AHW 12/18/14

Jewelry for Sale

The Holiday season is coming up fast 

and we all know what that means. Gifts. 

You will probably feel a shiver go down you spine when I 

remind you of all the shopping that is.

Well, there is a simple solution. Jewelry. Zinc Jewerly 

will be sell bracelets, earrings, headbands, and necklaces every 

day for the next 11 weeks. We will be selling in the morning,

 at lunch and during choice hour. All our jewelry is on sale for the

 holiday season so don't forget to buy!

Prices:

Bracelets- $3.00

Earrings- $2.00

Necklaces:

1 punch- $1.00

2 punch- $2.00

Flowers and bows- $3.00

Headbands- $2.00

Bring your money!

AHW 12/17/14

If you could have 3 wishes what would they be?

If I could have 3 wishes they would be:

1. To be a olympic swimmer- this has always been a dream of mine and I would do ANYTHING to make that dream come true!

2. World Peace- and yes, I know that sounds like this really cheesy thing that only dorks would wish for, but there are so many people that get killed each day, and there are so many bad things that happen each day and I would LOVE to put a end to that

3. To free the genie!- assuming that the person/ thing giving me my wishes is a genie I would as Aladin does in the movie Aladin I would set the genie free!

AHW 12/16/14

Christmas

It is that time of year

That is full of laughter and full of cheer

When the fire is a blaze

In many ways

I love this time of year

When chestnuts are roasting on the fire

When chocolate is being bought from Meijer 

I love this time of year.

AHW 12/15/14

My little sister Anna is coughing her head off in her room. That is why I have nothing to write about because I can't think of anything with her coughing. I feel really bad for her. I hope she gets better soon :-(

AHW 12/14/14

The Birthday Suprise
Ok, can we now open the presents?" I said in a urgent tone. It was a Saturday my 12th birthday and we were having dinner at coach insignia (which is at the ren cen.) "Fine" my mom replied. She handed me a card that was shut tight. It was a big envelope and a small card so I knew something was up. I carefully tore open the envelope and pulled out the card. On it was some writing to much for me to read so instead I just open the card to reveal what was inside. There were four forms that fell out of the card. I picked them up and in folded them to see what they were for. "Thanks!" I said even though I still did not know what they were for. But then I saw it. A single word written in bold letter on the ticket that spelled out WICKED! I felt a jolt go through me like I had just been zapped by a laser. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I exclaimed. "What is the date?" My mom asked me. I searched the ticket trying to find the date. When my eyes spotted it on the ticket I knew this was a dream 12-13-14 is the dat that was written on the paper. That was today! I thought. That is my birthday! At that point I started tearing up. Tears of happiness flooded into my eyes. This I knew was going to be the best night of my life.

Social Studies 12/12/14

"But even as that thought touched his mind he knew that for him to drift home, rootless, and without any stake in the country that bred him, nor any hope of such would only be the shadow and none."

AHW 12/11/14

So I'm giving a shout out to my uncle and my friend Aria. It's it's their birthday today and really hope they had a awesome day. Today we decorated our his locker and that was awesome because everybody said happy birthday to her when she came into the locker bay. Aria or my uncle if you're reading this comment and tell us how your birthday went!

AHW 12/10/14

2 days till my B-day! I can't wait! I really hope that I get good presents. But, first tomorrow is Aria's Birthday so happy early birthday to her! Oh and also it is my uncles birthday tomorrow to. So I guess you could say there are a lot of birthdays coming up. Tomorrow I will do a shout out post for Aria. I am telling you that now to see if you will do it to!

AHW 12/9/14

The walk
It was a dark morning and I know that sounds weird because usually you say dark at night but it was a dark morning. I was with my dog walking down the back it was scary because the tree branches hung down like hands trying to pluck hairs off of my head. " come on Libby just go to the bathroom!" I said. Most people my age would reject to being scared but at that moment I wouldn't.

