Thankyou, Fall

Thankyou for finally showing up!!! Fall has arrived, ya'll. Just two days ago it was literally 88 degrees outside and our airconditioner was on. Now it is 61 degrees and it is BEAUTIFUL! Woot Woot!

In lieu of the arrival, i decided to celebrate by running outside today. Usually i stay inside to do my working out, but today, i mean...c'mon...How could I resist? I got all excited, laced up my nike's and set trail...of course I was huffing and puffing, but I didn't care. I was happy because it was fall! The leaves crunching under my feet, the smell of the wind and the trees, the wind blowing in my hair. It was allllllll good my friends, all good.

An interesting and slightly odd factoid about myself is that I love the Runners World Magazine. Don't get me wrong, I am no running pro by any stretch of the imagination, but i am addicted to this magazine. It gets me motivated and i love reading the articles. Plus it just makes me feel all healthful reading a magazine about running.

Then I came back home and ran some errands and helped Grandmom clean the house. It's been a nice day.

Tonight me and amber are going to a YSA activity for church. We haven't been out to any YSA stuff in awhile because our lives have been crazy for the last 2 weeks, but things are going better and more back to normal that we figure we need to stop being apostate and get our butts in gear. Should be an interesting time...it always is...and not in a really good way.:) All i have to say is that there are a lot of WEIRDEES that come out to these activities. But what the heck, why not make the night a freakshow of interesting and disturbing proportions, right?

So, Thanks for joining us fall. It was about time.

Another one bites the dust...

Ok, Ok, the title has nothing to do with this blog, other than the fact that I liked it and it instantaneously popped into my head...maybe i'll think of some way to connect it later on...I know, i'm such a weirdie.

Life here at the homefront is slow and steady. I had my 3rd exam today in a week.... AH! There we go, another EXAM bites the dust! That fits doesn't it?....meh, it's a bit of a stretch.

Mom went in for her surgery today and we're about to go in to the hospital to visit. I haven't heard anything so i assume everything went well. Part of me expects mom to be cleaning her hospital room when we get there because she's such a cleaning finatic! But we told her she MUST remain completely immobile for awhile, we'll see how long that lasts....

Ok, for lack of anything else interesting and important to write, you should all visit jim and lisa's blog because it's quite hilarious. The video is priceless.....:)

And i guess this means i get a total F for not tying in my title with anything legitimate in my entry.....

whatev.

I love the covered bridge:)

Don't you just love fall?! It's the perfect temperature to wear sweatshirts and it is just plain BEAUTIFUL outside. Now that I go to Messiah, I'm especially grateful for the beautiful things I get to enjoy on my walk in from the partking lot to campus. This is the famous covered bridge I walk through every day on my way into class:

I don't know if you can see, but in the middle of the bridge sides are two openings...sort of like windows...and you can look down into the yellow breeches. I love walking past them every morning and watching the sun shine on the water....seriously, it's something out of a magazine!!! I always think of "Charlotte's Web" because on the window openings are tons and tons of shiney little spider webs, so intricately designed.

Anyway, fall just makes me so grateful for such simple pleasures! Walking under this bridge starts off my day so well, and hopefully you can find your own "covered bridge" in your day!!!

My new favorite show...

Drum roll please...

I mean, come on, who doesn't like a good reality tv show about crazy selfish indulgent brides with over the top wedding budgets and $5,000 gowns??? It's GREAT!!! This show has been around for awhile, but I just started watching it again because it's on during my breaks between classes. And not only is it totally entertaining, it's somewhat practical...I'm getting some good ideas!

If you're a glutton for this kind of TV entertainment, tune in to the Style network from 11am-1pm...

Ok, seriously, I should get some sort of award for the advertisement I just gave for this show. And to think I did it for free, out of the goodness of my heart....(*cough cough style network*)

Well, here's for a short blog post. Until next time!

And so it goes...

School at Messiah is going well. That is, as good as "school" can possibly be. I made it into the concert choir, which is the touring choir at MC, and i also joined the MCSO....which stands for the syphony orchestra. Here's a pic of the concert choir....I'm not in it obviously...this was last years pic:Both are really good outlets for me because quite honestly I can't stand to be in class for too long of a time! And speaking of that, I even dropped a class because I didn't want to go bizirk at the end of the semester taking 6 finals, so I dropped down to 5 classes. Amen for that option!

