It's that time of year.

It's that time of year again, when all you hear on the Radio is Christmas tunes, and everybody is looking for those holidays deals, where everybodies front yards are decorated with mistletoe and red and green. Everykid asking and begging for their favoriate toy that they absolutely must have! I know I am I want way too much!

In all this excitement we seem to forget what christmas is all about, it's about the birth of christ and the miricle of it. So every Chirstmas so we don't forget my family reads the story of how Christ was born and we read it before we open the presents or the stockings. I think that, that's the part of Christmas I most looking forward too, not because I like the story, but because it reminds us of the true spirit of Christmas and my whole family is listening and for once in this time of year we forget the presents, we forget the deals, and we forget all the money we spent and we remember why it's such an important holiday!

So this Christmas remember what's important and forget the presents foe at least a little while.

Happy Holidays

Demon Dog

We have a vistiter...... Our neighbors the Doyles went away for the week leaving us their puggle, her name is Chloe. She is an angel .... once you get past the peeing the barking the under foot all the time, and the growling.

First day she was here she peed in Craigs bed, can't say i didn't laugh about that it was pretty funny but I'm guessing Craig felt a little bent about that, or at least damp. Of course Ceara adores her. We all know that Ceara always wanted a pug but a puggle is very close. Chloe will play tug a war for hours and never get tierd and then rough house with Snick for another two hours, and Finally curl up on the couch and manage to enoying everyone while sitting still but whining at the same time.

Chloe is like a dog on crack and caffine! But if shes calm and not barking shes a very sweet dog, shes growing on us all... well except for dad she beign completely oblivious to how he feels about her always ends up right next to him on the couch with her face right up against his. He sayas he hates her but we all no deep inside shes growing on him too.

I guess the message is little or small we love dogs no matter the package!

Swim meets

What do you do for half of swim meets when your tierd because you woke up at five in the mourning and swam and are now waiting to leave because your dad is coaching your brother for 4 more hours while he swims. Well i figured it out. I have a hard time dealing with boredome. If any of you haven't noticed I have a very short attention spand.

Well I couldn't fall asleep at the meet in my dads's chair so i went and got a coke to keep me awake, it didn't work I have become immune to the cokes caffine power... wait for it...... Nooooooooooooo. Okay I'm done.

Anyway I figured I should entertain my self to keep myself from falling asleep. I tried everything from, watching boys, reading my book, listening to music, thinking, eating, talking ect... But alas my attention spand is the one of a peanut.

Well I found the solution, beg my mom for the game of tetris on my Phone then buy it play it for five minutes figure out its time to go and fall asleep in the car! What a wounderful solution!!!!

No No it's all wrong!

I have Mrs.Listen-Lady for period E reading class. We are having a feild trip to Washington D.C in November. So for reading class our class was to get into groups and make a podcast about a monument or museum in the D.C. area.

My group of melers, and diano and I picked the Korea memorial. We worked for 3 hard days to find and research the memorial, get pictures, and turn a power point bibliography into a picture file.

Then after all that was done we could finally record our scipt on the podcast. We finished recording the class before it was due, all we had to do next class was edit and add music. We get to class the next day, open our computer and I plug my thumb drive in, on which i had saved the podcast, and open up the podcast on our computer. It was wrong! There were lines that were at the begining that should be in the middle and end.

So we tried to replace them and rerecord lines that had been lost. Of course we rocorded over the right lines! We did that in a bout 15 so we had 1 hour left to edit the rest of the podcast. So we tryed to play the podcast and it wouldn't work, no matter how many times we tried to fix it. We went back and forth between Mrs. Technopath. To no avil to get it to work, at the end of that charade we only had 30 minutes left in the class.

We found out we had to completely redo it or we would fail the project! We recorded as fast as we could, but during that process our teacher took the rest of the class back to the class room leaving us in the media center. We finished recording with minutes to spare so I threw music in listen to the whole thing and finally turned it in!

We got back to class to find out if we haden't finished the podcast we would have passed any way because it was a problem with the computer and not with us.

Oh well quiters never prosper right?

The new breed!

My neighbors the kims got an adorable little dog that they haven't named.

He is the cutest dog ever! He is a black and white shitzoo. He is tini tiny he looks like the webkinz you can get and he is so curious! The second I saw him I asked my mom if we could get one.

After I started rambling on about the little dog I remembered the add I saw at target about a litter of puppies that were a mix of poodle and shitzoo, a shitpoo!!

