Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The Final Day in NYC
Today was our "finish things we haven't done" day and our Broadway shows day! We woke up, got breakfast at the same little cafe as yesterday, and headed over to the Manhattan Temple. It was so weird to be in this big city and then see a temple- well, the angel Moroni at least- you couldn't really tell it was a temple unless you looked up and saw the angel. It had "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" in it- but it just looked like another building. It was kind of strange. Then we headed over to Central Park and took a little walk through it... Kyle started singing "That's how she knows you love her" from Enchanted- that was kind of funny. I was really shocked at how many people were running in the Park- it makes sense because it's not like there is a lot of places for them to run- but there were a lot! At first I thought it was like a race or something, but nope, it was just people that like to run- weird huh?! As the City in a whole, I was really surprised at how many peo
ple I saw walking their dogs- I would see a dog and say "See Kyle- Zeus would like it here" so I'm sure he got sick of that :) But there were all kinds of dogs! It was fun to see them.Anyway- after the park we walked over to the Rockafeller Center- i didn't know what it was either it's okay- it's where NBC studios are... and the ice skating rink that you always see in like Christmas movies and stuff was there- we watched them for a little bit because I wanted to see someone f
all- but no luck no one fell. Then we headed over to see The Lion King. It was amazing. The animals were all so cool and I really think you have to see it to understand. I loved it. We were in the VERY back row- like the last row in the theater and we still had incredible seats. There is no bad seat in the house that's for sure.Then we caught a ride from the bus to the Empire State Building, that's the one that King Kong was on in the movie- it was really tall. There wasn't that much in it... mostly shopping centers... Kinkos and Starbucks... ::little fact, there are 230 Starbucks in Manhattan alone!!:: Then we tried to find a place to eat and nothing looked good, so we settled on Wendy's... :)
Now comes my favorite part!! Then we saw... ::drum roll:: MARY POPPINS! It was AMAZING. I totally loved it. I'm so glad that Kyle had us go to it! I loved the Lion King- but this was different... if any of you out there in Blog Land has the chance to see it- I strongly recommend it. It isn't the exact same as the movie like Lion King and they both have new songs added to them.. but i loved Mary Poppins.
Our trip to New York is coming to an end, I'm sad to see it come, but I'm really excited to see Zeus ;) I had tons of f
un here- I love the city! I definitely wouldn't want to live here (I called on a room, for a studio is 2300 and for a 1 bedroom it's 3500 a month.. NO THANK YOU!) but it was so fun to visit. Thanks Marie!!!I think besides Mary Poppins, my favorite thing was Time Square. I don't know why but I just loved it. Everything is so lit up and sparkles. I kept telling kyle "soak it in!!" and I really did I loved to walk down the street with all the people and just soaked it all in. For the most, the people here were very friendly and helpful. We were talking about it earlier and we didn't ever feel unsafe at all, I felt perfectly fine walking the streets- I'm sure there are other parts in the city that aren't at safe as Time Square and the other busier parts, but for a tourist i don't think it could have been anymore tourist friendly! I would be really nervous to take my little kids here because I would be scared I would loose them, but I really enjoyed it here! If anyone gets the chance to go, definitely take it- you won't be disappointed! :)
Friday, March 28, 2008
Day 2 in NYC
Wow we did a lot today. We woke up, got ready, ate at a little cafe' down the street, and headed off to our Gray Line Sightseeing Tour. It was pretty nifty- they would pick us up at the designated site and take us all around NYC, you get dropped off in certain places and the buses come around every 20-30 min so you can catch a ride again. Our first stop was The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We were thoroughly shocked at how long of a line was waiting for us when we got there to go onto the ferry to go to Liberty Island- it was about an hour and a half wait- but I guess that isn't any longer than a ride at Disneyland right?! The Statue was exactly how it looks in pictures and stuff- very cool and I'm glad we went, but definitely not that exciting. To be honest, we didn't get off the ferry like all the rest of the people to go onto the Island- we figured that we saw it and that was good enough. Ellis Island was a different story- we got off and looked around the building. It was crazy all the stories and how different it was back then with immigration. It's kind of sad to see how all the people would come all the way to this country and get turned away because they had a cold or something.
