Midterms

Deja vu! This is the title of my first post! Well then, here is goes. This will be my last midterm ever! Hurray for me! Of course, with this midterm it also means the end of my Irrigated Soils class. Yes, it is all about irrigation, yes, it is a bunch of math, and yes, it actually wasn't that hard. Which of course makes me very happy seeing as it was a seven-thirty class. I think the kids are a lot happier also. They can wake themselves up and they actually get something in their stomach before we leave. Don't panic though, they have been getting breakfast at school, now they just get two breakfasts. I really think it help with their attitude. Shay's personality really depends on how full her stomach is. If she is ornery, give her something to eat and she is usually great. But I am sure most kids are like that.

So midterms mean the beginning of the end! I can't believe the first half of the semester is already gone! I now have eight weeks until I can consider myself a college grad!

FREE STUFF!

YOU ARE AN INSTANT WINNER ON THE DRAPER GAME SHOW!

I got this from Adam and Amy's site. I hope everyone enjoys this!
The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year. (might be a little while)
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Sounds like fun, right?

Here we go again.

So, I have actually been debating for a while as to what I would say. I even got on and started at the blank page and had nothing to write. So here I am trying to say what has been going on in our house. This will be a bit easier seeing as yesterday was Valentine's Day.

Clint was working yesterday on the day shift so it was just me and the kids. We actually had a lot of fun! I decided not to put a restriction on the candy and allowed them to make themselves sick. But at least the candy is gone and we don't have to argue about it! I also decided that since they were going to eat all of the candy, there was no point in cleaning up the house. That was kind of a mistake. Now the house is a HUGE mess and it is Sunday. I hate having my home a mess on Sunday; it seems to clutter up everything else about the day. But there isn't much I can do about it now. But we had fun! I gave both of the kids Valentine's books, of which Haden's was a beginning readers book. You know the ones with common words as pictures. When I got done reading it to him (with his help), he told me that he knows the little words (the pictures) but not the big words and asked for my help with them. Now he can read (or repeat) most of the words on the first four pages! It makes me happy to see that he wants to learn.

I took the kids to the mall to play after Shay's nap, and they really enjoyed themselves. One of the other mothers there mentioned the playarea was the best thing the mall could have done because shopping could be done and the kids don't get too bored. She seemed quite surprised when I told her I didn't even come here to shop, just to let the kids play. I would think that would be expected on a snowy day and an indoor playground. I must say, I do that quite often in the winter. How else will I get my kids to wind down after all of the sugar? At least, I thought it was a good idea.

100 Random things

I stole this from my cousin's blog. I hope I don't put anyone to sleep with my boring life!


1. started your own blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played in a band
4. visited Hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. given more than you can afford to charity
7. been to Disneyland
8. climbed a mountain
9. held a praying mantis
10. sang a solo-- More than I can count!
11. bungee jumped
12. visited Paris
13. watched a lightning storm at sea
14. taught yourself an art from scratch
15. adopted a child
16. had food poisoning
17. seen in person the Statue of Liberty
18. grown your own vegetables
19. seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. slept on an overnight train-- in Paris (never again!)
21. had a pillow fight
22. hitch-hiked
23. taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. built a snow fort
25. held a lamb
26. gone skinny dipping
27. run a marathon
28. ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. seen a total eclipse
30. watched a sunrise or a sunset
31. hit a home run
32. been on a cruise
33. seen Niagara Falls in person
34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. seen an Amish community
36. taught yourself a new language--does French in school count? It is very limited.
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing
40. seen Michaelangelo's David
41. sung karaoke
42. seen the Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. visited Africa
45. walked on a beach by moonlight
46. been transported in an ambulance
47. received a prestigious award
48. gone deep sea fishing
49. seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. kissed in the rain
53. played in the mud
54. gone to a drive-in theater
55. been in a movie
56. visited the Great Wall of China
57. started a business
58. taken a martial arts class
59. visited Russia
60. served at a soup kitchen
61. sold girl scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. got flowers for no reason
64. donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. gone sky diving
66. visited a nazi concentration camp
67. bounced a check
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favorite childhood toy
70. visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. eaten caviar
72. pieced a quilt
73. stood in Times Square
74. toured the Everglades
75. been fired from a job
76. seen the changing of the guards in London
77. broken a bone
78. been on a speeding motorcycle
79. seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. published a book
81. visited the Vatican
82. bought a brand new car
83. walked in Jerusalem
84. had your picture in the newspaper
85. read the entire Bible
86. visited the White House
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating--Okay, so I did watch or participate in the killing of a chicken, but I was present!
88. had chickenpox
89. saved someone's life
90. sat on a jury
91. met someone famous
92. joined a book club
93. lost a loved one
94. had a baby
95. seen the Alamo in person
96. swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. been involved in a law suit
98. owned a cell phone
99. been stung by a bee
100. learned to play an instrument--Piano and flute (and the recorder in elementary school)

That's it for me! Are you still awake?

HELP ME!!

So I have now been named the Relief Society Enrichment Leader for our ward. Not a big deal, right? Not on a calm day, but my normal days consist of school, work, kids, house, and husband. Our ward is also getting back into doing Enrichment once a month. I tried to talk to the RS president about that, but I'm not so sure she understood my concerns. I guess I will have to push the issue of only four a year. Then again, I am not really planning on being here much longer than August. I really hope they don't mind that. They don't seem to. So here is my plea: I need ideas. I need help.

My other issue for the day is keys. Now Clint and I don't have any spare keys to the vehicles in the house. Mostly the van because it would cost us about $60 for a copy due to the microchip that is placed in the newer keys. Because of this, my keys were locked in the van this morning. Clint had left for work long before I realized this. So in order to get to my morning class on time, I grabbed the kids out of bed, got them ready and bundled, and ran to try to catch the bus. By this time I had already decided that I wasn't going to get the class on time, but we missed the bus. So in a frenzy, I called a friend and classmate of mine and asked that she would also be late for class and come and get us. She picked us up on the side of the road, took my kids to daycare, and carted me to school. All with only being ten minutes late for class! Way to go, Amber!!! Thank you so much! Not only that, but she then hauled me back to the daycare to pick up the kids at the end of the day and drove us home. She truly was a lifesaver this morning.

Fortunately the rest of the day went quite smoothly. It was a better day for all.