11.18.2010
11.11.2010
Can't put it down...
Books, my new addiction. I love the way they smell and feel as your fingers touch the pages. I love the way my eyes run back and forth over the letters. The feelings that they inspire and the thoughts that they create. There is no better high than a good book.
My mom called me last week and invited me to join a book club she just became a member of. I was very excited and she explained that we both needed to take books as recommendations for next years book club meetings. I stopped at hastings and picked up a stack of books that I have read and books that I've wanted to read. I was thrilled with the thought of being in a book club.
That night we sat down with 13 ladies and listened as they pitched their book recommendations and then voted. We picked our top 10 and made our list for the year. I am very excited to meet with them again. The book we are meeting about in January is Molokai, I will be sure to review it on here when I am done. I can't wait to read it. I know that it is a historical about a girl who is sent to Hawaii because of her leprosy, but that is all that I know.
I decided to start on my stack of books that I purchased since I don't have to be done with Molokai until January.
I picked up Atonement by Ian McEwan and started it this weekend, but left it at home. So I was a little bummed when I got up to Logan and made this realization. Right then, Brittney returned the book that she had borrowed out of my stack, The Other Boleyn Girl. She said it was a fantastic book and that needed to read it. I was just happy to have something to read this week. I started it on Monday, and I have been unable to put it down. It is the first thing I look at in the morning and the last thing my eyes see at night. I've even been dreaming about it.
The Other Boleyn Girl is a story of ladies in waiting, Dukes and Lords, romance and passion, King Henry VIII and his desires to have a male heir to the Throne. It is a beautiful story that really captures the essence of the time.
Phillipa Gregory's characters are so unique and her discriptive language really takes you into the time of the book. The story is told through the eyes of Mary Boleyn, the younger of the Boleyn sisters. It follows her love story with King Henry and the dynamics of the court. The plot just keeps thickening and I can't wait to see how it ends!
My mom called me last week and invited me to join a book club she just became a member of. I was very excited and she explained that we both needed to take books as recommendations for next years book club meetings. I stopped at hastings and picked up a stack of books that I have read and books that I've wanted to read. I was thrilled with the thought of being in a book club.
That night we sat down with 13 ladies and listened as they pitched their book recommendations and then voted. We picked our top 10 and made our list for the year. I am very excited to meet with them again. The book we are meeting about in January is Molokai, I will be sure to review it on here when I am done. I can't wait to read it. I know that it is a historical about a girl who is sent to Hawaii because of her leprosy, but that is all that I know.
I decided to start on my stack of books that I purchased since I don't have to be done with Molokai until January.
I picked up Atonement by Ian McEwan and started it this weekend, but left it at home. So I was a little bummed when I got up to Logan and made this realization. Right then, Brittney returned the book that she had borrowed out of my stack, The Other Boleyn Girl. She said it was a fantastic book and that needed to read it. I was just happy to have something to read this week. I started it on Monday, and I have been unable to put it down. It is the first thing I look at in the morning and the last thing my eyes see at night. I've even been dreaming about it.
The Other Boleyn Girl is a story of ladies in waiting, Dukes and Lords, romance and passion, King Henry VIII and his desires to have a male heir to the Throne. It is a beautiful story that really captures the essence of the time.
Phillipa Gregory's characters are so unique and her discriptive language really takes you into the time of the book. The story is told through the eyes of Mary Boleyn, the younger of the Boleyn sisters. It follows her love story with King Henry and the dynamics of the court. The plot just keeps thickening and I can't wait to see how it ends!
11.03.2010
today
Today, the results of the midterm elections were announced.
Today, I went to chemistry and enjoyed the lecture.
Today, I could smell fall and winter crossing over.
the leaves made the swishing noise under my car.
Today, I went book shopping with Brittney and purchased 9 books.
I can't decide which one to read first...
Today, I heard bagpipes and thought about Kirsti.
Today, I drove home to Kaysville. Just for today.
Today, I went to the doctor with Megan.
Today, I saw my aunt Suzanne and realized how much I miss her.
Today, I went to a book-club with my mom.
Today, I made some new friends.