AHW 12/8/14

Harry Potter.
So apparently J.K Rowling is releasing a series of short story's about Harry Potter starting on December 12 . I have not heard much about it but I did just spend like 30 minutes trying to get info on it. I LOVE Harry Potter. If you have ever been to my house you would know I have a hermione poster in my room that is almost bigger then me! In other words I can't wait for Friday to come!

AHW 12/7/14

Forensics Tounement
So, yesterday I had a forensics tournament and I got 5th! Which is very good since we went to a very competitive tournament with a lot of people. Everyone on our team did very very good! We even had a few people that got first place in there category's. So congrats to everyone on the team. To those of you who didn't get awards I think that all your pieces were the best!

AHW 12/4/14

 Favorite singers:

1. Katy Perry
2. Taylor Swift
3. Marron 5
4. Adele
5. Meghan Tranior

AHW 12/3/14

2 things
1. Happy Birthday to my grandma. I think you are awesome and I hope you had a wonderful day!
2. I broke 2 records today. The 100 IM and 50 Fly! It was the girls swim teams first meet. Nice job to everyone who participated!

AHW 12/2/14

Forensics Showcase
"Alright next up we have Megan! She is in the prose category so hear she is!" Mrs. Bassett the forensics coach said. As I walked up to center stage I was getting more and more nervouse. You can do this! I kept telling myself. I looked out at the stage and saw all of the people's eyes staring into me like needles. But, I knew I could do it the nervousness slowley melted away as I brought my head up and started to speak.

AHW 12/1/14

13 Days
There are 13 days till my birthday. I can't wait! I have been waiting for my birthday to come since the day after my birthday last year! So technically I LOVE birthdays. This year my birthday is kind of special because it is 12/13/14 which is pretty cool. Last year my birthday was on Friday the 13! Which might be bad luck for some people but for me it is good luck. I was born on Friday the 13 so yes it is a good luck day for my family. :-)

Thanksgiving poem: 11/30/14

My Thanksgiving Poem Presintation:

AHW 11/28/14

Favorite Movies

1. Godzilla
2. Big
3. Divergent
4. Pitch Perfect
5. Star Wars 1

AHW 11/27/14

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a day that is all about being thankful for what you have. I know that I started out the day by giving each of my family members a hug. Because I am thankful for them. Later on we are going to my grandparents house for dinner. I bet it will be really good, they always make the best food.

AHW 11/26/14

So today is the first day of break and I am pumped! Today other than doing my homework I got to see my grandparents who have been in Europe for a month. It was really nice to see them again. Later today I have swim practice and I have the same one a my sister so that will be great. ;-)

AHW 11/25/14

Finally it's break I can't wait. Break is so fun. I'm going to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving. But right now I'm so mad at my sister. Because she is watching something that don't I want to watch and by that I mean Dora. I want to watch big which is one of my new favorite movies.

AHW 11/24/14

Power Outage
Sorry I didn't blog last night it was because we had a power outage. It was horrible because I had to do my homework but in light of the lantern. How crazy is that! It was all that was also kind of good because I mean it's kind of fun just having a really dark house. It was weird to see the entire street lose power. Only a few people had generators and the house across from us has the loudest generator in the world!I swear it was sounded like the loudest bee on the planet was buzzing!

AHW 11/23/14

Swim Meet
I had a swim meet this weekend and I swam the 200 Fly. That is 8 laps fly! It was so hard. But it all worked out in the end and I got a really good time plus I got my USS state cut! I also swam the 50 free  today and I did pretty good but I think I might've gained a little bit of time. I also swim the 500 today I was going for the USS state but I didn't get it because I went a little too slow but I was really close so now I know sometime I can get it

AHW 11/20/14

you'll be happy to know we have a half-day again! It is so exciting I mean it's so much better than the school. So anyway I'm at home right now do you want to work it's kind of boring but I mean it's again it's better than me it's cool. Does anyone else that's reading this blog have a half-day today? do you only have a half day because it's on conferences today and today my parents are going to a conference but I'm in a be at swim practice.

