Movie Trailer

Why I love where I live....

My dad got the new imovie.... it rocks!

ChuckChuckChuck

Yeah... I just finished watching an enormous Chuck marathon... and it was AWESOME. I'm now caught up and super excited to watch the new episode in January. You know you're addicted to a TV show when you see your nephew running through the kitchen singing the Scooby-Doo theme song being giddy and laughing ridiculously and having it remind you of what you were doing only minutes earlier but with the soundtrack of Chuck.... yeah.... I may or may not have been caught dancing to the intro of Chuck... At least I know my family loves me. :D


Merry Christmas!!!!

Good Day

You know it's going to be a good day when hours of watching the TV show Chuck is on my TO DO list.

THANK YOU STEVEN!

Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain!

Ahhhhh!!! Yikes!

I honestly have never been so stressed over Christmas break before! I have so much to do. I really don't like being an adult sometimes. I've said that at least a dozen times today. Ahhhh!!!! This is scary, really, really scary! Yes, I get a big pay check, but big purchases and big responsibility make things really stressful and scary! It's even worse when I see my family struggling financially as well. I think I am going crazy! I really hope I don't regret what I did today... It will all be okay.... I just have to keep reminding myself of that. But for now, I have to take one step at a time and just do what I have to do. How's that for a Merry Christmas?? LOL

Full Time Job!

About half an hour before going to work this morning, I got a phone call from Head Start asking if I would accept a full-time position in the Provo 2 classroom, which is a Homebase program. WOW! Yes!! I was only hesitant because this year with Patti, the teacher in my current class, has been so good for me. I've learned so much and have had so much fun. Patti is just amazing. She has so many great ideas and I already told her, even before being offered this position, that she would most likely become a sort of library person I go to for ideas and things. I will really miss working with her! But most of all, I will miss working with the kids. I love them to death and I am really sad that I won't be able to see them finish the year. Here are just some of the crazy cute kids I have:

 

Aren't they just adorable? Although I am really sad about leaving them, I am excited to gain some new experience doing Homebase. Homebase is where the kids come twice a week and the other days I go to their houses and do activities with them there. I don't know much more than that at this point, but this Thursday I will meet with the teacher and learn all about it since I will have to jump right in when I get back in January. I will be over 10 kids and be responsible for all the paperwork, just like the teacher is, so I wonder if this is a kind of test to see if I can eventually be a teacher?? Maybe... It will be different, but fun. I already know the other teacher and I'm sure it will be just as fun as being with Patti. 

The main reason why I am really excited about getting hired full time is that I will now have insurance and be on salary! That means I can afford to live! I can hopefully get my teeth fixed and really save money to replace my car and computer. But what I am really grateful for is that I will have enough money for sure to do the Nauvoo Pageant again if they decide that I am needed there again next summer. THAT is a great blessing.

So, tomorrow is my last day with the kids in Provo 7. I'm not teaching this week, so I can just play with them, which is great!

I'm leaving again for CA on Friday afternoon!!! I'll be home for Christmas!!!

It's A Wonderful Life!

I forget how much I love this movie until I watch it again. I LOVE this movie! "No man is a failure who has friends." It's so very true, and I sometimes have to be reminded of that. Life can get pretty rough and many times those rough times prevent us from reaching some of our deepest desires and goals. Yet, everything always works out for the best and even when things turn out way different than we imagined, it's usually much better. I sometimes feel A LOT like George Bailey. Watching the movie again each year always makes me wonder what the world would be like without me. I think about my friends and people I've associated with and wonder if I've really made that big of a difference in their lives. I'm sure if I had a guardian angel come down (hopefully it would be someone like Clarence, I love him to pieces) and did what Clarence did for George, I'd be just as shocked as George was. My life really is wonderful. I am grateful for my family and for my amazing roommates. I love them very much.

It's a record!

I am officially finished with this semester's roommate slide show. When did I start it? TODAY! I've NEVER started and finished (meaning burned onto DVDs) the slide show in one day before. It only took me about 6 to 8 hours. That may seem like a long time to you, but it's really not, at least compared to how long it's taken me to make other slide shows. The great thing is that I think that it is just as good as other slide shows I've made. I think part of the reason why it took less time is because I thought of a "theme" for it at the beginning of the semester and a few weeks back I did some things that made it so today all I had to do was put it all together. The music was pretty straight forward as well, so it was awesome!