We hoped on the bus and went to Chinatown- what a treat. Not really. ha ha. It was kinda scary. I didn't feel like I was in New York City at all- it was a lot dirtier, everything was in Chinese, and the stores were all icky. We went into a fabric shop, and turned around and came out. We got back on the bus, came back to the hotel to freshen up a bit, and went to a really good little Pizza Place- is was really tasty! Then we went back and got a ride on the Night Bus- it was really cool to see the city all lit up! Our tour went to Brooklyn so we went over the Brooklyn Bridge and got to see the City from afar which meant we got to see the whole skyline- it looks so awesome! We saw the
Empire state building, ground zero (it's all construction so you can't really see anything), the first Macy's store, the fountain from Friends, and much much more. The tour guide was telling us that on top of some of the buildings they sell their "air space" which means the space on top of their building and people like build houses on top of them- I have a picture of one but we still haven't been able to get the pictures up. We will definitely post them when we get home though! Anyway I'm EXHAUSTED so I'm going to go to bed- tomorrow is our Broadway Shows so stay tuned!
Day 1 in New York City
Today was our first day in New York City!! We had a flight out of Rochester at 11:45 and arrived in the city at 12:40. It was such a short flight! JetBlue is my favorite airline (I’ve only been on like 3) but they had personal TV’s on the seats with DirecTV! It was fun! We took the subway (first time for me!) to our hotel, it was about an hour from the airport- so the subway ride to our hotel was longer than our flight, crazy.
Kyle is so amazing and found our hotel for us- I was a little scared we would get lost- but there was no problems!
We checked in and headed off into the city.We found Time Square! It’s amazing. It looks just like TV… there are people EVERYWHERE and buses and taxis fill the streets… we saw all the different theaters on Broadway- we tried to find a show to watch tonight, but they were all sold out. Bummer. We found the David Letterman place… Kyle got excited about that ☺
We headed over to fifth avenue… all the shopping you could imagine. Way too expensive for me though. We found the Tiffany & Co… it’s HUGE! There were 6 stories- each level had a different type of jewelry. We went into a McDonalds to use the restroom- and it was the biggest McDonald’s I had ever seen! The bottom was huge and then there was an entire upper floor of just seating. It was amazing.
After traveling and walking around for a few hours we were pooped so we headed back to the hotel to get some rest to be up and ready for the day tomorrow of sightseeing!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Strong Museum of Play
Today was really relaxed. We slept in a little bit and just kind of chilled with the family. At about noon we took Emmalee to the Strong Museum of Play. So cool! It was a huge play house. There was everything that you could imagine that has to do with children and toys. My favorite was the "Rainbow Reef" they had about 3 fish tanks with all kinds of different reefs that had all the different fish that feed off of them. It was so neat. There were all kinds of optical illusion things, games, craft centers, I don't even know how to explain it.
The big grocery store here is called Wegmans and there was a fake kid size store there. It had all different kinds of groceries and there were little carts that they kids could use. First, you grab a cart, then you can get up to 5 items to put into your shopping cart, then you check yourself out- you get a receipt and everything... you do that to put the food back when your done. It's really cool because it's so real!
There was also a "kids theater" that had a stage and even switches that you could put a different lighting on the stage... there was a mini backstage that you could put dress up clothes on a perform and everything. There was a mini news room that had had the different weather forecast and everything- and all these places had a little VCR and a camera that you could record and than go up to the front and buy yourself doing the report or th
e show and everything. There is so much so this place that we were there for 3 hours and we exhausted, and we didn't even go upstairs! It was awesome we had a lot of fun! The entire time I kept thinking how much fun Wesly and Travis would be having there!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Buffalo Wings and Niagara Falls
Our 2nd day in New York was awesome... we went to.. ::drum roll:: the ORIGINAL place where buffalo wings were made!! It is called the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY.. Kyle was in heaven. He was so excited to finally eat the "first" buffalo wings! He loved them so much he bought the sauce that goes on it. They were so much better than Native New Yorker!