AHW 11/19/14

So today's a half-day and I'm really excited because it's really really snowing hard out and I really love half-day. I don't have to go to kids club since I'm staying at home. And anyway so it's really hard out and it's really cold I mean like first hearts know if the entire winter if it starts so early later in the winter. I wonder if it'll snow even harder than you did last year I need to remember last year and it said I remember how excepted trait record of how cold it was okay now the snow is coming down really hard hopefully I survive.

AHW 11/18/14

So right now I am at my Forensics practice I just finished it and I am waiting in the Media Center. So any way I am very bored. So I decided to do this to pass time. I can't wait to get home and go to swim practice. Oh and I almost forgot to tell you that we have half day tomorrow and on Thursday. I cant wait to go home and just relax!

AHW 11/17/14

My dream
So last night I had a really weird dream it basically started were I was a boy and I looked kind of like Harry Potter. My dog Libby and I were walking through a town that looked kind of like hogsmeade and I was almost night plus it was snowing. I asked this girl if I could stay at her house for the night and she said yes but there were no dogs alowed in the house so I reassured her that my dag Libby was calm. Except when we got in the house she started running around crazily and there was a bunch of a antique stuff in there. My dog  accidently ran into a table with the most antique thing on it and it started falling to the ground. So in a single a act I jumped and did on of those weird moves were you slide on your stomach across the floor. But I didn't catch the artifact.
(To be continued)

Published Piece 11/17/14

My Aunt Ingrid

You know when bad things happen? When things happen that you know you could have helped prevent? Well last year that happened to me. And, it was one of the most dreadful experiences of my life.

It all started one late afternoon. I was sitting in my bed doing my math homework. Nothing on my mind but the answer to 3.45 divided by 6x. I heard a soft rap on the door. 

"Tap, tap, tap."

What do they want now? I thought, still distracted by my math.

"Come in."

 The door creaked open and in came my sisters Samantha and Anna along with my mom. 

"What, I am trying to do my homework" I said feeling slightly annoyed.

"I know sweetie but there is something you need to know." 

I could already start to make out the lines under her eyes and the red marks around them. And usually when someone looks like that it means something bad has happened. I could already guess what it was.

"Your Aunt Ingrid has died. She passed away last night." My mom whispered. Confirming my suspensions.  

I felt like I had just been run over with a truck.  I had known that she was sick and in need of a liver transplant but in my life I have noticed that most bad things turn to good, and I did not think this moment would come so soon. Suddenly my math was the last thing on my mind. I looked at my sisters and saw they were sad. I looked at my mom and saw she was sad as well. But, at that moment if you looked at me you would know I was devastated.

Come on Megan, don’t cry. Be strong for your sisters I thought.

 I felt a flood of tears welling up in my eyes as strong as a rain storm, as sad as a flood, and as powerful as a tsunami they slowly came out of my eyes and landed on my paper.

My sister climbed onto my bed next to me. I felt my sister head rest on my shoulder. Usually this would bother me. Usually I would push her off with a look of disgust on my face. But, in a time like this, were my entire family is hurting inside. I didn’t mind it. I didn’t mind that she was as I would say “Invading my personal space.”

"It's ok sweetie, she is still with us even though she is not actually hear." My mom said trying to provide comfort for my sisters and I.

“When is the funeral?” my sister Samantha questioned my mom.

“Next week on Thursday, you kids will have to miss school.”

“Well at least one good thing will come out of this!” I laughed trying to bring some happiness into the situation. Even though I was not actually happy. My sister Samantha shrugged and hopped down from my bed and headed towards the door. My mom gave me a half hearted smile and walked out closing the door with a click behind her.

When I was finally alone I flung myself down onto my bed, and buried my face into my pillow. I was letting the tears come now. Since I was alone, what’s the point of holding back?  

