Troupe’s Journal

(July)

Tuesday, July 06, 2004    

      Yesterday I was mowing the yard with my daddy.  Later I unpacked boxes at my daddy’s work.

      Today I raked leaves, did piano, went swimming, umm, and I took my bike for a 2hr. ride.  We read some more Tom Sawyer and we’re almost finished with the book. 

Wednesday, July 7, 2004 

Today I did piano, and had Connor over to play. I rode my bike to take this picture of a Mustang.  Then rode to where we will take the animals tomorrow for shots. On the way home I learned not to get separated. I went swimming and worked on my dives.  And that’s it for today.

Thursday, July 08, 2004

         Today we did a lot of things.  We took the pets to the vet and I Samuel was as mad as he had ever been before.  He was screaming and on a TV it would be like volume 50!  On our way to the vet II Samuel was mad because he was stuck in a box and he peed on Roxie’s purse.  We went back home and I Samuel had calmed down.  I vacuumed out the car while Roxie cleaned out the pee.  We went swimming again. I can stand up to dive now.  We had pizza for lunch and Luke was a very bad boy.  He ate my whole pizza except for one piece!  He got into trouble.  I worked on cursive and for piano I made up a song for some verses in the Bible.  We went shopping today and I did exercises on the bow-flex.  Tonight I hope that Mike and Doreen come to our house. They work at children’s church and I haven’t seen them in a long time.  I hope you had a good.  And my Daddy just got home, so I need to go!

Friday, July 09, 2004 

           Today I we went swimming and we swam with some friends. Adam, who is 4, was talkative and saying, "I can swim now."  I got some new shoes and they fit perfectly!  To find some shoes we walked right up to them. We were at the shoe store for like 10 minutes.  I played play station 2 and I got to the level that I wanted to get to. I am going to play Sega and have some candy, so by for now.                                                                                                                                                              

Saturday, July 10, 2004

      This morning Conner called when I was still sleeping, and I called him right back when Daddy woke me up.  Conner said, “I am coming at 10:00.”  We went swimming, and while we were swimming we raced, dived, and played with water guns. 

I made lunch and then we ate the mac-n-cheese. We played with my hot wheels track and then played play station 2 the rest of the time.  Then I rode with Conner back to his house on our bikes.  The day is not over yet, so when it is over tonight, I’ll start writing some more.  See ya then.  I’m back!  Tonight me and my Dad looked at pictures from Europe from their trip.  We also watched Homeward Bound II. 

Sunday July, 11 2004

        Today we went to church and at church I went to Kids church.  After church we went to Denny's and we waited about 1 hour.  I got Lionel trains and tracks down from the attic so we could make a train track.  We put a plastic sheet out              

in the yard with water so I could slip - slide.  Then I played play station 2 for about 2 hours. 

Monday, July 12, 2004

             Today I went swimming not very long because it was about to rain.  I did my list of things I was suppose to do, like piano, winding the hose up, emptying the dish-washer, wrote a verse in cursive, cashed my check at the bank and wrote it in my ledger.  I played play station II for 3 or 4 hours.  Later on today I’m going to type on “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing”.  I am getting fast with my typing.   

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

        Today I did piano, weight lifting, and went swimming.  We rode our bikes to the library to get a Tom Sawyer movie. I played game-boy advance and emptied the

dish washer plus the cat-liter box. Right now Conner is here and I need to go because we are going to play “Jak 2” and with my hot-wheels ultimate track set.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

          Today we washed the corvette in about 1 hour.  We emptied the shed so we can tare it down. We loaded the stuff in the garage and then we went swimming for a while.  We cleaned the house so that it would be clean when are guest get here on a Friday. I called C.J. to ask him where he was on “Jak and Daxter 2”.  I watched Tom Sawyer and I excitedly watched it and joyfully.  My favorite character is Tom, because I liked that he looks and talks and smiles like my best friend, Conner.  (See the picture above).  I learned how to put my ledger in the computer.  Before that I played Mavis Beacon and it locked up twice on a game.  I need to go eat so I will see you tomorrow.                                        

Thursday, July 15, 2004

         Today I did 4 times tables up to 12’s and got every single one right.  I cleaned my bathroom because the cats made it dirty. I measured and weighed today and I weigh 70 pounds and I am 53 inches tall   We were going to go to Lowes, but we did not have enough time, we also didn’t swim today because it rained earlier than it usually does and I also woke up late.  I went bicycle riding also.  I vacuumed my bed room and did piano.  That’s all for today.  

Friday, July 16, 2004

            Today I mowed the front and back yard with a push lawn mower.  We went swimming and I am still practicing my dive, I am getting better.  I also learned a new way to swim, it is called the inverted breast stroke.  I still prefer my jelly fish stroke.

I emptied the dish washer again and Conner is coming over to spend the night.  While Conner is here some other friends will be here.  I need to make a phone call so I will start writing again tomorrow.

