Since I have this new fancy iPhone I figured that I should download the blogging app so that I can blog from my phone. So hopefully this will help me keep up a little better... This is my first post so we'll see how well it works out.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Back To School!
Back here and all moved in. My roommate from freshman year is actually living in my room this semester so rent is a little cheaper and utilities are split three ways (so crank up the AC!). It's been a whirlwind trying to move in and get all these things done for school and friends and such. There has been so much going on, this is when I'm kind of happy I am not playing soccer this year. I went to see the team yesterday while they were practicing and for about 2 hours after that I was determined that I was actually going to play and was thinking about when I would tell my coaches. But after sleeping on it, I realized the reasons I quit in the first place and it sunk in that I just can't do it this year. It will be tough but it has to be done. And because of that I'm really excited to see what this semester holds! I think I will be much less stressed and will enjoy my classes much more. We'll see though. :-)
hopefully my grades can reflect my "relaxation" and extra free time
hopefully my grades can reflect my "relaxation" and extra free time
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
stressed beyond belief
It's been a while! Sorry guys. I've been super busy with school and traveling back and forth from Chattanooga to St. Louis but I have a few extra minutes so I'll take some time to update you guys!
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm living on the mountain right now in my apartment. I am finishing up a May term 20th century world history course. It's been quite a struggle. It's so fast paced and there is sooooo much information to learn. I'm not much of a history buff to begin with, although I do think it's interesting to learn about. I've never been good at remembering things so it's tough to take a class like this because it involves a lot of memorization of facts. I'm more of a concept kind of girl. I'm just struggling to get a B in the class. Hopefully I can make it happen.
I still have to pack up my room, write a research paper for the course, study for the exam on Friday, pack up my car, clean my room after packing :-), clean my car before packing it up, figure out a summer PE course situation, finish some thing for a course that I took in the spring, figure out what is wrong with my car, get my oil changed, pay for textbooks for the summer courses I'm taking, do a bunch of reading for my test Friday, do some chapel summaries from last semester, write a letter to Leticia (the girl I "adopted" from Ghana), pay my utilities bill, pay rent for next month, and say bye to all of my friends. ....all of this in about 2 days. GREAT! Super stressed, super ready to get home, super excited to be done with all of this crap.
Hopefully you'll have a better week ahead of you :-)
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm living on the mountain right now in my apartment. I am finishing up a May term 20th century world history course. It's been quite a struggle. It's so fast paced and there is sooooo much information to learn. I'm not much of a history buff to begin with, although I do think it's interesting to learn about. I've never been good at remembering things so it's tough to take a class like this because it involves a lot of memorization of facts. I'm more of a concept kind of girl. I'm just struggling to get a B in the class. Hopefully I can make it happen.
I still have to pack up my room, write a research paper for the course, study for the exam on Friday, pack up my car, clean my room after packing :-), clean my car before packing it up, figure out a summer PE course situation, finish some thing for a course that I took in the spring, figure out what is wrong with my car, get my oil changed, pay for textbooks for the summer courses I'm taking, do a bunch of reading for my test Friday, do some chapel summaries from last semester, write a letter to Leticia (the girl I "adopted" from Ghana), pay my utilities bill, pay rent for next month, and say bye to all of my friends. ....all of this in about 2 days. GREAT! Super stressed, super ready to get home, super excited to be done with all of this crap.
Hopefully you'll have a better week ahead of you :-)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed" -1 Peter 2:24
Greatest man in history, named Jesus, had no servants, yet they called him Master. Had no degree, yet they called him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
-unknown
Friday, April 8, 2011
spring is here!
As most of you guys know, I was sick last weekend and am still trying to get over that. I have a bunch of stuff in my chest still and soccer has been really tough this week. But I am definitely feeling much better now and am very happy about it. It's impossible to keep up with everything when you're sick...and in college, at least at Covenant, when you miss a day or two of classes and you can't do any schoolwork for a few days, you get SO BEHIND! I have been playing catch up non-stop since I've felt up to doing schoolwork. It's been crazy and I still feel like I'm sinking in over my head. But I'm going to use this weekend to catch up on everything and maybe even get ahead. These last few weeks of school are going to be tough to press through, but can you believe I will be a SENIOR in about 3 weeks? I can't. Where has the time gone?!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
it's official!
Courtney and I went downtown to try and see if there were any places open that looked worth going to but on a Tuesday night there wasn't all that much to do. So we just drove back to Chattanooga, but I am looking forward to celebrating with my friends this weekend back in St. Louis!!
Friday, March 18, 2011
well that was quick...
2 posts ago I was beginning the countdown to my 21st birthday and now it's only 4 days away. How does that happen? Where does the time go? I guess that's what everyone's thinking in regards to my birthday coming up. Where has my life gone!? I can't believe I'm almost 21 years old. What's after that?....nothing exciting, that's what.
My spring break was great. Good to be home. Good to see everyone. Good to be with my friends. I wish the weather could have been a little better while I was home, but it was still a good break even with the unexpected snowfall on Monday.
Up next: I'm just trying to get through this week (including my bday :-)) so that I can come home again next weekend! I'm driving home on Friday afternoon so that I can celebrate with my good friends from back home. My roommate here, Emily, was going to come back with me, but she has volleyball practice. And I was going to have my old roommate, Courtney, come back if she could but she's in season right now with softball so she has 2 games on Saturday. So...it looks like I'll be flying solo! Should be a fun weekend though. :-)
I hope everyone had a great week!! It's been beautiful here the past few days which always puts me in a great mood. Today between work and class I had 2 hours to just sit outside and eat my lunch. It was WONDERFUL! Couldn't ask for a better day. Have a great weekend, everyone! Love you all.
