Hand Stamped Cards

My most recent set of stamped cards.... I really enjoy stamping these and being creative with what I have.

This first one is my favorite!!

It doesn't have a purpose just yet, But it will be a speical one!

This card was made for my boyfriends cousin who is going to take his ACT this December. He is striving for a certain score so he can get into Central Methodist University.

This is just an extra one I made. It will probably be sent at some point in time to my MAN!

Same, an extra card.



This card is for a couple that Bobby and I know from his school. As you can see, they are expecting!!!

So..that was about it. Over Christmas I will make some more and put them up too!

Long Distance Relationships

Probably the hardest thing I've ever done! Stressful, frustrating, annoying, rewarding, growing, learning, figuring out...all these things I have experienced in the last 3 semesters. It is such hard work to make a relationship work, now throw in the fact that the person is no where near you and it's going to be like that for awhile. I don't know why people would ever start a relationship at a distance..SO NOT FOR ME! I was lucky, I had 7 1/2 months of no distance before the loveliness started. Oh goodness, we both have web cams which is a BLESSING! We are able to chat and do our bible study and relationship books (a great way to ensure quality time with yer hunny). Not gunna lie, sometimes they are kinda weird, because it's like you are in their room with them. I have heard a few roommate conversations and sat in my room thinkin "I don't understand, nor do I want to. I don't live in this room for a reason." But then again, I've gotten to meet a few people through the cams too (also kinda weird). But if given the chance, I would do it again. We have grown so much in SO many areas. Especially our communication to each other..which is far from where is needs to be, but we have made great progress. Okay done with that. No one wants to hear all about my LDR...peace out!

Giving Gifts

I wish I had more money so I could buy more gifts for other people. I don't know why, but I get REALLY excited as Christmas time approaches because I get to buy/make special gifts for people I love. This year I have a really good feeling for some reason. I have a lot of ideas floating around in my head (that I'm not going to post because I don't know who reads this :~)) and I feel a lot of them will be big hits! That time of year is right around the corner. I can't belive it is almost November! This weekend I hope to get some Christmas shopping done so I can start working on putting everything together so I don't have much to do while I am home for Thanksgiving and for Christmas break.

I can't wait to wrap presents too!!! That has to be one of my favoirite holiday things to do!!! All the fun paper and cute name tags! Each year I seem to learn a new technique to wrap something odd-shaped or to spice it up. Oh Christmas...I see you way down the street. I'll be watching for you until you arrive!

Middle Schoolers

Don't get my wrong, I absolutely LOVE my middle school kids, but boy howdy lets put forth some effort. I am writing a couple of case studies this semester on two of my kids. I am writing the first one now and I seem to have picked the, oh how do I say this, most complex student, NOT in a good way. This kid is one big ball of trouble. He is in OSS right now because he made a root beer bottle into a "regular" beer bottle and was playing with it at school. He does no work, I think my host teacher said he has a 35% in her class. 35%!!!!!!!! To have a grade that low, you are trying to fail. This isn't a hard class. I'm not saying it's easy-schmeasy but it isn't rocket science, it's not even regular science. He is what I call a frequent flyer...he visits the office often. I think there have been two times out of the 7 I have been that he has not been in the office. This kid just breaks my heart. I try to keep an eye on him, but I was informed he really has free reign at home. He doesn't have rules or much guidance. It is so sad to see that. This kid is a leader and has so much potential. But no one really likes him. I mean sure, he is good for a laugh with an inappropriate joke in class but that is about it. He may have another troublemaker who follows him, but he is that kid that no one really wants to hang around because it is only a matter of time before he is in trouble for something else, again. So this is my ode to teachers who deal with this day after day and year after year, Don't give up on them! I know one day I will need to come back and read this to remind myself. These are the kids that really need you and they are the ones that you are not going to want to deal with after the first week of school because you are already sick of their antics. Just keep trying and don't give up. That is what he is expceting. To be given up on just like everyone else has...prove him wrong. Show him that you are NOT like everyone else. You are there for him and you will NOT give up!!!!

