Some of the people reading this may be to old to remember what it was like to be in 5th grade,so let me give you an average day..............
8:40 :Slept in so your rushing every where to get dressed.You take the brush and brush your hair for about 2 seconds before running to the bus stop just in time to see it leave.All your effort gone to waste.So you hop into the car. (ofcourse you forget your coat and it's freezing)
8:58 : You made it!You step out of the car at the car dropoff right before the bell rings.You run across the field as fast as you can. .Suddenly you slip into a mud puddle .You think to yourself:why me!?You made it just intime.And instead of an award,you get work to do.
(you may think it's all downhill from here,but trust me,it gets worst)
9:00-10:45 :More work and caught snoozing and daydreaming a couple of times.Teasing for the wet water from the puddle,but it happened to someone else yesterday so no big deal.And then you stump to a hard problem and ask your teacher she sais "you should already know this" Well,you don't know but you leave quietly geussing the answer thinking to yourself:What's the point of going to school if your not going to learn anything?I mean, seriously.
10:45-11:11 :You realize you don't have a coat so you stall in the bathroom.You realize you had been stalling a minute past recess so you sneak in the room.Ofcourse you get caught and get the worst punishment of all:extra homework (somehow,whenever the teacher sais 'extra homework' in the backround you always hear a dun dun duuuuun!)
11:11-12:30 :Math.The worst part of the day.And then even worse; you get the hiccups.You drink water,hold your breath,even scare yourself.Nothing works.Once again you think:Why me!?(You think this ALOT during the day)
12:30-1:15 :Lunch finally!Your stomach growls in line.How embaressing!Your friend makes you laugh,while you drink milk.NOOOOO!Milk is all over you.Why me!?You call to change your clothes.One good think of the day;You missed recess.At least you didn't have to freeze yourself,then you think;why did I grab my coat?Extra wieght,great.
1:15-3:03 :You have to take a science and then history test and you haven't even finished math.More homework.That pretty much takes up all the time.You doodle and pass notes and the bell rings and you find you have 3 questions left in which you hurry through 3 minutes after the bell rings.
3:03-11:16p.m. :You find that you missed the bus and the day is finally warm,and you have to carry your coat.You walk home getting there just in time to figure out you forgot your math book,and you hadn't finished it.Then you eat a snack and watch TV till 11:00 when you go in bed finally and the last time you see is 11:16 before dozing off.
See how hard it is?No adult could last a day!It is so much more harder to be a 5th grader.All you do at work is(for my dad anyway)is eat lunch and talk to people and think of a way to persuade someone to do something.F.Y.I,i do this everyday.I talk to people,I eat, and I try to persuade mom all the time to raise my allowance money which may look easy but trust me,it is not!And mom,your job is to take care of us,right?I take care of myself every day!Shocking,isn't it?It's a piece of cake for adults,I mean seriously.They make money,stay up at night,make the rules, and get to watch any TV show they want.Did I mention that they don't have to go to school all year except for a mesly 2 1/2 months?I mean,seriously.You guys got it good.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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Gossip Line
YIKES!
Very rarely will you hear 1 word from Adam in our house.But if you have a cellphone,you'll get paragraphs of text messages (better results if your a hot teenage girl).You see,most of Adam's day is spent text messaging (even in school!).As you probobly know,Adam is going to start dating.But the thing is,when you date,you don't text ,YOU TALK!In text messaging,you can edit what you say before texting,and in talking,you can't.I feel sorry for the Adam,and the girl especially,when he starts dating.The name of this article started with Yikes! and will end with Yikes! because no mater what,it will be Yikes ,so.........Yikes!
I guess since I gossip a lot about people and write articles about it I think to be fair I should write an article about me so..............................
Who knew a genius could be this Cute?
That pretty much sums up the article.
Gossip Line
YIKES!
Very rarely will you hear 1 word from Adam in our house.But if you have a cellphone,you'll get paragraphs of text messages (better results if your a hot teenage girl).You see,most of Adam's day is spent text messaging (even in school!).As you probobly know,Adam is going to start dating.But the thing is,when you date,you don't text ,YOU TALK!In text messaging,you can edit what you say before texting,and in talking,you can't.I feel sorry for the Adam,and the girl especially,when he starts dating.The name of this article started with Yikes! and will end with Yikes! because no mater what,it will be Yikes ,so.........Yikes!
I guess since I gossip a lot about people and write articles about it I think to be fair I should write an article about me so..............................
Who knew a genius could be this Cute?
That pretty much sums up the article.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Matt's "Story Time"
The following story was penned by Matthew during Stake Conference today. I'm sure you will be as inspired as we were.
THE THREE LITTLE DOGS
A Story by Matthew Olsen [Editor's note: the true story behind the three little pigs]
Once there was a pig and a dog. The bad guy was a pig. The good guy was the dog. You know the three little pigs. But the three pigs were bad guys. They went to dog's home. They said "get me in with a huff and a puff oink!" The home with bricks fell down. The dog ran and ran to the home made with boxes. The dogs said "can I go in?" The dog said "no" so the dog ran away.
Next the pig was in the home made out of boxes. The pigs said "ha ha ha." It was a good thing the dog did not go in the home. It was a good thing it ran. The home made of boxes got broken and the dog got eaten. If the dog was in it he would be eaten.
The next home was made out of metal. The dog said "can I get in?" The dog said "yes." But the pig had the key to the house. The dog's had matches and burned the pig and eated it. "That was a good pig" one dog said.
One time the dogs went to cat's home and did the same thing.
