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Today, I had a great day! I got to hang out with my friend Alena for a bit after karate. Me and Dad did class, and then Dad had to stay and help with a test, so me and Alena hung out in the parking lot giggling, chatting, and just having fun in general. 

When we got home, I was able to catch 2 HUGE toads. They were sitting right on the driveway... I had no problems catching them. Here is a picture of the bigger one:

Well, if my computer will let me, I want to try recording the toad through my webcam. I am going to try and if it works I will upload it. It worked!

 I think..... I might have done 2 clips. I have never done video from webcam so if there are two clips, you know why. There is no sound because I did not have my microphone hooked up. Anyway, there he is! For some reason my video isn't working... I am sorry I thought it was.

Well, I just took a break from writing and caught 3 more toads- 1 tree frog and 2 toads. Has anyone reading my blog ever caught a wild toad/tree frog? If so, leave a comment and/or picture telling about it (no one ever comments, so you don't REALLY have to haha).

Well, I have two minerals left to do so I am going to end this post here.

Maddie

Anniversary of my Blog and Lemon Meringue Pie Video

Some of you might not know this, but 3 days ago, it was my blog's two year anniversary! I am amazed that I have been blogging for so long. Now, I promised everyone a lemon meringue pie video today, and I spent 3 hours preparing it. I am very proud of it. However, it is taking literally FOREVER to download to my computer, so I decided to yatter on about my blog for a moment. I am going to go out for a bit, and HOPEFULLY the stupid thing will be loaded when I am back.


Here is the video!

Enjoy!

Maddie

Hating Guess and Check Math!

I know, "guess and check math is EASY", but not for me. I find it annoying that there is no real 'simple' method like there usually is in math- I have learned that almost ANY math problem has a really hard, make-your-head-explode, punch-your-fist-through-the-computer way of doing things, and then there is the one minute version. Not with this....

No, with THIS you have to go through every stinkin' number looking for the answer! It took me about 2 hours to finally work through the questions, but hey- at least it is done and I hopefully will not have to do guess and check EVER, EVER again.

Also, I would like to apologize for not having a good post yesterday... I was VERY tired and did horrible. Needless to say, I got about an hour of sleep after finishing the post and so was a happy camper after that. I promise that it will not happen again (not the 2 hours of sleep, that would be bad- I mean the bad post won't happen again).

Other than math, nothing else has really been going on today. I made myself lunch and went on facebook. And that is basically it! There is no karate today, so we might go out a little later to the store or something like that. Well, I am going to end this post here. Oh, one last thing: for Monday's post, I am going to attempt to make a YouTube video on how to make lemon meringue pie- wish me luck!

Maddie

SO TIRED

As the title states, I am tired... I got up at 6:45 today, and have felt sluggish, even though I ate and drank something AND took my shower. I tried making myself some caffeinated tea to kick-start my day, but it didn't work... It is actually just making me more sleepy. I am hoping that if I can get my blog post done, Dad will allow me 20 minutes of sleep.

Gah! I feel like a zombie! If anyone has any tricks on what to do when you feel like you're going to roll over and fall asleep, it would be highly appreciated if you left them in the comments below. Geez... I am falling asleep writing this! Faster, faster, I gotta type faster.

I want to get this post done. I am sorry for rambling a bit. I REALLY feel bad right now. I feel kind of dizzy now too... not good.  Well, at least I'll get this post out at least. But after I do, I am COLLAPSING onto my bed.

Well, please leave helpful 'stay-awake' comments down below. They are more appreciated then you would think. Well, I apologize for being kind of random with this post. I REALLY REALLY NEED to sleep right now. I don't want to hurt myself.

Maddie

So Many Views!

Thank you all my readers! I have been running this blog for about 3 years now, and I have almost 6000 pageviews! I NEVER thought that my blog would be read that many times!

I started off with a few local readers- and now I have them from across the globe! Last month alone, my blog got almost 700 pageviews. I am soooooo happy! I love my blogging, and I am very proud to have gotten this far. Thank you!

Since I know better than to make my blog JUST thank-you's (though I'd love to), I am going to instead talk about... Well, dang it! Now I don't even know! I was going to include some stumbleupon links but I could not find anything interesting enough to put in my post... except for this brutally honest yet funny picture.

Well, I have to get ready for karate soon, and I am supposed to go to the deli with Grandma, so I will end this post here. Once again, thank you for reading my blog :)

Maddie

Getting Done Early! WOO-HOO!

Today, Dad got me up at 6:30 a.m.... I was so tired. I ate breakfast (1/2 an english muffin w/ nutella and cereal) and then took a shower. When I was done I hopped straight to work. I have a list of 6 math that have to be done by the end of the week, so what I did was make myself a schedule:

Tuesday (today) - 1 math, Think a Thought, 3 lectures
Wednesday - 2 math, Think a Thought, 3 lectures
Thursday - 2 math, Think a Thought, 3 lectures
Friday - 1 math, Think a Thought, 3 lectures

And that sums up my week in schoolwork! I have already finished my math, and am almost done for the day.... it is only 8:00! I am so happy. Later I have to go to karate.. I have 2 classes today since I didn't do class yesterday (due to Labor Day). By the way, Dad surprised us yesterday by taking us out to Keene... I got my work cut in half!

Walking around in Keene was fun, except for the fact that I had a migraine. No, I am not exaggerating.... I actually DO get them. They are not pleasant. They are throbbing headaches that occur near your temples and nest themselves behind your eyeballs, making you sensitive to light, smell, and loud noises. Activity (i.e. walking) makes it worse. The migraines are often triggered by something, such as stress, or lack of food or sleep. I had one yesterday, and it RUINED MY DAY. It made it hard for me to sleep as well... I was up to about 1 because my head was pounding.


Well, I am now done! See you in the next post,
Maddie

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day! There is one thing I do not get about this holiday, and that is it's name. Why is it called Labor Day if you get the day off? It should be called something more realistic, like Un-Labor Day or something. But I decided to do a little research on today and find out why it is called what it is... Give me a moment, I am Googling.


Wow... Labor Day started a looooooooooooooong time ago. It started when children employed at a silk mill in 1835 stood up and went on a strike for the day. From there on in, every Labor Day people went on a strike.

Finally, in 1970 when the mail worker went on strike and no mail was delivered, President Nixon declared a state of national emergency. Since then, Labor Day has usually been the last weekend of summer for everyone to remind us of the labors we must go back to- adults to work, and children to school (except for me, I always do school!).

Well, you learn something new every day, huh? I never would have thought that that was the reason. I hope everyone reading this learned a little something... I know I did.

Maddie