Blog #6 Seperated Parents - Brittany Fulcher

Hey guys! I couldn’t really thing of anything I could write a blog over, and I really needed to do one. So I chose to write these 350 words over my parents being separated. Some of you may be able to relate to this, whether it was recent, when you were younger, or at a time you couldn’t remember. If you haven’t went through this experience, I hope it’s better that way. My parents tried so hard to stay together, I know they did. Mom always said she thought about leaving before my sister and I even came along. It happened when I was six. Mom moved to Lake City with my sister and I, while my older brothers stayed with my Dad in Rison. I still don’t know if it was worse being four hours away from my dad or my brothers. Over the years my parents were about, it taught me a lesson. Nothing in this world is made to last no matter how hard you try to make it that way. My parents had a good first few years and then it turned into “I’m doing it for the kids.” Eventually that excuse wasn’t even good enough anymore. It has taught me that I can’t be depend on anyone. My mom had to work hard as a single parent to support us, just like my Dad did for the boys. I love my parents equally. I used to hate them for breaking apart our family, but now I believe it made us stronger. Both my parents became independent and strong. My bond with my siblings grew stronger with it. At least in my opinion it did. I think my parents seperating had to be a great thing in my life. I became more independent because I learned that every time you need someone, they might not be there. Whenever I want to hug my Dad, 98% of the time he isn’t there, but I have learned to cope with just hearing his voice on the phone. It brought me to Lake City, and I actually love it. I grew up with a better school and education. Trust me, Rison is worse. I made life long friends, like Lexi B, Kaitlyn, Hailey, and Teressa. Also I have more opportunities. It wasn’t the best thing for my family at the time, but as the years pass, I think that it was the best thing.

—Brittany Fulcher :)

Blog 4 by Eli G

My summer so far has been alright. I hope everyone else's has been a little more action packed. All mine has consisted of so far is basically working on a stupid pool, sitting around, and applying for a job. The pool working part has probably been the most action packed part of my summer. I've also just been watching the Texas Rangers and NASCAR. We were supposed to go on vacation sometime this summer but that's not happening anymore. My brother, his wife, and her family are going on vacation this weekend but we didn't get an invite to go with them. I have no idea why. Whatever though. They're just going to St. Louis. If I go anywhere it's not going to be up north. I'm just waiting for a call back so I can have a job. Until then I'm just gonna chill and watch the Rangers and NASCAR.

Hailey’s blog #3

I have family all over the country and with my great grandfather passing away it brought a lot of them down. However, the fun and crazy one that my whole family loves is my great aunt Joyce. She has two kids that she adopted. The oldest is Lee and he is in band and enjoys the outdoors and the youngest is Zoe and she loves doing girly things. Zoe loves to get her nails done and have her hair fixed. She is African American, so she can do all kinds of things to her hair. My aunt Joyce is married, but her husband doesn’t come around our family a lot. She is a true believer that everything is bigger in Texas. She drives a Ford truck that has body lifts along with enormous tires. She has a light bar and pod lights on it and it is hilarious watching her trying to get in it. She uses a step ladder to get in, because she can’t step in to the truck. Anyway, about three days before my great grandfather died, my aunt Joyce and my family were sitting outside at my great grandmother’s house. She was talking about her husband’s brother and their dogs. She was trying to describe the dogs to us and she was saying that it was used to attack lions then she said that it might be used to attack elephants. At this time she had all of us confused so we started to look up dogs that might have the same description. My dad pulls up a Bullmastiff and Joyce goes crazy saying that that is the dog. Then we all start laughing, because she was so terrified of this dog that was harmless. It was so funny. I’m pretty sure that I will never forget that memory. I love my aunt Joyce and how much fun she is, but she lives in Texas and I barely get to see her.

Hailey Carr’s blog post 2

I hope everyone is having a good summer and having lots of fun with their friends. My summer hasn’t been to fun. First it started off with me playing in Jonesboro. My summer was great for a couple of weeks. I was having fun and hanging out with my friends. Then my great grandfather became sick. My great grandfather was an 80 year old man that might have weighed 90 pounds and when he got a cold it took almost a month for him to get over it. So, all my family knew there was a chance that he wouldn’t get over pneumonia. It didn’t help that he also had COPD which is a lung disease that affects your breathing. So with pneumonia and the COPD, it made it super hard for him to breath. I spent about two weeks going up to the hospital everyday and spending about 6 hours there and just talking to my great grandfather. He told me all kinds of stories. The stories were mostly about gold and the donuts that he use to make. Then he started getting better, so we left to go to Little Rock for a tournament. My mother faced time him for a little while and then on Sunday, he passed away.  Everyone was upset and all of our family came down from all over the world. We had the funeral and everything went well. However, that’s not the only thing that has happened in my summer so far. My air conditioner in my car went out. Then my mother hit a beaver on the highway and totaled her car. So my family is now sharing two cars between four different people that have places to go. However, the body shop is supposed to be done with my mother’s car by Friday. Then my dad and Hayden are going to fix my car in a week or two. So everything will be fine, and then maybe I will be able to henjoy the rest of my summer. Hopefully nothing else will happen to my family in the rest of summer.

