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Rachel's Diary
Day 78
January 1, 2009
Dear Diary, Okay, there is definitely no place better to have New Year's Eve than down in Times Square! Especially when we got to see the Jonas Brothers perform live! That was pretty neat. It was crazy busy with so many people packed around you almost couldn't breathe, but I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else!
Day 77
December 30, 2008
Dear Diary, Ice skating didn't last quite as long as I thought it would because we were absolutely freezing! And then it started snowing so hard you could hardly see where you were skating. I think I like it better when there's only a few pretty snowflakes falling, not when it feels like the clouds are dumping wet snow on you! That's part of the reason I started karate, you can do it all year long no matter what the weather is like-
Day 76
December 29, 2008
Dear Diary, This last week went by so fast! Today I'm going ice skating with Savannah at Wollman Rink. I'm going to wear my new blue hat and scarf I got for Hanukkah. We'll probably skate all day, or at least until we're too tired to skate anymore!
Day 75
December 21, 2008
Dear Diary, Today is an important day in my family. It is the first night of Hanukkah. Each night for the next eight days we will light a candle on our menorah. This year my dad said I can light the first one. Each night we spend as a family doing something special. We have cooking night, art night, and of course movie night!
Day 74
December 15, 2008
Dear Diary, Tyler's grades weren't sooo bad, but he did get a couple "C"'s. I made honor roll! Tyler told our parents that he's okay with getting "C"'s, but they didn't quite see it that way. He kept saying something about being an average student, and that's an average grade...blah, blah, blah...Well, if he doesn't pull up his grades soon, he won't be going to karate for much longer. That would be sad, I like that Tyler and I can spar in class.
Day 73
December 7, 2008
Dear Diary, I think Tyler is going to be in trouble. He told me to not say anything to our parents about getting our report cards tomorrow. That makes no sense. They're going to find out anyway when I come home with mine, and Tyler doesn't. I'm not worried about my grades too much, usually I get A's and B's. I'll find out tomorrow...
Day 72
December 1, 2008
Dear Diary, I feel kind of bad. I don't know why, but I've been pretty grumpy today. Well, I guess it actually started when I got home from school. The second I got in the door, my mom was already nagging me about leaving my hooded sweatshirt at school. I didn't mean to leave it, I just forgot. Well, then she starts telling me that it's a brand new sweathsirt, and how I need to be responsible for my stuff, and so on. I guess a sweatshirt isn't really worth being grumpy about, is it? I just better remember it tomorrow!
Day 71
November 16, 2008
Dear Diary, I just love the city in the fall! We went out walking around, looking at all the holiday decorations. They're so beautiful. All the department stores look so different this time of year. I actually didn't mind the shopping so much today. Did I really just say that? I usually hate shopping! Oh well, pretty soon it will be time for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. I think some people must get there the night before to get such good seats!
Day 70
November 12, 2008
Dear Diary, Snickers must be over whatever was making him not feel good the other day. Now he's back to running all around. Savannah and I took him outside to play and he chased us all around. He LOVES chasing the tennis ball when you throw it for him. Snickers is very good at playing fetch. I'm just glad my dog is feeling better.
Day 69
November 9, 2008
Dear Diary, Snickers must not be feeling good today. His nose is warm and very dry. Usually it's cold and wet. He has also been sleeping a lot lately. Can dogs really get colds? I should look it up on the internet. Poor thing!
Day 68
November 8, 2008
Dear Diary, Tyler and I actually went to family hour today for karate. He's getting pretty good already. It's always fun when our instructor matches us up together for sparring. Sometimes I have a hard time not laughing because Tyler's face looks so serious. The more I try to not laugh and be serious, the harder I laugh!
Day 67
November 6, 2008
Dear Diary, Our class is putting on a Thanksgiving play in a few weeks. We're already talking about costumes and scenery and all that fun stuff. I hope I get to be a turkey. They don't have any lines to memorize, they just have to say "gobble, gobble". Mr. Haley said he'll tell us in a couple days who is going to be what. I just can't believe that it's almost Thanksgiving already.
