I know its been a way long time coming. I'm so sorry for my delinquency- Schools been way way WAY hectic. Well Here's whats happened while i haven't been here doing my blogging duties.
We got a new puppy! His name is Oreo because he has these spots that make an oreo like shape. He can be really sweet when he wants to be, but then there is also his puppy side and he bites and CHEWS CHEWS CHEWS.
In the middle of the Lacrosse Season- Here is the story-
OK so the class officers were going to go out to a celebratory lunch for the end of the year. And so everyone was piling into cars so i got into Cassie's car ( i call her Family) along with Pam and Jon. So i had a lacrosse game after and so i wore my jersey which was number 13 by the way. And we were on 90th and 13 around 1:13 PM ( and NO i am NOT joking about the time part either!) We got into a car accident. We had the right away and this guy came cruising out of the parking lot next to our street and he hit us. He was going so fast too! I was bent down tying my shoe on the time of impact so it jolted me forward and then i swung around and back again. it crunched in the door and glass went flying everywhere! By the way- this was Cassies NEW car... yeah i know way bad luck!. Her car was a 06' Corolla and we got hit by a 89' Ford F-150. the car door was so crushed in that we had to pull Pam out of the window. I was the most injured everyone else only had cuts and bruises, and i only had a bruised spine- i was just glad that everyone else was OK. I only have to go to about 2-3 more rounds of physical therapy to go! Wahoo!
I also got elected to be Junior Class Historian!! How exciting!!!! Well actually i didn't really get elected.... no one wanted to run against me- but still way exciting!!
The end of the year has come school wise. And to be honest i really hate it. I know at the beginning i was ready for it to come. But you just ave to warm up to everyone and get to know them. I have made some way good friends and its way hard to see them leave and graduate. With some of them i made a sort of family. We are a tight knit group- we did everything together. Pam and Cassie in particularly- we call each other family and now they graduate. The graduate tomorrow. And that makes me so sad. I have been way sad to see them go but i am so happy for their accomplishments. As Ive said before i am not good with change. And this is going to be a really big change- not looking forward to not seeing Pam and saying hello to her all the time.... i have to stop talking bout that now.
Oh yeah back to lacrosse. Th girls teams record was 5-5. Five wins five losses. And that is excellent! Well i didn't get to play as much as i hoped- because of my back i was out for 3 games. And i didn't get to play in the other games after for more than 5 minutes a game because coach didn't want me to overdue it. But i think we did fantastic and i cant wait until next year.
Only 2 more things for now-
I am doing summer nanny again. I know i said that i wasn't going to do it. But i put my foot down and said that i would do it as long as i was paid at an hourly rate of at least 5 an hour. They accepted that and i start working in the first week of July and then i work about 4 weeks towards the end of the summer.
On a way happy note- Me and my friend Megan are going to go to Kadesh leadership camp!! I cant wait its going to be so fun! And so we are going to fly first class ( the airline would only let unaccompanied minors on this way) and we are staying for a week and 2 days! Its gonna be so fun!
Thanks for staying tuned!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Saturn
When i was six years old, we got a puppy. He came from Idaho to his sisters house where we picked him up. I remember when my dad came home with him and he was toddling all over the place. I remember his smallness ( even to a six year old) and calling his tongue "Ham- HAM!". Naming him was a grueling process. I wanted to name this toddling dog Pongo, because i was in LOVE with 101 Dalmatians. So i went to take a bath and in all the excitement of the dog, they named him while i was in the tub. You see, he had this ring around his tail, a perfect little ring of black. It was only fitting that his name would be Saturn. I loved the unusual quirky ness of his name, everyone thought it was weird, which i thought was cool.
He was the smartest dog you would ever meet. Im not kiddin- THE SMARTEST. He was the best dog you could ask for. He would come and sit by you, snuggle up on your lap, bark at the unruly Mail Man, and play for hours on end in the backyard. Spunk would be the way to describe him. Even when he was 12 and an "old man" he was spry. He started sleeping on my bed to keep me "safe". He started sleeping with me when i was barely 9. I loved having his little curled up body near me at night. It actually made me feel safe.
But in December we noticed this bump starting to grow on his leg. But he didnt let it get to him, and went on with his crazy wild side. But then he started hobbling on it. So we took him to the vet. The diagnosis- Bone Cancer. It literally made me sick. I couldn't believe that MY dog, had bone cancer. They said they could amputate the leg, but there was no guarantee that it would work. He was living in pain from day to day and it was getting worse and worse. It broke my heart seeing him so sad lying around, yet you could tell his mind was still sharp. But the pain he was living in was unbearable. We had to put him down.
