10 years ago:
1. I was teaching kindergarten in Japan.
2. Almost 10 years ago exactly (it was in March) I went with some girlfriends (hello Jenn Rigo) to visit Bejing, China.
3. I also went with a girlfriend to spend two weeks in Thailand.
(I actually went to this location. It's famous because it's in a James Bond movie, but don't ask me which one.) Fun, but would have been better with Stuart--not that I knew him then.
5 things on my to-do list:
1. Paint Madelyn's room (I was suppose to do that before she came--hum..)
2. Organize my closet
3. My visiting teaching (I know it's the 21st, I'm a slacker)
4. Buy and mail baby Peter a birthday present
5. Update my first aid kit I have in my car--There is no kid's medicine/thermeter, etc...
5 places I have lived:
1. I was born in Colorado, but we left when I was about 6 months old and have never been back--A shame
2. Barstow, California--until I was 7. A desert, but close to Disneyland.
3. Kennewick, Washington--My parents still lives there, and one sister, soon to be two (not that I'm bitter or anything:))
4. Rexburg, Idaho--two years of college. Very cold and windy, but nice people.
5. New York City--A year and a half as a missionary
5 Jobs I've had
1. TCBY--great high school job
2. Northwest Argiculture Consultants--I tested plant samples to find out how much nitrogen or boron or whatever they contained. A great summer job during college.
3. Cleaning the Marriott Hotel in Park City on Saturdays--Not such a great job, but it worked well for my schedule. I did it with my brother until he bailed for a real job and left me.
4. Downeast Outfitters--a fun college job, but I didn't make enough. I spent too much of my paycheck on clothes.
5. Columbia Industries--working as an employment specialist for underprivilaged youth.
5 things not commonly know about myself
1. I quite LOVE brownies and buy the little bite size brownies from Costco and freeze them in Ziploc baggies for a yummy treat when I need a chocolate fix. However, I have to be careful where I hid them in the freezer because Stuart likes them as well and doesn't just eat one every other day or so. Nothing is worst than going for my brownie treat and finding an empty baggie.
2. In high school I really wanted to parachute out of an airplane. However, it was a little pricie for me. I did bungee jump twice, and that cured any desire I had for parachuting.
3. I want to learn how to sew. I am most envious of those that can. My sweet cousin gave me her old sewing machine, and I took a class through the community a few years ago. I learned how to make an apron, but haven't touched the sewing machine since. This year is the year--I can feel it:)
4. I LOVE childrens books. I love them. My ideal job would be a librarian in an elementary school. My current favorite place to find great deals on childrens' books is Goodwill. You have to sift through a lot, but they range in price from 50 cents to a dollar.
5. I was in the Utah Pagent of the Arts my second year at Ricks--What they do it take famous works of art and put real people in them. My roommate talked me into trying out. I made it, but she didn't. I was "The Flame Leaper". Basically, every night for two weeks I had to paint my body white, put this flame crown thing on my head, climb up on this flame/fire statue, contort my body in this leaping position, and try to keep my arms perfectly still while holding two stick flame things (are you getting the flame theme here) as the statue slowly turned around for all the audience to see. Here's the real thing. How crazy is that.
There you go--probably more than you wanted to know. I tag melanie--she promised to update her blog when she got back from her cruise.
5 comments:
Oh my goodness..I want to be a elementary scholl libriarian. There is a terrific thrift store out here that I can get children's books from 5cents paperback and 10 hardcover. I've been collecting the Newberry Medal books and have only 31 more to go and I've found most of them in thrift stores. Have you read Flipped? i think it is one of my new faves!
holy cow...and i thought i knew you!?! yay brownies! yay fire jumper. with the fire jumping, and bungee jumping and the brownie hiding (we have the same kind of problem with hubby at my house but ours is sadly with icecream that makes you the most adventerous of all of us here in the northwest. i love to learn more about you. let me know when you learn to sew so i can tag along..or hey...come on over and we'll have a sash sewing party! :)
Hey Jen, I didn't know you had a blog. How fun!! I love the fire jumping, and what cute pictures of the girls. This can be quite addicting!! Love the question and answer stuff!! That's a really good idea!
Wow Jen. That's a great post. Thanks for the stories!
I really could go for a brownie right now, especially when I brought four home last night from my sister-in-law's, one for each of us and there were NONE left this morning and Sophia was in bed when I got home. Hmmm....that leaves only two people.
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