Day 66
November 3, 2008
Dear Diary, I had to go through mass amounts of shopping this weekend, so I'm glad to be back in school again today. Dad wanted to hit all the after Halloween sales and stock up on decorations and everything for next year. Of course, everyone else in the state of New York had the same idea! My dad just loves adding to his Halloween decorations every year. How many more skeletons and tombstone markers can he possibly need? He cracks me up!
Day 65
October 29, 2008
Dear Diary, We finally made it to the pumpkin patch. Dad didn't want to go too early, he was afraid they would rot. I was worried all the good ones would be gone, but they had a whole field of them. We had so much fun, and ate lots of doughnuts, can't break tradition. Now tonight we'll carve them after dinner, what a mess that is.
Day 64
October 27, 2008
Dear Diary, Savannah invited me to go shopping with her and her mom this weekend, but I told her no thanks. I love hanging out with Savannah, but the one thing we disagree on is shopping. Savannah loves going to the mall, I avoid it like the plague. But, I guess you can't be the same on everything. Savannah doesn't understand why I like karate so much either!
Day 63
October 23, 2008
Dear Diary, We're going over to Aunt Jody's house tomorrow. I haven't seen Kaleb in a long time, so that should be fun. I know Friday night is usually movie night, but Dad said we'll do it Saturday night instead. Better go, I promised Mom I'd help her make chcoclate chip cookie bars with frosting. Yum, yum!
Day 62
October 21, 2008
Dear Diary, A boy in my class named Michael has the dog who won the "Honorable Hound" at the masquerade contest.. That's so neat! He said he won $250! I had no idea that Michael even had a dog. Maybe next year I will enter one of my dogs. We'll see.
Day 61
October 20, 2008
Dear Diary, What a fun weekend! I went with Savannah's family to the "Dog Day Masquerade" at Times Square. All these cute dogs were dressed in costumes trying to win prizes. But the event is really about trying to help dogs get adopted and find homes. I wish I could have entered Snickers and Boo. I think my dogs are the cutest!
Day 60
October 14, 2008
Dear Diary, Miss Michelle brought in a really cool music mix for our dance class today. It was kind of funky music, not the kind I usually listen to, but I liked it! She really had us working hard tonight, I'm exhausted. I think I'm going to take my shower and go to bed-
Day 59
October 9, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm so excited that Halloween is almost here! My favorite part is going to the pumpkin patch for our pumpkins. We always drink apple cider and eat donuts while we're there. Dad says we have to wait a little bit longer though before we can get our pumpkins. Otherwise, they might go bad before Halloween is even here. That would be bad.
Day 58
October 6, 2008
Dear Diary, Movies on the lawn was pretty fun. It was a movie I had seen before, but that's okay. It was cool just being outside for a movie. The weather was beautiful too. I ate a whole box of sour candy, and my tongue was sore afterwards. Oops!
Day 57
October 3, 2008
Dear Diary, Since Friday night is movie night, we decided to do something different. Tonight we're going to movies on the lawn. You can go to this park where they show movies on a big screen right in the middle of the park. All you have to bring is your blankets and snacks. I think it will be fun!
Day 56
October 1, 2008
Dear Diary, My brother Tyler has been doing karate for a few weeks now, and he's starting to get much better. At home I help him practice his forms. There's a lot to remember! We have 30 forms for this style. He seems to like that I help him, and we've actually been getting along pretty good.
Day 55
September 30, 2008
Dear Diary, Can you believe that tomorrow is already October? Time goes by so fast once school starts. And October means that Wollman Skating Rink will be opening soon! Savannah and I love to go iceskating! It seems like forever since the last time we skated there. I have rollerskates to use outside my house, but it's just not the same. Time to go to dance class...
Day 54
September 26, 2008
Dear Diary, I had to bring an apple into school because our class made applesauce. Mr. Haley said since it's fall now that we should do something fun to celebrate. I'd never had homemade applesauce before, but it was pretty good. Not as sweet as the other kind you buy in the store, but we added cinnamon. I actually liked eating it when it was still warm. Maybe we could make our own applesauce at home sometime, it really wasn't that hard.
Day 53
September 23, 2008
Dear Diary, Our karate instructor really made us work today. My arms are so sore after practicing with the nunchaku. We don't use the real wooden ones, these are foam attached to the chain. My favorite move is the helicopter. It's kind of complicated, but basically you spin around and whip the nunchaku around over your head. Our nunchaku are used for performance, not for fighting.