Today, I wished my dad and I were closer.
Today, I thought too much about things I cannot change.
Today, I didn't want the day to end.
Today, I went to chemistry and enjoyed the lecture.
Today, I could smell fall and winter crossing over.
the leaves made the swishing noise under my car.
Today, I went book shopping with Brittney and purchased 9 books.
I can't decide which one to read first...
Today, I heard bagpipes and thought about Kirsti.
Today, I drove home to Kaysville. Just for today.
Today, I went to the doctor with Megan.
Today, I saw my aunt Suzanne and realized how much I miss her.
Today, I went to a book-club with my mom.
Today, I made some new friends.
Today, I wished my dad and I were closer.
Today, I thought too much about things I cannot change.
Today, I didn't want the day to end.
10.06.2010
Witches! Witches! Witches!
October is HERE!
And you know what that means...
FRIGHTMARES @ LAGOON
I was so happy when I found out that we were doing the Windy the Witch show again and they wanted me to be Autumn the Witch again!!!
We had a few dress rehearsals....
And then the show opened on Saturday the 25th
When we aren't performing we get to roam kiddieland. We had out candy and take pictures and talk to kids. I LOVE IT! I seriously have the most fun job in the world!
Thanks to my friends and family for coming to see the show last weekend!
And you know what that means...
FRIGHTMARES @ LAGOON
I was so happy when I found out that we were doing the Windy the Witch show again and they wanted me to be Autumn the Witch again!!!
We had a few dress rehearsals....
And then the show opened on Saturday the 25th
When we aren't performing we get to roam kiddieland. We had out candy and take pictures and talk to kids. I LOVE IT! I seriously have the most fun job in the world!
Thanks to my friends and family for coming to see the show last weekend!
9.08.2010
HALLOWEENcraftingPALOOZA
Some would say that labor day is too early to bring out the Halloween Decor. My mom and I would disagree. It is NEVER too early for Halloween.
Sheryl Crow & Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat
My beautiful mother and I enjoying ourselves
Debbie and Jon
Me & Debs
Dad and Jon... Best Friends FOREVER! They even had matching shirts for the occasion
The concert was amazing!!!! Sheryl Crow was great, but lets be honest, I LOVE Colbie! Thanks to everyone for a great night.
My beautiful mother and I enjoying ourselves
Debbie and Jon
Me & Debs
Dad and Jon... Best Friends FOREVER! They even had matching shirts for the occasion
The concert was amazing!!!! Sheryl Crow was great, but lets be honest, I LOVE Colbie! Thanks to everyone for a great night.
8.30.2010
starting new
The first day of school. New notebooks, pens, and textbooks. New classes, teachers and friends. Something about the beginning of a new school year brings out a fresh attitude in everyone. Its before anyone feels overwhelmed with projects and papers. Students and teachers start out with new goals and ambitions that might never be. But that first week of school, the smell of new school supplies and clean classrooms is nostalgic. It makes you feel that you could start over, make new friends, be a new person.
I have always loved school, especially the early fall when you walk in to school feeling ready for another year. I think that feeling is part of why I want to be a teacher. Seeing kids excited about learning is most prevalent in the first weeks of school and I want to be a teacher who keeps kids enthusiastic about learning all year long. I love coming home from a day of school and feeling like I have learned something.
Along with my goals for the new year I decided to start writing things that I learn in this blog. Then at the end of the year I can look back at all of the things that I have learned.
The First Lesson:
Decaff or Regular?
I have always wondered how they make decaff coffee. Isn't that the whole point of coffee, to wake you up in the morning? Today in Chemistry we looked at chapter 1 and the process of decaffeinating coffee. All cocoa beans have caffeine and theobromine in them naturally, so how do you remove the caffeine and maintain the flavor?
Well it used to be that they would carbon tetrachloride to soak the beans and then a long decanting process to extract the caffeine and theobromine but after years of this process they discovered that this chemical was doing more harm than good. In the 1980's there was a solvent scare and many of the chemicals that were frequently used for this process were deemed unsafe for human consumption. After years of trying different methods the coffee industry (more like chemistry industry) finally developed a method that we still use today.
