Four....

I've been tagged by my friend Ali.

Enjoy!!

Four jobs I've had:
1. Stockgirl for a home improvement store
2. Hosting Staff at BYU
3. Dessert Line worker at my dorm at BYU
4. Fine Jewelry salesperson at JCPenney

Four places I've lived:
1. Detroit, MI
2. Grosse Ile, MI
3. Provo, UT
4. The city I live in now. :o)

Four Favorite T.V. Shows
1. 24
2. Heroes
3. Lost
4. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Four Favorite T.V. Shows of All Time
1. Crossing Jordan
2. Alias
3. Emergency!
4. Little House on the Prarie

Four Favorite Foods
1. Ribeye
2. Cheesecake
3. Lobster
4. Chocolate

Four Websites I Frequent
1. The local news station's websites
2. Mothers of Twins
3. Miscellaneous blogs
4. LDS.org

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Swimming with my kids
2. At home
3. Camping in the mountains by a stream or lake
4. At a lake in Michigan

Four Movies I love:
1. Raising Arizona
2. South Pacific
3. Somewhere in Time
4. A tie between Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes

Four Bloggers I Tag Next

I'll let you decide who you are!

Mid-life Crisis?

Well, I did it. I took the first step to changing careers and becoming a teacher: I turned in my application for Alternative Routes to Licensing to the state office of education. I found out that with my bachelor degree in zoology, I can apply to get my teaching license after substitute-teaching for a couple of years. The first step is for them to review my transcript to see if I have sufficient classes and grades to pursue this route. That's the scary part. But, it's done. It's been turned in and we'll see what comes of it. If I could do this, it would be the first time I'd be actually doing something close to using my degree in about 13 years. When I first graduated, I taught biology and microbiogy labs at the local community colleges. I loved it. But, because it wasn't a benefitted position, I had to find something else.

The next step is to turn in my application for substitute teaching to the local school district. Then, start subbing. I would love to teach jr. high or high school science classes.

I've felt an urgency to get this done since about March of this year--especially starting getting in my substitute teaching application in.

If you're reading this blog, and you're the praying type, would you mind saying one for me? Thanks :o)

Here's a fun guessing game....do you wanna play?

I thought that the fun of trying to figure out cute words our little ones say or said was over. Silly me! My 7 1/2 year-old daughter came up with one a couple of weeks ago that I have to share. I'll give you the word and use it in a sentence and you can guess what it means. I'll post the answer on Monday.

Here it is: Urch. "Look at all those urch marks, Mom!"

Have fun!!

Two dental procedures, 1 week.....

Poor J!! My son, age 7 1/2 has had the pleasure of going to both the orthodontist and the dentist this week. He has been blessed with a small palate that needs to be expanded soon. So, this week he had impressions taken of his upper and lower jaw and had spacers put in so that he can be fitted for his appliance in a few weeks. Then, the very next day, he had his first 3 cavities filled! I feel really bad about that one, though. Like it's my fault. I know it's probably not, because if it was, C would have cavities too. But, I guess J just inherited somebody's soft teeth.

He was a real trooper, though! He said the only part he didn't like was the "stuff he had to breathe". I guess the laughing gas made it a bit hard to breathe, or gave him a weird feeling. I told him that it was so that he wouldn't feel the shot. "What shot?" "The shot they gave you so your mouth would feel funny," I said. "Didn't you feel a little pinch?" "Nope," he said. Wow. All my worry that he would come out of the appointment in tears and hating me were for naught.

Cousins....

Who'da thunk it? There is a 4 year, 6 year, 7 year gap between me and my cousins. There's a 7 year gap between my brother and I and a 9 year gap between his wife and I. But, guess what? Age totally doesn't matter. We are all basically in the same place. We all have at least a spouse or fiance, and all but 2 couples have children. Those of us that have children, have children who are close in age to each other.

I never dreamed back when I was in high school that my cousins who were 12-14 at the time would ever have anything in common with me. Never mind their younger brothers, or heaven forbid--my own brother. But, whenever those cousins come out this way, we have the BEST time! Talking for hours, playing dominoes.... It's so much fun. I love them all so much.

I have to thank my parents, though, for initiating contact. Sometimes it's easier to "visit" the aunt/uncle rather than the cousins. I know I have a hard time initiating contact with cousins for some silly reason. But, because of the get-togethers my parents have planned when they are here, my cousins and I (and my family) are forging a bond that will last long after our parents are gone.