10 Things I am Doing To Save The Planet

1. Ride my bike instead of taking a car

2. Eat raw food

3. Grow a garden

4. Turn off lights when I am not using them

5. Don't use plastic water bottles

6. Shop at a co-op instead of a grocery store

7. Unplug computers and electronics when they are not in use

8. Pick up trash and I do not litter

9. Compost fruits and vegetable scraps

10. Recycle paper goods

Alice in Wonderland Book Review

"Alice in Wonderland" is a book about an eleven year old girl who one day is at a stream with her sister. Alice suddenly sees a white rabbit with a pocket watch who talks, and follows it down a rabbit hole into Wonderland.

Alice fell down the rabbit hole for hours. Once she landed at the bottom, she found a little door that had a beautiful garden inside, but Alice was too big to fit through the little door. Then she found a bottle that said on a piece of paper "drink me", so she drank the whole thing. She shrank to fit in the little door, but it was locked. Then she found a little gold key on the table, but she was to little to reach it. Then she found a cake that said "eat me" so she ate it and it made her big to reach the little key.

When Alice finally goes into the garden she meets a talking caterpillar that tells her to meet the red queen for a game of croquet. On her way to meet the red queen she meets the cheshire cat who shows her the way to the red queen.

Alice played a game with the queen with live animals. The queen gets into a fight with Alice because Alice won the game and sends her to court. Alice can hear from the jail cells all of her friends crying for help, because the queen had captured them and was going to behead them. Then her sister wakes up Alice and she realizes it was just a dream.

The Lighting Thief

Percy Jackson is a 12 year old boy that has ADHD and dyslexia. He goes to Yancy Academy. When he is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt. He finds out that he is the son of Poseidon the God of the sea. He then goes on a quest to find Zeus's lighting bolt.

On their way to camp, Percy, Grover (who is Percy's protector), and Percy's mom must fight off a Minotaur. Percy thinks his mom is killed, so he kills the Minotaur.

At Camp Half Blood, he makes friends with Annabeth, the daughter of Athena and Luke, the son of Hermes. After a battle with Annabeth, Percy finds out that water heals him. Percy,Grover,and Annabeth go on a quest to find the lightning bolt.

On their way to the underworld they get lost and find themselves at Auntie Emm's Emporium where they fought off Medusa. Once back on their journey, they are approached by Ares the god of war, who offers another quest to find his shield to tell Percy information about his mom who is still alive.

After completing Ares quest, they headed to Santa Monica where Percy meets a water spirit that gives him three pearls that have to be crushed to get out of the underworld. Percy goes to the underworld and talks to Hades. Hades helm is missing. Percy also learns that the lightning bolt all along was in his backpack placed there by Luke.

After they get out of the under world Ares challenges Percy to fight Ares get hurt and runs away. Percy goes to Mt. Olympus returns the lightning bolt to Zeus. Percy tells Zeus the story and Zeus believes him. Poseidon tells Percy he is proud of him and when he returns home his mom will be there. Percy then returns to Camp Half blood where he is meant to live.

I read the book and I saw the movie. The book was better because it had more detail to it. The movie skipped a lot of scenes, even the beginning was different. So, I would rather choose to read the book than see the movie, but I enjoyed both.If you like greek mytholgy and adventure you would like these books.

Peace Sign Earings

Here is a picture of a pair of earings I created from wire using beads. I really like the peace symbol so I chose that as my inspiration to create these earings.

The Secret Garden

Once there was a girl who lived in India. Her name was Mary Lenox. She was a spoiled child. Her mother and father died of a disease. Mary Lenox was sent to live with her uncle Mr. Craven and a woman who lived with five children.

Mary woke up to find that there was a housemaid, Martha and a butler, John. Martha told Mary about her brother, Dikon who befriends animals. One day Mary went out into the garden. Mary met the gardener, Ben Weatherstaff in the garden.

Mary made friends with a red chested robin. The robin showed Mary where to find the key to the secret garden. Mary gathered tools that Dikon gave her. Mary then met Colin, who is in a wheel chair. Colin is Mr. Craven’s son, Mary and Colin are cousins.

Mary, Colin, and Dikon planted seeds in the secret garden. After time Mary, Dikon helped Colin to walk again in the secret garden. The flowers in the secret garden bloomed with the help of Mary, Colin, and Dikon.

Surviving in Nature

Once upon a time there lived a girl named Peace who lived in the jungles of Hawaii. She lived in a hut made out of leaves, bamboo, and tall stakes so the wild boars wouldn't get her food. For fun she played on the beach with her friend, Jeepers who was a tiger cub. Peace would get hungry and have Jeepers climb up banana trees while Peace looked for other tropical fruit. For breakfast she had fruit while Jeepers went hunting. Sometimes, Jeepers climbed up a nearby coconut tree got a few coconuts for lunch. Afterwards, they went to a waterfall to take a bath. Before falling asleep Peace and Jeepers layed on the roof and watched the stars all night.

to be continued

where the red fern grows

Billy was a young boy who lived in the Ozark Mountains with his Ma, Pa, and 3 little sisters. His mother wanted to move to town so that the kids could have a good education. Billy had a dog wanting disease and saved his money for 2 years to buy coon hounds. Billy went to town to pick up the coon hounds, which he named Old Dan and Little Ann. Billy loved his dogs. Billy loved hunting for coons with Old Dan and Little Ann. One day Billy went to Grandpa's store. Grandpa showed Billy a champion coon hunt. Billy won the coon hunt. One day Old Dan and Little Ann chased a mountain lion up a tree. The mountain lion came down the tree and the coon hounds fought the lion. Old Dan lost a lot of blood and died and Little Ann died of a broken heart.A red fern grew between the graves of Old Dan and Little Ann. Then the family moved to town.