Okay... no more motivational speeches tonight!

Ya know what I miss?

I miss getting up with grandma at 5am, pickin up Aunt Marylin, stopping at Casey's General Store for a doughnut and hot chocolate on our way to a morning full of garage sales! I LOVE garage sale-ing. I used to look for ALL things Barbie. And boy, did Grandma and I find some GOOD stuff. Name brand clothes with tags still one them, a Barbie RV van, and movies/books galore!I also was quite fond of garage sale clothes. The night before Grandpa would give me a 5 dollar bill and say "Don't spend it all at one place." I would hug him and say thank you and as I walked away Grandma would always say, "What is she supposed to get with 5 dollars?!" *Grins* Though 5 dollars goes pretty far for a garage sale-ing kid, I usually had it spend within the first 3 stops. Boy, did we have some fun! I remember getting board games and puzzles and wanting to play as soon as we got back. But Grandma knew that would never happen. Come about 10:30 am I was ready to go back home for a nap :~). Though I haven't been in awhile, I still do greatly enjoy garage sales. I imagine here in the next few years as I am starting to decorate and furnish my own place, I'll start going some more. Though, every time I drive past one I slow down and see if there is "anything I just have to have" (as Grandma would ask before I bought anything). Normally nothing does, but I'm sure one of these days something will catch my fancy and I'll get the bug again.

FALL

What is not to be loved about fall? The crisp, cool, brisk air rustling leaves and whistling through the trees. The BOLD beautiful colors of Red, Yellow, Orange, Gold, and Brown! Smells of Pumpkins and spice and fire places..mmmmm. I love walking outside during fall and smelling the smell of fire places and burning leaves. It is the trigger to my brain that, Yes I was right to hold on to the desire of fall and that summer wasn't going to last forever.

This fall I really want to attempt to bake/cook something with REAL fresh Pumpkin! I am not sure what to make yet, but I WILL make something. I came about this idea one day in between classes while watching the Today Show. I believe Martha Stewart was on there and was talking about pumpkin. After I got back to my room, I started researching it and found a site that was everything I was looking for. http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Cook-Fresh-Pumpkin I found out that when cooking, one should use Sugar Pumpkins, which are usually different than regular ole' Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins. But having a Frosted Pumpkin Yankee Candle Tart melting on my window sill--Oh the sweet smell that is! Also my Practicum Middle School classroom has Spiced Cider "Wall Flowers" in the room too. Though I do not like cider, the smell just warms my body as it enters my nostrils. Oh fall how I've missed you and I'm so happy you've returned with promises of Thanksgiving, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and a few WELL needed breaks. How I will miss you when you leave. Thank you for gracing us with your presence. And God, thank you for this AWESOME season which I love so much!

I don't want to do my paper...

I have only one more assignment before this semester is over and I am really not in the mood to do it. It's a Commodity Chain Paper about Mr. Potato head. But It's so beautiful outside and I want to just look outside and be outside and not inside working on a dumb paper. So I'm taking a break and I'll work on it later or tomorrow or somthing. I am so ready to take finals and go home. When I go home I'll start working and spending time with people I've been missing for a long time. Then on June 1st I'll start my summer school, 2 classes from 8-10:50 Monday- Thursday until July 27th. Soon after I get out of school I'll get to go on Vacation in Gulf Shores with mom, bree, paige and her mom, Aunt Jamie, rachel and cory...it'll be a lot of fun. During the meat of the summer I hear I'm going to be going to a Cardinal game or two with my wonderful man. And I hope to be visiting my Columbia Church once or twice with Bobby. I really miss him..and can't wait to spend the summer with him. We'll get to spend birthdays and special days with each other..and I hope that we don't have any hinderences this summer like we did last with me being sick for about half the summer.
Okay...so I guess I'll stop blabbering about nothing now...
~~Kasey

Life in general

What the crap is going on? My allergies are acting all crazy, but tomorrow it's supposed to SNOW??? What is going on with the world of weather? All I know is that my head feels like it's going to explode and my sinus's are swollen. GRR.. What a lovely end of spring break.