Saturday, July 17, 2004

            Last night we played with Jak 2 until we had to go to bed.  This morning Conner and I slept in and when we woke up we played Jak 2,  Jak and Daxter and Sonic adventure 2. We also played with my ultimate track set for a while. We rode are bikes to Conner’s house to drop him off.  I watched Mr. Clips on TV.  I cleaned my room and took some more of the chimney down.  We did not go swimming but, I rode my bike for 45 minutes and I listen to music while I ride.

Sunday, July 18, 2004

            Yesterday we went to Church and we took our shed down.  Julian a friend of ours came out to help us take the shed down and Roxie and I helped on cleaning up medal and heavy wood.  

 When we were done we went inside and we watched The Adventures of Natty Gann. Then I built a Lionel track and it works. It starts at the top of the stairs, goes in to Roxie’s and Daddy’s room and then ends at the top of the stairs, it also goes around.  My hot-wheels track.  We went for a nature walk with Luke down to the river it was a nice walk.  When we got home we went to bed at 11:20 good night.

Monday, July 19, 2004

            Today we rode are bikes to the library and to the bank.  After that we went to the dump and beat a record emptying the back of the truck loaded with bricks. I played with Lionel for about an hour and worked on it a little bit also.  Then we went swimming and found a dog with a broken rib because he was hit by a car.  The dog was wearing a collar but it had no tag on him.  We also tried to find his owner but there was no hope on that either.  If he is still here tomorrow we are going to put signs out for a lost dog with broken rib.  I think he will find his owner again unless his owner is mean to him. If the dog is still here tomorrow I will for sure tell you about him.  We went for a nature walk with Luke down to the river it was a nice walk.

See you tomorrow.

   Tuesday, July 20, 2004

                  Today we cleaned up bam boo and started building the shed with Julian.  In the morning Mommy called and we had a good talk. We cleaned up bricks and we also gave the lost dog to a friend of ours.  I did cursive too. When I did typing today we learned that the world record for typing is 212.  I can type 14 wam.  My Grandmommy used to type 170 wam. 

      We just now had dinner and it was yummy.  I am now going to ride my bike, I hope it will be a fun ride.  We haven’t done much yet but, later I will write to yall again. The bicycle ride was awesome and I learned 2 tricks they are called the lay down stunt and the stand up stunt.  Then we went inside to watch the video of my stunts.

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

            Today we went to Wal-mart and I bought a water bottle holder and a speedometer for my bike.  At Wal-mart I spent all my money so I am going to have to save up again.  I am going to put the stuff on, on Sunday.  I did 7 songs on the piano and did not go swimming because we had too much stuff to do. I did 6 times tables in cursive and cleaned my bath room again..  I did not do weights because we were lifting heavy pieces of wood for building our new shed out back and it took like 3:00 hours to finish.  I also read a hole book in 20 or 30 minutes. I rote in my ledger what I spent at Wal-mart and I will write again tomorrow. 

Thursday, July 22, 2004

         First I woke up and my alarm went off for one hour until I finally woke up.  I went to bed last night at 8:45, but my daddy and I had a long conversation while he rubbed my back.  So I really didn’t get to sleep till (9 :30 or so.  First I did my times tables in cursive and piano before we went shopping.  We went shopping at Food Lion because the Captain Crunch cereal and Fritos were buy on get one free.  When we got home I made my whole lunch and made some cherry jello for tomorrow’s lunch.      

The we went swimming.  I read a whole other book in just 20 minutes!  Roxie said to tell that it was a second grade chapter reading book.  I did some typing on Mavis Beacon and again it was locked up, but the second time it worked and my adjusted words per minute is still 14 wam.  I also added reps to my weight lifting program.  I keep record of it in Excel.

 Now we are getting ready to go to a birthday party.  It is a swimming party so I get to swim twice today.  I think this is the longest journal writing I have done!   

Friday, July 23, 2004

Today I did piano, I wrote Ephesians 6:15 in cursive and helped some friends work under the house on the electrical.  The cats got out and I will have to get them back in the house.  We went to Home Depot and got some stuff for the shed and under the house.  We went swimming and I am still learning more stokes, I am also getting better with my diving and Luke is learning how to jump off the side of the pool.  After we were done with everything I played some Sega Dreamcast for like an hour and I typed on Mavis Beacon for a while.  For dinner we finished the Jello that I made and Daddy wants me to make some more.  That’s all I did today.        

Saturday, July 24, 2004

Today I went grocery shopping with Daddy and Roxie and they got me a hot wheels car.  It was a Shelby cobra and We were shopping for about 2 hours. 

I found out the longest bridge in the world is in Louisiana and I emptied the dish washer once more.  I tried to watch Flubber but it kept messing up so I could not watch it.  I haven’t done a lot of small stuff but doing a lot of big stuff can make it a short day so that’s all I did today.      