Blog #5 - Having Older Brothers - Brittany Fulcher

I was blessed with two older brothers, Ryan and Josh. I am not sure if it was a complete blessing though, but I would not want it any other way. Ryan is eight years older than me, and Josh is six years older. Having older siblings gave me someone to look up to other than parents, people on tv, or other inspirational people. Not everything they do is inspiring or good, but it helped shape my personality and some of the things I like. Ryan is one of the reasons I knew Transformers or any super hero movie really existed when I was younger. It wasn’t my thing to watch or care about, but I listen to him when talking about it. He is one of the reasons I have decent listening skills whether I like the topic or not. Josh, on the other hand, some of his influences are kind of, out of the ordinary to me. Especially being a girl. As long as I remember, Josh watched WWE. He played the games, owned the action figure things, rings, and probably more. The boy even made a homemade ring by flipping the tramploline over. You can probably guess my Dad was not happy with that one. Growing up, I tried acting just like him. I would play WWE on any game console, practice moves seen on TV either on him or Tiffany. Heck, when I’m mad, I still play WWE on my Xbox. It’s a good way to release anger. Josh is also a reason I speak up for myself because he does the same. He does not let anyone talk down to him. He speaks his mind about things and I’m slowly learning to do the same. I have learned several other things from both of my brothers, but I feel like I have went on long enough. Both my brothers inspire me daily without realizing that and I love them for it, even it Josh used to try wrestling moves he seen on me. It all worked out and I could not be happier to have older siblings.

Brittany Fulcher :)

Lexi B’s Blog #4

Hi, my name’s Lexi, and I have a shopping addiction. I seriously bought two different dresses for the same event.. haha why do I do this to myself? My mom doesn’t know I bought the second dress. I hope she’s not too disappointed, because it wasn’t my intention to buy the second dress; it just happened. So picture this: I’m walking down the aisles of Target looking for a salesperson to help me find a flower vase. I walk past the women’s dressing rooms, and I spotted the good ole sales rack. On this rack hung the prettiest yellow dress I had ever seen. It was a wrap, midi dress. It was yellow with a white pattern (it’s either flowers or cottton I haven’t decided yet). I took it to the dressing room and it fit like it was made just for me. I mean this dress was beautiful and on sale! It was my destiny to walk past the sales rack. I really don’t think I’m gonna tell my mom I bought this dress. When we get ready for the event, I’m just gonna pretend like I’ve owned the dress for years. She’ll probably know I’m bluffing, though. In all fairness, she has known me my entire life and knows all my tricks. So, y’all pray for me next weekend when my mom sees my dress. One of two scenarios will happen: either she will really like it or she will be really disappointed. We’ll be in Oklahoma at the time. I may or may not come back. It just depends on how fed up Mom is with my spending habits. If I don’t make another blog after this, just know I am living with my grandma in Oklahoma. I have probably bought a pair of cowboy boots and started working on the farm. Life is okay, but it would be better if I was in Arkansas.

P.s.: I’m totally kidding about Mom leaving me in Oklahoma. She loves me a lot and she has the same spending habits I do, so she can’t be too mad. Love you, mama!!

KT Blog 4: The Eighth Guard

- Book Name: The Eighth Guardian (Annum Guard Book One)

- Author: Meredith McCardle

- Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Time-Travel, Mystery.

- Description: (CAUTION! I'm kind of a spoiler. Some of the summary might be spoilers, I'll try not to, but I sometimes just put it there without realizing that it's a potential spoiler, but I'll try my best to not spoil too much while still telling a lot about the story) Since we got that out of the way, let's go!

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Amanda Oberman (Code name: Iris) is in her junior year at the Peel Academy. Peel Academy is is a government training school, where about 90% of the students end-up going into CIA, and the other 10% going into other branches of the government. To decide what branch you're going into, juniors and seniors are put into many situations and challenges, referred to as Testing Day. Testing Day is practically like a regular schools end of the year test and graduation, except there's no diploma. You get handed the governmental branch you're headed into, and that's it.

No Junior has graduated on Testing Day in decades, so no would expect Amanda to be graduating on Testing Day, but she's got a sinking feeling. So when her name gets called to collect her letter that will tell her what she's doing for the rest of her life, it's not what she was expecting.

Annum Guard is a secret organization in the government that only a selected few know about. They take care of problems by time-traveling and altering the past. And Amanda’s their unwanted newest member. Annum Guard only consists of seven members, and Amanda is the guinea pig to test if they can add more members. Cut off from loved ones and forced to take on a new identity, she'll have to prove herself to stay in Annum Guard, or be sent off to an eternity of isolation where no one will believe her stories of time travel and the government can keep a close eye on her. But Annum Guard is hiding a web of lies, and she wont stop until she uncovers them all.

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I liked this book, and the way the author explains time-travel is very interesting and easy to understand. I would recommend to anyone who likes mystery and time-travel.

~Katie Towery