My How Time Flies!

Wow, I didn't realize how long it had been since my last post! I guess not a lot has happened...still doing the same old school, work, etc...A new semester started up for me in January for my Master's program and boy has it been the work load! Let's just say a Children's Literature and Writing class in the same semester equal a LOT of reading and writing! I think I pretty much really have no life now, as most of my weekends and nights are devoted to HOMEWORK...BLAH! I guess I am learning while doing, but it certainly takes up way too much of my time! :)

I did manage to squeeze in a week of fun while I was off track the first week of February though...Sally, Candyce, Andrea, and I went to the island of Oahu in Hawaii! It was GORGEOUS! No rain at all, just nice and sunny and in the 80's the whole time! We stayed at a Marriot resort on the western part of the island called Ko Olina. It was a beautiful place, right on the beach and our balcony had a great view of it! We pretty much were beach bums the whole time...checking out all the beaches on the island, but we did go to Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Hawaii Temple, surfing, and on a snorkeling tour. The pictures will tell all! Enjoy! :)


























And here is one more adventure I had at home on Valentine's Day...yes, a date with Damon Salvatore of the Vampire Diaries show! :) My Mother bought this and put it in my room...he pretty much took my breath away when I came home after work! Hehehe...

Happy New Year!!

I can't believe it is a new year already! Where did 2010 go? It has been a while since I have posted anything, because so much has been going on! First of all, I finished my first semester of Master's classes. Yahoo!! It definitely kept me busy, between doing homework, and keeping up with teaching but I really have learned a lot to help me with my teaching.

The day after my going to my last class for the semester, I packed up and moved!! I only moved about 5 minutes away from home, but have come back many, many times already for Sunday dinner and what not...gotta have those homemade meals! :) It has been a great experience living and learning on my own. It helps to have great roommates and a nice, new, fun little place to live! As strange as it sounds, I am missing my old ward though...maybe it is just because I don't know anyone in my new one (besides my roommates)and need to be more outgoing than I am to enjoy to new one, but hopefully I will feel more comfortable soon!!

The holidays have been great! I have enjoyed the past week and a half off, spending time with family and friends and celebrating Christmas and New Years. Now it is time to get back into the teaching game tomorrow, but only for 3 more weeks before I get another break! Yes, another break! I love it! It is only 2 weeks off this time, but I am going with friends to Hawaii during the those 2 weeks! I am so stinking excited!! I have wanted to travel to Hawaii for so long now and I am finally going! :) Yehaw!

Life As I Know It...

Time flies when you're having fun! And I have been having a good, relaxing time off track, well except for good old school and homework that I have to do...but I guess I have to have something to keep me busy! :)

As far as the "relaxing" part goes, oh man...I am now a Vampire Diaries monster! For my birthday, my mom ordered me the first season of the Vampire Diaries because I had watched a few scattered episodes of it on TV, but never really understood what was going on because I would miss so many episodes in between. So, I finally got around to watching them on my break and I LOVE them! I am even going to go so far as saying that they are MUCH better than the Twilight movies...and I love those as well! Maybe I just like to look at the "evil" vampire brother Damon Salvatore too much in these, but the story line has so many twists and turns in it, you can't help but want to watch the next episode! Needless to say, I am all caught up on even the season 2 episodes and religiously following them on TV now. I even have my family hooked on them...yes, even my brother and Dad! :) So, if you like story lines with hot, blood-sucking vampires in them...I highly recommend these!

I also did some reading, finally getting to the third book of the "Hunger Games" series called Mockingjay. Wow! I pretty much read it in about 3 days! I had heard that some people didn't like it, but I thought it was great! It was just as suspenseful as the first 2 for me and I did like the ending as well, because Katniss, the main character, ended up with the guy I wanted her to! (I won't give it away for all those who want to read it still!)

Sadly, I haven't picked up any more juicy reads like that since because of all the reading I have to do for school. I guess it is back to late night and Saturday homework-doing starting next week! BOO! I do have one more book my dear mother got for me that is the most recent book of the "Tennis Shoes" series by Chris Hiemerdinger, an LDS author. Yes, call me a geek, but I own that whole series and LOVE them as well! I haven't read them since high school though, so I might have to read through them all again before I start this one!

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my life at this point...I know, pretty bland, but it will be changing quite a bit in December because I am moving out. Yes...you heard right...MOVING OUT! Yes this is a big step for me, seeing how I have had the same "roommates" for 25 years of my life (love you Mom and Dad) and they are wonderful roommates, but I don't think that at this point in my life it does me good socially to say, yeah...um...I live with my parents... Awkward silence. It has been SOOOO nice to save my money up a bit though and be able to pay for college for my bachelor's and my master's! So for that I am ETERNALLY grateful!

I am not moving far though...just 5 minutes away (once 11400 South goes all the way through)to a very cute townhouse my friend Sally purchased. It is still being built at the moment, but will be done in December. It is also closer to my work, so that will cut down on my driving time! I am very excited! So, I will keep you posted on when the big day happens (yes it is a big day for me...if you know me!).

For now, back to the real life I guess...for the last couple of days I have been in panic mode already trying to plan lessons and gear up for teaching next week...my cute little class of 27 will be waiting for me Monday morning and Parent/Teacher Conferences in 2 weeks! Phew...here goes nothing! :)