Here kitty, kitty, kitty, and update on 'the fight', and Stop the Bullying day!

*see bottom of post*
It's official. I WANT A CAT! I've found the perfect little guy, his name is Rascal. I love him to pieces! He is adorable, isn't he? Technically he isn't mine, yet. I hope Brooke will let me get him... I know I'd take good care of him! I need a partner in crime-*cough cough* I mean a loving feline companion. :P
I want Rascal so bad. Brooke says the "He is Marisol's cat, not yours," but I don't believe her. This is my kitty-to-be, trust me on this! Gosh... just because Marisol is new, and a fancy, retired GOTY doll, doesn't mean that she is the automatic owner of my cat.

Anyways, an update on the fight between Ivy and I.
Sadly, we're still not talking. I haven't seen or heard from her since Friday. To tell you the truth, I've kind of been avoiding her. I've tried not to go anywhere I think she would be. But I can't avoid her forever... I think I'm going to apologize tomorrow at school. I hope she isn't too mad at me, this was such a stupid fight! For some reason I think I'm saying "I" a lot in the last few sentences.

I've read a few posts on other blogs about "Stop The Bullying" day. Bullying isn't a huge problem at Mondale. I think the worst it has gotten is a clique with a few "popular" girls making fun of Historical doll's clothes. I've never had a personal experience with bullying, except once a long time ago someone made fun of my slight French accent. I know bullying is a huge problem at some schools though. I'm glad nothing like that has happened at my school, at least I don't think there has been any bullying problems.

Well, it is late (9:21 already?!?!) and I have school tomorrow, so I must sign off the computer.

But before I go, I would like to fully, publically congratulate Rose from htpp://rosesarea.blogspot.com on 100 (well 99) posts! :) You're a blogging machine!


~Avery~
and her *future* cat, яαѕ¢αℓ

*credit to debbay77, the ebay seller of this pretty kitty!*

Fashion, photos, and fights...

Hi everybody, Avery here! (my blog namesake!) So how is everyone? I'm pretty good, I'm super excited, but sad (you'll read why in a minute). It's the weekend, woo hoo! I don't have any homework, I am so happy! Today our full 7th grade class went to a wind turbine 'farm'. It is where the set up huge wind mill things to generate electricity. It was pretty fun. We were touring the area, and I went on the 'grass'. I got yelled at, turns out that soft, long, green grass was really a wheat field! Oops, sorry baby wheat! I had a good time, but it was 4 hours on the bus. (4 hours there and back)

Which brings me to my next topic... IVY. I sat with her on the bus, since she is my closest friend right now. We were working on some math homework together. It was a pretty tough question (multiplying binomials, finding slant height, area, and volume of a cone, and then solving for x) and we both got totally different answers. We kept trying to explain what we did and proove we were right. It got out of hand, and finally we went and asked our teacher. He got the same answer Ivy did, and I was wrong. I was so sorry, since I had fought with Ivy and thought I was right, and told her that she was wrong over and over again. We sat back down and I was just about to apologize when Ivy said, "You know what, Avery? You can be SO STUPID sometimes!!! That had to be the easiest problem ever, and you got it wrong. How hard is it, I mean DUH!". Then I got even more mad at her, and yelled back "Ivy, you're such a jerk!" and I hit her with my math book (yeah...about that....) She got pretty ticked and went and sat with Julie Albright, one of her other best friends. It was such a petty fight, and now Ivy and I aren't talking! :(

I hope we can make up soon.

Brooke has her camera now, yipee!(it was broken for a few days). After AG photo deprivation, Brooke had a photo shoot today with me! I got to wear a new outfit, Sonali's tank top, flats, and the leggings from the Star Hoody outfit. Plus a really pretty blue clip (you can't see it in the photos. It's from Mexico, Brooke's had it forever, but just found it in her mass of junk). Brooke also played around with the 'foto flexer' program at tinypic.com. She put one picture in the 'poster format'. I think it turned out really good!

sorry for the devil-ish gleam in one eye... :P

Talk to you later,

~Avery~

Not much to post about...

Yeah, sorry for not posting for a few days. There really isn't much happening, and Brooke (my owner) doesn't have a camera right now, so she can't take pictures of me.

On a different note, I have SO much homeowork! I hate almost all the teachers :'( I have to do a bunch of worksheets, notes, and math lessons tonight. I'm supposed to be doing homework right now, shhhh!

The release of *spoiler doll* is getting close! Is anyone planning on getting her? Brooke wants too, because she loves the book character. (There were book summaries leaked a while ago). She really wants to see what she looks like though, if she is too close to Samantha and Olivia.


