Day 08 -- My favorite movie

What can I say...I'm a sucker for the whole Cinderella type story. One day my prince will come! :)

Day 07 -- A photo that I took

Again...no photos yet...stay tuned...LOL.

Day 06 -- Birthday Ice Cream

Every Tuesday I go to my Mary Kay Success Meeting. This Tuesday (the 23rd) was my birthday so my Director took me to Maggie Moo's for ice cream after meeting. Can I just say that I LOVE ice cream!!! I have never been to Maggie Moo's before, it is like Cold Stone, but really just not as good. Anyways, there was definitely a catch to going for ice cream with my director!! I have never "warm chattered" with people to get contacts for skin care classes and facials, but I did on Tuesday! Before we left I had to invite the girls working to our Breakfast and Brows on Saturday (if you are in Cedar and reading this let me know if you wanna go--it is on the 27th from 10-12). I talked to one girl--she works on Saturday, but I got her contact information and have to follow up with her on Saturday afternoon. We shall see how that goes!!

Day 05 -- My favorite quote for today

It's not enough to be busy...the question is: what are we busy about?

--Henry David Thoreau

Day 04 -- A photo that makes me angry/sad

So once again I am at school and don't have any photos! It is on my To Do List. So Day 4 is a bust....blah.

Day 03 -- My favorite television program

I LOVE IT!!! I am a die hard fan and have not missed a single episode and own Seasons 1-4!! During Season 3/4 I thought I was done--the show started to fall a part a little. But I kept up with it and now it is just as good as ever!! I've laughed, I've cried, I've yelled at the TV, I've jumped up and down for joy and always have hopes of certain people ending up with certain people. Can't wait for what the rest of Season 5 of Grey's Anatomy will bring!!!

Day 02 -- A photo that makes me happy

Alright, Day 2 of my 30 days of blogging, which should have been yesterday, but I have a good excuse. By the time I got back into Cedar from SLC the school library was closed. So, I will be doing Day 2 and 3 today!!

Okay, so this one is a bit hard without my pictures. I will have to go home tonight and look through my pictures and then come and put it on here. Sucks not having internet at the house!!

Day 01 -- My Favorite Song

This is a really hard one for me because I LOVE music and my favorite song is always changing based on my mood. I think for this post though I will use a song that I first heard in high school and loved the meaning and how true the song is.

So my favorite song is One Voice by Billy Gilman

This kid is amazing. When this song came out Billy was only 11 years--UNBELIEVABLE!!! This song always makes me cry--mainly because the song is so true--even more so now than back in 2000. There used to be a time when there was more good news than bad on the evening news and families left their doors unlocked at night. That is a part of our past, but I still think we need to find a way to get back to that time to some extent and help make this world a better place again. As the boy in song did....toss that pistol into the river below.

Okay enough ranting--LOVE THIS SONG THOUGH!!!

30 Days of Blogging

While looking around at a bunch of different blogs I came across something called 30 days of blogging. Each day, for 30 days I will write a short blog or long if I feel like being more elaborate. Some of the topics I liked, but others I will adapt and change the subject to something that is more me. So here I go--30 days of blogging!!!! I don't know if I will write every day, but I will write about each topic!!

Day 01 -- Your favorite song
Day 02 -- A photo that makes you happy
Day 03 -- Your favorite television program
Day 04 -- A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 05 -- Your favorite quote
Day 06 -- Whatever floats your boat
Day 07 -- A photo that you took
Day 08 -- Your favorite movie
Day 09 -- A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 10 -- Your favorite book
Day 11 -- A talent of yours
Day 12 -- Whatever floats your boat
Day 13 -- A photo of you taken recently
Day 14 -- A hobby of yours
Day 15 -- A YouTube video
Day 16 -- An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 17 -- Your favorite website
Day 18 -- Whatever floats your boat
Day 19 -- Your favorite recipe
Day 20 -- Your day, in great detail
Day 21 -- A fictional book
Day 22 -- A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 23 -- A non-fictional book
Day 24 -- Whatever floats your boat
Day 25 -- A song that makes you want to get up and dance
Day 26 -- Your job
Day 27 -- Your family
Day 28 -- Favorite Vacation Spot
Day 29 -- Favorite band or singer
Day 30 -- Hopes/dreams/plans for next 365 days

Classroom Experience

This semester I have the opportunity to work in three different classrooms and with four different grades. One of my classes I am in the SUU preschool, I volunteer in a first grade classroom, and then I am required to put in some hours at the middle school for another one of my classes. I am glad that I have had experience in many different grade levels to really truly find my passion...even though I'm pretty sure I already know where my love of teaching lies (PRESCHOOL!!!)

