Thursday, November 27, 2008
Mary Kay party
I had a Mary Kay party and I got some free stuff. Thanks everyone for coming! It was quite fun. I did take a couple of pictures because Kyle came and was rubbing stuff all over his face. Oh what joy. Thanks for being such a great sport Kyle, you looked beautiful! :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Good Humor
These GIANT cones are huge. Seriously. Brent and I were at Big Lots! today doing some Christmas shopping and when we were waiting in line he asked me if I wanted a treat. Of course I did! What kid doesn't want a treat at the store? So, we both got these king cones that they had. Well, I couldn't wait to eat mine so as soon as we were in the car, I tore it open. It was so messy. I was getting chocolate everywhere. But, boy, was it delightful. I swear to you I didn't touch the thing when the bottom broke off. What?! Brent told me I had better eat it quick. I could tell that the ice cream was melting so I kind of turned it a little so I could lick the bottom when it happened. The top of the cone fell off. Into my lap! Oh my gosh, I almost started to cry. I so know what a little kid feels like when they loose their ice cream cone. I didn't want to let that ruin my cone though, so I picked it up and ate it with my fingers. They were so cold! Brent laughed and mocked me the whole way home. My mom laughed at me too. They don't even know what it feels like. Poor poor me.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tagged!
My cousin tagged me and I am so excited! :) The idea is to write 7 things you are thankful for and then tag someone else. So....here goes (in no particular order):
1. I am thankful for a husband who loves me. No matter what. I am so glad that he chose me, sometimes I still wonder how I tricked him into that.
2. I am thankful for an education. I complain about it because it is so much easier sometimes but I am grateful for the opportunity to learn and to grow. I'm thankful to be studying something that I love and I'm glad to be at a school where I can express my love for God so freely.
3. I am thankful for health for me and my loved ones. I am blessed to have a functioning body and to have all 10 fingers and toes. I'm glad to have a sound mind and to wake up each morning.
4. I am thankful for an apartment and for food to eat. It is true, our apartment is small and nothing to look at, pipes are on the ceiling and it is a tight squeeze, but it keeps us warm and dry in the winter. We don't have much extra money for food, but we have enough to eat and to fill our tummys.
5. I am thankful that Brent and I have jobs when so many people don't. Brent loves working at Staples and he is so good at what he does. I am thankful for that. I am not a huge fan of Staples, but I'm grateful for a job. I'm grateful for the ability we have to work.
6. I am thankful for family. I was born into the most amazing family who taught me right from wrong. I love them dearly. I am thankful for Brent's family and for how amazing they are. I married into a great family and I am so blessed.
7. I am thankful for light. It seems a little silly, but even at 20 I am afraid of the dark. I am grateful for the sun and for electricity to light our apartment. I am also thankful for the dark though, because I love to sleep!
I tag momma gato. HOORAY!
1. I am thankful for a husband who loves me. No matter what. I am so glad that he chose me, sometimes I still wonder how I tricked him into that.
2. I am thankful for an education. I complain about it because it is so much easier sometimes but I am grateful for the opportunity to learn and to grow. I'm thankful to be studying something that I love and I'm glad to be at a school where I can express my love for God so freely.
3. I am thankful for health for me and my loved ones. I am blessed to have a functioning body and to have all 10 fingers and toes. I'm glad to have a sound mind and to wake up each morning.
4. I am thankful for an apartment and for food to eat. It is true, our apartment is small and nothing to look at, pipes are on the ceiling and it is a tight squeeze, but it keeps us warm and dry in the winter. We don't have much extra money for food, but we have enough to eat and to fill our tummys.
5. I am thankful that Brent and I have jobs when so many people don't. Brent loves working at Staples and he is so good at what he does. I am thankful for that. I am not a huge fan of Staples, but I'm grateful for a job. I'm grateful for the ability we have to work.
6. I am thankful for family. I was born into the most amazing family who taught me right from wrong. I love them dearly. I am thankful for Brent's family and for how amazing they are. I married into a great family and I am so blessed.
7. I am thankful for light. It seems a little silly, but even at 20 I am afraid of the dark. I am grateful for the sun and for electricity to light our apartment. I am also thankful for the dark though, because I love to sleep!
I tag momma gato. HOORAY!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
I miss her
I miss Grandma Jackson. She was the greatest lady in the entire world. I miss her stories, I miss her popcorn, I miss her dresses she wore every day, I miss her sweeping the floor, I miss her smell, I miss her smile, I miss her birthday cards, I miss her arm scratches, I miss her rolls, I miss her birthday cakes, I miss her snap dragon flowers, I miss her.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!How are thy leaves so verdant!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!