My spring break was great. Good to be home. Good to see everyone. Good to be with my friends. I wish the weather could have been a little better while I was home, but it was still a good break even with the unexpected snowfall on Monday.
Up next: I'm just trying to get through this week (including my bday :-)) so that I can come home again next weekend! I'm driving home on Friday afternoon so that I can celebrate with my good friends from back home. My roommate here, Emily, was going to come back with me, but she has volleyball practice. And I was going to have my old roommate, Courtney, come back if she could but she's in season right now with softball so she has 2 games on Saturday. So...it looks like I'll be flying solo! Should be a fun weekend though. :-)
I hope everyone had a great week!! It's been beautiful here the past few days which always puts me in a great mood. Today between work and class I had 2 hours to just sit outside and eat my lunch. It was WONDERFUL! Couldn't ask for a better day. Have a great weekend, everyone! Love you all.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
future teacher...haha
kind of blurry but I have a job interview thing tonight with different principals from all around the nation...some from Colorado, Florida, Georgia and even someone from Pakistan. Should be interesting! I'll let you know how it goes! It's tonight from 5:45pm-9pm.
Monday, February 28, 2011
long night ahead
I have 5 scholarly journal articles to read for my "essentials of instruction class" and a one-page "response" for each of them including comparison to class material....all due tomorrow at 1pm.
The catch is I have an 8am presentation (which is why I'm just now starting the 5 article write-ups) as well as a class at 9:30a that I have to go to also because we have an exam on Thursday. Should be a fun night. I've got my cup of coffee ready to go....won't be getting much sleep tonight. :-/
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
health craze
I'm on a little bit of a health kick at the moment. I've been trying to buy healthy groceries lately and work on eating better foods. I take a women's multi-vitamin every morning and try my best to eat breakfast. :-) There's a store called "green life" that is similar to trader joes or whole foods and they have locally grown veggies and just really great, healthy, organic food. I've been a few times with my old roommate Courtney. It's delicious and I'm thinking about going there tonight to stock up on groceries.
Fruits are easy for me to eat but veggies on the other hand aren't something I'm too crazy about. I've been eating edamame lately about every day and I just was reading some online articles about how horrible soy is for you when you eat too much. It's good in moderation but apparently I'm eating too much. So I'm going to stop eating that for now! haha They said it can result in infertility and things because it messes with your hormones. Seems a little dangerous to me. But I do like snap peas, peppers, and mushrooms and I've been trying to add those to anything I eat. I made stir fry a few weeks ago and put water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro, green and red peppers, chicken, broccoli, etc. And then I put it on top of some white rice. It was delicious. :-)
Then recently, I made a wrap for myself with brown rice, chicken, black beans, corn, cilantro, salsa and avocado. YUM! I had it for lunch the next day too. So I'm really trying my best to make good meals for myself that will keep me healthy and energetic. I have found that I don't really eat meat all that much now. Not because I don't want it but because #1) it's expensive #2) it doesn't keep for that long so I can't really buy too much ahead which is a pain #3) it's too long of a trip down the mountain just to get meat when I need it. So that's something I should probably work on....including meat in my meals more often. Another thing I realized is how expensive pine nuts are. Man alive, I love pine nuts but my goodness! A small little container at WalMart is $7. Although to me it's worth it because they're so delicious, it's probably not a wise financial decision to blow half of my grocery budget on pine nuts. hehe
There's this salad though, that Dewey's in St. Louis makes with goat cheese, pine nuts, dried cranberries, and creamy balsamic dressing. It's absolutely delicious and I've tried to recreate that when I have pine nuts in my cabinet. Also, there's a pasta that I started making for myself that my roommate and old roommate LOVE. I just kind of threw together what sounded good one night and it was really really really good. I used bowtie pasta and then added toasted pine nuts, small pieces of bacon, cherry tomatoes sliced in half, and some spinach leaves thrown in there. For the sauce I used a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and then added some creamy balsamic salad dressing. Put it all together in a big pot and topped it with some feta cheese. We had slices of sourdough bread toasted on the side and ahhh it was one of the best meals I've had in a long long time. Feel free to steal the recipe! I just call it my form of Mediterranean pasta.
Alright well I'm going to get back to work. I have class tonight from 4:30-5:45 and then I'm making myself dinner :-) Hope everyone has a great evening!
Fruits are easy for me to eat but veggies on the other hand aren't something I'm too crazy about. I've been eating edamame lately about every day and I just was reading some online articles about how horrible soy is for you when you eat too much. It's good in moderation but apparently I'm eating too much. So I'm going to stop eating that for now! haha They said it can result in infertility and things because it messes with your hormones. Seems a little dangerous to me. But I do like snap peas, peppers, and mushrooms and I've been trying to add those to anything I eat. I made stir fry a few weeks ago and put water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro, green and red peppers, chicken, broccoli, etc. And then I put it on top of some white rice. It was delicious. :-)
Then recently, I made a wrap for myself with brown rice, chicken, black beans, corn, cilantro, salsa and avocado. YUM! I had it for lunch the next day too. So I'm really trying my best to make good meals for myself that will keep me healthy and energetic. I have found that I don't really eat meat all that much now. Not because I don't want it but because #1) it's expensive #2) it doesn't keep for that long so I can't really buy too much ahead which is a pain #3) it's too long of a trip down the mountain just to get meat when I need it. So that's something I should probably work on....including meat in my meals more often. Another thing I realized is how expensive pine nuts are. Man alive, I love pine nuts but my goodness! A small little container at WalMart is $7. Although to me it's worth it because they're so delicious, it's probably not a wise financial decision to blow half of my grocery budget on pine nuts. hehe
There's this salad though, that Dewey's in St. Louis makes with goat cheese, pine nuts, dried cranberries, and creamy balsamic dressing. It's absolutely delicious and I've tried to recreate that when I have pine nuts in my cabinet. Also, there's a pasta that I started making for myself that my roommate and old roommate LOVE. I just kind of threw together what sounded good one night and it was really really really good. I used bowtie pasta and then added toasted pine nuts, small pieces of bacon, cherry tomatoes sliced in half, and some spinach leaves thrown in there. For the sauce I used a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and then added some creamy balsamic salad dressing. Put it all together in a big pot and topped it with some feta cheese. We had slices of sourdough bread toasted on the side and ahhh it was one of the best meals I've had in a long long time. Feel free to steal the recipe! I just call it my form of Mediterranean pasta.
