tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39041770314794699532024-02-06T18:51:36.541-08:00you can call me nature girlI don't not dress up like a monarch, hike lots, eat fake poop, and teach kids all day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-56389597932938214222012-01-27T11:13:00.000-08:002012-02-02T17:12:34.445-08:00Weird things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are a bunch of weird things from my life:<br />
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My phone told me I had 240 new voicemails. WHAT?!?!?!<br />
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Our family went to Tahoe with the Hahns after Christmas. There was no snow though!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went hiking! (This is where I found the branches for my jewelry trees.)</td></tr>
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Okay, folks! I have sold 2 jewelry trees from <a href="http://www.naturegirlcreates.etsy.com/">my etsy shop</a>! WOO! (I kinda feel bad though... they are just branches I found. And people are buying them.) If you would like to buy one (or a flannel baby blanket) browse around my shop!<br />
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For Christmas I gave my parents a gift of a hike and lunch (where we practiced <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/223137/how-the-phone-stack-is-civilizing-dinners-out-with-friends">the phone stack</a>)! (I love <a href="http://www.adventconspiracy.org/">Advent Conspiracy</a>.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. The view was amazing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found this outside of my door at camp. Holy huge long-legged bug. </td></tr>
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Taking family photos has never been our strong point.<br />
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This was our most normal one in this <a href="http://www.gavinduffyphotography.com/?p=343">sweet family photo shoot</a> by the amazing <a href="http://www.gavinduffyphotography.com/">Gavin Duffy</a>:</div>
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We went to get our Christmas tree in the mountains and wanted to get a family photo...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once you start...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...others have to join in!</td></tr>
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It's congtagious!</div>
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I took a buttlong time to crochet a baby blanket for Hope. Walaa!<br />
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On Tuesday Michelle and I made Pioneer Woman's <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/">cinnamon rolls</a>. They are THE BEST rolls I have ever had or made. She posted a picture and look how many comments it received. (Most of the comments are from 3 ridiculous people but STILL.)<br />
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I also made her <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/">Perfect Iced Coffee</a>.<br />
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It's a cold brew so you just let it sit out for a lot of hours. It is less acidic than brewed coffee and really yummy. I tried her Vietnamese version and I LOVE IT. It is SO SO SO good. The sweetened condensed milk is ... I really have no words to properly describe it.<br />
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NOW it is your turn. Please make the rolls and iced coffee and tell me what you think. Also- any weird things you want to share?</div>
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<i>(Before I start I must show you my dreamy new niece Mercy Jael. She was born at home in Zimbabwe to my <a href="http://www.zimbabwelove.com/">amazing sister and brother-in-law</a>.)</i><br />
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Alright. Back to why I am writing.<br />
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I am crafty. Here are some things I have been working on. Get excited.<br />
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I sew! I have been sewing since I was in high school and I love giving away blankets to people who had tiny little babies come. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPeLctgvQI&feature=related">Meow</a> I am selling them on <a href="http://www.naturegirlcreates.etsy.com/">etsy</a>. WOO!<br />
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So if you have the desire to buy one please check out my <a href="http://www.naturegirlcreates.etsy.com/">etsy site</a>! I have wanted to make one for a while and I finally did it!<br />
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My incredibly talented and cute friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Hahn-Photography/309018429108794">Amy</a> and I gathered some Manzanitas from Lake Tahoe and made jewelry trees! So neat- right? (My photography is not thaaat good. You know how a photo of a sunset never can capture how it truly looks... kinda like that.)<br />
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ALSO I crocheted some hippie headbands. SO freaking cute.<br />
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If you would like one please email me at naturegirlcreates {at} gmail {dot} com and I will mail you one! Fo free99. Just because I like you. And because you are reading <strike>the words that are coming out of my mouth</strike> the letters that my fingers are pushing.<br />
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Here are my brothers in them. But you can be a girl and wear them too and be transformed into a hippie. or hipster. or both!<br />
