A day in the life of............ME!

I got this idea from a boy that does a blog called "Colin for the Clan". You should check it out, it's a really cool blog!
Anyway, he gave me this idea to tell you about my everyday life!
I get up at about 7:00 and do my morning chores, which include letting out the ducks and chickens. Then sometimes I go for a walk so I can have some quiet time with God before I start off my day.
At about 8:00 I come in and eat breakfast, make my bed, put away things that might be out in my room.
At about 8:30 my mom and I do a devotion and then I start my school. First my mom and I do reading. Then I do grammar, math, science and Latin. That keeps me busy until about 12:00. Then we have lunch (the best part of the day).
After that, I have some scout stuff that I need to do, which takes me about 1 hour. Then I have afternoon chores like taking out the trash, putting wood on the porch, collecting eggs. Then I have free time. Mostly I run around and play army or something or I do a wood working project. If it's raining I play Lego's or play a game with Holly (my sister) or play the piano!
At 7:00 the ducks and chickens are ready to go in.
Then at about 7:30 we have a family movie that we watch.
At about 8:30 I go up to bed and read or I work on a book I am writing.
At about 9:30 I turn out my light and listen to some music on my MP3 player, and at about 10:30 I fall asleep.

I am glad God gave me the life I have. I learn a lot about responsibility every day!
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In-duck-structible: The Duck That Wouldn't Die!!!!

Back in 05 my dad had an idea of getting ducks during the rainy season. "Fun" I thought and it was fun. We thought that they would only live for a year or two. That's where we were wrong! I won't give you the whole history lesson about my ducks because you will be here until your next birthday, so I will tell you the short version. Get out your math brain! We started with 6 ducks, lost 2, gained 2, lost 3. We are now at 3 ducks. I love math! (if you look on the side bar, there is a picture of them)

One of my ducks, Chip, who is 6 years old, has a knack for getting hurt.(the one on the top in the picture) He has been hit in the back of the head with rocks, golf balls, sticks and who knows what else. We has had part of his foot chomped off by a snapping turtle,  he stepped on a nail, and twisted his ankle. Have you ever seen a duck limp?
Anyway, last week I went out to put my ducks to bed and found that Chip had been attacked by a fox, but for some reason the fox didn't do in the duck, drag it off and eat it. My mom said not to go into details because it was kinda yucky! At one point I didn't think that he had any eyes!(No more details, don't worry, you can eat your lunch now, if you still want to!) But he is still alive and back to normal. He still has his eyes! This duck is indestructible! He may be a wacked out duck, but he sure has some kind of immune system!

It's hard trying to take a picture of a duck that won't sit still!

"Dude, Like Get this Like Thing Like Out Of My Like Face!"

I think that this duck could go on the list of things that would survive a nuke blast, along with Twinkies, ding-dongs and cockroaches!

Joke of the Week! "Sticker Shock"

If you were wondering if I come up with all the jokes I put on here, I don't! Most of them I get out of "Country" magazine, like this one!
This week's joke is a good one I think!

An unethical car dealer had taken advantage  of several people in the community. He called a local rancher about coming over to buy a bull. When he arrived, the rancher handed him the bill:

• Basic bull: $499.99
• Extra stomachs: $79.99
• 2-ton exterior: $124.99
• Heavy-duty straw chomper: $189.99
• High-output drain system: $149.99
• Automatic flyswatter: $88.99
• Genuine bullhide upholstery: $179.99
• Deluxe dual horns: 59.99
• Automatic fertilizer attachment: $339.99
• 4x4 traction drive assembly: $884.99
• Pre-delivery wash and detailing: $69.99
• Destination charge: $395.99
• Tax, license and title: $63.99

The bill came to $3,128.87
This gave the dealer a new appreciation for the term "sticker shock"

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So, Just What Can Fit In An Altoids Can?

Altoids Can

One thing that I like to do is make Survival Kits to take with me on hikes, bike rides, campouts and any other adventure that I might have. One thing that I found works good to use for a survival kit is Altoids cans. They're small, light weight, and, believe or not, they can hold a lot of things!

Here is the list of things that I put in my Altoids can survival kit!

