Highs and Lows

This post represents some of the thrills and disappointments in my life during the fall of 1994.  The blow-by-blow account of our Thanksgiving trip to Disney World is quality stuff.  After rediscovering that entry in my old diary, I actually called my parents and (laughingly) thanked them again for that trip, which, from an adult perspective, sounds like it must've been a bit stressful...Your teenager lost in the park for several hours in pre-cell phone days while your elementary aged kid gets sick in multiple ways? Yeah.  In my memory, however, it was a wonderful time, despite the unfortunate incident at the MGM Backstage tour.   

Oct. 18, 1994

Hi!  My birthday was great!  Me, Sarah, Amy, and Beth all went ice-scating.  It was great!  I got a calendar and a stamp, a book, and a friendship necklace with Simba and Nala on it from "The Lion King."  Which I think is better than Alladan, and is tie with Beauty and the Beast, wich is GOOD!  

Tommorrow I'm going on a field trip!  We're going the IMAX to see Antartica and to the Buckhorn Hall of Fame. (Only in Texas)  I'm going to wear my long-sleeved shirt that's dark-green and marroon flowers all over it that I got for my b-day and my rock-washed jeans and prarie boots, my hair down and pulled back in a bow.  

Oct. 25, 1994

Today I get to hold the flag or Bible in chaple.  Oh, the privledges of a 5th grader!  Sometimes, not all, but some we get to do car patrol.  

Oh Well.  Goodbye!

Oct. 26, 1994

Yipeeee!  I am so exited!  I don't care if thats not spelled right!  Julie, Miss Toby's (my ballet teacher) helper, said I could make the company!  Company!  (thrills)  Company is a group in ballet you have to be chosen to be in it, you can't say "I want to do it."  And you have to have 2 years to be in it.  I only was in the summer 'till now!  She said me and a girl named Avery have ability! 

Oct. 30, 1994

Adam is so mean to me!  Tonite I was cleaning my room and listening to a tape.  Adam kept on flipping off the light switch.  I was so mad. 

Nov. 15, 1994

I have bad news.  Ya'now the Company?  Well its quit.  One more lesson and no more.  Julie, the teacher, has to go.  Horrible. 

Nov. 25, 1994

Hi!  Sorry, I forgot to take you to Disney World!  Well, I came down with a sore throght.  The first day was ok.  We went to Epoct, World showcase.  I had to go to the clinic and altered plans.  Then the place we planned out at lunching didn't evan igsist, so we ate at France and I got Belle's autograph. 

Then Adam got lost and it got drizzly and I felt misreble so we went home.  Later Adam called and we found him.  The next day we went to MGM, my favorite.  We went to the Great Movie "Ride."  Which I enjoyed exept that a little girl cried at every scary scene.  And Muppet 3D was good.  I loved Idiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and Star Tours.  

The next day we went to Magic Kingdom and rode all 3 main rides which were fun, I was disapointed in Space M, it was supposed to be really scary.  But I guess after riding the Rattler at Fiesta Texas 2 times, "ha."  Next day Future World at Epcot.  Was good.  I liked "Jorney into Imagination."  At the end it shows a 3D film and a dog sneexed and you get wet!  Ewww!  

At the last day we went to M.K. to make daddy ride Splash Mountain.  Then we went to MGM and went on the Backstage movie tour.  It was good but near the end I kinda had diarria in my pants.  Pretty uncomfrtroble.  So momy put 2 of those pads on my undies and we went on Star Tours and the Magic of Disney Anamation. I'm tired.  By by. 

The One With Lots of Cheering

As I move up the grades in my journals, my entries become increasingly more NORMAL (Dec. 30 '93 entry - holla!) as I record with detail the chronology of my school days or what books I'm reading.  However, there are still a few gems scattered throughout, so I am planning on continuing this blog until I just plain run out of material.  However, I might skip big chunks of time with more frequency.  But for now, we enter...Fifth Grade. 

Sept. 25, 1994

Hi! I (heart) 5th grade!  And guess what!  For Thanksgiving we get a whole week off!  So...Were going to go to

DISNEY WORLD

Florida

Yippeeeeee!  I may be almost 11 but I can still apreceate Disney magic! An were gunna fly an the flight starts at 6:30AM and we're going to have to get up at 4:00AM!  Anyway.  It'll be fun!  We're going to Epcot, Disney World, World Showcase...etc. etc.  Actually, that's all so no etc.  

