Heartland Krystles

Birthday blahs

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:56:52 GMT

ARGH. SO, my birthday is tomorrow. 29. ICK! I don't want to think about this being the last year of my 20s!! When did that happen??? I'm sitting here home alone which doesn't help.. the parents and sister were here this weekend and we had a GREAT time.. except my dad being a jerk for a bit but par for the course there. Then I had to watch them leave. I'm also realizing I am making friends here in Benson, which shocks me! But still.. with Vince gone I feel really alone. Depressed, even! I hope that's not a sign that I'm a needy retard!! Eh, if it is, so be it, I guess. I do know that I can still function, because I've had to before, but I wonder for how long I'd be able to do so. I had a TERRIBLE nightmare a while back that Vince didn't come home from a trip once. Then it got me wondering what would I do if that really happened?? GOD I don't even want to think about it! Would my life be over? Or would I be able to pick up the pieces eventually and move on. YIKES! I think this came from talking life insurance and living wills recently. I don't like that subject but it's the responsible thing to do. Anyways sorry for the stream of consciousness! It's what I do when I'm left to my thoughts.

I REALLY need to get this out! (repeat for facebook people)

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:22:31 GMT

Music is everything. The blood that runs through my body, the only constant in an ever-changing world. Today, more than ever, I regret not going for my real dream. So I'd be poor. Fighting for notariety. OH WELL! What does that matter if this misery inside won't stop? I should be one of the happiest people in the world. I have a husband that loves and supports me, friends that will love me no matter what stupid thing I do next, a great career, a place to live, and a vehicle that I LOVE to drive. But still...I need something more. I vowed I'd teach flute lessons this year to fill the void. I only have one student and that's a maybe. The Sierra Vista community Choir meets in the middle of the morning. I work!! The community college band meets on the night I have my reading intervention class. I feel as though I've chosen a path, and now I can't go back and choose the other fork in the road. I do use music in my classroom, believe me. But I can't do it at the level I would like. In the words of my principal "We have to worry about achievement scores first." THIS...is why I'm frustrated with education. What kind of a disservice are we doing to our children?? Sure, reading and math instruction need to be top notch. But what the hell? Why do they not need to be well-rounded individuals? Last time I checked, the state of Arizona has standards for art and music also. I have kids in my class who are struggling readers, but if you ask them to retell a story though art, they draw amazing things that have every element of the story in them. You can use that to build their comprehension and build their interest! Still other children in my class LIVE for the day when music is their special. I really don't get it. What happened to everything I learned in college about balanced education and differentiated instruction? Was that a lie?? You ask me to cater to the needs of the child..yet don't give me the tools. You ask me to lift them up and give them wings to fly, but tie my hands. I really don't know how much longer I can live with this. If I didn't have a husband and goals, I'd quit, complete my Mary Kay business, teach flute, and train my voice. In a few years' time, I could be in a production on ( or off) Broadway communicating to people in a way that I am most comfortable. Luciano Pavarotti was a school teacher for two years. He only had formal voice training for six. Who left this life known as the last great voice in Italian Opera? Yep, he did. Why does it need to be too late for me? I'm not trying to compare myself to a man whose talent was limitless, but what I'm saying is if you really want it, what stops a person from making it happen??

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:10:30 GMT

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WOW I love this!! Look how much it's grown!! Thank you, Keystone Aerial Surveys! hehe Most of the southwest and Kentucky I did on my own, but everything else..yeah. I love this job!

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Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:40:25 GMT

This kept my mind off of things for five minutes.

Fun!

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:41:11 GMT

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Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:13:27 GMT

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I love Keystone Aerial Surveys!! :-) This update was just for my ongoing training during Spring Break!! :-)

Soundtrack of my Life

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:36:50 GMT

If your life were A film, what would the soundtrack be?

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the name of the song that's playing.
5. When you get to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool (it will compromise the divination). ;-)

Opening Credits:
Some Days You Gotta Dance! ~Dixie Chicks

Waking Up:
If You See Her/ If you See Him ~ Reba with Brooks and Dunn

First Day At School:
Before He Cheats ~Carrie Underwood (This one really makes zero sense, unless you count the fact that I sing it almost every morning in the shower just because I like the song.)

Falling In Love:
Keep the Faith ~Bon Jovi

Fight Song:
She's My Kind of Rain ~Tim McGraw

Breaking Up:
What a Waste ~Miss Saigon soundtrack

Prom:
Who's Your Daddy? ~Toby Keith

Life:
Not Ready to Make Nice ~Dixie Chicks (hehe..this is the best one yet!)

Making babies:
I'm With You ~Avril Lavigne (well, apparently we're adopting an angsty adolescent.)

Mental Breakdown:
Listen to your Heart ~DHT

Driving:
Fine With Me ~Little Big Town

Flashback:
Wasted ~Carrie Underwood

Getting back together:
Amarillo by Morning ~George Strait

Wedding:
Someone Saved My Life Tonight ~Elton John

Birth of Child:
One Step Up ~Kenny Chesney (Originally Bruce Springsteen)
(Betsy, what's with the f-ing break-up songs for out births??)