• A book of matches
• A small pocket Bible
• A pencil
• Two chicken bullion cubes
• Fishing line, hooks and sinkers
• A roll of Cap Gun caps
• Three Band-Aids
• A paper clip
• A sugar packet
• A piece of paper
• Four saftey pins
• A rubber band
• A cardboard fire starter
• A razer blade
• 10 dollars
• Wire
• Twine
• A 12"x14" sheet of tin foil
• and three 6" peices of Duck Tape

My survival kit taken apart

That is a lot of stuff to put in an Altoids Can, but it all fits!



My survival kit put back together

 It can be a lot of fun putting together a survival kit!
Have any ideas? I would love to hear them!
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Joke of the Week! "Water and Fire"

Oh Boy! It's Matt's JOKE!
Sometime, someone will stuff a sock in my mouth so I can't tell any more jokes!

A forgetful couple goes on a vacation to Alaska. As they are boarding their plane the wife says to her husband "I forgot to turn off the gas before we left! The house will burn down!"
"No it won't!" the husband reassured "Because I left the bathtub running!"


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Maple Dream

Every year our church has a spaghetti dinner with a men's dessert contest! This year I decided to enter a dessert called "Maple Dream" (photos below)

Anyway, to make a very long story short, I entered my dessert, which has 3 cups of pure New Hampshire maple syrup in it, and ended up winning Best Tasting.

So that is the end of my short, long story! Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go brush my teeth!

Sights, Sounds, Smells and Songs of SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures that I took of the area around our house now that all the snow is almost gone!
Of course, you can only get the sights of spring on a camra. You will just need to use your imagination for the rest!

Joke of the Week! "Huge and the Flower Shop"

Ha, Ha, Ha! Why am I laughing? I haven't even told the joke yet!

A group of humble friars started a flower shop. Business went well for them right from the start!
But their competition was not happy with it. They were selling more flowers than he had. So he went to talk to the friars to ask them to close their shop. It didn't work! He begged them. That didn't work either. He black mailed them. Still they wouldn't leave! He sued them and he lost the case.
He did everything that he could think of. Then he got an idea! He asked Hugh to go and smash up their shop!
Hugh was the biggest, meanest, roughest, toughest bad boy around.
Hugh utterly destroyed the shop and frightened the friars so much that they ran off and have never been seen again.
So it has been said to this day; 'Only Hugh can prevent florest friars'.

Guess who's lookin' up to you, Billboard!

"What did you just say?" you might be thinking, "I'm not a Billboard!"
If that's what your thinking, think again. So, what is a billboard?
I'm sure you can think of someone you look up to! I know that I can!
That person that you look up to is a "Billboard" so to speak.
But what I think we fail to see as Christians is that people are looking up to us, whether we know it or not! So we are "Billboards" to the people who look up to us.
That puts a new look on things, doesn't it? You think that there is no one looking up to you? Once again, Think twice! There is ALWAYS  someone looking up to you!

Recently I played at a piano recital. One of my favorite things to do at the piano is come up with songs. So I played a song that I had written. Big deal! I messed up a couple of times, but I didn't think much more about it. Yesterday my mom ran into the mother of one of the little girls that takes piano lessons from the same teacher I do. She was at the recital, also. This girl's mother told my mom that her daughter had been inspired by my song to go home and write a song of her own. I don't even know this girl.
It's funny how things like that work. I wasn't even going to play that song because I couldn't play it very well.  But if I hadn't played it, I wouldn't have seen God at work in my life!

Also, there is always Someone looking down on us too. That Someone is God! When you do something you should ask yourself  'Is this something I would want the people that look up to me to do?' and even better 'Is this something God would want me to do?'

Who do we look up to. Well, we should look up to God more than anyone else. But do we? Not always! Sometimes we focus so much on the Billboards that we miss the little road sign, called God's Word, which is telling us which way to go! Our focus needs to be on God more than man!

Have you ever looked at a full moon? It is amazing how it lights up the night with the light from the sun.
As Christians, we should act like the moon. When people look at us they should see God's reflection in our lives. But how often do they? Just something to think about.

Joke of the Week! "The Wonderful Thing About Feet"

What More Can I Say?

A boy asked his dad if he could use the family car!
His dad replied "Try walking some where! Why do you think God gave you two feet if you aren't going to walk anywhere?"
"That's easy," the boy replied "one for the gas and one for the break!"

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