Alright well I'm going to get back to work. I have class tonight from 4:30-5:45 and then I'm making myself dinner :-) Hope everyone has a great evening!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
birthday wish list
(I'm really making this more for myself...if I see things I like, it makes me feel better if I write it down somewhere) haha
kim- i know you like lists, so this should help!
1) http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=footwr_casual&footwr_style=&footwr_size=&footwr_color=&footwr_price=&product_id=1077960257&Page=all
--love those!!
2) http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=footwr_dressy&footwr_style=&footwr_size=&footwr_color=&footwr_price=&product_id=2000012198&Page=1#
-- OBSESSED!!!! (brown)
3)http://www.jcrew.com/womens_factory_category/Exclusives/PRDOVR~10807/99102246270/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~~205+17+4294966535~15~~~~~~~/10807.jsp
--I really need black shorts and have needed them for about 3 years now...haha FINALLY found what I was looking for. The regular J.crew website didn't even have them in black, had to resort to the outlet.
4) http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/rubbish-mixed-knit-infinity-scarf/3128441?origin=category&resultback=2003
--can't ever go wrong with scarves. I literally wear one every single day. Funny thing is that I don't have just a plain, ivory one (this happens to work for winter & summer...perfect).
5) http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/h-i-p-pinch-front-tee-juniors/3150795?origin=category&resultback=4306
--loving this style of top right now and this print is super cute. <3
6) http://store.americanapparel.net/mt497w.html?cid=211
(CAUTION: this website is very "natural", "indie", "alternative" and does have models without bras and such...just as a warning...it can be offensive for all you old geezers reading this. hehe) -size XS in peppered grey :-)
7) http://www.fossil.com/en_US/shop/women/wallets/checkbook_wallets/key_per_zip_clutch-sl2700p.html?departmentCategoryId=30000&N=0&Va=69&Ns=p_wsc3|0||p_weight|0&rec=9&pn=c&imagePath=SL2700757
--LOVE THIS! perfect summer wallet...i like "retro" or "khaki multi"
...I'm sure I'll find more things to add :-P
kim- i know you like lists, so this should help!
1) http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=footwr_casual&footwr_style=&footwr_size=&footwr_color=&footwr_price=&product_id=1077960257&Page=all
--love those!!
2) http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=footwr_dressy&footwr_style=&footwr_size=&footwr_color=&footwr_price=&product_id=2000012198&Page=1#
-- OBSESSED!!!! (brown)
3)http://www.jcrew.com/womens_factory_category/Exclusives/PRDOVR~10807/99102246270/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~~205+17+4294966535~15~~~~~~~/10807.jsp
--I really need black shorts and have needed them for about 3 years now...haha FINALLY found what I was looking for. The regular J.crew website didn't even have them in black, had to resort to the outlet.
4) http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/rubbish-mixed-knit-infinity-scarf/3128441?origin=category&resultback=2003
--can't ever go wrong with scarves. I literally wear one every single day. Funny thing is that I don't have just a plain, ivory one (this happens to work for winter & summer...perfect).
5) http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/h-i-p-pinch-front-tee-juniors/3150795?origin=category&resultback=4306
--loving this style of top right now and this print is super cute. <3
6) http://store.americanapparel.net/mt497w.html?cid=211
(CAUTION: this website is very "natural", "indie", "alternative" and does have models without bras and such...just as a warning...it can be offensive for all you old geezers reading this. hehe) -size XS in peppered grey :-)
7) http://www.fossil.com/en_US/shop/women/wallets/checkbook_wallets/key_per_zip_clutch-sl2700p.html?departmentCategoryId=30000&N=0&Va=69&Ns=p_wsc3|0||p_weight|0&rec=9&pn=c&imagePath=SL2700757
--LOVE THIS! perfect summer wallet...i like "retro" or "khaki multi"
...I'm sure I'll find more things to add :-P
Sunday, February 20, 2011
I'M IN LOVE
http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/
just found this website and I'm absolutely obsessed. I just downloaded almost 40 free songs...and every one of them are songs that I would listen to. It's great to get new music that I've never heard before!! :-) It's great music for studying too. SO EXCITED!
just found this website and I'm absolutely obsessed. I just downloaded almost 40 free songs...and every one of them are songs that I would listen to. It's great to get new music that I've never heard before!! :-) It's great music for studying too. SO EXCITED!