We headed over to Canada to see the Niagara Falls. It was so cooold! Kyle's mom and I were freezing so we stopped and got some beanies and scarves. It was really cool because there were sections of the falls that were frozen over- we could still get the jist of it and most of it was flowing, but
some was frozen. We also went "under the falls" and part of the lookout points were frozen, Brent was saying that he had never seen the frozen before- that's how cold it was!!Then we saw what looked like the Hershey's Factory, and I thought we were going to like watch chocolate being made and stuff- i was really excited! BUT it was just a store... still cool. There was a HUGE Hershey's bar (like 5 lbs) it was like $40! Crazy! Anyway- That was our day.. now we're chillin' with the family.
Tomorrow we're going to a Kids Museum!!! I'm SUPER excited!! I'm sure I'll tell you ALL about it! Yay!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Rochester and Palmyra
Yesterday was.. Long! We got to the airport at around 8 and went straight to check-in and such... we were like the last people on the plane and we didn't have assigned seating so we all 3 didn't get to sit together... I sat by these two old rich guys, they were really nice! Apparently one of them has a home in Phoenix, so when he wants to play golf he comes down and stays for the weekend- must be nice :) They were really nice. The night before we had gone to target and made sure I had all the coloring books I would need for the plane so I wouldn't be bored :) I asked the guys I sat with if they wanted to color too... they both said they weren't very good at staying in the lines so they didn't color with me :( Our plane had left at 9:55 AZ time, and we got to Buffalo at I think 4 or 5ish NY time.. there is a 3 hour time difference, so really the flight was only a little less than 4 hours.
Brent and Emmalee picked us up at the airport and I gave Emmalee some of the cookies they had given us on the plane- she's 3 so to her that was the coolest thing ever- she's been my buddy since then. She's a cutie. We headed off to Rochester where they live and to the hospital to see Tyler and I got to meet him and Jody. They have such an awesome family!
The visitors center there had the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls... Kyle and his mom really enjoyed learning about that... it was kind of boring to me. I think I like things better when they are the real artifacts, because the things at the Dead Sea Scrolls were all replicas- so it didn't seem that cool to me... they did have these lamps like from the 10 virgins that holds their oil that were found in Jerusalem, and you could definitely tell those were old and not just replicas.
I love the feeling of Rochester- there is a real small town feel to it, but it's big and everything is close! All the houses are different and no one has backyard fences. They all have siding on them or brick, I don't think I've seen a stucco house! Even like he big buildings are brick, they're so pretty!If my family would all move here, I would love to live here!
We're planning on updating every night and post a few pictures- like a journal! Enjoy!
Brent and Emmalee picked us up at the airport and I gave Emmalee some of the cookies they had given us on the plane- she's 3 so to her that was the coolest thing ever- she's been my buddy since then. She's a cutie. We headed off to Rochester where they live and to the hospital to see Tyler and I got to meet him and Jody. They have such an awesome family!
Today we went to the church history sights in Palmyra. First we went to the Printing Press where the Book of Mormon was first published which was really neat to see how they actually did everything- it's amazing how much time and effort went into making the books. They made 5,000 copies and it took them 2 years to print and bind them all- that's a LONG time. We have lots of pictures of all the different tools they used, it's quite a process. Then we headed over to the Smith Farm and the Sacred Grove- it's really cool to be able to really picture what everything looked it- the first little cabin was a complete replica but the 2nd Smith house was 80% original, they had to of course add on a little bit and make it more stable... but it kind of makes you realize that it really wasn't that long ago- 200 years in a really long time, but it's not THAT long ago.