Sept. 26, 1994

I can't wait till next year, Mittle School!  Lockers!  Volly-ball and basket-ball teams!  Lock-ins!  Yippeee!  Yahoo!  

Oct. 7, 1994

Hi!  Sorry I haven't written.  But I have been busy with school.  My grades in history are good.  I might teach history when I grow up.  But I mean, you also have to mimorize a whole bunch of stuff.  This year, we mimorized the American Creed.  It was pretty easy.  But we're going to have to mimorize part of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and the GETTYSBURG ADDRESS!  Ahhh!  Anyway, I'm not too sure about Lanuage.  I really hate Lanuage.  When I teach school I'm going to make lanuge fun and easy.  

Haveing Beth was fun.  We went to Mr. Gatties that night. 

AND NOW FOR THE BEST NEWS OF ALL, Sunday's my birthday!  But I'm having my party tommorow.  YEA!  YEA!  YAHOO!  

We're going to the Crystal Ice Palace!  And um (yes, the 'um' is actually written) on Monday 'cuz Sarahs one day younger then me, Sarah's inviting me and Beth to her house, we're going to spend the night.  

Well were at Pizza Hut, Gotta go! 

Eat Your Furts and Vegys

I discovered this little gem while going through a batch of old papers and drawings.  It must have been written even earlier than my first journal entry, as my spelling/grammar/handwriting is crazier than anything I wrote in '93.  I have no idea what inspired me to write this piece of healthy eating propaganda back in the day, but here it is: 

Eat Your Furts & Vegys

Once apon a time ther lived a littel boy whos name was Ben he had a sister named Lucy and he had a Mom and a Pop.  One day when they wher edding ther dinner they had meat and mashed potados whith butter streming of the cripsickn and they allso had carrets and appel and sallry.  

Ben did not like the carrets and appel and salary.  So he just did not eat them!  His Pop said "Ben eat your furts and vetebels." 

"I do not like them" said Ben

"O-boy!" Said Lucy, "I get his pece of cake!" 

"Cake?" Said Ben "I did not know we had cake!" 

"Well we do" said Mom. "Lucy and I made it wall you wer palying ball."

"Ooo.." said Ben.  "Can I have a littel bit ove butter on my fautes and vegys?" 

"Shur." Said Pop 

"And just remember" said Mom. "Eat your futes and vegtibels!" 

"Ok," said Ben. 

And after dinner they all had a pice of homead cake and Lucy said "I wald of gotten tou pices if Ben wauld not of eten his fruts and veges!" 

THE END

Oh Brother

In which the varied emotions an almost-5th grade girl might have towards her dearest older brother are expressed.  

August 1, 1994

Hi!  I'm very sorry I haven't written.  I've been kinda busy!  I think my handwritings getting better don't you?  Well, this year I'll be in 5th and then...

MITTLE SCHOOL!

'Cool!' The school built another building and 3rd and 4th and 5th.  We'll be way out there! 

August 2, 1994

Hi!  Did I tell you on July 1st was Adam's birthday?  He's 14 now!  This year he'll be in high-school!  Yesterday night when he was tring on his new unaform (elementry, mittle, and high all have diffrent unaforms)  He looked so tall!  I felt like a silly unimportant little sister.  Ahhh! BOO-HOO! Oh-me-gosh, Adam will be driving soon!  I won't let him drive me to school!  Hey!  Guess what?  On Fri we're going to Houston!  Cause we going to see a ball-game, well Adam and Dad are.  Us girls arn't.  

PS. I saw The Lion King! 

August 3, 1994

Hi! I'm doing a lot better on keeping my journal!  I'm almost finished with it I've had it for more than a year!  Well.  I can't wait till Friday.  (We're going to Houston)  Well, I need to clean my room.  

PS. The Lion King's good. 

August 5, 1994

AH! Adam makes me so mad! He wanted to show me some dumb cave in the woods.  I didn't want to go but I went and we went all over the woods and we got mad finly we came out a street away from our house.  We walked home angerly.  

The Nelsons are at Faimly Camp at T Bar M and they're comeing to talk at 1:00 and it's, 11:54 now.  Before they come I'm going to roller-blade walk to the mail-box to mail 2 letters.   

Who hasn't "walked home angerly" with a sibling?  Below - me and my bub at a much younger age than the above entry.  But we weren't nearly as cute circa 1994.  