Final Battle:
This Money is Yours ~Miss Saigon Soundtrack

Death Scene:
You Can't Take the Honky Tonk out of the Girl ~ Brooks and Dunn
Apparently, I'm dying at a wedding. Nice.

Funeral Song:
Bones~ Little Big Town (weird)

End Credits:
Zoot Suit Riot ~Cherry Poppin Daddys

What a strange, strange little movie this is.

Fed up with work

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:10:29 GMT

Fed up with school!! I thought I'd procrastinate.

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We're trying!!

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:41:41 GMT

I requested information from the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption, and I am in contact with another agency, also. So, I guess that is equivalent to.. we're trying for a family. :-) I couldn't be more happy! This could take months, this could take years. We shall see!!

It's that time of year again!

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:32:15 GMT

Well, evil respiratory cold has officially elevated itself to bronchitis status. grr This cough makes me sound like certain death. Hopefully it will be over soon! I just need to get through one more week. Well, not even full week. We have Monday, Tuesday, half days both Wednesday and Thursday, then Winter Break. Tomorrow will be spent doing my planning for the week. I haven't had the energy for it after teaching all week. Today was spent shopping! We got all of it done except my father and brother..the two most difficult people on this planet to shop for! Boy, am I pooped! We don't have anything for the in-laws yet, either, but we do know what we're getting. It's just a matter of heading where we need to head, which involves going to Tucson. That will be sometime this week, or perhaps tomorrow night. I just have one rant for the day. I HATE BEING SHORT!!! If I want nice pants, I have to spend $80 on petite pants at a petite store because those are the only ones that are cut to fit me properly. boo!
I am looking forward to this next week, though. We are going to read the Polar Express and make hot chocolate. We are also going to read "Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat" and do a Hanukkah lesson. On Tuesday it's Christmas in Germany complete with streusel! Sehr gut! I also want to do Los Posados. Kwanzaa is on our calendar, too, but that requires research. I am doing a "Christmas around the world" theme and it's a lot of work! However, it's highly worth it because these kids aren't exposed to anything outside of Benson. I have had two parents who know what they are talking about tell me I'm doing a good job! :-) They also said they could never do it. That made me feel pretty good, since I've been so down about it all lately. I think things are finally smoothing out! It's taken almost the whole semester, but the kids have learned who reigns queen! :-) Spring semester should go very nicely if things continue one their current rate.

Merry Christmas...for some.

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:19:44 GMT

Well, I've discovered there are more kids in my class than I imagined who are not going to have a decent Christmas. :-( I have one with no coat, and we're at 3000 feet. Mornings and evenings are REALLY cold! (It's not Flagstaff, but close). Two don't have backpacks. Two don't have any good clothing or shoes. The school nurse, fortunately, works through St. Vincent de Paul to help fix this problem, but not everyone is reached. The jackets are covered, but I'm probably buying a backpack and a decent set of shoes. Poor babies!! And we expect them to learn??

ugh

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:15:12 GMT

Home today...sick...with most evil respiratory cold EVER. boo.. I hope the kids don't kill or otherwise dismember my sub. *sigh* At least I can continue some Christmas type projects.

hehe

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:33:36 GMT

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Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:08:04 GMT

Some of this is just too weird or funny for words...

YAY

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:05:37 GMT

Home internet now works!! Sort of... We're working on making it work in rooms other than just the bedroom.

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2nd year highlight...	Your pet ran away. Your rival found it and held it for ransom.
3rd year highlight...	You got bit by a werewolf.
4th year highlight...	Professor Trelawney predicted that the rest of your life would be spent in a mud puddle.
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AAHHH

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:39:29 GMT

I've never been more stressed yet more excited in my entire life. I'm trying to unpack and organize a classroom AND a house at the same time!! Vince is awesome and does a lot of the work at home, and then I feel bad but we're both working our butts off! We do love our duplex, though, so that helps. I was under the impression it was a full-on house, but hey. It's not expensive and it's really nice, and we only have one attached neighbor and not 5 so I consider it an upgrade! For now, my only internet access is my classroom computer. That should change soon, I hope! I have almost all decs up in my room, and I'm waiting until the last minute to do anything kid specific, ie nametags. Other than that, it's a crap ton of unpacking books and organizing supplies. IT NEVER ENDS! But I'm thrilled!

Homeward Bound

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:51:00 GMT

We finished our last points in Colorado Springs on Monday, and we called the company to let them know. Then, they promptly told us to get our butts to El Paso, Texas for the last of the points there. We loaded the plane Monday night, and took off on Tuesday morning. We arrived in El Paso in the afternoon where we discovered that here idea of a compact rental car is a Ford Fusion, a full-sized sedan. haha. We also had Texas barbeque for lunch, quite possibly the best food EVER! Our stomachs bulging, we settled into the hotel and then went back to the airplane for a photo flight. It was hot and bumpy as none other, so we called it quits after less than an hour. We proceeded to the nearest Tex/Mex restaurant where I promptly got sloshed on the largest margarita known to man! Today, however, success with the pictures! We finished all of the photos in this area, so tomorrow morning, we're homeward bound!! First graders, here comes your teacher! :-) After the moving part, that is.

grr

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:45:06 GMT

OK, I have a new pet peeve. People who go to Wal-Mart and use the self check out for their $100 worth of groceries. Especially when it's about half produce. ARGH 30 minutes in line is not my idea of a good time, especially when it's only one person we're waiting for! I mean, really, isn't the self check out supposed to be an express kind of thing where you only take a few items?

