Ok, so, yesterday was my birthday!!!! I am now 15! That means I can learn to drive! So, I was looking at Utah's requirements to get a licence and all I have to do is get a Learners Permit (which only costs 15 dollars and a small, easily passable test), after I get my permit I am going to do an online driving school that mom found that is only 15 dollars with a coupon she has! I know it is a California course, but all the online courses for Utah are 400 dollars, and this one is 15. After I finish (and pass) the course and do a certain amount of driving (like 40 hrs, and 10 of those hrs at night I think) and once I turn 16 I can get my drivers licence which is 30 dollars and I have to pass a test and stuff! That is all! I am so exited!!!
Oh, ya, and yesterday we drove to Lake Minden. Lake Minden is a RV park that we have been o many times, Ill post a RV park review and pictures on instagram within a few days. Basically we are going back and forth between two or three (RV) parks until it is time to to back to visit fam in Utah, then when we get back we are heading up the coast toward Garys (my uncle) and then eventually Oregon and Washington! I can't wait to go to Washington, I love the rain! *inhales deeply* Mmmm... the smell of petrichor. :)
Anyway, so ya... :D
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Unwind
This is My reaview for my latest read.
Unwind by Neal ShustermanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is really good! This book kinda reminds me of the kind of book that I will write one day. they write it in first person, which is not my favorite. At first the plot is very weak and you almost don't want to keep reading. But then stuff starts to happen and you end up not being able to put it down. The author did some good character development, I really got drawn to some of the characters. This book was really short, or at least it seemed like it. I will not be reading the second book, I think a second book would ruin the happy ending of this one, plus you kinda know pretty much what is going to happen in the second book, anyway. Over all a good book and a quick read (trust me, I read this in a few days, and I am a slow reader). Four stars.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Ponderosa
I am now going to review all the RV parks that I go to. I have done this before on paper if I like the park I'm at. But I am now going to review every RV park that we go to.
The park I am at right now is called Ponderosa. It is a nice little park with semi-friendly park rangers and is well kept. This park is part of Thousand Trails which we are members of. The park has free internet that you can occasionally access in certain sites, like the one we are at. Only half the sites have sewer, which is a bummer because the park is very small, the smallest RV park that I have ever been to, actually. Ponderosa, unlike most other RV parks, has no children activities (other than a playground), no activities at all really. This place is really hill-y and is a great place to jog 'cus of its hills, it gives you such a great work out. Although Ponerosa is beautiful and is said to have beavers, river otters, bald eagles, hawks, and snakes during the summer, winter is not the time to come and see them. Pondersosa is out in the middle of nowhere, which is good and bad. I love it when we are out in the middle of nowhere, it is so calm and peaceful and there are a ton of photo opportunities (I will put links to the two places you can see all my pictures at the bottom of this post). But being out in the middle of nowhere also means that we are out in the middle of nowhere. There is less to do because the parks expect that if you aren't near anything than there are less families, so most of the time there is less to do at the parks. A big downer about Ponderosa is that it doesn't have washers and dryers. That means we can only stay a little while until our cloths run out. There is barely any phone service here, mom with her AT&T doesn't get any service at all and I only get service occasionally when the stars are aligned perfectly. Over all this parks is pretty good, even with all its downs, I would rate it a 6 out of 10.
P.S. here are links to where you can see all the pictures I've taken at this park and others here: http://hstar99.deviantart.com/ and here: http://hstar99.deviantart.com/
Friday, January 10, 2014
My New Years Resolutions for 2014
These are a few of my goals and resolutions for 2014!
1.Read 30 books this year (that means 2.5 books a month)
2. Instagram weekly
3. Write, Write, Write about anything, anytime!
4. Make chores a habit
5. Read the bible- every Sunday at least
6. Make a goal to work towards then save 10% of all my income until I reach that goal! Then repeat
7. Donate 10% of all income weekly
8. Start a garden, tend a plant, or get a pet! Learn all there is to learn about the thing I am taking care of and try to keep it alive for as long as possible!
9. Cook more often ( my new hobby!)
10. Mater at least 60% of all the math on Khan (for those of you who don't know what khan is google khan academy, its awesome! I recommend it for all kids and adults!
11. Weekly read the dictionary, the first 11 words I see are also that weeks Vocabulary words
12. Start (and hopefully finish) the first draft of a book
13. Do Yoga/Mediation once a week. relax..
14. Get enough sleep- set a time to turn off all electronics and put away all books and go to sleep. Also set a wake up alarm.
