Welcome to my busy life....

So, I have decided to write another novel for November's National Novel Writing Month. That is a huge deal because pretty much I must put in about two hours of writing a day in order to get the 50,000 words goal by the end of November. My novel is based on the drama of my students' lives. Here is the link to my new blog(it is also linked on the sidebar!). It will have all of the writing that I do this month. That is truly a new thing for me. I have a hard time sharing my writing but decided what the heck, why not get out of my comfort box a little bit more. Don't judge the novel and please feel free to make comments and suggestions. The whole program which you can learn about here is just to write and write and get 50,000 words. You are not supposed to do any editing which is hard but really the goal is to get the 50,000 words(quantity, not quality!). I already have over 4,000 words. I want to get real ahead so when the craziness of life comes during the month I will not get behind if I flake a day.

Not much else going on here. Just living the dream. I have been saying that a lot lately. I better add that as a title.

Have a superb day!

P.S. I am highly enjoying Pandora these days. Julianne is right; it does make writing easier!

Halloween and Such.

I had a blast this Halloween. I think this will be more of a photo blog than a real post. Didn't do much this weekend but chill with the Bills and watch Aiden. Enjoy the pics and know I am very excited to only work four days this week. Viva Las Vegas and Viva la Diva. Little excited for Kelly Clarkson!
The Kids Trick or Treating.
Buckethead Spencer(I may or may not have taught him the saying and then he kept saying: "Buckethead, buckethead, buckethead!"
Zack as Darth Vader
Kids carving pumpkins.
Jordan as Hannah.
Danni as Ladybug
Morgan and the cutest pumpkin ever.
Caleb and Lexi
Me, the other pumpkin.

Day before Halloween!

I was The Statue of Liberty today at school. It was fun to see the kids dress up and of course to have the teachers dress up. We had a good time as usual.

I have wanted to start a tradition on here called Flashback Friday. I stole this idea from somebody so, if you are offended by my stealing of your idea, I am sorry. Basically Flashback Friday is where you take an old picture and post it on here to reminisce about the old days. Seeing I dressed up as The Statue of Liberty, I find it highly appropriate to post a photo of me with Lady Liberty from my summer trip to NYC. What a blast that trip was. Thanks so much mom for making the trip possible. I really had so much fun there! Liberty Island was really one of the highlights of the trip. I never realized how big Lady Liberty is; she is huge! I also didn't know that only the statue part was given to the USA by France. We had to build the pedestal and the pedestal is atop an old fort. Cool stuff. I also didn't know that Lady Liberty is actually walking as if to show that freedom is progressive and moving forward. Cool!


Tonight, I am taking care of Aiden. He is a fun little guy. We went up to the Bills for dinner(everybody is in town for Halloween. Lots of nieces and nephews running around). I think Aiden loved playing with all the kids up there. I liked seeing Morgan and Sarah and their kids. I am a sucker for kids but dealing with Aiden made me think that I may not be a very good future mom. I sure would need some practice with the whole keeping them on task and having consequences for not doing what I ask! Good thing one night doesn't damage children!

October is nice!

I like October. I like Fall. (even if it feels more like December, weather wise. It is chilly willy!)

Enjoy the pics of my Jack O' Lantern. I had a good time carving it with Christine and Aiden. Aiden is a way cute 7 year old. We are going to hang out together on Friday. It should be fun.

This week is going by quickly. I like that. It is already the second term at school. Crazy how time flies when you are busy and having fun.

Well, I must go get ready for work but thought I should get a post up, it had been a few days! Life hasn't been too exciting. Pretty much filled with pumpkin carving and laundry. The laundry isn't so thrilling. It is nice to have clean clothes though!

Well, have a great day!

Logan and Pumpkin Walk

I had a blast in Logan with my friend Alisha. We are hilarious when together. She is one of the few people in the world that I am very similar too.

It was fun to visit the temple, go searching for letterboxes, eat pizza at Factory Pizzeria, eat Aggie Ice Cream, go to Stake Conference, and go to The Pumpkin Walk. Good times.

Here are some of the funny quotes we had this weekend. I just think we are hilarious. Sorry if you don't find them as funny. We laughed and laughed.
1. Alice: "Maybe it is because I hang out with 25 year olds(referring to my 25 year old mentality)"
Alisha: "Yes it does! What does that mean?" (like I was insulting her maturity.)
2. Alice: "Oh no that bird almost got died." A bird had just flown in front of the car as I drove. My mind was very stressed by it obviously.
3. "...and she was a girl." Alisha said this about five times before starting a story about a friend of hers.
4. "I'm kinda proud of you." What Alisha heard when I said: "They are kinda rowdy."
5. Alice: "Staying would delay the envious." Lish: "No, the obvious." Actually, the inevitable. This discussion happened at about 11:30 last night when I said I didn't want to leave and Alisha suggested I stay.
6. Alisha: "Oh heavens." Alice hears: "All I want to do is sleep," and responds: "You should go to the Pumpkin Walk first."
7. Alisha: "We could go at five." (referring to Aggie Ice Cream). Alice: "But it won't be dark." (thinking Lish was talking about the Pumpkin Walk.)
8. Alice: "Street! Street!!!" Help Alisha drive because she almost drove right into the street without stopping.
9. Lish: "Sounds like a personal problem." Alice: "Yeah, you have a personal problem!" Lish: "Yeah, you are my personal problem!" Snap, roasted!
10. Alice: "What perfume are you wearing?" Lish: "Black Amethesis." She made up that name from Black Amethyst.
11. Alisha told me a story about suggesting her friend get some Stives for her dry skin. It is really called St. Ives.

I have never laughed so much. (well since the last time we had hung out, at least!) I even said that I had felt like I had just done 200 sit ups because of the way my stomach muscles hurt due to laughing. I am so lucky to have great friends and to be able to do fun things. Life really is good!