After that we went to the Hill Cumorah... I pictured it to be like a mountain- but it's not, it's just a hill. They showed us a picture of what it would have looked like before the church planted trees on it- and you really wonder where Moroni would have hidden the plates because there is hardly any grass... the plates were well protected to be hidden there for that long.
The visitors center there had the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls... Kyle and his mom really enjoyed learning about that... it was kind of boring to me. I think I like things better when they are the real artifacts, because the things at the Dead Sea Scrolls were all replicas- so it didn't seem that cool to me... they did have these lamps like from the 10 virgins that holds their oil that were found in Jerusalem, and you could definitely tell those were old and not just replicas.I love the feeling of Rochester- there is a real small town feel to it, but it's big and everything is close! All the houses are different and no one has backyard fences. They all have siding on them or brick, I don't think I've seen a stucco house! Even like he big buildings are brick, they're so pretty!If my family would all move here, I would love to live here!
We're planning on updating every night and post a few pictures- like a journal! Enjoy!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Greedy comes to mind!
I found an article in Newsweek that really disturbed me.. the last sentence pretty much sums up exactly how I feel...
Lord of the Ka-chings
Let the countdown begins- or should we say countdowns? Warner Bros., home of the highest-grossing film series in history, is whipping up some money-making wizardry by releasing the film version of the final J.K. Rowling book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," in two parts, in 2010 and 2011. Since it will probably have to come up with a new movie title now, we have a suggestion: "Harry Potter and the Appallingly Greedy Movie Studio," parts one and two.
I can understand that these books are VERY detailed, I was extremely suprised when they came out with 4 and 5 without making 2 movies out of each of them, but the Deathly Hallows isn't any bigger or detailed than any of the other ones- so why on earth would they have to put the last book into 2 movies?! Because their greedy for money. Because I can guarantee I will probably see both, which means they get 16 more of my dollars (one for kyle and one for me) and we'll probably buy the movie since we have 1-5, which means another 20 of my dollars... I'm fully aware that I'm the one that gives them my dollars- but still.
Lord of the Ka-chings
Let the countdown begins- or should we say countdowns? Warner Bros., home of the highest-grossing film series in history, is whipping up some money-making wizardry by releasing the film version of the final J.K. Rowling book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," in two parts, in 2010 and 2011. Since it will probably have to come up with a new movie title now, we have a suggestion: "Harry Potter and the Appallingly Greedy Movie Studio," parts one and two.
I can understand that these books are VERY detailed, I was extremely suprised when they came out with 4 and 5 without making 2 movies out of each of them, but the Deathly Hallows isn't any bigger or detailed than any of the other ones- so why on earth would they have to put the last book into 2 movies?! Because their greedy for money. Because I can guarantee I will probably see both, which means they get 16 more of my dollars (one for kyle and one for me) and we'll probably buy the movie since we have 1-5, which means another 20 of my dollars... I'm fully aware that I'm the one that gives them my dollars- but still.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Time flies
Last weekend we had the oppurtunity to have my family finally come see where I live, which was really fun! My Dad and little brother Derek came up and gave us the piano and my parents old couchs- which I couldn't be more excited about! We finally have, what I call, a "grown-up house" ha ha- meaning we have like a living room with the nice furniture and then the family room with the entertainment center and stuff! It's still a little weird because the family room is kind of off to the side, so when we didn't have the other furniture we just had everything in the Living room- so now there is two full rooms instead of an empty one! haha. Anyway- we had planned on having dinner at the pizza store- but the pizza oven broke so that didn't work out, so we went to El Rancho, which was very good! We drove around a little bit and my dad told us stories about when he was younger and she showed us where he used to live and all the fun stuff...
We came back home and talked for about an hour or so, and then we were off the bed!
The next morning we went to Cornville for the Grandma's 80th birthday party- it was fun to be able to see all the relatives on my Dad's side that we haven't since in a few years. Everyone is getting so old and grown-up, it's kind of weird!
