News...

What's new?

Well...we've been living in Sacramento for about five months now. It doesn't seem like it has been that long. Seems like just yesterday I was packing my room up. Someone else is now living in our old house, hopefully enjoying it as much as I did...

The 16th was my 16th birthday...that was fun! We went to Chico for the day and my mom threw me a surprise party at Enricos. Everyone was there! Then I spent the night at Lindsey's :oD Good times :o)

I got my hair cut, layered for the first time EVER! It's pretty! I like it :o)

I decided I'm going to stay at this Charter school for now. They're letting me bring my dogs to school everyday, and they even let me bring a crate in the office for P.E.. So, I'll finish up this year and then we'll see what happens. In the meantime, I'm learning some Russian! :o)

Guido is going through another phase...hopefully he'll get over it before he goes back for training. :o/ I love that dog! I should've named him Goofy!

Christmas is tomorrow, I cannot believe how it sneaks up on me, every single year! How does it do it?

Guide Dogs

All of you who are wondering, my presentation went wonderfully! Besides me stumbling a few times (to be expected) I don't think I could've asked for better! I'm very proud of myself! There was about half of the school there so about 200 kids. I was SCARED! But when I start talking dogs I guess nothing bothers me :o) Not even 200 people! Pretty cool huh?
Also, my principal got it approved for me to bring Guido to school everyday. That will be good for his last months of training... at least he's with me now!
Always,
Kaitlyn, Daisy, Caden, & Guido

Wow...

Does life just FLY by or what? Yesterday, I thought I was starting seventh grade, shaking my knees because I had to change in "the locker room." :oD Now, I'm halfway done with 10th grade and turning 16 in 10 days... Where did my life go?

Guido is due to go back for training, probably within the next 3-5 months. He is so ready! He wants to GO GO GO! And there is nothing he loves better than when I tell him he's good and give him a kiss :o) Sometimes he gets so excited, he snorts! Hehehe!

Thanks (Spaceeba) for reading my blog! See I'm learning Russian! hehehe
Always,
Kaitlyn, Daisy, Caden, & Guido

Hey Everyone...

It's been awhile since I updated this blog...but yeah...I've still got a cough, and I've been really super tire. I'm hoping I get better before I go to Chico next weekend on the 9th! I'm sooo soo excited!!! I can't wait to see Lindsey and Kathleen and everyone else I haven't seen in three months (it feels like three years!)
Anyways, gotta go get ready for a Guide Dog meeting...
More soon!
Love always,
Kaitlyn & Guido
PS. Guido is 73 Pounds!!!

Sick and Tired

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired! Another sinus infection has come along..and if you know anything about my past, you know this is nothin' new. I am on 2000 MG of Augmentin TWICE a day!!! And it's not going away! I've been on this for three days now! What is wrong with me?!?
I hate rain, because it means I can't be out with the horses! I seriously feel like I'm "praying" for it to be sunny. Not literally, I don't need sun, I want it. But still...
And I AM praying I DO NOT have a 104 fever on my birthday this year because THAT would SUCK! It IS my sixteenth! Exactly two months from TODAY peoples!
Anyways,
Thats my news... I also went to Stanford, but I am not willing to talk about that on a Blog...ask me if you wanna' know more.
~Kaitlyn & Guido

The One And Only...

Here he is! The one, the only... Rusty! (AKA: The best Paint Horse in the world)

My Wish

My wish, is that I had someone who would "Stand by Me" nomatter what. I feel like, if I didn't make an effort to keep in contact with my family and friends, I might as well be gone off the face of the earth.

If you've got a minute, watch this movie...
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I rode Rusty today. I think I'm getting more confident. I started taking lessons too, which I'll be doing once a month. I still get to ride most every weekend though. It's good, something to get away to. I'm only a *little sore. :o)

More Later,
Kaitlyn & Guido

Hey Everyone

Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been super busy with school and HORSES! Yup, I started riding again! So so so happy! He's a paint and his name's Rusty. I've only rode him once so far, but of course I loved it!
And Vino is twice the size he was from last week when I saw him!

Ok Aside from the animals, I don't think I really have any good news...life has been tough and I MISS MY FRIENDS SO BAD! I cannot tell you how many tears I have lost because, well, there's too many to count. Every single friggin' day...I try not to...but I can't help it.
Anyways...I 'ought to go before I start cryin' again.