After school on Thursday before he had to go to the vet to be "put down" i gave him about 7 dog treats. I had to go to a haircut, so i had to make my goodbye. I hugged him and said that i would miss him. It was the HARDEST thing i have ever had to do. He was the only dog i had ever known, best playmate, confidant, and a great friend.
I remember when i was 7 i asked my dad if Sazzy (Saturn) would get to go to heaven. He said that dogs didnt have souls, so he wouldnt go to heaven. And that made me wonder what happened to dogs when they died. But now its hard to imagine that his life just ended- nothing more to his life. Now when i look on it i hope that Saturn is in heaven, chasing the pesky cat, and soaking up some rays.
Heres to you Saz- You get that Mail Man, there must be plenty in heaven to choose from.
He was the smartest dog you would ever meet. Im not kiddin- THE SMARTEST. He was the best dog you could ask for. He would come and sit by you, snuggle up on your lap, bark at the unruly Mail Man, and play for hours on end in the backyard. Spunk would be the way to describe him. Even when he was 12 and an "old man" he was spry. He started sleeping on my bed to keep me "safe". He started sleeping with me when i was barely 9. I loved having his little curled up body near me at night. It actually made me feel safe.
But in December we noticed this bump starting to grow on his leg. But he didnt let it get to him, and went on with his crazy wild side. But then he started hobbling on it. So we took him to the vet. The diagnosis- Bone Cancer. It literally made me sick. I couldn't believe that MY dog, had bone cancer. They said they could amputate the leg, but there was no guarantee that it would work. He was living in pain from day to day and it was getting worse and worse. It broke my heart seeing him so sad lying around, yet you could tell his mind was still sharp. But the pain he was living in was unbearable. We had to put him down.
After school on Thursday before he had to go to the vet to be "put down" i gave him about 7 dog treats. I had to go to a haircut, so i had to make my goodbye. I hugged him and said that i would miss him. It was the HARDEST thing i have ever had to do. He was the only dog i had ever known, best playmate, confidant, and a great friend.
I remember when i was 7 i asked my dad if Sazzy (Saturn) would get to go to heaven. He said that dogs didnt have souls, so he wouldnt go to heaven. And that made me wonder what happened to dogs when they died. But now its hard to imagine that his life just ended- nothing more to his life. Now when i look on it i hope that Saturn is in heaven, chasing the pesky cat, and soaking up some rays.
Heres to you Saz- You get that Mail Man, there must be plenty in heaven to choose from.
Friday, February 23, 2007
A New Kinda Chili in My Chili Bowl
One week ago after school I was hangin out with some of my buddies. This gang consisted of Hollianne, Angela, Cameron, Davey, Laura and some others. We got to talking about religion. Because the Friday before Cameron said something and the others were shocked that he would say that to me. It was more offensive to them I think- He said that I wasn’t the “right religion”. That ticked some of the other kids off, and they are Cameron’s religion. Now, being in the so called “minority” I grow up used to this. You just have to roll with what other give you. Sure their will be some comments here and there, you just have to know how to deal with it. So Cameron said “Have you ever been to a ward?” I said no that I hadn’t, and that I would make them all a “deal”.
“If I go to your guys’ church for a Sunday, then you have to come to mine the next Sunday. Does that sound fair?”
They were all game for it. But because I am the teacher of my little Sunday kids, we decided to go until March. Daveys ward on the 4th and my Church on the 11th. Now I realize there are some things about my church that I don’t necessarily like, but it’s not a bad place to worship! The people are friendly and I think that they’ll have a good experience. All 10-20 of them. That’s right 10-20! After we made the bet word got around to some of my other friends (mutual friends with the previous after school hangout kids). So the twins Liz and Sarah wanted in on the action. This led to Cassie wanting to come, and possibly Malia and Jen. Angie wants to come, so that means Riley will probably come. I told some of my friends in computer Tech what was goin on, and they wanted to come too. If those girls were able to come, that would be Morgan, Halie, Kalie- (pronounced Callie), and many others that want in.
I realize that I will have to go get some new clothes to go to church probably. They wear really nice church clothes; the boys wear suits and the girl’s dresses. I do wear dresses, although I really don’t like it. (And I don’t think that God really cares what we wear over our butts anyways, there’s more important things to worry about...)When I told the others they could just wear Jeans and T-shirts, or whatever they wanted. It blew their minds! They went nuts! Davey was all ‘Dude mad Fo’ Reals?!”