Airplanes and Awards

In which I am so excited about the surprise airplane trip (was it my first airplane trip? I'm not sure) to Houston that I am slightly incoherent.  

March 18, 1994

Hello!  Know how I told you that we were leaving on Sat?  Well, maybe NOT!  After recess Mrs. Alldaffer told me that Mrs. Brockmier, (the libraryian.) wanted me  Well she needed me for telling her some good books.  Later Mrs. A. came in and said, 'don't you think it's time to come back,' then I saw mommy poke her head in.  I thought, whats momma doing here?  Mrs. A. said, "Do you want to go back to Art or go with your parents.  Daddy was there TOO!  "Go where?"  I said.  "Airplane," they laughed, airplane, yes!  We went and got on the car, daddy drove us to the airport!  Adam is coming by himself tomorrow.  When I looked out of the window I saw the cars, they looked like busy little ants, and the houses looked like tiny plastic toys!  When I saw the swimming pools, they looked like little turquoise dots!  It was fun, I had peanuts and water.  When we got to grama's house Holly, me, and Bonnie played and played, and played, now I'm in bed so, night night! 

March 20, 1994

Today is Momma's B-day!  I made her a little heart cardbord case that she can put her combs in.  Grandma gave her a glue gun and Mary gave her poporie.  

The Nelsons went tome yeasterday, and we go home tommarrow.  Today we went and saw three short ballets.  I liked the last one the best. 

May 18, 1994

Hi!  We had to do chaple yesterday and we did it on Sam Houston!  Dallas was Sam, Sarah was his wife and I was his mother-in-law!  My lines made everyone laugh!  

The other kids did stuff too. 

May 25, 1994

Ouch!  Right now Mommy's doing my hair!  Yeasterday in chaple was awards day and I got honer roll and perfect attendance.  Mrs. Liles, (our PE teacher) gave everyone a PE certifacite and to each class she gave a pinck ribbon for 4th place, bronze meadle 3rd, silver for 2nd, and gold for 1st in how many miles you ran.  In our class Sarah got 4th, Beth got 3rd, and I got 2nd and Ryan got 1st.  I could have gotten 1st if I had ran only like 3 more miles, he only beat me by like 1.  But I don't care really. 

Lee's Story Book Edition 2

I believe it was around this time (spring of 1994) that the long-anticipated sequel to The Very Interesting Advenchors of Ted, Fred, and Sarah! was penned.  Although the spelling and grammar is improved (thanks, Mrs. Alldaffer!), there is an unfortunate lack of dramatic action.  Critics may wonder why the author sacrificed the salty character of the nightwatchman for two new, bland (though chocolatey) characters.  Wonder away. 

Here Comes, TED, FRED, & SARAH! 

And 2 new characters! 

Chapter One

Mrs. Harmon quikly put in Pete's sandwich, 2 quarters for a soda a peach and two brownies.  

"Pete!" She called. 

"Com'en," called Pete. 

Later Pete was strutting on the sidewalk wisling a merry tune on his way to school.  He swung his paper sack lunch, he had used to have a lunch-box, but had lost in by the dump.  It was strange, he knew exactly where he put it, but when he came back for it next day, it wasen't there! 

But what he didn't know, and you know if you've read my first book, "Ted, Fred, & Sarah," is that the lunchbox opened somehow and a good fary came along and turned the sandwichs and cookies alive with hands and arms and a preasent of each giving them some roller-blades. 

Sadly, the illustrations for this story are in black and white.   Maybe I was going for artsy? 

Chapter Two

Arabiscus the fairy, which turned Ted, Fred, and Sarah into live was having a casul "fly" along the street.  She saw a little boy leaning against the fence of a dump.  She smiled, this was the dump which she had turned two sandwiches and cookie alive, she grinned wider at the memory.  

"Boy, am I hungrey!"  She heard the boy say.  "I missed breakfast!"  

The fairy remembered her breakfast, cloud biscets and dew-juice.  

"I'll have something from my lunch."  Said Pete (for it was,)  "I'll have my brownies."  Pete pulled them out.  "Ew!  Nuts!  Whatd'd mom pack brownies with nuts"  Muttered Pete, dangling the brownies in his hands. 

Arabiscus frowned.  She liked brownies with nuts.  

Pete's fried Josh walked by.  

"Hey Josh!"  Called Pete

"What?"  Josh said stopping. 

