Tell the Raven

Hey guys, it's me Reecie. I miss you guys so, so much. It's so hard to believe, but I moved back to Anchorage. I've been doing really well in school, well kinda...Haha, but anyways, I hope to hear back from you and I might visit, but I'm not sure...I'll have to talk to my dad and mom.

Sincerely,
Reecie (aka, Amaris)♥

Mr. Noon's 6th grade class is learning about ancient Greek. Here is one of the many websites that you should encourage your class about. This website tells about 12 Olympian gods.

Here's one of the links The Olympians. I like this website because you get to learn about 12 Olympians.

http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/cassandra.html this website is a little story about Cassandra and Apollo when they first met.

Here's a little inside of Cassandra. Cassandra

Today we are learning about Greek gods and how to use html tags to make words bold.

Right now I'm going through these bookmarks and I found this site that was really cool. It's a family tree of the gods. I found out a lot; like how the gods started with Chaos, god of nothingness. It is a really cool site. Check it out.

-This website is about all of the gods and goddesses. I think it will teach you a lot about all the gods and goddesses, A-Z.

-This websites is about Odysseus, and the story about how he has to go to war (Trojan war) and how he doesn't want to go to war.

Today Mr. Noon taught us how to make links. It's so cool! Here's one about Greek Mythology. Some of the things on this site that I enjoy are the art, The Fabulous Creatures, and The Gods and Goddesses. I would share with you this awesome trick, but I can't. Sorry!

Today we are learning how to post links and websites and I've decided I wanted to post a link to a short story based on Homer's Odyssey

This site is about the Greek Gods. It's called The Olympians.

I am learning about Greek mythology. The site I was on I found helpful so I'm going to tell you what it is. The site is The Olympians. It had all of the gods and goddesses.

I am Charnette. I run Charnette's ice cream store. There are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before. Five divine creations too delicious to resist. Why not do yourself a favor. Try the flavors on my list:
chocolate swirls
blueberry pie
sweet apple pie
blood of tiger
sweet candy

Now, some of you who don't really know me don't know that my dad is on a TV show called "The Deadliest Catch". Its about people on boats who go crab fishing in Alaska. Its on the Discovery channel. My dad was on 3 boats. "The Time Bandit" first few seasons; "The Wizard" two seasons ago; and "The Kodiak" last and I think this season. He's most famous for The Time Bandit, though. One time he even saved a guy's life! His name is Russell Newberry. If you've seen the show before, you might know that he got fired then rehired, and now we don't know what's going on.

Another thing about my dad, is that he takes me places for a month or two every summer. We always go to Tennessee and New Jersey. I used to live in Tennessee so I get to see a lot of friends and my grandparents live there, so that works out really well. We go to New Jersey because my dad knows a friend there who has a girl my age named Sarah. They have a big, big house and a dog and 3 cats. They also have a big pool, and whenever we visit there we go to an amusement park. Usually Six Flags. In Tennessee I stay at one of my best friends' house. Her name is Kinsley. I've known her 7 years of my life.

Its rea'lly fun going with my dad to many places. Ive been to around 18 or 20 states. Somewhere in there (:

I'm reading the Harry Potter books, and they are so much better than the movies. The movies help you get a better image, but they leave out a lot, which I can understand because if they used EVERY single detail the movie would be like 8 hours long. They are one of my favorite series of books I've ever read. It really makes me wonder what's going on in the writer's head if she can make up all of this stuff, you know?

The first book was good, and childish, but as you go on it's like seeing these people you don't even know grow up inside your head. When a character dies you feel like you know them so you feel sad. Maybe that's just me? I don't know, but when you get around the 3rd to 4th book, you see that they are not kids anymore. They grow up and do things differently from when they were 11. Or when something good happens you feel all happy.

It's definitely one of my favorite series I've read because you feel like you're meeting all of these people. You get a feel for them.

I love to sing even though I can't do it in front of people. I love to draw even though I'm embarrassed of my drawings. I love to dance even if I'm not that good at it. I love to climb trees even though I always get scratched up. I love to swim even though I have big ears and they stick out a lot. I love to play tag even though I'm always it. I love to type even though people say I'm on the computer too much. I love to write even though I would never publish many of my stories. I love to run even though I get made fun of for it.

The point of this is of you love to do something, just do it. No matter what people say. No matter what people do. If it makes YOU happy, then go for it. It doesn't matter what the people around you think. It only matters what you think. (:

One time I was at my house and the power went out. So my family and I just lit some candles so we could see without tripping. But the candles didn't work that well because I was walking to the living room and I tripped. The power was out for like ten minutes. Then it started getting pretty cold because there was no electricity. I just grabbed a blanket and sat on the couch and waited for the power to come back on.