More Later,
Love
Kaitlyn & Guido

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F0FvG9GO8Qs

Check it out ^

Horses, Dogs, Ducks & Swimming

Went out to the horse rescue yesterday...and Jenni said she's gonna let me ride her horse next weekend. So I'm excited about that... And I got to see Vino, my duckling! He's adorable! (I know I'm silly, but I think all baby animals are cute) *with some exceptions. :o)

I gave the dogs a bath today, in my jeans :o) Go ahead, tell me how stupid THAT was! I was soaked! Then, right after I finished, Daisy decided she wanted to roll in the dirt, so I had to wash her AGAIN! Dumb dog!

Caden, Doug's german shepherd absolutely adores me for some reason... If I'm across the room from Doug and I yell "OW!" Caden goes and barks at Doug, like he's somehow hurting me from across the room. :o) I like this dog!

Guido, is still Guido. Full of energy and cannot stop moving/licking/running/jumping. :o)

Even though it's getting windy, we're still swimming in P.E. I'm glad I have it 6th period, cuz' even at 2:10 the pool's cold!

More Later,
Kaitlyn, Daisy, Caden, & Guido

Live, Laugh, Love

So, my teachers FORGOT to tell me that I could leave my books in their classrooms! History, and health. Then my Geometry book stays at home along with my English book. So the only book I have to carry is my Grammar book every Tuesday and Thursday for English. Which my English teacher "Forgot" to tell me that we do Grammar on Tuesdays and Thursdays...The joys of being new!
I met all of the "American" kids at the school yesterday. Meaning, they were all born in America. There's six of them all together. Quite a weird bunch.
My Biology teacher said she ordered frogs, worms and cow's eyes for us to disect today... YUCK! I so am not doing that! She also said we might do a sheep's heart, then I almost started crying. Frogs are bad enough!
Looks like I won't be able to bring Guido to school for a while. The Principal is being really nice, and she wants to be educated but they're all freaking out about "Liability" Seriously they think a yellow lab puppy is gonna bite someone? Yeah, especially Guido, he's so mean. Delaney growled, but I don't think he ever would've bit, and plus I STOPPED bringing him to school then! Ugh.
By the way, Delaney was placed with Mike Shanahan, pretty cool huh?! I don't know though, I think it would've been better if he went to a family that kept in touch. :o/ What can ya do?
More Soon,
Kaitlyn & Guido

Life

I started school at a Charter School which means they don't have to follow the rules of the school district. That means,
No gum, flip flops, Shorts?!?, and you're not even allowed to hold hands with the opposite sex. It's so...different. Plus we have to carry our books to and from school everyday because they don't have two sets like Chico High does. That means three or four text books. And most of the teachers require you to have a binder just for their class. It won't even all fit in my backpack! So, that's the most recent news...
Today was Country in the Park and I'm exhausted. And for some reason my mom and I aren't getting along today... and I'm really irritated with everything she does. Is this just me or do other people have these days too? :o( I HATE it!
Also, at Country in the Park, I bought a baby duck for $5, and I'm keeping him out at the horse rescue. He's cute! (duh) I think I'm going to name him Vino because they have two ducks named Cheese & Quackers, and Vino means Wine in Spanish :o)
I'm missing Chico like crazy!
Love ya All,
Kaitlyn & Guido

Horses, And A Room <3

Time flies! So much has happened in just one week! I...

1. Moved into my room last Friday
2. Started Volunteering at a horse rescue on Saturday
3. Moved the rest of the things that were in Chico on Sunday
4. Unpacked ALOT on Monday

That is basically what has happened so far. I'm going to the Independent Study again tomorrow, NOT taking Guido this time ;o) Hopefully my teacher will give me some work to do during the week, so I won't die of boredom.

Check out the horse rescue if you want... http://www.jdacres.org/

Also, I'm going to "Country In The Park" it's at a ranch and JD Acres is going to have a booth there, so I'm face painting and helping with "Pictures with the ponies." Should be fun, there's 5 different country artists going to be there. Sawyer Brown, Kellie Pickler, Gary Allan, Bucky Covington and Carmen Rasmusen.