I think it’s going to be a very good experience, a new kind of chili in my chili bowl.
“If I go to your guys’ church for a Sunday, then you have to come to mine the next Sunday. Does that sound fair?”
They were all game for it. But because I am the teacher of my little Sunday kids, we decided to go until March. Daveys ward on the 4th and my Church on the 11th. Now I realize there are some things about my church that I don’t necessarily like, but it’s not a bad place to worship! The people are friendly and I think that they’ll have a good experience. All 10-20 of them. That’s right 10-20! After we made the bet word got around to some of my other friends (mutual friends with the previous after school hangout kids). So the twins Liz and Sarah wanted in on the action. This led to Cassie wanting to come, and possibly Malia and Jen. Angie wants to come, so that means Riley will probably come. I told some of my friends in computer Tech what was goin on, and they wanted to come too. If those girls were able to come, that would be Morgan, Halie, Kalie- (pronounced Callie), and many others that want in.
I realize that I will have to go get some new clothes to go to church probably. They wear really nice church clothes; the boys wear suits and the girl’s dresses. I do wear dresses, although I really don’t like it. (And I don’t think that God really cares what we wear over our butts anyways, there’s more important things to worry about...)When I told the others they could just wear Jeans and T-shirts, or whatever they wanted. It blew their minds! They went nuts! Davey was all ‘Dude mad Fo’ Reals?!”
I think it’s going to be a very good experience, a new kind of chili in my chili bowl.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Life, Legs, LaCrosse, and Love...
Life- Life for me is going pretty good i guess. I have been loaded with homework. And i got my schedule changed because of Mid-Term. The only class that i had to have changed was Comp-Tech in place of P.E. Some of my Gym pals came along with me to Comp-Tech. These were my good pals- Morgan, Kelli and Eden! I sure do love my peeps, and I'm glad that i have them with me.
Legs/ Lacrosse- Conditioning is in full swing! And boy do i HURT! Not just sore- PAIN PAIN PAIN. But i hear it gets better after about a million hours of Conditioning. But the funny thing is, i LOVE it. I LOVE going to practice.... Not necessarily the pain but i love the practice. We start out with a lap around the school. ( We are actually in the school) Then we do about a bazillion stretches to loosen up. Then we do Indian Runs. Indian runs are when we all get in a big line then the person from the back has to run all the way to the front while everyone is running. This is about 3-5 laps around the school. After that we do stairs- run up the left side set, down the middle set, back around up through the right set of staires, down the middle then left. That's only one set, we do about 6 sets when you run up, you have to run through the hallway to the middle, so its not just staires the whole time its the whole Shabang. After that Bunny Hops, then Ladders, Lunges, "Fairy Pickers", skips, and then a cool down lap, another set of stretches then we go home. This takes about 2 hours to do. After this my legs feel like Jello and i am TIRED. But by the time Practice is over i have enough time to come home, Eat, do 2-4 hours of homework, check email, then i am off to bed. Not much time for a life outside of this really, but i have met some awesome people, and some not so awesome people.
We voted for captains for the Team. I voted for Hilary ( a girl in my chemistry class) and the two chelseas. The Captains were- Hilary, Chelsea, Julianne, and Jennifer. Hilary and Julianne are really nice, and i love them to death. Chelsea is nice but she can be pushy, when i am doin ladders and believe me i am going as fast as i can go and she is yellin "Come on I KNOW you can go faster than that! Come on go go go!" Folks, i put 100000 percent into anything i do, and man i was going as fast as i can go. Jennifer ( better known as Jenny) pulled me aside after practice and said this " Dude, you put in an awesome effort today, don't listen to the other girls that tell you to go faster, your doing your best, and that's all anyone can ask. So screw them, your doing fine." That's my kind of captain, taking their own time to talk to you and encourage you. My kinda Captain.
Love- HAHAHAHAHA i bet you read the title and wanted to know what that was all about. Well it was a good teaser hahahaha you wasted all your time waiting to her about "Love". At least it got you to read the post eh'!
