Danielle Peck - Isn't That Everything

Feeling like a "D" ?

Ever feel like a "D"? last night was my moment & I couldn't find enough "D" words to describe what I was feeling. But I did find my answer read on...
Is it worth it? was the big question that I was asking myself last night at the end of the day. I had so many questions & prayed for some of them to be answered quickly. I guess you could say that I was pretty down, discouraged, depressed & every other "D" word. I was pretty awesome at getting "D's" I high school. Except for Language arts (Taught by an awesome guy named Jonny, if you're out there you know who you are) & Literature (Taught by Tiago Drumond, no one can beat your awesomeness as a teacher, mentor, inspiration & just a great guy to be around) I wasn't that great of a student.
Any way I was just questioning whether or not my life has been worth it. I've been a teacher for many years & at times it can get tough. I wasn't sure what I was doing, or where I was going, till I came upon this blog. It's the blog of a great kid I used to teach back in the 90's, when I was just starting out as a teacher. She's 16 now & is doing so much with her life, she's a beautiful artist & photographer among other things.
Reading this made me see that what ever we do is indeed worth it & lives on in the lives of others. It's in a way a part of making them who they are today.
Pon, I hope you don't mind me advertising your blog but I want the world to know what a great person you are. http://ilovemusic-pon.blogspot.com/ People should see what a good photographer you are.
Now, even though tomorrow I'm going to wake up & do the same thing as always ( what tiggers to best) I have more inspiration for it & know that what I'm doing is worth it for all time & beyond. I really love my job & want to make the same impression on the kids I teach that my great teachers made on me.
Yes I still feel like a "D" Delighted, Dazzled & Determined, to continue making my part of the world a better place.

Harmonica + Beatbox: Final Cut

This is something way too cool not to share.

Yuck

Yesterday I was reading to Justin (3yrs.) from the Bible about how God created the world, & went on to an animated explanation about how God created Adam from the Dust of the ground etc. Then we got to the part where God created the woman, I explained that God created her from one of Adam's ribs. Here's how the conversation went.

Me: A rib is a group of bones you feel in your chest here.
Justin: It's bumpy
Me: Right, that's cause there's more than one of them, God took one of those & made a friend for Adam from it.
Justin: Yuck!
Me: Why yuck?
Justin: Bones are greasy & slimy, He couldn't have used that cause it would have slipped out of His hands.
Me: Well I guess God figured something out.
Justin: Did He wash hands when He was done?

Firebird ~ fantasia

This is one of my favorite clips from Fantasia

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A fleeting moment

Yesterday I went to a water park with some of my friend. It was a great day with lots of sunshine but at the same time not too hot for which I was very thankful.
I would say my favorite was the Jet slide where you have to kick off then you fly. It was an exhilarating feeling to be going at such a speed that I wished it wouldn't stop. I even raced a couple of guys I met at the top of the slide. The other slides were great too, but this one was by far the best, worth the wait & worth the long flights of stairs that you had to climb to get to the top.
When I say "worth the wait" I'm talking about waiting in line to get a sliding mat, a required item if you're going to go on one of the slides or you'll be minus a bathing suit upon arrival at the bottom.
The lines were very long, & your legs felt like jelly when you got to the top of the slide but when you let go nothing else matters, because suddenly for a fleeting moment you're weightless as if you're flying through the air & nothing could stop you.

The A B C's of me

I saw this on someone's blog & wanted to use it for myself, I slightly modified it to reflect me a little more.

A – Accent: Rather mixed with a touch of Asian & Ausie
B - Booze: I'm ok with wines, not too fond of beer, I like mudslides, baileys and other milky based drinks; Margarita: on the rocks without a salted rim
C - Favorite Color: Muave
D -Everyday Drink Of Choice: Water of course & I love tea, especially Indian Chai
E - Essential Electronics: My laptop
F - Favorite Fragrance: Opium, Passion & Poison for me, I absolutely love the smell of guys cologne
G - Greatest passions: Music, Reading, Anything to do with learning things on my computer, Photoshop CS2
H - Hometown: I was born in San Jose, Costa Rica but spent most of my life in Asia, I guess I could say Bangkok Thailand cause I lived there the longest.
I - Indulgence: Chocolate,
J -Job title: Home Educator
K - Kids: None yet but I intend to have some someday
L - Life Is Incomplete Without: My laptop
M - Marriage date: I'll let you know when I have someone I want to marry
N - Number of sexual partners: At the moment none
O - Overnight hospital stays: None yet,
P - Phobias/Fears: Going outside alone in the dark cause you don't know what's out there. In Thailand it was often a poisonous snake or weird lizard. One time I went out & saw a lizard that was over 6ft long on the back wall of the house.
Q - Favorite Quote: That differs from time to time but for today it's
"Though today he prunes my twigs with pain,
yet doth His blood nourish & warm my root.
Tomorrow i shall put forth buds again,
& clothe myself with fruit."
Christina Georgina Rosetti
R - Reason to Smile: Everyday it's different, there's always something new to smile about every day. That's one thing that makes me smile anticipating what the day will bring.
S - Season: Spring, I love watching nature awaken from its long dreary sleep
T – A Talent: I speak 3 languages
U - Unknown Fact About Me: I'm an amature writer
V - Vegetable you don’t like: Ampalia, it's so full of iron you can taste it. However the Thais know how to make it edible.
W - Worst Habit: Doing something without thinking it through first.
X - X-rays You’ve Had: I think I may have had a dental X-ray when I was a kid. Other than that I've been pretty healthy overall.
Y - Your Favorite Foods to Cook: Cakes, Thai food, & Enchiladas.
Z – Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Choking Hazard?

Ringgggg Ringggggg... I had to leave the 2 little kids to go get the phone. Upon returning to the Nursery I found Tristan (1yr.) with a small black object in his hand. Knowing how dangerous any small object can be for little ones when they get the bright idea of putting it into their mouth, I immediately took the little object, & without looking at it, threw it away.
Just as it left my hand, I heard a little voice saying "Tristan has a key." Suddenly it registered, "That key better not be..." I looked at my laptop & there was a key missing, not only was the key off but the under piece that holds in place was off nicely dissected in 2 small pieces. What was I to do? I know nothing about fixing this kind of thing. I looked everywhere for the missing key & after a long search found I found it, but now what? The piece to hold it on was off so fixing it myself didn't look like an option. After praying the idea came to me that it might not be an impossibility to put the small bottom piece together, after all it was worth a try. I took a look at how one of the other keys was put together & tried to put the pieces of this little intricate puzzle together. After a couple tries & mishaps, like putting it on backward, & upside down (ok, go ahead & laugh I've never fixed a computer before) they were in place, then the final touch, the top key. Popped it on & there it was like nothing happened. God always has something up His sleeve if you just take a moment to ask & with Him you can do things that you never thought you could do.

Kenny Chesney

Here he is Folks, the love of my life. I really think his tractor's sexy. But my favorite song of his is "Who you'd be today" When I hear it, it makes me think about 2 great guys I know who are now in heaven with the Lord. There are still times when I wonder what they're up to now & where they would be today if they were still here in person. To Sam & Zion I love you both tons.