When I was little I was extremely shy. Unless it was family or someone I really knew, my lips were sealed. I use to not even be able to order dinner whenever my family went out to eat.
I am happy to say that I am no longer that shy. I can order my own food and even ask a stranger for direction at a bus station or the airport. However one thing still lingers from my shyness as a youth and that is public speaking. I hate it!! I don't think it is so much the crowd that scares me but more my occasion lisp that creeps in when I get nervous or am in a hurry.
Today I am speaking in Church. Oh lucky me. It has been almost 3 years since I have had to speak in church and I am really not looking forward to it. Again mainly because of my lisp but also the tears. If you know my family even a little you know we are not afraid to cry. I cry when I am happy, when I am sad, when I am angry or pissed, and occasionally after getting hurt. So when it comes to speaking in front of other and bearing my testimony I tend to cry. My voice shakes, my lisp is magnified and I then I get embarrassed. All week I have had this lump in the back of my throat and I know it isn't from getting sick but more the fact that I have to speak. Oh dear, what a week.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
What to Do
When you have one of those day when your face is red and your heart is blue, what can you do? You take the two and make purple. After thinking for a little while about if there is anything that is purple that doesn't bring a smile to your face, I couldn't come up with anything. Purple is happy. I think that is why I love color so much, it has the power to influence the mood of our surroundings and today I could do with a little less red and a lot less blue and a lot more purple.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Movie Review
Movies!!! I love movies. I always have and probably always will. I was one of those kids who could watch the same movie over and over again. I think I wore out our version of 101 Dogamatian when I was little(I know it is Dalmatians but I called it Dogamatian when I was small). I like all kinds of movies: live action, animated, Disney, romance, westerns, I think you get the point. Anyways back to the point of this post, Today I saw the third installment of Toy Story. This is an instant classic. I loved it. I laugh, I cried, and then I laughed again. It truly lived up to the Pixar/Disney reputation. As I walked out of the theater I looked around to gauge every one's reaction, lots and lots of smiles. A whole new generation of Toys Story lovers has been created. Most of the little ones weren't even born when Toy Story 2 came out in 2000 let alone the first Toys Story in 1995, I was six then. Fifteen years later I walked out of the theater feeling like a little kid again. Two thumbs way way up.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Flower(S) of the Day
Asiatic Lily
Scientific Name: Lilium hybrid
Common Name: Asiatic Lily
It is a perennial that grows in zones 4-9
Height: 2-6'
Blooms: Summer for about two weeks (thank heavens for greenhouses)
Flower: Trumpet shaped and come in a variety of colors.
Leaf: Narrow and curled
Culture: full-part sun, well drained soil.
Uses: borders, mass collection, and cut flowers
I think this one is rather pretty.
Bleeding Heart
Scientific Name: Dicentra spectabilis
Common Name: Bleeding Heart
It is a perennial that grows in zones 2-9
Height: 2-4'
Spread: It doesn't really spread but it does arch over
Blooms: Early Summer
Flower: heart shaped and come in red, pink, white.
Leaf: fern-like and serrated
Culture: full-part sun, moist soil.
Uses:background
This one I think is kinda cool but also kinda weird. This is a good picture. Some bleeding hearts look a little creepy.
I was told that by saying I was going to be teaching everyone about flowers that it meant more then one. I wasn't so sure that anyone really wanted to read a blog about flowers characteristics. So let me know, do I keep them coming?
Scientific Name: Lilium hybrid
Common Name: Asiatic Lily
It is a perennial that grows in zones 4-9
Height: 2-6'
Blooms: Summer for about two weeks (thank heavens for greenhouses)
Flower: Trumpet shaped and come in a variety of colors.
Leaf: Narrow and curled
Culture: full-part sun, well drained soil.
Uses: borders, mass collection, and cut flowers
I think this one is rather pretty.
Bleeding Heart
Scientific Name: Dicentra spectabilis
Common Name: Bleeding Heart
It is a perennial that grows in zones 2-9
Height: 2-4'
Spread: It doesn't really spread but it does arch over
Blooms: Early Summer
Flower: heart shaped and come in red, pink, white.
Leaf: fern-like and serrated
Culture: full-part sun, moist soil.
Uses:background
This one I think is kinda cool but also kinda weird. This is a good picture. Some bleeding hearts look a little creepy.
I was told that by saying I was going to be teaching everyone about flowers that it meant more then one. I wasn't so sure that anyone really wanted to read a blog about flowers characteristics. So let me know, do I keep them coming?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Portulaca grandiflora
Yeah I want to hear you say that three times fast. I won't be saying it so fast but rather slow and more like fifty times. There are three identification classes I have to take for my major, flower ID, evergreen ID and deciduous trees ID. I have officially started my first Horticulture Identification class and therefore have crossed over to hell. So for those of you who don't know Portulaca grandiflora is a flower, I mean who wouldn't know that. Over the next six weeks I will be memorizing this bad boy along with his 200 most popular friends. I will be learning their scientic name as well as their common name. I will also be learning about seven other characteristics of each flower that will help assist me in identifying what kind of flower he-she is, and no, saying it is a pretty flower doesn't count.
I figured since this is a monday, wednesday, AND friday class and each class period I will be introduced to 10-15 new flowers and be tested on the flowers from the previous class period, I thought I could teach you in order to help me memorize them. Dont worry you won't get all fifteen, I wouldn't want to drag you down to hell with me.
So to Start we are going to learn about our dear friend Portulaca.
