I'm a Firework gone crazy!

*Random thought of the blog: I've decided I actually enjoy being "girly". Random you say? Well you see, my thing is, I LOVE CASUAL. Give me my favorite jeans, an Aeropostale T-Shirt and some flip flops or Converse, and I'm super happy and in my comfort zone. (sadly my flip flops had to be "put away" once I moved to Idaho...) But, I decided I should not be SUPER casual, too much anymore. And that's all I have to say about that. The End.*

It's been a month since my last blog update, but a month at a time is all I can seem to do anymore. Even this summer. (not to mention that nothing exciting happens to me during my summers). I've been working 4, not 3, jobs. Yep-found that lucky 4th part-timer about a month ago! *Note to Readers: I'd highly appreciate you not calling me crazy and allowing me to explain the following. It ALL WORKS OUT FINE!!!!!! Yes, I sometimes don't get the sleep I want/need, but honestly, sleeping and I have had a love hate relationship for the last few months anyway so whatev.But anyway, I might as well stay used to a busy schedule since upon my BYU-I return, I will be starting all early classes and lots of HW to keep me awake at all hours. Plus...GASP...an ACTUAL social life will occur once again! Savvy? (what can I say-i'm low on social skills this summer)
So allow me to mention my jobs officially. I have 4 1/2 piano students. Yes-4 1/2. Don't ask. I'm tutoring 2 middle school kids. I'm running the summer camp at Torreon Golf Club 3 times a week, and working a few nights at the movie theater that I worked at 2 summers ago. I mostly like the theater for the money and getting to see movies for free :)
I'm still continuing with every other week "Voice Coaching"...love! Learning lots and continuing my true passion!
So again, I stay pretty busy and am still hoping for a scholarship so all this hard earned money I'm making can go towards other important things!
It's been nice spending time with my family--hopefully they aren't too annoyed with me yet and can keep me for just another 2 months or so. )
I have gotten all registered for my Fall semester classes and must say-I'm pretty excited about it! I will be taking: Child 260-This is the next level up in my preschool lab and I'll be a lead teacher(class goes with it as well), Administrative Issues, Money Management(online), and....Jaws Theme song please....Accounting. :p I'm a little terrified of doing ANY kind of math, even if that will be "easy". But, I will conquer! Should be a thrilling semester and I'm counting down the days til' my return! (ahem...74....)
Well, thats the latest and I'm the greatest! ha-i'm a poet and I didn't know it! Have a super wonderful month everyone! Oh and-Happy Early 4th of July!

Making Ends Meet, and kicking the guy who moves the ends!

Its been said that, "About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends." This is the story of my life, and many other college students I'm sure.

With 3 part time summer jobs, one of which has not begun yet, I won't make enough money for school in the fall. How is this? Oh, you know, its just LIFE! Even if i'm short though, mom's a wonderful person and is willing to help out! Because come on people-I only have 3 semesters of college left! So in reality, I'm looking for yet a FOURTH part time job, while applying for scholarships left and right.
I'm just sayin......

In the meanwhile, I'm continuing to prepare for Torreon Kids Camp! (And not to mention, way ahead of the ball game). I also still have 4, soon to be 6, piano students. This is me teaching a piano student.
Maybe more if I'm lucky! I'll start tutoring a few elementary school students when school lets out in a couple weeks. Should be excellent and quite the experience.
While off and on filling out scholarships and applying for jobs I happen to find, I'm taking voice lessons! From an excellent teacher! Leslie Holladay! I grew up with her family-our moms are still great friends. She is a few years older than me but earned her "Opera Performance" degree at BYU so she's brilliant. Its been fun and totally worth the money I don't have:)
I'm also practicing the guitar as much as possible, and trying to get motivated to be in "composition mode" at the piano again. I have so much I could be doing that I haven't in about a year so its getting there and NOW is the time to do it! I need to take advantage of the music thats still left inside of me ya know? After all, who KNOWS when the next end of the world might be! :)
Well, I have nothing else to say. mkay. byeeee!

O.M.L.! Oh my life!

*Random Thought of the Day: Yep. [Back to random thoughts I am!] It's time to go into the deep thoughts of Rachelle.
I hate dreams. Ok, so I hate them lately. I don't get why we often dream about things we may or may not constantly be thinking about. Sigmund Freud's theory was this: "A dream represents an ongoing wish along with previous days activities." Simple right?...or is it...? :D Makes perfect sense. And explains why I keep dreaming that I'm getting married, or at least dating someone, ALMOST every night for the past couple of weeks. :p I'm not desperate to get married, don't worry. It will happen, but I blame the thoughts leading to dreams because of all the people I know that have recently gotten married or into serious relationships. Enough said. The End.*
The cake I want at my wedding...since I'm dreaming of marriage and stuff....
OH....MY....LIFE! Yes, I'm finally blogging. My life is out of control when I'm in Rexburg...apparently. I can't even blog about my wonderful life up there! Well, most of you know, I'm not in Rexburg now! Yep-I'm back in warm Arizona, where the sun actually shines, until September, when I will once again return to finish my last 3 semesters of school! Can you believe it? I graduate from college a year from July! Scary thought really.....

