The link to the site is http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ I was struggling to make it work for me. Hopefully it works for you.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Random
So while wasting time in the computer lab with Miriam... slacker... I discovered a really interesting site. Its by the author of a rather interesting book called Post Secret. From what I understand people mail in their secrets to the author by post card. Here are some that made me laugh, although not all of them are funny.
The link to the site is http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ I was struggling to make it work for me. Hopefully it works for you.
The link to the site is http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ I was struggling to make it work for me. Hopefully it works for you.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Merry Christmas everyone! Now that Thanksgiving is over I can finally choose a Christmas layout and show everyone how we decorated our small.. no tiny.. maybe microscopic would be better word, apartment. Cheap was our theme but it came out great!
This lovely dollar ornament hangs above our stove and adds a nice touch to our stain white walls.
Our two dollar wreath was decorated with dollar ornaments and old ornaments that we had. This is a horrible picture but because of the lack of a plug outside we cant hang lights outside. Our neighbors upstairs (whom we love with all of our hearts, read the sarcasm) are too lazy to decorate the front of the house so we tried to bring a little bit of Christmas cheer to our door. In the daytime it shimmers with all of the glitter that I put on it but at night its sad in our back porch light.
This is the beginning of the Christmas tree pictures. I don't know why but I just can't get any good pictures of the ornaments and decorations that we used. We went with the cheap theme again, reusing our fake and small Christmas tree from last year and a lot of our ornaments. Chris was nice and let me choose a lot of blue ornaments that I didn't take pictures of. I love our modern, icy Christmas decorations we have this year.
And this is our little corner of Christmas cheer. If anyone knows me they are aware of my deep love for the wreath on the wall. Its actually my mothers and I gave it to her two years ago for her birthday (which is in December) but she was gracious enough to let me take it up to Logan. Its even hung on our wall year round.
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
This lovely dollar ornament hangs above our stove and adds a nice touch to our stain white walls.
Our two dollar wreath was decorated with dollar ornaments and old ornaments that we had. This is a horrible picture but because of the lack of a plug outside we cant hang lights outside. Our neighbors upstairs (whom we love with all of our hearts, read the sarcasm) are too lazy to decorate the front of the house so we tried to bring a little bit of Christmas cheer to our door. In the daytime it shimmers with all of the glitter that I put on it but at night its sad in our back porch light. 
This is the beginning of the Christmas tree pictures. I don't know why but I just can't get any good pictures of the ornaments and decorations that we used. We went with the cheap theme again, reusing our fake and small Christmas tree from last year and a lot of our ornaments. Chris was nice and let me choose a lot of blue ornaments that I didn't take pictures of. I love our modern, icy Christmas decorations we have this year.
And this is our little corner of Christmas cheer. If anyone knows me they are aware of my deep love for the wreath on the wall. Its actually my mothers and I gave it to her two years ago for her birthday (which is in December) but she was gracious enough to let me take it up to Logan. Its even hung on our wall year round. 
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!Chris' First Draft
So Chris brewed his own beer at home and it is finally finished. Although our Californian visit interrupted the schedule we were able to open the first bottle and taste it. He chose to make a honey hefeweizen for his first try.
I like this picture the most becasue it captured the last droplet from the bottle. If you look close enough you can see it stand out from his green shirt.
This is his face right after the first taste. Not completely satisfied, but not disgusted. I'm proud of his first attempt, but I realize that it will take a couple of tries to get the right recipe.
And this is us... ya I know... a little disappointing right.
I like this picture the most becasue it captured the last droplet from the bottle. If you look close enough you can see it stand out from his green shirt.This is his face right after the first taste. Not completely satisfied, but not disgusted. I'm proud of his first attempt, but I realize that it will take a couple of tries to get the right recipe.
And this is us... ya I know... a little disappointing right. Family Visit
So we were able to go to California recently to visit family, see Larry, and celebrate Thanksgiving. When we were there we were able to take some great pictures.