Friday, February 4, 2011
comments & such
also...several of you have asked me how to comment on these posts. If you click on the "0 comments" link, or even click on the title of the post, it will take you to another page where there should be a blank, white box there for comments. I changed the settings to make it so you didn't have to have a "gmail" account to be able to comment. So comment away! :-)
dreary day
The weather is cold, rainy, and slippery! The grounds crew at our school is feverishly pouring salt all over the walkways to prevent falls...unfortunately they aren't too successful because there are people falling all over the place. But I'm inside just working on some homework while I wait for my 1 o'clock to start. I worked this morning in admissions, and after my 1 o'clock class, I'll work again for about 3 hours. Then it's time to start the weekend!!!! I can't wait...it's been a very longgggggg week. Not sure what I'm going to do tonight, possibly go see a movie ("The Roommate") or maybe go to an event downtown in celebration of Bob Marley's birthday...called "Bob Marley Birthday Bash" (self explanatory). I picked someone's shift up tomorrow, so I'm working from 9a-12:30p...then on Sunday me and Courtney are driving to ATL to see Chris Tomlin. He leads worship at a church there (PCC), so we're going to check it out. Should be a great time!!! And then I'm going over to a soccer girl's house on Sunday for the superbowl...most of the soccer team will be there. I'll be sure to take pictures and post them on here for everyone! Have a great weekend! Love you all.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
test text
Just trying this out- I registered my phone so that I could post on my blog by texting a certain number. We'll see if it works....?
just a taste of college life...
Monday-
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
4:30-5:45p: Global Trends
(usually have meetings after this for soccer, but not every monday)
Tuesday-
8-9:15a: Educational Psychology
9:30-10:45a: History & Philosophy of Education
1-2:15p: Essentials of Instruction
4-7p: work study in admissions
Wednesday-
12-1p: work study in admissions
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
2-4:30p: work study in admissions
4:30-5:45p: Global Trends
Thursday-
8-9:15a: Educational Psychology
9:30-10:45a: History & Philosophy of Education
12-12:50p: Christ & Culture
1-2:15p: Essentials of Instruction
2:30-6p: work study in admissions
Friday-
9-11a: work study in admissions
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
3-6p: work study in admissions
AND now a look at my homework just for this past week...assignments are due on the day listed
Monday, January 31
Teaching Reading:
Global Trends:
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
4:30-5:45p: Global Trends
(usually have meetings after this for soccer, but not every monday)
Tuesday-
8-9:15a: Educational Psychology
9:30-10:45a: History & Philosophy of Education
1-2:15p: Essentials of Instruction
4-7p: work study in admissions
Wednesday-
12-1p: work study in admissions
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
2-4:30p: work study in admissions
4:30-5:45p: Global Trends
Thursday-
8-9:15a: Educational Psychology
9:30-10:45a: History & Philosophy of Education
12-12:50p: Christ & Culture
1-2:15p: Essentials of Instruction
2:30-6p: work study in admissions
Friday-
9-11a: work study in admissions
1-1:50p: Teaching Reading
3-6p: work study in admissions
AND now a look at my homework just for this past week...assignments are due on the day listed
Monday, January 31
Teaching Reading:
- "The Joy of Language", ch. 5 & 7 (take brief notes on both to turn in)
Global Trends:
- "When Helping Hurts", ch. 3
- write down 2 ideas that resonate with you and 1-2 questions that you have?
- "The World is Flat", ch. 4
- which 150 year old book predicted the flattening of global commerce?
- what is the point of Friedman's account "India vs. Indiana"?
- what is MID (multiple identity disorder)?
- what theological truth is contained in the section "death of the salesman"?
- China & Pollution -browse reports on website
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_growth.html - 3 minute video on climate history
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2009/copenhagen/8386319.stm - what conclusions can be made by this report?
Tuesday, February 1
Educational Psychology:
- "Educational Psychology", ch. 3
- take brief notes
- email group members about video project
- email Dr. Young about group progress
History & Philosophy of Education:
- "Dewey on Education", p. 1-32
- take brief notes
Essentials of Instruction:
- Cruickshank, ch. 6 & 1
- p. 9 of resource book
- research 5 peer-reviewed articles
- Van Brummelen, ch. 4 & 7
- Erickson- "Designing Concept-Based units and lessons"
- look through GA performance standards website (3rd grade social studies)
Wednesday, February 2
Teaching Reading:
- "The Joy of Language", ch. 11
- take brief notes
- print off livetext notes and handouts
Global Trends:
- "When Helping Hurts", ch. 4
- what are 2 ideas that resonate with you?
- what are 1-2 questions that you have?
- short term mission article
- http://www.spu.edu/depts/perkins/about/perspective/2009-Winter-Global-Monkey.asp
Thursday, February 3
Educational Psychology:
- "Educational Psychology", ch. 7
- video project
History & Philosophy of Education:
- catch up on Spring Reading (first 4 chapters)
- Spring, ch. 6 (p. 141-172)
- take brief notes
Essentials of Instruction:
- workshop for maps and units (so make sure all reading is done)
Friday, February 4
Teaching Reading:
- browse website
- http://www.fcrr.org
- ARTICLE REVIEW is due
- peer-reviewed article (research article) from e-resources
- write 2-3 pages, APA format, in response
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
life is crazy
Well I apologize for taking so long to update you guys! It has been a very hectic few days but I have gotten a lot done. I work in admissions now at Covenant, specifically on the visit staff, so this past weekend was Scholarship weekend which meant I had to work extra hours. This included making several airport runs to pick up prospective students and bring them back to Covenant for their scholarship interviews. It was a fun experience but I don't think I will be volunteering for that job next semester. :-) Two of the trips I made included picking up people who were on flights that had been delayed up to an hour and a half. Of course, I didn't plan for this and wasn't prepared to hang out in Chattanooga airport for almost 2 hours alone. I had no books, no homework, nothing to do...it was quite the experience. But I did enjoy just spending time by myself...taking time to reflect and think about all of the things I need to get done this week. I never really get a chance to just sit and think, so I guess it wasn't the worst thing to happen to me.
So after the hustle and bustle of scholarship weekend died down, I was able to get some homework done and do the other "weekend things" I usually do. I went to church on Sunday and the weather was INCREDIBLE. It was about 70 degrees. Me and Courtney just drove around with the windows down after church. We went out to lunch to Panera and actually went for a jog later on that afternoon. We ran the bridges in downtown Chattanooga...a total of 4 miles! Go us! We were both in shorts and a t-shirt. It was great. It's crazy how much good weather affects you.