Mom can we get a shitpoo??? Who in their right mind names a breed of dog a shitpoo?! Their really cute though. Can you imagine having a shitpoo and loseing it and going to the shelter looking for your shitpoo! All I know is that if i got one I would name it blast!!

ain't my shitpoo cute??

Football

I went to my brothers football game today, and for the first time I really enjoyed sitting there and watching the game! I sat with my mom, dad, and Mrs. Debbie. I talked to them and really payed attention all the while to Mr. Latteri making the anoucing of the game funny.

I love football. Who knew it was actually fun to watch your little brother tackel some kid you don't know and cheer about it! I was freezing my butt of watching boys play football and I was cheering with the crazy parents and yelling my head off go cains!!!

Wow good football huh?

fishy!!!

As many of you well know I have several fish. One gupie 2 dalmation fish, an Gulimori blue, and 3 betas. You also may know that my gupie and dalmation fish came pregnat. Yes they had 20 babies each!!!!! The second dalmation fish puba is the only surviving baby fish of both sets of baby fish.

Well the fish have done it again. My gupie has been looking very plump! I swear theres something in the water and no matter how many times I change the water it's still there.

Anybody want fish???

Cobra

My mom has been begging me to tryout for the traveling lacrosse team, "Cobra". "You should really be a lacrosse player, your really good, you will make it no sweat." So I finally told her I'd try out, I mean I want to make M and D lacrosse so making cobra would help my play.

The day before tryouts I came down with a horrible virus and I stayed home from school the day of the tryouts but I did go to the tryouts! They cobra people don't have makeup trials for the sick. I felt yucky but I felt I could stick it out, see what happend:)

I made it through tryouts, but I didn't play that well. I was in the backround not steping up and when I did I steped in a hole. I also decided that the girls who play cobra are way to agressive, cliquie, and rude. I played a girl and she checked my face mask and it hurt so I told her to watch it.... She said stop being a wuss, she didn't even come near me.

So the first day of tryouts didn't go so well. I figured I'd feel well enough by tomarrow and play my heart out and show those girls who the real wusses are........... I was to sick to go.

The girls teams haven't been listed because they are having a hard time picking the girls to play! Hopefully because their were many girls who were sick that had a good record at playing lacrosse.

A girl can hope can't she?!

I am from

For English we have to write a poem about what we are so I am posting to see if you like it.


I am from water,
I am from sea. I am from
the thrill of competition and
the test of my will.

I am from laughter and
happiness.I am from close
friends and the love of family.

I am from beautiful colors and
cheers of sunday night football.

I am from smiles and hugs, and
modern technology. I am from flowers
and nature and too little time.

I am from cozy beds and not enough
sleep.I am from good grades and great
procrastination.

I am from the moutain sides of France,
and the scilence of the feilds. And the
beautiful language hard to understand.

I am from growth and percistence.
But most of all i am from hope sorrow happiness
and the kind nature of the people i love!

school

sorry it hasen't been a while since I posted but I have been busy with school and swimming, soccer, and lax training for tryouts. School has been good to me I have all A's for the time being and I like all my teachers. all though mr. spicher my science teacher named me squsihy!!!!!!!!

the Journey ends

This will be my last post while in France, but I will continue to post in America. The Journey to France comes to an end as I only have 2 days left then I take flight. The journey was great and I will miss everyone in France I will always have the memories......

Through the Thorns

I went bike riding with Paul today, it was sooooo much fun! We went Mountain and I mean Mountain Biking!!! Paul had Anouk, and Typhon and I had Abeaka. We went up to right before the query and down a small path. The bad thing is the path is only really a path at the begining and end. Through the middle it's mud puddels and a small space between thron bushes on either end. Abeaka pulled me through it all and I only fell twice!( I am very proud of that accoplishment.) After the mountain path we went down a steep pathed road, which was very fun. Then we climbed the hill up to the village. Right before the very steep end to the road up to the village he and I stoped to let the dogs drink at a spot with water filled ceiment. Anouk and Abeaka went swimming where as Typhon stayed clear of the edge but consumed 10 gallons of water. But after the drink Musher Boy surprized me by taking up a not so steep mountain trail where I feel into a thorn bush( only once) that lead right to the rode to the village. All in all it was a very fun and amazing ride!

