tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14770027485156199272024-03-05T17:32:16.981-08:00Wendi's WorldWendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-37749528071048511392012-04-01T16:31:00.000-07:002012-04-01T16:31:38.238-07:00What to do when Spring is BrokenThis year I got two weeks for spring break. Chandler is on a modified year round schedule so we get two weeks for all of our breaks. It was a lot of fun, and I was busy those two weeks. I started off vacation with a trip to the dentist, yipee! I hadn't been in years and I was so glad to finally be able to go and have my teeth cleaned. The dentist I have gone to my whole life wasn't on the insurance for the two previous districts I worked for, and I was hesitant of going to a different one, and luckily they are one the insurance chandler uses, so I was a happy girl, and I'm a nerd and enjoyed getting my teeth cleaned. <br />
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We then took an impromptu trip to the train park with my cousins, siblings and their kids. We had so much, especially because my nephews love trains. They were so excited to ride the train and then go to the museum and see the trains. Another day we also went down to the Mesa Arts Center for their festival of creativity, the kids had so much fun, and it's always fun to watch their excitement. <br />
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St. Patrick's Day was a fun adventure! I got to spend it with 8 of my students and a bunch of other orchestra kiddos at the Elementary and Jr. High Allstate Orchestra Festival. It was way out in Surprise, so we got a bus to take all the kids so their parents didn't have to drive out there and stay all day. We were supposed to leave at 6:45 am (yuck) but got off a little late. After about five minutes on the freeway the bus driver decided to get off because the steering wheel was sticking, not good! We found a parking lot to hangout in and she used my phone to call the maintenance people to see what to do. She was finally able to get a hold of someone and they brought us a new bus. We were supposed to arrive in Surprise around 8 am, and didn't get there until 9. We quickly got the kids into rehearsal. I was kind of excited for my assignment, I got to do the Jr. High Viola chair test, and a friend of mine from EAC was my counterpart for this assignment and we had a lot of fun catching up and listening to the violas. There were some kids with amazing talent that you could tell practiced a lot to get ready. My students had a great time and did an amazing job.<br />
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The second week of Spring Break was busy, I was going to Atlanta for the American String Teacher's Association Conference. I left Tuesday morning, and it kind of took all day to get there with the time difference. I also got a little turned around when I got off the MARTA train (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) and it took me a bit to find the hotel, good thing I have a gps on my phone. Later that night I went out to dinner with a friend that I had met while working for Disney, Matthew and I had a great time catching up and he took me to a delicious and interesting restaurant called the Vortex. We had Sweet Potato fries that came with Marshmallow cream as one of the sauces, so good! The three hour time difference was starting to get to me at this point. I was waiting up for one of the ladies I was sharing a room with and she was coming from Quebec. The other lady came the next day. It was a little interesting sharing with strangers, but it was nice to have someone I kind of knew to go to the evening events with.<br />
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I spent Wednesday just being lazy since I was still on vacation. I had wanted to get a pedicure before I left, but ran out of time, so I found a little salon to go to in this small mall that was connected to the hotel. It was the most interesting pedi I have ever gotten. A friend of mine would to refer to such things as a nail rape. So they take me back into this back room and I sit in this normal kind of padded chair and put my feet in one of those home foot spa things, and they didn't even plug it in. The chick then started working on my nails and I had to put my feet up at a weird angle. After sitting like that for a while my muscles started to shake because it was so awkward and she asked me to stop moving, um I can't crazy lady. It took forever for her to finish and then after she finished with me another client came in and she started working with her while my nails were drying. I waited like 30 minutes for them to dry and then I paid and left that awful place. It was like the worst and most expensive pedicure ever, cost me $35, I barely left her a tip I was so frustrated. I should have just gone to the spa at the hotel and paid like $20 more for a MUCH better experience! Oh well, there are always those learning moments!<br />
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Later that evening they had a opening reception for the conference and gave everyone a raffle ticket. Each state brought a gift bag and they were giving them away. I happened to win the gift bag from Utah, with a song for my students, a Motab Christmas CD and some delicious Utah Truffles, yum yum! There was a dessert reception and I had some yummy treats, their blonde brownies were so good. The next day all of the workshops began, and I was excited. The only downfall to this was getting up in the morning, with having a smart phone it didn't automatically change time and I didn't want to change the time in case it would mess up my calendar. So I set my alarm for 3:30 AZ time so I could get up at 6:30 Atlanta time. I had an amazing time at the conference and learned so much. One of the neatest things was meeting people who have written the different method books I have used. It helped me to understand how the wrote the book and reasonings to their method.<br />
