This is from Tuesday 2-22-11

Today I...

• Took the number 10 bus to Red River and 32nd.
• Walked to the Seminary kitchen.
• Inside I washed my hands, put an apron on, and started taking the ends off of ALOT of green beans.
• Put them in a pan with some butter, salt, and water to steam them.
• Tossed them till they were finished cooking and cut things for the salad bar.
• Barbara took out a giant block of white cheddar and asked me to cut it for the cheese burgers that she was grilling, afterwards I cut some tomatoes for them as well.
• Ginger and I put out the lunch for Barbara to serve and we cleaned up the kitchen so we were ready to go when she was finished.
• Walked to the bus stop, when the number 10 bus came I got on and read till it was at my stop.
• From the bus stop I walked home, a little while after, Otto came home, than my dad came home carrying a sleeping Dean, my brother.
• I skyped with my cousin Lynn and her children Wesley and Adelaide.
• Arranged a ride to swim team with Matt, waited till he came, when he came we drove to Liz's to pick up Finlay and Willa.
• At Rollingwood, our pool, we ran 4 laps, and played wall ball.
• Swam a 200 skip, which is 200 swim, 200 kick, 200 IM, and 200 pull. A very fun but tiring warm up.
• My friend Erin's mom drove all of us home.
• When I got home we skyped with my grandma, my uncle Thaddeus, and my aunt Ave.
• Later on, after everyone else, the other kids, were in bed I had a nice chat with my cousin Maia on skype, in case you can't tell I love skype.
• Went to bed, read some more of my awesome book, The Book Thief.

That's all for that day.

2-25-11

Today I...

• Walked over to Lana's house, across the street, to babysit for her.
• I played outside with Sienna and Jaquin, her children.
• After that we walked over to my house to play in our yard, after some swinging and slide rides we went back to their house.
• Lana made them a snack than went for a run and we went outside to sit on the porch and enjoy the wonderful, warm sunshine.
• After I got relieved from the job I went home and got ready to go with mom and Dean to the paper store.
• Drove up north to the paper store, got the paper than enjoyed a ride together around town and back to our house.
• When we arrived home I got my ipod, book, and phone and sat outside in the sunshine.
• The kids came home from school and we are now getting ready to have park day at Little Stacy with some friends.

That is all for today so far. Hope you enjoyed reading it.

2-23-11

Today I...

• Watched Dean for a while till my dad got back from his bird outing.
• Worked on finding the definitions of words that I did not understand from 5 books that I have read recently.
• Made tapioca pudding
• My mom came home and we had lunch together, hung out, kids came home from school.
• Got ready for swim team
• Looked up a few more definitions
• My mom drove me to swim team and dropped me off, I was the first one there so I waited till we started dry land
• Ran 4 laps, than played neukum, a somewhat fun game in the volley ball court
• Swam for an hour
• My dad picked me up and we drove home, had dinner and dessert. For dinner a very yummy pasta that my dad made, and for dessert the tapioca I made.
• Read a book to Dean and hung out.

That's all I did today. It was a calm, relaxing day and I enjoyed it a bit.

2-17-11

Today I...

• Worked on my homework from Leon, at 11 I walked over to his house for a lesson.
• We went to the Zilker Botanical Garden to take pictures, we took quite a few. I will put them on here when I figure it out.
• Than we went to go look at Leon's show at a studio.
• After we drove home and I packed my computer and camera up to walk home, I walked home.
• At home I had a slice of pizza and apples and peanut butter for lunch. It was very yummy!
• Hung out, finished my book The Red Shoes. Such a good book. All you readers should read it.
• Got papa's bike ready to ride to my babysitting gig.
• Rode the bike to Lara's house but she wasn't there so I just waited till they got there, when they arrived we went inside had a little pizza for dinner, than Lara left.
• We hung out and watched a couple of shows, than Chip came home.
• I rode my bike home, and watched Kung Fu with Otto, Esme, Dean, and my dad.

Now I am going to bed. "Good night"

2-16-11

This is from yesterday.
Today I...

• Walked over to the bus stop with my dad and Dean, waited for the bus, it came and I took it down town to the number four bus stop.
• Waited for the bus, it arrived and I took it to Ginger's kitchen.
• At Ginger's kitchen I was the first one there, we waited for everyone else to come, when they all arrived we went over our homework from the past 2 weeks.
• We all walked over to Cesar Chavez to wait for the number 17 bus. When it arrived we took it to Boggy Creek Farm.
• At Boggy Creek we all bought goats milk ice cream, sat down and ate the yummy, cold, sweet, creamy substance, and waited for Ananda to come, another student.
• Ananda arrived and we all walked around talking and meditating with the plants.
• Than we walked over to a group of fig trees, sat down and ate lunch. We also decided to gather plants to make a teenage girl tincture.
• So we gathered the plants that we needed, took the bus back to the kitchen, and at the kitchen we made Everything I Need tincture for girls.
• It was the end of our day so I walked over to the tortilla factory and bought corn tortillas, flour tortillas, and corn tortilla chips, than walked back to the bus stop, I called my mom just to have a little chat with her because shes in Florida. The bus arrived and I took it down town again for the number 1L bus.
• When it arrived I took it to congress avenue, got off, and walked home.
• At home I just hung out with Esme, Dean, and Otto outside.

