Life Lately

I know I haven't been posting anything in awhile. Lately I've been too tired (or forgetful) to post anything. This post will sum up what's been happening in my life lately.

In a previous post I talked about working at the After School Program. I've been working there as a sub for a month now and I have to admit, as much as those kids drive me crazy, I enjoy it. They can be annoying during homework time, but afterwards they are entertaining and (depending on their age) adorable. I've been asked if there's any "bad" kids, but no there isn't. Some have their moments, but I've never had much of a problem with any of them. I usually deal with the 2nd and 3rd graders, so I bond with them more than the other grades. Below are different things kids have colored for me. I have 14 altogether in my first month being there, so yeah I could say they like me.

I have 2 other ones that aren't pictured. Both are in 2nd grade.

This is the first one I received a few days before Halloween.
From: Lasenia
Grade: 3rd

From: Julissa
Grade:2nd

Left: Paulina
Grade: 3rd
Right: Evyanna
Grade:2nd

From: Jimena (1)
Jazlyn (1)
Melanie (2)
Cody (2)
Manuel (2)
Grade: 1st

I took this picture last weekend. I was bored and playing with her on the floor. I'm always trying to take pictures of her and she hates it!

My brother brought home some frozen yogurt. Not only was it delicious, but it also gives you dating advice on the back.

Well that's it really. Since I started working I haven't been doing much (not that I was doing much beforehand), so there's not much to talk about. I could tell you tons of stories about work, but I don't have the finger strength to type them down.

Crush of the Month

This month's Crush of the Month was a no-brainer once the season of his show premiered late October. Every episode I fall more in love with him and his character. So here he is October's Crush of the Month...

David Giuntoli aka The Grimm! I've been a Grimm fan since it first started and it has become my favorite show as of right now. Out of all the shows I watch, I am more excited for a new episode of Grimm than any other show. There are several reasons why I love this show and this guy is definitely one of them!

This is Halloween!

Another Halloween has come and gone! This Halloween was the first one in a long time where I didn't go to a party. My friend Danielle usually has a Halloween party at her house, but she was unable to this year. Instead I hung out with my friend Favi and her sister Jenny. I went to her house and the three of us passed out candy. I was pretty tired since I worked all day. Oh I started working as a sub for the schools in the district. So far I've only worked at 2 elementary schools, but I'm enjoying so far. I especially like working at the After School Program for one of the schools. The kids seem to like me the day I started working, which is nice. Anyways so I worked at the ASP from 2:30 to 5:30, so I was already tired by the time I got to Favi's. For Halloween this year I decided to go as a silent movie star and Gracie was a witch. 

Gracie the Witch

The Silent Movie Star

"Gasp!"

A (Sun)Day at the Beach

On Sunday I went to Santa Cruz with Danielle, her dad and her grandma. We went to the beach, ate at The Crow's Nest and did a little shopping. At first it was freezing, but it warmed up during the day. We left around 9 and got home around 8; it was a long day.

The beach at 11am.

Danielle's dog Mariah

The view from our table at The Crow's Nest.

Me!

My favorite picture from the day.

Danielle

Me

The top is a postcard and the bottom 3 are cards. When I saw them I knew I had to have them!

Crush of the Month

This was another difficult month to choose from. However, I eventually chose someone for this month's Crush of the Month. And here he is...

Ben Schwartz aka Jean Ralphio from Parks and Recreation. I mainly chose him because I think he is hilarious and I've been watching more Parks and Recreation lately and he gets funnier every episode. Although he's not a main character in the show, I seem to love the episodes he's in the most. He might even be my favorite character [which is nearly impossible to choose one].

1st Annual (may or may not be annually) Mixtape Project

So I came up with an idea to make a mixtape with a specific theme and swap them with a few friends. Each person will have their own theme [chosen at random] and each song on their playlist must relate to their theme. So if their theme was colors, then each song must have a color in the title. Such as: "Blue Moon", "Yellow Submarine", etc. We have to include at least 10 songs and we have to decorate a CD cover. Once we're finished we'll swap our playlist with another person [also chosen at random]. It's a fun and creative way to share and discover music. 