Legs/ Lacrosse- Conditioning is in full swing! And boy do i HURT! Not just sore- PAIN PAIN PAIN. But i hear it gets better after about a million hours of Conditioning. But the funny thing is, i LOVE it. I LOVE going to practice.... Not necessarily the pain but i love the practice. We start out with a lap around the school. ( We are actually in the school) Then we do about a bazillion stretches to loosen up. Then we do Indian Runs. Indian runs are when we all get in a big line then the person from the back has to run all the way to the front while everyone is running. This is about 3-5 laps around the school. After that we do stairs- run up the left side set, down the middle set, back around up through the right set of staires, down the middle then left. That's only one set, we do about 6 sets when you run up, you have to run through the hallway to the middle, so its not just staires the whole time its the whole Shabang. After that Bunny Hops, then Ladders, Lunges, "Fairy Pickers", skips, and then a cool down lap, another set of stretches then we go home. This takes about 2 hours to do. After this my legs feel like Jello and i am TIRED. But by the time Practice is over i have enough time to come home, Eat, do 2-4 hours of homework, check email, then i am off to bed. Not much time for a life outside of this really, but i have met some awesome people, and some not so awesome people.
We voted for captains for the Team. I voted for Hilary ( a girl in my chemistry class) and the two chelseas. The Captains were- Hilary, Chelsea, Julianne, and Jennifer. Hilary and Julianne are really nice, and i love them to death. Chelsea is nice but she can be pushy, when i am doin ladders and believe me i am going as fast as i can go and she is yellin "Come on I KNOW you can go faster than that! Come on go go go!" Folks, i put 100000 percent into anything i do, and man i was going as fast as i can go. Jennifer ( better known as Jenny) pulled me aside after practice and said this " Dude, you put in an awesome effort today, don't listen to the other girls that tell you to go faster, your doing your best, and that's all anyone can ask. So screw them, your doing fine." That's my kind of captain, taking their own time to talk to you and encourage you. My kinda Captain.
Love- HAHAHAHAHA i bet you read the title and wanted to know what that was all about. Well it was a good teaser hahahaha you wasted all your time waiting to her about "Love". At least it got you to read the post eh'!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
It's Time
Why do some children go forgotten-
like they dont even exist.
What the world needs now...
Is Someone to Care......
So please, Care about the kids around the world. Its time for a change. Make the world a better place, one child at a time.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Musings of a Pre-School Teacher
For the past 10 weeks, I have been the Sunday school teacher for the Pre-school class. I knew I would enjoy it, but it has surpassed my expectations. I LOVE it. We are supposed to have about 7 kids but I usually only have about 3 or 4 every Sunday. Its hit and miss with most kids. Sarah, Cory, Megan, and Jake are my regulars. Mechel is hit and miss because of her parents custody agreements, and Sam is the same way, and Madisons family doesn't come to class. Me and Abbey ( Co-Teacher) trade off Sundays between snacks and lesson. We start off with songs and a prayer, read the story, do a coloring page and if we feel adventurous we do a craft. (We have gotten more adventurous every week).
I can tell when Cory and Jake both come, its going to be an interesting day. More like hilarious. Jake is one of my "little brothers" so when he comes into class he usually days something like- "Hello Mrs. "fruit frun" head!" When he sees cory "Hello squash face!". I cant help it its too funny. Sarah is genuinely a quiet girl and doesn't say much. Prayer requests for her usually go along the lines of "Ummmmm. My kitty Simba!"
Here are some of my favorite sayings from the kids-
Jake- " I didn' paint a boat! I painted a Machine, and its going to attack Sarah and Cory! Argahsjhakjsf"
Me- Jake we are all friends"
Jake- "Naw I just killed em' were not friends no more!" ( he get sa mischievous grin then says, 'Sowwy' Sarah.)
Me- "so guys what was the lesson about today?" ( Good Samaritan)
Cory- "it was about Sungwasses... definatwy sungwasses!"
Me- No, close it was The good Samaratin."
Cory- " Oh yeah wight. The Samerafind! But couldn't Bat-Man save dem?"
Me- "So Mechel how old are you?"
Mechel- "I am 65!"
Jake- "Oh yeah Mechel I am 40!"
Cory- " Well I am 36ty BILLION!"
Sarah-( flips hair) "I'm almost 5, beat that"
One of my favorites of all times-
Me- "one day we will get to go to heaven and be with Jesus too!"
Sam-" No we wont! How can we get to heaven if theres no wope from da sky!?"
I cant help it I love these kids! I would teach them all year if I could. These kids are a hoot and I love them. The most rewarding part is hearing them tell their parents the 'Cool awsomest painting EVER!" and how they cant wait to come back next week. It makes all the work worth it.