Kingdoms of Cats and Dogs

Once upon a time there lived a dog kingdom and a cat kingdom. They were miles and miles away from each other. The king of the cats sent a letter to one of his friends at the same time the king of the dogs sent a letter to his Mom.

Along the way the cats messenger bumped into the dogs messenger. The dog growled and said "Are thou friend or foe of Sir Highness?"

The cat said "Who is Sir Highness?"

The growling dog howled to call all dogs. The cat ran as fast as he could, but when crossing the the river the dogs were chewing the ropes on the bridge on both sides. The cat fell and he discovered a under water cave with lots of fish. He loved it so much that he lived there peacefully.

The dogs swore that they would find cat and make him apoligize to the king of dogs

but the dogs never found the cat messenger.

love story

Once upon a time there lived a princess, a dragon ,and a silky terrier. The princess's name was Crystal, the dragon's name was River, and the silky terrier was named Hailee. So one day Crystal and Hailee went out to the courtyard to see the new jewels for Hailee's collar. The jewelers were not there yet . Two hours passed and the jewelers have still not arrived yet! The next day the messenger Lorry told Crystal that the jewelers had been robbed by a strange creature with blue scales and wings. The creature only took a very rare stone it is one of the forbidden stones. If all six stones are put together it will open portals to worlds unknown to mankind.

My Best Friend's Story

My best friend is named Jewel and this is her story.

I met Jewel on a play ground on my brother's birthday with her best friend Coral aka Cori.

She asked me if I wanted to play with them and I said "Sure, why not?"Cori and Jewel started asking who I was, where I lived, and so on. The next day they came over and we had a water balloon fight. The day after that, I went to their house and they asked me if I wanted to play American Idol and I said "Sure". After we were done we went for a bike ride, played hide -and -go seek with walkie talkies .One day I went over to Cori's house, but they could not play for a few days. They we busy with either the after school program, hip hop lessons, piano lessons, and at sleep overs. A few days later, they came over and jumped on my trampoline and Jewel told me that she was moving back with her dad in the beginning of summer. That was the last day I saw her. I only knew Jewel for less than 2 weeks, but I consider her to be one of my best friends.

My First Horseback Riding Lesson

Me riding on Dunny

My horse, Dunny

Today, I went on my first horseback riding lesson! The name of my horse is Dunny. She is brown and has a black tail. She also has a white diamond on her forehead. I am only going to have Dunny through level 1 then move on to a new horse. I have horse homework to do if I want to go to the next level . The highest level is 5+ and I hope I'll get better. I learned so many things on my first lesson.

I learned that when you get your horse from the stables you walk on the right and the horse stays on your left. I learned how to groom the horse. They don't like to be brushed lightly. Your brush their mane from bottom to top. Dunny needed some conditioner on her tail. I learned how to saddle up the horse and walk to the arena. Other riders are in the arena as well.

In the arena, I learned how to direct the horse where I wanted her to go. I learned how to make Dunny go forward, stop and to the left and right. I also learned how to get her to jog. I can't wait to see what I learn in my next lesson. I love horses.

My Second Necklace

I love to make jewelry in my free time and I can do it for hours. I just finished a blue medallion. It was made of crystal beads that I received as a Christmas gift. It is really pretty. I am planning to sell my jewelry on my own website someday. I'll even go to craft shows. I'll use the money I earn to buy nicer beads and tools.

Family Day

February 1, I went with my family to Los Angeles to go see "Phantom of the Opera". We also went to go to eat Vegan Ethiopian food. When we got inside the restaurant we were seated in little chairs that had a little seat cushion that felt like a air mattress covered in fabric.For the drinks we had mango juice which was like a smoothie and my brother had orange juice. The food came out and it was served on a big plate with buckwheat bread.After we were done we walked through an alley to get to our car and headed to Pantages Theatre.

When the play was over, I realized that it was scarier then the movie. I liked the movie better then the show. The play was a lot different than the movie. There was a lot of smoke. I thought it was going to set off the smoke alarm! I had a good time and I hope to see another show at the Pantages Theatre again.

Snowboarding Trip w/ Family

Singing: Wicked - Not That Girl

My 2009 New Years Resolutions

1. Improve in gymnastics
2. Start "Made by Meg" jewelry collection to sell online
3. Eat raw food for 30 days straight

Happy New Year 2009!

Here are some pictures of me on New Years Eve!

Me On Christmas Day

Here are a few pics of me trying on my new clothes. I had fun on Christmas.I celebrated it 3 times! Some of my favorite gifts were jewelry making kits, art sets, different craft projects, the "Wicked" soundtrack, "The Son of the Witch" book (this was my favorite gift), snowboarding gear, Wii game, lip gloss, body spray, puzzles, a stationary set and more. It was a really good Christmas!

Pull That Creepy Dangle Tooth!

I Can Do a Back Hip Circle on the Bars

This is really hard to do and I have been practicing for a long time. Sometimes I can do it and sometimes I can't. They are so fun!