Hailey’s Blogzz

The room in my home that is my favorite is my bedroom. I will be sharing three reasons why my room is my favorite. One reason why my bedroom is my favorite is because I get to do things that I want in my room like drawing, studying, writing, creating art, and playing games or being on electronics. My second reason why I think my room is my favorite is because I can renovate it anyway I want like painting my walls, getting new decor, and making my room me. Last but not least I have my third reason why my room is my favorite. My third reason is that my room is dark so that I can sleep better.

Hello again, my name is Hailey and for my 20% project this week, I finished learning how to spike and set a ball on my lawn today with the help of my dad who is going to be my mentor for my 20% project in volleyball. This week my goal was to spike the volleyball and to learn how to set properly, I accomplished that goal and and also learned the steps that I needed to do with my feet, stance, and where the ball needs to land; my palm. I found online how to set properly and what my fingers and hands need to go and if I should throw or flick the ball. Some struggles I had while learning volleyball were trying to get the ball in the right place of my hand and in the air because you almost need the height of your whole arm to get the perfect spike. So far, I have learned that learning volleyball is such an amazing sport and so fun to play against people and compete for medals and goals in your life. Next week I want to try and get 20 bumps with setting and bumping so I can get better at aiming with the ball. I’m so glad I chose volleyball for my 20% project. Thanks for reading this blog, see you next week!!!

Hey! My name is Hailey and my 20% project is going to be about playing volleyball. and to learn many skills and tricks with my volleyball. I can’t do this project all alone or by myself, so I will have my dad help me learn simple tips and tricks. This week was amazing and I was able to accomplish bumping and spiking the ball, but not properly. I almost have my bumping and spiking accomplished but I just need a bit more work. This week was a great week and I didn’t have any struggles at all. Since nothing went wrong, I had no adjustments to make. Next week I will be working on getting my bumping and setting and spiking performance almost perfect. That was all for the first week of my 20% project, but I will see you next week!!

I picked up my phone and looked for jobs for teens online. I scrolled far down seeing lemonade stands, walking dogs, and more. I saw a job that said “ babysitting for teenagers and adults” I clicked on the website to find more about how much I was going to get paid, and how many kids they have to take care of. It was a woman who was going to be paying me. I applied for the job and added her on Instagram. I texted her in private chat to ask her when she was working so I could stop by and babysit. She texted me back and said that she will be working Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. I said ok and told her that I would stop by on Wednesday because it’s a minimum day for school. On Wednesday I knock on her door and say “ hey I’m here to babysit.” She answered me back and said “ok honey, come on in.” She let me in the door ,and I hear muffled screaming sounding like it’s up in an attic. I felt scared. What do I do? Am I at the wrong house? I get tapped on the shoulder and I hear the woman say “ You’re next.” I get shoved in a trash bag and get sent up to an attic with other kids around my age. “Where am I?” I said. A girl answered and said “ she does this to all babysitters; I was one of them. She keeps you here to rot and never feeds you, and never gives you water. She just keeps on hiring babysitters and putting them up here. I don’t know why. There’s 10 of us in here going from ages 13 to 30. She’s been doing this for 27 years of her life and has never gotten caught.” She said. I started tearing up, knowing that my life is over.

There are so many people I would want to invite to dinner, but these are my top three: Danny DeVito, Shrek, and Mickey Mouse. Even though these are all wonderful, fictional, and famous people, I would love to have them to be at my top three feast. One reason why I would want to have a feast with Danny DeVito is because he’s a super enthusiastic person and has been in some of my favorite movies like Jumanji and The Haunted mansion. One reason why I would want to have dinner with Shrek is because he’s in the Shrek movies and he’s stubborn. And for my last person; I want Mickey Mouse to come to my dinner is because he’s playful, funny, and childish.

This month I read a book called Refugee by Alan Gratz. I have not finished reading this book yet; I am currently on page 293 out of 317. Scared three kids go on distressing journeys in search of the refugees. All three kids will have to face unimaginable dangerous scenarios. From drownings, to bomb attacks, and to betrayals. But there is always hope that there will be a tomorrow in the world for these kids. And although the kids who are named Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, astonishing connections will tie their stories together in the very end. I liked this book because it teaches you about the history in the world and makes your brain full of amazing facts. My favorite character from the book is Isabel because she is loving. One piece of evidence from the book to show that she is loving is “ but nobody was going to eat this cat. ‘You’ll just be our little secret,.” One of my favorite quotes from the book is “ No. No boat today.” This quote is meaningful to me because I hate not going on my boat and I love our boat.

If I could have any job in the entire world, it would to be in a circus and to do acrobatics. Here are some of my reasons why I would want to be in a circus as one of my jobs. One reason why I would do acrobatics in a circus is because I think that it would increase my learning skills and gymnastics skills and balance. My second reason why I would be in a circus is that I love making people amazed by awesome pieces of work and art both difficult and easy. My third reason why I would do acrobatics is because I would like to inspire people that would be interested in doing acrobatics or being in a circus to be successful in life.

The possibilities are endless when you are invisible for twenty-four hours. If I was invisible for a day I would first miss school for that day because school is just boring. Then I would go rob a grocery store because I want their money and they would have no trace of me, but they would have my fingerprints. Just not Trader Joe’s because I have respect for that store. Then I would go home and play video games just because I can and I’m invisible. Next I would go outside on the park swing and swing to scare little kids at night.

Life in an abandoned island is lonely, stressful, and like paradise. How I ended up here is traumatic. On a Wednesday school summer night, I climbed out my window to go night surfing. I was going alone because there was drama in my friend group, and that I needed to be alone just for my mental health. I brought my phone with me, but when I made it to the cold sand I was going to take a picture of the beautiful night sky. But I tried turning it on and it was dead. I didn’t want to go back to my house because I was afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to come back, or worse, get in trouble. I left my phone in the sand, along with my towel covering it so it wouldn’t get stolen. I grabbed my board, and set off into the ocean. I was so tired, I drifted off to sleep. Then I just landed up here on what I call “Paradise Island” I walked all across my island over four-hundred times out of boredom. My island had a shore with crashing waves, rocks for sand, green palm trees, and my very own poor built tree house where I sleep. There were no animals here, so I had nothing to eat. So I made my own spear out of rock and palm tree leaves. I would dive into the ocean, and catch small tropical fish such as colors of greens, blues, oranges, reds, and even purples. Seagulls, gulls, and even pelicans would fly or land here and leave once they heard the loud waves crashing. Life here in my island can be scary, fun, outrageous, and beautiful. Just don’t fall asleep on your surfboard like I did.

This month I read a book called The Last Word by Taylor Adams. I have not finished reading this book yet; i am currently on page 125. My favorite character from this book is Emma because she can’t sleep. A quote to show how she can’t sleep is “ Emma tries to fall back asleep but can’t.” Emma Carpenter enjoys the isolation and quiet of house sittings, and the only company for her is her books and her dog. But when one night she leaves a one-star review for a poorly written and gruesome horror novel, her whole life turns into a nightmare. Not only is she being harassed by the angry author online but she’s noticing disturbing incidents in the house. Scratches in the night, and figures crawling around in the shadows. She soon notices that its all connected, and from author to reader, we don’t know who will have the last word till one of them get executed. My favorite quote from the book is “ rest is just insults. Your cherry picking pieces without any contacts to set up your little jokey jokes. to invite people to laugh at me.” This quote is meaningful to me because i got picked on a lot when i was younger, and even now. I recommend this book because its a thrilling nail biting book.