My Monday went well...not too busy but just had a lot on my mind. I try not to get near my computer when I have homework to do because I get so easily distracted...so that contributes to my lack of posts lately. I've had so much reading for school to do that I have steered clear of my computer. But I am at work right now, about to leave to go home and eat dinner...stop by the men's basketball game...go to a soccer meeting....then go home and begin my homework. It's going to be a long night, but the good thing is that I don't have to be at school until noon tomorrow! Plenty of time to get up and eat breakfast...ease into being productive. :-) Hope everyone is doing well!! I'll probably post again later tonight. I've been meaning to post my homework schedule on here so that all of you know what college expects of students now-a-days. I have to say...it's ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS and there is not enough time in the dayyyy to do everything everyone expects of me. I'm sure you all feel the same. Our society has a way of pressuring even children to pack their schedules full. What a way to live...we wonder why time flies by. It's because we use every minute of it!!
So after the hustle and bustle of scholarship weekend died down, I was able to get some homework done and do the other "weekend things" I usually do. I went to church on Sunday and the weather was INCREDIBLE. It was about 70 degrees. Me and Courtney just drove around with the windows down after church. We went out to lunch to Panera and actually went for a jog later on that afternoon. We ran the bridges in downtown Chattanooga...a total of 4 miles! Go us! We were both in shorts and a t-shirt. It was great. It's crazy how much good weather affects you.
My Monday went well...not too busy but just had a lot on my mind. I try not to get near my computer when I have homework to do because I get so easily distracted...so that contributes to my lack of posts lately. I've had so much reading for school to do that I have steered clear of my computer. But I am at work right now, about to leave to go home and eat dinner...stop by the men's basketball game...go to a soccer meeting....then go home and begin my homework. It's going to be a long night, but the good thing is that I don't have to be at school until noon tomorrow! Plenty of time to get up and eat breakfast...ease into being productive. :-) Hope everyone is doing well!! I'll probably post again later tonight. I've been meaning to post my homework schedule on here so that all of you know what college expects of students now-a-days. I have to say...it's ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS and there is not enough time in the dayyyy to do everything everyone expects of me. I'm sure you all feel the same. Our society has a way of pressuring even children to pack their schedules full. What a way to live...we wonder why time flies by. It's because we use every minute of it!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
reflecting...
I just finished my homework for my class in an hour so I have some time to kill. I've had a great weekend! Spent a lot of time with my old roommate, Courtney. It was great to see her! I got quite a bit of work done this weekend and was able to clean my room as well. I had a meeting with some of the other "soon to be" seniors on the soccer team last night. They all came over for dinner at my new place and we talked about what we want the next season to look like and how we might go about achieving that. We're going to meet often as a group of 5 girls and constantly communicate to one another. I will be leading a small group of about 6 girls from my team starting in the next few weeks. It's crazy to think that I am finally a "senior" on the soccer team. The true seniors don't play in the spring of their last year, so the juniors (rising seniors) take over and get things rolling. I've really been looking forward to this my entire time on the team and now it's finally here. Very hard to believe.
What's even harder to believe is that I'm going to be (hopefully) teaching in 2 years. (2 YEARS!!???) I just can't believe how quickly all of this has gone by and it's really exciting to think about what the future holds. I hope that these next few years I am in school, I will develop into the best teacher that I can possibly be. The classes that I'm taking this year are really great and have me looking forward to implementing these theories and activities and such into my own classroom. It's a really great time in my life and I am enjoying it thoroughly. I can't be more pleased with the way things are going right now, I am truly blessed! Thanks to all of you for being so supportive and loving towards me!! You have no idea how much all of you mean to me and affect me. It's wonderful to have such a great family. :-)
What's even harder to believe is that I'm going to be (hopefully) teaching in 2 years. (2 YEARS!!???) I just can't believe how quickly all of this has gone by and it's really exciting to think about what the future holds. I hope that these next few years I am in school, I will develop into the best teacher that I can possibly be. The classes that I'm taking this year are really great and have me looking forward to implementing these theories and activities and such into my own classroom. It's a really great time in my life and I am enjoying it thoroughly. I can't be more pleased with the way things are going right now, I am truly blessed! Thanks to all of you for being so supportive and loving towards me!! You have no idea how much all of you mean to me and affect me. It's wonderful to have such a great family. :-)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
the amazing view of the mountain
This was my view of the sunrise on my way to school today!! So pretty.
(of course this means that I did, in fact, make it to my 8 o'clock this morning :-) hehe)
a new addition...
So it was a chilly day today! Overcast and foggy and it has started to snow tonight. We're expected to get about 2 inches of snow...we'll see how accurate that is. But we DID get a kitten last night! The family gave us their cat food, litter box, etc. so that helped us out a lot. We've been coupon searching for supplies too, so when we have to re-buy we get some good deals. :-) She's precioussss. And it's so so nice to have some company here. I've been doing homework all night tonight and she's just been laying on my bed next to me. We really wanted to get a dog because both me and my roommate are dog people (obviously) but it just wasn't realistic to have a dog. We wouldn't be able to walk it enough, we have no yard, they're expensive, and live longer than cats. haha We named our kitten Nalla (pronounced like the girl lion cub in The Lion King). She's so sweet. Very loving and cuddly, which is the reason we got her so if she wasn't like this, we'd be giving her back to the family we got her from!!
