Tests are not an accurate assessment of the knowledge I have acquired.
I have had a test every week for the last 3 (or 4 now) weeks. I just took one today, and I have another on Friday. That doesn't include all the papers I've had to write. I have 15 reading records (evaluations of books, 1 to 3 pages each) due on Friday as well. I also have a descriptive paper due Monday, a presentation next week, and a paper over the history of photography. I'm going to lose my mind!
When this semester is over, I don't know what I will do with all my free time!
I have been meaning to write more, but no time. I have another class in a few minutes.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Random Distractions
I love the snow, as long as I get to stay home to enjoy it. The idea of all those bugs out their dying thrills my soul. I took a few pictures, but yesterday while it was snowing big fluffy flakes, I didn't even think to take pictures. This was my first big snowfall in ... years.
Today was the first day in 3 weeks that Cari and I missed our exercise date and I'm excited to say that it was for a good reason! The bad driving conditions kept us home from the Y. 3 weeks! We're going on a month! I'm so proud of us :)
I am about to subscribe to President Obama's podcast. Did you know he has a podcast?? Isn't that incredibly awesome and exciting!? I feel like we're having the modern fireside chats. I <3 my president and it feels so good to say that.
I've been lazy the last few days, not using my time productively, so this morning I finished reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret and I wrote my paper for class. Now I just need to write my paper for the other two books I've read. It's so easy to read and read and read, I just hate writing the papers. I'm sure that's backwards from other people in the class, but the reading is the easy part!
So, on top of the 5 Newberry's and 10 Caldecott's, plus the 6 books we will read in class, I will need to read an additional 24 Children's Books. Any suggestions?
Today was the first day in 3 weeks that Cari and I missed our exercise date and I'm excited to say that it was for a good reason! The bad driving conditions kept us home from the Y. 3 weeks! We're going on a month! I'm so proud of us :)
I am about to subscribe to President Obama's podcast. Did you know he has a podcast?? Isn't that incredibly awesome and exciting!? I feel like we're having the modern fireside chats. I <3 my president and it feels so good to say that.
I've been lazy the last few days, not using my time productively, so this morning I finished reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret and I wrote my paper for class. Now I just need to write my paper for the other two books I've read. It's so easy to read and read and read, I just hate writing the papers. I'm sure that's backwards from other people in the class, but the reading is the easy part!
So, on top of the 5 Newberry's and 10 Caldecott's, plus the 6 books we will read in class, I will need to read an additional 24 Children's Books. Any suggestions?
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Green Room
Here is the green room in San Antonio where we stayed (and also my little brother, who's not so little anymore!) He recently received his orders and is a bit depressed to be headed to South Dakota for a year. On the bright side, the base is a little over a half hour from Mt. Rushmore, and I've always wanted to see Mt. Rushmore! Sounds like a road trip to me! lol after school, of course.
I will see about getting a picture of the batman pajamas :)
Monday, January 5, 2009
Make way for the new me!
Cari and I started our workout routine at the Y today and it was awesome! I found this website and I thought it had some good tips to help me out with other aspects of my weight loss goals now that I've started exercising!
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/easy-ways-to-lose-weight-50-ideas/article16057.html
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/easy-ways-to-lose-weight-50-ideas/article16057.html
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I'm going to work my way backwards ...
These past few weeks started out nice, but I feel like I've run out of things to do. I am one of those people who thrives in busy, stressful situations. When I have nothing pressing to do, I start to feel like a zombie. Speaking of zombies, I really dislike zombie games, and that is all I will say about that.
New year's eve was uneventful. I stayed at home and watched TV/movies with Josh. We missed the ball dropping in Time Square because we forgot that they show it live and therefore, the ball drops an hour early. How lame for us. We were playing my new favorite game that I got for Christmas, Cranium (the new edition) and Josh discovered that I had never watched the Matrix, so we had to watch it. It's one of his favorites.
