Kittens!!!!

Hey everybody!
 I have been trying to come up with a topic for a post for awhile now and, as you can see, I found a pretty good one.
 About six weeks ago my sisters cat gave kittens. Well, technically it's not her cat but she seems to have taken ownership over it.

I don't have any pictures on my computer of them, my computer wont accept the camera for some reason. It has before, (hence all the other pics)but it decided that it would not recognize the file. I got some really good ones of them climbing up the fence this morning. Callie is the momma cat, and she had five babies.

•  Guinevere- (or Gwen as I call her) Is a female and she looks like her momma, and a brown tiger. My favorite one.

Story Behind The Name Guinevere:
Well, I just liked the name personally. :)

• Maverick- (or Mavi as we have nick named her) Is a dark gray colored female, and she has light gray and cream colored stripes.

Story Behind The Name Maverick:
Whenever Callie was pregnant, we joked that it looked like she had swallowed a basketball. Then Emma said we should name one of the kittens Basketball. I was like "No way!" so she was named Maverick.

• Kiza- Kiza is a female and Maverick's twin so to speak. She is just lighter and has more white on her face.

Story Behind The Name Kiza:
I read one of Gail Carson Levine books called Ever, and LOVED IT! The main characters name is Kiza.

• Eragon- Is pure black male with blue eyes. Also my favorite.

Story Behind The Name Eragon:
Again named after one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite books, Eragon.

• Byron- Byron is white with patches of brown stripes.

Story Behind The Name Byron:
One of Emma's favorite characters name in one of the few books she has read.


Byron and Mavi have found forever homes with two of our friends.

To Abby And Christina, My BFFS:
This post is for you guys since yall have not seen them. :)

Puppy Meeting!

I was SO excited to go to the LSPR meeting last night! The meeting was for new volunteers and new puppy raisers. The subject of the meeting was: Every Thing You Need To Know About Puppy Raising. Emma and my mom and I went, and I think Emma was the one who asked the most questions! :) The CFR, Sandi Alsworth, came and explained the role of a Guide Dog, how they raise the puppies, and what we can do to join the volunteer movement. It was very informative and I learned a few things, like the whole insurance thing were you and your puppy are insured by GDB. I never knew that!


We talked to Beth (one of the leaders) afterwards and I still have to go to one of their Puppy 101 classes, have the house inspection and puppy sit. I am trying to find a way to get money regularly so I can pay for gas for the trips back and forth for the puppy outings/meetings (that is, like, the only way I could raise). I babysit, and do odd jobs around the house so that is one way to get money, but not enough. Know anyway jobs a thirteen (about to be fourteen next month)  could do? 


I saw one of the new puppies, Oslo. He is a black lab and so cute! His raiser is a new raiser. She became a raiser during the months that I did not go to the meetings, which is aLOT! One man had asked how long it takes to get a puppy after you send in a application. Beth asked H (The new raiser) how long it took for her to get Oslo and she said about three months, and in my mind I was like "Have I been gone that long?" I hope to go to the Puppy 101 class ASAP and get started (again :P) towards raising! 


~Maddie

It Has Been a Long Time...

Since I have been to a puppy meeting. My last one was October I think. I am going to one tonight with my mom and my sister Emma. I might bring my camera and get some pictures of the new puppies! I can not wait!

~Maddie

Puppy...?

I have a friend who would also like to start raising a guide dog puppy with me, but there are some problems.

One, gas. Gas is SOOOOOO expensive right now that unless we find a way to make some aLOT of  money or find enough people up here that are interested in raising so LSPR (Lone Star Puppy Raisers) will move some of the outings up here, then we will have a difficulty getting to the meetings.  

Actually, gas is the main problem. My parents said I could raise in the next month if prices went down. *please Lord* 

It has been awhile since one of the dogs from the LSPR group went of for formal training, but I just learned that yesterday. Fred was the little puppy when I first came to my first meeting, and from the beginning, one of my favorites. I was so happy to see him on posters for dog food in PetCo when I went in. I would point it out to my sister and quietly (haha yeah right :) say "Emma, thats Fred!!!!" and the workers and shoppers standing by looked at me like I had gone of the edge. 

At the meetings he was one of the best behaving, and so mellow and calm. Whenever H would give him a command he would obey and look up at her like she was the best thing in the world, and eagerly wait for the next command. I will miss him greatly, but know he is going to do what he was meant to, and that is not petting his soft, silky ears. *smiles*

Fred at the campus

Good luck Fred!


~Maddie

Six Flags Over Texas!

Yesterday I went to Six Flags with a bunch of my friends and had SOOOO much fun! I have gone three years in a row, and each year I was to afraid to ride the "Big Rides" as my little sister calls it. Not this year my friends.

 Last year M and I were WAY to scared to ride The Flashback, The Shockwave, Mr. Freeze, The Texas Giant, and The Titan, to name a few. That night, on our way home we said we would ride as many "Big Rides" as we could.

So this year one of the first rides we rode was the Batman. You sit in a seat, with your legs dangling out and the track is above you, attached to the seats. Then you go out and do loops and go upside down and scream your head off!

Yes, I did ride the Texas Giant, though I was seriously reconsidering going on the ride when we started to go up the HUMONGO hill. The sign right before you go down that read, "Wait, can we talk about this?" did not help. But, I ended up going on it two more times. :)

 Then I went on the Titan three times and the Batman again. All in all, it was a pretty nice day. I was dizzy when we got of the Titan after riding it two times in a row, and had to take a break from that ride and went on it again before we left and I still had a headache three hours later! We ended the day by going to El Chico.

I don't know when something worth telling about will happen, so I don't know when I will put up a post but, hey, I can't read the future so you might be reading a post tomorrow!

~Maddie