Here's a picture of the new addition to the apartment:
Here's a picture of the new addition to the apartment:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
the stress of syllabus week
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| you can't see the flower on the rug that I'm actually copying but you get the idea |
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| there it is! hanging above the fireplace in the family room |
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| the final product! |
So as you can see above, I relaxed myself with a little art therapy after a long day! I had 2 great classes today and a meeting...you may be saying to yourself, "wait Jill, I thought you had 3 classes on your schedule today"....funny you mention that....I was up late chatting with my roommate about life and SOMEHOW slept through my alarm this morning. My first class started at 8am and when did I wake up? 8:15am...wonderful way to start off the semester. My next class was at 9:30 so I quickly got up and got ready and went to class. I met with my professor after my 9:30a class (the one whose class I missed) and thankfully I had him last semester so he knew that I wasn't intentionally trying to miss class. He went over the syllabus with me and informed me on what I missed and that was that. Other than not making a great impression on the first day...it really was the best day for that to happen. Of course I will never let it happen again this semester and out of all the days to miss, the first day would be it.
After a long day at school full of classes, meetings, syllabi, assignments, textbooks, and lots of rain, I finally made it home at 7pm. I made myself some frozen chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese and a big glass of crystal light lemonade. While I was eating my roommate asked me if I wanted to paint. I said no the first time but I knew that was a lie. It's been a really long time since I've actually painted something and I knew I could use a little time of de-stressing. Syllabus week is often very overwhelming and stressful and this semester was no exception. So I gave into the temptation and picked up a paint brush and started going. Once I began I couldn't stop until I was finished (the curse of my selective perfectionism...I say selective because for some reason my OCD doesn't carry over to my school-work, keeping my room clean, nor keeping my car clean). The pictures above show you the task I decided to take on beginning around 8pm. Now that I am finished with the painting, I'm getting some housekeeping things out of the way (like updating you guys on my day! and getting some forms organized for school) and then it's on to homework. It's a good thing I don't have to be at school tomorrow until 12pm! I'm actually drinking a cup of coffee right now...I know that's a shocker for you old folk considering it's roughly midnight here. But I've got stuff to do! Who needs sleep? :-)
So that's my plan for the rest of the night. I'm really encouraged to see/hear that a lot of you guys are checking this close to daily. That's awesome and keeps me accountable in terms of making sure I'm updating this every chance I get. So I'm glad that it's working!!!
Monday, January 17, 2011
first day
Had 2 classes today...
1) Teaching Reading in early grades
2) Global Trends
Both were really interesting. They seem like they are going to be A LOT of work and on top of that I'm going to do work study in admissions in order to hopefully contribute towards my tuition bill and knock down the amount of student loans I'm going to have after I graduate. So this semester is going to be a very busy one!! I'm working on homework now and going to make myself a bowl of ice cream and then head to bed. I have an 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and a FULL day ahead of me!
8-9:15am- Education Psychology
9:30-10:45am- History & Philosophy of Education
1-2:15pm- Essentials of Instruction in Early Grades
4-7pm- work study (training)
still wanting a cuddly kitten to live with us :-) Craigslist has a bunch that are free around this area...I think we're probably going to get one this weekend! There's one that we have emailed back and forth on, the kitten is white and has one blue eye and one brown eye. She's PRECIOUS! And would be nice to keep us company and give us something to do around here.
1) Teaching Reading in early grades
2) Global Trends
Both were really interesting. They seem like they are going to be A LOT of work and on top of that I'm going to do work study in admissions in order to hopefully contribute towards my tuition bill and knock down the amount of student loans I'm going to have after I graduate. So this semester is going to be a very busy one!! I'm working on homework now and going to make myself a bowl of ice cream and then head to bed. I have an 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and a FULL day ahead of me!
8-9:15am- Education Psychology
9:30-10:45am- History & Philosophy of Education
1-2:15pm- Essentials of Instruction in Early Grades
4-7pm- work study (training)
still wanting a cuddly kitten to live with us :-) Craigslist has a bunch that are free around this area...I think we're probably going to get one this weekend! There's one that we have emailed back and forth on, the kitten is white and has one blue eye and one brown eye. She's PRECIOUS! And would be nice to keep us company and give us something to do around here.
and it begins
just found this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8quDb3FIUuo
it's a video that summarizes part of the first chapter of the book. it's 50 minutes long, but if you want to get an idea of what the book is about, watch part of the video. So interesting!!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
i love sundays
I got up and went to church this morning. On my way down our driveway to my car I started sliding because I was wearing flats. I literally slid a good 12 feet....I just bent my knees and rode with it. You know how when you go roller blading and you can't stop, you have to roll over off the sidewalk into the grass so that you can stop? Well I had to do that after sliding a pretty good bit, I felt a little out of control so in order to stop myself from getting hurt I pulled the age old trick of pulling off into the grass to stop myself. Except instead of grass, it was snow...but snow was better than the ice I was just sliding on and it was a successful stop.
After saving my life once this morning, I drove down to church. I help in the nursery at Calvary chapel in Chattanooga. This morning I was assigned to the little babies (under 1 year). It was a little stressful and hurt my back quite a bit. Lifting them and sitting on the ground for 2 hours was enough to make me feel like an old woman. On my way back from church I called my friend Courtney (who was actually supposed to pick me up for church but she slept through her alarm) and asked her if she wanted to come over for lunch. So she said she did and I picked her up before going to my house. We heated up leftovers from last night (homemade chili). It was just as good the second time around :-). We then took a little snooze while watching paid programming in my room. She slept on the floor on her air mattress that she bought at Walmart for $12. She figured it was worth it for when she slept over. (I'd have to agree)
After taking her home, I heated up other leftovers for dinner (italian beef from a few nights ago) and made a sandwich for me and my roommate, Emily. Now we are at Starbucks down the mountain in Chattanooga with some friends enjoying some coffee purchased with a gift card from Christmas :-) and I'm getting ready to finish my homework that is due tomorrow. I can't believe I'm actually going to have to go to classes!!! It's been great not doing anything the past week, but now it's time to get down to business. I hope everyone had a relaxing Sunday!! I'll let you all know how my first classes of the semester go tomorrow!
agenda for tomorrow night: finish homework, eat dinner, then watch 90210 at 8pm and gossip girl at 9pm. Can't wait to get into these shows! I've had night classes for the past 4 semesters too, so it will be amazing to be able to relax tomorrow night instead of having to sit through a 3 hour long class. :-) I'm looking forward to getting started!
