I'M ALIVE!

I have not had any motivation to write a blog in the past few months. I was just lazy, and I felt like there was nothing really worth blogging about. So I guess I can fill you in on all that has happened since November.

Christmas was great! Katy was home for the holidays and it was so much fun having her here for a while. We all had a lot of fun just being lazy and doing a whole lot of nothing. I got a Wii so we played wii golf most of the time.

It all got boring after Katy left. The Fudge Factory is closed until the beginning of February so Me, my mom and Tacy really had nothing to do for the month of January. We decided to take a cake decorating class at hobby lobby. That was fun, Tacy took pictures but I will have to post pictures later. We just learned the basics, like frosting the cake and then doing borders and basic flowers. We had to learn the rose and it was HARD! the teacher said its the hardest thing to learn. There are three different courses, and each course is four classes long. We finished the first one and me and Tacy are going to take Course two. In that class we will learn more flowers and the basic weave, So it should be fun.

That's the only major news, there have been a few little changes. In church I used to teach the three year olds, now I teach the six year olds. I liked the three year olds, but it was getting way hard tyring to wrestle six three year olds by myself. The six year old are great, they know more about what I'm teaching them, and they know how to be reverent. Its great!

On occasion I sub for a cook or the secretary out at the Jr High. But a few days ago and the Grade School called me and asked if I would be interested in subbing as an aid for them. So next week I will be working at the Grade School and a few days in the next few months.

That is about it, sorry about not blogging!

Be careful what you wish for...

Yesterday and today I have been subbing as the secretary out at the Jr. High. Yesterday was probably the most boring day of my life. I was the only one in the office, and I had nothing better to do than just sit around and play games online. Every so often a teacher would come in and ask how it was going and if anything exciting has happened? Every time I would say no but I wish something would happen.

Well the last hour of the day my wish came true. I was sitting at the desk and all of a sudden a kid came in, he seemed fine, he did not seem mad or anything. But he came in and said, " I just threatened to kill a teacher, so... I think it would be best if I did not show up to school tomorrow", and I was thinking WHAT THE HECK DO I SAY TO THAT! So he started to walk away and I was like wait... who did you threaten, and what is your name? He told me both and I was still not sure what to do so I said okay. He left and I wrote a note down on a post it note. It was probably not what I needed to do but I really did not know.

Anyway.... A teacher friend of mine came into the office after the bell rang for school to be out, and I showed it to her and she just laughed and was like are you serious. So she went to the other teacher that was threatened and told him, and he laughed. I thought the teacher would of known he was threatened but he did not. So they said they would take care of if because, no body really knew what to do.

So I came into work today and the two people who take care of disciplinary things were here. And a little while later, a few teachers were in here talking with them about what happened yesterday. Then another teacher brings the kid who threatened the teacher in to the office and just made him sit there. So there was a lot of secret talking in office, people coming in and out of the room. And I was just sitting at the desk trying to look busy. Then I got called into the office, and I had to write down what exactly happened yesterday, what I was told. Then I was to sign and date it. I did then some other girls who overheard him say the threat came in and had to do the same thing.

So the kid who was in trouble just sat in the office. And the disciplinary people came out and said when David (I'm not sure the name he said) gets here let me know. So about five or so minutes later. A cop walks in! I was so confused because the teacher just called the cop by the first name so when he said he was coming I was thinking it was the kids dad. I was wrong. So the teacher and the cop talked for a second and the teacher said that the mom could not come and get the kid, so the only other way was to have a police officer take him home. It was weird.

But I wanted excitement and I guess I got it. But other than that, the phone has rang more today, so I get to do something other than sit here and stare at the computer.

The Dash

I heard this poem over the summer and I really liked it.
I was reading a letter a friend wrote to me, and in the letter she said how glad she was that
I was part of her "Dash".
So here it is....

The Dash Poem
by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard;
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

Its still fall!

Life has been exceptionally boring for awhile, therefore I have had nothing to blog about. Nothing has changed fall is still here and I LOVE IT! Katy comes home soon and that is exciting.... and I go to St. Louis on Monday with Tacy for a Doctors appointment. That's really all I have to say.

ITS FALL!!!

I LOVE FALL and at exactly 5:18 yesterday afternoon it became official. In celebration of this fantastic occasion Sophie and I had a party, well not a real party because we have nobody to hang out with other than each other. We started watching the fist season of The OC, we had fresh margs (non alcoholic of course) and chili fires because on the show they always have fresh margs and chili fries. It maybe was not the most fallish party but we had fun!

A few days ago Tacy and I bought a lot of different apples to test so we could decide which apple was our favorite. Mine was Honeycrisp, usually Granny Smith would win but the one we had was old so it lost to Honeycrisp. It was a fun fall activity, because apples are fallish...right...?

Anyway...

On occasion when my mom says she is going to cook something for something I usually know that I will end up helping her or doing it for her. I'm not complaining because I went to school to cook so I enjoy it. Well my mom need to make Apple Crisp for about 50 people. At school we cooked the food for the whole school so I was use to large quantity baking, so naturally I was a good pick for this project. So I got up around 8: 15 ish to start helping her, she had a meeting so she left and I started peeling. Luckily we borrowed a peeler from Ruth that peels and slices the apples so it saved a lot of time. We finally finished around 12:30. We ended up making 3 9x13 pans and two giant turkey roster pans. It looked good as far as I could tell so lets hope it tastes good!

Last but not least...

This last picture is a picture Tacy drew for me a couple days ago. We were discussing how I have this strange obsession with Roosters so we were looking around and I discovered I have a ton of fish treasures as well as a ton of rooster treasures......So she created this lovely creature for me.. Its a roosterfish. Also the fish treasures are all rainbow colored...

Saturday Fun!

Well... Kim and Kaycee are gone..They have been for about a little less than a month...I miss them TONS!!!

But Tacy and I have been having fun so its not to terrible. Today we went to Burlington to Weird Harolds, we ended up discovering that you could paint your own pottery there, so we each picked out an item and we painted it, then they take it and put it in there kiln and glaze it so it turns out like a cute piece of pottery. They will be finished in about a week so we will see the finished project next weekend hopefully.

After that, we came home and Sophie and I watched Twilight. Soph has had this craving to watch Twilight for the longest time so we decided to watch it together because the first time I saw it I was not a huge fan. She was convinced that if I watch it a second time I would like it better..alas..she was true.

That is really all that has happened since my last post, sorry its not much.

P.S How do you like my new background?

Summer of Fun!

This summer has been probably one of the funnest I have had in a long time. When I got home from school in April I was convinced my summer would stink until Tacy and Sophie got home. But alas... I was wrong... when I got home I started hanging out with Sage and with Sage came two of the interns that worked for my dad. They are pretty much the best thing that has happened to me this summer. Not that having Tacy and Sophie home is not amazing but before they got here I had people to hang out with. Here are picture of the summer so far...maybe more to come....but don't hold me to it.....Most of them are just random pictures from, Sages wedding, me visiting all of them at work, and Fourth of July.