Survey

I totally stole this from Chelsey. It seemed like a fun survey/questionnaire.

1. I have been looking for some simple but interesting Halloween crafts/decorations, what is your favourite one to do with your children? please include a link if you have one.
Sadly, I don't do Halloween decorations. And I don't have kids. But I love carving pumpkins! When I put up pictures of my Halloween costume, I will definitely post some pictures of my pumpkin this year as well.

2. What is your favorite way to spend a rainy day with your children?
Again, I don't have kids, but I do love watching movies with my family. Rainy days are always best spent curled up beneath a blanket--whether that be with a book or on the couch watching a movie.

3. What is your favourite fall food?
I do love soups, especially creamy soups. Clam chowder and cream of chicken are my favorites. Sometimes I'll even have cream of mushroom--but it HAS to be my dad's cream of mushroom; I refuse to eat canned cream of mushroom. I'm also a big pasta fan. Turkey also always reminds of fall because my dad always smokes a turkey injected with apple juice Thanksgiving. The apple juice makes the turkey extra moist and delicious.

4. What is your current favourite read aloud book?
I love reading pretty much anything out loud. Right now I'm reading The Goose Girl to my mom, and it's been so fun. That is honestly my favorite Shannon Hale book; it's just written so beautifully. I love reading out loud (especially to my mom) because I get to use different voices and accents for each character. While I'm reading The Goose Girl, I'm currently using English and Irish accents. It's pretty awesome.

5. What is your favourite novel?
Oh my goodness, there are so many to choose from! Pride & Prejudice has always been at the top of my favorites list, but I also always include The Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan, Anne of Green Gables (the whole series), by L.M. Montgomery, and The Crown Duel, by Sherwood Smith. These are the books that I can read again and again and again and again, and I'll never get tired of the story. The Goose Girl may make it's way onto that list one day.

6. What book from your childhood do you remember the most, and why?
I'll never forget reading Wateship Down, by Richard Adams. I think this story is amazing. It's like taking Aesop's Fables to the next level, and I love that about the story. It's written really well, and even though it's written as a book for younger children, adults can really enjoy it as well. Also, I once read that Adams didn't really mean for the book, or it's characters, to have special messages (other than the obvious ones in the book) or hidden meanings . It was just a story that he told his kids on long car rides. At the time I hated how my English dissected and broke apart every tiny word in the books we read in class, and it was really refreshing to have an author say that that wasn't warranted.

7. What type of music do you enjoy the most? Please include examples!
Really chill music is what I love best. My favorites right now are A Fine Frenzy and Priscilla Ahn. They're both softer music, but they have fun beats and the lyrics are kind of funky and awesome. They give off the vintage, offbeat vibe that I love.

8. What subject do you find most challenging (to teach or to learn)?
Math. I hate math. And Chemistry. And Physics. I cannot understand chemistry or physics for the life of me. Funny, I never really had a problem with Biology.

9. What is your favorite hot drink? Bonus points for including the recipe!
Stephen's Hot Chocolate by far. I love anything with that label on it. I guess my favorite, though, is the mint chocolate hot chocolate mix that they have. It's pretty much one of the highlights of the winter season.

Working Girl

I started my new job today! It was very exciting, and also very frightening because it was snowing when Mom and I started up to Provo, and we were late by the way, and as we were driving up to the Point of the Mountain, my gas gauge just dropped like a ten pound rock in water. I had just filled up the tank Saturday night, so it shouldn't have done that, but my gas gauge is all whacked out, so we weren't sure. Mom and I were scared we were going to be stuck in the middle of the freeway, in the cold, driving sleet, at 6:30 in the morning--and I had to be at work by 7. Yeah, not a pleasant situation. Luckily, we got to a gas station, filled up my car (it was basically full, by the way), and it to Provo. I was only three minutes late. Way to go, Mom!

So today was just training, but they packed in so much information, that I'm worried I won't be able to remember it all. There's still a whole week left of training, though, so hopefully I'll master the system by next week. They kept asking me if I had any questions. I HATE it when people ask me that because I can never think of any questions to ask. What do you do in that situation? I just kept saying, "I can't think of anything now, but I'll probably have questions later." I hope I didn't sound like an idiot or anything.

I'll probably have some interesting stories for later. At least I'll have something more to write about here!