Day #2

Today is the second day of no headaches!!!!!!!  You have no idea how happy I am.  I found a tactic: Saying no to the headaches. Telling them that they have to go. And it works!! I knew it would work by telling yourself that you are healed. My brain just needed some encouragement!!!


Here are some crafts that I made at a homeschooling class I went to. (I finally figured out how to upload pictures! Horray) Enjoy these and I will enjoy the rest of my headache free day.

 These flowers are felt magnets. I absolutely adore them.

Thank you

First of all, I just want to thank everybody for following my blog. It means a lot to me. Everyday when I check my stats, I get so excited that people from around the world especially when I see somebody from Germany (I'm half German). Thank you Russia as well as everybody else. Thank you for all of your pageveiws. It encourages me to blog more.
Thanks!!

Headaches, Redecorating, and School Oh My!!

Unfortunately, It seems like my headaches are getting worse. Yesterday, my headaches were awful in the morning and OK in the evening. Today, I've had a small, yet annoying headache the whole day. I still have not had a headache free day:( All right, enough about my aches and pains.
I have almost finished redecorating my room. On Monday we went to Target, and I bought a big fur rug and white cotton curtains.(my cat destroyed my other ones) All that's left to do is to buy a new comforter. Any ideas?
Today is a bright and sunny 64 degrees. My plan is to get my school done at around 1:00. Which reminds me I have to go finish my Algebra. Bye!

Malibu

Happy belated Easter to you all!!  The other day, my big brother turned 16.  I wish him the best and maybe one day he will want to get a car.(he takes the bus to colleage because he doesn't want a car)
I'm so proud of my brother and all you have accomplished. He graduated high school at age 14 and started colleage at 15, homeschooling really work.
This week, my aunt and uncle came down from Sacramento to visit. My uncle had never seen Malibu, so my mom took them to see the biggest attraction, the big blue ocean. My mom said that she has never seen it so blue and clean, even though she has lived here most of her life.(she was born in Hawaii where her dad was stationed, he was in the military.)
Yesterday, was my best headache day since the accident. My headache started at 4:00 PM and ended at around 5:00. Usually, they start at noon and end at around 8:00. But the headaches are on and off. Maybe today will be my first day without headaches.

Cakes

Yesterday, I babysat a cute little boy named Gabe. He was the sweetest little boy I had ever watched. He hung out with me from about 8:30 - 4:00. He has Cerebral Palsy, so It was real blessing to his mother.
Today, my mom and I are going to make a chocolate cake. Shes finally going teach me how to make a cake that doesn't fall apart at the sides. Its going to be a 4 layer cake. We are going to make a wonderful cake, and everybody will go 'Ohhhh'. Well, I smell something yummy. Gotta go!

Busy Busy Bee

Today was quite a busy day. I babysat a little boy named JJ from 10:00-2:15. And then around 2:45 a good friend of mine came over and hung out with me.

Yesterday, my mom and older brother painted my door and baseboards. So unfortunately, I had to move everything out from the wall and into the middle of the room. My room was a mess!! Books were everywhere and my toys were heaped on to my bed making a 3' high mountain. Since my room, and my brothers room still smelled like paint, we had to camp out on the living floor. Because the bathroom is still being remolded theres debris. My mom is also allergic to dust so Saturday they had to drag their mattress out into the living room as well. So last night, It like was a big slumber party with 5 people sleeping in the living room, not including Lilly and the 2 cats.
Also yesterday evening, family came over to celebrate. Its birthday time! My cousin & brother are both turning 16. They are only 2 weeks excatly apart from each other! Because my mom was busy painting, it was my job to bake the birthday cake. It was my first time baking a cake and I had no one really to help me. I finshed baking the cake and lookin good. But then it was time to frost. The white frosting ended up looking like iceing, then there wasn't enough frosting, then the cake itself started falling apart, then the cakes where falling so it was slightly lopsided, then on top of that, cakes didn't cool long enough so the frosting was slipping off. I was so upset. I wanted to be the proud baker of a beautiful cake, not a lopsided donut!! When my mom saw the cake, she laughed, and said that we have all been there. So later that day, when it was time to bring out the cake- I'm sorry, the oversized donut, I was very embaressed and explained to everyone what had happened. Being the sweet family that they are, they told me it was okay and that they had done the same thing. In the end, the donut turned out to be delicous as well as the Chinese food that we ordered.
What are your cake horror stories?

Duty Calls

Yesterday my dad and my uncle worked all day in the 40 yr old master bathroom, tearing apart walls, rewiring electrical.  Also, my mom painted my brothers room a pale blue. Today, she is going to maybe paint my room, but shes for sure going to put molding around the window, paint the door, and baseboards. Who cooked and cleaned? My Aunt (All Things Yummy Blog) and I cooked, cleaned, and organized the kitchen. For dinner, she made bagels and Cream cheese, smoked Salmon, and Frittaa. Once all was said and done, we sat down in the living room and rested our feet to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Fantastic movie!!
Today the work continues, and my job is to keep things clean and organize my brothers room. Ugh!!
Duty calls.