15. Memorize the first 70 digits of Pi
16. Be able to play at least 5 songs perfectly on the guitar
17. Become at least partially fluent in German
18. Only two sweets, candies, treats, or junk food snacks a day
19. Read aloud- I'm a fast reader in my head now to get to be a fast reader aloud too
20. Spend one hour or more making something with my hands a day
21. Jog, Bike, or do something active for 20-30 minutes a day
22. Reflect- go to Pintrest, instagram, Facebook, ect. once a waeek to look back on and write down the good ideas, thoughts, and memories
So, ya, this is my new years list of to-dos for this year, this list will always be growing but this is what I have so far! :)
1.Read 30 books this year (that means 2.5 books a month)
2. Instagram weekly
3. Write, Write, Write about anything, anytime!
4. Make chores a habit
5. Read the bible- every Sunday at least
6. Make a goal to work towards then save 10% of all my income until I reach that goal! Then repeat
7. Donate 10% of all income weekly
8. Start a garden, tend a plant, or get a pet! Learn all there is to learn about the thing I am taking care of and try to keep it alive for as long as possible!
9. Cook more often ( my new hobby!)
10. Mater at least 60% of all the math on Khan (for those of you who don't know what khan is google khan academy, its awesome! I recommend it for all kids and adults!
11. Weekly read the dictionary, the first 11 words I see are also that weeks Vocabulary words
12. Start (and hopefully finish) the first draft of a book
13. Do Yoga/Mediation once a week. relax..
14. Get enough sleep- set a time to turn off all electronics and put away all books and go to sleep. Also set a wake up alarm.
15. Memorize the first 70 digits of Pi
16. Be able to play at least 5 songs perfectly on the guitar
17. Become at least partially fluent in German
18. Only two sweets, candies, treats, or junk food snacks a day
19. Read aloud- I'm a fast reader in my head now to get to be a fast reader aloud too
20. Spend one hour or more making something with my hands a day
21. Jog, Bike, or do something active for 20-30 minutes a day
22. Reflect- go to Pintrest, instagram, Facebook, ect. once a waeek to look back on and write down the good ideas, thoughts, and memories
So, ya, this is my new years list of to-dos for this year, this list will always be growing but this is what I have so far! :)
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
My Future Plans
Hi! Ok, umm before I post what I did for school today I would like to explain my plans for the future.
My goals and what the heck I want to do with my life: Well, a little while ago I read a blog about a guy who went on his own to travel the world for 15 years (so far). At the time I thought it was cool and a completely unrealistic goal for my life, but maybe I could travel for like 5 months somewhere. Plus I wanted to go to collage and stuff. But the more I learned about his life and lives of others like him, I became more and more exited about the idea, his life was kinda like my current life. Traveling, Exploring, Learning, Experiencing. When I realized that I really wanted to do this I tried to plan for months of how I could go to collage, save up enough money to travel, and pay off student loans while traveling. Then I stared thinking 'what if I didn't go to collage?'. The question seemed reasonable, not all successful people go to collage plus I would have a TON money that I will spend the rest of my life paying off. But if I didn't go to collage, what would I do for work? Write! The thought came to me immediately. It has always been my dream in life to write a book, a book that everyone would know the name of, a book that was so popular that I would walk down the street with people calling and chanting my name. I had always though of it as a good idea as a side job.
So now my plans have changed from going to collage and owning a company of some kind (probably architecture or interior design, which will still be a hobby) to living and at grandmas (yes dad, I'm kicking you in 3 years so be prepared ;), having two jobs and extreme couponing so that I can save 20,000 in three to four years. After I save that much I will go backpacking around Eastern US and Europe. 20,000 will sustain me for two or three years and by then I hope that I will have a few books, blogs, and whatever else to afford traveling the world (maybe China, Japan, Russia, South America, Africa, ect..) for another three or four years after the 20,000 runs out. While I'm traveling I would like to also try to save up as much as I can so that when I do settle down I can buy a small spot of land and build a house or tiny home (depending on weather or not I get married and have kids by then). Another thing I would love to do when I settle down is make a private school. I would (and almost currently do) have the curriculum be based it off of my homeschooling techniques I do right now (you only learn what you are interested in and what you think is worth learning). And maybe before I do that I will go to collage and learn education.