The rest of my semester was great! I just love love LOVE BYU-Idaho! Despite not wanting to go there in the first place, its the best decision I have made! I've had such a great experience up there and made some of the best friends! I can't wait to go back in a few months!

Meanwhile, I have by some miracle, found a job in Show Low! Well for starters, I'm teaching some piano lessons-4 students so far! But my other job, came out of no where basically! There is a golf club called Torreon here, where rich people from the Mesa/Phoenix are have their second homes and come up a lot in the summer. Well, they do a summer camp for the kids from June to August, 3 days a week. Basically, I've been put in charge of that! ha! The director literally hired me to put together the schedule for every week, and all the activities, based on the theme she chose for the summer. (This year's theme is "Route 66" due to Cars 2 coming to theatres:)So, even though the actual camp doesn't start until after Memorial Day, I still have my work cut out for me, which is great since I get paid to work from home for now! It's pretty great!

I'm also filling my time with things I WANT to do.....practicing guitar almost every day, writing songs(ok, TRYING to get in that mode again), watching movies, and getting other important things done of course! It's nice to finally relax and have fun at the same time. Though, I'm sure my family will be sick of me after a month or two:)

Life is good and so are sonic drinks. :) Have a great week everyone! See pics below from life in Rexburg, etc!
Super Tall Dallas

Cousin Sheree and Brett marry in the Bountiful Temple!
Katie's Bridal shower: old roommates reunite!

A Day In The Life Of A Preschool Teacher

*Theme of the Blog: "It takes less time to do what is right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."-Mark Twain
Its as simple as that. Always do whats right. Follow the Spirit because as long as you're in tune, you will know if you're about to, or are, doing something right. The End. *

I've recently discovered, that I have GOT to have some form of ADHD. But only a little, because otherwise I'd be in big trouble and would never be able to accomplish anything worth my time.
Speaking of time, and what its worth, my life continues to revolve around short people, around the ages of 3 and 4. For heaven's sake, I actually found myself cutting out postcards for the kids to decorate, while watching tv the other night. It's like I'm a real teacher or something ;) Oh and I spent an hour yesterday, on a 3 day weekend none the less, in the preschool workroom. Ahh my life! Its all going to be worth the work though. I'm learning so much and loving the kids more and more.
I'm continuing to teach Relief Society once a month and enjoying that. I'm definantly getting my practice in teaching! I'm pretty sure this is what I was born to do.

Despite my busy life, I'm maintaining an excellent social life! Dates, girls night out, yoga, raquetball.
1. Valentine's Dance-me and my date Brett, and my cousin Brent and his gf/my roommate, Brandi
This is me acting like a preschooler-yes, I licked the brownie bowl clean.

On Valentine's night, my friend Brett and his accapella group came and serenaded us-it made us real happy!
Good times! Well I hope you've enjoyed this edition of my simple thoughts and philosophies. Have a great week everyone!

Feeling like a mom, and learning to be social too!

*THEME OF THE BLOG: "He who avoids complaint, invites happiness."-Abu Bakr
I'm working on not complaining this year. That's not to say that I do it alot...but I do it enough. I find myself complaining about the small things. I tell myself that I complain about reasonable things, like any normal person, but I'm sure even those little complaints stopping sometimes, can make a huge difference in my life and the lives of those around me. So I challenge those reading this to do the same. If you find yourself complaining about something, small or big, ask yourself these questions-Is there anything I can do to change what I'm complaining about? is it REALLY a big deal? Will it matter tomorrow? or in 5 years? Invite happiness, by enjoying the little things, instead of complaining about them. The End. *

Hello fellow bloggers/readers of my blog! School is in session here in Iceburg, Idaho-at BYUIdo. Lucky me, I spent the first week and a half sick with a cold, causing me to be unsocial and slightly miserable. Especially when I had a choir audition, causing me to NOT make it into the choir because, well I didnt sound as good as I normally would-just my luck! ha, well maybe it wasn't meant to be. Well on the bright side(not that I was complaining or anything:)), I am now doing much better and went out with friends the last couple of nights!
School is keeping me super busy. My favorite parts of the week, are when I go to sleep at night, and I long await the weekends when I only work a little bit on at least one of those wknd days, and can then enjoy my time relaxing. I'm sure it will get even busier soon, as I am starting voice lessons next week as well. Should be excellent!

So despite loving sleep all the time, I am enjoying the things i'm learning in my classes-especially my preschool lab! We start having kids in the class this week! My staff/team is great! We have alot of great lesson plans and ideas! Its all legit-23 kids in the classroom, 6 on our staff, and lots of fun! I'm nervous and excited to start. There is SO much work to do for a preschool class-I kinda wish I was getting paid for this:) but thats ok because I'm learning tons for my future!

Nothing too exciting else is going on just yet. I practiced my bread making skills again on Friday and failed. ok. i didn't "fail". Its just that the bread didnt look right-still, I can't seem to let it rise enough. Its very edible but I want it to look full and like sandwhich bread. Any hints from anyone?!!? Practice I suppose. But I still feel like I'm not doin something right. I WILL get it right by the time I get married.

