Friday, November 28, 2008

Change

as many of you may know i really enjoy my Dr. Pepper, especially in the morning. i got used to every morning going and getting a nice cold 44 once in the mornings, roughly about 1.05 to 1.16 depending what gas station i was craving when i woke. living in Salem and working some where between Drapper and Ogden i had a lot of choices. getting dressed in the morning usually didn't consist of grabbing exact change, so i had at least $1 in change after buying my drink and what ever change i had after lunch, cause lets face it it isn't too "Cool" to be diggin in your pocket for exact change, a little tid bit i picked up from Chunga. I would go home throw all the contents of my pockets onto the bedroom floor. get ready for what ever activities i had going on that evening. slowly the change would accumulate on the floor until it was bbq or party time at my moms house. Audrey Madison and Kelsey looked forward to these times cause it meant lots of soda, food, candy, and people. but it came at a price! they were put to work. "what?" you may ask. every thing mop the floor clean every where, including my room, which was the most fought after. Why? if any of you have ever taken these 3 girls out in public they are like human change finders. any where they go there eyes are constantly scanning the ground for coins. so they loved collecting all the loose change off the floor and sepperating the quarters. i would just put it on my head board of my bed and slowly over the next couple weeks the pile would slowly diminish. come to find out my mom was using it to get her soda in the mornings and Audrey found a vending machine at her school that sold penceils. but there was always just enough for when i ran out of cash to still get my soda on my way to work.
Kirstin on the other hand has a 5 gallon water jug just for coinage. and her rule is once it is in it doesn't come out. this is a very difficult rule for me to follow cause now being married and all there is a lot less soda money that i am alloted each week so with the change building up so fast kirstins jug has filled up a lot faster but i get less soda. to combat this i stopped just throwing it on the floor where she will collect it and hiding it is various spots, she still finds it and throws it in the jug. needless to say i have been caught on a few occasions trying to shake the quarters out. she catches me most of the time so i have had to start getting refils as much as possible that way instead of having 95 to 75 cents change per drink i only have 15 to 25 and thanks to Walkers rewards card i get the occasional free drink.
how ever this too is a challenge for me cause i don't have a mug, and for some odd reason i feel awkward going in to Walkers to refil my Holliday cup, like they know i am not being loyal to them. kirstin just tells me too bad man up and get the refils cause there will be NO MORE removing change from the jug. so when this jug fills up what ever we end up doing with itsure as heck be AWESOME!!!!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Happy Anniversary!

It's been one crazy, yet incredible year! I just wanted to tell Drew how much I love him and how much he means to me. This is my ode to Drew:

When you love someone you're carefree and true,
No matter what they do to you.
You forgive and forget then move right along,
Every word they say seems like a song.

I love all the times he's made me laugh,
Like at the zoo, making fun of the giraffe.
Hanging out and goofin' around
At the bounce place rollin' around

Down in Levan, both cold and warm,
Riding 4-wheelers trying to stay out of harm.
Camping, hiking, and playing in the snow,
Off to the hot pots, here we go.

Going to Disneyland and riding every attraction.
The times I get upset with him is a small fraction.
At the beach, making a splash,
Our time in a Hawaii went by in a flash.

I love his touch and his arms around me tight,
When he kisses me I feel pure delight.
I know that his love is pure and true,
And he should know . . . I LOVE MY DREW!!!

I only do this corny creative crap for the people I really love, and now it's been done twice for you. You should feel special!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I LOVE YOU!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Out of the Ordinary

I usually don't like to sit and write every little thought or thing that comes up, but being stuck in Woodland Hills taking care of my mom all by myself makes me bored. When I'm bored I do things out of the ordinary.

Field:
This semester's field has been going great! I have an awesome teacher who's in an awesome team. I know I am going to have tons of support from them during student teaching. My teacher is ofter disorganized and I love it! It lets me see that not being on top of things is common and it's OK! I have been able to get both of my PE lessons taught in the last couple of days because of this uncertainty on "what's happening for PE today?" This question is asked every Monday since the first day of school, and they always figure out what to do during lunch. Since it was raining today they decided to stay inside the gym, but didn't want the kids playing dodge ball (last week's game was out of control!). They suggested dancing, like the electric slide, but none of them knew it well enough, or had music for it. I then realized I had my Cha-Cha Slide CD in the car still from class and they asked me to teach it today. Good thing I had practice (and I must say it went much better without all the interruptions from you-know-who).
I've been teaching literacy (comprehension strategies) everyday since the first day I arrived. So. those are done too! The only thing I fear is the Math lessons. And, I still don't know which 3 kids I'm using for Management. Other that those 2 things it's been going awesome. Plus I get to talk with Angie and Kerri everyday during lunch. How's everyone else's going?

Home:
I haven't slept in my bed for the last 3 days and it sucks! My mom just had surgery and my dad had to go out of town, so you guessed it, I had to come play nurse and mom this weekend. I'm glad Drew came up at least one of the nights and stayed with me (thanks love). It's so boring here, but at least I have internet. Which brings me to my last little bit, we lost our cable and internet this weekend. Drew was at home Friday night and turned on the computer only to find we didn't have service. Then he tried the TV and nothing was on. The people upstairs said they were getting rid of the cable, but we still had regular channels and internet for a couple of weeks after that, now there's nothing. So, sorry if I don't respond to emails quickly, I've lost that ability.