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(In your email please say which color(s) you would like and what is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89frRi8GgGA">girth</a> of your head. (Just measure around where you will wear the headband and tell me how many inches. Or you can tell me small, medium, or large head.) Plus also maybe your name and address.)<br />
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The end. Love ya!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-90665984978502808682011-12-15T21:16:00.001-08:002011-12-16T15:11:07.881-08:00The Goodest Boy: NICK!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Today we have the wünderbar pleasure of having Nick post! Woo! Nick, take it away.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I am posting today a little about myself and you have to guess the blanks! No one likes to be a bored bystander. Or sitter. Or a bored babysitter. Or a board baby sister. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One time I wasn't being careful whilst shaving and I accidentally ___ myself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I was a boy I loved watching TV. My favorite show was for sure ___.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My favorite candy bar has nuts and chocolate. Yep! You guessed it! ___.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The most incredible actor in my opinion is ___. He is as good as it gets.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I love pennies, dimes, and quarters so much! But the one I like most is obviously the ___.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I did this sick half marathon a couple of years back and this other guy and I ran at almost the same pace the whole race. It felt like we were running ___ and ___.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bluegrass is AMAZING. One of the most talented and dedicated bands is ___. I wish they would get back together.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I am standing in line to get food I don't like being first to go. I usually try to be ___ to last.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The most treasured part of my body is obviously my ___. It is the best place to grab when you are sitting down and someone tries to hug you from behind.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas is one of the most magical times of year. The jolliest Saint ever was definitely ___.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phew! I am glad I am at the end of this post. I feel like I finished in the ___ of time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Do you have any suggestions for me? Please share! (Thanks for letting me post, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21PthYQUztg">Gabriella, ella, ella</a>.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am weird. I like sounds and words and switching the sounds in words around. (I will beat you at Mad Gab.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If Gungor comes up with a new album I think it should be called the Gungor Games.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Vowel City</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">David's Clam Chowder Band</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I am not the only one who has done this... Jon Acuff <a href="http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2010/08/3550/">wrote about starting a handkerchief company called SMOT</a> (in response to TOMS.) And then <a href="http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2010/10/having-our-ideas-stolen-by-pop-culture-finally/">BOBS were created</a>. Lame.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And this isn't one where I switched it around but they are my friends and their music is beautiful:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://micahmichelle.com/">Micah | Michelle</a></span></div>
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I am not not known for being gross. Quite a few of my friends and family think they are cleaner, nicer, more refined, funnier, and smarter than I am. But mostly cleaner. SO, I am qualified to share this information today.<br />
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<b>5 pizza slices of advice from the grossest one:</b><br />
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1. Hold in your toots (so you don't have to wear this:)<br />
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2. Fake shower (I learned this from <a href="http://ozziecrocco.wordpress.com/">this guy</a>.) Here is an excerpt from his post about living with roommates:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">However, to appease my roommate’s cultural expectations I’ve been taking more showers. When I can I like to try and take two showers a day. Although, on those days when I <em>really</em> don’t feel like taking a shower I’ve been taking fake showers. I spray the shower water all over the bathroom area and wet my hair a little if he’s in the room. I even hit a new low last week when I started wetting my towel to avoid any queries as to why my towel was always dry after my “showers.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Some of you may be saying, “Doesn’t it take just as long to fake a shower as it does to take a real shower?” The answer to that question is a simple “no.” Yes, it’s deception but it is still much easier to take a fake shower than a real shower. I’m working on changing my ways but please be patient with me. It’s a gradual process – one shower at a time.</span></div>
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3. Use stuff like <a href="http://www.neilmed.com/usa/index.php">nasal and ear wax washes</a>.<br />
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4. Try not to wear clothes from your estinky pile. (Nacho, anyone?)<br />