Thats all I gotta say this time round. Have a great week everyone!

Life and Stuff as No One will ever know!

*THEME OF THE BLOG: New blog idea-I'll choose a theme for each blog-having to do with my life at that time-i'll use a quote or word or something. Cool right? Yes I am! SO....this BLOG THEME is: Endurance. Someone once said, "Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is the one who endures that the final victory comes."

Oh how I, and many people do know, that endurance is SO hard sometimes. Easier said than done right? Well, thats the point of endurance. CAN you endure? Life rumbles and tumbles and throws you around, and sometimes makes you faceplant it hard. But if you don't trust your faith and the guidance of God, you won't have the strength you need. So endure with all you've got and life will make its turns where it needs to go and you will be able to ENDURE, in happiness.

And now for the remainder of my life in a nutshell.....where shall I begin? I really need to be better at blogging. Psh...yeah right...like I have time.

Well anyway, Life has been crazy these past few weeks, what with finals and all. Well, I meant it when I said last time, that when it rains, it STORMS on me. After my car died, things seemed to continue to go down hill. I failed two of my THREE finals, causing me to get C's in those classes. One final I haven't the slightest idea how I failed and the other-total joke-which everyone in my class agreed with. Lame. Oh well. I'll still get in the celestial kingdom with C's. baha! Thats what they say at BYU-I anyway:) Oh good heavens....life....

So among all that, I am STILL figuring out what to do with this job thing. It's to the point of cutting my hours a little bit, just for the sake of getting to work, and I can't work too much with the 16 credits I'll be taking. I'm sure things will work out. Sigh....

Christmas this year was nice. I was very happy to have a week off from work, with 2 weeks off from school. We start school again next Wednesday. I'm looking forward to this semester and am ready to try new things and see how life turns the pages! Posted below, are pics from my little break in Show Low!

Me and my "nephew" Landen (Emily's baby)I LOVE this little boy! I wanted to keep him! The line of traffic in one of three accidents we saw while driving down to Mesa the day before coming back to Rexburg. Well hey-at least the sky looked cool!
Flying over the Grand Canyon!It is officially 2011. Wow. Thats' going to take some getting used to. After a rough end of this year, I'm looking forward to this year. I officially expect ups and downs as always, but I think I'm going to look at things a little differently. There are always things I know I can work on and even more that I can accomplish I'm sure.

4 lessons I've learned this year are as follows:

*There are strategies for every type of work you do.

*Relaxing, works wonders. I plan to try to do it more.

*"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." Well, its a work in progress.

*Above all things, the Lord is always understanding and shows mercy and love, in all righteousness. We must live as the Lord would have us live, and he will guide us and strengthen us in all ways.

Have a wonderful new year of 2011 Everyone!

Life in a Box and 22 years gone by.....

*Random Thought of the Month: Yes, month, seeing as how I can't seem to blog except once a month. So thought: I got nothin. The End.*

Dearest Blog Readers of Mine,
Today is the day I finally blog about my "true" life and what really goes on behind the scenes. Because you know, "Life is a stage and all the people merely players." ....something like that...I didnt feel like looking up the Shakespeare quote, but I'm most likely right on since I am related to Shakespeare and all.
Anyway, my life has been swell, up and down, etc. Where should I begin?
I'll start with my most recent dilema. I know...why start sad? Cuz I can get it over with.
My car has once again...taken its last breath. After a good amount of money by my dear parents, put into a new engine and such, it decided it didnt want to live anymore no matter what. Silly old car. Does she NOT realize that I need her in my life? Oh no! She just decided to commit suicide, which is so inconveniently rude! Well, now, I have the dilema of maybe finding a new job since I use my car to drive to work...ugh. Its been so frustrating. It just died, while I was attempting to drive to Provo on Friday. Only made it half hour out to Idaho Falls. It has been a LOOOOOOONG weekend! Just dealing with that, and trying to study for finals too. I mean seriously, when it rains, it STORMS!
And yet....life is mostly going on. I'm praying and trying to figure out my next step. I feel that the Lord is watching out for me.
Well besides that fun little tragedy.....finals are this week! I can't BELIEVE how fast this semester has gone. Faster than ever. I need to make it slow down next semester, even if I'm busier. I need to take more moments to enjoy life. Ok, well, I do enjoy life and have fun, but I want to experience more things and get to know more people I guess. Should be excellent!
I'm really excited to go home and see my family for a week soon-I love Christmas and truly have NOT enjoyed being this far, for this long, away from my family. So it will be a splendid week! And I'll get to see a couple of my best friends as well. Yay!
Oh life......
This week I celebrated my 22nd birthday. It hasn't quite hit me yet that I've turned another age older. But hey, its all good. My roommates threw me an awesome party! I had many friends show up and we had cake and ice cream! It was splendid!Well, I don't have much else to say, and I'm off to a choir concert this fine Sunday evening.
Hope you all are doing well! Have a wonderful week!