A Horsey Adventure

Dear Readers,

This is Jessie.

And guess what?

I've got news.

My parents decided that they were going to let me have a "sleepover" at my cousin's house.

OK, so my cousin lives in Indiana on this farm where they have all of these horses and animals and whatnot.

I suppose it's because they didn't like me freaking out about the baby.

Urgh.

Anyway, so I got my things together and got shipped off.

My cousin, Adriane, happens to be kind of a horse-whisperer. She's the one who takes care of the horses and is kind of like their lead mare.

And guess what happened this morning?

So I was playing in their barn with the kittens that they have with my younger cousin, Lilly, when all of a sudden Adriane comes running in.

"Jessie!" she yelled. "I need your help--RIGHT NOW!"

So I jumped down from the loft (OK, OK, I used the ladder... ;D) and she yelled at me to grab one of the horses' halter (which the leadrope attached) and another leadrope, explaining that one of the horses had gone and jumped the fence. (OH GREAT!) Then she took off running, a bucket of grain in hand. I came stumbling after her.

She was already with the horse, letting it fill its stomach greedily with the grain. Blood oozed from this really nasty cut on its leg. She told me to put the leadrope around the horse's neck, which I did. Then she slowly pulled away the mostly-empty bucket and put the horse's halter on. Then she told me to walk ahead with the empty feed bucket and get the other horses into the corral.

At first, I was kind of freaked out. Me? Horses? They hadn't mixed. EVER. We'd have to see if I survived...

So I went ahead, not running, and got the other horses into the corral while she got the horse she pulled along into the corral. Then she told me to go and get some healing salve and a bucket full of warm water and a soft cloth. I managed to find all of them, and quickly got them back out to her.

Now I could really see all of the damage that the horse had gone and done to herself. Other than the oozing cut on her leg, there was a kind of chunk/cut taken out just above that leg (not that much...). She also had a small cut on the other leg. Adriane told me she was lucky. Apparently some horses look like Joey in War Horse after trying to jump a fence. (Though our horsey friend actually HAD jumped the fence...)

Yeah, so that's my adventure.

Pretty crazy, huh?

Love,
Jessie

Based on real-life events.

W.O.W.

SHOULD I GET RID OF ABIGAIL JANE APPLEGATE AND START ANOTHER CONTINUING STORY?!

LOOK AT THESE CHOPSTICKS!!!!!!!

OK, so, I was going to say that I was going to get to use my chopsticks again today! We picked up these Chinese/Japanese meals for like a dollar each (so we have a LOT), and then I was told I could have one. (YES! SCORE!!) 

And THEN I was looking up pictures of chopsticks and I saw this picture^ and I was like "THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME I WOULD SOOOOOO USE THOSE!!" Aren't they?! What kind of a genius comes up with lightsaber chopsticks?! They're so awesome!!

Anyway, I've been working on this one new story (don't worry, Connie's getting worked on =P Oh! And we finished The Agent Files!!!!!!! :) I'll post it soon.....) called The Polar Vortex (please don't take that name) and it's going really well!! I just got it over 100 pages yesterday, so that's good.... and I know what's going to happen at the end of the book, and what the second book is mostly going to about. And I know who's really a bad guy..... anyway, I don't want to tell you anymore so that when I post it you guys know everything. =)

I don't think I told you guys, but I got a new blog called Heart of a Storyteller Blog Designs. Please go check it out!!!!! It means a lot. :)

Later!!

Love,

Katrina

A Childish Occurrence

Dear Readers,

This is Jessie. The heat still hasn't died done. URGH!

But I get home from school, and Mom and Dad are sitting on the couch. I frowned, hesitated, and then came in, wondering what on earth was going on.

"Uh, hey," I managed, dropping my backpack on the chair by the door. "Um, what's going on? You guys just have a little heart-to-heart talk or something? Because if so, I can leave..."

"Oh, no, actually, we were waiting for you to come home," smiled Mom, pushing a piece of hair behind her ear, giving that knowing smile to Dad.

"Oh, really?" I plopped down on one of the chairs.

"Yeah," agreed Dad. "We've got some important news."

I froze. Oh great!! We weren't moving, were we?! I still remembered with horror when we'd almost moved to Dodo, Alaska. YEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! With sweaty palms and a gulp, I looked up at them.

"So what's the news?" I whispered.

"Well...." Dad smiled at Mom.

"We're..." started Mom.

"...Going to be having a baby!" they both said at the same time.

I about choked. A BABY?! Were they kidding!? They couldn't have a baby!! I'd be like thirteen years older than it!! That was HORRIBLE!!!!! And it was probably going to be all stinky and whatever and I'd have to go and change all of its diapers. And then Mom and Dad would pay more attention to the baby than to me.

Ugh.

"Oh, uh, that's great," I managed feebly.

While they were rejoicing together, I went upstairs to my laptop and quickly shot Noah an email.

To: Noah Darcy <savethekoalabears@yahoo.com
From: Jessie Bender <dramaticcrazyjessie@gmail.com>
Subject: THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END!!!

Noah,
I'm serious!! My parents are having a BABY!!!!!!! How horrible is that?! What am I going to do??!!?! I need some help!!!!!!!!!
Jessie

I quickly sent the email before I could change my mind.

What am I going to do?????

Ask me one!

As most of you know, I love designing.

And, as most of you know, I've done tutorials about designing.

Well, I can't really think of something really important that I want to talk about.

But if there's anything about designing that you'd like to know, tell me and I'll do a post on it!

Sorry this is kind of short. =P

Love,

Katrina

P.S. Also, if you need places to design, I can offer a few.....

I'm a Princess!

Dear Readers,

I'm not perfect. Like NOT AT ALL. I have faults. If I get mad, I'm mad. If somebody annoys me, then I get annoyed. Sometimes I'm the annoying one. I'm far from perfect. In fact, I can't even begin to become that word. At least on my own.

If it weren't for God, I don't know where I'd be. I'd probably be convinced that I was the most horrible and most ugly person ever. I'd probably become a recluse and stay in my room all the time. And when I was forced to go somewhere I'd stay in the quiet corner, hidden.

Our God is a great God! How I'm glad that's He real, that He's here, inside of me. I really have no idea where I'd be. Without Him, I'm nothing. With Him? I'm a princess.

And you're all princesses, too, if God's your Savior.

Don't EVER forget that!

Love,
Katrina

Olivia McCarthy Cover Contest!

What it is:

Design a cover for my book, Olivia McCarthy: Avalon Keepers.

Rules:

1. You MUST be a follower of this blog (Rubberboot Girl).

2. You may only enter once. If you do more than once, you're disqualified.

3. Post your designing on your blog and then leave the link in a comment ON THIS POST. If it's not on THIS POST, it will NOT be counted.

4. Share this post on Google so that your friends will know about it! (If you're not allowed to do Google sharing or you have a Yahoo! account, this rule does not apply to you.)

5. This contest ends February 1st, so you have some time to get your designing done! :)

6. Take off the add above (I'll have it on my sidebar) and display it on my blog for the whole time the contest is going on. When the contest ends, you do not have to keep it on.

7. First place will receive a blog design by me.

8. Second place will receive a memorabilia piece from Olivia McCarthy: Avalon Keepers.

9. Third place will receive a quote of their choice from Olivia McCarthy: Avalon Keepers.

10. Good luck and God bless!!! :)