Scientific Name: Portulaca grandiflora
Common Name: Moss Rose
This flower is an Annual flower (only lives for one growing season)
Height: 6-8"
Blooms in the summer
The flowers come in a variety of colors and are aboout 1" wide
The leaf structure: succulant evergreen-like
Culture: full sun, hot and dry
Use: rock gardens and bedding
If you are sitting there thinking "its all Greek to me", I know what your problem is and why you are so confused, its Latin. ☺
I figured since this is a monday, wednesday, AND friday class and each class period I will be introduced to 10-15 new flowers and be tested on the flowers from the previous class period, I thought I could teach you in order to help me memorize them. Dont worry you won't get all fifteen, I wouldn't want to drag you down to hell with me.
So to Start we are going to learn about our dear friend Portulaca.
Scientific Name: Portulaca grandiflora
Common Name: Moss Rose
This flower is an Annual flower (only lives for one growing season)
Height: 6-8"
Blooms in the summer
The flowers come in a variety of colors and are aboout 1" wide
The leaf structure: succulant evergreen-like
Culture: full sun, hot and dry
Use: rock gardens and bedding
If you are sitting there thinking "its all Greek to me", I know what your problem is and why you are so confused, its Latin. ☺
Friday, June 11, 2010
What I Have Learned So Far
Oh you know this is going to be interesting. An entire blog entry about what a soon to be twenty-one year old girl/woman, has learned so far at school. Brace yourself. Don't say I didn't warn you.
So the idea that school is to learn math, English, science and all that confusing stuff, is crap. There is a lot more to be learned at school. Some of the things you learn are good, some not so good.Some make sense and certain things don't. There are some things you learn about that you seek out and want to know more about and there is a lot of things I have learned that I could have gone a life time, scratch that, an eternity without knowing.So here is the list of some of the things I have learned:
*Just because an electric stove top isn't red doesn't mean it is not hot.
*Just because it is the middle of May does not mean that it can't snow. I learned this one on my way back from albertsons which is about a little under a mile away from my apartment, I was wearing capris and flip flops.
*Giving the sex talk to a roommate is never easy.
*you can never fully understand the importance of patience until you live with certain kinds of people.
*Giving each of your roommates nicknames they don't know about, is a good idea and helps with communicating with family.
*Captain Crunch and Pasta Salad don't taste so bad together in the same meal.
*There is a big difference between having your opinions and being judgemental.
*Sometimes when someone says something is orange you have to say it is purple.
*Five hundred degrees is very hot.
*Falling down concrete stairs...yeah it hurts.
*Repetition is not allows a good thing.
*Repetition is not allows a good thing.
*Somethings are meant to be thrown away...want more details ask me in person.
*It is possible to squeak your head (yeah this is one of my teachers)
*Never buy more then you can carry.
*There is nothing sexy about knees. Cue: Awkward silence.
*You should help others not because it is on you checklist of things to do, but because you want to help them.
*There is no way in hell I could ever have been a pioneer.
*A lot of decorating can be done with a glue stick.
*Talking to my door instead of to my face probably wont get the same results.
*What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...so I have been told.
*Facebook doesn't help you study.
*Maker of Tide pens should be sainted.
*When you inhale and you feel you nose seal shut, you know it is cold.
*Hawaii has chickens, Rexburg has squirrels.
*Being a poor college student after a long day, you learn to swing both ways. Pepsi or Coke Cola I mean. Get your mind out of the gutter.
*Laughter is the best medicine.
As you can see there is a lot more to be learned beside calculus and photosynthesis. And the list could go on and on. I had to leave the really good stuff out, just in case. Some say you can never learn too much, I strongly disagree.
So the idea that school is to learn math, English, science and all that confusing stuff, is crap. There is a lot more to be learned at school. Some of the things you learn are good, some not so good.Some make sense and certain things don't. There are some things you learn about that you seek out and want to know more about and there is a lot of things I have learned that I could have gone a life time, scratch that, an eternity without knowing.So here is the list of some of the things I have learned:
*Just because an electric stove top isn't red doesn't mean it is not hot.
*Just because it is the middle of May does not mean that it can't snow. I learned this one on my way back from albertsons which is about a little under a mile away from my apartment, I was wearing capris and flip flops.
*Giving the sex talk to a roommate is never easy.
*you can never fully understand the importance of patience until you live with certain kinds of people.
*Giving each of your roommates nicknames they don't know about, is a good idea and helps with communicating with family.
*Captain Crunch and Pasta Salad don't taste so bad together in the same meal.
*There is a big difference between having your opinions and being judgemental.
*Sometimes when someone says something is orange you have to say it is purple.
*Five hundred degrees is very hot.
*Falling down concrete stairs...yeah it hurts.
*Repetition is not allows a good thing.
*Repetition is not allows a good thing.
*Somethings are meant to be thrown away...want more details ask me in person.
*It is possible to squeak your head (yeah this is one of my teachers)
*Never buy more then you can carry.
*There is nothing sexy about knees. Cue: Awkward silence.
*You should help others not because it is on you checklist of things to do, but because you want to help them.
*There is no way in hell I could ever have been a pioneer.
*A lot of decorating can be done with a glue stick.
*Talking to my door instead of to my face probably wont get the same results.
*What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...so I have been told.
*Facebook doesn't help you study.
*Maker of Tide pens should be sainted.
*When you inhale and you feel you nose seal shut, you know it is cold.
*Hawaii has chickens, Rexburg has squirrels.
*Being a poor college student after a long day, you learn to swing both ways. Pepsi or Coke Cola I mean. Get your mind out of the gutter.
*Laughter is the best medicine.
As you can see there is a lot more to be learned beside calculus and photosynthesis. And the list could go on and on. I had to leave the really good stuff out, just in case. Some say you can never learn too much, I strongly disagree.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Good for a Laugh
So I saw this a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to post it. Given how much my sister has always wanted to be the teenage mutant ninja turtles for halloween with her husband and children, I thought she would appreciate it. I saw it on campus when I was on my way to class. It goes to show that someone somewhere is very clever or has way too much time on their hands.
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