Thursday, December 31, 2009

oi

so... i kindof failed with the 2009 blog challenge. tis okay- the new year begins in less than twelve hours and all will begin fresh.. like after a clean bath with some good soap. i also don't have any new photos to post. at least any that have been transferred onto this computer. although.... i was given a new camera for christmas!!. it has good manual settings and will be fun to play with : ). thank you mom and pop! (i haven't downloaded the software onto my computer yet :/.)

anyway, a lot has happened since last blogging several weeks ago. this december month has been really busy - finishing school, graduation, family visiting, traveling to ohio, christmas, the new year festivities.. i finally slept in late today. and it was wonderful. granted i feel alittle gross, but lack of sleep has been pressing on me lately.

so, yay. praise God. for everything. particularly this year of 2009. ! yip yip.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

attempting

So, my two closest friends - amy and anna - are taking part in Gwen Bell's the best of 2009 blog challenge...(you should read their blogs, they're quite entertaining).. i think i'm going to give it a whim, as well. we'll see: ) For the challenge you reflect on 2009 in choosing prompted 'best of' moments.. There's 31 prompts for each day of December. but i'm going to be choosy and just do the ones i want to - when i want to. bah ha. so, with no further ado :

*Restaurant moment: share the best restaurant moment you had this year. Who was there? What made it amazing? What taste stands out in your mind?
I think about this in terms of the people I was with. my most memorable meal out this year wasn't necessarily one evening - but all the times combined that I've gone out to eat with my three wonderful roommates. We always eat mexican food when it's the four of us. and we always laugh a lot. That's what makes it amazing - because I honestly have so much fun laughing about the dumbest things with them. top three dishes to get: huevos rancheros, steak or sweet chicken nachos, and warm chicken soup with avocado and sour cream. mm. My one downfall at these mexican fiestas is when i eat too many chips. I hate that.

*Book: what book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it?
well, i've come to terms with the fact that I don't read as much as I used to. This makes me a little sad. I find myself starting books, reading the first few pages or chapters, and then just losing interest. At home, I read The Stranger this summer by Albert Camus, and for some reason, really enjoyed reading it. actually, here is maybe why: it was short and the writing was thoughtful and personal, to me. I was intrigued by the protagonist's core of apathy and 'aimless inertia' towards his life circumstances.(i stole that 'aimless inertia' phrase from a commentary I read about the book! take that!) All in all, the story was both depressing and inspiring - as it reminded me of the human need for hope and something more than just what's in the world. namely - the need for God.
Several verses in the Bible, God-breathed (author), have been sticking with me lately too. I sometimes read my bible indoors, outdoors, in a car. I also don't read it nearly as much as I should and could.

That's all i'll be writing for now. I want to blog with a picture soon. so, perhaps, i'll prepare for that in the next post. Also, can't believe that Christmas day is in two weeks!! woo hoo. :)

Friday, December 4, 2009

isn't it funny...

that when your eyes are so tired it feels like something is pushing up from underneath them and everything is seen in this sort of thoughtless haze. .. words mesh into each other.
That's when you might have to nap.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

something new

we have a new cat. well, technically, my roomate amy has a new cat. it's a stray. from next door. I remember her litter from sometime last year.. hm. at this very moment, I'm watching her sleep on the sofa. which is what she's done for the majority of her first day with us.

suprisingly her fur is quite soft, but i've realized i'm not the biggest animal person - although i'm growing warm toward the idea of our own pet. or at least want myself to. when i was growing up we always had pets in the house. i remember when i was maybe five - we had like 7 hamsters at once. and they always died in clumps. and then we'd just get more..

we also had two guinia pigs. (how in the world do you spell?) their names became - poopsie and apple blossom. you could never say "apple blossom' then 'poopsie' it was always poopsie first.. i think they're funny names, as in i laugh inside when i remember them - i wouldn't expect anyone else to think those names were funny - although i would cherrish a moment with someone else who would.. name origins: poopsie pooped on one of my sisters or me on the way home from the pet store and apple blossom had red eyes... like apples.

we also had cats and dogs. lots of dogs. mostly mutts and such.

well, again, i'm procrastinating. with homework. must go.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

happy thanksgiving

yew hew.. it's thanksgiving day. THE one day to be out right thankful for everything in my life.. which i really have a whole lot to be thankful for. really. so, Thankyou. mostly to God, but really also to everyone a part of my life (and not a part of it). apart? a part? eeee.

i drove to be with family today. just for the day - to columbia. i like columbia, liked living here. it's been a long time since i've visited.. It's always kind of weird being/living in greenwood and then visiting other places I've lived before - it's like I forget that there's other possibilities of the life I could be living. i get stuck living in greenwood - granted with several wonderful friends (that I wouldn't know what to do without) - so in a sense, it's not really 'stuck' but just.... i don't know.. I guess it's that balance between being content in any and every situation and - at the same time - pursueing goals, interests, adventure. .... And also, it's not always about the place I live. or my particular situation. ... its about attitude, interactions with others, caring, loving, and so on. : )
wow, all these words. Finally, God is very good. gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.