Then finally it came back on. It felt so long, like the Nile River. The next day we found out why it went out. Someone ran into a power pole and knocked it over. I hope it never happens again. It was so boring.

Cold weather in Alaska is frustrating. It also has its complications. Like every state, they have their own problems. Alaska has some too, and that is the cold weather. People who are not from Alaska say it's 40 below zero even though it is only 10 below zero. I had a family member from Texas come to visit. When we found her she was shivering, teeth clattering and everything, and you want to know why? SHE WAS WEARING SHORTS!! So here is my aunt walking through the airport with shorts on with 20 below weather. Everyone was staring at her funny, like she was crazy or something.

It was kind of funny when we got home. She was chewing us out because we didn't tell her that it was reaching below zero. Since the road was slippery on our drive home, my aunt was scared to drive anywhere. And when we did, she would squeal every time we made a turn. On our way to the airport my aunt found out she had frostbite on her toes. After we dropped her off we headed back to the car. When my mom tried to start it, it didn't start. We had to stand there a half hour in the cold until someone helped us get it started so we could get home.

When your pipes bust it's really bad because you can't use any type of water. You can't take showers, wash your hands, or use the bathroom. There are good things about that, though. You don't have to do the dishes and other things. I was really mad because I couldn't get all freshened up in the morning.

The way we figured out our pipes busted was when we were driving into my driveway, people were working across the street(construction workers). Me and my brother just sat in the car for a second. My dad went over to talk to the workers. He was asking what had happened. They told him a pipe had busted. I never had that happen to my house before, so I didn't know what was going on. My dad told me and my brother what had happened. He said there was no water working. I didn't believe him so when I was in the bathroom I turned the knob to the sink, hoping water would come out. Nothing did.

I was very mad because I was all sweaty from practice that night. I could not go to sleep without taking a shower so I went downstairs. I took a few bottles of water, filled it up in a pot, boiled it, and poured it in the bathroom. It was very hot but I didn't want to waste anymore bottles. The next morning the water was back on and it was a regular day again.

A couple weeks ago our car's transmission broke and we have to drive 30 to 35 mph. It's slow and stupid but we're never late for some reason. Our car is old and we might get a new one. I hope we get a new one. Ours is a Mercury. They're teamed with Ford. I HATE FORDS! Do you know what Ford stands for?

Found
On
Road
Dead

Exactly what Ford stands for.

I woke up on a cold November morning to a freezing house! I went downstairs, bundled in blankets and warm clothes, to see what was happening. We were out of fuel. For most of the day we sat covered in blankets on the couch. My Dad decided that it was way too cold for us to stay at home, so he took us to his office where it was warm!

Everyone was really over-heating because we all had long sleeves and wool socks on, so we were burning up! Our sweaters and extra socks came off. After about two hours of burning up, chasing my little brother, and watching three year old shows, my Dad came back.

He had tried calling the fuel company but they said it was too short of a notice, then he found out he could go get fuel at a gas station. Luckily he called a friend and found out that the fuel he was going to get would have started a fire. So he had to go get special fuel, that is what had taken so long.

After all of this our house was finally warm!

One day my mom and my brother and I were watching t.v. and it got really cold in our house. So my mom went to go turn up the heater, and I was still cold. So my mom called our landlord and he said that he would be at the house in about a few minutes. So the landlord came and went wear the pipes were, and all he did was push a red button for a few seconds, and he told my mom that it would take a few minutes for the heater to work again.

So a week later me my mom and my brother leave the the store and we came back home, and the heat went out again. And my mom called the landlord and he said he will be there. And he came and pushed the red button, and it didn't work, so he called some people that fix the heaters, and they said that something busted and he had to replace it.

So we stayed somewhere else for a few days. The landlord called my mom and said that we can go back to the house. So we did, and after a day the house got cold again. So my mom called the landlord AGAIN the landlord said, "Oh I forgot to put the other piece on so the heater would work. So he had to come back over and put it on. But the house smelled like oil really bad, and the only place that was warm was my mom's room.

So we stayed in there until the house got fixed and didn't smell like oil no more. And it didn't after a few hours. And ever since then the house hasn't messed up any more.

One year my parents said that we were going to take a family vacation to go visit both of my great grandmas. One of them was in California and the other was in Alabama. The first stop was at my mom's grandma's house. We call her Grandma GG. It was fun because she lived next to a water park. The next stop was at my dad's grandma's house.

