..........

...some interesting things I have either been learning,

discovering, or thinking about lately....

1. Hulu now charges $7.99 a month to watch their shows! So much for trying to watch Teen Mom 2.

2. Redbox has an app. You can find the closest Redbox to you and even see what movies that box has. Are we in the 21st century or what!

3. Tupman, CA is really a town. Smallest town I have ever seen.

4. When I was in Kenya, we had to hand wash all our clothes which was a difficult and time consuming process. Apparently, we weren't very good at it......... if we were, the kids would not have taken over and given us dirty looks. So anyways, I think it is so crazy that all I do here in America is literally throw my clothes into this huge metal machine, pour some soap in a dispenser, push some buttons and an hour later, my clothes are fresh and clean.

5. 89,000 avocadors are used on a daily basis at Chipotle.

6. CSUB is in fact run by the state...according to the police officer who pulled me over at 6:30am.

7. Starbucks offers ceramic mugs to those who are drinking their coffee in the store. Now I don't have to feel so bad about throwing away my paper sleeve. I do wonder how many people sink out of the store with their mugs....

8. Kids are getting worse and worse these days. It really makes me so sad...for a few reasons. One: I signed up to be their teacher. Two: My own children will be home schooled, sheltered, loners because I will not allow them out into the crazy real world. And I told myself I would never home school my kids.

9. April is right around the corner and I will be gone 13 days out of the 30. Ohhh my. I literally just realized that.

things.

....things I do....and things I don't do....

-I pick my split ends. Way too much. My mom tells me my hair is going to completely fall out one of these days.

-I press snooze too many times. They say that if you place your alarm on the other side of the room, it will force you to get up. Not that I have ever done that, but one of my old roommates did and it never worked for her. If it didn't work for her, it ain't gonna work for me.

-I pick my nails when I am nervous. That's why I keep them short.

-I cook. And I've been getting pretty good at it if I do say so myself. My mom recently began cooking these crazy meals...she told my dad she has a tough competitor.

-I comment about EVERYTHING. Sometimes funny. Sometimes honest. Sometimes dumb. But I always have a comment. I am a woman of many words.

-I look at expensive clothing store websites and try to mimic the model's clothing. The only difference is that my clothes come from Target, Old Navy and TJ Maxx and theirs is expensive.

-I drive fast. I have always wanted to be a race car driver so I pretend like I am one.

-I do not sit on public toilet seats. Although research has shown that the toilet seat is the cleanest part of the bathroom, that's just gross. I don't want someone else's butt to come into contact with my own.

-I do not touch cats. No comment.

-I do not bake. Too many times have I messed up recipes and ruined what could have been a little piece of heaven. I have given up on all baking. Plus Panera Bread's anything is amazing.

-I do not like to read instructions. Of any kind. This is the part of my personality...I do not like to be told what to do. I want to figure it out on my own.

-I do not drive more than 5 miles when my empty light is on. I give everyone a hard time for running out of gas so I can never be the one to do it.

-I do not leave the house without my Aquafor. For you non-aquafor users out there, Aquafor is a vasaline like chapstick but 100 times better than vasaline.

-I do not like to sharpen pencils. As a teacher, I feel like sometimes that is all I do and I hate it. The sharpeners always ruin the pencil and I stand there for 5 minutes trying to fix it.

Of course I have more things I like to do and more things I do not like to do. I just can't think of them right now.

time to...

start blogging again!

I can't believe I let it go so many months without updating something I really love. Really, it's something I really love to do.

I was re-inspired to start writing again when I began reading this book, Bittersweet. The author writes about her life and the struggles she faced during a time of transition. She is such a creative writer in sharing her thoughts, and I said to myself, "It's time. It's time to start this blog up again." I was inspired.

So here goes nothing. I'll write my thoughts, whether they be funny, sad, profound, insightful, silly, crazy, boring, or anything. I'll write them down and you can read 'em. Hope you enjoy.