Practicum Kids and Dixie Fun

On Tuesday I went with my Practicum first grade class to Snow Canyon. I was really excited about it since it was my last day with them and we got to have fun on a field trip. It was fun, sort of. Imagine me, I am only given 5 little boys to be in charge of, and I've still got my hands full. The lady ranger's first words are "I am a Naturalist." So we go on a hike. These little kids are not allowed to make noise (they might frighten the wildlife) and they can't step off the trail. I totally get that, but they are seven year old boys. This was my biggest problem. They wanted to kick plants and pull leaves off, they wanted to stomp on snake holes and frighten the lizards before anyone else in the group could see. I ended up with a big headache. This is the only "legal" picture I can show you since no faces can be seen (the blue shirts are my little charges).When we were getting back to the school and off the bus one of the teachers fell and had to go home. This meant that me and my "dyad" Moenika took over Mrs. W's class while she took the injured teacher's class. It was fun, and it would have been better if we weren't worn out already. There were only 11 kids there that day so it wasn't bad at all. We read them some stories and then did a writer's workshop about the field trip in which the students wrote about their favorite part.

I forgot the best story of all about the hike. The children were very, very thirsty. The school had provided a water bottle for each child, but they couldn't have it till they got back to the ranger station. We are hiking with seven year olds in 94 degree weather. Not cool. The students were complaining and the teachers told them that if they kept complaining they wouldn't get any water even when we got back. So what did I do? Picture my water bottle being passed up and down the line of kids. I decided I would be the one to die of thirst because :

a) I am older and can handle it, and

b) There was no way in heck I was going to drink after them.

Fun stuff.

This is the fun part. These are my table buddies at school. Sorry the pic is a little blurry. These are the coolest girls I have ever met! We spend 6 hours a day, two days a week sitting together and you get to know a person pretty well that way. The one in the green stripes is my dyad Moe. The others are Kim, Jessica, Whitney, and Nicole. We have the best time and everyone is jealous that we're the cool table...jk...but we have so much fun together all the time!

Crocs-How bad are they?

So I'm going to Disneyland with some college buddies on April 25. We are taking a bus from Dixie that leaves at Midnight Friday and we will get there around 7 or 8 on Saturday. We will be left at Disneyland till Midnight and then get home around 7 or 8 on Sunday. Under those circumstances, would it be permissable to wear crocs in public? I used to wear them all the time, until people told me they were tacky, BUT they are the most comfortable shoes in the whole wide world! Can I get away with wearing them to Disneyland?

Weight Loss Guru

Leftover pizza and a Slimfast...yeah...that'll work.

Does this sound legit?

This is word-for-word from the Manual of Logan's car. It is to deactivate the dinging noise for when you don't have your seatbelt on. (FYI-We always wear our seatbelts, but on the occasion that someone doesn't, the dinging is a particularly annoying ding). Anyway, I couldn't believe how weird and voodoo-ey this seemed. But it did work.

Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before proceeding with the
deactivation/activation programming procedure.
The driver and front passenger BeltMinder_ features can be
deactivated/activated by performing the following procedure:
Before following the procedure, make sure that:
• The parking brake is set
• The gearshift is in P (Park)
• The ignition switch is in the OFF position
• The driver and front passenger safety belts are unbuckled
To reduce the risk of injury, do not deactivate/activate the Belt
Minder feature while driving the vehicle.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN (or ON) position. (DO NOT
START THE ENGINE)
2. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off. (Approximately 1
minute)
• Step 3 must be completed within 50 seconds after the safety belt
warning light turns off.
3. For the seating position being disabled, buckle then unbuckle the safety
belt 9 times, ending in the unbuckled state. (Step 3 must be completed
within 50 seconds after the safety belt warning light turns off.
• After Step 3, the restraint system warning light (airbag light) will be
turned on for three seconds.
4. Within 10 seconds of the light turning on, buckle then unbuckle the
safety belt.
• This will disable the BeltMinder_ feature for that seating position if it
is currently enabled. As confirmation, the restraint system warning
light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds.
• This will enable the BeltMinder_ feature for that seating position if it
is currently disabled. As confirmation, the restraint system warning
light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by 3
seconds with the light off, then followed by the restraint system
warning light flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds again.
• After receiving confirmation, the deactivation/activation procedure is
complete.

Logan and Tanner

Quality time with his nephew?

I guess any excuse will do, as long as it supports the addiction.

I know I should love the less fortunate, but...

