Musings of Matinee

I had a sleepover with some of my cousins. Here is a movie of what we did the morning after.

Get Ready for PVC Wars I!

Was that cool or what!?

Happy birthday to Me! In three more days...

It's 2 days until my birthday, and I've received birthday money from my Grandma & Grandpa (Lee), my Aunt Katie, and the Goodman's (Binky, Sacha, Winter, and Valor). I got a $25 Wal-Mart gift card (and a $1 in cash) from my (Lee) Grandparents, $20 from Aunt Katie, and a Hobby Lobby $15 gift card from the Goodman's. Thank-You all so much!!! My mom traded my Wal-Mart gift card for $25 in cash. I spent the $25 on a $15 iTunes gift card. I definitely got the sweet end off that deal! I got the other money (and the $15 gift card) after the shopping. At the Valentine's day party I blogged about quite some time ago (you know, the one with the PVC pipes) Jean Luc made everyone bracelets made of those stick things. I divided mine into three: one for Halloween, one for Independence Day, and one for Easter. But now I made a birthday bracelet, one blue, one sky blue, one white.

The History of Queen Creek

The reason I'm doing this is for my Citizenship in the Community merit badge...enjoy.

History: Back in 1927, The Rittenhouse farm went bankrupt. Rittenhouse was sort of Queen Creek's original name. Leo Ellsworth bought the farm; he later asked his brother, Larence, to join him in partnership. Donald Ellsworth joined them later, when they had about 400 employees at the Ellsworth farm. The Ellsworths were Mormons--in fact, they were the first Mormons to settle where we now know as Queen Creek. Queen Creek got its name from a mine called Silver Queen. There was a creek (which is now a wash) called Picket Creek. Then it got renamed "Queen Creek". Then our town got named that. During WWII, there was an air force base. In the 1980's, Queen Creek was officially a town.

Cultures and Ethnic Groups: There are (approximately) 75% white people, 5.5% black people, 19.5% other races, and 20% Hispanic (or Latino) in any race.

Best Features: Queen Creek's best features are the Queen Creek library and the Equestrian Park.

Popular Places for Gathering: There are many parks. There are also the Rec center and Barney's Sport's Complex. The "Barney" I'm talking about is not your MHTD (Most Hated Talking Dinosaur), it is the last name of a family. There are also many churches for religious worship for people to gather.

Challenges: There are 2 challenges with Queen Creek: one of them is hyper-growth, the second challenge is to balance residential, industrial, and agricultural needs so that the tax burden between all three is balanced.

References:
"The Church in Queen Creek, Arizona - 1949-2004", Edition 1, October 2004. Editor: Norma McInerney Matheson.

http://www.queencreek.org/

Boy Scout At Work

I did a lot of Boy Scout stuff today. I visited many people. That's all I have to say today.

How battery builders control your money!

Here's something I got from e-mail:

First of all, did you know that 6v batteries have 32 AA bateries in them? You have to wrench off the top, and takes plenty of elbow grease.


Sorry this post stinks.

A lot of stuff has happened lately, but I haven't took any pictures of them

My Aunt Erin and my Uncle Edison have moved into my Grandma's house, so they lent us some of their furniture because there isn't enough room there.

The furniture they sent us was:

1. Their love sack
2. 2 televisions
3. And my Grandparents gave us their TV holder (TV not included).

I've also started on my second sleeve for my sweater.