After saving my life once this morning, I drove down to church. I help in the nursery at Calvary chapel in Chattanooga. This morning I was assigned to the little babies (under 1 year). It was a little stressful and hurt my back quite a bit. Lifting them and sitting on the ground for 2 hours was enough to make me feel like an old woman. On my way back from church I called my friend Courtney (who was actually supposed to pick me up for church but she slept through her alarm) and asked her if she wanted to come over for lunch. So she said she did and I picked her up before going to my house. We heated up leftovers from last night (homemade chili). It was just as good the second time around :-). We then took a little snooze while watching paid programming in my room. She slept on the floor on her air mattress that she bought at Walmart for $12. She figured it was worth it for when she slept over. (I'd have to agree)
After taking her home, I heated up other leftovers for dinner (italian beef from a few nights ago) and made a sandwich for me and my roommate, Emily. Now we are at Starbucks down the mountain in Chattanooga with some friends enjoying some coffee purchased with a gift card from Christmas :-) and I'm getting ready to finish my homework that is due tomorrow. I can't believe I'm actually going to have to go to classes!!! It's been great not doing anything the past week, but now it's time to get down to business. I hope everyone had a relaxing Sunday!! I'll let you all know how my first classes of the semester go tomorrow!
agenda for tomorrow night: finish homework, eat dinner, then watch 90210 at 8pm and gossip girl at 9pm. Can't wait to get into these shows! I've had night classes for the past 4 semesters too, so it will be amazing to be able to relax tomorrow night instead of having to sit through a 3 hour long class. :-) I'm looking forward to getting started!
Friday, January 14, 2011
tgif
I made it safely to and from my car yesterday! Thank goodness. And while I was gone, they actually cleared our street!! YAYYY So now I can drive my car up to the bottom of my driveway, which saves a lot of walking (although I probably could use the exercise). Now I just have to walk up and down our driveway which is comparable to a black diamond ski slope at the moment. It's a dangerous trek down and up...I was actually crawling on all fours last night in order to get up around the corner without breaking my hip.
I watched Grey's Anatomy on my TV in my room last night while 18 people were over for dinner. At our school, the food is terrible, and there are no kitchens on campus. So the original plan was for my roommate's friends to come over for dinner (there were 4 of them who were invited)...somehow that turned into 18 people. They used all of my stuff in the kitchen and made a HUGE mess. I have turned into such an anal person regarding cleanliness in the kitchen and family room that I just had to go up to my room and shut the door so that I didn't have a panic attack watching them destroy our clean kitchen. My roommate was very frustrated as well....so we decided we will never have more than 10 people over ever again. Not that we actually invited the 18 people that showed up last night. I think everyone just heard that people were coming over and hopped on the bandwagon because there was nothing else to do. Everyone has been here for almost a week without anything to do...so I guess I'll let it slide this time. But NEVER AGAIN!
After the frenzy at my place I bailed and walked down to the neighbor's to watch The Jersey Shore. What a show that is. It was me, my old roommate Courtney, and my new neighbors Shane and Wes. The episode was an hour long and full of laughs for us. :-) Those people are absolutely crazy but entertaining nonetheless. My new roommate Emily joined us after the mob of people left our place. Emily's a bit of a scaredy-cat and doesn't like to be home alone so she walked 3 doors down to join us. You would think that walking 3 doors down wouldn't be that dangerous and that it would be just a hop, skip & a jump away....however, with the snow that has been packed down into slippery ice, you have to be super careful not to make the wrong step. It was quite an adventure but we all made it safely. After Jersey Shore, Courtney left to go back to her new place and Emily and I sat on the couch in our apartment and chatted. It was a great conversation and we're really getting to know each other, so things are going really well.
I'm eating breakfast right now- special K vanilla almond with a piece of great harvest pumpkin chocolate chip bread (thanks to gma deana) and a glass of banana, orange, pineapple juice. :-) I realize that it's 1:30 here, but I woke up late and then took a shower and cleaned up my room a bit. So I wasn't quite ready for lunch food yet.
My plans for the day: you're lookin at 'em. I really have nothing to do. I need to get my textbooks because I have assignments to get done, but due to the recent weather we've had, the delivery of all of my textbooks has been delayed. Pretty frustrating but oh well. If that's the worst thing that happens to me this month, I think I'll be alright. These past few days of having nothing to do has really pushed my roommate and I to reconsider not getting cable. We have antennas on the TVs in the house which means we get basic channels like NBC, ABC, the CW, and CBS. There are pretty good shows on those stations during the week days but mostly at night. We may try and find cable for cheap but we'll see. We've also talked about getting a kitten. I really am not a fan of cats AT ALL but it would be nice to have a pet to keep us company when the other isn't here. Dogs are a lot of work but cats aren't really too tough. We'll see...but being cooped up in this place for the past week isn't helping us make our financial decisions! hahah We may need to wait and see how much our electric bill is before we take on anything else. I'll keep everyone updated on any additions we may add to our family. Have a great day!
