This is me with my new friend Max. After meeting him, I decided I was going to change his name to Wicket. Some of you may know who Wicket is. Yeah, I'm a nerd. But don't you see the similarities?!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Meet Wicket!
This is me with my new friend Max. After meeting him, I decided I was going to change his name to Wicket. Some of you may know who Wicket is. Yeah, I'm a nerd. But don't you see the similarities?!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
I FOUND THEM!!!
I found those pics that I thought were erased from my computer and my camera! WOO HOO!!! I will get some updates with pics here soon. I'm just so happy I found them!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Ouch!
Remember how excited I was to be the sole owner of my car? That was until today, when I had to finish replacing my tires and get an oil change. A whopping $300 later, and it was hard to remember that elation I felt at owning my car.
Look for that silver lining . . .
Look for that silver lining . . .
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
And Then There Were None
Sorry for the weird and cropped pic, but my blog is public and my information is correct on my checks! :)
This is it, folks. The LAST payment for my car! It's a little more than usual, but it feels so good to send this baby off. I own a car now. It's mine. All mine. I love that I can consider it an asset instead of a liability. I tell you, I am slowly whittling down my expenses, and it feels so darn good!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Quickie post
During the course of the day, I caught myself thinking '_____ is one of my favorite things in the world'. I thought I would share a few of those things, since they will give you an insight into how zany of a person I am! These were really my thoughts today.
"(some of) My Favorite Things In the World!":
1. Red Mango frozen yogurt with blueberries and strawberries
2. Catching up with a good friend
3. Sitting outside, but in the shade of a big huge umbrella
4. Vacuum tracks in the carpet
5. Ice cold milk
6. Having a roommate that is related to me
7. Thunder and lightning storms while looking out over the valley
8. The songs "Valleri", "Calypso", "America", and "Sound of Silence"
and MOST IMPORTANTLY . . .
9. My mama, who loves me so much that she worked her tired little fingers to the bone to make me the apron I was so excited about. She even express mailed it to me so I could have it as fast as possible. She also included a few little 'surprises' that really made my day. Thanks, Mom. I love you!
"(some of) My Favorite Things In the World!":
1. Red Mango frozen yogurt with blueberries and strawberries
2. Catching up with a good friend
3. Sitting outside, but in the shade of a big huge umbrella
4. Vacuum tracks in the carpet
5. Ice cold milk
6. Having a roommate that is related to me
7. Thunder and lightning storms while looking out over the valley
8. The songs "Valleri", "Calypso", "America", and "Sound of Silence"
and MOST IMPORTANTLY . . .
9. My mama, who loves me so much that she worked her tired little fingers to the bone to make me the apron I was so excited about. She even express mailed it to me so I could have it as fast as possible. She also included a few little 'surprises' that really made my day. Thanks, Mom. I love you!
Isn't it cute?! I had to take a pic in the mirror because I don't have any roommates right now to help me out!
Monday, July 4, 2011
God Bless America
I should learn the words to that song. I only know about half of the first verse, how sad is that?
Today was a glorious Fourth filled with food, friends, and fireworks. Can't get any better than that! I was in Salt Lake for the day, and spent some time with Lindz, her sister Erin, and their Westie puppy named Boo. It's not good to have pets around me, because I will ignore everyone else and just play with said pet. Proof of this was pointed out to me when I spent hours playing with the puppy and her plastic toy replica of a foot. My friends know that feet and I don't really get along. Well, this dog licked my toes, bit them a little, and then had me play with her plastic foot toy for around an hour. Yeah. I'm a sucker for pets.
Moving on . . . one of Erin's friends invited us over for a barbecue, and we jumped at the chance for some grilled food. It's one of the best things about the summer- grilled ANYTHING! We whipped up some chicken kabobs, sliced up some watermelon, and headed out the door. I was utterly shocked at what met my eyes when I saw the food table at this 'barbecue'.
Now, this is how my family (and most Midwesterners) roll at a barbecue/picnic:
Corn casserole, chips, mustard potato salad, baked beans, sandwiches, KFC, mashed potatoes, maybe a few carrot sticks, a veggie tray that doesn't get eaten, you get the idea. Hearty, filling, not-so-healthy options. When I scoped out the food table at this BBQ, it looked like everyone had brought a salad with weird stuff in it! I think everyone there had watched their favorite Food Channel chef and used a recipe from their show. It was so fancy and gourmet!!! There was salad with spinach and fruit, white potato salad with feta, rosemary, and fennel, Quinoa, cucumber salad, pepper salad with 5 kinds of nuts in it, homemade granola cookies, homemade grain chips, ginger ale with fresh mint in it, and that is just for starters, I can't remember the rest!
There was a long line for the barbecue, so I ended up just loading a plate with all the different salads (yes, I tried them all!), and getting my veg on. I am not very adventurous in my food choices normally, but I have been trying to branch out. Most of the salads were pretty good, and the white potato salad with feta and rosemary was AWESOME! Even though the food was out of my league, I still had a great time. It was mostly people from the single adult ward, so the age range was a little higher. But I met some great people and had some good laughs (along with some amazing food!).