This year was our first Christmas as a married couple, so we went out and purchased an ornament. That's been one of our traditions, something that neither of us did before. Every year we've been together on Christmas, we go out and purchase an ornament for our tree. We currently have three ornaments :) plus my Texas flag ornament because I'm a sentimental Texan who misses her state :P But anyway, we found this cute ornament with a bride and groom and we had them write our names and the year on the ornament. It was hard to find one we both liked!
We spent Christmas eve with Josh's maternal family. Christmas eve is his grandmother's birthday, so that is why the family always gets together. It's been three years since I first started attending, so I'm more comfortable now. Christmas eve Josh and I exchanged pajama's, which is a tradition that I'm bringing in from my family. That is one of my favorite parts of christmas. It took me awhile before I realized that we got pajamas on Christmas eve. I remember one Christmas, my brothers and I begged and begged to open just one present before we went to bed, and my mother said yes (as always) but this year, we could pick our own gifts out. *SHOCK* So, I searched under the whole tree and picked out the biggest box I could find. Lo and behold, they were pajamas. LOL parents are so clever.
Anyway, so I made Josh batman pajamas! Really, I only made bottoms, not quite ready to tackle more complicated pieces. So I found the soft fleece material in Wal Mart with the batman design. Josh was so excited when he pulled them out, the first thing he said was "How did you find giant batman pajamas!??" hehehe
Christmas day we spent with Josh's parents. His dad always makes a full Christmas dinner, and it is always delicious.
San Antonio, since I haven't really talked about it yet, was fantastic. I got to spend time with my little brother, my granny, and my mom. Justin graduated from basic training, and although I missed seeing the actual graduation, I did get to spend the weekend with him and see him in uniform. We also had a family picture taken in front of the flag, as soon as my mom uploads that I will share it with you. We spent one day at Sea World, and they were having some Thank You Military day sort of thing, so Justin went in for free along with three guests (us) so it was all free! I highly highly recommend Sea World anytime you have the opportunity. It was super amazing. We pet and fed dolphins, fed sea lions, fed coy fish (is that spelled right?), saw Shamoo, a crazy awesome dolphin show called Viva which included these awesome acrobats, synchronized swimmers, and divers, we saw a penguin exhibit and, the highlight for me, a crocodile in a lake with a family of turtles on his head!! AAH! It was hillarious.
While in San Antonio, we also went to the Alamo. I have been before, but it was still really nice to visit. It's sort of like, the Texan pilgrimage location. If you're a true Texan, you must go at least once. If you are ever in the near vicinity of the Alamo, you also must go see it. It's like a law ;) but not really.
So, to sum things up, I have really enjoyed the last several weeks, but I think I'm ready for something eventful. I am dreading school! But after this semester, my undergraduate days will be over. WOO! I am really looking forward to working out at the Y with Cari, which I think we are starting tomorrow! Yay for getting fit and having accountability!
New year's eve was uneventful. I stayed at home and watched TV/movies with Josh. We missed the ball dropping in Time Square because we forgot that they show it live and therefore, the ball drops an hour early. How lame for us. We were playing my new favorite game that I got for Christmas, Cranium (the new edition) and Josh discovered that I had never watched the Matrix, so we had to watch it. It's one of his favorites.
This year was our first Christmas as a married couple, so we went out and purchased an ornament. That's been one of our traditions, something that neither of us did before. Every year we've been together on Christmas, we go out and purchase an ornament for our tree. We currently have three ornaments :) plus my Texas flag ornament because I'm a sentimental Texan who misses her state :P But anyway, we found this cute ornament with a bride and groom and we had them write our names and the year on the ornament. It was hard to find one we both liked!
We spent Christmas eve with Josh's maternal family. Christmas eve is his grandmother's birthday, so that is why the family always gets together. It's been three years since I first started attending, so I'm more comfortable now. Christmas eve Josh and I exchanged pajama's, which is a tradition that I'm bringing in from my family. That is one of my favorite parts of christmas. It took me awhile before I realized that we got pajamas on Christmas eve. I remember one Christmas, my brothers and I begged and begged to open just one present before we went to bed, and my mother said yes (as always) but this year, we could pick our own gifts out. *SHOCK* So, I searched under the whole tree and picked out the biggest box I could find. Lo and behold, they were pajamas. LOL parents are so clever.