Monday, November 2, 2009

pumpkin con eine dent

So, this may be the first pumpkin i've ever carved using actual tools - specific to pumpkin carving. woop woop. :/. it was supposed to have two teeth, but the right one broke off while i was trying to pry out the rest of the mouth.. next time i want to carve something more interesting than a jolly face. I was told it looks scary. which, yea, i guess it does, or is supposed to (haha, right.) , or whatever... :)
Anyway, i need to be working on my student teaching portfolio. shame. shame on everything that distracts.- which is pretty much anything at this point.. ho hum.and a bottle of "hoping to find some motivation?" eh. bah ha.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fine ally

I'm grateful for a 3-ish day weekend and can't imagine there being an additional school day each week - the blessed fri-day. really. it's alittle strange..
So, today marks my completion of full-time all day student teaching. Granted, I still have 3 weeks left, but no longer will i be in charge of 20 children at once for the whole day of school. The past four weeks have been wearing, but good. I've definately learned things: what to do, what not to do, strategies that help me manage the children, stategies that don't help me manage them.... bah. the management stresses me out sometimes..
This week wendy came to our classroom and talked with the children about Mexico. it was really fun. and exciting for me - both to show her what my life is like at school and to let the children meet and interact with her. She's really great with kids. aka. will be an excellent mother one day....among many other things.. haha. :)

In other regards, the women's retreat through church is this weekend. in the mountains. i'm sure it will be beautiful - the changing leaves and rest. in particular - no work on saturday!. ra ra.

Also, i've been missing my family more lately. I think cause they've been all together without me for several weeks now..i guess in about a month i'll get to see them. beth probably soonerrrrrr. right.?.
well i have to go to work. hmmmmmmmm. coffee sounds helpful at the moment. :/.

k- what movie is this from: "give me the down low." "low down." "no doubt." ... :) - good luck!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

creamery

I went to Happy Cow for the first time today. It was a pleasant drive along highway 25. Here's a photo of some friendly cows. I imagine they are conversing about the beautiful weather and the lovely tree shadow lying next to them. Perhaps, as Geraldine reclines comfortably next to Betty, she wonders how she will muster out the grass blade stuck between her back teeth.

Actually, while at the creamery, I had a sneak in the milking room. It was pretty interesting. The cows are milked twice a day; first in the morning at five and then in the evening - around 430. I was lucky enough to see the process. I must say though - I did feel slightly awkward when the milk doctor made some joke about the cow's teat... eeeeeeee. I know: I need to be more grownup about these things. but. um... haha.

Anyway, this was sortof the eventful - different than the norm - part of my day today. It was mostly fun going without anyone. sometimes these individual adventures are the most exciting... :)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

chilly


There was a chill today; it was both wonderful and foreboding. The thought of hoodies and not being sticky in the heat makes me happy. On the other hand, being forever cold... does nothing.. for my palate. I've always found it interesting how in the summer, I forget that it becomes miserable to go outside in the cold. and vice versa - how in the winter, i forget the unbearable heat and discomfort of those hot, summer days.
"Yikes. Bikes." Guess what movie that line is from? haha.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

i spelled endevour wrong. endeavor. endeavour. help. other words too. guten nacht.

new it

HA. it's a new week and already going to bed later than I should.. it is the same battle i choose not to fight but always find that I really really should have.

and the peace of God...
I'm a little nervous about this week. I have both an assignment due - that, thankfully, I've been working on - and my supervisor from Lander is also making a visit to my class - on wednesday. It makes me squirm cause I feel so unsure about managing a large group of children, particularly under the judgemental eye of the women who tells me that i can graduate or not. I can't think like that. it's too extreme. Anyway, I just hope it goes well. experience, experience, experience.

i have not spoken with any members of my family in what seems like ages. oh mom and pop. maybe they should be told about this blogging endevour... :).

i'm going to bed!

Monday, September 7, 2009

labor day

These might be little tree nuts. My nephew, Eli, likes to collect things from the yard, particularly bugs. he's going to be very knowledgeable as an adult - always asking questions and retaining facts.


ohhhh, thank God for labor day. a day off - to not really have to do anythingggg.: ). It's been awhile since i've had a day like that - completely free of any impending obligation. i don't really know if impending would be the right word to put there. it sounded suitable. smart. it might be revealing otherwise...

i feel mostly positive about my student teaching experience so far. the children really are wonderful, even if sometimes i don't know how to respond to 'misbehavior' and such. It makes a big difference if i've slept enough, as well. oh my goodness, i can't seem to go to bed before 1130. which is not only ridiculous but is also going to kill me when full time teaching begins. For the month of october, I'll be teaching this 'full - time' business. i'm nervous, i will not lie. One thing I will be is: confident. I think if you say enough times, "I am confident," it just magically happens. and everything will be fine, forever...