Today I had a homeless man take a "bath" in the Laundromat bathroom...Not cool. He came in when my manager was still here, she was immediately freaked out because not too long ago she had a scary encounter with a homeless man who refused to leave the bathroom in the Laundromat and she finaly had to call the cops. Anyway, she told her husband and he told his buddy and his cop buddy came and checked out the problem. At this point he had been in the Laundromat for about 2 hours. I know this cop quite well because we do his clothes. He came up to tell me what had happened. He told the homeless guy that we had been having some problems with loitering and that he was just here checking it out. The guy later came up and yelled at me and accused me of calling the cops, which I denied because I didn't call them. Then he went on to harrass the other Laundromat customers, who all came and complained to me...long story short, there was "bath" evidence in the bathroom (which I disinfected while wearing latex gloves) and I have no idea what he was up to for his total of 4 1/2 hours in the Laundromat and it's bathroom. I need a new job!

Must See!

I don't remember the last time I actually felt something while watching a movie until I did last night. I talked Logan into letting me pick a rental for once and I was not disappointed. Marley and Me is the best movie I have seen in years probably. I haven't cried in a movie since Bambi, but I did here. This movie makes you think about life and about what is really important. I loved this movie and I think that if you haven't seen it, you should go rent it TONIGHT!

Inspired by a Seven Year Old

This is a picture I took with my camera out at the airport. It actually looks like a an airport now.

“I’m a PC and I’m 27.”

Let's go fly a kite!

Yesterday was perfect weather to fly a kite. After I got off work we had to go to Wal-Mart to grab some things for Logan's lunches and we got a kite. I had previously purchased one at the dollar store, but Logan scoffed at it. Mine did get up too though. We had a lot of fun and attracted the interest of the little boy across the street so he played with us for a while too. It was the first time that I have ever successfully flown a kite. I have tried and tried but Logan did it like it was nothing. We had so much fun, even if we probably looked really stupid.

I need input

I just saw that Halmark in the mall is hiring. I got an application. Now the question is this: Do I apply? I love my manager at Malibu Cleaners, but I hate the owner and I don't love being alone in a creepy store with laundramat people. The upside to Malibu is the hours. I never work past 6pm. I just can't decide whether it would be worth it to leave my super awesome manager hanging, and would Halmark really be that much better?

Hey! Those are my friends!

So I was flipping through my latest copy of Scrapbooks etc. (Thanks Anisa) and I saw this page for monthly scrapbook kits. My mind automatically went to my dear friends at Storytellers. I turned the page and TADAH! Who do I see?


This is a really bad scan, but I found my friends! It made me really miss them a lot and miss my job. My friends are in Scrapbooks etc. How cool is that???

YUM, STEAK!

This morning we went to Lin's to their big meat sale. We bought a lot of chicken and a package of New York Steaks. Logan decided to marinade them and they were SO YUMMY! Seriously, Logan has ruined me for eating at restaurants because everytime we go out to eat I am just thinking that it isn't as good as Logan's food. I am so spoiled! The only downside to having a very "culinary" hubby is the fact that he hates my very "un-culinary" cooking!

It's HERE!

It came on Wednesday and we put it together that night and Thursday morning.

It was quite an ordeal but it's super nice to have!

Think Before You Donate!

Yesterday, before I went to work, Logan and I cleaned out the office and donated our desk to D.I. becaue Logan wanted a new one. Well, we dropped it off at the donation dock and went to Office Max to buy the one Logan picked out a long time ago. Anyway, after waiting a while for service (which is weird in a store like that cuz they usually drive you nuts) we found out that the hutch, but not the desk was in stock. Hence, I am posting from my couch on the ancient laptop. It's slow, but it gets the job done! My house is a disaster, there is office stuff in the dining room. We still have the old mattress in the living room, and to top it all off...the bishop is coming tonight. How am I going to explain that we really aren't that white trashy?

P.S. There is not a picture because I have no way of uploading them from our camera onto this computed since I don't know where the cord is and this one doesn't have a fancy card reader.

"(Your name) is like" Tag

K, I saw this game on face book so I'm starting a tag on blogger.

The Rules are unflinchingly rigid.

1. Go to google.com
2. Search "(your name) is like" with the quotes
3. Post the first 10 results

Mine are.

Logan is like McDonald's. It's a low-cost object, and you have to sell high volumes to make a profit.

Logan is like a pit bull, hard-wired and un- trainable. It's in his nature to please his master, and frighten people.

Logan is like an aging stripper: looks okay from a distance, but closer inspection reveals a tired and slightly musty gal.

Logan is like a Hank Williams Jr. from Kentucky.

Logan is like a wolverine.

Logan is like the David Rodigan of Grime I guess.

Logan is like comparing apples and a big bottle of poison that destroys brain cells just by looking at it.

Logan is like getting tied to a bed post by the man you're having an affair with and allowing him to have his way with you.

Logan is like the insecure possessive husband who constantly needs to check on his “cheating wife”.

Logan is like a one in a million find because he is sweet and really cares.

I tag: Libby, Shellie, Anisa, Summer, Jessie, Sydney ( hers is on face book but she can do it to), Moe, Kimtastic, Lucas (Do it for him Shellie), Ryan (you too Anisa)