This is the Lee family: Steve, Laura, Corinn, and Cary.
This is the Heil family: Katrina, Jennifer, Jack, Sam, Micheal, and Lucas. 
And the Merket family: Ami, Larry, Cathy, Dan, Liz, Chris, and me!
This is the Lee family: Steve, Laura, Corinn, and Cary.
This is the Heil family: Katrina, Jennifer, Jack, Sam, Micheal, and Lucas. 
And the Merket family: Ami, Larry, Cathy, Dan, Liz, Chris, and me! It was a great visit because we got a lot of really good food. There is one more picture of everyone together but I haven't gotten a copy of that yet. We were able to go to Knotts Berry Farm while we were in California and we got in at a pretty great price thanks to Larry. We were also going to go to The Price is Right but unfortunately the fire, a lack of cars, and a big desire on my end to sleep canceled our plans. We had some good food and I met a really interesting drink re filler at The Chicken House. Below is the picture that I felt best compared to by drink re filler. He was handsome in his own way, especially when those big lips parted into a smile.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thanksgiving!
Hey,
So I really wanted get a Christmas theme background, but Chris wouldn't let me because Thanksgiving hasn't even passed yet. However, he had Halloween hair for about a week and a half after Halloween... So.... whatever : )
So I really wanted get a Christmas theme background, but Chris wouldn't let me because Thanksgiving hasn't even passed yet. However, he had Halloween hair for about a week and a half after Halloween... So.... whatever : )
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Pretty Awkward Situation
Well as many of you know, I am attending USU to become an English Teacher. It has been a pretty fun experience and I am glad to almost be done and have a classroom of my own (well hopefully). I have struggled a little bit with my classes this semester because of the shift from literature courses to educational courses. The education program at USU is a great establishment that has had years to perfect their course requirements. However, the education program is also a very monotonous experience for students. I can't speak for everyone but I surely can speak for myself. A lot of my classes are very similar in themes, texts, activities, and material we discuss, which is not a negative quality. It is ideal to be able to relate the things you discuss in one class to the things you discuss in another; however, the discussions that occur in my class or EXACTLY the same... If I attend one class I attend all of my classes in theory. So today I went to my Reading, Writing, and Technology course to listen to a presentation about multiple learning strategies which resembles my Cognition and Assessment course that discusses accessing different modalities in the classroom... I rebelled (I'll be the first to admit it) and decided to slip out of class during the presentation and finish some homework for another class. I'd like to consider this move as a positive example of my ability as a student to prioritize. Look at what college has taught me : )
I slipped out successfully and went to the computer lab that is located in the same building as my class is. No big deal right.... WRONG! About ten minutes after starting my assignment my entire class comes walking into the computer lab. And I strategically placed myself facing the door and in front of a classroom computer lab. Each one of my fellow classmates saw the shame and embarrassment on my face as they filed past. And my professor also saw my absence from the class activity. It was pretty freaking funny. But thankfully my professor does not know my name and today I had my hair straight (the first time for me in this particular class) There is no way my professor could pick me out from among the other students in the lab. And I think the many, many, many years of smoking has ruined her ability to filter student's faces. I should write a thank you letter to the company that produces the cigarettes my professor enjoys :) 
I slipped out successfully and went to the computer lab that is located in the same building as my class is. No big deal right.... WRONG! About ten minutes after starting my assignment my entire class comes walking into the computer lab. And I strategically placed myself facing the door and in front of a classroom computer lab. Each one of my fellow classmates saw the shame and embarrassment on my face as they filed past. And my professor also saw my absence from the class activity. It was pretty freaking funny. But thankfully my professor does not know my name and today I had my hair straight (the first time for me in this particular class) There is no way my professor could pick me out from among the other students in the lab. And I think the many, many, many years of smoking has ruined her ability to filter student's faces. I should write a thank you letter to the company that produces the cigarettes my professor enjoys :)
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