Amelia's Menagerie

     Okay guys, the rumors are true, I am still alive. Sorry for not posting for almost three weeks, I have been very busy, as we had a Narnian themed parents' dinner with our church's youth-group yesterday. I had a lot of work to do, and due to what the parents were eating being a surprise, it took all my energy to keep what I was baking concealed. I had to make meringues, gluten free rolls and cupcakes and sponge toffee. Thankfully, we got to the church at 11 am. on Saturday and managed to get some skits worked out and all the food prepared. I was Mrs. Beaver, and a very cute one at that, and my friend Ethan was Mr. Beaver. I was told we acted just like the beavers, even when we weren't trying to. We really should have worked ahead more, but everything turned out very well. I will try and get some pictures to you all at some point, but until then, you are just going to have to use your imagination. Okay, done with that, moving on. So what do you want me to talk about n...

      Here is something I have seen a lot of places, like https://www.youtube.com/user/blimeycow and http://howheluvsus.blogspot.com/, so I thought you guys would like this. Amelia's Menagerie presents: You might be home schooled... If you have more than 20 pets If you just tried to figure out if your cows and chickens count as pets (they do) If your hair goes down to your waist, on the rare occasion it is not in a braid If several of your friends have 10 or more siblings If you want to home school your own kids If you are constantly quoting LOTR, the hobbit, the princess bride, etc. If you attend a ball instead of prom If you get asked what grade you are in, and you can't quite remember If science class is building an incubator If you argue with your friends about who is the best doctor from Doctor Who (It's Matt Smith, Kira) If you have helped bottle feed your calf or your friend's calf If you bike to your friend's house on lunch break If you thin...

15 Things About Me      So, I've seen this on a lot of my friends blog's, and decided I would give it a try. Here goes! I am home-schooled, and plan to home-school my own kids. We have ducks and chickens, which I plan to post pictures of and write about in the near future. I love planting flowers, buying cut flowers, or really anything that has to do with flowers I am gluten free, and have been dairy free before. I am a christian, and most of my friends that have blogs go to my church. I am an avid capture the flag player, and even go so far as to wear camo paint. I do mime as well as many of my friends. Soon I will be taking guitar lessons. I have been to 2 balls and got to wear fantabulous dresses both times. I love watching clean vines. I have ridden a cow and also recently gotten to bottle feed some calves. My favorite book is the graphic novel of "The Last Unicorn". I know about 50 words in german, and I know several german phrases. I am attemp...