The Bike to the Farmers Market and Back

We rode to the Farmers Market from our house. It was about 5 mile to get there. When we got there we locked up our bikes. We went through the different booths there was fresh produce, decorative gourds, pastries, candles, jewelry, perfumes. We had a limited amount money and space. We got 8 cookies from friends of mom and dad. They were Ginger Molasses and had candied ginger inside of it. Yum!!! We also got a couple heads of broccoli, because most of ours got eaten by worms! It was fun to see all the different backgrounds to where the food came from! On the way back we stopped into see mom she was on a break so it was a good time. We needed a break from the wind. On our way out from EMU we got to see one of our youth sponsors. Then we got home and didn't do much after that. But it was a great exersize.

Jr. High Retreat

This weekend Emily and I went to the Jr. High Retreat. The retreat was in Virgina at Smith Mountain Lake. It was really fun! We had three different sessions and a lot of free time. When we got there we unpack. I stayed in a room with Breanna, Kailyn, Erica (our youth sponsor), Emily, and Megan (from HMC.) Which is basically the only room that Ridgeway girls stayed in. In our first free time( atfter we got there) John, Andrew, Erica, Collin and I played Phase 10. I won, it was really close though. We went at 8:30 am on Saturday and got back at 3:45 pm on Sunday (due to traffic.) The theme was "What is your purpose in life?" It rained all Saturday. Some people played Capture the Flag in the rain and if your youth pastor says so you have to (John, my youth pastor) do a people scavenger hunt. I did it a little then talked to my friends. We went to bed at 1:30 or 2:00. It was nice on Sunday. I had a BLAST!

The Hurtful Incident

Today while outside identifying trees for our Plant Study, I sprained my ankle. This is how it happened: First of all I was trying to reach a leaf on what we now have identified as a Silver Maple. So I put my right foot on the fence beside the tree, pushed off not catching the leaf and fell landing on my left ankle. OUCH!! (I had sprained my ankle) Did that hurt or what?! I got piggy back rides the rest of the Plant Study session. And so right now I am laying on the couch with my foot elevated, and Emily my older sister is writing this entry for me. (Hey, this is Emily, her nurse and servant for the evening, not so happy about the servant part, but I think I will survive). My dad studied athletic training in college so this is what he had to say about it all:

Here is an acronym for ya.

Rest

Ice

Compression

Elevation

So that is what I am doing right now. 20 minutes ice on, 20 minutes ice off, repeat that twice. Then you have 2 hours rest and then repeat it again.

Take Care.

Sunny Days

Today we went on a bike ride. It was nice and sunny. Yesterday, we did math which we changed a bit. Emily gets all the math time with Dad and I'm doing mine self paced and on my own. Kind of being my own teacher and student. Then we were going clean out our goat pen. But, Dad couldn't get any straw yesterday but he will today so we are going to have the adventure of cleaning it out today. Now we are at Organic Grounds (a coffee shop.)

Projects for this Week

This fall we are going to go to Tangier Island. It is my job to research a little bit about the island. I haven't found lots yet but I'm working on it! We are also doing current events. This week Dad wanted us to do our current event on the health care reform. We came up with an idea to do a debate b/w me and Emily. She is the Republican side and I am Democrat. In this process we realized that we both didn't really know what health care was before this. But we have learned lots already.

Measuring the Property

On Tuesday we had to measure our property while Dad was driving bus for a soccer team. Emily and I were pretty successful! We were two feet off in measurements on one side of the length & close to perfect on width. But for the other length we were tired and thought its approximately the same length as the other side so we just put the same length. Well it was 30 feet or so off. I guess it wasn't a perfect rectangle. But, other wise it was good. We were measuring our property because we are going to attempt to make a model of our property.