That night Chris and Kati spent the night, they were on their way up to Wyoming so it was a good place for them to crash and head out that next morning. My nephews are so stinkin' cute. I haven't been able to see Nathan as much as I got to the Travis and Wes when they were little, but on the way to our house I got to sit with Nate in the back (until he started crying) and it was really fun to play with him and have him giggle with me! You forget how much you miss your family until you hang out with them again.. I couldn't imagine living any further away from them than I do now...
This week Kyle has been faithfully working on the Musical Review that the choirs are performing on Friday night. We were at the school until 9 last week for practice and I'm guessing that tomorrow night we will probably be there later than that. It's coming along very well- I'm proud of what Kyle can do with these kids- there's no way I could do it :)
I can't believe we are heading off the New York in 3 days :) It seems like it was last week I posted that we were going. I'm so excited! Yay! Steven and Meghan are awesome and are going to take care of Zeus for us while were gone. I'm really grateful to them for that! I haven't been away from Zeus for more than 2 days- it's a little weird! haha- We've turned into those people that don't have kids so we have a dog ha ha. A little pathetic I know :)
We came back home and talked for about an hour or so, and then we were off the bed!
The next morning we went to Cornville for the Grandma's 80th birthday party- it was fun to be able to see all the relatives on my Dad's side that we haven't since in a few years. Everyone is getting so old and grown-up, it's kind of weird!
That night Chris and Kati spent the night, they were on their way up to Wyoming so it was a good place for them to crash and head out that next morning. My nephews are so stinkin' cute. I haven't been able to see Nathan as much as I got to the Travis and Wes when they were little, but on the way to our house I got to sit with Nate in the back (until he started crying) and it was really fun to play with him and have him giggle with me! You forget how much you miss your family until you hang out with them again.. I couldn't imagine living any further away from them than I do now...
This week Kyle has been faithfully working on the Musical Review that the choirs are performing on Friday night. We were at the school until 9 last week for practice and I'm guessing that tomorrow night we will probably be there later than that. It's coming along very well- I'm proud of what Kyle can do with these kids- there's no way I could do it :)
I can't believe we are heading off the New York in 3 days :) It seems like it was last week I posted that we were going. I'm so excited! Yay! Steven and Meghan are awesome and are going to take care of Zeus for us while were gone. I'm really grateful to them for that! I haven't been away from Zeus for more than 2 days- it's a little weird! haha- We've turned into those people that don't have kids so we have a dog ha ha. A little pathetic I know :)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Biology Sucks
Disclaimer: This blog is strictly me venting- if you don't want to hear any complaining- don't read, cuz that's all this blog is full of :)
I seriously think that some college classes are a waste of time and money. This is my second semester taking a Biology course, the first semester (long story) I dropped a week before my final because I wasn't going to pass my final (the class started with 30 students and went down to 5 at the end of the semester) and I think those 5 passed, so 5 out of 30 students passed this class.
I'm taking a different Bio class, same teacher. The class as 17 students- 2 of which are passing right now. The last test we had- 1 person out of 17 passed. I don't understand how a teacher can see these numbers and not try to help the students. I asked him if there was any extra credit I could do (I do really well on the lab quizzes, but TERRIBLE on the lecture exams) and I need and I am SO willing to do extra things to help myself, and all he said was "There is no extra credit available in this class" BULL! Don't act you can't tell me something to do and add it to my grade- it's because he DOESN'T CARE- that's what I've come up with. To see all these students FAILING means that you have to not care. If you don't care- why in the heck are you a teacher in the first place?! It doesn't make sense! And you would think that the college would see how the teachers students are doing- and they would do something about it! It doesn't make any sense to me. I study a lot, this is my only class this semester and I study more this semester than I did when I was taking a full load. It's ridiculous. It really sucks when you work more toward one class that any of the other ones, and your teacher doesn't care
and it doesn't pay off. I'm so annoyed with it.
