Friday, February 27, 2009

Facebook

Snow Hall, Heritage Halls

I have reconnected with a couple of my roommates from BYU the past week or so on Facebook. 

How found it is to see what has happened in their lives in the past thirty years.  I look forward to catching up more in the future.

Aren't they cute?  Love those memories Janice and Joy!



Here is a photo of us at school.  We are the first three with teddy bears!  We all like cuddly things!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

So Last Night ....


I was working at the school quite late last night.  I had gotten myself involved in trying to put together a class book to have published and couldn't make myself stop until I completed most of what the students already had finished.  
I am getting tired and about to rap it up, when the phone rings.  I answer it and the voice on the other end (Cassy) says, "Oh, I didn't expect you to answer!." You also need to know that voice messaging is never on here.  Hmmmm.... I always thought that was what you were suppose to do when your phone rings.  (I love you, Cassy!)  Meg had come home and invited me to have Nachos with them.  If you haven't had Beth's nachos before, you are really missing out.  They are so yummy!

Margaret Ann Gardner

You entered: Margaret Ann Gardner
There are 18 letters in your name.
Those 18 letters total to 89
There are 6 vowels and 12 consonants in your name.

What your first name means:
Shakespearean Female 'Henry VI, Part 1' Reignier's daughter, afterwards married to Henry VI. 'Henry VI, Part III' Queen Margaret. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Gentlewoman attending on Hero. 'King Richard III' King Henry VI's widow. 'King Richard III' Clarence's daughter.
Persian Female Child of light. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Irish Female Name of a saint.
Greek Female Pearl. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Your number is: 8

The characteristics of #8 are: Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

The expression or destiny for #8:
Your Expression is represented by the number 8. The 8 Expression is well-equipped in a managerial sense. You have outstanding organizational and administrative capabilities. You have the potential for considerable achievement in business or other powerful positions. You can expect to receive the financial and material rewards. You have the skill and abilities to establish or operate a business with great efficiency. You have good judgment when it comes to money and commercial matters, and you understand how to build and accumulate material wealth. Much of your success (or lack of it) may come due to your ability (or inability) to judge character. With the number 8 Expression, you exercise sound judgment in most of your affairs; you are realistic and practical in your approach to business matters.

The positive 8 Expression produces individuals that are very ambitious and goal-oriented. If the 8 energy is not in excess in your makeup, you will no doubt express these traits to some extent. No one has any more energy that a person with the 8 Expression who has a plan laid and is starting to work. No one has any more self-confidence, either. If you are expressing the positive qualities of 8, you are an outstanding manager because you can plan, initiate, and complete projects; you are very dependable and determined.

As it always happens, there can be too much of a good thing. If you have too much of the 8 energy in your makeup, you may express some of the negative attitudes. A negative 8 can be very rigid and stubborn. Ambition sometimes has a way of becoming over-ambition, and you may express an unreasonable impatience with the lack of progress. If your negative side is showing, you may be too exacting, both of yourself and of others. Sometimes this can even becomes a case of intolerance.

The number 8 is very materialistic and also very desirous of status and power. Neither of these drives are inherently negative unless they are taken to an extreme. You must avoid the tendency to strain after money, material matters, status, or power, to the detriment of the other important factors in your life.

Your Soul Urge number is: 5

A Soul Urge number of 5 means:
The 5 soul urge or motivation would like to follow a life of freedom, excitement, adventure and unexpected happening. The idea of travel and freedom to roam intrigues you. You are very much the adventurer at heart. Not particularly concerned about your future or about getting ahead, you can seem superficial and unmotivated.

In a positive sense, the energies of the number 5 make you very adaptable and versatile. You have a natural resourcefulness and enthusiasm that may mark you as a progressive with a good mind and active imagination. You seem to have a natural inclination to be a pace-setter. You are attracted to the unusual and the fast paced.

You may be overly restless and impatient at times. You may dislike the routine work that you are engaged in, and tend to jump from activity to activity, without ever finishing anything. You may have difficulty with responsibility. You don't want to be tied down to a relationship, and it may be hard to commit to one person.

Your Inner Dream number is: 3

An Inner Dream number of 3 means:
You dream of artistic expression; writing, painting, music. You would seek to more freely express your inner feeling and obtain more enjoyment from life. You also dream of being more popular, likable, and appreciated.