One day while we were there we went to a golfcourse. It was a clear and sunny day. While we were there a storm started. We were going to stay and wait out the storm but dad told us it was time to go. The storm sounded like a lion yelling at us. When we got into the car dad buckled up my brother and we left.

We were about 10 miles out of town when the lightning started. It almost hit us. I was so scared I started to hide under my blanket in the car it was so scary when we got back to town I went straight to bed and did not com out until the next morning.

On Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK day). If you don't know who Martin Luther King is (which you probably do), then I'll tell you. He was a man who had a dream about Blacks and Whites coming together in peace. His speech, "I Have a Dream", was very very popular. Some people didn't agree with him, while others thought he was amazing.

I totally agree with his message. Another person who was very strong about Blacks and Whites coming together was Rosa Parks, the lady who had tried to sit at the front of the bus with the Whites. She spoke out against all these people, just like MLK.

They are really truly inspiring for standing up to these people who were thinking so arrogantly about themselves. Thinking they were better than other people just because of their skin color. It would be like me saying I hated you and your lower than me because you have red hair. Its so stupid! These people are very brave. Martin Luther King stood up to a lot of people. The whole USA! Monday was a day to recognize his greatness.

Ok so a couple of winters ago our power went out. It was scary because we had no light and no heat because our heater broke the day before. I didn't know what to do. My mom said we had to go to our rooms. I went to my room and climbed under my covers hoping for some heat when I found a hand warmer and my DS and suddenly I had heat and light. Even now I don't know how I got the hand warmer.

After a few hours my mom got me out of my room. When I got into the living room I saw this guy. He was huge with peircings and tatoos. He said to my mom "The power should be back on soon, the snow and the wind is making the power line shake like a a humming bird's wings." After he said that, the power came back on and he said, "Well there it is. I'll see you later then." And he left. I thought to myself, Yay the power is back on and that scary guy left. And that's the story of my weather issue.

When I was with my mom on the weekend the roads were covered in ice and very slippery. My mom and I agreed to stay in the house for the whole weekend. So me and my mom played board games, video games, made popcorn, watched movies and played on the computer. My mom and I do a lot of fun stuff together and she always wants to relax and do calm stuff. I want to throw a party, go nuts, jump on the couch, grab a sled, and go down the stairs. But you know moms; you have to have rules in the house.

The kind of board games me and my mom play are checkers, chess, Uno, Monopoly and Sorry. Most of the time my mom wins most of the games that we play together. But sometimes I get her at some of the games we both like. So, when the weekend ends with my mom, I go to my dad's house and spend the weekend with him.

So my dad and I went to the movie theater and watched a movie. My dad and I played video games, watched T.V, played on my computer and played board games. My dad and I have a lot of fun together when we put our minds to it. My dad and I went to the College Coffee House, (near Beaver Sports) and got some coffee and played on the computer. When we got back to our house my friend came over. I hung out with him for about three hours, and we played video games together.

On sunday my mom picked me up at my dad's house. When we turned, my moms car slid on ice, and we did a 360. My mom and I were so close to crash into a big pile of snow, and we did, but it was awesome because we bashed into a pile of snow. The truck wasn't damaged, but my mom said she was damaged. It was not her fault, and she is a good driver and it was the ice's fault. At first it was scary, but then it was funny because I think my mom might of thrown up outside. When we crashed in the snow I was saying "Weeeweeeeweeee!!!!!!!" When the crashed ended I said, "Lets do it again." After I said that my mom and I started laughing very, very, very hard.

In winter it is hard because sometimes your pipes in your house can freeze and then you have to fix them. Then one time my dad had to stay up for two days trying to fix the pipes, and he was so tired.

After winter is over my dad's lawn becomes a swamp because the ground is low in our backyard, so all the ice that melts in my neighbor's lawn goes into my dad's because the ground is low. So we have to wear rain boots when we go into our backyard in the summer. Then all the water dries up after like a month.

Sometimes our house runs out of fuel and we start freezing. But we are lucky because we live right by a gas station. But we only get five gallons. Then like a week later it happens all over again. So my dad has to call the fuel place to deliver a lot of fuel so then it last for a while.

On Christmas me and my family all go to our Uncle Rick's house. So we're about to leave and when I go to start the car... it wouldn't start. My mom got really mad so she went to go try herself. She came back inside and I asked, "Did it start?" and she said, "No." So then we had to call my step-dad, Jason, to see if he could jump-start it. So he came over and I got to help. So then we had to let it warm up and we were off. So that had a solution.

