A Few Ways to Save on Small Expenses

In this short paper I will talk about ways you can cut down on small expenses. Also I will give some of my personal experiences with money.

A few ways you can cut down on small expenses are;

• Budgeting
  I don't necessarily have a budget but I do put the money that I earn in different envelopes; spending, saving and tithing. This works really well for me. I put 60 to 70% of the money I earn in savings, 10% in tithing and the rest goes to spending.
• Carry less money on your person.
  This doesn't really help for those who only carry debit cards with them but for those who carry cash, like myself, this will limit the amount you can spend. Now if you're going out to buy a specific list of items, then you'll need enough cash for the things you're buying. But if your just in a store looking around, not suggesting you do this, but if you do, then don't carry as much with you. Not too long ago whenever I carried cash I felt like I had to spend it. But now I always carry a little bit of cash with me,without feeling like I have to spend it.
• Think about it before you buy.
  Even for just an iced tea at a gas station you should think about what you're buying. Think about if you really need this product or you just saw it and it was on sale, so you bought it. This “rule” is also for big items. One time I saw a really cool canvas picture that I really wanted. It was $40 and I didn't have enough money to buy it right then. My mom reminded me that my birthday was coming up so I waited. The day I received the money I went to buy the picture. I brought it home put it on the wall and boy did it look great! The next morning though I realized that I didn't really need it. Lucky for me I had saved the receipt and I brought the picture back. With that money I bought something that I needed a lot more than that picture. So think about it before you buy.

Thank you for reading this and I hope that this paper told you something about saving on small expenses.                                

The Mysteries of Bobby Tremain:

  A normal Colonial kid on the outside but a Detective on the inside                           

Story 2

“Hey Joan come here.”

“Yes?”

“Guess what!”

“What?”

“I've got a mystery on my hands!”

“Yeah right.”

“No, this is for real!”

“Okay, what's this mystery?”

“It all started yesterday. As usual I was walking home from school and all of the sudden a wagon wheel rolled right by me. Almost had me too. I stopped walking and then someone came running down screaming, “Get that wheel!” So I dropped my books and ran after it, I caught up to it and grabbed on to it with all my might. The man came running down and thanked me over and over again and said if he had money with him he'd pay me. I told that wasn't necessary and walked home. Well I got to thinkin' and wondered why he needed it so badly. So I went and asked him and he told me that his Grandfather had made it 65 years ago but he sounded really suspicious. So now I have “The Mystery of the Runaway Wheel.” Wanna help me solve the case?”

“Sure, I've got nothing else to do.”

“Yesss! Okay, where should we start?”

“I think we should read some of the recent Newspapers for any reported robberies.”

“That's a great idea! I think father saves all the newspapers he reads.”

So Joan and I read all the newspapers from the last month and found in one of them that there had been diamonds stolen from the Silversmith shop two and a half weeks ago. We kept this one as a clue and decided to examine the wheel right after the Blacksmith shop closed that night. Well we found out that the Blacksmith actually lives there so we weren't sure what to do. We decided, that since the next day was Saturday, we would stay around the Blacksmith shop the whole day, in turns of course. Joan had second shift and overheard the Blacksmith talking to someone about a wagon wheel that had almost got away. His friend said that it would be horrible to lose those diamonds. Joan wondered what this meant and ran off to tell me. I thought that maybe there could be diamonds in or on the wheel somewhere. She agreed with me and decided that we needed to get a good look at that wheel, but how? Then I remembered that Jimmy said his Uncle was a Blacksmith. Joan said that since I was sort of friends with Jimmy I could ask him to show me around his Uncle's Blacksmith shop. I thought that was the perfect plan. So I decided to ask him after Church the next day.

The next day after Church I went over to Jimmy's house and asked if I could join him in his game of jacks. He told me I could, so I sat down and went to work.

“I've taken an interest in being a Blacksmith.”

“Okay.”

“And I was wondering if you could show me around your Uncle's shop?”

“Okay, sure. When would you like me to take you?”

“How about finishing this game of jacks and then going?”

“Okay. Your turn.”

So we finished playing jacks and left for his Uncle's shop. First Jimmy introduced me to his Uncle and he told Jimmy that I was the one who caught that wheel for him. Jimmy told his Uncle that I was interested in becoming a Blacksmith and wanted to see his shop. He said it was all right for me to look around for a few minutes. So I walked around pretending to be amazed at the stuff he had made. After a minute or so I found the wheel and tried not to make it so obvious that I was interested in the wheel and not the shop. After looking at the wheel for a little bit I realized that the rim of the wheel was thicker than normal. A perfect place to hide, diamonds! I told them I needed to leave for home and I left. When I got home I told Joan what I had found.

“Joan guess what!”

“What did you find!?”

