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This week PK and I began our Upstate New York Tour 2010.

We went to Buffalo and learned how to make fudge and saw a baby.

We went to Niagara Falls and ate ice cream and went on the Maid of the Mist.
Someone last night said "OH I bet it was so romantic. Niagara Falls is the most romantic place in the world"

Not when your with your boyfriend's parents.
Not when your wearing a XXL Poncho.

The tour continued. Yesterday we went to Watkins Glen and drove across the state.

Watkins Glen was awesome awesome awesome.

I tried to steal a lighter from a gas station but the attendant said that wasn't ok.
I tried to tell Phil all oldies music sounded the same he told me to "take it back"

I learned how much I hate windmills.

Today we were going to go to storm king but its a little bit expensive and so we are going to make our own sculptures in the front yard.

So now we are back in New Paltz. Tomorrow is the Disco Ball

and then next week the tour continues in Albany

Time to go prepare for sculpture making (this means make an afternoon cocktail)

Dear AZ

Dear Anthony Z.,

Are you really done with your freshman year? The last time I saw you was a little bit strange. Your friend was nice but she kept telling Phil to play Ben Folds Five.

Also I like your profile picture.

Also I have nice thoughts when I think about you visiting me in Brooklyn. You and Gracie and me can go to the park and I can show you the hula hoop tricks I am not that good at.

You can talk about how trendy you are.

Love,

Annie

P.S. love your profile picture.

disco let go

I am naming this weekend "DISCO LET GO WEEKEND".

now that it has been named I must go throw some glitter and a bathing suit on and listen to dance music in the front yard.

also on the list is to practice my hula hooping.

What a busy life I lead

Thoughts on pie, animal noises & pineapple gardens

1. Tonight I ate two pieces of a pie no one else is eating (it is slightly discolored but only 2 days old).

regret pie.
oops pie.

is this too much information?

2. Lately I have been thinking that it is really cute to draw animals with non-corresponding animal noises.

Activity: Draw a:
Bunny that roars
or a goat that arfs
or an elephant that meows.

3. I have been harvesting pineapples in the front yard, I know that we do not live in pineapple heaven and that the climate may not be appropriate for this fruit, but I have hope and 4 pineapple tops. Today I came home an uprooted garden. The property manager had come! He removed my garden.

As soon as I ensure that this will not happen again I will post a picture of my replanted garden within the next couple days.

4. Thanks to Matty I know that this is how a pineapple grows. Wild!

Part I of: ANH Math Program for American Girls - Recognizing a Problem

At first I realized that American children are under performing in math skills as represented in the graph below:




This is especially an issue because obesity is also becoming a major issue in American society and being unattractive and not good at math?

Not great America, not great.

The problem continues for my gender as there is a gap between the math literacy skills of American boys and American girls:



Now, I would love to tell you more about what this means, but unfortunately, as an American Girl, I am having difficulty determining exactly what the y-axis in the second graph means.

So I thought to myself:

Something must be done about this!

And so I began the Annie North Hennessy Math Program for American Girls which will be fully explained in Part II of this post.

Bacon Clock

I used to have an alarm clock radio. Now I just use a cell phone.

I do not know why.

I honestly think hearing that ring over and over every morning is contributing to my insanity.

I usually wake up before it but never turn it off.

Even better than the clock radio I should get this:




Smelling bacon is the only way to wake up properly.

Alarm Clock

From: Annie
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:12 AM
To: Mom
Subject: alarm clocks

am going to write new blog entry today...prally about alarm clocks.

any input?

From: Mom
To: Annie
Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 11:17:57 AM
Subject: RE: alarm clocks

Sorry sweetie – not today!

From: Annie
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:18 AM
To: Mom
Subject: Re: alarm clocks


yeah I guess i'm not going to need one soon anyways because I won't have a job to wake up to! ha.