My Week So Far~

Hello folks,
Yes, I know aren't yall surprised? I'm actually doing a post!! (no need to look so shaken up..*wait* are you fainting??)

My week started when I woke up Monday morning...and went to Martins Woodshop.
 Lincoln is in woodworking for 4-H (he has made a birdhouse already!) and this tour was part of the learning experience. Us girls were able to go along to and it counted as a field trip :)
It was really neat seeing the whole working process, and then the finished product!

Our tour guide: Calvin Roop

This machine was fun to watch, it does all those holes in the bottom of your table.

This is in the staining/painting room,what a smell!

FINSHED product 

Then came Tuesday....and on Wednesday, this is          what I/we did:                                                                                         

                               

I worked outside on my violin....love playing those fiddle songs!

Then after that....                   

It was time to work with our goats......We try to work with them everyday, so that they will walk good on the chain when they are in the show!

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Before Church, Papa took some pictures....

                        

I think my week has gone rather well so far!

What do you think? Post a comment!

Zoe

The Green Eggs & Ham Gazette
  

BIG NEWS!!! 2 men try to blow up bus and suffer major burns Late Friday morning two men were found trying to blow up a bus. Thankfully the police got there in time and were able to apprehend the men.   The men are now in the hospital, “they suffered 3 degree burns on their lips when they tried to blow up the bus by blowing on the exhaust pipe” said Chief Hambone.                                                                   “Times are getting dangerous” says Miss Chicken, who reported the two terrorists to the police.

~Survey~ In these warm spring months what is your favorite thing to do? o Lay in the sun o Play sports o Read a book o Ride your bike o Play with animals o Hang out with friends o Play with siblings

Food of The Month:             Fish     As well as tasting delicious, fish is good for you! The American Heart Association recommends that people eat 2-3 meals of fish a week. Eating a variety of fish helps to reduce your chances of stroke or heart attack. Fish is an excellent low-fat food, a great source of protein, vitamins and minerals.             -Eat Your Fish-

A Letter From The Editor Dear Scriber’s ,  Thank you for reading this edition of The Eggs & Ham Gazette!  If you have any ideas, jokes or facts… PLEASE send them to me I really appreciate itJ Comments and suggestions are always welcome! Enjoy the weather… The Editor

 

*Laugh Out Loud*        Jokes of the Month Q: Why was the musician arrested? A: He was in treble Q: Why did the boy eat his homework? A: Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake Doctor, Doctor, I swallowed a bone. Are you choking? No, I really did!

 

-Fact Of the Month-      Watch out   mailmen! * More people are killed in the United States each year by the jaws of dogs, than have been killed by great white sharks in the last 100 years!

4-H Project, GOATS

~I have been in 4-H since I was 8 yrs. Old~ I started out in the Lebanon Chicken Club (I quit this club after 2 years). Then I went on to 4-H Friends (where I still am enrolled),(Abigail and Lincoln are now in this club with me)… now this year I’m also in the Lebanon Goat 4-H club… of course Abigail and Lincoln are with me too!!!!~

~For the past few years us “kids” have been very interested in showing goats in our local fair. At first we only wanted to show our crossbreeds, but then we got into the “spirit” of things and yesterday... we went over to some fellow 4-H’ers and purchased our first Boer goats, for $50.00 each (great price). 

Each of us got a goat: Abigail’s is a boy and his name is BUCK, he is the friendliest of our three :)  Lincoln got a girl… her name is STARLIGHT, she is our only girl. Then there is ***Tyler*** :) he’s mine!
I am really excited about our 4-H goats… Buck, Starlight and Tyler are going to be living with us till the end of July (fair week).

                                                                                     

Here are a couple pictures!

Buck

Tyler

Starlight

-Buck-

Lincoln catching Starlight :)

Starlight and Buck

***TYLER***

Farewell~                                                                                                                                           

                          

            Zoë

                                           

Roller-skating + Pain

Will I ever be able to move again? That is the question folks… :P

 I just got back from a birthday party for my sweet cousins: Lillia, Hope and Elaniah (Their B-days are all in the same month) It was at a roller rink and was a bunch of fun (I had never been to one before)!!!

Unfortunately my roller-blades had been deemed unfit for use.                                                      
 So I, for the first time in my life wore roller-skates! I rented a size 7, *sigh* I guess I should have gotten an 8…But hey, who really wants to give up almost Cinderella sized feet?

I “glided” out into the rink and “wamo” ….my very first fall of the night!! *ouch*    (I was ssssooo thankful that we had been a little early)!...... So in the next couple minutes I practiced how many ways I could fall “gracefully” …lol.  After a while I finally got down the “movements” and except for a lot couple falls, I was fine for the rest of the night!

It was also Bethany’s first time on roller-skates  and Mom roller-skated before but was a little rusty. We all did really well! ~*round of applause, please*

I really would like to thank Sanger7 for all the fun! Happy Birthday Lillia, Hope & Elaniah.

Next Morning:

*oww*

 I am up at 7:22, I cannot find a comfortable position to sleep in! I have many bruises! Lol                                                                                                                                                                                        

 My left hand is all swollen up (last night papa thought I had broken it), but I think I just bruised it when I skated over it (don't ask me how I did that!) (typing with one hand). My one knee has no skin on it. I am trying not to think about my feet!!                                                   

 Abigail said I am “delicate” but I'm just totally clumsy on roller-skates :P

~I am adding to my earlier post, because I forgot to tell y’all about the fun games we had last night!
We had relay races and played four corners. We also played a game were 2 or 3 people held hands and when the whistle blew we would have to turn and go the other way.   Joanna was my partner and was great at turning us around. It got really wild when the whistle would blow in rapid session!! The games were spread throughout the night.