Now my uncle lives at the top of a hill and my mom has a tiny car with no 4-wheel drive. So we were going to try to attempt to go up the hill. But of course, they had to plow the roads right before we got there which made it difficult because it was all icy. My mom made 4 attempts to get up the hill. Didn't make it. On our last try up the hill we almost made it. My mom even had to get a head start.

So we're driving up the hill and here comes another problem. There's a car in the way. So my mom had to stop. The guy got out of his car and tried to push my moms car... But that didn't work. so my mom had to back down the hill and that was a scary part because sometimes we would drift and slide. So when we got to the bottom my mom called my uncle because he was already at the house and he also has a truck. So he came down and got us up the hill, and we were able to go to the party.

One night, two years ago, my family was going through a cold time in the winter.

My dad had been at work I think, and my mom was at home with my brother, sister, and I. Then when my dad came home, he turned up the heat so that it would be warmer in the house, but it wouldn't get warmer. Then my mom called my grandma to see if my family and I could stay there for a few nights until the people came to fix the temperature thing, I forgot what is is called though.

Then everyone in my family had to pack a lot of clothes and stuff to do, so we wouldn't watch too much t.v. So I brought plenty of stuff to keep me entertained besides my grandma's dog Biff (I did a story about him). It was a lot warmer than my house, so I enjoyed it very much.

The next day when I woke up, my dad went to our house to see if it warmed up a bit, and it did, so we packed up all of our things that we had brought there and said good bye. Then we left and drove home. It wasn't as warm as my grandmother's house, but it was warm.

I liked staying at my grandmothers, but I also like my house.

So, we are one chapter away from finishing our book Bud, Not Buddy. Its about this kid named Bud Caldwell whose mom died when he was six. He didn't know where his dad was so he had to go to an orphanage. He sets off to find his dad after being in an aggressive foster home. He has a few flyers of who he thinks is his dad in a band named "The Dusky Devastators". His name was Herman E. Calloway. Bud goes and tries to find him and when he does, Herman is very mean to Bud. But come to find out Herman is his grandfather. It's really amazing how the author twisted everything when Bud was saying he was his dad.

One day I was helping my mom with the barn and I was in charge of feeding the horses. It was bitterly cold out! I had fed all of the inside horses. Now it was time to feed the outdoor horses. There is a barn for 4 horses and a barn for 2 horses. I went to the barn for 4 and fed them, then went to the one for 2. I walked up to it and attempted to slide the door open. But, it wouldn't budge so I tried it again; it still wouldn't budge.

I had to get in there or otherwise the horses would not get the food. Without food they could die. I could not set a bad reputation for the farm! Trying to stay calm I walked back to the main barn to tell my mom. She told me that it was probably frozen shut.

We had to get the ice pick and get all of the ice away from it. Whew! That was hard work. We eventually got in, fed the horses, turned them in, went home and slept!

Have you ever driven on an icy road? I have. Last year my dad and I were going home from hockey and we tried to stop, and the car just started to go side ways. Then my dad was trying to get us to get back the right way. Then we stopped and the light turned green. So then we drove home.

Some solutions, so this does not happen to you: You could get studded tires, have anti-lock brakes, and be careful.

The complications we had were that we almost get in a crash. The other complication we had was that there was a lot of traffic. That is the bad weather problem that I have had before.

In Tennessee we used to get a lot of stormy weather with lightning, thunder, hail, and lots of rain. The hail was like the size of golf balls! Here they're not even as big as marbles. We also had many tornadoes. One was so close to my house that I could see it like right outside my window. We had to turn off all our TVs and sit in the hallway for 20 minutes. At least it didn't come through our house, though, like many other people. The next day after the tornado, there was a path of torn down trees. There was also a lot of burnt ones because of the lightning.

One time, I was going out of the restaurant that my mom worked at, and I got hit in the head with something like a cold ice cube! When I looked up there was a whole bunch of hail coming down hard. It even dented the cars! The only thing we could do about it was wait until the storm was over. We ended up staying until like 9pm. When we took our car to the shop, they fixed it a bit to make it so it wasn't so dented.

Here in Alaska, it gets VERY cold. This whole week (and part of last week) has been around -40 below! Just going outside will make you shiver violently. Yesterday I was going home from school, and I always get picked up, but when I was walking downstairs, I was so cold! I couldn't even feel my legs! But you always have to dress warm in Alaska with sweaters, coats, snow pants, gloves, and so on.