By using carbon dioxide in its supercritical form (in between a gas and liquid) and raising the pressure you are able to bring a supercritical fluid out of the coffee beans. The pressure is then released and the CO2 evaporates off of the beans. As it evaporates, it is filtered through charcoal and this filtering process removes all of the caffeine and theobromine that gives your coffee its kick.
Regular coffee contains about 106-164 mg of caffeine per serving while decaff contains 2-5. So by drinking decaff you are getting a very small amount of caffeine in your drink and since we have changed the extraction process you really aren't losing any of the flavor.
I have always loved school, especially the early fall when you walk in to school feeling ready for another year. I think that feeling is part of why I want to be a teacher. Seeing kids excited about learning is most prevalent in the first weeks of school and I want to be a teacher who keeps kids enthusiastic about learning all year long. I love coming home from a day of school and feeling like I have learned something.
Along with my goals for the new year I decided to start writing things that I learn in this blog. Then at the end of the year I can look back at all of the things that I have learned.
The First Lesson:
Decaff or Regular?
I have always wondered how they make decaff coffee. Isn't that the whole point of coffee, to wake you up in the morning? Today in Chemistry we looked at chapter 1 and the process of decaffeinating coffee. All cocoa beans have caffeine and theobromine in them naturally, so how do you remove the caffeine and maintain the flavor?
Well it used to be that they would carbon tetrachloride to soak the beans and then a long decanting process to extract the caffeine and theobromine but after years of this process they discovered that this chemical was doing more harm than good. In the 1980's there was a solvent scare and many of the chemicals that were frequently used for this process were deemed unsafe for human consumption. After years of trying different methods the coffee industry (more like chemistry industry) finally developed a method that we still use today.
By using carbon dioxide in its supercritical form (in between a gas and liquid) and raising the pressure you are able to bring a supercritical fluid out of the coffee beans. The pressure is then released and the CO2 evaporates off of the beans. As it evaporates, it is filtered through charcoal and this filtering process removes all of the caffeine and theobromine that gives your coffee its kick.
Regular coffee contains about 106-164 mg of caffeine per serving while decaff contains 2-5. So by drinking decaff you are getting a very small amount of caffeine in your drink and since we have changed the extraction process you really aren't losing any of the flavor.
6.21.2010
Washington DC
one word.... AMAZING.
That is the only thing i have to say about Washington DC.
Just kidding.. I have a million things to say about DC. It was amazing, inspiring, beautiful, historical and absolutely one of the most incredible places I have ever been. I LOVE LOVE LOVED IT! I was able to go with my cousins, brother and Grandpa Max.
Here are a few highlights from our trip....
The potomac river at dusk
The World War II Memorial
the Jefferson Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial
Cousins on the metro
On the tour bus of the city
That is the only thing i have to say about Washington DC.
Just kidding.. I have a million things to say about DC. It was amazing, inspiring, beautiful, historical and absolutely one of the most incredible places I have ever been. I LOVE LOVE LOVED IT! I was able to go with my cousins, brother and Grandpa Max.
Here are a few highlights from our trip....
The potomac river at dusk
The World War II Memorial
the Jefferson Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial
Cousins on the metro
D.C.
The Capitol
Mitchel by the Capitol
On the tour bus of the city
The Capitol
Mitchel by the Capitol
On the tour bus of the city
on the mall in front of the capitol
On the tour bus of the city
In front of the Lincoln Memorial
The Washington Monument
TMNT
Naval Ship in the Air and Space Museum
The Hall of Remembrance at the Holocaust Museum
The air vent in the Spy Museum
The Jefferson Memorial
Me and Gramps on the tour bus of the city
The Vietnam Wall
the National Cathedral
The National Cathedral
The National Cathedral
Hiking to the National Cathedral
We had a really great time. I LOVED IT. I am so happy I had the opportunity to go and see everything. It was an incredible experience and I loved every second of it!
We had a really great time. I LOVED IT. I am so happy I had the opportunity to go and see everything. It was an incredible experience and I loved every second of it!Thanks for taking me Grandpa Max. And thanks for paying for it mom. i love you.
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