The preschoolers

My dream is to run my own preschool (and after I am done working for the state for 5 years I hope I can make that dream a reality), so I am glad that I really enjoy the preschool and all the little munchkins there! I am in the Tuesday morning preschool class and so far I have just helped out in the classroom at table times and keeping them all focused during circle time. As a part of this class I am required to teach 3 full days (2 1/2 hours!!), but I haven't taught yet. I teach for the first time in 2 weeks and then every other week after that. I am nervous, but at the same time excited because this will be my first experience being the head teacher and really being in charge of the class for longer than one short lesson.

All of the kids are so cute and fun at this age. I have really connected with a few of them. There is one little girl that cracks me up. One day she tells me, "Teacher, maybe your glue is just broken", this is in response to an art project that we were using a glue/water mix to glue string onto balloons and some of the students were struggling with getting the string to stay where they wanted it. She always has the cutest things to say! Another student is Emily's (the little girl I mentor) little brother. He struggles on most days, but I'm starting to see where a lot of his behaviors are coming from. He is the youngest of four kids and all 3 of his older sisters have a mentor who comes each week and does something--leaving him out. I can definitely understand where some of his behavior manifests.

The First GradersThis experience has also been a lot of fun. I started this at the beginning of the school year in August and go every Thursday afternoon which is Math time for this class. There are a couple of struggling students and I work with them. They are quite a bit behind the others in the class so I take them to the back of the class and work on things that are more on their level. I want to be a teacher because I want to make an impact on students and just LOVE when the light bulb comes on. At the beginning of the year one little guy couldn't even count to 10. It is often a struggle because he also has behavior issues, but when understands the concept of adding and taking away and can now count to 25 (sometimes 50 with a little help) it makes me want to jump up and down!

The Middle SchoolersFor one of my classes I have to spend 13 hours in a middle school classroom (why the middle school; who knows, I'm an Elementary Major!!), but I am there. I signed up for a Science class and I end up being there for two class periods--one 7th and one 8th grade. I don't really do a whole lot. I have to opportunity to teach if I want to, but don't really know if I will. I know I would struggle with the classroom management especially in the 8th grade class. I have always known that I really don't want to teach anything higher than 3rd grade, but this experience has really proven that this is not the group of kids for me!!! It kinds a special kind of person to work with these hormonal pre-teens going through a lot of changes emotionally and physically and then try to learn on top of that. I will be so very glad when my hours are up on this one!!

Catching up on Life

Spring semester 2010 has been a crazy one! I had to write 12 lesson plans and they were all due within a 2 ½ week period—talk about hectic!!! After this semester I have two more semesters of classes and then I will be in the block and student teaching! Can Spring 2012 get here ANY sooner. I am scared to be teaching on my own, but I’m also ready to be done learning for awhile. I know that I will always be learning, but a little break would be nice!

I really need a car so that I can get around and go places that are more than a couple miles away and without planning an extra hour or more to transportation to a place that would take 5-10 minutes to drive. I also hate not being able to just leave and head to SLC whenever and depending on Greyhound or the shuttle to get me there. I know that it probably is about the same price to drive myself as it is to take the shuttle, but paying $100 all up front makes it seem like a lot more. I will work on getting that car, and IT WILL BE FREE!!!

Over Spring Break I am moving! I don’t know quite where yet. I have two places that I want to look at—one that is next door to the place I live now and the other is a little bit closer to work and school, but it is a little smaller than the other one. We shall see. I’m a little nervous to move and to have roommates again; it has been almost three years since I’ve lived with other people. I just keep telling myself it will be good for me and my life experiences and will also be good for my pocket book and hopefully help me pay down my credit cards.

Mary Kay is going great. I am starting to get a little more comfortable doing it, and my goal is to have my beautiful charcoal Chevy Malibu by August 31, 2010!! I can’t wait! I just need to start putting product on faces and sharing this wonderful opportunity!!