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And make this variation of a cake pop...<br />
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Thanks for letting me post, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UExzmnZLPdI">Gabriella</a>.<br />
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I ran a half marathon this past weekend and one of the best parts was all the free stuff! The expo is amazing because of all the swag you can get as well before the race... and the food you can get after the race is really wonderful too! I actually ended up not getting a lot of free swag at the expo (I was thinking costume changes, masks, stilts...) because I parked at McDonalds with limited parking and could only stay for an hour but I did go big and go home with the post-race swag and then I wrote a run-on* sentence.<br />
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Do you want to know the best part? I got the GU packets when I was at mile 9. I kept grabbing them and ran the rest of the race with my free stuff. Look below and laugh to yourself.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-25388234667198945982011-09-28T12:55:00.000-07:002011-09-28T12:55:17.052-07:00Song loveIn celebration of going to <a href="http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/">this bluegrass festival</a> in San Fran this weekend I wanted to post some dreamy songs for your ears to enjoy.<div>
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I want you to be my love- Over the Rhine</div>
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When you come back down- Nickel Creek</div>
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Long time traveller- Wailin' Jennys</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-72186381108714765432011-09-13T17:17:00.000-07:002011-09-13T17:28:56.017-07:00The Secret Perks of Being a Dad (A Guest Post by Sir Tyler Tarver)<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><i>Today I have the happity dippity do dah day time of having my first guest poster! I began reading Sir Tyler Tarver's blog a while ago and kept reading it because this guy is so <a href="http://www.tylertarver.com/2010/07/23/the-5-levels-of-cursing/">dang</a> funny. He also makes ridiculous videos... like <a href="http://www.tylertarver.com/2011/08/26/laser-babies-return-to-darkness/">how to defeat Darth Bad Guy using lightsaberbabies</a> or <a href="http://www.tylertarver.com/2011/06/03/cook-a-mean-banana/">how to cook a mean banana</a>. (Get it?) </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><i>Taller Tahrver (how I say his name out loud because he is a southern gent) likes puns, teaching, and <a href="http://www.tylertarver.com/2010/06/08/my-first-drug-deal/">being accused of dealing drugs</a>. He has also been known as the <a href="http://www.tylertarver.com/2011/06/14/dear-ryan-gosling/">Wal*Mart version of Ryan Gosling</a>. So, there's that. If I ever meet Tyler I shall challenge him to a game of Mad Gab. ALSO, please read Tyler's book entitled <a href="https://www.createspace.com/3592701">Words & Sentences</a>. You won't not not not be glad you did.</i></span><br />
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In life, people have kids. The parent who is male, is called the “dad”. I know, knowledge abounded. Here are some perks of being a dad that someone might not read in What to Expect When you’re Expecting and/or The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.</div>
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Conversations: My kid just rounded the one year mark like a long-term high school relationship, so the only words he can really say articulately are daddy, uh oh, and grandiose. However, I like to partake in little games with the gibberish he spits out in sentence form.</div>
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Whenever we’re in public and he starts rambling on, I like to respond as if he said something deeper than the hole Mel Gibson dug for himself. Examples include, “I see your point, but I just feel the barbarian integration as mercenaries carried a majority of the weight that led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.” Or, “Rene Descartes never said that, you’re paraphrasing”.</div>
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Pushing: You remember when you were in grade school and you got in trouble for pushing? I know, I loved pushing too like the wife of someone with the street name for a drug dealer. Well, guess what proud male owner of a brand new kid, You, yes You! Get to push that kid in every plastic car and cart and carton and anything else starting with “c-a-r” that you can’t keep your wife from buying. I know, it’s like that one fight you got into except you don’t get suspended like James Earl Jones’ pants in Field of Dreams.</div>
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Humility: You only get one life. That’s what some people say anyways, but not if you have kids. Cause you get to train them to be better than everyone else. Yeah, and when they are better than everone else, you get to show them how awesome you are at humility by not rubbing it in their face that your kid can do 15 pushups while reciting the Preamble to the Constitution at age 1.2, while their kid is chewing on a dog biscuit.</div>
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Those are a few perks you won’t read in the textbook.</div>