Results from http://www.paulsadowski.com/NameData.asp

What happened in 1986?

In 1986, A Loaf of Bread Cost 56 Cents



*Ronald Reagan is president of the US
*The US officially observes Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday for the first time
*The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after lift off, killing 6 astronauts and a teacher
*A major nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union
*Japanese video game maker Nintendo introduces its games to America
*US warplanes bomb Libyan headquarters in retaliation for terrorist attacks
*The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station
*IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer
*Charlotte Church, The Olsen twins, and Lindsay Lohan are born
*New York Mets win the World Series
*Chicago Bears win Superbowl XX
*Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
*Top Gun is the top grossing film
*"That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends spends the most time at the top of the US charts
*ALF, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Pee-wee's Playhouse premiere


More:

Cost of a new home: $111,900.00
Median Household Income: $24,897.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.93
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.87
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.22

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Charlotte Church (1986) Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979) Alan Trammell (1958)
Kelsey Grammer (1955) Tyne Daly (1946) Alan Rickman (1946)
David Geffen (1943) Barbara Jordan (1936) Rue McClanahan (1935)
Nina Simone (1933) Roberto Gomez Bola¤os (1929) Erma Bombeck (1927)
Sam Peckinpah (1925) Ana‹s Nin (1903) Andres Segovia (1893)

Top songs of 1986
That's What Friends Are For by Dionne & Friends Walk Like an Egyptian by Bangles
On My Own by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston
Stuck with You by Huey Lewis & the News Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
Kyrie by Mr. Mister Kiss by Prince & the Revolution
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna How Will I Know by Whitney Houston

What Meg's Birthday Means

For Meg,
This is what your birthday means:

You Are a Maverick

*You're a restless rebel with an unpredictable nature.
*Bright but unbridled, you tend to seek out wild experiences over new ideas.
*People are frustrated by your great potential, but you love your unconventional life.
*You're a heartbreaker. People get attached to you, and then you're gone.
*Your strength: Your thirst for adventure
*Your weakness: Not taking time for slow pleasures
*Your power color: Hot pink
(I think you might disagree with this. :-( )
*Your power symbol: Figure eight
*Your power month: March

Happy Birthday Meg!





Happy Birthday Meg!

Meg surprised us by coming home this weekend.  Saturday is her birthday so it was extra sweet that she came home.

We celebrated Friday night.

Here we are awaiting the presents opening.


The moment arrives!  Meg is opening her presents!



Other scenes from the evening.





More stories to follow about the cake and the reason why we were rolling on the floor laughing at what Mary said.  I think I'll let Cassy tell the story when she has time.


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

TAG

Interesting tag that is my post for today:

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No, my Mom just liked the name.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED AND WHY?
Not long ago - at some sappy movie!
YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Yes, most of the time.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Probably chicken or turkey
DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Not of my own.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I hope so.
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
I don't think a whole lot.
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
No, they are long gone.
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
No.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Peanut Butter  Capt'n Crunch as a snack
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Not usually.
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
No.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Brownie Fudge
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?
Gender, maybe.
RED OR PINK?
Usually red
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF
Hmm - Let me think on that.  Probably .... my weight.
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST ?
It changes depending on what is going on in my life.  I  miss old friends that have moved away. I miss family members that are long distance and those that are gone.  I miss the advice and love expressed from my parents.
WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Pants are black, no shoes on at the moment, soft slipper socks-magneta
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?
Lasagne
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Jim Brickman
IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Some kind of Blue
FAVORITE SMELLS?
fresh baked bread, cookies out of the oven, citrus smells, roses
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Cassy
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Olympic ice skating
HAIR COLOR?
Brown
EYE COLOR?
Greyish, Hazel
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No, just glasses.
FAVORITE FOOD?
At a restaurant - Chicken fried steak
As a child - spaghetti
Now- good question? 
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings.  I do like suspenseful, but I don't like Horror films.
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein's)
WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Red tshirt
SUMMER OR WINTER?
I prefer summer.  I don't like to be cold or stranded because of weather.
HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs from people
The candy - kisses
FAVORITE DESSERT?
Probably I'd say cheesecake
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
"Zach's Lie" to my students.
"Don't Cry Wolf" By Clair Poulsen
WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I don't have one anymore.  My last one was a space scene.
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
American Idol
FAVORITE SOUND?
waterfalls or maybe it is the bell saying it's the end of a long day
ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles - especially their older songs
WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
That is hard to say because my home changed.  I guess I'd say Washington DC
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I hope it is teaching children.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
In a hospital - Boise, Idaho

