thank you, icy hot!

The school year is wrapping up, and this end brings...lots of fun activities at work!

Yesterday was the faculty vs 6th grade softball game. I got a lot of bugging from my coworkers about having to play, even though I am really, really bad at sports! So, being the good "sport" (haha, I'm so funny) I am, I played.

The first half was good, because I was in the out-outfield, and didn't really have to do anything.

The second half was okay. I was the last to bat, and when the bat connected with the ball, I wasn't quite sure what to do. But I made it to first! Someone else, who was already on base, got out.

But, as the day wrapped up, I knew something was wrong. I couldn't bend over. I couldn't turn my body sideways.

Yes, although I am only a young 22 years old, I threw out my back. The only thing keeping me alive right now is that glorious IcyHot! Thank you, modern medicine! :)

PS - despite this entire post sounding like a giant complaint, I did actually have a lot of fun!

happy birthaversary!

Yesterday Mr. Webb and I celebrated his birthday!

It also marked our two year anniversary.

HOLY COW!

hehe - birthday card from my big sis

Has it really been that long? It feels like 2 weeks.

Not really. :)

So I stayed home from work, and we celebrated by going to see Iron Man 2, eating out, and getting frozen yogurt. Oh, we also played Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Since we got married on Mr. Webb's birthday, I like to tease him by telling him "happy birthaversary!"

I love him!

Oh, PS, this is what it looked like yesterday...

new project

I've seen a few other people do this, and I've always wanted to give it a try, so here it goes.

I've started a new blog, where I'm going to take a picture every day and post it.

threesixtyfivepictures.blogspot.com

Check it out or don't. I'm doing this mostly for myself, so I don't really care. My first two pictures are pretty cool, though. :)

a wedding and a garden

#1. A Wedding

#2. A Garden (specifically, my garden)

current pet peeves AKA things that make me go "WHAT!?!"

1. THE DOUBLE DOWN "SANDWICH" FROM KFC

What's wrong with a sandwich, you ask? The fact that it is not actually a sandwich, and is actually this:

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Are you kidding me?! Apparently, cheese and bacon smushed between two pieces of chicken qualifies as a sandwich. Are you ASKING to die a terrible, artery clogged death? One more thing...can this even taste good? I mean, I like chicken, I like cheese, and I like bacon. But put them together, all three protein, with nothing else? It sounds disgusting to me. I'm just sayin'.

2. HAVING TO READ LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS OUTLOUD


Indeed, end of the year testing is in full swing. For the past few weeks I've been providing accommodations for ELL and Resource students at work. Don't get me wrong, it's not the reading out loud part I have a problem with. In fact, I enjoy it one hundred times more than sitting and listening to a kid read the test to me. The part I hate is when I  have to read things like this:

Which is the correct way to write sentence 13?

A. I goed to the store yesterday.

B. I did gone to the store yesterday.

C. I has went to the store yesterday.

D. I went to the store yesterday.

Seriously? It's unethical to read the questions in such a way that the student can tell what the right answer is, but unless they allow us to preview the tests and be prepared, how can I read these and not stumble over the poor grammar? Try it. Try reading this out loud without pausing because it sounds so funny. Yuck.

3. SONG LYRICS

Let me just give you a few examples, and keep in mind it's not necessarily the singer, but the lyrics I can't stand.

Example A comes from the current teenage heartthrob of the moment, Justin Bieber's song Eenie Meenie featuring Sean Kingston. This is, in fact, the opening line of the song.

She's indecisive - she can't decide.

Alright, alright. Maybe America isn't quite as bright as it could be, but seriously? Do you really need to explain indecisive? But wait! It gets better. A few lines later...

You can't make up your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind...

Okay. I didn't know what indecisive meant. I was still a little confused after you told me that she couldn't decide, but now it's all cleared up. Indecisive means that you can't make up your mind. Oh, excuse me. Your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind.

Example B I'll leave to Rob Paravonian to explain (ps if you haven't seen his Pachelbel Rant, check it out - it's hilarious). This comedic singer delves into the "deep" lyrics of the Friends theme song. If you watch this, only watch until about 1:30. The second set of lyrics he analyzes is...well...risqué. I love that word.

Of course there are many more examples. I can hardly even stand to listen to the radio these days. But, dear reader, I've decided to bore you no longer. Especially if you've actually read everything up until this point. That's commitment. :)

Thanks for letting me rant. I'm a ranter. The end.

book review

I just finished reading the City of Ember series. There are four books in the series:

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The City of Ember, The People of Sparks

The Prophet of Yonwood, The Diamond of Darkhold

I loved the series. I was only disappointed with the third book (Yonwood).

The first book is about Ember, and underground city built when the world was at the brink of destruction. Their electricity is failing, their food supplies running low, so they have to find a way to get out.

The second book is about what happens after they find their way out of the city, and how they learn to get along (or not get along) with a small village they find.

The third book is actually a prequel to Ember, and takes us back to the time that the world was about to be destroyed.

The fourth book jumps back to the characters from the first two, and concludes the story.

I found it funny that the book I didn't like as much was the one that included different characters and was set in a different time.

I'd recommend the first, second, and fourth books. You'll understand them just fine without the prequel/third book. There are one or two things you'll connect back to the prequel if you've read it, but it would do no harm to just skip over it.

you've had a birthday...

Yeah, yeah. It was my birthday last week. Yipee! :)

I had a fabulous time. Mr. Webb took me to dinner (even better than normal because I ate FREE for my birthday)! Delicious!

Both my family and my in-laws held Sunday night parties for me, and both were yummy and fun!

And now that I'm one year older, I am infinitely more knowledgeable.

HA!!!