Busy

Lately I have been so crazy that it isn't even funny anymore. My schedule is so hectic that it is actually amazing that I get to where I need to be when I need to be there! I have class Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have class from 2:30-3:30 p.m. My core program classes are from 8-12 and then I have written communications on Tuesday and Thursday. After I am finished with class on Monday I go straight to workstudy. I work for Shelly Bauer for two hours (12-2 p.m.) and then I work for the PCC (Parent and Child Center) from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. When I work for Shelly I pretty much do whatever she tells me to. I often times end up doing filing jobs and cleaning jobs as well, although sometimes she has me make copies or put together a bulletin board. When I go to work for the Parent and Child Center, I have to clean up after snack. That includes washing dishes, wiping down the tables, sweeping the floor, wiping and stacking all the little chairs, do the the laundry, and putting away the dishes. After I finish all of that I usually have about an hour left to work so I often get stuck washing windows, wiping down door handles, watering plants, or washing toys. After I finish work I try really hard to get to the gym, but it usually doesn't happen. Also on Monday nights I play Intramural Volleyball at the La Crosse Boys and Girls Club. That is probally the most fun I have all week. It is literally the only time that I don't have to be dressed up should I say!

On Tuesdays after I finish class at noon I work one hour for work studay from 12-1 p.m. During that hour I do a bunch of cleaning. I wipe down all the tables, and straighten out the chairs, and just do little jobs to kind of tidy up all the classrooms in the Parent and Child Center building! Then I get a little free time to myself before I go to class at 2:30. After class the night usually mine. I go to the gym and try to keep my butt in shape....although it isn't really working!

On Wednesday after class I have to hurry out to Eagle Bluff Elementary school for practicum. Practicum is like my field work. I work side by side with my cooperating teacher. She gives me all sorts of jobs to do, such as helping kids with reading, math, or writing. I also do little projects for her such as cutting, tracing, correcting, entering grades, and coppies. I absolutely love all the kids they are so sweet! i also go outside for recess with the students, which is a lot of fun, I often spend time with the students that have mental disabilities only because they absolutely love the attention and they have so much to offer and they love the fact that someone is spending time with them!

On Thursdays I go back to the PCC. I have to be there at 8 in the morning. Right away when I get there I have to change all the cot sheets. Which actually doesnt bother me that much. I also have to wash all the cot sheets and dry them too. After I get done doing the cot sheets I usually get stuck washing toys again, but I also don't mind that either because it's a time that I don't have to talk to anyone so ya! I work there until 10 and then I go and work for Tracy Cracker. She is a really sweet lady and for her I usually do a lot of computer work. I actually do a lot of work in the Constant Contact. I usually end up calling a lot of people for that which kind of sucks because I don't like call people. So I work for her until noon and then I usually go grab something to eat and work on a little homework until I have to go to class at 2:30. After class I usually end up working at Kmart from 4-8:30 which kind of sucks because that is usually the busiest time of the day because everyone is getting off of work and stuff. Finally Friday is here. I go to practicum at Eagle Bluff at 8 in the morning and I am there until 3:30. It is kind of a long day, but it is well worth it. I learn so much in that period of time that it isn't even funny! :) Well that is a sneak preview of how busy my life is on a day to day basis! ;)

Dream Wedding! ;)

I know it is a little early to have my wedding planned out, but as a matter of fact I actually do have my wedding planned. For any people that may know me, my favorite color is definitely blue, basically everything about me is blue! :) I don't have a preference of blue, just as long as it is blue basically, Although I am not a big fan of certain really dark blues, but for the most part I like the lighter blues! Anyways back to my wedding! My dress is going to be strapless and fairly simple. I want it to be form fitted around my stomach and then once it gets to my hips i want it to become puffy. I actually want a fairly puffy dress because I think long puffy, almost like ball room gown dresses are beautiful. My vail is going to be fairly simple on the top of my head but then as it falls down my back I want it to be outlined in the color of my wedding which will most likely be a baby or sky blue. My shoes will most likely be slippers because my dress is going to be long enough, that I will not need to worry about my shoes/feet showing.