I can tell when Cory and Jake both come, its going to be an interesting day. More like hilarious. Jake is one of my "little brothers" so when he comes into class he usually days something like- "Hello Mrs. "fruit frun" head!" When he sees cory "Hello squash face!". I cant help it its too funny. Sarah is genuinely a quiet girl and doesn't say much. Prayer requests for her usually go along the lines of "Ummmmm. My kitty Simba!"
Here are some of my favorite sayings from the kids-
Jake- " I didn' paint a boat! I painted a Machine, and its going to attack Sarah and Cory! Argahsjhakjsf"
Me- Jake we are all friends"
Jake- "Naw I just killed em' were not friends no more!" ( he get sa mischievous grin then says, 'Sowwy' Sarah.)
Me- "so guys what was the lesson about today?" ( Good Samaritan)
Cory- "it was about Sungwasses... definatwy sungwasses!"
Me- No, close it was The good Samaratin."
Cory- " Oh yeah wight. The Samerafind! But couldn't Bat-Man save dem?"
Me- "So Mechel how old are you?"
Mechel- "I am 65!"
Jake- "Oh yeah Mechel I am 40!"
Cory- " Well I am 36ty BILLION!"
Sarah-( flips hair) "I'm almost 5, beat that"
One of my favorites of all times-
Me- "one day we will get to go to heaven and be with Jesus too!"
Sam-" No we wont! How can we get to heaven if theres no wope from da sky!?"
I cant help it I love these kids! I would teach them all year if I could. These kids are a hoot and I love them. The most rewarding part is hearing them tell their parents the 'Cool awsomest painting EVER!" and how they cant wait to come back next week. It makes all the work worth it.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Different Ability
Last Monday sense I didn't have school, I went to the School at our church and volunteered for the day. I have done this on everyday I have had off for basically my whole life. I cant help myself- I have to stay busy, and I love these kids. I always help in the kidergarten- its my favorite age. So recess time comes around, and its going to be an "IN DAY". So Mrs. S comes into the kindergarten room with Katie and McLane, the "special needs" kids. They both have Autism. For some reason I am drawn to McLane. Not like physically ( gross hes like 4!) So he wants to play Candy Land so I got it out of the cupboard so we could play. Of course we played his version which consisted of saying the colors, picking out your own card ( face up) and going straight to the Candy Kings Castle. You could tell he had Autism, by the way he interacted with the other kids, swayed back and forth, and didn't like to make very much eye contact. He was a way cool kid, and I loved every second of playing with him. Arlene asked me while we were playing " isn't that what you want to do when you get older, be a Disabled Special Ed. Teacher". I said " Maybe one day, I Would love to work with Different Abled children" Then Mrs. S went into the speil of how much patience it takes blah blah blah, to work with Disabled kids.
I hate that term "Disabled" I always say ( or try to say) Different Abled. Because they aren't Disabled- sure compared to me and you, yes they may look "disabled". But I have noticed that "disabled" people are the most abled.
For those who are blind, they cant see the clothes you wear, they cant judge by clothes. Black and white are just words to them. They cant judge by skin color. I saw this boy on Oprah, who was born with no eyes, and he was remarkable- he stated the things above. He even said " Oprah, I am in no means disabled. In fact I am the most abled, I may not see the clothes you wear, the color of your skin, I will never know what moon light is. But I get to see what most people cannot. I see the love people have. And that's more to me that sight. In fact, I feel bad for those with sight, so don't feel sorry for thost that are different, its you that you need to feel sorry for."
It couldn't be said any better. So from now on, if people ask me if I want to work with Disabled kids, the answer is no- I want to work with Different Abled kids. For those are the people that have taught me the most about love, those who are the best seeing it.
I hate that term "Disabled" I always say ( or try to say) Different Abled. Because they aren't Disabled- sure compared to me and you, yes they may look "disabled". But I have noticed that "disabled" people are the most abled.
For those who are blind, they cant see the clothes you wear, they cant judge by clothes. Black and white are just words to them. They cant judge by skin color. I saw this boy on Oprah, who was born with no eyes, and he was remarkable- he stated the things above. He even said " Oprah, I am in no means disabled. In fact I am the most abled, I may not see the clothes you wear, the color of your skin, I will never know what moon light is. But I get to see what most people cannot. I see the love people have. And that's more to me that sight. In fact, I feel bad for those with sight, so don't feel sorry for thost that are different, its you that you need to feel sorry for."
It couldn't be said any better. So from now on, if people ask me if I want to work with Disabled kids, the answer is no- I want to work with Different Abled kids. For those are the people that have taught me the most about love, those who are the best seeing it.
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