This weekend we have our church Stake Conference, and to spice things up a bit we are having Elder Bednar, one of our general authority apostles come speak....can you say, RAD? I'm totally reved for him to come and feel really lucky I am going to get to hear him speak!!! Here he is:

Last night me and mom couldn't stand it anymore and we broke out the christmas movies.... We are total gluttons for Christmas movies and as soon as september comes around we are watching them like crazy!!! And my mom, bless her heart, has had the Mo-Tab christmas CD's playing all thru the house.... I love it!!! My dad makes fun of us, but what do we care? We LOVE Christmas.... even if it is still september.:)

I'm a falcon

Not literally of course, come on now.:) I'm a Messiah College falcon. I start classes on tuesday the 4th, and I think that pretty much means I'm no longer a nittany lion. I am ready for the change. The drive to campus is a whopping 3 minutes from the house (equates to about .75 miles) and that just makes me jump for joy because it used to take me 30 minutes start to finish at PSU. I'll tell you how it all goes.

So here's my funny (and slightly gross) story of the week. Wednesday was my last day of work, which was both sad and happy at the same time. Since all of the kids I taught over the summer moved up into Preschool 2 last week, we got the new batch of preschool 1 kids. This little girl Paige (very very adorable) has been having some issues with not making it to the potty on time and we all can fill in the lines as to what i mean here. Well about 5 minutes before I was about to leave on Weds. she says "Potty! Potty!" So I ran her to the bathroom and sat her on the potty. As I was standing there waiting for her to finish she pointed at the floor behind me and said, "Look at that." I looked down and to my horror was a pile of poop!!! I was so confused....whose poop was it?!? I ran out of the bathroom and told the other teachers that "someone pooped on the floor!" We all stood there really perplexed (and in silent laughter) until we finally figured out that it was Paige's poop! I guess it must have rolled out of her undies when I got her on the potty...and I didn't even notice it!!!!!! How funny and totally disturbing is that?! Oh man it was just plain flat hilarious, as you can imagine, and quite a way to end my last day of work. So, think of this story whenever you need a good laugh....I'm still laughing....2 days later!!!

And that, folks, is why I love 3-year-olds.

The Latest Buzz

Hello Hello! Back again. I took a little "vaca" (vacation) from blogging and have returned to give you the latest skinny on my life, etc.

Work at the Preschool has been it's typical concoction of crazy kids, time-outs, sidewalk chalk, and ocean fun. Our theme for the month of August was ocean, so I've been having a lot of fun thinking up fun things for the kids to do. Namely: coloring in a life-size shark, making a "shark tooth" necklace, singing "Baby Beluga," reading books about Pirates that live on ships in the ocean (notice the tie-in...) and then making Pirate hats, and various assundry other little crafts. It's been fun, I must say. Last week the teachers were informed they had 2 days to move all the things from their current classrooms into another room...which was...you guessed it, LOADS of fun. NOT. It put all of the Fall teachers in a tail-spin, and needless to say tempers were at an all-time rage. I tried my best to stay out of dodge (since, in case you forgot, I won't be teaching there in 2 weeks when I start school) but it was inevitable not to step into some of the ___ (insert inappropriate word....if you need a hint as to what I mean fill in this blank: the ___ hit the fan...) Anyway, it was a total zoo at the center, and thank goodness for the TV, VCR, and the "Kids Songs" movie because I'm pretty sure the kids were about to kill each other...

ANYWAY, other than that, things have been pretty steady around here. Last weekend Amber and I helped plan a huge YSA (Young Single Adult) conference in Gettysburg for church. I think we are still perplexed as to how we got involved, but that's neither here nor there, and it's over with anyway. It was a LOT of work. But from what I heard from other YSA's that attended it turned out really well....(me and Am wouldn't know....we were stuck planning and running errands most of the time....) But at least we can look back now and laugh....or cry....at the crazyness of it all.

Hopefully everyone out in cyber-land is doing well. Keep up with your blogs...I love reading them!

And that, my friends, is the latest buzz. Until next time...