I'm going to be going back to school and coming back next weekend to sign up for my summer classes I'll be taking at St. Charles Community College. I hope to be taking geography and teaching the exceptional individual, but that is only if they will transfer correctly. I plan on taking summer school next summer as well to gain my goal of graduating in three years.

I'll be back home the weekend after that as well. I planned on going to Springfield for Easter, but it turns out Rob's grandfather is getting married that Saturday. So we'll be going to Sikeston for the wedding. After that weekend, I don't plan on being home until school is over! I can't wait for the summer. I want to be home and with my family.

But the end isn't all that near, I still have much to do. But that Bobby, he's a lucky booger...getting out in April..oh what a joy that would be.

Until next time...
Kasey

My new band!

Okay, so I saw this on someone's facebook and I wanted to try it out myself. It has potential to be really funny so here we go...

Create a debut album. Here are the rules:

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomThe first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”or click http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fexplore%2Finteresting%2F7days&h=d0a0b25c4e4ab6327dddd3827c487e9cThird picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. (no photo$hop? google "online photo editor" - try picnik.com).

Okay...and this is what I got!

Glorious Weather!

I absolutely love SPRING weather! Even though I feel cheated when we have beautiful weather days then go back to icky winter, I wouldn't change getting these what I started calling "Spring Spurts". These spurts always seem to come at the perfect time. When the drab of winter starts to cloud my mind and my soul, I kinda lose sight that on the other side of winter is spring! Being blessed with these wonderful days, it just reminds me that spring is coming. I don't know what it is about that time of year, but I can't help be happy. That happiness comes out during Spring Spurts as well and I'm so grateful for it. It's just a small reminder that when life gets tough and dark, that God hasn't forgotten about you. These days are really happening reminders. But with this weather, I have no motivation to do any work. I just want to enjoy the weather and not worry about anything. So I hope everyone is enjoying this spurt and remember that we have an equally beautiful God how shows Himself through His creation. Hope you can catch the sunset tonight, it's the end to a perfect day, I think.

Hope you are enjoying the weather!!!
~Kasey

I should be doing homework...

...Oh the lines of almost every college student. Always should be studying or reading for class. But today, I took sometime for myself (which means I watched Bridezillas instead of reading for Native American Culture, go me). Recently I have been trying to figure out what's going to go on here (college) in the next year and the rest of the time I am here. Right now the plan is to graduate in three years (2011) with the help of a little bit of summer school. I am also waiting on RA interview results. Yes, I applied to be an RA next year. I should know by Friday or Monday if I'm in or not. It would be a great experience and help me make some new "friends." It has it's perks as well, my own room and a $400 monthly paycheck! But it really isn't about the money I think it would be a good growing experience for me. Any who...I have my spring break in a few weeks and I can't wait to get outta here for more than 3 days. I'll be in Springfield until Tuesday the 24th. Doing what you ask? Well hanging out with the COOLEST dude I know. Then I will be going home until Sunday. While home I should be applying for summer classes at the prestigious St. Charles Community College as well as talking to lovely Pool King about taking me back for the summer. Yes still at Pool King. This will be my 4th summer there, and it gets old and icky sometimes but I love it just as much as I started, if not more. I miss it now, what I would do for water tests and "Pool School" instead of Sociology and Survey of Western Art. Ugh. But that's life, I don't want to do water tests for the rest of my life, that's why I'm here :~). So I really hope that I can actually keep up with this, for the third try. But we'll see. I may end up just talking to myself with no audience, but that's okay too.



Good Night!
~Kasey~