It doesn't make sense why the heck I would need a study Biology class to teacher K-2. That's my degree- EARLY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION- NOT BIOLOGY! It doesn't make sense why I would need to prove that I know how Mitosis and Meiosis work- down to the chromosome, to teach Kindergarten. I hate it. I hate that we're wasting money on classes (this isn't the first bogus class I've had to take) that won't even help me with what I want to do. I have learned more in subbing with teachers aides that tell me ways to explain things for the kids to understand then I would ever learn in a classroom, especially biology. If I have to take it to prove that I can handle it- then give me a chance to actually succeed and HELP me do it. Don't just say "There's no extra credit" It's so gay.
I understood why it was so difficult last semester (the counselor told me this was the class I needed but it was BIO181- which was a class for Biology Majors- so i understood why I didn't understand anything) but this class is Bio 100! It's designed for Non-Biology majors- if he KNOWS I'm not a biology major (which I've told him) than why can't he HELP me. It's soo dumb. Ugh I'm so frustrated. Seriously it makes me HATE biology.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I seriously think that some college classes are a waste of time and money. This is my second semester taking a Biology course, the first semester (long story) I dropped a week before my final because I wasn't going to pass my final (the class started with 30 students and went down to 5 at the end of the semester) and I think those 5 passed, so 5 out of 30 students passed this class.
I'm taking a different Bio class, same teacher. The class as 17 students- 2 of which are passing right now. The last test we had- 1 person out of 17 passed. I don't understand how a teacher can see these numbers and not try to help the students. I asked him if there was any extra credit I could do (I do really well on the lab quizzes, but TERRIBLE on the lecture exams) and I need and I am SO willing to do extra things to help myself, and all he said was "There is no extra credit available in this class" BULL! Don't act you can't tell me something to do and add it to my grade- it's because he DOESN'T CARE- that's what I've come up with. To see all these students FAILING means that you have to not care. If you don't care- why in the heck are you a teacher in the first place?! It doesn't make sense! And you would think that the college would see how the teachers students are doing- and they would do something about it! It doesn't make any sense to me. I study a lot, this is my only class this semester and I study more this semester than I did when I was taking a full load. It's ridiculous. It really sucks when you work more toward one class that any of the other ones, and your teacher doesn't care
and it doesn't pay off. I'm so annoyed with it.It doesn't make sense why the heck I would need a study Biology class to teacher K-2. That's my degree- EARLY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION- NOT BIOLOGY! It doesn't make sense why I would need to prove that I know how Mitosis and Meiosis work- down to the chromosome, to teach Kindergarten. I hate it. I hate that we're wasting money on classes (this isn't the first bogus class I've had to take) that won't even help me with what I want to do. I have learned more in subbing with teachers aides that tell me ways to explain things for the kids to understand then I would ever learn in a classroom, especially biology. If I have to take it to prove that I can handle it- then give me a chance to actually succeed and HELP me do it. Don't just say "There's no extra credit" It's so gay.
I understood why it was so difficult last semester (the counselor told me this was the class I needed but it was BIO181- which was a class for Biology Majors- so i understood why I didn't understand anything) but this class is Bio 100! It's designed for Non-Biology majors- if he KNOWS I'm not a biology major (which I've told him) than why can't he HELP me. It's soo dumb. Ugh I'm so frustrated. Seriously it makes me HATE biology.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I bet you didn't know...
10 Years Ago:
I was 10... and I was probably hanging out with Jessica and Whitney... and Stormy sometimes, but that was 6th grade and there was lots of drama between Stormy and Jessica- so I was probably at recess running between the two of them telling eachother what the other one had said.. good times.. haha
5 Things On My To-Do List Today:
Play with Zeus
Get off work :)
Study
Laundry
Dinner
5 Snacks I Enjoy:
Cookies!