"Want some brownies?"  

"Uh, sure..." Said Josh; Pete usaly didn't give away desserts, he shrugged. 

"Here."  Said Pete, stuffing them into Josh's hands.  

The bell rang.  "I better go." Said Pete.  And ran off.  

Josh didn't care if he was late or not, so he unwrapped the brownies.  

"EW!  NUTS!  What a tricker, Pete knows I hate nuts."  Josh grumbled.  He looked over at the dump.  "Hey, what are dumps for?"

He shrugged, and threw the brownies over the fence.

Chapter Three

"Sigh.  This must be a habit!"  Said Arabiscus softly as she watched Josh walk away.  She flew down to the brownies and toched them lightly with her wand.  Slowly they sprouted arms, hands, less, feet, and a face. 

"Who are you?"  They asked Arabiscus at the same time. 

She laughed, her laugh was like the tinckle of bells.  

"You," she said, pointing to the boy brownie, "are Mr. Nut, and you," she said pointing to the girl, "Are Mrs. Nut."  

Quickly she told them their past, and gave them each a pair of roller blades.  "You'll find friends if you go there."  She said, pointing to a little red lunchbox.  

Chapter Four

Ted was singing at the top of his voice, "Fiagarol, Figarollll!  Figarol, Figarolll," (etc) It was something he had heard on a old broken radio.  "TED!"  Screamed Sarah, stopping from ploishing the quarter on the wall with a bit of rag. 

"You have sung that, figural enough!  You..." She stopped dead, then her face turned scarlet, Ted looked up from snickering, and Fred raised his head from reading a corner of newspaper, Mr. and Mrs. Nut stood in the doorway.   

"I...I...who are you?"  Asked Sarah, stunned.  

"I'm Julie Nut," Said Mrs. Nut shyly.  

"And I'm Matt Nut."  Said Mr. Nut. 

Note the decorative quarter on the wall.

Fred got up, taking everything calmly, as usaly, as stuck out his hand, Mr. Nut shook it.  "I'm Fred, she's Sarah, having a little trouble with Ted over there.  Have a seat."  

Fred waved his hand to two rusted thimbles covered in white linen from a napkin.  

"Yes, tell us about yourselves."  Said Sarah, feeling she ought to put a word or two in.  So Mr. and Mrs. Nut realated how they had come to life and how the fairy gave them rollerblades.  

"Was the fairy's name Arabiscus?"  Asked Ted when they were through. 

"Yes, how'd you know?"  Asked Mrs. Nut. 

"That's what happened to us!"  Said all three at the same time.  

So the five talked deep into the night untill it was 12:00am. 

Chapter Five

Next morning Mr. and Mrs. Nut, Ted, Fred, and Sarah, got up to walk around the dump to find a home for the Nuts.  

The night before Sarah had fished out some ugly, holey, pea-green leg warmers from a pile of junk, cut off a square, and the Nuts, slept cosily on that, that night.  

Soon Ted pealed off a newspaper from a lump and found a telephone.  

"Hey!  I tell you what," said Fred, looking thoughtfuly at the phone.  "See this hole in the phone?  Let's go in it and clear away all the wire and junk, and ya'll can live here!"  

Mr. and Mrs. Nut looked each other then nodded.  So next morning Ted, Fred, and Mr. Nut set to work on the telephone.  

Sarah and Mrs. Nut sat on thimbles and made house supplies.  Sarah was teaching Mrs. Nut how to make pillows out of a few strands of yarn.  

"Cris-cross, twist, pull ugh!  Oh Sarah!  How do you do it?"

Sarah smilied proudly.  "Well, Mrs. Nut," 

"Do call me Julie."

"Well, Julie.  Pretty soon you'll be doing as good as me, just, criss-cross, twist, pull, gently, criss-cross, twist, pull.  Now when your at the end of the piece, tie it onto the next and continu."  

"Sigh.  Sarah, I'll never make a pillow out of this!" 

"Did you see the pillows you slept on?"

"Yes."

"This was how I made them!" 

"Sigh.  Criss-cross, twist, pull, criss-cross, twist, pull."

In a few days Ted, Fred, and Matt Nut, stood proudly in frount of the telephone survaing their work.  The telephone was cleared of wires and junk.  I's shiny black reciver leaned against the polished phone.  They where done with their work, but the girls still had some, no, a LOT of work, they had to, set up furniture, clean the cloths, set up important things, and every which-way and which-thing you could think of! 