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Thanks G-Money, I’ll try to think of a cool nickname like you asked later.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Tyler Tarver is so sweaty it’s freaking gross. You can </i></span><i>check out his website <a href="http://tylertarver.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">tylertarver.com</a>, subscribe to it </i><i><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/tylertarver" style="text-decoration: none;">here</a>, check him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/tylertarver" style="text-decoration: none;">@tylertarver</a>, or just buy his </i><i>brand new toilet book which he won’t shut up about titled </i><i><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3592701" style="text-decoration: none;">Words&Sentences</a>. He also might be in love with you so </i><i>much it’s freakin stupid.</i></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-30746291107423254862011-09-11T19:25:00.000-07:002011-09-11T19:25:20.108-07:00Nature Girl has some fun!Being a naturalist has been so incredible.<br />
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I mean... I get paid to hike around all day, act insane in ridiculous skits, teach 11 year-olds about science, and be sarcastic with kids who don't really get sarcasm. <i>(Story: I told a story about why we shouldn't use sticks to help us hike and the story involved a camper named Bob who tripped and was speared through the stomach with his stick thus receiving the name shishkaBob... hahaha not really funny but just a story regarding hiking sticks. I realized they did not get the joke when one of my students asked me, "Did he go to the hospital?)</i> Teaching outdoor science has been really wonderful but also challenging. I am not a huge science nut, but I have been learning new words such as crepuscular, protist, and other cool words I can't think of right now...<br />
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Having one of the chickens at the garden fly frantically out of a student's arms<br />
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Eating bobcat scat*<br />
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Placing mannequin legs in strange places for my cabinmates to see<br />
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There is currently a raccoon on my porch as I type this. I tried to take a picture of it with my computer but it was too dark. So, inspired by <a href="http://crusadingwithkatie.com/">the queen of ugly faces</a>, I knew I had no option:<br />
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*Or, a Chocolate Brownie Clif Bar that I have rolled into a very believable turd.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-82464351049006126172011-08-10T18:56:00.000-07:002011-08-11T19:43:29.280-07:00CPR do do do do do do doYou know that song, "Shark Attack do do do do do do?" Well, now I am going to be sort of prepared in case that happens to someone near me. Would you like to know why? You do! Great.<br />
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Today I got certified with CPR/AED and First Aid.<br />
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BUT it was online. And it took like 3 seconds.<br />
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Isn't that bad?<br />
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I have been certified a bunch of times because I have been a camp counselor, nanny, and teacher. But never online. For those of you who do not know (me), I did not receive my contract teaching 1st Grade this past year. We had a decrease in student enrollment and I did not get a contract. BUT I did receive a job at <a href="http://missionspringsoe.com/">Mission Springs</a> working as a naturalist with Outdoor Education! Woo! Here are some of the requirements of being a naturalist:<br />
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Don't shave. (<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/somuchgross">I've got this covered</a>...)<br />
Become a freegan. (or vegan if you want.)<br />
Look like you just popped out of an REI photo shoot.<br />
Bike everywhere.<br />
You only can use <a href="http://sortacrunchy.typepad.com/sortacrunchy/2009/09/3-reasons-to-use-cloth-toilet-paper-aka-family-cloth.html">these</a> to wipe.<br />
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After reading the requirements I can report that I am <a href="http://www.tylerstanton.com/2011/06/09/arbitrary-thoughts-29/">super pumped</a> about this new job!<br />
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Back to my CPR story. I think it's weird I got certified online. While I was reading the information during the course, I noticed buttload of errors. Being a grammar fanatic and having OCD, I was aghast. So I took a screen shot of one of them. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">(Questions one should ask an injured person:<i> "When did the patient last ate"</i>)</span> Really?<br />
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Throughout the course I found a misuse of commas, (I don't always use them correctly but it is a pretty comman error in regards to punctuation. Grammar pun. <i>Sorry.</i>) misspelled words, typos, and information that was not presented in the most effective way possible. It was bad.<br />
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I am going to email them and tell them they have quite a few errors and people should not be able to become certified with them. I mean, I know it important to be gracious with typos because we all make mistakes but I think a heath care organization should present information in a clear and effective way. (Not to mention the fact that if you get a 70% on the quiz you can get your certification. AND they have no way of knowing it was you taking the quiz and not your mom.)<br />
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<i>Would you let someone to save you if they had only read online about administering chest thrusts and placing someone in the recovery position? Or if their mom had taken the quiz for them? OR what if you don't have any arms and you become certified?</i><br />
