More Rocky Beach

Yesterday we took walk on the rocky beach again, and I forgot to mention my "Spaceman Spiff" game in my last entry. Well, The Courageous Spaceman Spiff is this guy that I was pretending to be, and he was tracking the Zoragous Zargs (Mom, Dad, and Ruth) to their headquarters in the last entry. He had to stay hidden by dodging and jumping along the lava islands at the edge of the lava-pit (the tide pools at the edge of the ocean) to avoid getting spotted by the evil gaze of the Zoragous Zargs. this time, I had already tracked the Zoragous Zargs to their headquarters, spied
on them and recorded some information, and I was trying to get back to base. It is really a fun game, especially if you pretend that all water is lava and you have to jump from rock to rock to survive.

The Rocky Beach at Low Tide

We went to that beach I mentioned earlier, and it was really low tide, too. There were some great tide pools, we saw bright purple and orange starfish, chitons, anemones, mussels, a crab, shellfish, and a beautiful sunset.
Chitons are these creatures that don't really move, and if they move at all, they move very slowly. click on the word "Chitons" to go to the Wikipedia article. the Orange starfish we saw was bigger then the purple one, and they seemed to be hugging, sort of. they were on this rock that had so many mussels, you couldn't see any rock.
Mom saw this little crab crawling among the anemones, but Ruth and I didn't spot it in time. Ruth and I like to poke the anemones' tentacles so that they curl up into a tight little cylinder. there were also these teeny tiny shellfish that are fun to pick off the rocks and tap.
There was a GRAND sunset, and with the waves crashing on the rocks, the towering cliffs, and the sun's last rays reflecting on the water, I wished that I had a camera with me, or at least a sketch pad.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy thanksgiving everybody! I hope you all are as thankful as I am this year. Here's a list of a teeny fraction of the things that I'm thankful for:

1.My knowledge of Christ
2.My family
3.That our house didn't burn down
4.Bottomless bags*
5.Food
6.Books
&.Dreams
8.Coffey Cake**
9.The ability to be thankful!

*:I got this little bag at school, and it's surprising how much stuff I can fit in it, so I like to call it a bottomless bag.

**:My mom (or Nana, I'm not sure) is making it right now, and it smells great!

Moving Sandbags

The day before yesterday my grandparents came over and started Thanksgiving-visiting us, and yesterday Papa (That's what Ruth and I call our grandfather on Mom's side) and Dad got a big enormous pickup truck and brought LOTS of sandbags to our neighborhood. Papa rented an excavator and started digging big-ol' diches everywhere to prevent flooding. they also made big walls out of the sandbags; you should have seen it Ruth, Nana, (that's what we call our grandmother on Mom's side) and I were in the pickup truck, Ruth and Nana tying the sandbags, me putting them in reach of people on the ground, and Dad, Papa, and Mom bringing them down the driveway. It was quite an assembly line.

Some Funny Gadgets

As you probably noticed, Ive added some fun little gadgets to my blog, like that survey thing and the reactions. Well, like I said, blogging at school can be a little annoying at times, and David is sitting right next to me pocking me and yelling ANDY'S ON MYSPACE!!, so I think I'll stop.

Riding Bikes to Spanish Church

We just got back from Spanish Church; on or bikes of course, but here's the neat thing: MOM came, too! (On her bike!) O.K., it's not that impressive that we had an 8-mile round trip to church and back, it's just that this is something like the longest ride mom has ever been on. We were pretty proud of her, even though we had to leave early so that we could get there on time.

A Refreshing Bike Ride and a Substitute

We can ride bikes from or new rental house to school, and it's a nice ride, too! Riding bikes from our normal house is easy as long as you just ride there, and Dad tows the bikes back on his Xtracycle, but on the way back it's a very hard climb. Anyway, the ride from the rental house is pretty much all a long, strait, flat bike path along the beach, with one little hill. the sun was about a centimeter up over the horizon when I was riding down the bike path, and it was very pretty. The birds like to hang out (and poop) in this one particular place, and It smells pretty bad. Oh, and we have a substitute, today; Mrs. Larsen again.

