The BIZ-OSS

1. This is Faith. She is the boss of the whole house. And once she loses her excess baggage known as her parents, she will be the boss of the whole world. She could run a small country and she is only ten. We got her a cat because we felt like she needed another living thing she could control besides her brothers. This did not work by the way. She wakes up every morning to her own alarm, feeds her cat, herself gets completely ready and is eating breakfast by the time the rest of us roll out of bed and put on the clothes from last night that are laying on the floor. When she was nine she actually gave her brother (who was eight!) a spanking because he wasn't moving fast enough and was going to make her late for school. She loves clothes and all things trendy and popular. She knows exactly what she wants all of the time and precisely executes her plan to get it. Her biggest frustration is when she has to rely on ANYONE else to get it. One time when she was little she asked me if I would teach her how to sew. (She was obviously too young to know that I have no idea how to sew) and I said not right now, maybe in a little bit. (My standard answer) She proceeded to locate a Q-tip, tied a piece of yarn to it, and "sewed" two squares of rubber mesh drawer liner together. That's when I knew she was smarter than me. She plays volleyball for the YMCA when she feels so inclined, but she mostly likes to stand on the court and size up all the girls' shoes. Having decided after the first game that her own shoes were not up to par she worked her mad skills on her dad and landed herself a brand new pair of pink and white Nikes which she is so pleased with she cannot stop smiling down at them long enough to play the game. Her best feature is her beautiful red hair which is somehow thick in spite of my female-pattern baldness. Her worst feature is her red hair because she has the temper to go with it. She is in fifth grade and talks about how she can't wait to be in middle school every single day of every single week.