Sunday, July 25, 2004

            Today we went to church and we had chicken legs for lunch.  I rode my bicycle to test my speedometer and it works really good.  Then I went inside and had a drink.  Mommy called and said she did not find my pen or my goggles.  Later I called back and said that my journal is now on the Internet at Troupes dad.  Com.      

I picked up my Lionel track today and that did not take long.  We did a little bit of soccer out side and we went swimming after that.  We had dinner and I tried on some new jeans.   I watched a movie called Poke’mon Mew Two Returns.   Then I came up stairs and started typing to yall.  That’s all I did today.

Monday, July 26, 2004

Today I did piano and cat litter.  We went to the bank and had a bicycle crash on the way.  I did not know that there was a drive through and then a car pulls up and I was going 14 or 16 miles per hour on my bike and could not stop, so I run right smack into the car. My bike didn’t not get dented, but the car I hit was scratched from my bicycle break handle.  Some police men came to help and a fire truck.  They put some stuff on my legs.  (picture below)  and once they left we stayed a little bit until my legs started to feel better and then we went to the bank so that I could cash my check.  On our way back to the house I felt my necklace with a dog tag on it and it was bent and if I wasn’t wearing it the handle bar on my bike could have hurt my chest more.  My dog tag saved my life.  (picture below).  When we got home I had lunch and worked on my Bible verse some more and wrote some cursive some more.  This morning my daddy lost his phone and it took up a long portion of the morning and we did not find but, this after noon we looked in the car and we found it.  Later we are gona go swimming with Roxie’s parents because they are at a hotel here in Jacksonville for tonight.                                                                              

Tuesday, July 27, 2004,

Today I slept in because I had a headache when I woke up at five.  Then we went to Sam’s because we had to pick up the chair for our living room.  Once we got home Roxie’s parents came and we went swimming and did a few dives for them.  I emptied the dish washer again and did piano with Roxie’s parents.  After we ate lunch together I rode my bike to show them my bike stunts.  We went shopping for fish so that we can put them in Roxie’s parent’s pond.  At Wal-mart Mr. Paul, Rosie’s dad bought me a Hershey bar.  I also bought a bicycle seat pad to make the seat softer, and some lights to put on my bicycle wheels.  I did weights for a while but not the sit-ups because my neck hurts.  Conner came over once Rosie’s parents left.  We gave him a late birthday present and he and I have been playing with it.  Conner will spend the night tonight and he is playing the game I gave him while waiting for me while I am typing to ya’ll.  So I gotta go so that we can play some more.  See ya tomorrow.   

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Today Conner and I woke up and played some Jak 2 and the game I gave him for his birthday.  Conner showed me his golf game for his game cube and we played it some.  After we did some of that we played some soccer and Conner had the ball most the time.  (Picture below).  when we were done playing soccer we went inside and played games and we were going to go swimming but Conner could not find his swimming suit.  We had lunch later and when we were done we went back to playing games.  When Conner started to leave his mom found his swimming suit in his bag and once he left I put my cloths away.  Then I emptied the cat litter box and played on the piano.  Next I did cursive and I wanted to tell you that my neck and head ache are felling better and now I am typing to you. That’s all I did today.   

Thursday, July 29, 2004

Today I took the sheets off my bed so we could change them and we went swimming in the morning because it was suppose to rain but it has not rained in a week nearly.     I emptied the dish washer and did weights.  I read for 20 min and wrote some cursive.  I vacuumed my room and down stairs and we rode bikes to the library to drop off some books.  At the library I got five good books.  We went grocery shopping, took a tire to the shop, and we went to get Daddy’s shirts.  The last thing I did is piano and I after lunch.  I went to bed at 10 :30 and that’s all I did today. 

Friday, July 30, 2004

Today I took bamboo out to the front so the trash people could get it and I did cursive.  I did the dishwasher and read a whole book and then we went swimming.  When we were done swimming we had lunch and I made some Jell-O.  Then I did piano and worked on my Africa story.  Daddy came home while we were doing that

and when we were finished I went out side to ride my bike.  Next I came inside to take off my music that I was listening to so I could go practice popping a wheelie.       

Then I started typing to you.  Last some friends came over for dinner and I told them about the crash and they liked the story.  That is all I did today.   

Saturday, July 31, 2004

Today I went to Conner’s house at 8:30 and left at 1:00 or 2:00.  Conner and I played game cube and then we went to play hide and seek with his sister who is named Emily.  Then we had lunch and we had pizza rolls. Next we went up stairs to play mouse trap and then Daddy and Roxie came to pick me up. On the way back home I      rode my bike and Daddy and Roxie followed in the car.  We watched a movie when we got back home and then I played play station.  Last we watched another movie called Ball of Fire and then we went to bed.