My favorite room in my home is my bedroom. A reason why my bedroom is my favorite room is because it’s always really clean and organized. Im usually not a very messy person when it comes to my room. The tidiness makes me feel like everything is perfect. Another reason is because it reminds me of summer. My bedroom reminds me of summer because my walls are painted white, my bed has white sheets, there’s volleyballs lined up above my closet, there’s a hanging macrame thing in front of my window, there’s a bikini rack on my wall, there’s beach bags everywhere, and I have vines on the wall over my bed. A last reason why my bedroom is my favorite room is because it makes me feel safe. I do everything in my bedroom. Whenever I do my homework, I do it in my bedroom. When I watch tv, I do it in my bedroom. I set my volleyballs against a wall in my bedroom, too. And when my friends come over, we always go in my room and do everything! Those are the reasons why my bedroom is my favorite room in my house!

This week was amazing, and I was able to accomplish so much! My goal was to finish at least 2 pages and redo the cover, and it was a success! I finished 5 pages and the cover! This week was more than a success! The only struggle I had was the cover. The cover wasn’t the way I wanted it, so I re-did it. Now it looks way better and I’m more proud of it. My accomplishments were finishing way more pages than I needed to. I think that by the end of the 8 weeks (or however long we are doing this project) I will definitely finish my whole scrapbook! Any adjustments I would make to make this project go a lot faster would be thinking about what I’m going to do before I do anything. I left off on page 5. I definitely think that next week I will get a lot done!

Once upon a time, there was a platypus named Penny. In her free time, she liked to play the guitar. One day, she was playing the guitar at a local coffee shop. While playing, a kind gentleman puts a $2 bill in Penny’s guitar case. All of the sudden, that “kind gentleman” runs up and steals her guitar! She screams and hollers, but nobody comes to help! So, she starts running after the thief all the way down the alley. Once they get to a dead end, Penny takes advantage! She jumps onto the thief and attacks him for the guitar back! Once she gets a hold of her guitar, she smashes it on the guys head! Little did she know, guitars are very fragile… Her guitar broke into pieces right when it came in contact with the thief’s skull. The thief runs away, while Penny sits there, trying to reform it back together. Obviously she wasn’t successful, since she didn’t have anything to fix it with. Penny holds her guitar in her arms, and walks home to put it away. Penny is in such a bad mood that once she gets home, she just throws all the broken pieces of her guitar through the casement! Once she does that, she realizes…. Oh no! Her guitar case with all her money in it! She sprints over to the coffee shop to grab the money. Phew… the money is still there! She’s just missing one thing… the $2 bill.

This week was a total failure! Well, not that much. My accomplishments were finishing the front cover of my scrapbook. My goal was to finish the front cover AND my first page, but I didn’t reach it. My struggles were not having enough time to finish my first page, and trying to find supplies the whole time instead of working on the scrapbook. Any adjustments I would need to make to stay focused and reach my goal is having everything organized. Half of the time, I was trying to find supplies. Next week, I will know where everything is so that the process goes quicker. Also, next week I will try to speed up the process by staying focused and on going off track. I left off starting on the first page. Also, my scrapbook has a blue theme. For the first page, I’m going to make it a dark blue theme, the next page light blue, and so on. Every page will probably be a different shade of blue. Hopefully next week will be more of a success!

If I could invite three people to dinner, I would invite my best friends, Aubrey and Stella, and SZA. SZA is a famous singer. I would invite Aubrey and Stella because us three all love SZA and want to meet her so badly. I would also invite them because they are my best friends and they are the perfect people to have dinner with. Also, we FaceTime all the time and always hang out so it would be a blast, especially with SZA. I would invite SZA because she is one of my favorite singers, and she seems like such a nice person. Whenever she receives an award, she is so funny and nice on the mic, and I would assume she would be the same at dinner. She also sings really good and is such a good songwriter. At the dinner, we would go to shake shack at the Spectrum. We would eat there because it’s really good, and SZA probably hasn’t eaten there. And those are the reasons I would invite Stella, Aubrey, and SZA to dinner.

This month I read “Love and Olives” by Jenna Evans Welch. This story is about a teen girl named Liv. Liv’s mother wants her to go with her absent father to Greece. Her father claims that he needs her help with a project, and that she will have so much fun. He even called Liv by her old childhood nickname. Liv doesn’t know how to feel about her absent father suddenly trying to regain her trust, but at least she gets to go to Greece. Liv finds new possibilities, adventures, and even love.

I love this book because of the family drama. Liv has so much history with her father, and her father threw it all away to research for Atlantis- the lost city that Liv’s father cannot get rid of. I have read this book once, but it has definitely kept my heart beating in suspense! A couple of months ago, I read the first book of this series, and I will definitely read the last book!