Looking back on that day now I wish I had gotten to know my Aunt better. I wish I had seen her more, and found out more about her. But I learned when you love someone and they die, they never leave you they are always with you in your heart, mind, and soul.❤

AHW 11/15/14

Addams Family Play
So yesterday I went to the Addams family play at groves. It was sooooooooo amazing! The singing and acting was awesome. There was almost no mess ups in the entire thing. It was especially good since I have never really seen the Addams family before. My favorite charecter out of everyone was eather Wednesday Addams or Gomez Addams.

AHW 11/13/14

Top favorite books

1. Wonder
2. Divergent
3. Hunger Games
4. Insurgent
5. Ingraine the Brave
6. Where the mountain meet the moon
7. House of hades
8. Lost hero
9. Mark of Athena 
10. The red pyramid

AHW 11/12/14

So I finally finished the reflections project entry. I am entering in two categories. Writing and music. My friend Vivian and I wrote and recorded a song and I also wrote a story that I am going to entire in the competition.

11/12/14

My Aunt Ingrid

You know when bad things happen? When things happen that you know you could have helped prevent? Well last year that happened to me. And, it was one of the most dreadful experiences of my life.

It all started one late afternoon. I was sitting in my bed doing my math homework. Nothing on my mind but the answer to 3.45 divided by 6x. I heard a soft rap on the door. 

"Tap, tap, tap."

What do they want now? I thought, still distracted by my math.

"Come in."

 The door creaked open and in came my sisters Samantha and Anna along with my mom. 

"What, I am trying to do my homework" I said feeling slightly annoyed.

"I know sweetie but there is something you need to know." 

I could already start to make out the lines under her eyes and the red marks around them. And usually when someone looks like that it means something bad has happened. I could already guess what it was.

"Your Aunt Ingrid has died. She passed away last night." My mom whispered. Confirming my suspensions.  

I felt like I had just been run over with a truck.  I had known that she was sick and in need of a liver transplant but in my life I have noticed that most bad things turn to good, and I did not think this moment would come so soon. Suddenly my math was the last thing on my mind. I looked at my sisters and saw they were sad. I looked at my mom and saw she was sad as well. But, at that moment if you looked at me you would know I was devastated.

Come on Megan, don’t cry. Be strong for your sisters I thought.

 I felt a flood of tears welling up in my eyes as strong as a rain storm, as sad as a flood, and as powerful as a tsunami they slowly came out of my eyes and landed on my paper.

My sister climbed onto my bed next to me. I felt my sister head rest on my shoulder. Usually this would bother me. Usually I would push her off with a look of disgust on my face. But, in a time like this, were my entire family is hurting inside. I didn’t mind it. I didn’t mind that she was as I would say “Invading my personal space.”

"It's ok sweetie, she is still with us even though she is not actually hear." My mom said trying to provide comfort for my sisters and I.

“When is the funeral?” my sister Samantha questioned my mom.

“Next week on Thursday, you kids will have to miss school.”

“Well at least one good thing will come out of this!” I laughed trying to bring some happiness into the situation. Even though I was not actually happy. My sister Samantha shrugged and hopped down from my bed and headed towards the door. My mom gave me a half hearted smile and walked out closing the door with a click behind her.

When I was finally alone I flung myself down onto my bed, and buried my face into my pillow. I was letting the tears come now. Since I was alone, what’s the point of holding back?  

Looking back on that day now I wish I had gotten to know my Aunt better. I wish I had seen her more, and found out more about her. But I learned when you love someone and they die, they never leave you they are always with you in your heart, mind, and soul.❤

AHW 11/11/14

I joined the Rippe Effect newsletter! Yay! My partner is Thomas and we and writing about the Washington DC trip. So if anyone that was on the trip has any ideas about what we could write about that would be great! I mean I am new at this and we really need some help!

AHW 11/10/14

My Biography
Hi, my name is Megan C. I am eleven years old. I am in sixths grade. When I grow up I want to be a professional swimmer, a docter, or the president of the United States of America. My hobbies include:
• Swimming
• Reading
• Swimming
• Writing
•Swimming
• Running
As you can already see I love to Swim. I try to be as athletic as possible and I love dogs, horses, and the color pink. My favorite food is steak and my favorite singer is Katy Perry. My favorite song is "This is How We Do" by Katy Perry. And I LOVE pop music.