That is what I did during my school day.

2-15-11

This is from Tuesday.
Today I...

• Did homework for Passionflower apprentices outside.
• I did that till 3 than Caroline a woman I babysit for picked me up and we went to Little Stacy park to play and hang out with the Suki and the little ones.

Thats really all I did.

2-14-11

Today I...

• Last night I went to bed feeling so much better than I have been and this morning I woke up feeling so much worse. Uggg, that makes me so angry! I was going to go cook with Barbara.
• Made a Valentine for my mom and dad.
• All of us were just felt icky so we watched a movie
• Afterwards we went outside, I worked on my Little Green Witches homework for a while, than we had lunch.
• A little while later Barbara came over with some movies and lollipops for us, She asked Esme if she wanted some french fries and she said "yes." Barbara went to P. Terry's and got some than brought them back.
• I worked on my homework a little longer, around 3 Otto came home from school.
• After he finished his homework we all went outside to try playing off the ground tag but as soon as we began playing our stomachs started to hurt.
• I sat down and worked on a couple more pages of my homework
• We had grilled cheese, carrots, and crushed pine apple for dinner.
• Now we are all lounging around till bed time

That is all for today. It was not hte best day

A normal week... Hopefully

This week was not the best. It started last Saturday when my brother Otto woke up feeling sick, he was sick Sunday and Monday than on Tuesday Esme woke up sick then Wednesday I woke up sick. On Thursday morning Dean was very sick and in the evening my dad was on the edge of sickness. Friday all five of house were home sick watching movies. Saturday, early morning my mom left for Florida to go help my grandma who has to have heart surgery. This week has become a really stressful, sick filled week. So hopefully this week will we be a good one. I also went to the doctor on Monday to get some fluid sucked from my knee to take down the swelling. Ewwwww! That was painful! I can go back to swim team, and babysitting. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel so much better and happier.
Lucy

A letter of application to Ann Richards

Dear Ms. Goka,
My name is Lucy Anderson. After graduating from Zilker in 2009, my parents and I decided to try homeschooling for awhile. For 6th and 7th grade I have done many apprenticeships with people around Austin. Over the past 2 years I have studied child pschology, photography, writing, botany, ceramics, cooking and math.
Other than ceramics I would really like to continue my studies in all of these subjects. After reading your website there are several subjects that excite me; especially dancing and roller derby! I look forward to Ann Richards and being introduced to new things.
I have enjoyed homescooling very much, but after looking in at Ann Richards I am hoping to attend your amazing school. Many of my friends from 5th are there now and many more are hoping to attend this year. They all say it is wonderful.
This year I joined the swim team and 1 of my coaches has really inspired me in many ways. Coach Claire has really encouraged me to be a better swimmer, to have fun, and to enjoy the process. Claire is funny, talented, kind, happy, very fun to be with and smart. Her qualities are ones that I hope I have now and continue when I am older. I think Ann Richards will help me pursue that. Ann Richards seems like a very fun place to learn.
I am a student that loves to learn new things and help out the world. I do hope that the world will become a healthier, more peaceful, happier place, and I would like to be a part of making that happen. One of the ways I am helping out the world now is by watching children for families. I think it helps make the world happier and more peaceful by hanging out and being with the children which then lets the parents connect and enjoy each other. When a family is getting along, the peace will soon spread wide across the globe.
Helping keep the planet healthy is another goal of mine. I am very sensitive and protective natural world, preserving it, breathing clean air, and staying healthy myself. I try my hardest to help by walking, biking, and taking the bus. I also help by learning about and taking classes to help me really, truly understand the plants. I love and wish the world would become a greener place.
I am very excited about the possibility of studying at Ann Richards! I am a hard working person that has a very easy time connecting with the people around me. I know that Ann Richards will bring a lot to my life and I will bring a lot to Ann Richards.

I hope you enjoy my letter thank you for reading it.

2-3-11

Today I...

• Went to the hospital
• Talked to a nurse
• Took x-rays
• The doctor gave me a splint and crutches to take home
• I drove to Bowie highschool with mom to watch the play Barrio Grrrl with Lilah, Izzy, And Lynn
• Went to Once Over to get hot chocolate, then they took me home
• I rewrote my letter for my Ann Richards application
• Hung out and worked on a writing project
• We ate dinner, got ready for bed, and went to bed