I have worked out the math and money several times for all of this stuff, and this travel thing can work. Plus I have the advantage, most of these people that travel (backpack) the world and have blogs say that they wish that they could have realized that they wanted to do this sooner so that they wouldn't have to pay off old collage stuff that they are no longer going to use. I plan to go to collage later in life so that I can travel without having to pay off old stuff. :)
Even though I'm might hold off on collage, I am currently working on being able to take the GED and SAT next school year or the summer after that. I will then consider myself a high school graduate!(but I will always be learning) This is mostly to prove to myself that I am learning stuff and this is something to work towards. I haven't looked into the GED stuff yet, but I only want to take a few of the SAT subject tests like English/literature, Math, world history, German (possibly another language too). :)
So... ya these are my plans. These are ALL 'If's. Things could happen in my life that draw me away from these current plans. And that's fine, the best part of life is not knowing the future, right? ;)
P.S. here are some of my favorite travel blogs: http://twenty-somethingtravel.com/, http://www.nomadicmatt.com/ and Pintrest and Google have thousands more sites that I haven't even found yet (if you find a good one send it to me!).
P.P.S. this counts as English/ writing for yesterday and today, ok?
Up next: My school schedule, my new years resolutions!
My goals and what the heck I want to do with my life: Well, a little while ago I read a blog about a guy who went on his own to travel the world for 15 years (so far). At the time I thought it was cool and a completely unrealistic goal for my life, but maybe I could travel for like 5 months somewhere. Plus I wanted to go to collage and stuff. But the more I learned about his life and lives of others like him, I became more and more exited about the idea, his life was kinda like my current life. Traveling, Exploring, Learning, Experiencing. When I realized that I really wanted to do this I tried to plan for months of how I could go to collage, save up enough money to travel, and pay off student loans while traveling. Then I stared thinking 'what if I didn't go to collage?'. The question seemed reasonable, not all successful people go to collage plus I would have a TON money that I will spend the rest of my life paying off. But if I didn't go to collage, what would I do for work? Write! The thought came to me immediately. It has always been my dream in life to write a book, a book that everyone would know the name of, a book that was so popular that I would walk down the street with people calling and chanting my name. I had always though of it as a good idea as a side job.
So now my plans have changed from going to collage and owning a company of some kind (probably architecture or interior design, which will still be a hobby) to living and at grandmas (yes dad, I'm kicking you in 3 years so be prepared ;), having two jobs and extreme couponing so that I can save 20,000 in three to four years. After I save that much I will go backpacking around Eastern US and Europe. 20,000 will sustain me for two or three years and by then I hope that I will have a few books, blogs, and whatever else to afford traveling the world (maybe China, Japan, Russia, South America, Africa, ect..) for another three or four years after the 20,000 runs out. While I'm traveling I would like to also try to save up as much as I can so that when I do settle down I can buy a small spot of land and build a house or tiny home (depending on weather or not I get married and have kids by then). Another thing I would love to do when I settle down is make a private school. I would (and almost currently do) have the curriculum be based it off of my homeschooling techniques I do right now (you only learn what you are interested in and what you think is worth learning). And maybe before I do that I will go to collage and learn education.
I have worked out the math and money several times for all of this stuff, and this travel thing can work. Plus I have the advantage, most of these people that travel (backpack) the world and have blogs say that they wish that they could have realized that they wanted to do this sooner so that they wouldn't have to pay off old collage stuff that they are no longer going to use. I plan to go to collage later in life so that I can travel without having to pay off old stuff. :)
Even though I'm might hold off on collage, I am currently working on being able to take the GED and SAT next school year or the summer after that. I will then consider myself a high school graduate!(but I will always be learning) This is mostly to prove to myself that I am learning stuff and this is something to work towards. I haven't looked into the GED stuff yet, but I only want to take a few of the SAT subject tests like English/literature, Math, world history, German (possibly another language too). :)
So... ya these are my plans. These are ALL 'If's. Things could happen in my life that draw me away from these current plans. And that's fine, the best part of life is not knowing the future, right? ;)
P.S. here are some of my favorite travel blogs: http://twenty-somethingtravel.com/, http://www.nomadicmatt.com/ and Pintrest and Google have thousands more sites that I haven't even found yet (if you find a good one send it to me!).
P.P.S. this counts as English/ writing for yesterday and today, ok?
Up next: My school schedule, my new years resolutions!