I am actually planning on having about 6 or 7 people stand in my wedding my maid of honor will most likely be my best friend from middle school, we have been through a lot together and have kind of even grown apart, but all in all I still consider her my best friend. I know I can go to her with my deepest secrets and she wont tell a sole. The other girls in my wedding will of course include my closest friends from high school and my sister. My flower girl will be my niece Jayda! She is going to make a very adorable flower girl, I almost wish I could get married now so I could see her walk down the aisle, she has recently just began to walk and it would just be so stinken cute!

My groom is going to wear a black tux with a light/sky blue vest and I think I am gonna go with a tie for my groom and bow ties for the groomsmen. The guys will also wear black shiny shoes. The girls in my wedding are going to wear sky/light blue dresses and they are going to be long. I think I am going to have them somewhat form fitted around the belly and then poof out at about the hips. I am just trying to think about that because I want to make sure my dresses don't make anyone look too fat because I hate looking fat! :s I am also planning on being in the best shape of my life for my wedding I do not want to be a fat little flabby bride when I walk down the aisle on one of the biggest days of my life! I am going to work out like crazy before my wedding and I will most likely have a perfect tan to go with it!

I want my wedding to be an early fall wedding because its not too cold and its not to warm either. Also I love the colors. I am also kind of debating on a spring wedding too! I know I don't want to get married during the summer because with my luck my wedding would end up on one of the hottest days and then I would be completely miserable! My wedding would be in the Lutheran Church in Wilton, Wisconsin and my reception will most likely take place at the legion hall or the community center in Wilton.

I hope you somewhat enjoyed my wedding plans they maybe simple now, but I will most likely need my mother to help me with the fine details when the date gets closer....as of now I am not engaged to anyone but I do have a wonderful boyfriend! :)

Midnight

When many of you first look at the title to this blog post you may be thinking that I am talking about the middle of the night, but I really am not! I am talking about Diamonds Midnight Star, for short called Midnight. Midnight is my horse. He is a registered black and white pinto, he is registered through the American Pinto Association. I have had Midnight since he was three and green broke. Many of you may wonder what does green broke mean? Well green broke basically means knowing the basics. When I got Midnight he really did know only the basics. He knew how to walk, trot, lope, steer left and right, and stop and that was about it! Midnight is now 13 years old and knows a lot more than just the basics. Actually another way to actually demonstrate how much he really knows and how much he is really worth: when I first bought Midnight I paid 1800 dollars for him, now if I was to sell Midnight I could easily ask at least 8000 dollars for him now. In this blog I will let you in on our amazing journey, as him and I grew together and learned together.

I am a pretty big Western/English pleasure fan. So as soon as I got Midnight home we started training him (my mom and I). Everything that Midnight knows I taught him, which I take great pride in that because Midnight and I are an awesome team, and he has turned into a pretty amazing horse! Let me tell you though this did not come easy. It was a lot of hard work and many many hours a day spent riding him. I sometimes even rode him twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. We worked on the many different gates and there speeds, we worked on pivots and side passes, we worked on using his butt to stop, and we also worked on showmanship too! You may be thinking my goodness what he she talking about with side passing and using the butt to stop, don't worry I will explain! Using the butt to stop means when I ask him to stop he should basically lock his hind legs and slide on his hind legs, now mind you Midnight is not very good at this, but he does try his hardest. If horses do not use their hind ends to stop they end up stopping on the forearm, which is their front end. When a stops on its front end it is very choppy and bouncy, because they are basically locking their front end up to stop....it also can be slightly harmful if they stop to hard on their front end.

Midnight has been my best friend for over 10 years and we have been through a lot! I am actually the only person he will be good for, when other people try to ride him he doesn't do so well. He is actually a very lazy horse and if you don't properly ask him to do something he wont do it! Its actually very funny how stubborn he can be! He even knows the person that makes him work hard! He roles his eyes every time he sees her it is actually very funny! I have never seen a horse with soo much personality!