Reason #768

1 = my favorite "swearing" student in 2nd grade
2 = new speech student

1: uhhhhggg, I always have to miss the play because of speech and resource and stuff!!
2: Hey hey! At least you don't have ECZEMA!
Miss Devery: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ya. True.

“Volcano: A mountain with hiccups”

"say, volcano"
"bolcano"
"oh let's try VOLcano"
"no I like BOLcano"
"oh but it's actually volcano with our good vvvvv sound, VVVVVolcano"
"no. there's two kinds of -canos. I like bolcano better."

We Are Young!

A QUICK PHOTO UPDATE - HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO

I am making these this year (hopefully today) thanks to Andi Paige Powell

Visiting Grandma Larsen-Scott

Loving every minute of being with this girl!

Teaching my nephew how to pinkie pound (Chels!)

Losing words-with-friends, but getting 16 points with MY NAME!

Being crafty, what??

Never fear, Christmas break is upon us and I will have more time to blog! (I know you're excited)

Day 3

Today, is Day 3 of my "100 WORKOUT" plan. Well, technically its Day 5, but I am only doing the workout every other day so far. Lol, Days 1, 2, 3, and 4 I was SO SO  sore. So sore it was embarrassing actually. I am quite positive I looked like a 98 year old woman. Hopefully It won't be like that always. My goal is to eventually be able to do it in the AM and the PM. Right now, every other PM is all my poor little iliotibial bands can handle!

Here it is, have at it!

Just Like a Yo-Yo

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Jessica.

She worked at Pier 49 Pizza.

One day, as she was going about her usual workday, and unexpected customer came to order a pizza.

He also gave her his pen. (Was it an accident? I'm not sure)

Then, the unexpected customer took his pizza and left the restaurant.

Obviously Jessica quickly got on Facebook to let the world know of the amazing experience that had just occurred. 

Little did she know, her friend Devery will forever be jealous of her because of that brief interaction she had with that specific customer.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Who was that customer, you ask?

...but I bet he looked a bit more like this...

Why can't it ever be me???

Okay, well, I guess I did have THIS chance:

Still, I'm in Provo, shouldn't I be seeing them everyday??

Yeah, you'll be the coolest person in the room when you pull one out and show it around, but that gets old fast when three other people have them and one person somehow has one that glows in the dark. John C. Dvorak

Everybody, meet Ruby (Okay, so its hard to take a picture of her so these are just look-a-likes). Ruby is the newest addition to my life, and I am probably going to become very attached to her very soon. I am still in a place where I can imagine not having it, but I bet that will only last a few more days...hours...minutes... She is kind of great and also comes with SIRI which is so so cool!! (seriously, you can talk to her about ANYTHING!)

Okay, yes, I realize it may not be normal that I name everything...but it just happens. A wise woman, well, a fellow high school student circa 2005, once said: "You don't name a car, car has a name and you find it." That is how Car #1-Ford Aspire-was called Littlered. Car #2-1991 Nissan Sentra-was known affectionately by ALL as Clyde. Car #3-2007 Toyota Corolla- is of course Charlie. My first laptop was Danny (because my roommates twin computer was Sandy and they were obviously a couple). My thesis had a name, but I don't remember what it was...it was some cowboy name-and I don't even remember why... I feel like something else also has a name...oh yeah, my GPS is named Drover! He is Australian and he drove me to Washington from Missouri and back, and also to Utah from Missouri. The only things that don't yet have names are my violin and my guitar-but thats not for lack of trying. Some things are more crafty at hiding their name than others. I have been trying for years. Finally, that brings me to Ruby! She is my my  newest purchase and possesses some scarily lifelike qualities. She will probably be a significant time-waster but I have asked my roommates to give me 2 days to get over the novelty of a smart phone and then I promise I will not be so consumed!

So, everyone feel free to welcome Devery to the world of smart phones, it took me a REALLY LONG time to get there. Even my students were astonished that my phone "isn't even a touch screen!" and that I couldn't download apps on it. No more!

I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it." Edgar Winter

Oh no, first I was "that aunt" (the one who carries around pictures of her nieces and nephews...and shows everybody) and now I am "that person" who can only talk about their job! Just give me a few months and I promise I will have more to my life than work ( I hope). 

Random thoughts or quotes I want to remember that I wrote down on a post-it throughout the week (the abbreviated version was on the post-it of course)

-made the most embarrassed and lack-of-emotion student laugh

-whyyyy do kids in Utah say MELK for milk, and TELL for tail? WHY?? (In my mind this is followed by, "YOU know why!!)

-I would like all boys out there to know (except for I am pretty sure that only 3 people read this, and they are all female) that you have just officially been "one-upped" by a fifth grade boy. One day I parted my hair on the other side, which obviously means my bangs are on the other side of my extraordinarily large forehead, and he NOTICED! It was amazing!


- Maybe my class should be considered a workout, more than one of my students left the speech room winded.

-Sometimes student peer pressure can result in the favor of the teacher. One first-grader gave me a little package of skittles. His speech partner got all...what, jealous? nervous? guilty? and started spouting off about how he is going to bring me a treat next time, and he should have brought one this time, and he will bring his lunch treat, and he will bring one he will he will he will!

-One first grader was working on his /d/'s in the final position, and the word was bride. His sentence of choice was "I need a bride!" It was soooo adorable!!

Well, thank you for being my online post-it note. Like I said, someday (fingers crossed) I will have a real life and can write about something more than just work. You know, fun stuff like... ... ... ummmm I guess I will let you know when I get there!