Spring Break... what to do?

So last week was spring break, and it was fun. I did things I've never done before. Like, for example, watched ALL the STAR WARS movies. Yup, you'd think a guy that loves scifi stuff like me would have already watched them... several times even. But nope, I realized I've only watched bits and pieces of them all, so I decided to watch them all. Dont worry, it wasn't in one single day, but over about 2 weeks.

Additionally, on thursday and friday the schools had snow days. I couldn't believe it! I was so annoyed. Why? Because in all my four years of high school I never got ONE SINGLE SNOW DAY! What really annoyed me was that they canceled the schools BEFORE there was any snow! They canceled it just because the weather people SAID there would be 18 inches of snow... well guess what... NO 18 INCHES OF SNOW! Back in my day they would have made us come to school anyway, then once it GOT to 18 inches, they might have let us go early. But we all know that the REAL reason I was annoyed is because the ONLY time snow days EVER occur is when they don't affect me. For instance in high school, spring break rolls around, im looking forward to my break, well guess what... BLIZZARD! Yup, the monday of spring break we were hit with a huge blizzard, forcing me to stay inside the whole week. Now for this snowstorm... When does it snow? On MY spring break. Why couldn't I have worked for Jesse's school district? Their spring break is this week, which means that got an additional 2 days. Methinks im going to move to siberia just so my kids can have snow days.

And talk about snow, but more specifically weather in Colorado... Big snowstorm on Thursday, 50 degree weather on Friday, 60 on Saturday, and 75 on Sunday.

Good bye Snowman!

SNOW!

My First Snow Storm!

Yesterday there was a storm-warning - the Denver-Metro area was forecast to receive 18 inches of snow. So, the entire area canceled school - including my massage therapy school. We didn't get quite that much snow, but it was still really neat to see it snow all day and through the night. I took a few pictures to illustrate



This morning it finished, but school was canceled again for everyone. J is already on spring break, and he was a little bitter that everyone got a snow day because apparently he went to school uphill in the snow both ways when he was a kid. ^_^

Since this was my first experience with that kind of snow, I had to go outside today and build a snowman. Isn't he cute? His mouth kept falling off, you can see it there at his feet, but that's ok. Everyone is special in their own way. ^_^ So, Happy Spring Break Snow Storm!

PS. Does anyone know how to display a tapa cloth?

My way to travel =)

So, last March Lianna and I went to Australia and New Caledonia. It was a GREAT trip... very short, but great. We had so much fun. But some of you might not know, but for me it was all paid for. Yup, BYU-Hawaii paid my ENTIRE way, food, lodging, airfare, rental car, gas, the whole 9 yards. So I decided that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and just had to bring my wife along. So we bought her a plane ticket and she stayed with me, drove with me, at with me, and therefore was almost an all-expense paid trip for her too! That just made it even more GREAT!

Well, a new year, a new opportunity. Lianna, as amazing and wonderful and kind and gentle and loving and sweet, and sensitive and fun-loving, and kind-hearted, and pretty much perfect as she is, has a lot of friends, many of which go to massage school with her. Well, one of Lianna's said friends is getting married this October, and wants Lianna to be a bride's maid.... IN SPAIN! Yup, that's right, in Spain. So her friend is going to pay her airfare and give her a place to stay in the Spanish country-side (the bride-to-be's grandma's house.) Pretty sweet deal hu? Well it gets better. They are also going to pay for ME to go! Crazy hu? So hopefully this works out. Now, October is quite far away and a lot could change between now and then, but who knows, we'll see. It's certainly something to look forward to!

For those who can't tell us apart...

So for those of you who can not tell us (my wife and I) apart, that previous post about the history of St. Patricks Day was actually from LIANNA , not myself. (Sorry Sarah.) However, Happy Saint Patrick's day all. I hope its full of ridiculous good luck and fun memories.

As for me, I'm working. Yup. blogging at work, but the student I'm working with has free time, which makes me have free time. So blog i shall.