Day 52
September 22, 2008
Dear Diary, Mr. Haley said today is the first day of fall. It doesn't feel any different to me today than it did yesterday. But I know that pretty soon it will be getting cold out, and then comes the snow! I love snow! Well, except I don't like shoveling it off the sidewalk in front of our house. Other than that, it's a lot of fun!
Day 51
September 18, 2008
Dear Diary, Why is it that parents lock themselves in the bathroom to read? Or at least my parents both do. Mom says the only quiet time she gets to herself is to read in the bathroom. It just seems a little strange. When I'm an adult, that won't be me.
Day 50
September 13, 2008
Dear Diary, My plan to bribe my brother from picking Star Wars last night didn't work. My dad wasn't really helping either since he wanted to watch it for the millionth time too. I guess it can't be the movies I love all the time, that's the whole point in taking turns picking movies. But this next Friday is my turn, and you can bet I won't be picking anything with Yoda or Luke Skywalker in it.
Day 49
September 12, 2008
Dear Diary, Friday night is movie night in our house. It's Tyler's pick this week. He says he's going to pick Star Wars. He always wants to watch Star Wars. It's not like he hasn't already seen it a million times! Maybe he'll change his mind. I'm thinking of offering him my allowance for this week if we can watch something else. There's an idea!
Day 48
September 10, 2008
Dear Diary, It's amazing how taking out that one activity, piano, has added so much time for me to spend with my family and Snickers and Boo, and my friends. Piano lessons were once a week, but then I also had to practice on my own. I really think it was the right decision for me. I know my parents let me decide, but I think they're secretly relieved. Dad seemed worried that I was taking on too much. I think I'm going to take Snickers and Boo outside to play.
Day 47
September 6, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm not sure I even told you about school. I still go to the same private school in the city. Savannah isn't in my class this year, but we can still see each other in lunch and gym. Other than that it really doesn't seem that different. My teacher is still Mr. Haley. They decided to loop all the teachers with their classes for this year. Next year I guess I'll have a new teacher. That's okay though, I really like Mr. Haley. He pushes us hard to learn, but he makes it really fun. We always play these cool games and do fun projects where you don't even realize you're learning, but you are!
Day 46
September 3, 2008
Dear Diary, You know how I just love shopping. Not much. Mom tricked me today. She picked me up from school and then decided to tell me we were going shopping for school clothes. By then I had no choice since I was already trapped in the car. It was okay I guess. We did find a few things since the weather will be getting colder soon. I really needed a new winter jacket. Hopefully that'll be the last shopping trip for a while.
Day 45
August 31, 2008
Dear Diary, I was a little nervous about Mom actually calling Mrs. Oliver about me dropping piano. Not that I was going to change my mind or anything. I just didn't want to offend Mrs. Oliver. My quitting piano has nothing to do with her, it was my own personal choice. But Mom said that Mrs. Oliver was very understanding and didn't seem bothered at all.
Day 44
August 30, 2008
Dear Diary, My parents had left the decision up to me about whether or not to keep doing dance, karate, and piano. Now that I'm going to give up piano I feel so relieved. That way I'll be able to focus myself on only two things besides school. I was starting to feel like I was spreading myself a little thin. I like being busy, but not crazy busy. Mom says she'll call my piano teacher tomorrow.
Day 43
August 26, 2008
Dear Diary, Why does it feel like we're the only state that hasn't started school yet? They might as well start it earlier knowing we'll have to add on snow days at the end of the year anyway. We start the day after Labor Day. I told my parents that once school starts, I want to quit piano. At first they were really surprised. But once I told them I just feel too busy and don't like it as much as I used to, they understood.
Day 42
August 22, 2008
Dear Diary, Thank goodness Kaleb is going to be okay. I guess he has a slight concussion from falling in the tub. Poor thing! Aunt Jody said he'll be okay, he just has to take it easy for now. Then he'll go back in another week to get it checked again. How scarey that must have been for them.
Day 41
August 19, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm kind of worried about my little cousin Kaleb. My Aunt Jody just called crying and upset saying they were taking Kaleb to the hospital in a helicopter. Apparently he had fallen in the bathtub last night and chipped his teeth. They thought he was fine, but this morning he woke up and was acting strange. I hope Kaleb will be alright, he's such a sweet little boy.