“Remember when Jimmy's Uncle told me to, “Get that wheel!”

“Yes, why?”

“Well, when I caught up to it I noticed that there was a rattling noise. When I examined the wheel today I noticed that the rim was thicker than normal, in conclusion I decided that it's the perfect place to hide, diamonds!

“So what you're telling me is, he stole the diamonds, put them inside of a hollow wheel rim, put it on the wheel and then somehow it rolled away. Then you ran after it because he was screaming, “Get that wheel!” You caught it and gave it back to him. Then when you asked him later why he needed it so badly he had to come up with a story to tell you. He came up with a story but sounded really suspicious when he told you. You saw right through it and now we've come to the conclusion that he stole the diamonds from the Silversmith shop, put them in the wheel to hide them but you found them.”

“Exactly! Do you think we should go tell the authorities?”

“Definitely.”

So the next day after school I went with Joan to the local authorities and told them the whole story, they were a little hesitant at first but decided to give it a try. They left and searched the Blacksmith shop, they found the wheel, examined and found what was definitely diamonds inside of the wheel rim. They arrested Jimmy's Uncle and thanked Joan and I for the help on this case. They even told us that we should be the ones to return the diamonds to the Silversmith!

After doing just that, we went home and told our family the whole story from beginning to end. Our Ma said that we should celebrate and we all agreed!

The End

The Mysteries of Bobby Tremain

A normal Colonial kid on the outside but a Detective on the inside

Story 1

The Indians were in full attack mode, muskets firing in all directions. My father and I were the only ones in our family who had a musket and we were trying to hold the Indians back as best we could. The rest of our family was in the wagon praying to God that He would help us through this. Just then I remembered that we had a whole keg of gun powder and if we set fire to that thing it would scatter the Indians in an instant. I asked my father about it and he felt it was a God send. So I left my father with the Indians and quickly gathered all the the items I would need to make the powder explode. I was back in a couple of minutes and set fire to the powder and hurled the keg as far as I could. Seconds later, just as I had predicted, it exploded into a million pieces and scattered the Indians almost immediately. That day we praised God for delivering us from those horrid Indians and in the morning we were back on our way to Boston.

I don't think I properly introduced myself, my name is Bobby Tremain and I have four sisters, Eliza, Sarah, Elsie, and my older sister Joan. We used to live on the frontier of the Ohio River Valley area but too many Indians drove us back to where I was born, Boston.

I'm 15 and still looking for some type of job. You wouldn't think that it would be that hard to find a job here, after all there are dozens of different jobs. From a Barber to a Blacksmith but I just can't find one. I think that being a Tanner would be a really good job for me to have. The Tanners work with leather and leather is SUPER important here in the American Colonies. Tanners make things from saddles to clothes and even buckets! So being a Tanner might be a really high paying and practical job.

Our house is just a normal saltbox house but I think it's the best on the block. Except for maybe Jimmy's house, which is made out of stone, God help me not to be jealous. What's a saltbox house you ask? Well it is definitely one of the most common types of houses here in the Colonies. The saltbox house is a building that is tall in front and slopes down as the house goes farther back. There is only one story in the back of the house but two stories in the front.

I still go to school, which is unusual, because a lot of boys stop going to school around the age of 13. But since I don't have a job yet and my father doesn't need help in his Grocery store, I'm still in school.

Oh! I almost forgot to tell you what happened after school today! I was just walking home as usual and all of the sudden a wagon wheel rolled across the street! It almost crushed me to pieces! Needless to say, I was pretty frightened and I stopped walking. It kept on rolling down the Lane and then someone came running after it screaming, “Get that wheel!” So I dropped my books and ran after it. I finally caught up to it and dove for it aaaand GOTCHA! I grabbed on to that thing as if I would die if I let go. The man came running down and thanked me and asked if I was alright. I said I had barely bruised myself and I'd be all right. Then he thanked me over and over again and said if he had some money he would pay me for what I did. I told him that wasn't necessary and walked back up to get my books. Now that I think about it, maybe I should be a professional wheel chaser. Nah! Wouldn't be a very high paying job. I wonder why he needed that wheel so badly? I think I'll go find him and ask. I never forget a face you know. Let's go find him.

Let's see I think I've seen him before at the Blacksmith shop, let's go there first. Ah! There he is,

“Sir.”

“Yes? Hey, are you the one who helped me catch that runaway wheel earlier today?”

“Yes sir, that would be me. Say, why did you need that wheel so badly anyway?”

“Oh, umm it was umm my umm my grandfathers wheel, yeah! And uhh he made it 65 years ago. Yep that's why.”

“Oh okay! I was just wondering why you needed it so badly.”

“Yep that would be why! See ya around.”

“Bye sir.”

Hmm that guy seemed a little suspicious to me. A mystery! “The Mystery of the Runaway Wheel!”