Anyway, about the whole going to Ireland thing, my family, i.e, mom, dad and emily, are all going to go to Ireland sometime this year. Lianna and I would LOVE to go, however the chances of that are looking less than good. Like Lianna said, it would be nice to have a place to life. However, we still have to pay off student loans for massage therapy school, make enough money to go, plan, pay, and all that. We really wanted to go with our family, but it looks like they may go much earlier than planned, which would be when Lianna was still in school. Sad day. But even if they did go at the end of July, we still would be hard pressed to go. That and I just found out how Littleton Public Schools actually pay their employees. Therefore this paycheck I will get on friday will be much smaller than I actually thought. (grrr... they only pay once a month, and instead of the pay period being from the 20th to the 20th, it is actually from the beginning of the month to the end, which means I will only get paid for two weeks in February, not the four weeks I was thinking/hoping. Oh well, at least I have a job. I'm happy about that.

Anyway, free time is almost over. Goodbye all.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day in Advance! We probably will not post on the day of, so here it is! Celebration! Confetti! Parties! Green things!

Since I was small I've had a fascination for most things Ireland, and that includes St. Patricks' Day. I don't know why I never actually went and looked up information about the holiday, but I did today..

history.com has a great special on the holiday, and I discovered that corned beef is not actually the traditional food, because it replaced Irish Bacon during tough economic times around the turn of the century. Also, Erin go Bragh means Ireland Forever.

With any financial luck ourselves, we may even get to GO to Ireland this year! However, if our own economic times remain tough, we may have to substitute with paying for an apartment.. which is also a good thing to do with money.

wow two in one day!

So, I don't want to push aside J's post, but I've been meaning to post lately as well. I started clinic this past Saturday, an exciting day because clinic is a 5.5 hour long massage-session for me. I give 4 or 5 massages in those 5.5 hours, am able to connect with the clients, and work on my own technique for interviewing, follow-up, and client-service. I visited the clinic the week before I began in order to scope out what everyone else was doing. I had planned to decorate my booth (we each have a little booth to massage in, like a crowded spa), and after seeing one booth that had no decor, I decided I HAD to decorate mine. Below is a picture of what I had, though it was taken at home and not at clinic. The table has a basket under it, which helped to keep my booth tidy and inviting. I also placed a Thank-You card with a business card inside on the brown tray, and I think it made a fairly good impression. Like one of my brothers-in-law said, how often do you get thanked for receiving a massage? But, as a student of body-work, I know it IS a gift to be allowed to touch another person's body; after all, you can heal and harm with the same hands, and it shows great trust to allow someone to manipulate your muscles.

What to post?

So I ran into (not physically, but almost) a mother of a long time friend and it was fun to see her. WE chatted for a bit, and she told me that she actually knew about much of the new things in my life and admitted she was a blog stalker. We laughed and had a nice little chat, but as I was walking away, I thought to myself, "I should blog more." But honestly, what on EARTH do I blog about these days? Im not in paradise, I don't have anything life threatening or exciting to blog about, and Im just a boring guy with a phenomenal wife.

But I guess I should blog about my life. I cant really go into specifics with my job because of confidentiality, but I can still talk about it a bit. Needless to say my job is awesome! I love it. It is so much fun... SO much fun. Every day is different, and the kids are SO cute. They are just so innocent and fun loving, and when they have their "moments," most of the time its really funny. I also learn a lot from them, especially about confrontations and people interactions. Most of you know me very well, and know that I'm a very non-confrontational person. But many of these kids have no proper perception of what is proper to do and say among people and what is not, and that is why we are they, to help them use their words, to teach them proper social interactions, and how to live on their own. So, when the students have a problem with other people in society, we have to coach them to use their words to express how they feel, what they don't like, and how to fix the situation. Often it can be quite uncomfortable, but it really helps ME learn about how to deal with uncomfortable situations and problem/conflict solving.

So anyway, I am thoroughly enjoying life right now. Oh, something else that happened is that my computer pretty much blew up and died. Luckily I purchased an extended warranty, and so it is being fixed for free ( HP "fixed" it once and sent it back to me, but it still wouldn't work. So I'm sending it back.) Hopefully it will eventually work right.

Lastly, Lianna and I sent out our Christmas cards in February, and if you didn't one, its because we didn't have your address, so please, send me your addresses in one way or another so we can add you to our cool-people-list-with-whom-we-will-stay-in-contact. Take care everyone!