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.

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.

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.

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!

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... :)

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.

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