Not only in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
For every year the Christmas tree,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!
Each bough doth hold its tiny light,
That makes each toy to sparkle bright.
Good song, right? Well, today Brent and I went out and bought our very first Christmas tree. My mom wondered why we would want such a thing since we aren't going to be here for Christmas. I think that was a silly question though. Who doesn't want to have a Christmas tree up with lights and ornaments all December long? And, if you are me and Brent, for the second half of November too! Our tree is amazing. We got it for 20 bucks at Big Lots. It's 6 feet tall and oh so green. We have multi colored ornaments, white lights, and gold tinsel. Our star is gold and lovely and we have these cute little ornaments too. Oh my, I love Christmas time!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I'm thankful for funny things
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because
it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the
road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation
and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the
road...
SARAH PALIN: Because by golly, I was gonna shoot
his sorry liberal butt for blocking my view of Russia!
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I
personally helped that little chicken to cross the road.
This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right
from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the
chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really
isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the
chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the
chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is
either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground
here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you
can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing
the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that
chicken. What is your definition of crossing?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken
cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross,
and I was misled about the chicken's
intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We
need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this
chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the
problem on this side of the road before it goes after the
problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is
help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on
his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is
having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so
bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his
mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm
going to give this chicken a car so that he c an just drive
across the road and not live his life like the rest of the
chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe
here is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have
access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because
he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he
walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent,
hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which
way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the
Farmers Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a
certain level. No little bird gave me any insider
information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he
cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but
why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay!
Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why
they call it the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken
is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay,
too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this
abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with
seemingly ha rmless phrases like the other side. That
chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain
and as simple as that.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the
chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken
crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a
few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for
the first time, the heart warming story of how it
experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to
accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross
the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world
crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008,
which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file
your important documents, and balance your checkbook.
Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This
new platform is much more stable and will never crash.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the
road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the
road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation
and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the
road...
SARAH PALIN: Because by golly, I was gonna shoot
his sorry liberal butt for blocking my view of Russia!
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I
personally helped that little chicken to cross the road.
This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right
from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the
chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really
isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the
chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the
chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is
either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground
here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you
can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing
the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that
chicken. What is your definition of crossing?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken
cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross,
and I was misled about the chicken's
intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We
need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this
chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the
problem on this side of the road before it goes after the
problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is
help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on
his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is
having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so
bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his
mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm
going to give this chicken a car so that he c an just drive
across the road and not live his life like the rest of the
chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe
here is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have
access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because
he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he
walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent,
hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which
way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the
Farmers Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a
certain level. No little bird gave me any insider
information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he
cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but
why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay!
Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why
they call it the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken
is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay,
too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this
abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with
seemingly ha rmless phrases like the other side. That
chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain
and as simple as that.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the
chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken
crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a
few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for
the first time, the heart warming story of how it
experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to
accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross
the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world
crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008,
which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file
your important documents, and balance your checkbook.
Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This
new platform is much more stable and will never crash.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the
road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Dr. Pepper
I am thankful for Dr. Pepper. It may seem a little bit silly, but it was just one of those days. I have class for 5.5 hours tonight and I'm sure it will be a drag. So, on my way home from working on an assignment today, I stopped to get myself a pop. And it is joyous. And it will make going to class seem just a little bit easier. So, here's to you diet Dr. Pepper. I love love love love love you. Thanks.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I'll give it a shot
School has really been getting me down lately. I feel like it has been a waste of time, money and a whole lot of effort. I don't feel like I am learning nearly as much as I should be/would like to be. I am putting in the effort, I really am. I promise. I just don't feel like I am reaping the benefits like I should be. It is really frustrating to me as a student who really tries to learn and to be attentive. However, all of this negative attitude has got me thinking. I feel like I need to try to get out of this 'slump' for lack of a better word. So, in order to do that I am going to write some things I am thankful for. I am going to try to do this regularly. I think if I can just remember all of the things I have to be grateful for, then maybe the bad things won't seem so bad. At least that is what they used to teach me in Young Womens. I might as well give it a shot right?
