Obama did his final speech as president at McCormic Place, Chicago. Obama covered things from his dream of a post-racial US, to the trials of being president, to not booing Trump, to believing in America. And finished it with a call to arms, remorse for unfinished projects, and a good cry. Goodbye Obama, hello Trump, may you both be remembered for your good deeds.
Author: Vwala
Journal 1/9/17
by Vwala •
In Bible I learned from the accounts of the good kings of Judea that to be a good God follower you should not let the temptation for wrong be there, so that you will not be tempted. I read about Asa, Amaziah, Azariah, and Jotham. They followed God but bad things happened to most of them because “Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.” 2 Kings 14:4, this is also said in 2 Kings 15:4, and something that is much the same in 1 Kings 15:14. The kings followed God and obeyed God, they didn’t sacrifice. But the people did, and they paid for it, with the exception of Asa because “the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the Lord all his days.” 1 Kings 15:14. But the other kings still did right in his sight as far as we are told, and we are told about their downfalls. So their must be a reason, a purpose deeper than the eye can see, and maybe just maybe that purpose is to teach us the lesson of not letting the temptation be there to tempt.
We skipped the section on chemistry and went strait to physics in science. I thought physics was just gravity and stuff like that but according to the book every single invention from the wheel to modern-day things such as computers and MP3 players are due to the wonderful amazing physics. I personally think it is a bit of an exaggeration, but they can think whatever they want.
We also read some poems about trees. They were crazy, one was talking, one was staring at someone, and the other one I could make neither heads nor tails of it. But I could tell they were all using personification.
Journal 1/5/17
by Vwala •
Today is Mom’s birthday, we had chocolate chip banana bread muffins for breakfast, and sang her happy birthday during which she sang “to me, to me, to me.” So we made up a spoof on the Elmo cat had a birthday song, here is the link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7UV1xgGJTk you might find it interesting with our lyrics;
A Mom had a birthday and all the kids came
To eat Mom cake and play a Mom game
To open Mom presents and when they were through
they said happy birthday the way that Moms do
To me, to me, to me
Journal 1/4/17
by Vwala •
Today I went to ballet and afterward we asked if I could move up to the next class and she said she would get back to us after asking her boss, so soon I will have an update.
I started a new book and it is about the great flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is a very good, well-written book. It is named The Terrible Wave. It is in my favorite genre too, historical fiction. I didn’t want to stop reading it is so good.
Journal 1/3/17
by Vwala •
Happy New year!!! Today we learned about Elijah and Elisha, I think it would be fun to be a prophet like them because; you serve God, you help people, you would do miracles, you would warn people, and you would prove God’s power. I think it would have been hard because; people wouldn’t believe you, people still wouldn’t trust in God, people would try to hurt you for telling the truth, you would have to see kings reject God, and you would have to deliver bad news to people. I would probably be a bad prophet. Oh well, God has some plan for my life though I doubt it is being a prophet, but who knows?
In Bible we started to read about Cain and Abel, but realized that we had already read this, ditto with the genealogy. Then we actually read Noah’s Ark, and The Tower of Babel. I took notes with my left hand mostly, I am getting better at writing with my left hand, in print and cursive, not so much with cursive.
In science we are learning about Ecology, the study of animals. I want to bang my head against the wall. It is -22 in Antarctica. It is amazing that animals live in Antarctica and, the desert. We also learned about ecosystems, survival weapons, and niches. I also found a place where the book (which supports evolution) disproves evolution.
Journal 12/29/16
by Vwala •
Today is Lava’s second day with us, if you count last night when we went and got him around seven. We spent about an hour looking for him this morning and we only let him in one room!!! We finally found him in the arm of the couch!!! It turns out it is hollow, well you never want to play hide and seek with Lava. He is scared of us some, he was fine at the store but he got scared when we brought him to his new home. Us kids slept out with him and he found that he could walk on the window sill and he went almost all the way around the room because it is pretty much a closed in porch out there, they closed it in to turn it into another room and it has so many windows we call it the sunroom. But back to school, I did a math lesson, and I did some field guide but that is all I remember because it is a while later than the day I am writing this journal for. It is New Years Eve, and I was sort of distracted from school with Lava. It sounds sort of dangerous to play with Lava, but all he does is some play biting and swatting, so it is pretty safe.
Journal 12/30/16
by Vwala •
We are still on break. I am still finishing the school I should have had done at least two weeks ago. I did a math lesson today, and I played with our new cat, it is his second day here. I did a current events about the “Russian hacking,” wrote a weeks journal. Came up with some cat inventions, and went to the library for the first time after getting a cat… Lava is the cat’s name, Reed came up with it. So here is a tongue twister I made up, and two spoofs on everything is awesome.
Lava Loves alot’a lov’in Lava alot
and
Everything is awesome
When Lava is your cat
Everything is cool
when you play with Lava
And here is another spoof on it Reed and me made up
Everything is awesome
When you love God
Everything is cool
When He’s on your team
U.S. Mad at Russia
by Vwala •
The U.S. has blamed Russia for trying to mess with the U.S. Election. They ejected 35 Russian diplomats, and shut down some Russian compounds in New York and also in Maryland, there has been some hacking and they say it has been tracked to Russian computers. Russia’s government says it isn’t behind the hacking. Obama has put out sanctions, but Trump has ejected that who knows who could be doing it, so who knows how long these sanctions will last.
Homeschool Journal 12-16 (Cat Inventor)
by Vwala •
Some of this stuff I didn’t actually do the week I was supposed to do it but it is still this weeks stuff, so who knows when I actually did it. I had to brainstorm an invention, we just got a cat two days ago so I picked cat toys, I was supposed to write what they do and how I could improve it. I wrote for cats to play with and I thought, wouldn’t it be awesome it the cat toys would play with the cat by them self? I know other people have already tried this. I’ve seen the feather that goes in and out of the holes, the robot mice, and even the mice that spin around. But I wanted to do something else, so I tackled a few problems people have with their cats. Number one, dehydration; cats will get dehydrated just a water bowl and wet food every once in a while is fine, but I wanted something else. So I came up with the idea of the water bowl being attached to them, it would be attached to their collar and it would be breakaway so when they jump it would detach. Number two, getting their collar off; now the only way to really be completely guaranteed it won’t come off is for a non breakaway collar, but you really don’t want that. So I figure the cat won’t try to get it off if they want it on. Now think about that, does it make sense? Of course it makes sense but how would I get them to want their collar on. This sounds a bit cruel but it isn’t that bad really. Take their food bowl away for half a day and give them a treat ball that opens by it’s self if it senses their collar, it might take a couple tries of doing this and putting the collar back on and showing them they get the treat if their collar is on for some cats, but it could work. I have a couple more ideas but they will have to wait because I already have a word count of 359.