I tag:
Up for grabs. If you want it, go for it!  I'd love to hear from you!!!!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Bucket List

On the list, the x means that I have done that sometime in my lifetime. Copy the list and add your own x's!
 If there is an x, I have done it.  No x - haven't or don't remember anyway.
1.  ( ) Been to Europe 
2.  ( ) Been on a cruise 
3.  ( ) Been on a blind date 
4.  ( ) Skipped school - (Not that I can remember)
5.  ( ) Watched someone die
6.  (X) Been to Canada -
7.  (X ) Been to Mexico- 
8.  ( ) Been to Florida 
9.  (x) Been on a plane 
10. (x) Been lost 
11. (x) Been on the opposite side of the country
12. (x) Gone to Washington, DC 
13. (x) Been to Vegas 
14. ( ) Climbed a lighthouse 
15. (x) Swam in the ocean 
16. (x) Cried yourself to sleep 
17. ( ) Seen the Cherry Blossoms in Washington , D.C. (missed them by a week)
18. (x) Played cops and robber 
19. ( ) Flown a plane 
20. ( ) Owned a boat 
21. ( ) Watched grandchildren grow 
22. (x) Recently colored with crayons 
23. ( ) Been to the Kentucky Derby 
24. ( ) Been to Key West 
25. (x) Been to a rodeo 
26. (x) Sang Karaoke (Not in public)
27. ( x) Paid for a meal with coins only?  (Probably)
28. (x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?  
29. (x) Made prank phone calls.  (I really can't remember but I'm sure at some slumber party we did)
30. (x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose. 
31. (x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue 
32. (x) Danced in the rain 
33. (x) Written a letter to Santa Claus 
34. ( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe 
35. (x ) Watched the sunrise with someone 
36. ( ) Seen the green flash at sunset 
37. (x) Blown bubbles 
38. (x ) Gone ice-skating   (Sure, but I wasn't any good. Couldn't stand up!)
39. (x) Gone to the movies 
40. ( ) Owned a convertible    (No, but have ridden in one or two)
 
 
1. Any nickname? not really   Marie calls me "Cariel!"   Dimicks sometimes called me "Sis"
2. Mother's name? Mavis
3. Body Piercing? Yes (ears - 1 in each ear)
4. How much do you love your job? Most days, absolutely love it!
5. Birthplace? Boise, Idaho
6. Ever been to Hawaii? no
7. Ever been to Africa? no
8. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? Yes
9. Ever been on TV? no, I don't think so
10. Ever steal any traffic sign? No
11. Ever been in a car accident? Yes 
12. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 door 
13. Favorite number? Don't have one, should I?
14 Favorite movie? ??? depends on the day
Maybe I'll add some here later
15 Favorite holiday? Christmas
16. Favorite dessert? Cheesecake, just about anything with chocolate
17. Favorite food? As a child - spaghetti
To order in a restaurant - chicken fried steak
Now,  Beth's Nachos, Pistazo,  Round Robin tacos and onion rings
18. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
19. Favorite brand of body wash?  no brand in particular
20. Favorite smell? Fresh baked bread, cookies, flowers, citrus smells
21. How do you relax? read, watch movies, blog, facebook
22. How do you see yourself in 10 years? getting ready to retire - maybe
23. Furthest place you will send this message?  not sure
24. Who will respond to this the fastest?? have no idea

Saturday, February 7, 2009

My word

What is your "word?" Take the quiz linked below to find out!

These are my results:

Your Word is "Love"


You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people.

Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love.

You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love.

And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Happy Belated Birthday!


Happy Belated Birthday to Melissa and Shane!  They both had birthdays within the week and I thought of them both on their special days.  I hope that this is the beginning of a GREAT year for each of them!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Other blogs I work on!

I haven't had time to add anything lately.... just too busy.  I have been working a little on my 2 school related blog.  Check them out if you want to:  Miss Snapp's 4th Grade