To be Continued...

The Province of Georgia

It’s 1732 and you live in the British colonies in North America. You just found out that a new colony has been established called Georgia, and it’s apparently supposed to be a safe haven for debtors. That is really good news for you since you are in huge debt. So you decide to pack up and head south.

In this paper I will be talking about the Province of Georgia and its development.

In April of 1732 General James Oglethorpe received a charter from King George II to start a new colony. Then in June, Oglethorpe established a colony and he called it Georgia. He got the name for the colony from his King’s name which is George. Oglethorpe originally started the colony as a safe haven for debtors.

When he was still in England, Oglethorpe’s best friend was put in jail because he couldn’t pay his debts. Oglethorpe’s friend was put in a jail cell with someone who had smallpox and he eventually died from that disease. This angered Oglethorpe and he was determined to change the English jails. He became known nation wide and eventually, with the help of his friends, went to King George II to ask to start a new colony with a lot of the debtors that were in jail, they received a charter for this new colony in 1732. Thus the story of how Georgia came to be. 

Oglethorpe and his friends decided that their new colony needed to have strict laws to keep everyone from being crazy. Oglethorpe’s colony started to grow but very slowly. The strict laws that he put in place didn’t settle well with the  people. These were some of his laws: No alcohol, no slaves, and Oglethorpe also didn’t want people to have big plantations like the colonies farther north did. When he realized that his strict laws were hindering the growth of his colony, Oglethorpe lifted those laws and his colony started to grow.

Another reason Georgia was established is because King George II wanted a barrier between the Spanish colonized Florida and the French colonized Louisiana and the rest of the British colonies. So Georgia was like the defender of the colonies from the Spanish or French trying to invade the colonies.

This came in handy because in 1739 Spain and England started a conflict called the War of Jenkins Ear. This led Oglethorpe to invade Florida. After he didn’t succeed in defeating the Spanish, the Spanish leader in Florida drew up plans to invade Georgia. It was the perfect time to invade because after Oglethorpe’s defeat he was going to need reinforcements. But there was no way he could get reinforcements before Spain would invade. So it was a perfect plan. In the first battle or skirmish the Spanish were routed and had to retreat. In the next battle the Brits took the Spanish by complete surprise and won that battle as well. Eventually Spain withdrew and went home to Florida.  When the War of Jenkins Ear ended in 1748, James Oglethorpe had left never to return and William Stevens became Governor or President.

Georgia was a very strong Royalist colony. Meaning they were strong followers of the King. But during the Revolutionary War era they turned on England and the King and joined the other 12 colonies to form the U.S.A.                               

                                                                                                                           Georgia in 1732

                                          

                                                 Georgia in 1764.                      

                                             

                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                Georgia when it became a state in 1788

                                                                    

                          

                                                                                                                 

A Merry Adventure of Robin Hood

It all started a long time ago in a land not so far away, a place that is now called "Schoenemann Forest." Robin Hood is the name to know. He always started his days with a trip to the "Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe" to buy sweets and such stuff for all his lads in the forest. That morning was different than all other mornings. Instead of going to the "Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe" he wanted to go hunting with his bow and arrow. Then what happened was outlandish. Robin saw something moving in the bushes, naturally he thought it was a deer. He shot an arrow and ZAP!! he got sucked into a machine that takes you to the future! In other words a TIME MACHINE! He went into the year 2015! 

Once he arrived in the future he noticed that it was a lot brighter and different than where he had been just 5 minutes before. He had landed in the middle of Times Square! What he didn't know was that he only had 12 hours in the future before he would leave forever!

 “Where art thy my good lady?” quoth Robin to a passerby.

“You're in Times Square weird-o, and don't talk like that it's so annoying and sooo a thousand years ago” quoth the lady. 

“What is Times Square?” quoth Robin to the lady

“This is Times Square, what your looking at dumbo.” quoth the lady. 

“Okay let me re-phrase that, where is Times Square?” quoth Robin. 

“Here, RIGHT HERE! DOOFUS!” 

“Where in the world is Times Square?” 

“Oh, in New York City.” quoth the lady. 

“Thank you” gasped Robin. “What is New York City?” asked Robin. 

“Only the biggest city in the world! Why do you ask so many questions?” 

“Because I am new in this place. What year is this?” 

“2015! GEEZ you don't even know what year it is!?” quoth the lady. 

“2015! I must have gone into the future!”

 “What year did you travel from!?” quoth the lady. 

“1345” replied Robin. 

“Oh my gosh!! no wonder you were asking so many questions! What is your name?” quoth the lady.

 “My name is Robin Hood the finest archer in all of...” 

“Sherwood Forest!” interupted the lady. 

“No, Schoenemann Forest!” quoth Robin. 

“Huh?” quoth the puzzled lady. 

