I'm bored

So I want you to know:
Have you ever....

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo, when no one was home
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (I'm a poor college student)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Book of Mormon or Bible (Just the Bible)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone (umm...I definitely don't own mine)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

I have to write something for class

So I am sitting in my technology class...that I enjoy SO much. And we're learning about blogs. I was instructed to write about something...so here I am writing. Thanksgiving was good. Spent time with the family in Phoenix. We went to Glendale Glitters....Chandler and I enjoyed being thug....
because...you know we were in glendale.
I made cookies too, which of course were awesome.
BECAUSE I AM AWESOME.

God..

I want this..
I want this so much...
I think I need to say that.

I don't care about the past...
I WANT THIS.

I'm making the decisions that I feel your letting me make and saying the things I need to say.

I WANT THIS.
With all my heart.

I just need a rant

Yesterday, my mom and I were out shopping in Flagstaff, because my mom loves me and she wants to buy things for me. Anyway, our friend Barb texted my mom telling her that the Highland High School (my alma mater) marching band wasn't going to be playing in the Gilbert Days parade because a student had been killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver. The girl was only 16 when she was taken. I didn't know her personally, but people I know knew her and she is from my high school...and it saddens me her life was taken so senselessly and suddenly. This is my rant.
Too many times people are killed by drunk drivers. TOO MANY. This issue has affected me personally and it breaks my heart when I hear of another young person taken because someone thought it was a good idea to get in a car after drinking. Who in their right mind would think it is ok to get in a car after they've been drinking? Honestly? We all know alcohol impairs judgement, so why do we get in cars after it? What gets me even more is that the driver that hit this girl and her brother was impaired at 6:30 in the MORNING! Who drinks in the morning? Obviously, they have a pathetic life and they are more pathetic for letting their pathetic lives cause them to take the life of a young girl and forever change an entire family. My heart breaks for the family, because I know what it's like to lose a loved one so suddenly like that.

Basically, just don't drink and drive, get a cab, call a friend, have a DD or something..be responsible, it is not that hard.

The little perks in life

My little perks are my students....today I decided that since I've been so stressed out lately and things have just turned out....not as expected, that I needed to destress and laugh a little more, even though generally I am a happy person. ANYWAY, I think I will add more to this list of truly inspirational quotes once I hear some more, today was a golden day though. Here are some memorable quotes from my kids today:

"Look I have boobies!"
~ "Caitlyn" 2 yrs old

"I accidentally got poo on the toilet!" (slightly gross, but her face was classic)
~ "Amy" 4 yrs old

"Teacher! Teacher! I feel like my head is sinking in!!!"
~ Mackenzie 4 yrs old

I must explain the last one I feel. Today Mackenzie and another kid bonked heads on the playground and she ran up to me, not even crying, and said that. I felt bad, because I could barely contain my laughter when she said that! She was so serious and gravely concerned! She did have a pretty big bump though, so we got some ice for her head, which she later decided to suck on in class and share with her friends.
Things I love about my job:

~ I get to color
~ The kids think I am the world greatest drawer, when in fact, I am awful
~ Kids make me smile and laugh, I love it
~ I have truly mastered the "look"
~ I get hugs, and I love hugs
~ I swing on swings on the playground
~ I get to play with playdough
~ I get told I am pretty at least once a day by a four year old
~ I ADORE being called teacher
~ The job is easy and I think it's fun

I LOVE my job.

Really God, REALLY?

I really must just laugh....I laugh because I am stressed beyond belief, I have that stupid AEPA test that I MUST past and I am freaking out cuz it is tomorrow morning and I don't feel ready...I have lesson plans, homework and projects...and now I may not be going to Europe at all....and that was a "closed door" sign for someone. Probably not the only reason, but still frustrating. But you know...I'm just rolling with it, cuz what else can I do? G-d you're so funny, like seriously. I pray something, I think I get the answer from you...and then different things happen. I just don't get it..so I am just going to roll with it. I will graduate, I will pass that horrible awful test called the AEPA, and I will student teach somewhere and someday I will find the right person for my life.

I would just like....some normalcy!

Words of Wisdom: Just roll with the punches!

God is working in me

So..its been kind of a rough few days and God has been teaching me...some more and wanting for me to be patient. BUT Scott Bloyer, my pastor from when I was a wee high schooler at Spring of Life Christian Church (he is now somewhere else) posted a sermon by a pastor named Perry Noble...and let me tell ya..he tells it like it is. Christian men and women BOTH need to step it up and I love how he just says it. I don't want anyone thinking this is directed to anyone specifically..cuz its not, I just think it is so true and I think EVERYONE can benefit from it. Hopefully these post on here:

For the ladies:
http://vimeo.com/2019443

For the gentlemen:

http://vimeo.com/2083483