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On Friday night it was the National High School Honor Orchestra Concert. The ladies I was rooming with decided not to go so I went down to the lobby to try and find a group of people to walk down to the concert with. Luckily I did and had fun meeting people and seeing a bit of downtown Atlanta. It was busy with the hustle and bustle of NCAA March Madness Basketball. The concert was amazing, and I am so glad I made myself go.<br />
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Saturday was the last day, and I was ready to go home the next morning. After the last class I ran off with one of my roommates to the World of Coke. I figured I needed to do something touristy while I was in Atlanta. It was a fun adventure, even though I'm not a big fan of coke, the brand is still pretty cool. I loved all the artifacts they have. They even have a tasting station where you can sample about 60 different flavors of soda from around the world. There are some very tasty ones, and very interesting ones. Then when you leave they give you a bottle of coke that was bottled there on site. That night for the closing of the conference that had Barrage perform. They are a group of 5 violinists that play a wide variety of music. I want to see them whenever they come to visit AZ, which they do kind of often since one of the guys is from Mesa!<br />
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The next morning I got up bright and early to catch my flight at 10:30. I gave myself plenty of time to make it to the airport so I wouldn't feel rushed, and good thing I did. Getting to the airport that morning was an adventure! First I started the trek to the Marta station, walking up a big hill with my heavy suitcase. Next as I was getting ready to go down the escalator some guy started talking to me, and so I got to talk with him down one of the longest escalators in the world. He was talking so softly I could hardly understand what he was saying at times. He then went into his sob story about being a veteran and now he's homeless and then asked for food any money. I was able to give him a granola bar as we got to the bottom of the escalator. Since I wouldn't give him anymore when we got to the bottom he went right back up to find another person to beg. I had wanted to get a picture of the super long escalator and I was going to time it to see how long it took, but he ruined my plans on that. I did take my camera out to get a picture, and I'm sure he thought I was taking a picture of him, but I wasn't. I needed to document the super long escalator. Luckily you have to have a card to go through the gates to the train so he couldn't bother me anymore. I made it down to wait for the train and it took forever to come. Finally when it did, it had problems and instead of taking 20 minutes to get to the airport, it took 40 minutes. It kept stopping, which was kind of annoying but I was able to see the sights a bit, and even saw an LDS church building along the way which made me happy.<br />
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The plane ride home was fun. I sat next to a guy and his son from Alabama who were on their way to AZ for the first time and they were going to the Grand Canyon. He was so excited and it was so much fun to watch his excitement. When we were getting ready to land I switched seats with him so he could sit by the window and see the somewhat beautiful landscape Arizona has to offer. I got to hear about the fun things they had planned for the week. I then was kicking myself for not having any Easter Pageant cards with me so I could share with them a little about the church and the amazing experience of attending the pageant.Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-46154807681559040252012-01-16T15:02:00.000-08:002012-01-16T15:02:39.169-08:00Will she find love in 2012?For my birthday this year I am trying a fun experiment. A friend of mine told me something that her friend did a couple of years ago, she turned 30 and so went on 30 dates with 30 guys. I am going to try it and see how it goes, however I am going to need everyone's help with this. Since I am turning 27, I am going to try and go on dates with 27 different guys this year. So think of the people you know, is there someone you could set me up with? If you do, leave a comment, email me (jones.wendi@gmail.com) or if you have my number call or text me. It will be interesting to see how this goes, I know it will be fun. Hopefully I can meet some cool new guys or even the "one." So start spreading the word and lets see what we can do! Thanks for your help!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-27838333539477518892012-01-16T14:56:00.000-08:002012-01-16T14:56:09.543-08:00Another Wedding!At the beginning of the year the Riding family was planning a trip to Disneyland. It soon panned out that my friend Tiauna would be getting married the same week of the trip. After I bought my plane ticket to Utah from California, I decided to go on a cruise, so a 3 day trip turned into a 15 day trip! It was so much fun! Not to mention I had been offered a teaching position three weeks before I left on my trip, that I would be starting as soon as I came home. Tiauna was my sister Tiffany’s roommate the last time we were in Florida. She became an adopted sister. <br />