Graham crackers
Gold Fish
Cake
Ice Cream
What I Would Do If I Were Suddenly Made a Billionaire: Pay off like everyones houses that I know, buy us a house, pay off Kyle's student loans, Pay off everyone else student loans that I knew, pay someone to come potty train my dog so he doesn't have an accidents, get a recliner, get a big four poster bed with all the fixins, have a HUGE bathtub that I could fill with endless hot water because we would have a HUGE hot water heater that always had hot water, get a dryer that dries my clothes in less than 2 cycles, have my nails done all the time, get a brand spankin' new car, give everyone like a thousand dollars for gas, lots of things :) I'd probably only be a billionaire for like a week because I would spend it all... OOO and I would get a coach purse, and the pearl bracelet I want from Tiffany's.. and the bracelet that matches my necklace from there.. and that's all
3 of My Bad Habits:
I get caught up in Judge Judy and forget to do the things that I'm supposed to, I bite my finger nails, talk to Kyle like he's a baby.. I need a kid :)
Places I Have Lived:
Joseph City, AZ
Buckeye, AZ
Goodyear, AZ
Mesa, AZ
Holbrook, AZ
Jobs I Have Had:
Lifeguard!!
Babysitter... house keeper.. Nanny
Wife
Substitute
The Village!
Things People Don't Know About Me:
Everything has to have a container. Somewhere it goes, or a place on the shelf
I hate sleeping with the closet doors open, I can't do it.
I have to shower in the morning, I can't at night. Even if I do at night, I take another one in the morning.
I'm addicted to the Judge Shows... like Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown..
I really like cross-stitching, scrapbooking, and making cards!
I was 10... and I was probably hanging out with Jessica and Whitney... and Stormy sometimes, but that was 6th grade and there was lots of drama between Stormy and Jessica- so I was probably at recess running between the two of them telling eachother what the other one had said.. good times.. haha
5 Things On My To-Do List Today:
Play with Zeus
Get off work :)
Study
Laundry
Dinner
5 Snacks I Enjoy:
Cookies!
Graham crackers
Gold Fish
Cake
Ice Cream
What I Would Do If I Were Suddenly Made a Billionaire: Pay off like everyones houses that I know, buy us a house, pay off Kyle's student loans, Pay off everyone else student loans that I knew, pay someone to come potty train my dog so he doesn't have an accidents, get a recliner, get a big four poster bed with all the fixins, have a HUGE bathtub that I could fill with endless hot water because we would have a HUGE hot water heater that always had hot water, get a dryer that dries my clothes in less than 2 cycles, have my nails done all the time, get a brand spankin' new car, give everyone like a thousand dollars for gas, lots of things :) I'd probably only be a billionaire for like a week because I would spend it all... OOO and I would get a coach purse, and the pearl bracelet I want from Tiffany's.. and the bracelet that matches my necklace from there.. and that's all
3 of My Bad Habits:
I get caught up in Judge Judy and forget to do the things that I'm supposed to, I bite my finger nails, talk to Kyle like he's a baby.. I need a kid :)
Places I Have Lived:
Joseph City, AZ
Buckeye, AZ
Goodyear, AZ
Mesa, AZ
Holbrook, AZ
Jobs I Have Had:
Lifeguard!!
Babysitter... house keeper.. Nanny
Wife
Substitute
The Village!
Things People Don't Know About Me:
Everything has to have a container. Somewhere it goes, or a place on the shelf
I hate sleeping with the closet doors open, I can't do it.
I have to shower in the morning, I can't at night. Even if I do at night, I take another one in the morning.
I'm addicted to the Judge Shows... like Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown..
I really like cross-stitching, scrapbooking, and making cards!
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Usual..
Gosh I feel like it's been forever since I've posted!
Last week was full of subbing and helping Kyle at the school. Friday, we had the longest day. Kyle was in charge of the Large Group Festival (All the schools from around Northern AZ with choirs and bands came and performed in front of judges).. We got there at like 7:30 that morning and didn't finally relax or eat until 4:30 that night. We had like an hour and a half and then we had to go to the ward talent show where Kyle sang and was amazing!