There's only a few rules:

1. Playlist & CD cover must be finished by deadline [TBA]

2. Must have at least 10 songs and they must relate to your theme

3. No bashing playlists or covers

I think it's a fun idea and I hope my friends think so too. For this first one I only included 2 other people. If things run smoothly and we want to do this project again, then we'll add more people. I'm pretty excited for this I love making playlists and discovering new music. My friends and I have slightly different tastes in music so it should be pretty interesting. 

I sent them an "invitation" for the project. I would post it, but for some reason my computer won't let me. I also sent them their themes with a brief description.

The themes were:

1. Names: Songs that included boy or girl names such as: "Billie Jean", "Hey Jude", etc.

2. Colors: [mentioned above]

3. "Love": Songs with the word love in the title or any form of the word such as: "Love Me Tender", "All My Loving", etc.

Let's hope this goes well! I'll post more as the project gets going.

My Favorite Things

This weekend I attended an all day crop with my mom. I completed 4 pages, which is rare for me. It usually takes me a whole day just to finish one. I'll post more pictures of my finished pages, but for now I'll just share one. This page lists 10 of my favorite things [in no particular order]. I had fun making this page because I usually don't doodle on my pages [or ever really] and this page has tons of doodles. I made sure to draw at least one thing to represent my favorite things. I'm a pretty lousy drawer so I spent extra time on each drawing to make it look decent. I know it's kind of hard to see, but my favorite drawing are Lincoln's hat, Harry's lightning bolt scar, Don Lockwood singing in the rain, Holden's red hunting hat and each drawing for The Breakfast Club.

1. Scrapbooking: I love to scrapbook [obviously] and it's all thanks to my mother. I never would've gotten into it if it wasn't for her. My favorite scrapbooking materials are stickers, buttons, washi tape and stamps.

2. Pigs: Pigs have been my favorite animal for awhile now. I'm not sure how it started, but I just think they are adorable.

3. Baseball: I've loved baseball ever since I was little. I used to play and I used to [well still do] watch my brothers play. It's hard to explain why I love it so much. It's like trying to explain what water tastes like haha. Yeah it's that difficult.

4. Happy Days: This is seriously one of my favorite shows. I wish it was on TV more often, but it's not. My favorite characters are Richie and Potsie and of course The Fonz. [Aayy!]

5. Abraham Lincoln: He's my favorite president and my first love. Yeah you heard that right, my first love. I was in the second grade when I first learned about Lincoln and I just loved him from that day on.

6. Harry Potter: Ok, I'll admit it, I didn't read all the books. I know, I know, I can't be a true fan unless I read them all. I'm working on it; it's just that I've been so lazy to read anything. However, I did watch all the movies in theaters [midnight showing for the last 3], so that counts for something right? Anyways I love HP and I'm sad that it's over. My favorite characters are Ron, Hermione & Neville [based on just the movies].

7. Graceland: My dog Graceland "Gracie" Lou. She's the best dog in world [and the craziest]! She's so stinkin' cute that she has to be one of my favorite things.

8. Singin' in the Rain: I just now realized that it should say Singin' not Singing [darn]. The first time I saw this movie I was in 7th grade. I had this super boring class about..honestly don't remember what it was exactly. It was kind of like a movie appreciation class, but I know that's not what it was. Anyways, it was a super boring class. I had one of those mono-toned type of teachers [why were all my mono-toned teachers computer teachers? Weird.] who would always say your name wrong if you had a "non-traditional" name [even if you had him multiple times]. I think you get my point. He made us watch old movies and every month and we'd have to write a paper about it. So one month the movie was Singin' in the Rain and I was expecting it to be boring since the last movie we watched bored me to death. I actually happened to love it and it became one of my favorite movies! [Number 3 to be exact] As much as I disliked that boring class, at least one good thing came out of it.

9. The Catcher in the Rye: My favorite book since my sophomore year of high school. We had to read this book for Honors English. It was actually the only book I really enjoyed that year. [Scratch that I did like Lord of the Flies]

10. The Breakfast Club: My favorite movie since I don't know when. I watched this movie for the first time when I was like 14. I was one of the few people I knew, who were my age, that liked or even seen that movie. I introduced it to many of my friends over the years. Now a lot of people my age love this movie, but whatever I liked it first at the age of 14 [not that it really matters].