THE THREE LITTLE DOGS
A Story by Matthew Olsen [Editor's note: the true story behind the three little pigs]
Once there was a pig and a dog. The bad guy was a pig. The good guy was the dog. You know the three little pigs. But the three pigs were bad guys. They went to dog's home. They said "get me in with a huff and a puff oink!" The home with bricks fell down. The dog ran and ran to the home made with boxes. The dogs said "can I go in?" The dog said "no" so the dog ran away.
Next the pig was in the home made out of boxes. The pigs said "ha ha ha." It was a good thing the dog did not go in the home. It was a good thing it ran. The home made of boxes got broken and the dog got eaten. If the dog was in it he would be eaten.
The next home was made out of metal. The dog said "can I get in?" The dog said "yes." But the pig had the key to the house. The dog's had matches and burned the pig and eated it. "That was a good pig" one dog said.
One time the dogs went to cat's home and did the same thing.
Gossip Line
Welcome back to......................................
GOSSIP LINE
By Jessica Olsen
Flesh and Blood
In my resent gossip line,I told you about mom taking on many jobs.Not only now does she have many jobs and is still very tired but gives her own blood! But this is not enough,mom is now coming back to weight watchers.Since, in Wieght Watchers you lose wieght(or flesh)mom is technicly giveing her flesh and blood.In my opinion,I think mom is overdoing it.My last article on this subject ended with 'What would you do?' but now I will end with this: mom,your killing yourself.
GOSSIP LINE
By Jessica Olsen
Flesh and Blood
In my resent gossip line,I told you about mom taking on many jobs.Not only now does she have many jobs and is still very tired but gives her own blood! But this is not enough,mom is now coming back to weight watchers.Since, in Wieght Watchers you lose wieght(or flesh)mom is technicly giveing her flesh and blood.In my opinion,I think mom is overdoing it.My last article on this subject ended with 'What would you do?' but now I will end with this: mom,your killing yourself.
Cailiforn Eye A part two!
As winter continues on and on and on, we thought it would be a good idea for sanity's sake to finish our blog on our trip to the sunshine state, including spectacular sunset cliffs beach:
We wish we had more pictures of Allison and the younger kids, but a local surfer informed Allison that they had recent problems with parts of the sandstone cliffs falling into the crashing surf below, so Allison was busy being very angry at Nathan, Adam and Jessica for venturing out on the c
liffs just for a little thrill. Note the anger on her face in this picture:
liffs just for a little thrill. Note the anger on her face in this picture:At least Matthew was able to serenade her with his cheap Mexican guitar.
We spent another day at the La Jolla beach. Aaron graciously took some time at lunch to swing by and teach Adam and Nathan how to surf. Somewhere we have some pictures to prove it and will post them when we have it.
We then ventured our way down to the concrete mass known as Los Ang Elas, to vist the Jon and Deanna crew.
They took us to the most "hip" malls in LA, with bands, fountains, massive shiny ladder engine firetrucks called to the scene of a heart attack. Our dancing was so excellent that other people were taking pictures of us. We are stars!
Of course no trip to LA is complete without a picture next to the Hollywood sign:
Adam is left to contemplate when we will again be able to catch a little sun in the Eye of Californ A.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Californ eye A!
We recently returned from California where we decided to spend Spring Break (since we don't get any such thing in Idaho Falls). First we visted Mark and Shannon Olsen and their gang in Bakersfield. Adam, Jessica and I made a day trip to Magic Mountain, where Nathan had his internal organs rearranged with the obnoxious number of totally insane roller coasters. All one hears in the park all days is screaming.
Of course we got plenty of beach time!
The kids also had the opportunity to try clams for the first time.
Of course, like all sea food, they loved it! Christina shoved a bunch of the shells in her pocket as "new pets."
Next we stopped by Aaron and Carrie Olsen's house in fabulous San Diego! We decided to take our chances and head across the border to Mexico. What a mistake that was. As a fair white family of six, we were a blobular moving target mobbed by the local merchants. One can never forget the little Mexican kids and their tiny mom approaching with their little trinkets and big brown eyes desperately chanting "one dolla! one dolla!" Needless to say, we nearly doubled the Tiajuana economy on that day.
We tired of foreign soil quicky and began yearning for the red, white and blue of our beloved America. However, not before having to wait in a line several hundred yards long and almost being detained because Allison decided to argue with the border patrol officer about not having our birth certificates on hand. (I guess Nathan's horrific spanish accent was not convincing enough to prove that we were American.)
It was all poor Adam could handle. (Next time he will pose for the camera.)
Alas-- we did make it back to the homeland. The land of the free, and did kiss the ground. We soon thereafter made our way to Old San Diego, and enjoyed a much more relaxing "synthetic" Mexico, including an authentic americanized mexican food feast and serenade.
Part two of our exciting California adventure tomorrow!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Our Debut
Time to finally "get up with the times" and start our own blog. We are the "politicolsens" of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nathan (38), Allison (just turned 37 -- happy birthday!), Adam (15 and only a few months shy of the "dating" phase except that he won't be able to take a girl on a date without his parents driving until November 18, 2008, more on that later), Jessica (11 and aspiring gossipist), Matthew (8 and prolific book writer), Christina (6 going on 14). We also have two dogs -- Cooper, who we also like to call "fatty" because he is about 20 pounds overweight, even though he thinks that he is a little dog and tries to cuddle in your lap with his 100 pound body causing your legs to go numb. And Sadie, a littler you-know-what who chews on everything and torments the squirels in the backyard.
We all lead very busy lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Generally, it is out of control. But we try to keep it moving in the right direction. We just finished our first lenghty family vacation by troopsing about California. We will try to post some pictures of that extravaganza.
Anyway, much more to come!
We all lead very busy lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Generally, it is out of control. But we try to keep it moving in the right direction. We just finished our first lenghty family vacation by troopsing about California. We will try to post some pictures of that extravaganza.
Anyway, much more to come!
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