Spring Break

So it has taken me ages to get my pics from spring break up, but here are some of them! Chelsea, Blake and I had a blast in Disneyland. It was so much fun to take someone who had never been before (Chelsea). The new Toy Story ride is AMAZING!!! It was definetely worth the wait. Blake and I went to Disneyland two years ago, and I hope I get to go in two years again! By then, the "Cars Land" will be open and so with "Ariel's Undersea Adventure" not to mention the cool water/laser/color show in California Adventure.

I love Disneyland! I truly think it's the happiest place in the world! No matter your race, religion, marital status or anything else, Disneyland makes you kind to everyone else who is there enjoying their time as much as you are. I think if everyone just took a trip to Disneyland once in a while, we've have a little less contention in our lives. And hey, if world leaders had a character breakfast with Mickey and the gang, maybe there would be a little less war.

Here is Tigger and I! We were so lucky to catch him!

Wearing silly ears! Blake was the only one who bought his though.

Enjoying some grub at the Blue Bayou (Pirates of the Carribean)

The chicken gumbo was amazing as was my blackened salmon. YUMMY

Another Blog

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I am beginning my journey toward learning how to do permanent cosmetics. Check my blog out for information about permanent cosmetics as well as how to sign up to be a model!

A random and yet hilarious train of thought...

So yesterday I was watching a little television in my room. A commercial came on for a pregnancy test claiming that 1 in 4 women misread a pregnancy test.

Thought #1: How can you misread a pregnancy test. One line not pregnant, two lines pregnant. If the lines are fuzzy then your test isn't accurate. It's not that you misread it, you can't read it. If you misread it, you must be blind. Which led to...

Thought #2: How DO blind women take pregnancy tests? Do they make auditory ones that say "Pregant" or "Not pregnant." Do you tell it beforehand whether you want to be pregnant or not so that the voice sounds chipper when you get what you want? Or do they make tests that vibrate once for not pregnant twice for pregnant--but no, that would me VERY messy. What about pregnancy tests in braille...again, messy.

While this may be a little politically incorrect...I thought it was a funny train of thought.

And if any of you can answer my question- Do they make pregancy tests for the visually impaired? Let me know!

Indian Food

So when I was in New Zealand I found a new favorite food--Butter Chicken! It's amazing! So I brought home some packets to make it and finally found some people brave enough to try my Indian cooking. It turned out really well! I made butter chicken, rice and Naan bread. I've never made Naan bread before but it tasted great! (It was a little thick, and I baked it a little too long, but it was edible and enjoyable!)

Before and after adding tomato paste water and sour cream.

My homemade Naan Bread! I added garlic---yummy!

Basking in the glory of my successful meal! I only have three chairs and there were four of us, so we truly Indian-styled it and sat around my coffee table cross-legged.

David contemplating my cooking. After eating I got a huge thumbs-up!

New Bathroom

So Janalyn and I finally got around to adding some color to my bathroom. We polka-dotted my walls with vinyl and added a fun quote by Jennifer Garner. It says "Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad."

My curtains aren't quite done yet, but you get the idea!

I also added some vinyl to my bedroom...

I just love making my home 'mine!'

Two more days.

So there are only two more school days before Christmas Vacation. Can I just say how grateful I am it is here. The kids are getting restless, I'm getting restless and we all need a break. I'm so grateful I get to go to my parent's to celebrate Christmas with the whole family. My grandparents are opening their second mission call this week and I can't wait to find out where they are going to serve the Lord...again! :)

On Tuesday, I'm going to have my own little Christmas party in my class. I usually don't get to have Holiday-style parties or do the general 'fun' activities students do in their regular classes, but I'm going to be a bit selfish and have our own Holiday celebration. We are going to read a Christmas story and have Tim-Tam-Slams. I'm going to bring my Coco-Motion and make Milo for the kids and show them the joys of a Tim-Tam-Slam. I'm so excited that Pepperidge Farm is not making my favorite biscuit from New Zealand! The package says "Australia's favorite cookie" but it's New Zealand's too!

I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and is safe during their travels!
All my love!

Reader's Digest Version of My Life

Now that I finally have internet and I've set up my router, I should start blogging again. I've never been extremely faithful doing it in the past, but I'm going to try to get better.
Reader's Digest Version of the Updates in My Life:

• First lump of school is over with. The honeymoon phase of the first year of teaching is officially over. Being a teacher is hard. There, I've said it.
• Talked to Darnie on the phone! I MISS NZ!
• Started physical therapy for my 'catcher's knees.' It's more like physical torture!
• Got the swine-flu shot. Yay for Cache County School District!
• Decorated cookies with David for Halloween
• Went on a couple dates.
• Threw a bachelorette party for Crista!
• Downloaded Skype so I can talk to Darnie and Nga
• Finally bought me a DVD/VHS player.
• Returned the DVD/VHS player that didn't work
• Finished physical therapy (as long as Janalyn and I continue to go to the gym!)
• Got a cold.

That's about it. My life isn't too exciting right now other than school, but that's kind of nice all the same. I'd post some pics if I could, but something is wrong with my blog. I'll try again later.

p.s. Visit my good friend Jaci's blog: jacisjuicy.blogspot.com She makes the CUTEST hats ever! Need a fun gift idea--get a hold of Jaci!