I'm Thankful for Winter Storms

Winter came on Monday.  We were blasted with an estimated 12 inches of snow.  I love snow but hate driving in it.  It's a ugh and a yippee situation. 

Apparently, there is another storm coming today.  Everyone is talking about it.  Sounds like it's going to be one of the worst in a long time.  I'm a bit nervous to try to go anywhere today so I'm not going to.  I'm thinking about Anthony and his long drive from Orem and my parents and other friends and family members who have long drives tonight I hope they all make it home safely.  I'm kind of anxious.

But here's the best part. . .




MY CLASS TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELED!!!  I was not wanting to go, my homework isn't quite done, and I'm just a bit burnt out.  So I am thankful today for this giant storm. . .as long as everyone gets home safe.

Please drive safe, Utahns. 

I'm Thankful for Funny Kids

My class has been writing something they're thankful for every morning for the past week on little paper leaves.  We then put these on our Thankful Tree.

I've been getting a lot of

"I'm thankful for my family." 

"I'm thankful for my friends." 

"electricity"

"warmth"

"love"

"food"

"clothing"

"books" etc.  

Today, I got this gem.

"I'm thankful that Sarah Palin isn't in the presedential office right now."

Gotta love those politically opinionated 6th graders.

No Matter What

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Ash J. is an Idiot: Story # 2975

My name is Ash J., I'm an idiot and I need a lot more sleep.  This is my story.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are today and tomorrow.  I had one early morning conference today.  My plan was to go to bed no later than 10 last night because I knew I had to get to school by 7:45 to set up and get ready for my 8am conference.

This sleeping plan did not happen.

I got out of school late last night, 8:40 to be exact.  My friend Gabriel had called during class and left a message about wanting to start making my wedding invitations.  I called him back and we made a plan to meet at his house at 9.  I revised my sleeping plan to 10:30.

Gabriel and I talked about colors and fonts and graphics for an hour and a half...I revised my sleeping plan again...11pm, no later!

I arrived home at 10:40 to my roommate asking me to watch Glee with her...I never turn down Glee.  Revision # 3: 11:40pm.

While watching, Anthony texted me to see if I was still awake.  Yeppers, I certainly was though I was fading fast.  He needed to come pick up his tools from when he fixed my blasted deadbolt for the second time!  (Remember when it broke the first time?  Yeah, he fixed it then.  We had just started dating.  I knew he was a keeper.  Then it broke again recently.  And he fixed it again.  I'm glad he'll be around for a long time.  A lot of my stuff breaks.)  I stayed awake until he came. 

I finally got to bed (without washing my face or brushing my teeth.  Yep, I'm disgusting when I'm super tired.) at about midnight.  Ugh. 

Five hours later, I'm awake.  Seven hours later I'm filling up my gas tank.  Here's where the I'm an idiot part comes in.  I drove away without putting my gas cap on or closing the door thing (does that have a name?)  I lost my gas cap...the new one I just bought because my check engine light kept coming on.  Ugh.  Back to Auto Zone.

What's the French Word for Poop?

French is such a beautiful language.  If you listen to this but don't watch the video, you may think you're hearing a man confess his undying love to the girl of his dreams. . . but then you watch the video and you realize something else is definitely going on here. 

 If you speak French, please translate this video.  My roommate and I are dying to know what this is all about!

Life Is Too Short. . .

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Glee

I loved Glee tonight.  So funny and I loved this song!

I Hate Homework and Projects

I'm sick today.  Boo!

I'm also trying to finish my homework but keep getting distracted by texts from my sassy, gay bff (who is not gay but sure is sassy), wedding planning, the wonders of the Internet, and my lack of sleep.

Who's up for making a PowerPoint about Scaffoled Silent Reading and Literature Cirlces?  How about you?  Yes, you.  No?  You sure?  Well the offer is there if you change your mind.  It's due today at 6pm...that's 4 hours away.  Get to work!

Three Cheers for Maiden Names

I went back on track today.  

I told my class that I got engaged while off track.

They clapped and cheered.

Then told me I had to keep my maiden name because it's cooler.  

Hmmmm...

I Try to Sew

Remember when I blogged about my pictorial evidence of thinking I can sew?  Well, it's here . . .

I always have sewing ideas in my head that turn out perfectly...in my head.  But then I remember how I have absolutely no patience for measuring or being exact with anything.  Ugh.  That being said, I still try things.

I saw this tutorial and thought, "I have old tank tops that I don't wear.  I like dresses a lot.  I think I can do that."  And so I did.  

Being me, I got bored real fast and decided to skip a few steps . . . namely the "pin the crap out of this so it doesn't slid all over the place" step. 

Here's what I learned: Don't skip that step.  It's a bad idea.

 The sewing started off well (left side, I pinned that) but then it just ended up a big mess of fabric.

My hand is where the skirt should have been sewn to the tank top.  It's just a little off.  No big deal.

 Let's just say, I didn't end up wearing this but I will try again with my new found sewing knowledge.

Repeat after me: Pins are friends.

Pumpkin Carving

My friends and I had a pumpkin carving party. . .on October 9th.  So I'm a little late with the blogging, sue me. 

Also, I was a little early with the carving.  Our pumpkins were mold factories waaaaaay before Halloween.

The Trifecta of Awesome. . .Ash, Jaynee, Jenny

The Doublecta (?) of Wonderful. . .Brandon and Ryan

 Ryan's pumpkin

 Josh's Pumpkin

 Jaynee spent over an hour using one of the templates on her pumpkin.  Then it all fell apart so she used the back side and carved this face with a mustache?

Brandon's pumpkin

 My pumpkin

Kellen's pumpkin

 My garbage vomited pumpkin guts all over my kitchen.  I'm still finding random pumpkin seeds.

Why Would You Rid Your Closet of This?

A week before Halloween, Jenny, Ryan and I went to the D.I. to find "cloaks" (a.k.a. graduation gowns) for our zombie Harry Potter character costumes.  We didn't find any at this certain D.I. but we did find this gem:

Oh yeah!  Stirrups? Check.  Shoulder pads? Check.  Pleats that add so much to your lady business? Check.

Let's see how this baby looks from the back to see if it can get any better.  Doubtful, but maybe.

Oh wait!  It is better.  Backless?  Check.   Really high waist so you have "mom butt"?  Check.

Obviously, giving this unitard to the D.I. was a mistake.  Who would ever want to get rid of such a lovely outfit?  No worries.  Jenny rocked it all around the D.I. then decided to adopt it and make it a part of our lovely home.

The unitard adventures have been nonstop.

Ring-a-Ling-a-Ling

Remember this day?  When Ryan posted this picture on Facebook waaaaaay before I was really engaged?

Well, I decided to take a real one just like this picture.

I love this ring.

November Videos

I'm loving these songs.







Oh, Sesame Street...so fabulous!