Well, an update from Brooke (kind of goes with her last post)

Hi everybody, it's Brooke! I just wanted to add that today I had another track meet. I ran the 100 meter sprint(came in first), the mile(came in first), and the 100 meter hurdles (came in 2nd). YAY! :)

~Avery~
and Brooke

Post from Avery's Owner *WOOT WOOT!*

Hi, Avery's owner here. I really need a name, don't I? I'm getting tired of referring to myself as "Avery's Owner" or "The Human", etc. , so right here, right now, I'm establishing a name for myself.
Brooke
That is now my name... it may be my real name, it may not. I've got to keep you guessing, don't I? :P

Ok, anyways, back on topic! Today I had a track meet!!!! I was so nervous. I did REALLY good though. I came in first for the 300 M Hurdles and the 400 M Dash! I am so happy! I also did the mile and came in 1st! I was really proud of myself for the 300 M Hurdles, since I can never do hurdles too well, and the other people were really fast. I didn't think I would win the mile, but I out the heat on in the last 1/2 mile and won! I was so tired afterwards, but I'm so happy! I did a lot better than I thought I would. I'm suprised I was put in 3 events, but I'm just glad I did well.

YES!!!!!!

Well a quick post from me. I just had to let that out! I'm so happy! Sorry for all the exclamations points :P

_Brooke_

Today I found a daffodil, just my size! On a plant there were about 5 blossoms, and one of them was mini! How cool is that? It fits right in my palm. It isn't fake, it's a real flower. I've never seen one like that. It wasn't some special plant either, it was just a regular one. My owner took a picture of it, because it will wilt soon :'-(. She edited the photo so it is kind of blurred, and put a quote on it, it says, "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." It is by Lao Tzu, whoever that is... Sorry the picture is so small. She had to crop the original picture, and now we can't resize it to be any bigger with out it getting really blurry!

Today was also the "March For Babies"*It is where you raise pledges, then walk 5 miles all around town, and the money goes towards helping premature babies. I raised $30. It was so much fun! There were A LOT of people. At the finish line there was cotton candy, pizza, and a DJ. Ivy actually jogged the whole 5 miles (well almost). She ran a mile, walked 1/2 a mile, ran a mile, .... you get it right? I couldn't do that :P


I didn't inlcude a post title because everything in this post was kind of off topic and random, and not related to one another :P




I don't have much time on the computer, sorry!

~Avery~

*'The owner' here-Technically, Avery did not participate. It was me that did the walk, raised the pledges, Avery didn't really even go... and neither did Ivy. Not sure why you would want to know this, but I thought I'd include it anyways.

Storm!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHH!!!!!!! There is a severe thunder storm warning and possibly a tornado! We NEVER get tornadoes in Michigan, so this is really scary!

Today was really warm, about 80 degrees! It was a lot cooler a few days ago, so a major temperature change. I was outside when the siren went off. It was the emergency alarm siren!!! People didn't know if they were just testing it or what, because it was nice and sunny, and nothing seemed wrong. I was scared out of my wind, because it had been so nice, then started pouring down rain, thundering, and lightning all over the place. When they emergency siren goes off we're all supposed to report to the gym, so I was running outside through all the rain and lightning trying to get there. I had to run from outside my dorm to the actual school campus, which is pretty far. The power also went out, for like an hour. The principal said that there were severe thunder storm warnings and a possibility of 80 mph winds! Our power went out because an electrical line came down.

I'm back in my dorm now. It's still pouring, and there are a few thunders, but otherwise everything is back to normal. I'm pretty freaked out though! The satellite (for TV) keeps losing its signal, and my room mates are all screaming, "WHAT?!?!? Of course we had to loose the signal NOW!" Apparently the reality show they're watching is pretty important...

WOW! A big boom of thunder just went through. I don't like storms!

~Avery~

Cartoon Avery and Ivy (idea from Anna Lee's LJ!)

I was reading my friend Anna Lee's Live Journal (http://annaleemerced.livejournal.com/), and she posted pictures of how she made herself into a 'cartoon'. All credit to her for this idea!

She gave a website where you make these, so I went and made a cartoon Avery and a cartoon Ivy! It was so fun. I made mine with a peace sign, hehe! :P

Do you think it looks like us?

PS: Look at my Earth Day post below!

~Avery~

Happy Earth Day!

How did you celebrate Earth Day?


~I turned off all un-necassary things that run on electricity(everything but an alarm clock!)


~Took a 5 minute shower(LOL, I can go fast when I want to!) instead of my usual 10-15 minutes


~Towel dried my hair instead of using a blow dryer


~Recycled all the graded papers I got back, instead of throwing them away


~No computer or T.V.


~Turned off all the lights and used candles


~Played outside instead of inside


~Used scrap paper to take notes on instead of brand new notebook paper


~Walked to and from school (well... I always do that!)


~Planted a tree! (I seriously did. Each dorm room planted a tree in the front of the entrance)


~Gave a speech on 'Going Green' in school


~Wore green!