Yesterdays School
Sorry I didn't post yesterdays school yet. You see I wrote this huge article on my future plans, just so we could be on the same track. It took me 5 hours. Then my computer died. So now I have to write the whole article again. I can probably get it done by tonight 'cus I kinda already know what I wanna write, ya know? So during this I didn't do much school. Here is what I did:
Guitar-20 mins just to practice some chords and strengthen my fingertips ;)
Jog- ok usually I jog, but yesterday I was pushing Cedar in the stroller and I didn't want to wake her, so it was more of a fast-ish stroll.
Bake- um I made Chocolate Moose Pudding! It was already in a package though so it was pretty easy, but I have to fill in something for school.
I dunno if I mentioned this already but I am trying to learn to think in the metric system, so I DID do that today! BTW if you know any good sites to learn it, I'd be glad if you gave it to me. :)
Ok one of my favorite things to do online (other than Pintrest) is looking at resources for my future. (You'll see what I mean when I post tonight) I waste hours on that (hay, its more productive that Pintrest) and I was just trying to finish up what I was looking at Monday night.
Read-1 hour
So ya, that's about all I did yesterday. And today we are moving to a different RV park so I wont get much school done today. (will I ever get a whole day of school done?!! lol)
luvs and hugs <3
Guitar-20 mins just to practice some chords and strengthen my fingertips ;)
Jog- ok usually I jog, but yesterday I was pushing Cedar in the stroller and I didn't want to wake her, so it was more of a fast-ish stroll.
Bake- um I made Chocolate Moose Pudding! It was already in a package though so it was pretty easy, but I have to fill in something for school.
I dunno if I mentioned this already but I am trying to learn to think in the metric system, so I DID do that today! BTW if you know any good sites to learn it, I'd be glad if you gave it to me. :)
Ok one of my favorite things to do online (other than Pintrest) is looking at resources for my future. (You'll see what I mean when I post tonight) I waste hours on that (hay, its more productive that Pintrest) and I was just trying to finish up what I was looking at Monday night.
Read-1 hour
So ya, that's about all I did yesterday. And today we are moving to a different RV park so I wont get much school done today. (will I ever get a whole day of school done?!! lol)
luvs and hugs <3
Monday, January 6, 2014
1/6/14 school
Ok! Today is Monday, the first day of school in 3 weeks!
Here is what I did in Math:
Khan has updated their site, they now tell me what parts of math I'm struggling in. Like the stuff that I never got in third grade of fourth or fifth grade. Then they help me fill in those gaps so that I can go on to learn other stuff and actually get what they are talking about.. It just shows how flawed the school systems really are, cus apparently I am missing a ton of stuff in third, fourth and fifth grade. So today I'm relearning in the fourth grade again. I have reviewed about fractions, aria of triangles, and ordering fractions (like how big or small they are compared to each other).
I also met a fellow author and freelance writer/publisher. She writes Historical Romance. My mom, her and I talked about writing for hours and she gave me some great advice! So I guess that counts as some kind of subject.
For P.E. today I speed walked all around the lake (probably about 1 1/2 miles long). One of my new years resolutions is to walk, jog and eventually run for about 15-30 mins a day. I have done good so far, and I have really pushed myself to my physical limits, almost passing out after running non stop for several minutes the other day. O_o I have (speed) walked almost every day so far this year and it feels amazing. Who knew after 15 minutes of walking you could feel so energized and refreshed and I had no idea how physical exercise can actually enhance your mood. :D I will definitely make this resolution a habit!
German and Guitar: For the past while German and Guitar got really hard for me and I just kinda gave up on both of them, then two weeks ago (for the first time in months) I picked up the guitar I strummed the strings and watched some of Marty's vids and immediately everything came back to me and I started rocking out! (ok, that might be an exaggeration) But really, even though my fingers huts like heck, I have found playing the guitar to be so much more natural and easy than I remember. I play the guitar everyday (accept for today because we were busy) and it has become another one of my bigger new years resolutions. Yesterday I was strumming away on my guitar and I thought of how easy it is after I took a break, maybe German would be the same. The reason I quit German for a while was because I felt like something was missing, like there was one special thing that I had to know and then I could learn it easily. I had this feeling a lot when I was a kid (and I still do sometimes), I would think that there was one or two pieces of information that I could get into my brain and then I would understand what it is to be a adult to be grown up, and take care of myself. I have learned that this is not the case, the thing is that none of us are really adult (unless you think of being adult as passing a certain age) I have heard of 16 year olds that are wiser beyond their years and I have seen 80 year olds that still don't get what it means to live. I have realized that you don't acquire a certain amount of information to be considered an adult (or a pro a German), you just start to learn and then you never stop. Then, after, I wonders how I want to start over on German and what classes and stuff I want to take. Then I had a thought: School systems and many other things you can get online have a very flawed teaching system in terms of teach a new language. They think that if you learn how to read and write then you can build up to talking and speaking fluently. But how do babes and toddlers learn? They listen, then they repeat. So now I have modified a teaching thing online so that I just listen to it while I am looking on Pintrest or whatever. I listen then I repeat. That simple. I hope that this plan works. So.... ya that's my plan for German and Guitar, Listen, Repeat, Practice. Every day! ^-^
Reading: I just finished Children of the Mind yesterday and now I am reading a new book called Unwind, a book Emma has been begging me to read! ;) I will probably read about 45 mins tonight before I go to bed, if I read more of less I'll comment.