Aunt Jody had all kinds of delicious refreshments and coolers of drinks :) Mmmm! They were much needed to keep up the calorie/energy level!!!

Here are some pictures

 (it was rather dark inside the rink so not all of the pictures we took turned out well):

(left to right) Aunt Carol, Bethany, Grandpa, Elaniah and Grandma....Keeping each other up!

Resting on a bench~

Lincoln~

And that's all the pictures, none of the others turned out well~                                                                   

 

Have a wonderful day~

Zoe

Beautiful Blooms~

Last Keepers meeting we learned how to make some beautiful flowers for your hair~
It's so much fun (and so easy!), that thought I would do a post on it :)




For this fun craft you will need:

*a flower shaped cookie cutter (any size is great!)
*some fabric
*scissors
*a button
*glue gun
*sharpie
* pin or alligator-clip for the back

Step 1:

Trace the flower onto the fabric using a sharpie

Step 2:

Trace on five flowers, then cut them apart

Step 3:

Cut out flowers

Step 4:  Pick the flattest flower shape to be your base, put the rest of your flower shapes into a nice little pile. Take a shape from the pile to make your first petal!

 

 Step 5:

                   F old flower shape in half, put a line of glue down the middle and squeeze

Do all the petals!

Step 6:

Glue petals onto base

Step 7:

                                     Pick out button to go in the middle, then glue on!

 Add a pin or alligator-clip to the back~ TADA!

 

Here are a couple other flowers that I have made:  

Enjoy :)

I used a circle shape for this one, instead of a flower!

There are so many diffrent things you can do to make your flower unique!

Here are some ideas:

Zigzag the edges, using diffrent colors of fabric for each petal, use a ginger bread man cookie for the petal shape, putting a smaller flower in the middle of a bigger flower....The possibilities are endless! Make a flower today :)

~Zoethy

HaPpY bIRtHdaY GRanDma Sanger!!

Today was my Grandmas _7 Birthday. So we had all of her loving boys over for a fiesta (and their wonderful families)!! WOOOhOO!

The menu consisted of:
*Chicken  Fettuccine Alfredo
*French Bread w/butter & garlic
*Salad & toppings

Well needless to say it was yummy! The dessert was awesome too :)
After the main course we had a very interesting conversation ... (I won't go into any details)

Here were some of the topics (not all of them though):

*What beets can do (and not do) for you.
*Some random childhood memories, like: bringing home pigs in burlap sacks... and (my Great) Uncle David bringing sour milk to their house in a pickup...
* What cannibals consider a delicacy... 
*Cow brains, Pig Stomach, Cow tongue...
~ You get the idea :)

-Then we gave Grandma her present: a KINDLE, a device that she can read books on.
We then sang Happy Birthday, Never Grow Old, and May God Bless you....

We had a wonderful time :) Happy Birthday Grandma!! I love you :)

(Here are some pictures):

Birthday Lady!

Singing - (the first time!)

Birthday HUGS!

Cousins-(left to right)-Lillia, Me, Kaitlyn & Abigail

Grandpa looking at pictures with Lillia~

Well thats all for today~ Hope you have a wonderful week!                                                                                                                                                               

 Zoe                                                                                               

Rain~

For a couple of days my mind has been preoccupied with doing a post...on something...(yeah, I know that’s just a tiny problem)...

Then one day I went outside and it hit me full force in the face! (Nothing like a little water to wake you up!) :)  I could do a post on rain/water!!!

(Are you excited yet?) (~Be prepared for many random facts)!

v  A raindrop is not shaped like a teardrop~ It is perfectly round!

v  Once, there was a man who lived 66 days with ONLY water!

v  You know that one faucet, leaking at one drop a minute, can waste 38 gallons of water a year!

v  Raindrops fall at the average rate of 9 miles per hour

v  Most People use over 16,000 gallons of water in their lifetimes, or 2.5 quarts per day.

v  The umbrella was originally invented to protect people from the hot sun.

v  Rain starts off as ice or snow crystals at cloud level.

v  Louisiana is the wettest state in the U.S

     We will never have any more water in our world (Don’t panic!)!!~ All the water we now have is all we will ever have... but that is okay! The water that is in our lakes, rivers, oceans, seas, and even our swimming pools, will "evaporate" (That means it will rise up into the sky).

(We can't see it do this). When it goes into the sky, it makes the clouds!  Then the clouds move! Finally, after so much "evaporation" they will be so full of water they need to let some of it go. So, to let the water go, they rain!

The water in the clouds comes down on us. It hits the ground and soaks into the dirt. Some runs back into the rivers, lakes, oceans, seas, and even our swimming pools.

 It is the water that comes from out of the pipes in our house. We use it, and then it goes down the drain.  From the drain, it goes into our septic tank deep in our yard, or into the sewer. From the septic tank, it soaks back into the ground. If it is in the sewer, it will come out somewhere, like the ocean or a sewage pond.

Then it will evaporate, and it will fill up the clouds. When the clouds are full, it will rain again.

So, you see, we use the same water over and over again! The water is being "recycled"  (Go Green)!

We have been getting a  lot of rain lately~ the water totally flooded our back-yard!

Here are some pictures:

Check it out!

One of our BIG puddles~ "Swimming pool size!"

Going down the hill~

My Mom has always wanted her own waterfall...

Our smallest puddle...Want to come over for a swim?? (Wait.. NO!.. I didn't mean it!!)

Well that's all for today... Now don't you feel smarter? Rain is really amazing!


~ZOE