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We stayed at the Quality Inn, and there wasn't anything too quality about it. The guy who was in charge of the breakfast was very stingy and wouldn't bring out too much food and you had to ask for some things, lame. We did have some fun swimming in the pool with my nieces and nephews. It was an interesting get away and I don't think I will be returning to Winslow anytime soon, there was nothing making me want to go back. <br />
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We had to have Mikell take us to "the corner". You can't go to Winslow and not go visit it. It is really kind of funny, because there really isn't a building in the picture, it is just a wall.<br />
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Here is my beautiful cake again. It lasted all week! Since it was fake, it was stored in my parents room so that it could make the journey to Winslow, and it survived! The people of Winslow were impressed with my cake decorating skills.<br />
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Here are some of the pictures I took, and my attempt of being an artsy photographer. I love the beach and just sitting there listening to the water, so relaxing.<br />
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Brisa is a hilarious two year old. Here she is playing with my sunglasses. We became good friends on this trip, and sometimes she still likes to play with me.<br />
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We took a stroll down the beach one morning and saw all sorts of things. We had to pose in front of the beach, its kind of obligatory. There were tons of moms out taking their kids for a job by the beach in their jogging stroller. I decided that maybe I should move to the beach and start my own mom and me jogging group. We also saw some very attractive military guys out for jogs. I wouldn't mind taking one of them home with me!<br />
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We drove up the coast to see the sights, and it was so beautiful. Too bad I don't have a million dollars to buy a gorgeous house on the beach, that would be living the high life.<br />
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We wanted to find some more beaches to explore, so someone recommended the childrens beach to us. We were kind of confused as to why it was just for children, I'm sure adults would like it too! Well when we got there we find out why it was the childrens beach. Each year that beach is where sea lions return to have their babies, and a treat for us, it was baby season. The beach was roped off a little so that we couldn't go and disturb the bonding time with the little ones. It was really neat to see. Kelle and I made up our interpretation of the conversations some of the baby sea lions were having with their parents as they were just sitting on the beach soaking up the sun.<br />
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I really enjoyed our time in Oceanside. Each Thursday they have a farmers market in the morning and a Sunset Market at night. It is a really cool atmosphere. We didn't make it to the farmers market since we were sight seeing, but the sunset market was fun. They had a stage for local bands to perform and tons of vendors. We couldn't stay too long because the little girls were getting tires. I can't wait to go to California again, visit the market again and go to the San Diego temple. I have wanted to go there for so long, and now that I can I really need to go. Hopefully at the end of summer I can find a time to go.Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-64243539015893672422011-04-02T22:31:00.000-07:002011-04-02T22:31:13.549-07:00Abby and DisneylandIn November I had the chance to go with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and adorable niece Abby to Disneyland. Abby is obsessed right now with Mickey. When I say obsessed I mean OBSESSED! Anything 3 circles together is Mickey, it is really cute. Kim thought it would be fun to take her to Disneyland and meet Mickey while she is in this obsession stage. It was a really quick trip but tons of fun!<br />
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We rode a couple of rides, and knew we weren't going to ride too many with a 2 year old. We went on Winnie the Pooh and the cast members let us go twice in a row without getting off. Kim, John and I then went on Splash Mountain because we figured we were already wet, we couldn't get too much more wet! Half way through the day we decided to go back to the hotel and change into some fresh dry clothes so that we wouldn't get sick. We had fun hopping between the 2 parks catching the must sees that we wanted to ride.<br />
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The proposal was kind of fun. Marilee had no clue it was coming, it was awesome. Mikell is from Winslow and spent a few days during the break down in the valley, and Mar spent a few days up there with him. Her and her friend Devon had fun getting to know his family. Mikell took them to the "corner" and the girls really enjoyed it. So her friend Devon clued me in as to what was going down because she was working with Mikell to get things done. He wanted to propose at the Temple at sunrise. So New Years morning I woke up at about 6:45 am for Devon to take Mikell and I down to the temple. Mikell found the perfect spot to propose where they could watch the sunrise after popping the question. I went as the photographer. I hid behind some trees and got some fun pics. Devon went back to the house to get Mar and woke her up telling some sob story about needing to go help her sister down at the temple. I knew that Mar wouldn't want to get out of bed that early and warned Devon of the struggle it would be to get her up. They finally made they way back to the temple and Mikell found Mar and then said some gushy stuff and popped the question. Mar was kind of upset because she was in pjs and he was dressed up in a suit and she hadn't brushed her teeth or put a bra on. It was really funny to hear her reaction about the whole thing.<br />