(Note: Apparently Ted, Fred, and Matt Nut were not progressive enough to help the ladies?  Or vice-versa?  Hmm...I'm seeing a paper titled Gender Roles in the Junk Yard..) 

Finly everything was finished. 

The lads calmly observing the ladies rushing about.

Chapter Six

On quiet, rainy afternoon Sarah sat on a thimble drawing on a slightly battered piece of white leather with charcoal.  "What are you doing, Sarah?"  Asked Fred.  

"Drawing a map of our house and the Nuts house." 

"Can I see it when your done?"

"Sure." 

Later a new picture was hanging on the wall. 

Who wouldn't want a ground plan of their own house and their neighbor's house hanging on the wall? 

Chapter Seven

(Note: In true classical form, we end with a rhyming verse....sorta)

On sunny day in the mounth of May, 

Sarah, the Nuts, Ted, and Fred went to the back of the dump where the poppies are red. 

They had a picnic and the grass was green. 

Oh! The prettyest sight you ever seen. 

THey lived peacefully in the telephone and old lunch box. 

But they had lots of adventures, LOTS!

But know it's time to go, 

Oh HO, 

Next time they have an adventure I'll write about it. 

Matt Nut, Sarah, and Ted (or Fred)

Fred (or Ted) and Julie Nut.  "Orvio" = my approximation of "Au Revoir" 

Sadly, this is the last story of Ted, Fred, Sarah, and their boring neighbors the Nuts.  Unless I write another one called The Return of the Nightwatchman.  

On School Spirit, Flint, and St. Patrick's Day

March 3, 1994

Today was the last game of the season!  We won both!  Girls and boys!  YES!  I'm so happy that tomorrow is Friday!  AAANNNDDD, that Beth is spending the night on Fri!  I am HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!  

March 5, 1994

Beth spent the night last night!  When we got home from school we changed and went outside.  Then we came inside and she read some of my stories.  Then we made cookies for our new next door neighboors.  At the end of the dough we made two big cookies and cooked them.  And cooked them, and cooked them!  Finelly we went out and gave our nieghbors and when we got back our cookies were done.  Then we ate and slept.  In the mornig we ate strudle and got dressed and played outside.  I showed her the place where Tate built and got a TON of flint!  Then when we were coming back to get some more Josh ran up so we got a bucket and put the flint in there.  Wer'e going to take it for Show and Tell.  When I went to the White Musem with Mrs. Cross and Josh and Beth it was on bats.  It was cool!  Then we went to a resurant and some parks. 

March 17, 1994

Happy St. Patricks Day!  Are you wearing green?  I wasn't when I got to school, and Craig tried to pinch me, but Vicky fought him off, loyal Vicky!  Then I colored some green on my hand.  Did you have a good day today?  I had a pretty good one.  Well bye!

Working on some opus, probably in the spring or summer of '94.

What a Daddy-O

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Hollyidise

In which I appear to be just a teeny bit bossy with my fourth grade peers...

March 1, 1993

Hello!  Sorry I haven't written in a mounth!  Today is Mr. McRynallds B-day!  I'm going to make him a card. 

Oh! And last week at school we had recess inside and Beth and I got together and she said lets write a story she wrote one about George Washington and I wrote one about 4th Grade.  It was 3 chapters.  And yeasterday we had recess inside and we asked Tai and Sarah and Vicky to draw a self-poitrat of themselfs to put in our book.  Then later we got in frount of the class and made an anoncment that if they could all draw a picture of themselfs.  Everyone did and tonight Beth will do it on her computer, I hope we get extra creidet for it.  

I got Spring Fever and Hollyidise.  

The last word is "Holly-itis."  Basic symptoms include extreme impatience to see my dearest cuzzies.  I still come down with it from time to time. 

All tuckered out. 

Bon-Bon!

Dearest Jornal...

In which I capitalize willy nilly...  

Dec 31, 1993

Hi 1994, Bye 1993!  Tonight we played Cerades.  And for dinner I served the faimly, I made a menu, and I call my restrant Mission Hills Tea Place.  I think Adam liked it.  But, you can never be sure with TEENAGERS.  Well, Jornal, you an' me has have good times together.  Oh well, now I'm going to write in the American girls diery I got for Christmas.   