Sorry, I only did a half day today, it was a busy day. But look how much I got done! ⬆⬆⬆
P.S. try this: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/569564684095974750/ LOL!
Here is what I did in Math:
Khan has updated their site, they now tell me what parts of math I'm struggling in. Like the stuff that I never got in third grade of fourth or fifth grade. Then they help me fill in those gaps so that I can go on to learn other stuff and actually get what they are talking about.. It just shows how flawed the school systems really are, cus apparently I am missing a ton of stuff in third, fourth and fifth grade. So today I'm relearning in the fourth grade again. I have reviewed about fractions, aria of triangles, and ordering fractions (like how big or small they are compared to each other).
I also met a fellow author and freelance writer/publisher. She writes Historical Romance. My mom, her and I talked about writing for hours and she gave me some great advice! So I guess that counts as some kind of subject.
For P.E. today I speed walked all around the lake (probably about 1 1/2 miles long). One of my new years resolutions is to walk, jog and eventually run for about 15-30 mins a day. I have done good so far, and I have really pushed myself to my physical limits, almost passing out after running non stop for several minutes the other day. O_o I have (speed) walked almost every day so far this year and it feels amazing. Who knew after 15 minutes of walking you could feel so energized and refreshed and I had no idea how physical exercise can actually enhance your mood. :D I will definitely make this resolution a habit!
German and Guitar: For the past while German and Guitar got really hard for me and I just kinda gave up on both of them, then two weeks ago (for the first time in months) I picked up the guitar I strummed the strings and watched some of Marty's vids and immediately everything came back to me and I started rocking out! (ok, that might be an exaggeration) But really, even though my fingers huts like heck, I have found playing the guitar to be so much more natural and easy than I remember. I play the guitar everyday (accept for today because we were busy) and it has become another one of my bigger new years resolutions. Yesterday I was strumming away on my guitar and I thought of how easy it is after I took a break, maybe German would be the same. The reason I quit German for a while was because I felt like something was missing, like there was one special thing that I had to know and then I could learn it easily. I had this feeling a lot when I was a kid (and I still do sometimes), I would think that there was one or two pieces of information that I could get into my brain and then I would understand what it is to be a adult to be grown up, and take care of myself. I have learned that this is not the case, the thing is that none of us are really adult (unless you think of being adult as passing a certain age) I have heard of 16 year olds that are wiser beyond their years and I have seen 80 year olds that still don't get what it means to live. I have realized that you don't acquire a certain amount of information to be considered an adult (or a pro a German), you just start to learn and then you never stop. Then, after, I wonders how I want to start over on German and what classes and stuff I want to take. Then I had a thought: School systems and many other things you can get online have a very flawed teaching system in terms of teach a new language. They think that if you learn how to read and write then you can build up to talking and speaking fluently. But how do babes and toddlers learn? They listen, then they repeat. So now I have modified a teaching thing online so that I just listen to it while I am looking on Pintrest or whatever. I listen then I repeat. That simple. I hope that this plan works. So.... ya that's my plan for German and Guitar, Listen, Repeat, Practice. Every day! ^-^
Reading: I just finished Children of the Mind yesterday and now I am reading a new book called Unwind, a book Emma has been begging me to read! ;) I will probably read about 45 mins tonight before I go to bed, if I read more of less I'll comment.
Sorry, I only did a half day today, it was a busy day. But look how much I got done! ⬆⬆⬆
P.S. try this: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/569564684095974750/ LOL!
Saturday, January 4, 2014
First Post (BTW school starts on Monday)
Hi! This is my first post on here, I am so exited! I have created this blog for my family to see what I am up to in school. I will pots what I have learned about every day (school day at least). I will also be posting what I have been up to other than school. So... ya :)
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