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In other news, we went rafting this past weekend with friends. The rapids had names like Texas Chainsaw Massacre Rip Your Head Off...<br />
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In other news, here is a DMV situation my friend's roommate observed:<br />
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<b> DMV Employee:</b> (calling the next customer) Shady Nasty?<br />
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<b>DMV Customer:</b> OH NO YOU DI'N'T! It's Sha DYnasty!<br />
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(And I am on <a href="http://thegboat.net/2011/07/13/google/">Google Plus One</a> or whatever now. My sister also got me on <a href="https://www.google.com/voice">Google Voice</a> and enjoy anonymously texting friends with new number.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Do you have Google Plus One or Google Voice? How much do you love/hate them? Also, any good CPR stories?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-16014168355437806932011-08-04T15:02:00.000-07:002011-08-09T10:46:28.309-07:00Why you should eat placenta(<a href="http://www.rickyanderson.net/">Rick</a> and <a href="http://justsayray.wordpress.com/">Ray</a> were bugging me about eating placenta after writing <a href="http://theadventuresofgabriella.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-birthday-to-dreamiest-niece-ever.html">this post</a> so I decided to write a tinsy explanation.)<br />
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About a year ago my <a href="http://www.zimbabwelove.com/">sister</a> and I ate the placenta of her daughter. She had been wanting to try it ever since she was pregnant and she even joked about making placenta lasagna. Yes.<br />
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After their home birth, her midwife encapsulated the placenta and we drank that puppy down! Don't worry- I couldn't taste it. It was just like taking vitamin C. Except it was in the womb for 9 months and was in a white bowl after my niece was born.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">You should eat it because...</span><br />
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- It is nutritious.<br />
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- Some cultures eat it! (My sister, husbie, and babyski and babski in the oven are all moving to Zimbabwe so it is just the start of eating weird things...)<br />
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-You can be pla centa of attention when you tell people about the day you ate it!<br />
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-Maybe it can help with post partum depression. Or if you are the aunt it can probably help in some way too.<br />
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That's all. Who wants to try it?!?! Maybe if/when I have kids I can serve you up some lasagna if you come over. You won't even know it's in there...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-39822825489022578722011-07-22T12:48:00.000-07:002011-07-22T12:50:01.993-07:00Yays and Boos of Going to the Dentist<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">I went to the dentist on the very last day of my insurance and it inspired me to write about it!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. I get free floss, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. (Tip: If you want to get more, you can ask your hygienist <i>and</i> your dentist!)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. My teeth become shiny, smooth, and clean.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. I can check it off my list.<br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Boo...</span><br />
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1. That scraping noise may be the worst noise I have ever heard. <a href="http://crusadingwithkatie.com/">Katie</a> said it's satan's tool.<br />
2. If you don't floss often, it hurts and bleeds when you finally go.<br />
3. They hurt you and take your money.<br />
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Do you like the dentist? Do you loathe the dentist?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-53751079876355396902011-07-05T15:40:00.000-07:002011-07-05T15:40:21.115-07:00The Art of Being AnnoyingMy Dad is amazing. He has taught me so many things and is a great Dad. However, one of the best things he has taught me is how to be annoying. I shall share a short anecdote to illustrate how he purposely annoys his children.<br />
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He is skilled in many areas, but I would not say music is one of them. He probably has the musical talent equivalent of a platypus. That being said, he went through a phase where he would wake us up on Saturday mornings violently strumming the strings of a guitar singing, "IT'S WAKE UP TIIIME WAKE UP TIIIME WAKE UP TIIIME." Oh, how we loathed Saturday mornings.<br />
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I have learned a few valuable principles through the years and I shall share some with you.<br />
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<b>1. Repetition</b><br />
This is probably the most important one. If you do something more than 4 times, you can make it to be super annoying. This includes words, touch, body movements, you name it! Whenever our family goes Christmas tree hunting I like to find a long piece of grass, sneak up behind an unsuspecting victim, and quickly put it is in an open ear. The victim quickly brushes away a bug... until they find out it me and I have to speed away before I get attacked.<br />
