A Dancing Heather

I really wish I danced like this. I guess I'm getting there, considering I've only been in ballroom dance for a year and a few months. These are BYU dancers. They're performing a waltz.




And this is what I actually dance like. I'm in the red top and black skirt, dancing with Glenn in the red vest. I start out in the lower right. The video quality is lacking, I know... I guess Mom was distracted by us dancing when she took it.

***It appears that for some reason, this video isn't working. I give up.



Also, what girl wouldn't want to do ballroom when she gets to wear such pretty dresses?



Anyway, just thought I'd fill you guys in on this new part of my life.

Pictures of Heather and Jake

I finally got a haircut, which was so needed. This is not the best picture of it, but at least you can see the length.

Then, I went "DI-ing," an end-of-semester tradition for me and my roommate Cyrena which involves raiding all of the DI boxes in the dorms, picking out new clothes for ourselves, and giving away old clothes we don't wear. Here is a sample of my pickings -- the shirts, not the pants.

And here's my nephew Jacob, staring amazedly at the working train set under the Christmas tree. Also, he has chocolate on his face.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday Heather

I have several amusing pictures to show you in celebration of my birthday (which is right now!)

Picture one: Heather inside a very large ziploc bag.



Picture two: Apparently, this is what I look like when I bowl. Apparently, I'm more of a dancer than a bowler.

Picture three: I got my Utah DL today... they gave me the paper one right away, and I assume I'll get the plastic one in the mail. I'm glad I got my license, because my old one expires... today. Er, so I guess I technically got this license yesterday, since it was before midnight at the time.

Picture four: My roommate apparently took this picture before she left, because I found it on my camera tonight. It greatly amuses me. (My roommates are all out of state for my birthday)

Well, hope you enjoyed them! I sure did!

"You're blogging again? That's like twice in a week!"

QOTD

"Yes, I enjoy leaving people better than when I met them. You're like little campgrounds to me."

-Holly

Poor Grasshopper!

On the way home from school today I saw a grasshopper. This poor grasshopper was missing a leg. I picked it up and put it on the grass, out of the way of being stepped on, and watched it eat. I just felt so sad for it, not knowing if it would die from its severed leg. I'm sad I couldn't think of a lawn to put it on that doesn't get mowed regularly. I wish I could have. I don't want it to die. When I got home though, I researched grasshoppers, and it appears that if they haven't got their wings fully developed yet, they might regrow their leg! Which is exciting, because its wings were little stubs. So hopefully, my grasshopper will live. I thought about putting it in a jar, but things I keep inside a jar always manage to die.

It's all in your...head?

"I'm stupid!" she cried for the fourth time that day as she incessantly clicked her mechanical pencil and stared, unfocused, at her math homework.

Sound familiar? This post if to refute those feelings I (and probably everyone else) so often experience.

We know so much. We are practically overeducated. Quick! What's the smallest continent and biggest island? What do you add to cookie dough to make it taste sweet? How do you tell if it's cheaper in the long run to buy the bigger bottle? What sport has a "home run"? Who said "to be or not to be"? What is the modern English word for "thee"? How many numbers are there? What is something vitamin C does for your health?

Oh, if only all tests in school were that easy. But think about it -- we weren't born with this knowledge. Oh, the power of the mind. Really, honestly, I just can't wait to have kids because they remind us how smart we are with their ever-trusting, ever-inquisitive nature. "Mommy, why does it snow? How do they make cloth? Why don't we eat everything with spoons? Where does sugar come from? Why? Why? Why?"

Just remember not to get annoyed. If you know the answer, it's probably because someone taught it to you.

Old Pictures

I found some old pictures that I'm really excited to post!

Here's one of my old bird, Bowie. He was flying around and landed somewhere and panicked. I think his place of landing was most appropriate.

And this is my knight in shining armor (my nephew, actually, about 5 years younger than he is now)

And this is me and my brother, celebrating, because, well duh! His creation is... burning. Well it must have been happy because look at our faces!

Well, post more later, maybe.