Trick or Treat!

Halloween in an elementary school is always interesting, but when you work at my elementary school it's really interesting because all of the faculty and staff really get into it. My co-workers and I have been thinking for the last few weeks about what we should dress up as. We came up with an idea that had us all laughing on Wednesday and the whole staff laughing when we showed up at school this morning. We decided we should dress up as some of the other people at our school, so the two guys dressed up as the janitors and I dressed up as the head lunch lady. They really enjoyed that they were our Halloween costumes.

So True!

Well Said!

I can't say it any better than how my brother described his reasonings for voting yes on California's Proposition 8. Voting "yes" is voting for equality. So, go read what he wrote and then go visit www.whatisprop8.com.

YES on Prop 8

I am very disappointed that I had to change my voter registration to Utah last year so I could vote against vouchers because now an important issue has come up in California that I would like to vote on. Proposition 8 defines marriage as between a man and a woman. If you can vote in California's upcoming election, please vote yes on Proposition 8 for me as I plan to return to live in California some day.

For more information, you can visit the following sites:
www.protectmarriage.com
www.preservingmarriage.org

Happy Birthday, Elementary School Style

My birthday is on Sunday (there, I said it, are you happy now Laura?). I knew my co-workers would be planning something just because that's what they do. Adam's birthday was a week and a half ago so we had the lunchroom start singing to him when he walked in with his class so I knew whatever they were planning would involve the entire school.
When I got to school, I got there a few minutes early just in case, walked in carefully making sure no one was going to jump out at me or something. I was in charge of supervising the student store with some of the student council members, so I'm standing in the front of the school with my back to the office and I hear Garrett on the intercom, "Students and teachers, we have a birthday girl today so join us at the front of the school so we can sing happy birthday to Miss H!" So a large number of students and teachers came and sang to me. When I got back to my room I found this on my desk:

Adam and Garrett gave me some flowers, chocolate, and beef jerky (the post-it note says "you said you like beef" because we had a conversation at lunch one day where I mentioned that I don't like chicken but I love to eat cow). Nice things were said in the card and it started my day with a smile.
Now we just have to wait until Garrett's birthday...

The Potato Knows!

So, now that the potato is out of the bag, I can fill you all in on my super cool idea. I had been thinking about what to get my good friend, Laura, for her birthday, which was last week. I finally had an epiphany and decided to make her this!:


A sheep pinata! I had a lot of fun making it, I even made my roommate look twice and probably question my sanity.

Nuh-uh!

So, I got a new student yesterday. She transferred from another school in the district because she was having problems with some other girls at the school. She wasn't in class today. My principal told me at the end of the day that she's no longer in my class, she decided to stay at her old school. This has happened four times now this school year. I joked with my class with the last one that I wouldn't give the next new kid a name for their desk until they stuck around for a week. I should have meant it.

Correction: 5 times, I've had 5 students show up or even not show up.

One...Two...Three...FOUR!

Yet another tag:

Four jobs I’ve had:
*shelf stocker/cashier at family owned thrift shop
*babysitter for my cousins
*lifeguard/recreation leader
*teacher

Four movies I can watch over and over:
*Ever After
*Stardust
*Pride and Prejudice (newest version)
*Babes in Toyland (I'm pretty sure I drove my mom nuts with this one while I was growing up)

Four places I’ve lived:
*With my parents in CA
*The Brittany
*The BC
*Raintree

Four TV shows I love:
*What Not to Wear
*House
*Bonanza
*NCIS


Four places I’ve vacationed:
*San Antonio
*Goblin Valley
*Montana
*Lake Shasta

Four of my favorite dishes:
*Blackberry cobbler!
*Sticky Chicken
*Pineapple Beef
*Cantaloupe and ice cream (a perfect summer meal)

Four sites I visit daily:
*Facebook
*Hotmail
*Work email
*Weather.com (I like to pay attention to weather patterns)

Four places I would rather be right now:
*Home in CA
*With friends running around
*San Antonio
*Watching a movie

Tag Four People:
*Steven at Hammari Thoughts
*Diane at Carrot Sticks and Cupcakes
*Laura at Neill Family
*Michael at The Daily Potato

Cookies!

During the Priesthood session of General Conference, I got together with my aunt, my cousin, and her two daughters to decorate cookies. (David also happened to be there.) It was a very creative and fun-filled evening.





Even Lacey enjoyed decorating the cookies...or undecorating them.

I Love Kohl's!

I went shopping tonight. I saved $45! Of course, I spent more than that in the end, but it's amazing what you can do in a store with a credit card application. This is what I bought:

I would have bought more, but I figured I should limit myself... I can always go back!

You Gotta be Like Julie

Stupid ideas and mean teachers

So a couple of the 6th grade boys at my school made some stupid choices this morning. Apparently one of the boys brought some habanero peppers to school and passed them around. I know at least two of my boys ate some this morning before school and one of them promptly threw up. He was in class for about 15 to 20 minutes after school started he asked if he could call home and I told him no. I let him go to the bathroom if he felt ill and told him if he felt really bad that he could go sit in the office, but I knew why he didn't feel good and knew he would feel better after a bit. Now that I think of it, I should have gotten him a carton of milk to help kill the burn. Oh well, if it happens again, I will know what to do!

Sorry!

I know, I know! I haven't let you all in on my cool idea yet, but my schedule was a little busier than I thought it would be so it took a little longer to actually complete, but I should be able to spill the beans in less than a week now. For those of you who asked earlier, yes potatoes and corn are similar but they use different things and no, the potatoes were not muffins. Now that I have clarified a few things for a few of you, others are probably now more confused than when we started. Have a great week!