing can jump in and try to tag the person swimming. But as soon as the swimmer makes it to the wall, they can't be tagged.if someone is tagged, then they are it.

Zoo

We went to the zoo on our vacation. We saw some animals that you would not find at the Detroit zoo, or the bell isle nature zoo. They had crocodiles, ostriches, cockatoos, and even free roaming birds. You could even buy bird food, and the birds, which where tropical birds, would fly on your arm!  We saw lots of birds, monkeys, crocodiles, and other animals! There was even a special fish tank where you could touch sea urchins, starfish, crabs, and other sea creatures.

Beach

We have been going to the beach a lot. And when we are there, we get to do some really cool stuff and see some really cool stuff. We get to go crab-hunting, wake boarding, skinboarding, and many other things. I personally really like wakeboarding. I do it a lot, when I have the opportunity. One time when I went wakeboarding, I found a sand dollar. Not just the smooth, white sand dollar you find on the shore, a living, breathing sand dollar. I accidentally stepped on it, picked it up, and brought it back to our spot. When we went to the zoo, i asked the zookeeper about it and she said it was not endangered, but a rare find.

Manatees!!

Well, in Florida, there is a lot of sealife and wildlife. We went on a boat ride, and we got to experience just a portion of the wildlife and sealife. We saw mannatees, dolphins, fish, and many more animals. We got really close to the mannates and even got a few pictures! They swam and played right by our boat! Since mannatees are really big, we had to be careful when and where we went. But it was really cool to see.

Florida Fun

For spring break, my family went to Florida. It has been so much fun! We are here with my grandparents and my aunt and uncle, and my 8 year old cousin. Our condo has an amazing pool, and it's on a private beach!! Our condo is located in Cocoa Beach, which is great because there is a lot to do here. We have had a lot of fun so far, and I'm really enjoying the fun of being with my grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, and cousin.

florida

yay! i'm getting ready to head to Florida. Florida is warm, and i really want some warm weather. also, i get to see my grandma and grandpa! my grandma just had a big birthday recently, and i can't wait to see her! also, the condo i am staying at has a really big pool, and a beach on the ocean! it's really fun. also, on our drive up there,we are stopping at an amusement park called Carowinds. it's supposed to be great!!

AHW: lily and the bad cheese

today, I was texting my friend lily. we were having a sort of normal conversation, the most normal we could get, then randomly, she just texted "I ate expired cheese!" well, this wasn't that weird, considering how weird my friend is, but then a few minutes later, two minutes to be exact, she replied to me saying "I puked". oh no I thought, oh no. I knew this would end bad.

Fiction Story: Asia And The Box

Asia knew more than she let on. she knew secrets. secrets you didn't know existed. asia was a brilliant child, an absolute genius. yeah, people knew she was a little bit "smarter than your average bear" but not that smart. asia figured out how to track down the old command phone, which is where our story begins. 

the cashier saw a young girl, perhaps 8 or 9, walk up to the counter of the Sav-on-electric, holding a small box. the box contained a small device. a cell phone, perhaps. a used cell phone. the cashier looked up from to see the next costumer, and ended staring  down at the tiny little girl. the cashier, named Relna, put the box under a barcode scanner and rung it up. Relna handed the kid the small plastic bag and watched her run out the squeaky door.

Asia ran through the halls of the electronic store, trying to find the used cell phone section. her caretaker had dropped her of, then left. no one really cared about asia, or at least that she knew of. so, she could do about anything she wanted. aisa wasn't her to actually buy a phone, since she already had the newest mPhone, so why would she buy a used phone? she was here to get a phone she had been tracking for months, a special phone. this phone was john Belfran's phone. John Belfran ran the internet.