It's a bird! It's a plane!

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:14:53 GMT

NO IT'S SUPERMAN! hehehehe Dude..awesome movie. He has been my favorite superhero since childhood. I think that the new Superman did a wonderful job, as did the actress who played Lois Lane. My only disappointment was a lack of mention for Christopher Reeve in the credits. You definitely must go see this movie. Vince and I were lucky enough to get a day off of flying due to weather, so we spent the day at the mall. Window shopping in Colorado Springs is cool!

wow

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:32:34 GMT

So we have some serious Air Traffic Control problems. Specifically at Los Angeles Center. All power has been lost, and most planes coming out of most major hubs are delayed. This is breaking news from our controller friend Will. We may or may not be flying tomorrow.

In other news, we went to the Royal Gorge today. THAT was cool! It's a narrow little canyon that has the Arkansas river running through it and you can take an aerial tram across the gorge.

Yesterday, George Bush said the most intelligent thing he has said in 8 years. Ironic it included profanity. It is NOT our job to get the Hezbolah out of Israel. This is a war that has been going on for centuries, and we have enough going on to protect ourselves from. I just think that if we spread ourselves too thin, nobody is going to benefit. I am glad, however, that we are trying to help them maintain diplomacy to some extent.

That's enough of that rant. I LOVE traveling. That is all for now.

Almost over!

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:59:11 GMT

As this summer comes to a close, I really can't beleive that it's already about over! It has FLOWN by!! (Pardon the pun!) Really, though, it seems like yesterday Vince was discussing this job he wanted to apply for, and three months later, here we are, having a blast! Don't get me wrong, I can't WAIT to teach kids! That will be by far the most exciting part of my life. Actually making a difference.

Pretty soon we will be moving into a two bedroom house in Benson..HOUSE!! I'm SO excited!! It's been about three years since I've had a place I could really call my own with Vince. I'm really having a hard time imagining it all! We might almost be bored without roommates! haha We will be going home to Arizona on Friday the 28th of July. I start teacher training on the 31st. Geez it's all really happening!!! So why am I so scared??

I'm a little jealous, too. Vince and I are in Colorado Springs, CO because the company moved us south from Greeley so we can hit the last of our points more easily. DUDE! It's f~ing Colorado Springs, CO!! So why am I jealous? One of the other crews got to go to Lubbock, TX which we were hoping for. I really wanted to go to Texas to see what it's really all about, I guess. And to hopefully see John and Audrey. Maybe that's why I'm jealous! With that..it's time for bed for now.

Fun times!

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:54:55 GMT

Greeley, Denver, and Estes Park, CO have SO MUCH TO DO! We have been flying kind of intermittently for the past week because of weather, but we've seen SO MUCH! For Indedpendence Day, we went to the Greeley Independence Day Stampede. It was an all-American good freakin' time! We bought cheap tickets to the rodeo, and while we were there we got offered tickets to the concert that night! It was Big and Rich!! This lady got them from her work and didn't want to go! So we did! They are freaking awesome live! They put a lot into their music, and they always keep their fans in mind. We also got lucky and our friend Jena Hess was here visiting her parents! We went hiking through Rocky Mountain National Park! That is quite possibly the most beautiful place ever!
Yesterday, we went to Denver and Golden. We toured the Coors brewery! YES! It was very awesome to see how the nectar of the gods known as beer is made. This was followed by a rain-delayed game at Coors field, Rockies and D-Bax! WEE!We left early because of the rain, but it's kinda good because it was delayed for THREE HOURS! The D-Bax, however, stood victorious!
Vince posts pictures cuz I haven't had time to sit and downsize them all. www.cfivince.com

Colorado RULES

I think, however, our plans for today are wal-Mart and sleep. LOL

Sweet!!

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:30:49 GMT

Cool! I LOVE me the Rinoa! And what about that hottie, Squall?? ;-)

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Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:41:38 GMT

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Colorado!

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:00:28 GMT

The state this time, not my big sis. :-) Speaking of whom I shall call her later. Congrats on Florida, babe!

Anyhow, the state is awesome!! I like it even better than Montana, it's more like home. I also saw some freaking HOTT cowboys today! WOOT They were bronc riders from the rodio that's coming to town. hehe

We arrived in Greeley last night after spending two hours on the ground in Wyoming due to thunderstorms. They are quite beautiful here, much like the ones I miss from home! We're still shooting pictures, still workin'. We'll probably head to Denver which is only a half hour drive or so the next day we get to stay on the ground! Hope everyone is doing well!