I watched Grey's Anatomy on my TV in my room last night while 18 people were over for dinner. At our school, the food is terrible, and there are no kitchens on campus. So the original plan was for my roommate's friends to come over for dinner (there were 4 of them who were invited)...somehow that turned into 18 people. They used all of my stuff in the kitchen and made a HUGE mess. I have turned into such an anal person regarding cleanliness in the kitchen and family room that I just had to go up to my room and shut the door so that I didn't have a panic attack watching them destroy our clean kitchen. My roommate was very frustrated as well....so we decided we will never have more than 10 people over ever again. Not that we actually invited the 18 people that showed up last night. I think everyone just heard that people were coming over and hopped on the bandwagon because there was nothing else to do. Everyone has been here for almost a week without anything to do...so I guess I'll let it slide this time. But NEVER AGAIN!
After the frenzy at my place I bailed and walked down to the neighbor's to watch The Jersey Shore. What a show that is. It was me, my old roommate Courtney, and my new neighbors Shane and Wes. The episode was an hour long and full of laughs for us. :-) Those people are absolutely crazy but entertaining nonetheless. My new roommate Emily joined us after the mob of people left our place. Emily's a bit of a scaredy-cat and doesn't like to be home alone so she walked 3 doors down to join us. You would think that walking 3 doors down wouldn't be that dangerous and that it would be just a hop, skip & a jump away....however, with the snow that has been packed down into slippery ice, you have to be super careful not to make the wrong step. It was quite an adventure but we all made it safely. After Jersey Shore, Courtney left to go back to her new place and Emily and I sat on the couch in our apartment and chatted. It was a great conversation and we're really getting to know each other, so things are going really well.
I'm eating breakfast right now- special K vanilla almond with a piece of great harvest pumpkin chocolate chip bread (thanks to gma deana) and a glass of banana, orange, pineapple juice. :-) I realize that it's 1:30 here, but I woke up late and then took a shower and cleaned up my room a bit. So I wasn't quite ready for lunch food yet.
My plans for the day: you're lookin at 'em. I really have nothing to do. I need to get my textbooks because I have assignments to get done, but due to the recent weather we've had, the delivery of all of my textbooks has been delayed. Pretty frustrating but oh well. If that's the worst thing that happens to me this month, I think I'll be alright. These past few days of having nothing to do has really pushed my roommate and I to reconsider not getting cable. We have antennas on the TVs in the house which means we get basic channels like NBC, ABC, the CW, and CBS. There are pretty good shows on those stations during the week days but mostly at night. We may try and find cable for cheap but we'll see. We've also talked about getting a kitten. I really am not a fan of cats AT ALL but it would be nice to have a pet to keep us company when the other isn't here. Dogs are a lot of work but cats aren't really too tough. We'll see...but being cooped up in this place for the past week isn't helping us make our financial decisions! hahah We may need to wait and see how much our electric bill is before we take on anything else. I'll keep everyone updated on any additions we may add to our family. Have a great day!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
journey through the snow
Getting ready to make the trek down to my car!! I had to park it almost a mile from my front door due to all of the snow and ice that is still on our driveway and street. Once I get to the main road though, I should be fine. They did a good job salting and clearing the main roads.
I have to go get my textbooks from school and mail my first rent check! (I feel so old)
Wish me luck! Hopefully I don't fall on the way.
I have to go get my textbooks from school and mail my first rent check! (I feel so old)
Wish me luck! Hopefully I don't fall on the way.
the new place
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| our kitchen! |
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| my bathroom, pretty girly |
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| lots of storage, and my favorite rug!! |
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| art that I made last night! |
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| I think I need a bedskirt....and maybe to move those picture frames above my bed down just a touch :-/ |
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| my desk- where I'll be spending most of my time |
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| a little dark, but this is the view from the door to my room |
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| i love paper lanterns |
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| put this bookshelf together all by myself! :-) |
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| got those frames at walmart for $3 each! I couldn't believe it |
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| fun pillows that I had in my dorm room from World Market I LOVE that place |
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| the view from my room |
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| view again, without the blinds in the way I'm pretty spoiled! |
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| our family room |
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| enjoying a fire while we were snowed in! PTL for the duraflame logs |
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| view from the kitchen window that flat area is a trail for biking, jogging, hiking, etc. Will be nice once the weather warms up! |
Snow days!
I'm officially all moved in! The new place is great. I've already cooked several meals on the new stove for my friends and me. I've been working on decorating my room for the past few days since I have been snowed in since Sunday! These people in Georgia have no idea what to do with themselves when they get snow. I will give them credit though, we got A LOT of snow...almost a foot! It's been a long time since I've seen this much snow.
I spent all day Monday sledding with friends and drinking hot chocolate. It's not so bad being able to get all settled in without having to go to classes. It's been a very relaxing few days but I'm about ready to go crazy. Classes have been canceled until Monday due to the roads being iced over and such. The roads in Georgia are a lot worse than the roads in Tennessee, and my new apartment is actually in Tennessee. So I was able to get down to Walmart yesterday for the first time this week, but if I were to head towards school I may run into some trouble on the roads.
All of the professors have been sending their syllabi via email to us...so believe it or not, I have quite a bit of reading to do and notes to take! It's a good thing that I have 4 days ahead of me with no plans so that I can get it all done. :-)
Welcome!
I'm starting this blog to just inform everyone in my life of what's going on! I know it's really hard to keep in touch through the long distance and some people try to keep in touch with me and calls/texts don't go through (grandma deana). :-) So I'm creating this in an effort to #1) keep everyone updated on what's going on in my life #2) Give myself something to document what's going on in my life and be able to look back on it later on down the road and #3) I'm bored at the moment...so I may be a little more ambitious than I should be, regarding how regularly I will update this. But my goal is to update this at least once weekly, hopefully more.
So...enjoy reading!
So...enjoy reading!
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