Anyway, so I made Josh batman pajamas! Really, I only made bottoms, not quite ready to tackle more complicated pieces. So I found the soft fleece material in Wal Mart with the batman design. Josh was so excited when he pulled them out, the first thing he said was "How did you find giant batman pajamas!??" hehehe
Christmas day we spent with Josh's parents. His dad always makes a full Christmas dinner, and it is always delicious.
San Antonio, since I haven't really talked about it yet, was fantastic. I got to spend time with my little brother, my granny, and my mom. Justin graduated from basic training, and although I missed seeing the actual graduation, I did get to spend the weekend with him and see him in uniform. We also had a family picture taken in front of the flag, as soon as my mom uploads that I will share it with you. We spent one day at Sea World, and they were having some Thank You Military day sort of thing, so Justin went in for free along with three guests (us) so it was all free! I highly highly recommend Sea World anytime you have the opportunity. It was super amazing. We pet and fed dolphins, fed sea lions, fed coy fish (is that spelled right?), saw Shamoo, a crazy awesome dolphin show called Viva which included these awesome acrobats, synchronized swimmers, and divers, we saw a penguin exhibit and, the highlight for me, a crocodile in a lake with a family of turtles on his head!! AAH! It was hillarious.
While in San Antonio, we also went to the Alamo. I have been before, but it was still really nice to visit. It's sort of like, the Texan pilgrimage location. If you're a true Texan, you must go at least once. If you are ever in the near vicinity of the Alamo, you also must go see it. It's like a law ;) but not really.
So, to sum things up, I have really enjoyed the last several weeks, but I think I'm ready for something eventful. I am dreading school! But after this semester, my undergraduate days will be over. WOO! I am really looking forward to working out at the Y with Cari, which I think we are starting tomorrow! Yay for getting fit and having accountability!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Just a few thoughts
1. Do not under any circumstances potato peel a chunk of your finger off. It hurts and is no fun. No amount of batman band-aids can make that feel better. Thankfully, the chunk remained attached to my finger long enough to get away from the potatoes! Eeeew, that could have been gross.
2. If someone you grew up with and love dearly graduates or has some big event to showcase an accomplishment, be sure to attend! Especially if that person is your little brother with whom you share quite the history of teasing, picking on, and being generally mean to each other. It really lets them know how much you love them, despite the fights that you grew up with. I think it meant a lot to my brother for me to come all the way to San Antonio just for him. He got teary when I gave him a card, and boys (especially recently recruited military boys) do not easily tear up.
3. One should not be so eager to complete their work tasks when they have two full days of work ahead of them. It makes for a very long eight hour shift if you have nothing left to do. Or one might get creative and redo some aspects of their previously completed tasks, just to fill time. Great things can come of this, but not always.
More on my trip to San Antonio later :) And I will post pictures!
2. If someone you grew up with and love dearly graduates or has some big event to showcase an accomplishment, be sure to attend! Especially if that person is your little brother with whom you share quite the history of teasing, picking on, and being generally mean to each other. It really lets them know how much you love them, despite the fights that you grew up with. I think it meant a lot to my brother for me to come all the way to San Antonio just for him. He got teary when I gave him a card, and boys (especially recently recruited military boys) do not easily tear up.
3. One should not be so eager to complete their work tasks when they have two full days of work ahead of them. It makes for a very long eight hour shift if you have nothing left to do. Or one might get creative and redo some aspects of their previously completed tasks, just to fill time. Great things can come of this, but not always.
More on my trip to San Antonio later :) And I will post pictures!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Not a real blog, but I couldn't resist!
Comment with your name and I will answer the following about you (if I can)
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick the flavor of ice cream that best suits you.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. (If possible. If not, I'll say something that only makes sense to me.)
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours.
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick the flavor of ice cream that best suits you.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. (If possible. If not, I'll say something that only makes sense to me.)
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours.
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