“You don't know about great Schoenemann Forest?” quoth Robin. 

“Of course n... of course I have! All of the great Oak trees! And the famous butcher, I think his name was, hmm, ah! it was Meat Head” 

“No” quoth Robin “ there are no great Oak trees in Schoenemann Forest, only Cedars, and there definetly isn't a butcher by the name of Meat Head!” 

“What ever. Do you need a place to sleep?” quoth the lady. 

“That I do” replied Robin “Now dost thou have a name my good lady?” 

“Why yes, my name is Eliza” quoth the lady. 

“Ah what a beautiful name” replied Robin. 

“Thank you” quoth a blushing Eliza. 

“Now where dost thou have me sleep?” asked Robin. 

“Just follow me.”

And so Robin followed his new friend through the bustling streets of New York City to where Eliza lived. They stopped in front of a tall apartment building and quoth Robin to Eliza, 
“You live in the most peculiar castle thine eyes have ever seen.” 

“This is not all mine” quoth Eliza, “just one room inside of it is mine.” 

So a few minutes later after some questions about the elevator, they walked into Eliza's apartment. 
“How long are you here for?” asked Eliza. 

“I don't really know. It was all so sudden. I was walking through Schoenemann Forest and thought I saw a deer moving in the bushes, so naturally I shot it with my arrow and ZAP I was in the middle of what you call Times Square. And thou art knows the rest.” 

The day went on and Robin and Eliza conversed for the entirety of the whole day. Then quoth Eliza, 
“well we should be off to bed, your room is right here and I will be over there in that room. I guess I'll see you in the morning.” 

“Goodnight” replied Robin. 

But what both Eliza and Robin didn't know was, that would be the last time they saw each other. Robin walked into his room and lied down. Shortly he was asleep and then ZAP Robin found himself in Schoenemann Forest under his Cedar tree with all his Merry lads. They all lay in there beds asleep and Robin realized it had all just been a dream.

The End

Smoking? Why!?

Smoking a cigarette; an addictive drug that causes harm in many ways. Lung Cancer, and many other types of cancer. It can also give you heart disease, increase your chances of a stroke and a lot of other types of chronic diseases. Not only is the smoker harmed but also the people around the smoker can be harmed. This is called second - hand smoking. Most exposure to second - hand smoke occurs in homes and workplaces. Second - hand smoking is as harmful or more harmful than actually smoking the cigarette. The American Cancer Society even reports that smoking cigarettes kills more Americans each year than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, homicide, and illegal drugs combined, while other research has shown that just by smoking one pack of cigarettes:

A smoker's life is cut short by two hours

Men lose a total of 4.4 years of their life

Women lose a total of 2.4 years of their life

To give you an idea of the types of toxic chemicals released into the air and your lungs when you smoke or are around someone who does, here's a list from the American Lung Association of a few chemicals in tobacco smoke, and other places they are found:

Acetone – found in nail polish remover

Acetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dye

Ammonia – a common household cleaner

Arsenic – used in rat poison

Benzene – found in rubber cement

Butane – used in lighter fluid

Cadmium – active component in battery acid

Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes

Formaldehyde – embalming fluid

Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid

Lead – used in batteries

Naphthalene – an ingredient in moth balls

Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel

Nicotine – used as insecticide

Tar – material for paving roads

Toluene - used to manufacture paint

As you probably already know, regularly inhaling these chemicals is not a good choice if you want to stay healthy.

The Saxons

Normally when you hear the word England, you think about Queen Elizabeth, or Big Ben. But really you should think about a people called the Saxons.

The Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who settled in England in the early middle ages. They invaded Great Britain and were eventually allowed to settle there as farmers. After this they sort of started taking over South-Eastern Britain (modern day England) and they split up into four separate realms:

The East Saxons created the Kingdom of Essex.

The Middle Saxons created the Province of Middlesex.

The South Saxons created the Kingdom of Sussex.

Finally the West Saxons created the Kingdom of Wessex.

During the period of the reigns of Egbert to Alfred the Great, the kings of Wessex were basically the ruler of all four realms, unifying the country. They eventually organized it as the Kingdom of England when they were threatened by Viking invasions.

Their first religion was paganism, and they worshiped gods like Woden and Thunor. Eventually they were converted to Christianity under the influence of the neighboring Jutes of Kent in the seventh century.

The main division in Saxon society was between slave and free. Both groups hierarchically structured, with several classes of freemen and many types of slaves. The most prominent ranks within free society were the king, the nobleman or thane, and the ordinary freeman. Women though, were in some ways better off than they would be in later times. A woman could own her own property, she could even take over as a leader for her husband if he died. Also marriage was consensual between the man and the women.  

The occupations of the Saxons consisted of mainly farming, but metal working and sculpting were also popular jobs.