The War

At times when your in a forgien country and you have read all your books you start thinking of the books you want to read. Back home in the states the Twilight series is very popular and alot of people are becoming Twilight fans and leaving Harry Potter in the dust, I have left the wizards side as well has my dear Critter cousin. I think the twilight series is better then the wizards but my older as she says wiser cousin Kayyytie doesn't agree and isn't willing to be tempted by the vampiers. Lets just see who wins the war.

I still love you to death but I love this sticker!!!!!

Disney

As you all know the Clark Gang and I went to Euro Disney. WE all had a blast!!! I rode Space Mountain twice, Indiana Jones rollar peril, Thunder Mountain, and Rockin Rolling coaster. My favorite was Rockin Rollin coaster. But my favorite memorie was not of the coaster or even the rides. It was of King Bubba's face when he saw Buzz Lightyear and wouldn't look away, or Princess's face when she saw Cinderella's castle, or maybe even the Lord's face when he got to go on the train that went around the park. The truth is I would have traded every roller coaster ride to see the looks on their faces all over again. I understand the meaning of disney!

Bath!!!!

It's bath time at the Clark residents and this bath was for Typhon. Typhon's bath makes me appreciate how good Snick is when i give her a bath! To start Typhon was hooke up to a chain so he couldn't escape. WE started the water and he started screaming and howling at the top of his giant lungs! I swear he sounded like 50 wet and howling cats!!!!!!!

He escaped! After 2 min. of the water he dicided he had enough and shook of his collar and ran for it. He hid behind his dog house!

Well Dig and I let him calm down then we soaped him up and hooked him up to the chain and started the water again. The screaming began and ended and that concludes the Typhon Bath!

Just Play The Game

To quote a favorite saying of mine, " Girls rule Boys Drool.!" The boys in Karen's village have learned a hard leason, Don't play games with a girl whos better! End of story, and in this case it's true. I have played soccer with anthoney and his cousin twice and I have also played with anthoney and a boy named luca once and I have won all three times. Those poor boys. Aren't the Europeans supposed to be really good????? Oh well.

Pricked

As for today we gardened!!! Dave cut all the weeds around the garden and Dig, I ,Lord J, and Princess took care of the rest of the garden. Gardening is fun for the family they all really like it. So I decided tto give it a try..... I hate gardening!!!! They Have these weeds that have prick needels that poke you and they don't go in your skin but they hurt you by swelling and giving you a sharp pain and it won go away!!! Lucky me their all over my hands and arms owwww!!! Well I can't type any more because my hand hurts but I will Post later!!!! ;)

Tour de France

WE wait 2 hours for the caravan, that took an hour to go by handing out a ton of free stuf then it took twenty minunets for the riders to go by. It was a great day!!!!!!!

this is the riders racing to win the stage!!!!!! These guys were the first to pass!!!

Gallope

Trot, Gallope, walk, I did all of those things yesterday. Yep thats right I went Horse back Riding!!!!! It was sooo much fun. We went through all of St. Jean and I never fell once. That was the first time I had ever gone without a guide and I galloped acttually galloped!!!!!!! Periscilla thought I was very good and was surprized at how well I rode. Hehehehe I love horse back riding it was sooo fun!!!! I was also so proud of how well I rode!

Là Bàs

Là Bàs it means over there in French. On car rides Karen loves to listen to her CD's and the Kids Most requested song is Là Bàs. Là Bàs is by Grégory Lemarchal this singer has 4 octives and won star academy in France. ( Star Academy is like the French American Idol.) He had an amazing voice, when I home I am going to download Là Bàs from itunes onto my ipod. If you Here his voice, you will know it's maybe the best voice you have ever heard!!!!!

His voice is a true miricle because he had Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is a Fatal disease that damages the lungs, so for him even able to sing let alone have an amazing voice is a miricle. He has one album out that you can download from itunes.

Grègory Lemarchal died of Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 24. He lived an amazing life and had an icrediable voice. His name lives on in France, as does his music. Now whenever Karen plays that song I think and ask my self the question how could someone so gifted be so cursed?

Global Warming

Global warming is a serious problem throughout the world. At times like this it makes everyone pay attention to what is going on in the world. Everyone wonders what they can do to help find the solution; recyle, reuse, reduse, riding bikes, useing eco friendly products. But I don't worry because I am a swimmer.