I was truly eco-friendly and did not go on the computer to post on Earth Day! :)

Talk to you later,

~Avery~

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

Today it rained, A LOT! From the time I went to bed last night (11:00) to right now. I slept good though, the sound of rain really relaxes me, but rain makes me feel kind of depressed and dreary at the same time. I wanted to go outside and splash in the puddles, but the person wouldn't let me :'( Oh well...

I went to school, and I swear it rained the whole time. We were inside for lunch/recess today. I don't like it when we're inside because everyone is crammed into the gym bleachers.

I walked back to my dorm from the official school campus to the dorm area, and got SOAKED! It was pouring! I sprinted back with my room mate Dakota Ulrich. We were giggling the whole time running back. That reminds me of a song...

'Dashing through the rain, on a pair of wet legs

o'er the campus we go, laughing all the way!'

LOL, that was kind of random. I should stop altering Christmas songs now...

Most of today was kind of a 'stay inside and get caught up' day for me. I worked on a lot of homework(Mr. Simone, WHY SO MUCH MATH HOMEWORK?!?!?!), and read some of a book, called The City of Ember. I got it from our school library. Apparently there is a movie based on it too, I didn't know that. I also cleaned up my portion of the room. I should really do that more often, because it took forever to get everything organized!

Ivy came over today too. Ivy is very fashionable, and well, I'm not. :P So she decided to give me a 'high fashion make over'. I'm afraid to post a full body shot, as I think I look ridiculous, so just a head shot for you guys :) I might post a picture later. Ivy and the person are insisting on a photo shoot. If they bug me much longer, I think I'll give in, but green skinny jeans just aren't my thing!

And a quick update on Olivia, for all of you who are wondering: (if you don't know what I'm talking about, read my last two posts, "Another New Sister?!?!?" and "Meet Olivia Jaslene Parkington")

She is doing pretty good from my understanding. She's very artsy, and has quickly moved to one of the top students in art and band class. In art I think her forte is painting. Today I saw a scene she painted of the woods and it was amazing. In band she plays the tenor saxophone, but Samantha said she plays a bunch of other instruments too. She's also joined the lacrosse team. Just by looking at her, I can tell she's sporty. Those PM girls are built like little line backers! She makes me look so scraggly and thin... Anyways, I think she's made a few friends. Samantha's best friend Nellie is hanging out with Olivia a lot, even when Samantha isn't there. Olivia's also been hanging around with a few of the other historical girls here, like Felicity and Ruthie. I guess she can relate to them more.

Talk to you later,

~Avery~

Meet Olivia Jaslene Parkington

Meet the newest girl here, Olivia Jaslene Parkington.(she's on the right in the photo) She is a Pre-Mattel Samantha doll. She has beautiful, like new hair, the chubby, cute face of a PM, and long, brown eye lashes. There was a Mattel Samantha already here, so our "Antique Sam" and I have called her, is now Olivia! The Parkington Twins time travel from 1904 to 2009! Time traveling sounds like so much fun :P

Samantha Anneliese Parkington is the oldest of the twins (by 7 minutes). She is basically like the book character Samantha. She is kind, caring, etc. just like the Samantha books. Out of the twins, Sam is the most daring and bold. She is also the most "school smart". People call her Samantha and Sam.

Olivia Jaslene Parkington is the younger twin. She is shy, but likes to try new things and meet new people. She is artsy. Olivia paints and plays the piano. People call her Olivia, Livvy, and Liv.

The twins don't really dress the same, except in their fancy Victorian checkered dresses. They do try to coordinate a little bit. Like today, they both have their hair up. They're wearing an "AG shirt" (Sam has the AGPC and Olivia has *my* JLY meet outfit shirt), shorts (Sam is wearing the skate board outfit blue camo shorts, and Olivia has Nicki's shorts and belt, from the tie top and shorts outfit), and sandals (Sam has Jess's meet outfit flip flops, Olivia has Nicki's sandals from the tip top and shorts outfit).

Even though the twins have barely been here a day, they're already creating mischief! They've been messing around with everyone. Playing pranks, running around, and talking non stop! Just a little while ago, they both walked up to me. They both look almost exactly the same, it's really hard to tell them apart. I hadn't seen them earlier, so I didn't know what they were wearing either. So they both say hi. I say hi back. Then they ask me to tell them which one of them is Olivia, and which one is Samantha. I can't tell them apart, so I said that I didn't know. Then they both got mad and kind of sad, and kept saying that I must not like them much or something. I felt so bad! LOL, then the burst out laughing, and told me it was all a joke.

Since Olivia is new at Mondale, Samantha is showing her around. I hope she likes it here! I'm glad we didn't end up getting rid of her. I'm going to take the poll down now, since we're keeping her. Read my last post, it tells about how we found her and everything.



Well I have to go now, Bye!

~Avery~