Oh, School on Mon is a frightening thought.  What will I use the rest of this Jornal for?  Scratch Paper?  Probably.  Next year 1995, what will I use for a jornal?  This year I got this Jornal because I just needed something to right down my thoughts in!   

Well Goodbye Jornal.  

(sniff)

Jan 14, 1994

I'm glad to see you Jornal!  I decided the American girls Diery didn't give you enough space!  I'm so glad to be back!  Today Adam went down the street to see if he could get into the gutter and sure. (sewer)  

It was too small.   

Sicntists and Mathmagicions

Wow.  The second entry in this post is quite a trip.  I believe I was attempting to use up all the last pages in my diary so that I could start a new one in 1994.  (Hence the rambling nature...)  I think eventually I realized that just wouldn't occur, and stuck with the diary until the following summer.  

December 23, 1993

Yeasterday mommy and I made Christmas cookies and painted them.  It was fun!  Today mommy, Adam, and me went to Henne Hardware and got a elextric screwdriver for daddy.  Right now I'm cleaning up my room.  So, I better get back to the job! 

December 30, 1993

hello!  Merry Christmas.  I got a Flicity dress and boots and a new shirt.  And a modle of a horse. (I love horses!)  and a cross stich set, I'm worcking on it.  Stationary from Adam, and a 2 muscaters bar from Adam, 2 books, a flashlight so I can read in the dark, at grama's Allie gave me 2 stuffed animals, Alladen dolls, Alladen tape, and 2 books.  At my other garma's house, I got the Anne books and some other stuff.  Hmm, you say, I don't sound very graetful.  Well I am!  

Oh yeah, I also got a wolf calender!  It is so neat!  Amy would love it!  I haven't seen her in a long time.  I tried to get her yesterday.  But she could not come.  

Right now I'm working in my desk.  Tring to get things ORGANIZED!  I'm very organized.  I do NOT like things UNorganized.  Right now my desk is in the mittle of being UNorganized and ORganized.

I wonder if about a hundred years from now some people find my diry and make a book out of it.  I dout it.  My life is not very interesting.  Maybe it will be later.

But really, I want to lead a NORMAL life, marry a NORMAL husband, and have NORMAL kids.  

Last night we rented "The Russians Are Coming"!  It is VERY FUNNY.  

What do you whant to be when you grow up?  I'm going to be a waitress at Ryon's and write.  Well, ya never know.  I might be a SICNTIST.  Not.  Or a MATHMAGICION, double not. 

Adam just came in here and bugged me.  But, most of the time he's a good brother.  

YOU KNOW, tomorrow will be the last day in December.  The day after... 

1994!!

Love.

Dec 21, 1993

Tonight I am spending the night at Jennifers.  (Note: hurrah! I finally learned how to correctly spell her name...until now it had always been "Jenefer."  But, alas - no apostrophe.)  Tom, Jennifer, and Betsy came to spend the evning with us.  So, when it was time to go they took me home with them. 

Dec 22, 1993

This morning we watched Anne of Aavenly (Note: In my entry, I made a very fancy swirl under the title, as befitting such an excellent book/film.)  It was good.  And made coffie-cake, and cookie dough.  Right now the cookie dough is freezing.  Jennifer and I are going to the grocery store now.  I really like staying with Jennifer.  

Only 3 more days untill Christmas! 

Jennifer, Adam, Holly, and me having fun in the kitchen on 2218 Del Monte at a much earlier date than this diary entry.  I am so thankful for the many loving memories I have of happy days spent with Aunt Jennifer.  

The Christmas Horse

December 19, 1993

On Friday was a party at school.  First we went and watched the Muppets Christmas Carol.  It was funny!  Then we went back to our rooms and played games and ate refreshments and opened preasents.  I gave mine to Beth and Sarah.  Mrs. A. gave a preasent to everyone and everyone practily gave a peasent (Ha!) to Mrs. A.  Mrs. A. gave me a book full of blank pages to write a story in!  I am writing one in it called
"The Wood Fairy."

December 20, 1993

Well, in my last letter I forgot to tell you alot of things.  On Thurs. I went on a field trip to see the Nutcracer ballet, it was nice!  To eat we went to the Alamo Cafa.  It was really fun!  The boys said to each other "Dare me to eat this much hot sause?"  Because the hot sause was really hot!  And on the night of Thurs. the school had a preformance.  
I was a horse.  