Funny

It needs no explaination

Riding

Today I went riding through France with Paul, Abaka, and Typhon. It was amazing!!!!! France is beautiful and riding with the dogs is soooo cool! I loved riding with the dogs soo much that i decided when I get home I'm ordering a harness and straping Snick to my bike and heading off! We went through little villages and across breath takingly beautiful landscapes that over looked the moutain sides and hillside towns. Though I plan to ride with Snick when I get back nothing will ever compare to riding in France!!!!!!! I could spend hours no matter how tierd I am, riding through France, going down every street and town just because I love the feeling, and the sites. I am sorry to say I do not have pictures of this amazing ride because I am not so good at multi-tasking that I can take a good picture with my camera. But I will always remember the sites I saw.

Typhon

Last summer A.Snake connnected with typhon and he really misses her and wanted me to post these so she wouldn't forget him because he loves her!!!!!!!!

No pups

Anouk can no longer have puppies!!!!!!!!!!! As of yesterday Anouk was fixed or as they say in french "sterilized". The clarks have decided to breed malamutes instead of sibes. :( Anouk has been resting and is slowly getting her spirit back!! We all have relized that you should not just breed a dog for the sake of breeding dog. Seeing Abaka in that awful home made them relize that they didn't want their puppies to go to homes like that. Malamutes are not as popular in France and they hope that their Malamute puppies will attract owners who can properly care for the dogs. So no puppies in the near future, but worry not the are to come. We still love Anouk she would have made a great mom.

Proud to be an American

Today is the fourth of July!!!!! Red,White, and Blue are the colors of our nation. So on this proud day for our country I am spending it in the home of an American eating hot dogs and hamburgers in the country of France. There will be no amazing fireworks this year, or no proud American flags flying from every home, but there will be a celebration with sparklers and American flag t-shirts. So even though I am far from my country you can not keep my self and other Americans from celebrating the nations proud independence and colors. Because we are proud to be Americans. The celebration must continue even in the foreign land, because we are part of an amazing, free, and beautiful nation which deserves to be celebrated no matter where we are!!!!!!

Shocked

We were hit!!!!! Last night during a very bad lightning storm the house was hit!!! I was watching the lightning from the front door window and I saw a bright white streak and heared a thunderus boom that almost burst my ear drums! The power flicked and the computer turned off. The next morning I awoke to thick fog that covered the valley. Dig and I went downstairs to the computer and found it with no signal. We rebuted it, but as we were about to print we found out the printer was fryed. We were stuck in the house trying to fix the printer when the phone rang we answered but no one was there. It rang three times but every time we answered the line was scilent....... The phone lines could not answer calls. Dig and I with King Bubba in figured out that the ALICE phone line was down but not the french line. Eurika!!!We had contact!!! With that adventure over, we head out looking for more.... Who knows what we will find???

Playmates

My little game creators

Ever since I got here I have played none stop. Princess, and Lord J are the best playmates. They never get tierd of you and always want to play games. Princess comes up with the coolest games off the top of her head, where as Lord J comes up with the rules to this new game. There are three things I learned from these two playmates, one, being a big person who is stronger and faster then the little game creators there are many more rules against you. Two, the game creators can make up a new rule at any point in the game. Third and finally, if you make the game creators laugh they forget all the rules against you.

Got any jokes?????

France

The breeze, the grass, the feilds, the cows, the dogs, the kids, the house, the hills, the trees, the storm, what more could heaven be like. France, no other place like it on earth.

2nd wonder of the World

For the past 2 weeks Brown Boy has been making sure that i know he is glad I'm leaving for France. But the morning I left for France he spent two hours building the 2nd wonder of the world, the efile tower, in our kitchen. This beautiful master piece was made out of over 100 cups of 4 different colors and was 6 ft tall. On top of that he wrote a card saying WE WILL MISS YOU!!! and got every one in the house to sign it. What more could I ask for. Thank you Brown Boy, I'll miss you!!!!!!!

The house is haunted!!!!!!!

This morning I was fast asleep in Ellen's bed. Then out of the blue I herd them calling, calling. They were the ghosts of the house!!!!! There were three that I herd all calling out MEGHAN, MEGHAN, their voice's quiet and raspy but scary all the same. I was sure they were going to eat me because they were saying, time for breakfast!!!! So after what seemed like hours of the scary ghosts calling me I decided to face my doom....... There they were all staring at me saying they were playing a game and laughing at it. Well at least I thought it was scary. But The ghost are still here to this day; Wilbur, Ellenor, and JackO all asking me to play.

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