“Olive,

Great news! I’m working on an exciting project, and I could really use your help here in Santorini, Indiana Olive. How does June 15th sound? I have already emailed your mother the plane ticket.

-Baba”

This is my favorite quote from this novel because it really brings the whole book together. It shows that Liv’s father is still in the past, acting like everything is okay, and the same as how it was when Liv was 7 years old. What her father doesn’t know is that Liv’s feelings about the past don’t match up with his.

My favorite character from this novel is definitely Liv’s mother, because she helped push Liv to reach the rest of the book. If it wasn’t for her, none of the stuff in the story would’ve happened!

“‘Liv, I know it’s very sudden, but I think it’s a good idea.’”

This quote shows that Liv’s mother is my favorite character because she knows deep in her heart that Liv needs this opportunity to change her life and mind forever.

This month I read the book Starfish by Lisa Fipps. This story is about a 12 year old girl named Ellie. She had struggled with body positivity for her whole life. Her mom and siblings had brought her down her whole life due to her weight. Her dad, on the other hand, had supported her and everything about her since she was born. In this book, Ellie tries to find her way out of the jail cell she calls school. With a lot of twists and turns, Ellie makes her way through middle school struggles.

I love this book because of the surprising climax’s throughout the story. A great example of this from the story includes Ellie’s bully being confronted. I wont spoil the rest for you, but it’s really juicy! You should definitely try this novel. I have read this novel it’s of times before and it never gets old.

“Every kid needs one place to escape to when life gets too much.” (Page 16)

This is my favorite quote from this novel because it shows how much kids really need alone time and a place to escape. Every kid always needs somewhere that they can let all of their stress go.

My favorite character from Starfish is definitely the librarian, Mrs. Pochon. She is such a sweet character that helps Ellie through her struggles and lets her be herself without judging her.

“She’s the first person to smile at me today. The first to make me feel wanted.”

This quote shows that Mrs. Pochon cares about Ellie and her struggles because she actually wants to let Ellie know that she’s wanted and okay. Mrs. Pochon wants nothing but the best for Ellie.

My dream job is to be a chef. One reason why I would want to be a chef as my dream job is because I can experiment with different flavors and textures. This would make it very fun and exciting to try new things and expand my pallet. Another reason my chef dream job is because cooking and baking is my hobby. Whenever I get to bake or cook, I always have the most fun. The last reason why my dream job is to be a chef is because I can make food for other people. I would like to have feedback on what I make, and let other people enjoy my food. Even if they disliked the food I made, I would make it better next time and take in the feedback.

I’m invisible! Let me explain…

One day, I was just laying in bed bored as ever. Instead of just sitting around, I decided I would go take a walk. I go on my walk for about ten minutes. Mid-walk, a sorcerer randomly popped out of the corner and pointed his magic wand at me! I didn’t notice that anything happened at first, but then when I got home and looked in the mirror… YIKES! “Where am I?!” I thought. I suddenly realized that I was invisible. Next, I found a note in my pocket! It read, “24 hours left… use it wisely.” The first couple hours I was invisible, I went around parks and grocery stores and held things in front of peoples faces, making them feel like they were going crazy. The rest of the day, I broke into and Knotts Berry Farm too say on the loud speakers, “SNOOPY……….. PUT SOME PANTS ON!!”I also didn’t have to wait in the lines. I could just go through the employee only doors and get on. I rode on those rides in the empty seats. Nobody noticed!! Until… this guy that said his name was BRAD elbowed me in the face without knowing. Ouch. Then I went to the ice cream shop and got an ice cream for free. When I was leaving at really late at night, my time must’ve ran out! My invisibility went away! A security Garuda caught me stealing ice cream and put me in jail. I’m still in jail to this day. Wish me good luck in prison!

My life on an abandoned island is stressful. It’s another day on a paradise island and it is time to get to work. How did I get here, you ask? Well, it’s a long story… I was just peacefully watching a movie on the plane. 16 candles. Great movie, by the way. Anyways, I was watching the movie and fell asleep in the middle of the movie. When I woke up, an alarm went off in the plane. The flight attendants yell out be stay calm, but obviously nobody was calm. Then, one psycho takes over the plane controls and crashes us in a deserted island! Next thing you know, we’re are trying to survive here all together. A couple days go by and a rescue helicopter comes to rescue us. They helicopter picks up everybody that was on the plane and leaves. Without me. I tried getting on, but I was too late. They already started flying away. I was devastated. Then I remembered, “Hey! I have my phone! I can call the police!” I tried calling the police to come rescue me, but there was no service. Now, I’m stuck here for good. I luckily had all my luggage still, which was amazing. Better than amazing. I had so much stuff! A toothbrush, toothpaste, a few changes of clothes, a portable phone charger, and some other stuff. I even brought a bunch of snacks in my carry on! Bingo! I’m currently snacking on some Chees-Itz while writing this. Wish me luck on my abandoned island journey!