Guess how awesome I am....

60 wood pencils
17 mechanical pencils
1 Spiral Notebook
2 reusable shopping bags
44 pens
1 Pencil pouch
7 Sharpies
4 Glue sticks
2 White outs
1 Dry erase marker
1 pack paper clips
1 pack rubber bands
1 Past due stamp
2 Highlighters
1 Pop-up tape dispenser
1 Large easer
12 cap easers
1 Post-it note pad
5 Post-it flags
1 Pack file label stickers
1 Pack NoteTabs
2 boxes crayons
1 bottle hand sanitizer
1 advisers guide to student activities
10 pocket folders
6 bubble mailers
1 pack mini stickers

This is how awesome I am!! Look at all this goodness. The best thing about being a teacher is SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I know that doesn’t sound like much to most people but there is some sort of enjoyment to me about getting school supplies. I think it is the thought of getting to get to use that new pen or something. I know weird. Haha. Anyway the office supply stores usually do a teachers appreciation day, so we hit up two of the three different stores in Boise. I got a whole loot of free stuff. I did purchase a few things before the matter, but got them at great prices. So all of this plus a couple things that I forgot to put in the picture (they are listed) cost a grand total of $7.58. That is right folks $7.58. Isn’t that amazing!!!! I am pretty stoked about it. I know I am pathetic that I would get excited about this.

Quick Update

Well it has been an eventful few weeks for me. I moved all my stuff into my apartment, which was the first time I had ever seen it, including no pictures. But turns out it was a great find on my part. It is so upscale feeling, I even get to buzz people into the building that is how cool I am. It feels more like a hotel than a apartment complex. Eek I can't wait to put pictures up, but I came back to Boise for a few days. It is still a little plain right now, but give it a little time and it will be amazing. Plus I have a spare bedroom, so you are all welcome to come and stay... that just means the people in Boise coming down to the temple now have another reason to visit.:)

I have also been working in my classroom a little bit... I am so grateful for my mom being there to help me because it is very overwhelming. The problem is that the teacher that was there before me was there for so long that there is just so much to go go through. She also has like a million, jillion tables, desks, shelves, anything else you can think of in the room and the room is not big at all. I definitely have my work cut out for me there.

My eye surgery went fantastic, I really didn't get nervous until I was basically laying on the table and there was no turning back. Literally the scariest moment of my entire life was the point when you black out for a about a minute, it is hard to explain but really you wonder if you will ever see again. I came home and basically slept until Saturday. haha, well I woke up for dinner. In reality it was a fantastic decision. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has even considered it. The brief ten minutes of fearing your life is worth not ever having to worry about contacts again.

Okay I know I am boring, but I promise life will soon get interesting... well at least there will be pictures sometime:)

2 Favorites

This week I have been working on two of my favorite things... Crafting and organizing. These things are a little obsessive in my life, I love going into craft stores, I just don't feel like I have time to work on projects as much as I would like. I bought this kit at a craft store a few months ago, I just had a hard time finding the right paper for it. I made it for my mom and she wanted it in black and white, I just had a hard time finding white paper that had some design on it. Weird I know, but seriously I had to go to three different craft stores and ended up using gray tones as well.
I love the way it turned out, it was also my first attempt at vinyl, only the Y went a little kattywompus (is that even a word?). I think I am going to add a few more decals to it, like on the top of the M. This picture isn't great, but it gives you the idea.

I think the "F" was my favorite, and I thought that I would hate that one, I was just trying to find paper to work. haha

My next favorite-ORGANIZING

You wouldn't guess it by the looks of my room right now... but hey I am in the middle of packing and going through things, but I love to organize. I love to arrange and make things like presentable. My closet is always color coded, movies always alphabetized... I cant believe that I admitting this on here, but when I eat multicolored food (like skittles) I have to eat them in color order of the rainbow. Okay a little obsessive I know. This week my mom and I decided to reorganize the pantry. We have done this before, but it got messed up again (she is way to similar to me) I don't have any pictures before but here is how it looks now.

I love these, organizers, best idea ever!!

This was a new idea we had, to get little baskets to help organize, this one is full of baking supplies like vanilla, and baking powder, so that when we bake, just pull it right out and ready to go. We have one with pastas and one with crackers and easy snacks like popcorn.

Yes its turn even the cereal is alphabetized!! haha. Isn't life so much better when it was organized!! I love it!

On other note I am going under the knife tomorrow... well actually the laser. I am having laser eye surgery. I am so excited, the nerves haven't set in yet. it isn't even that my eye sight is that bad at all, but it is kind of a little present to myself... I don't really know why I needed a present, but that is how I justified it.

Oh and I found an apartment in Twin Falls. I went out on a limb and signed the lease without even seeing... okay I haven't even seen pictures of it. Brave I know, but it seems good, and the manager has reassured me that it is a great apartment. Yeah, it is finally starting to set in, now I should work on lesson planning... haha ya right.

Oh gee... 23

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be 23. I always thought that it would be the perfect age, old enough to be respected like an adult, but still young enough to enjoy still being young. I have wanted this up until about a month before I turned 23. I am not really sure why, but suddenly I started completely dreading it (as if that is going to stop it anyway). Well the inevitable happened and my birthday rolled around. So this is how the course of my day went down.