The Christmas Horse

And last night my choir at church had a preformance I sang a solo.  Yeasterday we had a reahersal and I really messed up on my solo.  So I went into the bathroom and cried.  But Ashlee Leaheart came and comforted me.  At the real thing last night when I did it perfectly, when I turned around Ashlee (on the risers) gave me a thums up signal!  

Note: Sadly, I do not think "The Wood Fairy" came to fruition.  Or at least lived to tell the tale.  The Ted, Fred, and Sarah sequel, however, was preserved...

Her and Me's

November 9, 1993

Hi!  Mr. MacRinnals got a foster kid! Not kidding!  His name is Jaun.  

December 5, 1993

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in an old mans hat.  If you haven't got a penny, a haf penny will do, haven't got a ha'penny, God bless you!  
HO HO HO!

On Fri, I went home with Amy because it was her B-day and she only invited me and Abree.  Abree is her and me's friend.  And it was a SLUMBER PARTY!  It was FUN!  But we didn't stay up all night like your suppose to at a slumber party, but "Who CARES?"  (Note: Exciting! I must have learned about quotation marks at school.)  And when I was at Jenifer's for the weekend.  I went over to Kate's.  Well bye.  

Fourth grade school photo!

Tragedy Strikes

October 17, 1993

Goldie is going to die.  Who is Goldie?  A goldfish I got yesterday at Brackenfest.  We put her in a glass jar with water, rocks, and a little plastic palm tree!  But this morning she was just lying at the bottom of her bowl.  She hadn't eat anything.  So, she is going to die.  But I won't flush her down the tolit!  I'm going to make her a matchbox coffin.  Her name isn't Goldie anymore.  I've renamed her My Little Golden Angel.  Because angels don't stay on earth very long. 

Very Sad,

Lee

I think the entire incident (getting the fish, taking it home, its death, burial, and my mourning period) all took place within 24 hours.  Has anyone ever in the history of the world received a goldfish in a plastic bag that actually survived to a ripe old fish age?  

Birthday Countdown!

In which I turn ten years old, and I also realize I need to change the name of this blog, since I would like to continue documenting past the third grade...

Oct 1, 1993

HelllllO!  9 days 'till my birthday!  I will tell you what I do on my B-day, I wake up kind of early and presents are at the foot of my bed!  From Mommy and Daddy and Adam.  Then I open them and, oh it's so much fun!

Oct 7, 1993

Hi!  3 days 'till my B-day!  (Counting today!)  Well, yesterday we had a pop quiz in history, if you missed one it was worth 20 points!  I'm glad I got them all! 

Oct 9, 1993

TODAY IS MY B-DAY, yeah yeah!  I'll tell you what I got from my parents shorts, t-shirts, tights, and Flicity dress and from Jenifer I got a BRAIDS & BOWS and a check and all this stuff! 

Oct 13, 1993

Hellow!  I'm sorry I put an (w) in "hello!"  I'm so glad about my B-Day, daddy gave me some choclat, too!  I like that!  You know what? Adam gave me an Aladden poster!  (Adam's my brother)  Think of that!  

Well, it's night time now!  Bye!

PS: RAIN CAME! 

PSS: Last night was a big storm and the lights in the school wher out for a while! 

I talk a lot about "Flicity."  Well, here she is, waving at the camera, in all her colonial glory.  

The Goat & Mrs. Weed

August 23, 1993

Sorry havn't written!  So I will catch up on stuff, on Wednesday night Amy and Bryon came to spend the night and played till 4 on Thursday, and school started on Friday.  I love school!  Amy is coming over tommorrow, their is 11 kids in 4th gread.  So well bed time!  Bye! 

September 7, 1993

I have so much to tell you!  Yeasterday was a holiday from school!  So, night befor last, I spent the night at Jenefers!  It was fun!  We made coccies!  And it was really fun!  I watched Dumbo.  Today Amy came over, but just for a little bit!  Pooy!  And today I started Music.  My teachers name is Mrs. Weed.  She's nice!  She lives down the street and goes to my church.  

September 30, 1993

The last day of Sep!  Sorry havn't wrote!  But I'm so busy!  10 days till my birthday!  I'm having Amy over today.  Today is Gym.  Well, I'll try to write!  

Lee

PS In my class I've made lots of friends! 

Ah, Mrs. Weed.  She was the sweetest white-haired lady who taught music and had a pet goat.  If that's not the plot of a children's book, I don't know what is.  

Circa 1993