Day 40
August 16, 2008
Dear Diary, My brother Tyler has decided he wants to try karate. He has never done it before. We won't be in the same class since he'll be a white belt and I'm a black belt. I think it's kind of funny that I know something he doesn't know and yet he's my big brother. This should be interesting.
Day 39
August 12, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm so excited that the Olympics have started! I love watching swimming and the track and field. Right now karate is not part of the Olympics. They have judo and taekwondo, but not karate. There is actually a difference between them. Karate has more complex moves that use more hand and arm movements. Supposedly karate might be added for the 2012 Olympics. I hope so!
Day 38
August 9, 2008
Dear Diary, It's not fair. Tyler never has to help clean up the kitchen. Every night I have to help Mom do the dishes. Tyler takes out the garbage. Okay that's only two days a week. And we eat dinner seven days a week. Quite a difference if you ask me. I'm not saying I shouldn't have to help in the kitchen. I just want things to be fair.
Day 37
August 5, 2008
Dear Diary, At first I didn't know if I liked Miss Michelle our new dance teacher. Now that I've had a few classes with her I really like her. She has trained with some really amazing dancers and has even done dancing in a few broadway shows. She's tough and pushes us really hard, but she means well. I think she really wants us to learn all that we can.
Day 36
August 3, 2008
Dear Diary, Yesterday's balloon ride over Central park was amazing! Tyler took so long getting ready we almost missed it. We were running through the park to make it there by 7:00am. I was a little scared at first, but once we got up in the air it was really cool. I can't believe how far you can see up there.
Day 35
July 30, 2008
Dear Diary, This time of year they always have balloon rides in central park. We're going to go this weekend. The only bad part is having to get up at five in the morning to get there. The rides start at 7:00am. Mom and I have always watched Dad and Tyler go up in the balloons. This year I want to try.
Day 34
July 27, 2008
Dear Diary, My karate instructor has asked me to decide which way I want my training to go. After you have a black belt you usually work towards leadership or competition. My instructor thinks I should build my leadership. This would mean taking a more active role in class and training to be an assistant. I have to think about it because I also love to compete.
Day 33
July 25, 2008
Dear Diary, Tonight is Mom's turn to pick the movie. She always ends up renting some sappy romantic comedy movie like "Sleepless in Seattle". They're okay, but she always cries while we're watching it. Which always makes Dad and Tyler laugh. They tease her about it. Mom is a good sport though. She knows she's a wreck for those kinds of movies.
Day 32
July 20, 2008
Dear Diary, On second thought, Mom and Dad should go away on their own and leave me at Savannah's house more often! We had a lot of fun together. We baked cookies and danced to music. I even tried to teach Savannah how to play the piano using her keyboard. She did pretty well for her first try.
Day 31
July 17, 2008
Dear Diary, I can't believe my parents are taking a trip without us! Tyler is going to a friend's house for the weekend. I get to stay with Savannah's family. I know I'll have fun with my friend, but I still wish we could go with them. Dad said we can go to Vegas with them when we get older. Then he said something about moms and dads needing their time alone too.
Day 30
July 13, 2008
Dear Diary, We took Snickers and Boo to the groomer today. They look so adorable now with their hair all trimmed short. I can actually see their eyes now. And they have these cute little bows in their hair. Tyler hates the bows, but I think they're adorable.
Day 29
July 11, 2008
Dear Diary, Tonight is family movie night. It's my pick this week, and I want to watch something funny. Not sure what yet. Maybe Aquamarine? Tyler always moans when I pick a girl movie. He would watch Star Wars every week if he could. I love that we take turns choosing the movies we watch.
Day 28
July 7, 2008
Dear Diary, I haven't been practicing my piano as much the last couple months, and my teacher noticed. I still take lessons, but haven't been playing on my own as much. Mrs. Oliver, my teacher, says if I want to be serious about getting better, then I have to practice. I do want to get better, but it's hard sometimes to have time with karate and dance practice too.
Day 27
July 5, 2008
Dear Diary, My family had a good time in the city last night for the fourth of July. We laughed a lot. My big brother Tyler was threatening to enter the hotdog eating contest because he knows I can't stand it. Thankfully, he was kidding. How gross!