1. I got to sleep in until 8:30. That was pretty much amazing in its self.

2. I went over to the Sherrill's house to babysit, as I do everyday and the boys surprised me with this bag of chocolate and potted flower. It was so sweet, I didn't even know they knew it was my birthday. That definitely made my day.

3. Owen, Braden and I went to the park and had a little picnic. Seriously who could resist those faces, so stinkin cute.

4. After I got home, my parents took me to this lovely little place. YUM. I got coconut shrimp (my favorite and crab. Seriously so worth it.

5. After dinner mom had to stop by Fred Meyer to pick up something, and I found this cute little number for a hat. Even better it was on clearance! Yes my favorite type of deal. haha. I came home and the parental units gave me a new straightener for my hair, and a camelbak water backpack which I have wanted for a while. I am so excited to go and use it. Then I got to talk to my Megs for a whole hour that night, which we haven't got to do for a while because of dumb school.

Turns out this was a pretty good birthday. I think I might enjoy being 23 after all.

Home Alone

Speaking of Home Alone, the famous Home Alone house is for sale outside of Chicago. It is only 2.4 million... I am pretty sure that is in my budget. haha.

Back to the point, I am home alone for the weekend, its 1 am and I can't sleep. It is not because no one is here, but usually when I cant sleep Hailee is at least here to talk to me from her room, or even occasionally when I am feeling nice I let her come and sleep in my bed.

I think I just have too much one my mind, so what better way to clear my mind than to blog. I am infamously known for my lists (just ask Mallory- she always finds them everywhere) so here is the list on my mind right now.

1. I feel bad that I missed Brockton's graduation tonight.
2. I really need to find an apartment in Twin. (moving in a month and nowhere to live)
3. I really should start planning some lessons.
4. I am in the mood to go running.
5. I haven't done enough service lately, maybe I should work on that.
6. I have a hankering to travel-I just need someplace to go.
7. I really hope I can find a different size in those cute little yellow shoes I bought in Cali.
8. I wonder how my twiner Jessica is doing-haven't talked to her in a while.
9. Why are the neighbors outside being so loud?

Wow it is amazing how random my thoughts can be when you just start typing them out. Now that you all have been inside my head a little baby bit I wouldn't recommend going back, it seems a little dangerous like a jungle in there. You just never know what is coming next. Now my life makes a little more sense why I am the way I am. haha.

California Recap

California dreaming....

We (as in Hailee, mom and bunch of MVHS girls and I) went down to California for the FCCLA National Leadership Conference. Even though we went to some meeting and heard from some great speakers we also got to play a a lot too. Here are some of the adventures we went on.

HUNTINGTON BEACH!

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE the beach, I love summer, I love warm weather, and love water and what a perfect combo at the beach. That could be why I am so happy in this picture. haha.

We built these sand castles, okay not really but they were just on the beach, there was probably a dozen or so, but they were so cool and amazing.


We dipped our toes in the water.

We walked down to this little Pier here, it was quite a ways down, but worth it.

DISNEYLAND!!!

Disneyland- is suppose to be the happiest place on earth right. Well basically it was. We had so much fun, luckily we had 3 day passes so we didn't have to stay all day. This was Hailee and I first time going to Disneyland, and hopefully not the last.

We saw Princesses. The first Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty we saw were walking away and we were following, they were a little mean. Then we saw this Cinderella later and she was much nicer. When we saw Ariel we followed for a second, and we were first in line to get pictures.

We went through Mickey Mouses house.

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We went on the tea-cup ride. It kind of makes you dizzy, but for some reason you feel like you have to go on it when you go to Disneyland.

We met the future Princesses of Disneyland (they think haha).

We went on lots of fun rides while at Disneyland, my favorites included Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, and surprisingly Its a Small World. I pretty much just love our faces in these pictures.

These were the fireworks over Disneyland. They were taken from MY HOTEL ROOM. Seriously having a Disney view was the best thing ever, considering how much I love fireworks. What a great way to end the day.

Dinner Cruise

My incredible mother set an incredible dinner cruise for us to go on one night. It was so nice to get away from meetings for an evening. We enjoyed sea food, pretty views and nice weather. Best idea ever!

Lastly it is a tradition to trade pins with all the different states while at the National Conference. LOOK at all of these little buggers I got. I was really excited about it doing it, probably more than the students. haha.



My favorite was the Florida one for a couple reasons A-that is where the National Conference will be held next year, and B-look at the arrow, it is pointing to the the last space shuttle to take off there. Plus out of every ones I saw from Florida, it was the only on to look like this.

Two Discoveries.....

I found two things that I thoroughly enjoyed this weekend so I thought I would share them. The first is this artist that goes to BYU. His really is an incredible singer/songwriter. Here is a link to one of the songs that I enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbhGOL85VI


The second was this article that I found by John Reynolds about the Broadway play the Book of Mormon, and well Mormonism in general. Mr. Reynolds is not LDS but sure makes you think twice about a few things. It really is a great piece. I really don't think it could have been said any better.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/amos-and-andy-and-the-book-of-mormon/2011/06/15/AGRlHPWH_blog.html