One thing I am grateful for is wonderful teachers that I have had. (Fitting, right?) I guess I have never really thought about how blessed I was growing up when it came to the teacher department. I could probably count the number of teachers I have had that I didn't like on one hand. And the huge number of amazing teachers totally makes up for that handful. I guess a huge part of me wanting to go into education is the fact that I have had such wonderful examples. Yesterday in one of my classes, we were having a huge discussion and I wasn't budging in my opinion on a topic. This girl said, "Wow, you must have had some really great teachers then cause nobody else thinks like that." And, it is so true. If I could go back and thank each one of them individually, I would in a heart beat. My teachers helped me to achieve great things. (At least, I think I turned out pretty great. Ha!) If my teachers now could just teach me to be like them, I will be an a-okay teacher.This is making me feel better already...who knew? Since today was a really bad day, I am going to do one more. I am so very grateful for my dad. He is one of a kind, really. I don't know what I did in Heaven to be given such a great dad, but I'm sure glad I did it. I used to say that I wanted to be just like my dad. I wanted to be an OR nurse and do everything just like him. And he was so excited. The day I decided that I thought education would be more the route for me, I was so afraid to disappoint my dad. But, guess what? He wasn't upset at all. He was so excited for me and told me that I would be great. And I believed him. My dad has always believe in me, more than I have believed in myself I think. I'm thankful that he has faith in me when I don't always have that. He always tells me, "Just keep going Bug. You can do it, I know you can." They are the greatest words of advice. Thanks Pop. I sure love you.
One thing I am grateful for is wonderful teachers that I have had. (Fitting, right?) I guess I have never really thought about how blessed I was growing up when it came to the teacher department. I could probably count the number of teachers I have had that I didn't like on one hand. And the huge number of amazing teachers totally makes up for that handful. I guess a huge part of me wanting to go into education is the fact that I have had such wonderful examples. Yesterday in one of my classes, we were having a huge discussion and I wasn't budging in my opinion on a topic. This girl said, "Wow, you must have had some really great teachers then cause nobody else thinks like that." And, it is so true. If I could go back and thank each one of them individually, I would in a heart beat. My teachers helped me to achieve great things. (At least, I think I turned out pretty great. Ha!) If my teachers now could just teach me to be like them, I will be an a-okay teacher.This is making me feel better already...who knew? Since today was a really bad day, I am going to do one more. I am so very grateful for my dad. He is one of a kind, really. I don't know what I did in Heaven to be given such a great dad, but I'm sure glad I did it. I used to say that I wanted to be just like my dad. I wanted to be an OR nurse and do everything just like him. And he was so excited. The day I decided that I thought education would be more the route for me, I was so afraid to disappoint my dad. But, guess what? He wasn't upset at all. He was so excited for me and told me that I would be great. And I believed him. My dad has always believe in me, more than I have believed in myself I think. I'm thankful that he has faith in me when I don't always have that. He always tells me, "Just keep going Bug. You can do it, I know you can." They are the greatest words of advice. Thanks Pop. I sure love you.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
50 facts you might not know about Barak Obama
Since he will be our new president next year, I thought I would post these facts about him. Brent found them some place on line. Enjoy.
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Saturday, November 8, 2008
I applied...
...for a new job at a charter school in Draper called Channing Hall. A lady that I go to school with works there and she told me about the opening. My schedule right now would be kind of hard for a job like this, but it seemed like a really great school. I am hoping that something opens up for me soon if not this one.
I did wear my lucky necklace that my dad gave me. I wear it whenever I need a little bit of luck. Maybe it worked this time?
Jesus wants me for a SunBEAM
A sunBEAM. A sunBEAM. I'll be a sunbeam for Him.
We are the sunbeam teachers in our ward and we always have lots of fun on Sundays during class. The kids are really great. Sometimes they can get a little bit crazy and a little bit wild, but they are only 4 so it isn't like we didn't expect it. Every week we have done a little activity with coloring or making something. Last weeks lesson was about music and how it can make us happy. So, Brent found a bunch of pictures online of different instruments and we all colored. Brent colored the left over pictures and I took a picture of him and his beautiful creation. He told me all about how he used a bunch of different colors to make the brownish color just right. Didn't he do such a great job? I'm so proud of him!
We are the sunbeam teachers in our ward and we always have lots of fun on Sundays during class. The kids are really great. Sometimes they can get a little bit crazy and a little bit wild, but they are only 4 so it isn't like we didn't expect it. Every week we have done a little activity with coloring or making something. Last weeks lesson was about music and how it can make us happy. So, Brent found a bunch of pictures online of different instruments and we all colored. Brent colored the left over pictures and I took a picture of him and his beautiful creation. He told me all about how he used a bunch of different colors to make the brownish color just right. Didn't he do such a great job? I'm so proud of him!
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