Beach Fun and Rental House

Yesterday we went to the beach that we can walk to from our new rental house, and it is the rockiest beach I have ever been to. It was almost completely high tide; completely high tide meaning the bottom few steps that lead down to the beach being underwater at all times. Those bottom few steps are made out of solid concrete, yet they are eroded so much that it seems like they were meant to be some kind of crude ramp.
We walked down the stretch of rocks and sand that was above water for a little ways, until we got to this rock formation that was right on the brink of the waves. Mom sat on a slightly chair-shaped rock that was more away from the water and read her book. Ruth and I went to play on the semi-underwater rocks.
We had a great time, collecting interesting rocks, shells, bones, skeletons,and seaweed, storing them up on a tall rock that was sort-of an island. We also explored the tide pools that were just forming, by that I mean that if you wade quickly out and climb up on one of them with the correct timing, you might make it without getting knocked off your feet by an oncoming wave.
Our favorite tide pool rock was this very pretty one that was almost always a few inches underwater, and whenever a wave came, it would get covered by an extra layer of foam, which tickles your feet. All in all I'm exited that there is such an entertaining beach that we can walk to from or rental house, because I am still looking for things to do over here.

Fire, Fire, Fire

Well, these days there's not much to write about, unless you count driving around and talking to insurance agents, and I don't. I'll have some more pictures soon, maybe.

School

It's "air quality warning day" today, so we're not allowed to be outside for recess and for some unknown reason. The computer that I'm using right now has a little sticker on it that says "AZTEC", and I think- Ops!; End of recess=end of post.

Fire and Staying at a Friend's House

As you probably know, there was a fire up in my neighborhood, and it burned 14 houses, but thankfully not ours. It was interesting, because or neighbors' houses on both sides of us were burned by the fire. We're staying with friends from Spanish Church. (And actually the dad is the pastor!) It's a very, well.. active house, with a 3-year-old (Elias) and a well-trained but energetic dog (Boomer).

So that's our house in the background, and the front of the picture is of or neighbors' house, with the ruins of Sammy's bunk bed in the bottom left-hand corner.

Poison Oak

I got some really bad poison oak yesterday, so my posts won't be very long for a while; sorry.

A Day at the Beach

OK, maybe not a day, but about three and a half hours, or something like that. It was grand!! Ruth and I didn't catch any good waves for the first hour or so, therefore our sandcastle spirits were aroused. I played a game where I would make a sandcastle really close to the water, and then I would make it bigger and bigger until the tide came in and start washing it away. then I would make a long, thin stretch of sandcastle that would provide an evacuation route for the sandcastle people who lived in my sandcastle. After I completed my evacuation route I would start making a sand castle connected to it that would be bigger than the sandcastle that was, at that moment, getting washed away by the waves. I actually ended up doing that sequence all over again when the tide rose some more. After about 2 hours had past since we arrived at the beach, and a double tornado/meteor shower had destroyed Sandcastle III, Ruth and I caught some waves. the water wasn't actually that cold. (With wet suits on, of course.)

Some Funny Cartoons I Found

For this one you have to know your history a little; if you have questions just comment.
Pavlov Dog Cartoon

Are you a fan of Microsoft?

It's ironic that I should put this on my blog.

BOO TO LIBERAL PRESIDENTS!!!

School

Some of the kids at my school can be very strange sometimes. One of the reasons I don't like posting during my free time over here is that the moment my fingers touch the keyboard kids like David will start shouting at the top of thei lungs "ANDY'S ON MYSPACE" even though the shcool fiter blocks it.

Sunset

REALLY great sunset today, don't you think?

New Blog on the List

This post has been removed due to the picky household dictator; Mom-Lady.

Happy November!

I hope all you readers out there are having a good start of the month. As far as the weather goes, it's been nice around here; we've been getting some nicer temperatures, a few light rains, and a few strong breezes. School has been pretty good on average this year, and for this month (only today so far) the average, I'd say, was better then the yearly one, or maybe about the same. Well, I'm off to play in some leaves, so that's all for now.