Plans for Spring Break

Woo-hoo! It's spring break!
Now I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I really only have today (Monday), Tuesday and Wednesday because on Thursday we are going down to FL to see my brother and his family (I can't wait!). Today is my dad's birthday so tonight we'll have cake and ice-cream. And this afternoon my mom and I are going to the library, then to wal-mart (for a present and birthday supplies) and then who knows what we might do. So, that leaves me Tuesday and Wednesday to plan for. At the moment I don't know what to do, but I'll write again when I decide.

To the Dentist!

Today I had a tooth check-up appointment at a new dentist office. First there was the one hour long trip there. Once there I had paper work to fill out, x-rays to get done, and a tooth cleaning. I also found out that I have two cavities. No one likes cavities and I am no exception. This means two more trips to the dentist, having my mouth "Novocained" (twice), and an orthodontist consultation free of charge. On the bright side: while sitting in the waiting room before and after my check-up I read a good bit of my book and while getting my teeth done I got to watch "The Little Rascals". In total I spent a little more than four hours (Including the trip there and back.) of my life at the dentist's.
But now at least I can smile in peace.

Uneventful

I had a very uneventful day. I don't mean that I didn't have fun, just that there were no major, life changing, earth shattering, history making things going on today.
Here are the things that took up the majority of my day besides feeding and taking care of my pets and the regular every day things. I did school work. Today was a test day (I finish every work book for every subject ((Math, Science, Word Building, English, and Social Studies)) every 3 weeks. At the end of that time I take a test on each subject.) I did really well. Then I sat in front of the T.V. for a while. Later I logged on to the computer to check my email, Face Book, eBay, and what not and when I got bored I went outside. I went walking for 30 minutes and recorded it on the "Walk Georgia" website (A program that records all your activities and then turns minutes to miles and you virtually travel across Georgia and you learn facts about every county you "travel" to. ((Google it and join! Let's see how far we make it!)) I have liked it so far, although I've only been doing it for two days.) After that I came inside and sat down to read some of "The Fellowship Of The Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien. I've made it about half way through and have been enjoying it greatly. (By the way Frodo is in terrible danger where I left him.)
That's about all that I have done that is at all interesting.
Well, I suppose I've said all there is to say about this subject. TTYL.

Horse Judging!

Well, today we had the first Horse Judging practice!
In Horse Judging you learn about the physical ideals of different horse breeds (for halter classes) and performance perfection, faults, manuvers, styles, and scoring (for riding). At the Begining of May we have competition and put our knowledge to the test. This is my 2nd year of participating in Horse Judging and my last year of being a junior 4-h'er.
We didn't have the bigest group we've ever had (It was only Leah and I) but we still had fun! Because we were in such a small group we did "Hippology Slides". When you do this you view about 20-25 pictures with questions attatched and you answer them in order and at the end see how many you got right.
This Monday at the next "Young Riders" 4-h meeting leah and I are going to each give a set of reasons (Reasons are your placing of a class of horses and your reasons for placing the horses that way. At competition we give about 4 sets of reasons and judge about 8 different classes.) We hope to draw a significantly larger group to the next meeting.

It Snowed!

Yesterday and today we had snow! It's not very normal for my home to receive snow much less this time of year! We were all very excited when it began and thought we would be lucky for a light powdering. We were very surprised when we ended up with about 3-to-4 inches! I took lots of pictures of my horses, my dog, and my home covered in snow!I walked up and down our dirt road and all through our pasture. As I did, I was inspired by the cold, ice and snow to write words that I thought more appropriate for the tune "Dashing Through The Snow."
Here is my ballad:

Hiking through the snow
I’ve a long, long way to go
My hands are getting numb
I’m afraid I’ll lose my thumb
Chance I’ll get frost bite
It’s sure to be cold tonight
Hot chocolate on my mind
My body I hope they find
I’m lost out in the snow
My legs are sure to go
My jacket needs to grow
I’m not an Eskimo
No coverage on my cell
Direction I can’t tell
I think I’m gonna’ fall
I am not very tall
These thoughts you’re sure to share
If you yourself are there
Hiking through the snow
With a very long way to go

I never was actually lost, I just thought up and sang the first few lines while I walked around and continued until I ran out of things to rhyme.
Enjoy!