Apology and update on Elle

Hello, ya'll, this is Poppy in my sweet south voice. I owe ya'll an apology. We have not been posting like we otta. However, I do have a reason, darlin'. Life. Revolutionary, I know. Whoda thunk? But in all seriousness, life has been a little crazy around here lately. A week ago we ended a 2 week long acting intensive and out fourth and final performance of the play Street Robber, A story of George Muller and His Orphans.  It was a very fun play to perform and we had a great time doing it. On the down side, though, we have all been sick and more tired than an overworked farmer this last week. When you have a 110 kids all crammed into the same space for 2 weeks solid, germs are bound to spread. Anywho, after this happened we had school to get back into the swing of. We had been doing school all through out the rehearsals but it had been minimal. We were finally started again and Wednesday hit. My mom woke up sick and incredibly dizzy. She suffers from vertigo and this her third spell so far. I had been up since two that morning watching out for her and around 8, a friend took her to a therapist to get relief. The next day was even crazier. My mom was still sick and we had a bible study to attend. Thankfully, my best friend, her mom, and her brother offered to help. They arrived and helped Mom and then Arista's parakeet died on us. So while her mom drove my mom to the therapist again, me, my friend, and our brothers held a funeral for Gylfie. Arista did not attend due to grief and also stayed home from bible study while the rest of us went. We spent the day with them to let my mom rest, so no school got done that day. Friday was catch-up day and we had our cousin arrive to stay the night. She left about 7 hours ago and I have finally (on Saturday night) gotten to sit down to post. I am incredibly sorry about our lack of posting and we are trying to do better.


Now onto Elle. In May, I bought my first monster high doll, Elle Eedee. (Or in other words, the coolest doll on God's green earth!) Well, I've had to fix one of her arms already but Wendsday the other one snapped off and left the entire peg inside. Currently I do not know of anyway to fix her except to drill into her arm, which I refuse to do. This doll was wonderful and still one of my favorite although she only has one fixed but function able arm.
So thanks for sticking with me, I know this seems kind of like a depressing post. Remember God made you special and he loves you very much! Night y'all!            

How to Fix a Broken Doll Limb for Cheap!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY! This is Poppy and today I will show you how to fix a broken doll limb super cheap and utterly painless! YIPPEE! I will be writing in the style of Princess Unikitty from the Lego movie, because I am so happy my doll is fixed! YEAH! (Yes, I know right about now you think I'm totally nuts, but I am super thrilled about my doll being fixed. She was one of the prettiest one I have and fairly new, so I was pretty excited when my Mom suggested this method to fix her)

THANK YOU, MOM FOR THIS WONDERFUL SOLUTION! 

MOMS ROCK!!!!!!

Now, on with the totally awesome tutorial!
 
For this fix you will need is the poor doll, broken appendage, and a piece of chewing gum. I broke my dolls arm by trying to pull it out of its socket. Now those of you who have never played with Monster High dolls are like, "PULL HER ARM OUT! OF COURSE YOUR GONNA BREAK IT!" And those of you who HAVE played with these dolls before are thinking, "How did she break it I wonder? The forearms are supposed to come out" THAT IS LIKE TOTALLY WHAT I THOUGHT! The forearms were supposed to come out, but when I tried to remove her arm it snapped at the joint, leaving me with a bad arm and a socket with a part of a pin in it! AGHGHGHGH!! I thought about ordering a replacement piece, but the end of the peg still securely wedged in there, no other arm would fit. AGHGHGHGH!! again! Not to mention, by this point I had already had the doll for two months so I couldn't get a replacement doll!! Triple AGHGHGHGH!! I looked online for solutions, but nothing short of drilling wire into her arm was said to be able to fix it. Now I have tried this method before and ended up with a poor barbie that had bent wire sticking out from all over her. Not gonna do that with Elle. Completely and totally distraught and frustrated by this point, I went to lament to my Mom. She was working on homeschool stuff on the computer so I just went ahead and told her everything. Without even breaking grammer-curriculum-shopping-stride, she replied, "why not use some gum?" Thsi si wher my world turned from cave trolls, mean bears, and broken dolls, to unicorns, puppies, and happy emojis! (I was rather happy) Instantly, I grabbed a piece of gum and began to chew. This is one of the steps you will need to take to fix your doll. So take that peice of gum, by the wrapper and chew! Once it is pretty soft...

SMASH IT ON TOP OF THE BROKEN PEG!
 
Then push the arm into the hole, pulling out the extra.
 
And she's fixed!!!! WOO HOO!!! This method holds the limbs together pretty well and allows the same degree of articulation and removal abilities as before. (WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING DOLLS!) The gum will eventually have to be replaced and some will probably have to be added if the arm is removed freguently. Other than that though, your doll is fixed!!! YEEAAHHHH!!! Hope this tutorial was helpful. Remember, God made you special and he loves you very much. GOODBYE, ALL! 

7 Things to never say to a homeschooler

Gooday, mates. This Australian Poppy speaking and I wanted to share a list of seven things that you should never EVER say to a home-schooler.

1. Does your Mom (or Dad) just give you your grade?

Yes, our parents do assign us our grades, but 90% of all homeschoolers work for every point they get. 

2. You really need to get outside more often.

This is okay in the sense that someone need to be out in nature more often, but is often used to emphasize someone's lack of knowledge on pop culture and is incredibly rude.

3. Do you have any friends? (said with a look of pity)

This one speaks for itself. HOMESCHOOLERS DO HAVE FRIENDS. period.

4. Are you socialized?

I spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with my siblings and we haven't killed each other yet. I think I'm pretty well socialized.

5.So I guess your Mom (or Dad) can't be your teacher anymore.

When I moved into high school, I cannot tell you how many times I heard this. If our parents have been able to teach us up to this point, they can teach us through high school, its not against the law.   

6.Do you get to do whatever you want?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO. Next... 

7.Is the only schoolwork you do homework? (trying to be funny)

Technically, yes, all the schoolwork we do is homework. but please, spare us the awful joke.    

There you go, 7 things never to say to a homeschooler!  (unless, of course, you are a veteran homeschooler yourself, then you can joke about these all you like and other homeschoolers will find them incredibly funny because all of you went through the same thing.)

Well, remember, God made you special and he loves you very much and this Poppy, over and out!