In other news... remember my bachelor button flower? I just about killed it over Thanksgiving vacation, but with a little miracle grow, there are now FOUR flower buds on it!!! I'm super excited to see them open up! One of my amaryllis flowers is growing really well while the other one is... well, not seeming to grow very much at all. I wonder if I rotted the roots or something. At least one of them is alive and well!!

I am also very grateful that I developed the habit of having and maintaining a savings account. This past week I've had use it (much to my dismay) but it has given me peace of mind to know that I have money in savings (and still have it) to draw on in desperate situations.

One Year Older and Wiser, too!

Last Sunday I turned the big 25. I used to think that was old, but now that I'm here, I see that it's really not that old at all. When I think about all that I've done this past year, I truly believe that I'm not just one year older, I'm wiser, too. I am grateful for the many opportunities and experiences I've had this year that have helped me to grow and be changed forever. A guy in my ward told me multiple times on my birthday that just by looking at me, he knew that this is going to be my year and that good things will happen. I believe it! I really feel that I'm am on the right track and I can expect great things to happen this next year. I think he was referring to dating and getting married, so if that happens, I'd be happy with that, too!

It's really okay that I'm not married right now. When I was a teenager, I always thought I wanted to be married by age 21. When I think about all that I've done, the people I've met and helped, the experiences I've had that have helped me to grow, I am actually grateful that I didn't get married then. I never wanted to have to lug kids around while going to school, so it's a great blessing I didn't have that worry while in college. I am better than the kind of woman I imagined I wanted to be and I know I can only get better from here. I have lots of goals and things I want to do and I feel like I'm living the dream. Life is exciting and interesting. I have so much I can do and am taking the steps I need to so I can accomplish those things. Of course, I want to get married and have my own family. Everyday as I work as a preschool teacher I wish that I had my own kids to do those activities with them. But, I don't, and it's okay. Everyday I'm learning new ways to work with kids and things to do with them that will make me one of the best moms in the whole world! You just wait for it! Right now I have no dating prospects, but I'm being the best me and I know I will meet some amazing guy who will love that.

I learned a few years ago that it's important to have a Plan B, with Plan A being getting married and having a family. Currently I'm living Plan B and I love life and am excited about the future. I'm basically doing three things: Improving my relationship with my Heavenly Father, Getting all the education I can, and Putting myself in the position to meet my future companion. Of course I have specific things in each of these areas that I am working on that are way too personal and lengthy to put onto a blog.

I guess my point of writing all this is to say, "Yeah, I'm 25! So what?" Although, when someone does ask my age, it will be kind of fun to say things like, "It's a multiple of 5," or some really outrageous age that you know isn't right. Once I'm 30 I think I will truly lie about my age... maybe.

My birthday was great! It's kind of funny that I felt like I'd never had one before just because of how special I felt. My roommate Savannah made a really yummy ham dinner for me. My brother Kevin gave me a dozen roses, but not just any roses, FIRECRACKER roses. They are my favorite. So between dinner and presents/dessert, we went to the outer darkness of the parking lot and lit half of them. I want to save some for later. :D At ward prayer, the whole ward sang happy birthday to me accompanied by Matt Pace who plays the song in a really fun way. I was really looking forward to that part of my day, actually. After ward prayer, I invited friends over to play the game called Curses. It's a lot of fun. Overall, my day was amazing. It was even better when people guessed my age and thought I was 21 or 22. I'm I immature or do I just look young? Maybe both at times. :D

Oh, and what makes me even more excited to now be 25 is that I can now rent a car without it be outrageously expensive and a huge hassle!! What kind of car should I rent....???

One other thing I'm grateful for is that despite almost killing my Bachelor Button plant over Thanksgiving, it is still alive and actually has THREE buds on it right now. Thank you Miracle Grow because I sure needed a miracle!

A dozen roses from my brother. :D

Rose Firecracker!

My best friends Savannah and Lynnae

We have a Christmas tree in our apartment!! It's purrrtty!