Wednesday, August 27

Sod Squad

Today was my last day of
The official 4-H Summer.  We sodsquadders had a lot of fun though!  First of all, since we spent most of the last meeting either
A) Trying to heard five unruly sheep and one black alpaca who likes his sace
B) Working through the giant forest of lambsquarter (a kind of weed) as tall as me, thereby battling against angry red ants and eliminating a ground hog hole.  It could still use a lot of work though.
C) Debating whether to use a size 0 pin or a size 2 pin to stab

Sunday, August 10

UWant, take two!

I am going to attempt
To do a "TV" show on my blog.  Right here!  Um...Games UWant is a show for various video games.  I'll start a special account just for AFBratlife and video tape tips, tricks, and story lines.  Sound good?  Attempt No. 1 will be this coming Wednesday, and if it works it will be every Wednesday.

Friday, August 8

Popcorn Zoo

I recently went to
The Popcorn Park with my Mom and OG (my grandfather).  If you have been, comment "Go Popcorn Zoo!".  Anyway, if you have not been, it's this little animal park where many abused and mistreated animals find a home.  Like Gina and the other tiger housed with her, which were meant to be shot on a regular basis for fun and lived in a dirty trailer.  Or BooBoo, a black bear that had her claws taken out so a petting zoo could offer to take a million photos a day of her being nursed in the lap of tourists.  The list goes on and on.

Anyway, this has been the one zoo I have ever been to where you are allowed to feed the animals!  They sell bags of popcorn which you can feed to all the animals (the tigers do NOT appreciate this!).  They also LET Canada Geese nest and drink water here.  The deer exhibit is amazing.  The whole heard will come up to you and they have an albino one!

We had a great time and went to Rita's afterwards for water ice.  It was SO yummy, as usual.  I got my fave - cherry and mango.  With one of those cute tiny taste tester spoons!  I love those little things.  If you love Rita's comment "Rita'a Rocks!!!".  :-)

I have to show you this hilarious video of the goat we were feeding...tomorrow!  Hahahahhahahahaha!  LOL.

~Noelle~

Thursday, August 7

International BFF's

IF you happen to be...

  • Military
  • Homeschooled
  • Awesome
  • Single Child
  • Tons of siblings
  • A bit crazy
And have an email account, then you could join International BFF's, a fun, easy way to express yourself, find advice, and have a blast with your friends.  Join us!  We are a collection of crazy tween and teen girls who decided they were awesome enough to make a blog (and we are so darn right).  So have some fun!  Come join us (email me to join).

Apps Must-Have

Here's my list of...
Apps you just must have always and forever amen!  Take a look...if you don't have it, you need it.


  1. Minecraft - get the full version.  The "free" version is SO bad...it's such a push-over.
  2. Aviary - a photo editor anyone can use, love and enjoy.
  3. Minion Rush - OMGoodness.  It's a blessing from above, trust me.
I'm also looking into getting a blogger app, which will be helpful because I can post, label, location, schedule, and view...basically, all the stuff I can do on here, except on my iPad.  Plus, I can take a photo, or use a photo already on my iPad (like screenshots and stuff) without the pain of emailing it to myself five photos at a time.

Anyway, that's all for today!

This has been Post #252.

Wednesday, August 6

C4C 2

Like I said yesterday,
I might be making a volunteer program for people who would like to help out with with my company, C4C.  However, back the bus up.  What is C4C you might ask.  Let me just put it this way:

  • You collect caps
  • I spend about two hours of each and every day putting three layers of white paint on those caps, designing them, decorating them, putting a special sealant on them so the paint won't smear, cutting out cap backs from hand-painted used Kureg (is that how you spell it?) boxes, gluing those two things together, then gluing pins and magnets on those %$@^#&*! caps.
  • You buy the caps.
  • Half of that well-earned money goes to those poor shelter animals to help them get a good home, and believe me every penny is worth it.
Sound good?

However, it doesn't have to be quite like that.  If you collect all your caps, and ask your friends to do the same, we could have tons of caps pouring in!  Way more than one person, one busy person, one busy person, say, with two blogs, a dog, a cat, six fish, a desire for two sugar gliders, tons of friends, who is starting school in three weeks, to handle!  So, if you want to
  • Spend more time with friends
  • Channel the inner artist that you're pretty sure you have
  • Give back to your community and enviorment
  • Or make some money while having a good time
Contact me!  Make the subject of your email Paid Volunteer Work Please.  Thank you!

K, I'm outta here.  Bye bye.

Cold Wet and Rainy

I just arrived home from...
A picnic that two hours ago I had no clue about, wet, cold, and sencerly grumpy after the clouds decided to open up over the petting zoo.  The coati was NOT pleased.

Anyway, I'm chilled to the bone, sprinkled all over with wet spots that are totally in the wrong spots and refuse to go away, and very, very grumpy.  On top of that, I have to do chores and piano early today because I have Sod Squad still, even though its CaWnR (Cold and Wet and Rainy - CaWnR, pronounced Cow-Ner).  Grumble grumble grumble.

K, gotta go.  Bye.

Tuesday, August 5

C4C 1

Q&A about C4C:
Q:  What does it stand for?
A:  Caps For a Cause

Q:  What is it?
A:  A thrift shop/charity drive.

Q:  What does it do?
A:  (In order:)

  1. Collects used bottle caps
  2. Hand-paint and decorate them
  3. Resell them
  4. Give half of that money (from the used and hand-painted caps) and give it to an animal shelter so a lost pet can have a home.
Q:  How can I help?
A:  Right now, just donate your bottle caps!  Plastic ones please (from store-bought water bottles, milk and orange juice cartons, etc.)  Put them in a ziplock and give them to me whenever you can.  Thank you for your support and time.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email me!  I might decide to make a paid volunteer work plan but I need your feedback.

Monday, August 4

Earth to Echo; Movie Review

From now on...
...I'm going to do a movie review every time I go to a movie.  In this case, Earth to Echo.

Summary:
Four kids discover an alien that people would give anything for.  Can they save Echo before time runs out?  And if they do...what will it mean for their life and home?

Pro Rating:
PG-13 for action and themes.

Ratings (1-5 stars each):

  • "Deepness" - 4.5 stars (made me cry!)
  • Example for kids - kids run away in the middle of the night alone unsupervised.  Both good and bad sections.  3.5 stars
  • Appropriateness - no "dirty" scenes,  5 stars
  • All in all - 4.3 stars.  An excellent movie!  Go see it!

Saturday, August 2

Stuck on Anna Sui

I absolutely adore Anna Sui.
My cousin Ali got me a design book with some quotes, patterns, and designs from her and ever since then I have LOVED her designs.  Here are some more (continuing on Post "Pinterest Galore")