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I can hiss air through my teeth so it comes out to be a sound dogs can hear... and some people too. My friends and family hate it and always ask me to desist. I sometimes acquiesce, only after I have done it enough times. If you can make any weird (low, high, loud...) sound and keep doing it, you have become annoying. Good job!<br />
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My Dad has really perfected this art. Another way he would wake us up was to gently dangle a wet string on our faces to wake us up. We would wildly bat at whatever was touching our faces but my Dad would somehow always dart away. It's frustrating even thinking about it.<br />
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Now you are equipped to be annoying! Woo!<br />
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PS As I am working on this post my sister comes up behind me and slurps up her drippy peach in. my. ear.<br />
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Are you annoying? What annoying things do people do to you?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-86679504841765010782011-06-16T18:25:00.000-07:002011-06-16T18:25:36.897-07:00Happy birthday to the dreamiest niece ever!My cah ute niece turned one. I can't even believe it!<br />
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It seems like it's only been a year since my sister was pregnant...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and smiling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She LOVES food!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You show 'em, nature girl!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LOVE!</td></tr>
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And the best part is that I will be an aunt again... come Thanksgiving! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-32106663709079622592011-06-11T11:20:00.000-07:002011-06-11T11:20:01.056-07:00CPCP (Cake Pop Cell Pictures)Karin and I made Cake Pops yesterday (inspired by <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-pops/">Bakerella</a>.)<br />
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We rolled, dipped, and stuck.<br />
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I gave one a sprankle hat and Karin gave one freckles.<br />
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Cake pops make you go crazy!<br />
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Check them out!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/N5Fhb0xlHfo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-72022746503612138562011-06-01T12:15:00.000-07:002011-06-01T16:41:07.711-07:00SeesterIt was my baby sister's sweet 16 on May 10th. It was my golden doodle birthday on the 24th.<br />
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We celebrated last night at Benihana using our sweet <a href="http://pages.benihana-news.com/registration">30 dollar certificates</a>! It was one of the funniest nights in a while. We were crazy.<br />
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On her birthday she turned into a crazy hipster.<br />
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Then she got her ears pierced.<br />
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Then she got her driver's licence. If I had a smartphone instead of a <strike>dumb</strike> normal phone I could post the screen shot of her <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/16388/saturday-night-live-surprise-party">finger clenching/I am so freaking excited</a> text.<br />
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I changed this little one's diapers when she was a babskie. Oh MAN!<br />
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Happy Birthday Priscilla!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-74654312062449814392011-05-27T16:11:00.000-07:002011-05-28T12:09:19.943-07:00I screamHave you ever tried to make ice cream by shaking some milk and junk in a bag and then putting it in a bigger bag with salt and ice? It's pretty hard. and messy. and cold.<br />
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Now add roughly a hundred 6 year olds to the equation.<br />
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*pulls hair out*<br />
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In math we are studying measuring right now and I thought it would be fun to make ice cream. You know, experiential learning and stuff.<br />
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SO we made ice cream. I tried to be clear about my directions but somewhere in there I think all the kids heard me say make sure NOT to close the bags all the way and to let your open bag of salty ice water bow down and kiss the precious carpet.<br />
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We started out with an organized, clean event. It churned into a crazy, messy, spillfest.<br />
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*pursed lips/eyes closed*<br />
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In addition to eating their yummy creations, they also loved spilling in various spots around the classroom. Awesome.<br />
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</tbody></table>At least it's not my carpet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is that blood in there?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Thank you and good night.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-38316971706665318502011-05-24T15:35:00.000-07:002011-05-24T15:36:13.438-07:00The Bachelorette is a weird show.If you think the Bachelor or the Bachelorette are a little or a lot ridiculous (Here are 30 rando people. Please choose one you want to spend the rest of your life with!), you need to read what Knox McCoy has to say about it...<br />