Also, i've decided to not let stupid things annoy me to the point of pointless reaction. and to not be jealous about things i can't change - more specifically about personal characteristics I don't have, but then see in someone else. that's always been this reoccuring plague in my life. it ends tonight. :/. or some day soon. with the help of God.. :)

final interesting fact: (you'll be blown away): i read today - in an article from nationalgeographic.com - that the tongue of a great blue whale weighs more than an .... ELEPHANT. whhhaaaaa. imagine being licked by a whole elephant..you might die. and by 'might,' i mean you would.

Monday, August 3, 2009

quote, unquote

mmm. so it's august now.. summer is closing. for me.. i start the process of student teaching - whatever that may be - in two weeks.

Tomorrow (later on this morning) my good roomate, amy, and I are driving up to chicago for a few days and then on to ohio - to stay with my parents for the rest of the week.. I'm really excited. to get away. to travel a bit. to remember there's a lot more out there. "out there." yay.

I'd like to take more pictures of things.this is something I might do on this mini-vacation. we'll see... it's usually "we'll see." hahah. quote unquote.

it's late.... the other night i was hanging out with friends - we were playing card games. and, yea, it was fun, but i really didn't like myself that evening - i felt sort of obnoxious. do you ever step outside your body and watch yourself be, just be - in several foreign, unflattering moments? that's how it was. normally, i'm fine with who I am, but once in awhile, i become this person that i wish would recoil back..

I don' t know. mummbling needs to go. :). anyway, i need to sleep... bye bye.

Sunday, July 5, 2009


headless mermaid. raving lunatic. bah.
i get so frustrated sometimes with the way things are. the reality of how things appear. the appearance of whats real.. what really is reality? isn't it mostly based on perspective, is there some sort of equation. .psychological mumbojumbo.

or why do people make things up in their heads - of how things are or could be.and then its like they're stuck thinking that something untrue is truth...or stuck hoping that what isn't there will be there one day.. i don't know. it's not wrong to hope for things - but i guess thats sort of a different kind of hope. 'realistic hope' ha.

anyway, its a goal to love people this week. care for people. in a sisterly brotherly sort of way. It's hard for me to give my time to people, especially when i'm ansy to do something in particular or need to get something done...

i dont 'know. i'm gonna go for a run, listen to music.. its very calming.



Monday, June 29, 2009

tender is a funny word.. haha. i think more people should use it. use it today.

moon dae

summer is too hot..for a car with no air con....ditioning.. oh, the philippines...bah ha.
what i would give for a greeeeen mango shake... i do not know. its a tender wish...

I started class for the full second summer session today. am feeling slightly stressed out with having so much school this summer and less time for work.. i guess, I realize its just this time of my life or whatever.. maybe it's also a part of learning to trust in God's provision - or realizing he's the one that provides for everything anyway..
wow, i need to be more aware and thankful for that.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

one weekend

i'm pooped. its saturday. and i finally don't have anything to do... its been busy this past week - school, work, meeting. meeting is singular - yes, but i've found whiney cases to be more effective when the list is longer...? :p.

also, i gave blood today.. in a blood connection bus. they parked behind work. actually, i was still on the clock while i gave blood. so i sort of got paid for doing it..harhar. quite a treat. my blood pressure is 102/66.

ohh. my good friend anna has called. i'm going to the park. : )

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

my oh my


If i were a red orange tea kettle. this is how i'd be. bright like a tomato. i wish i liked tea abit more.. isn't it true that the tea drinker is better off than the ones who drink coffee so much.?

anyway, it's impossible to focus on schoolwork in the summer... or anytime. i'm so ready to be done with it. this upcoming fall i'll be student teaching in a Montessori classroom - which 1) i'm looking forward to, but at the same time 2)dreading and afraid of... it's a lot of work . alot of lesson plans.. the boringish stuff that takes too long.





Also, my sister, sarah, had a baby tonight!!. a baby boy. i'm sure he's strong...and lovely. cannot wait to meet himmm.

Fuzzy Owl.. she holds things like yogurt mixed with orange juice, water, and coffee..



hoot.hooooooot.

Monday, June 22, 2009

after.thought.

sometimes the bugs gross me out..

the first day..


so, this is alittle odd - making a blog. but, whatever. thats fine...... yes. yep.

I've been feeling out of sorts the past few days. . ansy to move around. the house i live in has a lot of bugs. and its okay - i just feel dirty when guests come over. they have this social expectation for me to kill the bugs or do something, when normally i don't pay that much attention to the critters. little bitties. bug a roos.


I have to go finish a paper.
This design is made with Montessori sensorial materials.. the pink tower and the red rods.. hmm.