Thoughts

While in Oregon, my parents and I attended a Sheep Herding Competition.  It was surprisingly fun and I feel like I learned a lot.  But it isn’t as simple as it looks in the movie Babe – let me tell you. Here is the course that the trainer has to navigate the dog through. The [...]

Let me start by saying that I do NOT like scary movies.  I had nightmares for weeks when I saw the Sixth Sense – and that isn’t really that scary.  I blame it all on my overactive imagination.  That said …. My roommate has been gone for almost two weeks.  She has been basking in [...]

Yesterday, I drove home from Casper, Wyoming, where I had done a teaching interview at a middle school there.  The interview went well.  I could tell they were impressed by my experience and knowledge when it came to teaching reading.  They had a few concerns about my endorsements, certification and licensing in the state of [...]

In the June Issue of Real Simple, there was an article entitled, “Organizing Your Personality.”  You take a little quiz in order to see if you are right-brained or left-brained. This is how they defined left and right brained: Right-brain types are visually oriented. They tend to think in images rather than words, focus on [...]

I wanted to do some updates, but none of these seemed to warrant a full post all by itself. First – a few weeks ago, I casually mentioned that I was applying for a job in Wyoming. I got some frantic comments about that. I realized afterwards that I never actually told anyone that I [...]

and why I haven’t blogged for a while. It has been a bit crazy. 1. I have a 2nd job, which is really hampering my interneting time. 2. Last weekend I went to Idaho, saw my mom, made a video, went to the city of rocks to take pictures, went to my cousin’s mission farewell, [...]

Everyone falls in love in the spring. I see it with my students. The flowers pollinate. And even animals get a little frisky. What? You don’t believe me? Well, here is case in point from the horses that live behind my house. “Hey sweet thing! My names Buck. Look at how powerful I am.” “Wow, [...]

I hope I don’t curse this, but March is almost over and it has been quite mild.  For the last week I have been driving around like this . . . Yup, I have a sun roof.  I’ve been driving around with it down.  Look at the clear blue Utah sky.  Now, the last few [...]