Also, just a side note to throw out there...I'm working on a children's book about Guide Dogs. Dunno if I'll ever even try to get it published, but just the thought.

More later,

Kaitlyn & Guido

Stupid School & Guido

So the principal from Casa Roble High called my mom yesterday to ask her some stuff, that's the school I want to go to. I guess he called back today and said they didn't have enough room for any more Sophmores... what's one more?!? He said check back in January...great. So now I'm really STUCK with Independent Study.
Baby Guido ^
And I think the teacher there officially hates me, because I brought in Guido and she told me "We don't allow kids to bring their pets here" Emphasizing the word pets. That kind of ticked me off a little, so I think I got a little rude. I said "He's NOT a pet he's a service dog." Which is true, he's a service dog in training. But she made Doug take him back home anyway so she could talk with her Area Supervisor. Whatever. I have never had a problem with anywhere else. Plus there's like 15-20 kids there Maximum... So she took me over to a computer, signed me in to do a math test, and didn't come back until it was time for me to go.

My mom's van got messed up again, (duh, it's a Ford) so she FINALLY traded it in. She got a 2007 Toyota Corolla. It's pretty nice, Gold/Tan color, but personally I don't like cars, especially for dogs. Too small. But it does get really good MPG.

Anyways...that's what has happened since the 25th!

School & Life!

I got Guido back today! I think he forgot everything! Well, not really, but he "pretends" to so he doesn't have to do stuff. Nice try buddy boy! lol I missed him though, and I'm glad to have him back, even if our house is cramped with three BIG dogs!
I'm not going to Lindsey's next week after all. School, if you even want to call it that, starts this Wednesday. I only have to meet with a teacher two hours a week... The rest of the week I work four hours a day, by myself! I just don't know if I'm motivated enough... I guess I'm going to have to be. :o/

I'll be in Chico Sunday, to pack the rest of my crap and load up some stuff up to take back. We're not staying the night though...just Sunday.

I have come to the conclusion that Sacramento has the same exact stores as Chico, it's just bigger, with more people, and more useless CRAP that you'll never need! I thought Chico was getting big...geez!

~More Later
Kaitlyn & Guido

Independent Study

Well...Wednesday I thought I was going in for "Testing" But it turned out to be, well, I wouldn't call it testing! I had to answer questions in five to seven sentences. Questions like, "How will you be responsible at Options For Youth?" (That's the school's name) And "How can the teachers here help you accomplish your dream?" After that, I had to read about 10 different short stories and answer questions on each of them. Boorrriingg.

I sure hope this is a short term thing. Most of the kids there came unprepared, didn't care about their work, their teachers had to pry it out of them. This shall be an interesting journey!!!

I'm getting Guido back tomorrow, so that'll be good! I'm going to Lindsey's next week, so I don't know how that's going to go, with Guido going with me...

AND LIFE GOES ON!!!

Moving 8/20/07

So...we get here and my room...supposed to be done right? But it's not. The guy putting the tile in, (who's actually our neighbor) just started putting in the tile yesterday...so it won't be done til like, Mondayish. So right now, I'm kind of lost. I have nowhere to go, all my stuff is just in the living room and I'm sleeping on the couch... I feel like, I'm visiting for three years, just a temporary thing...

I sure hope that feeling goes away, but for now, I MISS CHICO!!! Sacramento is WAY TOO BIG!!! I wish I at least had a room to hide in, but no such luck. If it weren't for God right now, I don't know what I'd do!

I've been trying to write a book about Guide Dogs, but haven't gotten too far. I'm wondering if writing a chapter book would be easier than writing a children's book...not sure?

I've got a meeting with the Independent Study school on Wednesday, so we'll see how that goes. Wish me good luck!

Just Starting Out

Thought I'd try out this blogging thing. I always seem to forget about the journals. Mom's getting married this Sunday, and then we'll be moving to Sacramento. That should be interesting... I'll be doing Independent Study for awhile since all the schools have waiting lists...which I'm not too thrilled about, but life happens! Hopefully I'll be in school and doing FFA by next year.

I just got baptized about two weeks ago. For years I struggled, thinking that it would be some magical "feeling" where I would just know him, and now that I know it is not, I have accepted Jesus and am slowly creating a relationship with him. It's harder than it looks!!!