After the non-BBQ (I didn't even get to eat anything that was grilled!), we headed back to Lindz's house and set up camp on her front lawn. They live just across the street from the park where the fireworks were being set off. We literally had the best seats available. Aerial fireworks were legal for the first time this year, and Lindz's neighbors really went to town with a great show before the Big Show. I felt a little ashamed of the small fountains, sparklers, and morning glories that I brought for us to use. But, Lindz and I had a great time playing with sparklers with the kids next door.
I kept trying to get a photo of me spelling my name with sparkler. Yeah, it didn't work, but I had fun attempting. And no, I didn't burn myself or set anything on fire! There was only one rogue ember, and we took care of that really quickly!
We really did have the best view of the Big Show. It was a great end to a great day. I love the fact that we celebrate all the wonderful things about our country on the 4th of July. Although it may not always seem like it, there are a lot of blessings and things to be grateful for that come from being a citizen of this amazing country. God bless America and keep her safe!
Today was a glorious Fourth filled with food, friends, and fireworks. Can't get any better than that! I was in Salt Lake for the day, and spent some time with Lindz, her sister Erin, and their Westie puppy named Boo. It's not good to have pets around me, because I will ignore everyone else and just play with said pet. Proof of this was pointed out to me when I spent hours playing with the puppy and her plastic toy replica of a foot. My friends know that feet and I don't really get along. Well, this dog licked my toes, bit them a little, and then had me play with her plastic foot toy for around an hour. Yeah. I'm a sucker for pets.
Moving on . . . one of Erin's friends invited us over for a barbecue, and we jumped at the chance for some grilled food. It's one of the best things about the summer- grilled ANYTHING! We whipped up some chicken kabobs, sliced up some watermelon, and headed out the door. I was utterly shocked at what met my eyes when I saw the food table at this 'barbecue'.
Now, this is how my family (and most Midwesterners) roll at a barbecue/picnic:
There was a long line for the barbecue, so I ended up just loading a plate with all the different salads (yes, I tried them all!), and getting my veg on. I am not very adventurous in my food choices normally, but I have been trying to branch out. Most of the salads were pretty good, and the white potato salad with feta and rosemary was AWESOME! Even though the food was out of my league, I still had a great time. It was mostly people from the single adult ward, so the age range was a little higher. But I met some great people and had some good laughs (along with some amazing food!).
After the non-BBQ (I didn't even get to eat anything that was grilled!), we headed back to Lindz's house and set up camp on her front lawn. They live just across the street from the park where the fireworks were being set off. We literally had the best seats available. Aerial fireworks were legal for the first time this year, and Lindz's neighbors really went to town with a great show before the Big Show. I felt a little ashamed of the small fountains, sparklers, and morning glories that I brought for us to use. But, Lindz and I had a great time playing with sparklers with the kids next door.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lessons, Legolas, & Lockwood!
So this week was a good one. Oh, don't worry, I don't have any pics to go along with it (see previous post). Bummer.
But, I can still do a type-up of the fun things that happened, right? You won't be bored, right? Right? RIGHT?! WAKE UP!!!
This week was the last week of my first block class. It's a math theory class, and I have not enjoyed it too much. I've met some great people, but the teacher is disorganized and doesn't teach very well. Let's just say I have learned a lot of things NOT to do in my future classroom.
But I digress. I was going to demonstrate why I don't like this class. Exhibit A- our test schedule for this last week. We had a test on Thursday last week, a group test on Wednesday of this week, the final for the class on Thursday, and our big project for the class due sometime between all those. Yeah. I was not too happy. Study groups, nights in the lab, no bueno. Three tests and a project due in a week. What was she thinking?!
Exhibit B- we have a guy in our class who asks a lot of questions. He doesn't do it to annoy, but he just needs clarification on lots of stuff. The teacher has gotten frustrated with him a few times, and has taken to ignoring him when he raises his hand. A lot of the class grumble when he raises his hand, too, but for heaven's sake, we have to get USED to this! We will be working with kids. Yeah, kids. Oh, but I forgot. They are the best listeners in the world, and never ask the same question over and over, right? Sure, it might be annoying to answer questions from the same person over and over, but don't IGNORE him! That's completely rude!
I will complain/compliment her more depending on what grade I get in the class. I will find that out on Wednesday or Thursday, so stay tuned. :)
On Tuesday night, I decided I needed a little break. What's that you say? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition is playing in a theater near us? And Jess and Andrew are going? And it starts after class? Done.
I had never seen the extended version before, but I loved it! This movie has a special place in my heart for a few different reasons, a LARGE and very ATTRACTIVE one being Orlando Bloom. I was hoping the extra 40 minutes of film included scenes of him fighting, running, looking hot, talking, using his elf- and archery skills to help the Fellowship, more running, more fighting, and more looking hot. Alas, the extra scenes seemed to include everyone BUT him. Slightly disappointing, but I still thought it was excellent.