Day 26
July 2, 2008
Dear Diary, July 4th in New York City is the best place to be. There's all the awesome fireworks and music concerts. Usually we just spend the whole day in the city. The only part I love to miss is the big hotdog eating contest they have at Coney Island. A couple years ago we were there for the disgusting eating contest, and I thought I was going to get sick. Hopefully we'll miss it again this year.
Day 25
June 29, 2008
Dear Diary, Sundays are such nice lazy days around our house. Everybody stays in their pajamas until lunch time. I know that sounds strange, but it's so comfy! Sometimes it's nice to not have to rush off to be somewhere by a certain time.
Day 24
June 27, 2008
Dear Diary, Tonight is usually movie night in our house. Instead, we're going to do movie night tomorrow. Tonight I have a karate belt test. I'm trying to get my second degree black belt. Afterwards, I think we're going to eat at the pizza place that's right next door.
Day 23
June 23, 2008
Dear Diary, My puppy Boo has been up to his old tricks again. Today I found him digging tissues out of the bathroom garbage can. He was dropping them all over the house. Boo would rather chew anything other than his own toys. He's such a goofy little dog, but I do love him. He's also very sweet and lets me hold him as long as I want to.
Day 22
June 22, 2008
Dear Diary, This morning I went to the dance studio. We have a new teacher. Her name is Miss Michelle. She'll be teaching our ballet class. She's not that different from our old teacher. But she makes us do a really long warm-up. Warm-ups are so boring though. I'd rather just get to the dancing. But Miss Michelle says you have to warm-up so you don't hurt your muscles and also get more flexible. I still say it's boring though.
Day 21
June 19, 2008
Dear Diary, Tyler my brother must be bored since there's no school. He's been following me around all day. Even when I was on the computer, he was on the rug behind me yapping in my ear. I'm not even sure what he was talking about, he just kept talking and talking and talking. Mom says he's just trying to be a good big brother. Whatever.
Day 20
June 16, 2008
Dear Diary, Okay, so I admitted to my dad that I accidentally put a hole in the wall of our office. Well, I kind of told him. I said "What would happen to someone if they made a mistake and opened the door too hard putting a hole in the wall?" He pretty much figured out the rest after that. Dad said he was proud that I told him the truth and didn't try to hide it. So after dinner I'm going to help him patch the wall. Whew! Thank goodness I'm not in trouble for it!
Day 19
June 14, 2008
Dear Diary, I am gonna be in so much trouble! Today I accidentally opened the office door too hard, and now there's a hole in the wall behind the door where the doorknob hit it. My parents are gonna freak out! It was an accident, but I don't want to tell them. Maybe they won't see it. Maybe They'll think Tyler did it. But that wouldn't be fair to blame him. I'll tell them later.
Day 18
June 9, 2008
Dear Diary, You know, sometimes it's hard being shy. This afternoon one of my brother Tyler's friends came over. I was sitting in the kitchen eating an apple, minding my own business. Then his friend said to me "Don't you ever talk?" My face just turned red and I left the room. If I don't know somebody very well, I just stay quiet. Is that so wrong?
Day 17
June 5, 2008
Dear Diary, This morning before school we found a lost dog in front of our house. The poor thing was just standing there shaking and barking. My brother Tyler and our dad got some of Snicker's dog treats and the dog followed them into the garage. Then they were able to put a leash on him and read his dog tags. When they called the owner she was so happy we found him that she was crying. I think I would cry too if I lost Snickers or Boo.
Day 16
June 3, 2008
Dear Diary, Karate class was hard today. We did sparring. That's when you and an opponent have a pretend match. It's supposed to help us get ready for competitions. It's fun, but very tiring! My instructor said I did pretty well today, but that I need to be more confident. It's not easy remembering all your blocks and kicks. But I've only been doing karate a couple years and I'm already a black belt.
Day 15
May 31, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm going over to Savannah's house today to play. I need to get away from my brother Tyler. I know he's my big brother and all, but sometimes he annoys me. Like when I'm trying to practice my piano playing, and he keeps peeking around the wall making goofy faces. Savannah's brother is away at college, so there's no one there to bother us. I wonder what we're going to do at her house. Sometimes we listen to music or play board games. Whatever we do together, we always have fun.
