Chiefs & Indians

Well practice tonight was not good to say the least. They kids went from being this amazing group of talented obediant students to spoiled brats who think they don't have to listen to anything. It drives me nuts to watch them make that transition. For me to stand there and tell them to stand still and for them to move around right in front of me. Or for them to be told from the tower to not talk and for them to turn and talk to each other. GAH!

And then shall I get started on the student who laid on her tummy all night. I did give her charts to color however was it really necessary for you to lay down? No!

I know that our section leaders are very new to this and the few that are returning leaders were never good leaders to begin with.

I nearly hit the roof to read some of their crap on facebook. The ones that complain about their leadership are the ones that set some of the worst examples.

Isn't it strange how the people that have no power and make all the wrong choices feel the need to put down those with power that try to make the right choices.

Will this band go anywhere this season? I started out thinking that we would be great. After tonight? Well, lets just say all bets are off...

Happy Easter

(to those the celebrate)

I used to love Easter as a kid. My grandpa and I would color eggs the week before and I would spend the following week helping stuff hundreds of easter eggs with jelly beans. On Easter morning I would go to church and come home to find a easter basket filled with fun things for me to break or lose within the next year. My grandparents would leave me inside to go through my easter basket and watch cartoons while they went out to hide the eggs I stuffed earlier in the week. The video camera would role as I, dress in a new easter dress and hair done up, would dance around the yard followed closely by Killer; my tiny toy poodle.

Now a days Easter creeps up on me without much acknowledgement. I see the displays in stores and always manage to pick up some stuff to make a basket for my sister and brother but throughout the years it lost the magic it used to possess for me.

This year I tried to bring some of the magic back by taking a family outing on Saturday and coloring eggs this morning. My grandma woke me this morning around 9 telling me to get up so she could give out Easter baskets. She and my grandpa made baskets for me, my sister, and my brother! Later, when it warms up and the grass dries, my grandparents are going to hide eggs for my siblings and who knows I might get in the mood to hunt for a few too. I plan of taking our dog, Chelsie, out with us!

Yesterday was full of adventures! Crystal and I ran errands like mad women trying to get everything done before we leave this week. One of our stops was Trader Joe's. The above is a pictorial of a favorite find; this yummy snack will make its way into my backpack for the road!

Today, on the other hand, has not been so enjoyable. This morning I had my fair share of challenges and frustrations. Now I should be getting ready to go see Crystal perform with the Honor's band at the State Museum but instead I am writing this blog and playing with my new camera.

I am at 12 days and counting...

It annoys me that everytime I go to cross things off my list I find new things to add to it.

I have 18 days and counting to prepare for this spring break. I am excited and very nervous. The economic state has caused me to have to rethink a lot of things for this trip. I spent some time balancing the checkbook today and am not fond of my findings.

I wish I could be a kid again and not have to worry about the financial impact of a vacation. I wish the economy was in a better state and I didn't have to worry about the finanicial impact of a vacation.

On the up side. I started new hours at work and that will be a tremendous help but I can't help but worry about the next few months.

Well I am officially another year older though I feel no different! For my birthday I got my hair recolored! The outcome of the bleach is not what I wanted but it is growing on me. Everyone keeps saying it looks good so I will not be going back a logging any complaints at this time. Besides they gave me a discount since the chick doing it was over an hour late for work.

Crystal got together with my grandma and threw me a real party! Doggies all around!

There was cake, applebees, balloons, and gifts! Some of my gifts made cute decorations. My fascination for sea creatures led to multiple plastic figurines of some of my favorite animals. I will have loads of fun finding a creative way to display them.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I have to say I'm kinda excited. I have been wanting to recolor my hair for months now. I have a good 5 inches of brown showing that needs to be blonde again and I will be able to get it colored while Crystal is in school since my boss let me have tomorrow off!

The not so exciting part is that I need to get to the bank and take out a loan. Being an adult sucks during times like this! I keep thinking I will wake up 3 again and not have to worry about anything but who's gonna fill my sippy!

Apparently my sister and grandparents have got together and are throwing me a party even though this birthday doesn't warrent one! I am excited for their efforts and look forward to the outcome!

I wonder if I have money left over from getting my hair colored if a tattoo could be squezzed into the day or possibly even the weekend! Crystal came up with a great idea and I want it!

The scenerio:

Crystal and I went to dinner (at 3:00pm) with our Grandparents. Prior to heading to dinner we decided that since it was a friday night and we had nothing better to do we wanted to see the new movie Confessions of a Shopaholic (since it is rather fitting for Crystal).

The dilema:

The movie started at 6:50, although Crystal had me convinced that it was 6:30. Either way it was a good ways off and we didn't want to go home.

The solution:

The Mall! We headed up to Hot Topic in search of ADTR shirt for my sisters idiot. Our discovery shocked us both!

Earlier in the day we recieved a twitter update from AFI saying Valentine's Day is fake. Crash love is real. I couldn't decided what to make of it and neither could she. We both knew it had something to do with AFI being in the studio but never did we dream up what we discovered. While I was killing time waiting on Crystal I decided to look at shirts. I quickly located the AFI shirt that has been on the wall for the past several months and did a quick glance to see if there was anything new surrounding it. With a sad sigh I did not see any new AFI shirts. Wondering to myself about when I would start to find fun new AFI things again, three bright blue letters caught my eye. You guessed it - A.F.I!

Since AFI was not indicated on the front of the shirt the store had wrote AFI in bright blue marker. I nearly screamed with excitement.

Front

Back

Crash love is real - a glimpse from AFI about their work in progress.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Adam Carson you are the drum beat to my life's soundtrack!