The next morning we had to go the valley for the All-State tryouts, so we left the school at 7:00 that morning and got to the valley at around 11... Kyle and the students (there was only 6 of them) hung out at Kyle's sisters house and my mom came and picked me up. My mom, Steven, Derek, and I hung out at the mall until Kyle was done- Meghan was the accompanist for the kids which was awesome because it's so much better to sing for judges with a piano than to a CD- Kyle really appreciated her helping out like that! Thanks Meghan! After the auditions we went to the Ostrich Festival in Chandler and saw Vertical Horizon in concert- that was such a blast I'm so glad we went to that. I couldn't hear for like 2 hours after the concert, but it was well worth it! We headed back to Joe City and got home at good ol' 2 a.m.
Sunday was just a normal fabulous Sunday- we slept in, which was much needed! Slept in, went to Church, Sunday dinner at Kyle's Mom's...
Chris and Kati are so awesome and got a Wii- and the trickle system went into effect and we got their old Sega Dreamcast! We turned it on and it seemed like it was working, and then we put a CD in and it would make this terrible sound and not load. I was so sad. We tried for like an hour and nothing. Later that night I was determined that we would get it to work, and I figured it wasn't working right now, so I took the thing apart. I found 2 big screws and like 3 washers in there that definitely didn't belong, so I took those out, put it back together, and it worked!! I was so happy!! I fixed it!! Well there was really much fixing, but I took out the screws! ha ha.
Anyway- That was our weekend! Now that I go back and read it, it doesn't seem like we were that busy, but I slept the entire way home on Saturday night, on a bus- and if I slept for 3 hours on a bus, that means I was REALLY tired :)
Last week was full of subbing and helping Kyle at the school. Friday, we had the longest day. Kyle was in charge of the Large Group Festival (All the schools from around Northern AZ with choirs and bands came and performed in front of judges).. We got there at like 7:30 that morning and didn't finally relax or eat until 4:30 that night. We had like an hour and a half and then we had to go to the ward talent show where Kyle sang and was amazing!
The next morning we had to go the valley for the All-State tryouts, so we left the school at 7:00 that morning and got to the valley at around 11... Kyle and the students (there was only 6 of them) hung out at Kyle's sisters house and my mom came and picked me up. My mom, Steven, Derek, and I hung out at the mall until Kyle was done- Meghan was the accompanist for the kids which was awesome because it's so much better to sing for judges with a piano than to a CD- Kyle really appreciated her helping out like that! Thanks Meghan! After the auditions we went to the Ostrich Festival in Chandler and saw Vertical Horizon in concert- that was such a blast I'm so glad we went to that. I couldn't hear for like 2 hours after the concert, but it was well worth it! We headed back to Joe City and got home at good ol' 2 a.m.
Sunday was just a normal fabulous Sunday- we slept in, which was much needed! Slept in, went to Church, Sunday dinner at Kyle's Mom's...
Chris and Kati are so awesome and got a Wii- and the trickle system went into effect and we got their old Sega Dreamcast! We turned it on and it seemed like it was working, and then we put a CD in and it would make this terrible sound and not load. I was so sad. We tried for like an hour and nothing. Later that night I was determined that we would get it to work, and I figured it wasn't working right now, so I took the thing apart. I found 2 big screws and like 3 washers in there that definitely didn't belong, so I took those out, put it back together, and it worked!! I was so happy!! I fixed it!! Well there was really much fixing, but I took out the screws! ha ha.
Anyway- That was our weekend! Now that I go back and read it, it doesn't seem like we were that busy, but I slept the entire way home on Saturday night, on a bus- and if I slept for 3 hours on a bus, that means I was REALLY tired :)
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Life in Northern AZ
Yesterday was a perfect day. It was sunny and warm which meant I could wear shorts and flip flops.
Today.. cold. It's snowing. How does that work?! It was perfect yesterday! Hardly any clouds, and I wake up and it's snowing.
Oh the joys of Holbrook.
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