Day 14
May 30, 2008
Dear Diary, While we were all out of the house today, one of our dogs chewed all my moms nice shoes in her closet. I think she said it was seven pairs of shoes! We think it was Boo, our yorkiepoo puppy. She's a bit mischievous. We also have an older labradoodle named Snickers. Snickers doesn't usually get into much trouble, but you never know. My mom was not very happy!
Day 13
May 27, 2008
Dear Diary, My parents have decided that I might be too busy. I take dance, karate, and piano. They said that I may have to make a choice and drop one of my activities before summer is over. I like being busy, but sometimes it's hard to have time to see my friends or my family. Some days I feel like I hardly have time to pet my dogs! I guess I'll have to wait and see what they say.
Day 12
May 25, 2008
Dear Diary, I went with Savannah's family to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My favorite is Monet's Water Lilies. It is such a beautiful painting. I love all the different colors. We spent the whole afternoon there, just walking around to see everything. I think you could get lost in the museum, it's so big! After the museum we went out for pizza!
Day 11
May 23, 2008
Dear Diary, Yeah! We're all done with our testing! Our teacher said we get to have an icecream party tomorrow at the end of the day to celebrate our hard work. I hope she has chocolate, that's my favorite. Chocolate with pieces of fudge in it.
Day 10
May 19, 2008
Dear Diary, I had fun this weekend doing pretty much nothing, except hanging out with my dogs. Now it's back to getting ready for the regents testing. We start in just a couple days. I'm not too worried, we've been practicing. But I'll still be glad when it's over with!
Day 9
May 16, 2008
Dear Diary, I'm so happy it's Friday! I don't have karate or dance or piano practice today. Yes, I'm a busy girl, but sometimes I just like hanging out at home. Friday night is movie night at our house. Each week we take turns choosing a movie. This week is my brother Tyler's turn. He wants to watch "Alvin and the Chipmunks". I hope it's good!
Day 8
May 13, 2008
Dear Diary, Something funny happened to me today! I was trying to get ready for dance class, when my yorkiepoo puppy Boo ran off with one of my ballet slippers. I had to chase him all around my house trying to catch him. My brother was laughing the whole time. Finally I tricked Boo with a milkbone. He dropped the slipper and ran right over to me. Silly puppy!
Day 7
May 10, 2008
Dear Diary, Mom says we're going into the city today to go shopping. I love going to the city and seeing all the people, but I hate shopping for clothes. Mom always wants me to wear skirts and dresses. I just want to wear jeans! Wish me luck.
Day 6
May 8, 2008
Dear Diary, I haven't been doing so good lately writing in my diary! I'm sorry, I'll try to write more. It's just been so busy. I had two karate tournaments plus a dance recital. I did very good in my karate and even broke the board on my second try. I still have to practice my forms though. I love having so many fun things to do!
Day 5
April 8, 2008
Dear Diary, I went to Central Park today. I saw my friend Savannah and we jumped rope and ran around until lunch time. We wanted to go ice skating at Wollman Rink, but my mom said that we didn’t have enough time. Oh well, maybe next time.
Day 4
April 5, 2008
Dear Diary, we had another mouse in our house today. My babysitter stood on a chair the whole time. Snickers tried to get it again but couldn’t move fast enough. I wonder where are all the mice coming from.
Day 3
April 2, 2008
Dear Diary, Today we had a mouse in our house! It was the craziest thing! I didn’t even see it at first, but my dog Snickers was going bonkers running around house. So my brother and I went to see what he was chasing and it was a real live mouse!! Luckily, my mom is very brave, and she got a broom and sort of swept it out the back door. It didn’t even get hurt!
Day 2
March 30, 2008
Dear Diary, Today I had the worst day at school. I accidentally forgot my math homework on my kitchen table, I got in trouble and my teacher is going to mark it down a whole letter grade for being late!
Day 1
March 27, 2008
Dear Diary, This is my very first diary ever, so I am so excited to write down all my secrets! I am going to try and write in my best handwriting because I want it to look neat. I had a very busy day today because I had piano and karate both in the same day. We were in a huge rush and I had to eat dinner in the car!
