Whinny Up Granite Hills

So! I totally have not done much of anything with my blog for a long time. But it might be time for the occasional update!

To start with: School is well on its way with the normal math, literature, science, reading, P.E., language...etc..ect.

Alg. 2 is always full of its up and down and x's and y's (which I personally think are much better problems then, say story problems **shudder**). Chemistry is... well can you say stiochemistry...... it is a working progress! Spanish is of course, in a word, A.W.E.S.O.M.E! Literature is pretty interesting with wide variety of classics. P.E.- Ah! Let us just say sometimes I am not in the mood to run a couple of miles. (Oh! and, of course, the scary job of studying for a drivers permit......)

Next up!

We had a great family friend/adopted sister out for two weeks and did a bunch of fun things: painted a ceiling/floor of our slowly coming together working project of a house, taking photos, climbing up the bluff in the dark and looking across the city, bike riding, and being great fans at football games!

Which brings up another topic. Ah! Highschool and middle school football has come and gone. Awesomely enough my hard working brothers both got to the playoffs. However, they sadly did not make it to the championship games......

And Elsie:

She is her normal, chicken chasing, excitable, joyful self. Rotating between sleeping, playing, and releasing some of her contained energy. She is always a very lovable dog... for the most part.. unless she decides to not sleep nicely on the floor!

The chickens are also doing fine... I think. Out of all of them, only one is apparently laying an egg about every to days.... and we got rid of both of our roosters that began crowing and had to go bye-bye! The Buckeye especially made a delicious chicken pot pie and we got 3-5 meals out of the two of them combined (which was good, even though chickens are the one animals I have more of a hard time eating in self-butchered).

And! because this will probably be expelled from my mind by the time it is Thanksgiving: a couple of things to be thankful for!

1. As always! My Lord and Savior who puts up with me even though I am ever needing forgiveness.
2. My parents... who also put up with me. Teach me things like taping off for painting a house and how to cook a dinner.... and Mom for teaching me school and especially Spanish!
3. My brothers. Who include me in their laughs and fun.
4. My sister and her family. I totally love her and she is very awesome. Like super awesome. And so is my nephew, of course.
5. Great friends. Attending football games, doing Bible study, hanging out, and also, putting up with me.
6. My animals. As always, very competent, even when I am in a bad mood. I love my little Border Collie!
7. Mouse traps. and mothers and brothers who take care of the products of this. I CANNOT stand mice and... well yes. I cannot stand them.
8. School. Because I would probably die from boredom if I did not have it!
9. My life. Having a house, a family, food, and the essentials to life.
10. Ummm. Shall we just leave this one for the things that have escaped my present thought occupations?

Have an awesome holiday season, don't eat to much, try to be pleasant and so on and so forth!

Over and out!

Western Belle