After taking my tests on Wednesday and Thursday, I decided I wanted/deserved/needed/was going to cry if I didn't get away from school and the house. There is a community theater around here that does outdoor musicals in the summer, and they were doing 'Singin' in the Rain', one of my favorites (Isenbarger children, cue Mom singing "Good Morning" to us when we wouldn't get out of bed). My friend Moka wanted to see it as well, so we headed over there to watch. Besides a few bugs, it was a fantastic evening, and the show was so much fun to watch. They even rigged up an actual rain shower for the 'Singin' in the Rain' number! Lots of tap dancing, singing, and laughing later, the show ended with me still smiling. It was a little different from the movie, but that is to be expected. Moka and I laughed about a few small mishaps, dialogue mess ups, but overall, it was fun to watch, and that's all that matters, right? Oh, and it helped that their Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont were so funny. I think that if there were a role I would ever want to play, Lina might be it. Her nasal voice was spot on, and she had the audience in stitches with the 'caaaaaan't stand 'im!' part.
So, now concludes my little update. Hope you're awake!
But, I can still do a type-up of the fun things that happened, right? You won't be bored, right? Right? RIGHT?! WAKE UP!!!
This week was the last week of my first block class. It's a math theory class, and I have not enjoyed it too much. I've met some great people, but the teacher is disorganized and doesn't teach very well. Let's just say I have learned a lot of things NOT to do in my future classroom.
But I digress. I was going to demonstrate why I don't like this class. Exhibit A- our test schedule for this last week. We had a test on Thursday last week, a group test on Wednesday of this week, the final for the class on Thursday, and our big project for the class due sometime between all those. Yeah. I was not too happy. Study groups, nights in the lab, no bueno. Three tests and a project due in a week. What was she thinking?!
Exhibit B- we have a guy in our class who asks a lot of questions. He doesn't do it to annoy, but he just needs clarification on lots of stuff. The teacher has gotten frustrated with him a few times, and has taken to ignoring him when he raises his hand. A lot of the class grumble when he raises his hand, too, but for heaven's sake, we have to get USED to this! We will be working with kids. Yeah, kids. Oh, but I forgot. They are the best listeners in the world, and never ask the same question over and over, right? Sure, it might be annoying to answer questions from the same person over and over, but don't IGNORE him! That's completely rude!
I will complain/compliment her more depending on what grade I get in the class. I will find that out on Wednesday or Thursday, so stay tuned. :)
On Tuesday night, I decided I needed a little break. What's that you say? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition is playing in a theater near us? And Jess and Andrew are going? And it starts after class? Done.
I had never seen the extended version before, but I loved it! This movie has a special place in my heart for a few different reasons, a LARGE and very ATTRACTIVE one being Orlando Bloom. I was hoping the extra 40 minutes of film included scenes of him fighting, running, looking hot, talking, using his elf- and archery skills to help the Fellowship, more running, more fighting, and more looking hot. Alas, the extra scenes seemed to include everyone BUT him. Slightly disappointing, but I still thought it was excellent.
After taking my tests on Wednesday and Thursday, I decided I wanted/deserved/needed/was going to cry if I didn't get away from school and the house. There is a community theater around here that does outdoor musicals in the summer, and they were doing 'Singin' in the Rain', one of my favorites (Isenbarger children, cue Mom singing "Good Morning" to us when we wouldn't get out of bed). My friend Moka wanted to see it as well, so we headed over there to watch. Besides a few bugs, it was a fantastic evening, and the show was so much fun to watch. They even rigged up an actual rain shower for the 'Singin' in the Rain' number! Lots of tap dancing, singing, and laughing later, the show ended with me still smiling. It was a little different from the movie, but that is to be expected. Moka and I laughed about a few small mishaps, dialogue mess ups, but overall, it was fun to watch, and that's all that matters, right? Oh, and it helped that their Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont were so funny. I think that if there were a role I would ever want to play, Lina might be it. Her nasal voice was spot on, and she had the audience in stitches with the 'caaaaaan't stand 'im!' part.
So, now concludes my little update. Hope you're awake!
Import Fail
So, I was importing a whole bunch of pics into my iPhoto, so I could do some picture uploading. I uploaded the pics and when the computer asked me if I wanted to delete the imported photos from my computer, I did something I've never done before. I said 'yes'. I figured they were imported and things would be just fine to get rid of them.
WRONG!!!
My iPhoto application for some reason randomly shut down. I couldn't believe it. It hasn't done that before. So I relaunched the application and guess what . . . the photos are gone. They are gone from my computer and gone from my camera. I had some great pics, too!
SAD DAY!!!!
WRONG!!!
My iPhoto application for some reason randomly shut down. I couldn't believe it. It hasn't done that before. So I relaunched the application and guess what . . . the photos are gone. They are gone from my computer and gone from my camera. I had some great pics, too!
SAD DAY!!!!
Challenge Extended
So, I challenged Sarah to get a post on her blog this weekend. She rose to the challenge, and I am trying to as well. Just for the record, so this idea my family has that I'm a hypocrite goes away, here is the post I sent her:
Thursday at 1:32pm · · · See Friendship
Curt Isenbarger For real. Waiting on real posts from Sarah, not arts & crafts. ;) Love you!
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