My highlighted story: 11/10/14

My Aunt Ingrid

You know when bad things happen? When things happen that you know you could have helped prevent? Well last year that happened to me. And, it was one of the most dreadful experiences of my life.

It all started one late afternoon. I was sitting in my bed doing my math homework. Nothing on my mind but the answer to 3.45 divided by 6x. I heard a soft rap on the door. 

"Tap, tap, tap."

What do they want now? I thought, still distracted by my math.

"Come in."

 The door creaked open and in came my sisters Samantha and Anna along with my mom. 

"What, I am trying to do my homework" I said feeling slightly annoyed.

"I know sweetie but there is something you need to know." 

I could already start to make out the lines under her eyes and the red marks around them. And usually when someone looks like that it means something bad has happened. I could already guess what it was.

"Your Aunt Ingrid has died. She passed away last night." My mom whispered.  

I felt like I had just been run over with a truck.  I had known that she was sick and in need of a liver transplant but in my life I have noticed that most bad things turn to good, and I did not think this moment would come so soon. Suddenly my math was the last thing on my mind. I looked at my sisters and saw they were sad. I looked at my mom and saw she was sad as well. But, at that moment if you looked at me you would know I was devastated.

Come on Megan, don’t cry. Be strong for your sisters I thought.

 I felt a flood of tears welling up in my eyes like a rain storm or a flood or a tsunami and looked down as they slowly came out and landed on my paper

 I felt my sister head rest on my shoulder. Usually this would bother me. Usually I would push her off with a look of disgust on my face. But, in a time like this, were my entire family is hurting inside. I didn’t mind it. I didn’t mind that she was as I would say “Invading my personal space.” In fact I actually liked it.

"It's ok sweetie, she is still with us even though she is not actually hear."

My sisters climbed onto my bed and sat beside me. They both were sad but definitely not as sad as I was.

“When is the funeral?” my sister Samantha questioned my mom.

“Next week on Thursday, you kids will have to miss school.”

“Well at least one good thing will come out of this!” I laughed trying to bring some happiness into the situation. Even though I was not actually happy.

Looking back on that day now I wish I had gotten to know my Aunt better. I wish I had seen her more, and found out more about her. But I learned when you love someone and they die, they never leave you they are always with you in you heart, mind, and soul.❤

AHW 11/8/14

Book Review
Book: Wonder
Author: R.J. Palacio
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wonder is an Amazing book. It combines a variety of sadness, triumph, and mixed emotions to make the story come alive. Wonder is about a boy and his life as he lives with a facial deformity. It starts when his parents are deciding on whether or not the main character August should go to a public school instead of being homeschooled. It ends when he is graduating from his first year as a full fledged student. Wonder is full of amazing details, action, thoughts, and dialogue and It has touched the hearts of many citizens all across the globe.

AHW 11/7/14

More Favorites

My favorite songs

1. This is how we do
2. Animals
3. All about that bass
4. Timber
5. Bo$$
6. Rather be
7. Pitch Perfect songs

AHW 11/6/14

Top 10 favorite colors

1. Pink
2. Light Purple
3. Light Green
4. White
5. Neon Blue
6. Yellow
7. Black
8. Orange
9. Red
10. Brown

Top 10 favorite foods

1. Steak 
2. Strawberrys
3. Ribs
4. Fries
5. Ice cream
6. Pasta 
7. Nuts
8. Shrimp
9. Fajitas
10. Pizza

AHW 11/5/14

Wolf Debate
So you all know that voting day was a few days ago and I was talking to my mom about one of the topics that the adults had to vote on and that is whether wolves should be hunted or not. I of course being a dog lover as it is, disagree. I think wolves are fine not being hunted. In fact, it seems that only recently there have been many attacks. So again wolves are fine where they are and just hearing the four words "Wolves should be hunted" together gives me the shivers. I mean most of the time wolves are just as innocent as you.