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<a href="http://www.knoxmccoy.com/2011/05/bachelorette-recap.html">Here</a> is his recap of the first episode of the Bachelorette...<br />
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:)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-78992228681800610222011-05-17T15:31:00.000-07:002011-05-17T15:31:53.669-07:00♫ Do you love me... do you love me? ♫He is 6. I wasn't sure what to say but the turtle stepped in...<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-24801232196556755802011-05-13T10:10:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:50:11.423-07:00When/If I am a mom...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Things I hope I never do as a mom:</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="p1"><div class="p1"><div class="p1"><div class="p1"><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Forever <b>Refer to my child’s age in months</b> (after they are 1 year.) I cannot tell you how stunned I feel when someone talks about their 30 month old. Really? You can’t just say 2 and a half? Please drop kick the months and warmly embrace the years.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tell them to say things </b>when they have not learned how to talk yet. Moms, I know it is a kind gesture, but please don’t ask your 3 week old to talk to me. They can’t. you can tell me thank you for the blanket, though.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Forever carry my baby in the infant car seat.</b> I work in our church nursery and there was a mom who would carry in the infant car seat with her little girl inside. When the mom was ready to go, she would take her daughter out, and her daughter would then walk around! If she can walk, please do not carry her around in the car seat.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Try to lose the stubborn <b>baby weight.</b></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just kidding.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Things I hope to do when I am a mom:</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Wear my baby!</b> I L. O. V. E. babywearing and will rock the Moby like it is a part of me for the first few months of my child’s life. When they get bigger I will wear the Ergo as much as I possibly can.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Let my kid eat some weird stuff.</b> My sister rocks at this. Well, my sister and I had tea parties under the kitchen table eating dust, dry bread, and dead flies treats leftover from previous meals. Sick. Blech. But we turned out with great immune systems so I guess it worked.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dress my baby up</b> in awesome costumes, outfits, and wigs. They are powerless so this is the only time I will have ultimate control of how they look. I will get socked later but I think it is totally worth it.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Talk in a high, silly baby voice.</b> We all do it. It is inevitable. I think babies really like it.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What do you hope to do or not do when you are a mom or a dad? If you are a parent, what things have you done that you thought you would never do?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-63820981437220120852011-05-09T13:49:00.000-07:002011-05-09T13:49:26.827-07:00ObsessedHello.<br />
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My name is Gabriella and I have an obsession with free things. I frequent the site <a href="http://www.sweetfreestuff.com/">sweetfreestuff.com</a> and I love it. Please go there to send (good) samples to yourself and (weird samples) to others.<br />
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Here is a picture of the mail from one day:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcDw4hIsA_9SrGDsI2LwrdsxFFYb2zil1WHiW8eDLrjYlhyBkpxjKsJCMBkJyQmXq10sZ-abnwdR6mAMTEN9uQyZV6EoYVrtkGZ3Va-_SKOkyEbgGIDOBvL1fvIgpKpB1W01o722uzAOb/s1600/0426011152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcDw4hIsA_9SrGDsI2LwrdsxFFYb2zil1WHiW8eDLrjYlhyBkpxjKsJCMBkJyQmXq10sZ-abnwdR6mAMTEN9uQyZV6EoYVrtkGZ3Va-_SKOkyEbgGIDOBvL1fvIgpKpB1W01o722uzAOb/s400/0426011152.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3 samples for myself and a fiber sample for one of my rooomates!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe I will start to only use shampoo from the samples. (I could probably get by...)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-46783919307914143812011-05-06T08:09:00.000-07:002011-05-06T08:09:52.330-07:00Cinco de MexicoYesterday our class did a bit of celebrating Cinco de Mayo. I played a few fun songs in Spanish and some of the kids danced in front of the class. Then one boy started booty shaking. "No shaking your bottom!" I ordered.<br />
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I had a couple of questions from students in regards to my connections with Mexico. <i>(I am as white as they come.)</i><br />
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"Are you a Mexico person?"<br />
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"Do you know how to speak Mexican words?"<br />
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I love my job.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904177031479469953.post-5264597339533784022011-05-05T10:15:00.000-07:002011-05-05T11:05:07.177-07:00Ew.Today one of my 1st Graders said to me:<br />
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"Were you picking your boogers? I saw you."<br />
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I didn't really know how to respond.<br />
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Oh... the life of a 1st Grade Teacher!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1