So for the past while, maybe two weeks, we have been working on an Egypt project in Social Studies on a topic of our choice. First we had to do a one-page essay about our topic, then we had to do a big project also about our topic.

Some of the projects were really cool. There were board games, paper machae models, and some people even brought in Egyptian food that they made. There were many more cool projects brought in. Someone even made their own paper!

The project that I brought in was about education. I drew hieroglyphics on a piece of paper that I made look old my rubbing my pencil to make it look smudged,  and I burnt the edges. Before I drew on it, I dipped the paper in green tea ad let it dry overnight. I thought it looked pretty good, but I didn’t get a very good mark. Oh well. Everyone else did pretty good.

I liked this project because it was fun to do. I hope we do things like this more often because its a little bit of work with the essay, but its fun with the project.

*smotto

Well, I don’t know why I’ve never talked about it before, but the science fair is coming very soon! Well, I guess you could say that it’s already here. Today is Wednesday, and today we are going to the gym to set up our projects. Tomorrow we are being judged on them. Let me tell you a little about my project…

My project is called Stain Away. My partner is Logyn. We are trying to figure out which carpet stain remover works best on coffee, cranberry juice, and soy sauce stains. Do you think we will win? I will update you on who won what probably on Friday.

Funny story, this project actually will help me in daily life. It already has. Here’s the funny part: yesterday, my dog Lucy Rae got into a small bottle of chocolate milk that my brother left on the table and she made a stain on the carpet. I yelled at my brother to get the carpet cleaner and he said which one? So I thought quickly an said Spot Shot! It works best!

Well, silent reading time is just about over, so I better go now. I’ll update you on the science fair on hopefully Friday, maybe Monday.

*smotto

So one of my best friends, Skye, has just got back from a trip to Winnipeg with her mom. Her mom is sick, so she wanted to be with her. Her mom isn’t back yet, but she will hopefully be back soon.

Before she left, me and Katie threw her a little going away party for her at the Diamond Willow. We ‘kidnapped’ her, blindfolded her, and took her into fine dining where tons of people were waiting.

And while I’m writing, i can’t help but mention that Skye is back just in time for some warm weather. it’s warming up from-30 to -10! Hopefully it will stay for longer than we will all probably be expecting. Cross your fingers Snow Lake!

Hopefully I won’t write another blogpost tomorrow, because February is I Love To Read month, and I have to read 2 books by the end of the month and so far I’m done… zero. Oh well. Hopefully the weekend will help me catch up! Which I’m really looking forward to by the way.

Sara

Ok, so this post has more than one meaning to it. Number one: I haven’t written a post about just whatever in FOREVER! Number two: We finally got out ten little Asus laptops in, and they actually work! All of them! They’re pretty good. It’s only our second day with them, so everyone  is rushing to get one.

 That’s what they look like, except they’re all black.

So pretty much the only reason I’m writing a blog post is because of these laptops. I just so happen to be on one now. They’re pretty good and fast. Since I’m writing a blog post, I might as well talk about some upcoming things.

Volleyball is coming back soon, but I’m not sure if I want to go in it. I know my ‘team’ will probably hate me for it, and I should go in it for some excersize, but I don’t really want to. We’ll see.

Well, you haven’t heard much of me about school, because currently we’ve been doing grammar (fun!), percentages i math, playing a game called Children of the Nile, and our french magazines. There’s not really much to tell you about that. We’ve taken a break from TEDTalks for a while.

Well, silent reading is almost over, so I better go. I’ll write later.

Sara