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The happy couple will be getting married May 19 and then we will have the reception on the 20 since we do everything and we need the time to not go crazy! Hopefully my day will come sometime soon, I know it will. Just have to keep being patient and help my mother keep her sanity planning my little sister's weddings.<br />
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I love how they had the golden shovels all lined up with pictures of the temple on them, a really neat touch.<br />
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The choir did a great job. I love the picture of the temple, its going to be a magnificent building! Hopefully they'll get it done super fast and not take the 2 years they have planned.<br />
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We just thought that we got to sit in cool seats, but then it kept getting cooler. They were recognizing all of the dignitaries in attendance and not only did they call out my dad, they had him stand up too since he was representing the city of Mesa. That was cool. Then when it came time to ceremoniously break ground they had all of the Church officials go, and then they were having the dignitaries come up and they called up my Dad to come and have a turn. It was a very neat surprise for him, and it will be a wonderful memory for him and a highlight of his time in office. Dad got to shake hands with Elder Costa and Elder Walker. <br />
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I don't think I will ever fly on the back row again, it was quite interesting. I can't complain too much because it was a seat on a flight and we weren't going ot have to campout in an airport with no luggage because everything went with Emilie and Irving since they can check their luggage for free. The one good thing about that airport is their bathrooms. They have bathroom attendants whose full time job is to keep their bathroom clean. Carly and I would have a great laugh each time we used the restroom. We used Valerie's happy bathroom. Her slogan is, "Everyone pees happy in Valerie's Happy Bathroom!" She had the funniest things to say as people were in there. My favorite were her songs she sang. There's nothing like sitting on the toilet having a hilarious black woman sing "You are my Sunshine" Blaine told us the mens restrooms weren't as entertaining as the womans with their attendants. So if you're ever stuck in the Charlotte Airport, use the bathroom and get a good laugh!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-36661882430700590832010-11-02T15:42:00.000-07:002010-11-02T15:45:29.919-07:00Yes, another trip to Florida!During October break I had the opportunity to go to Disneyworld with my cousin Emilie and her little family, and her brother Blaine and his wife Carly. It was kind of an interesting group that I went with, but it was tons of fun. Emilie had her 7 week old baby and 18 month old daughter, so I was kind of the nanny at times and helped with them. Then with Blaine and Carly it was their "honeymoon" and I was the tour guide. We all stayed in the same condo and had our own rooms so it was all good. I was also the designated driver and chauffeured them in the soccer mom van around town. We had a great time and would do it again. It was my first time in like 5 years having to buy a ticket to get into the parks and that hurt my bank account, not used to paying so much for a little piece of paper! <br />
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</div>I love, love, love Mickey's Boo to You Parade. It starts off with the Headless Horseman riding down the parade route, that is a really neat site to see. Most of the characters have Halloween costumes on and it is super cute. One of my favorite parts of the parade is the Haunted Mansion section. They have the guy with the lantern and the dog and then some gravediggers. The gravediggers do the coolest thing, they take their shovels and scrape the ground in a circle so they spark, it is so cool.<br />
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They have a bunch of trick or treat trails so you make out with lots of candy. The quality of the candy is so much better this year than it has been in the past. Brisa had fun trick or treating after she learned what you do. She thought it was the coolest thing to be able to hold out a bag, say trick or treat and then have people put candy in your bag. We got the best candy when we left, Werther's Mousse candies. If you thought Werther's Originals were good, wait till you try this. A think chocolate shell with caramel mousse inside. They are delectable, we went to all the people who were passing those out so we could get quite a few.<br />
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This year I actually spent some time and money and enjoyed Epcot's International Food and Wine festival. I had never tried any of the samples. I don't know why I never did because they were so good! I tried baklava for the first time, delicious! Food is good and even better when you sample different countries.<br />
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Another super cool thing in Epcot is in the Germany Pavilion they just opened the most divine shop ever, Karamel Kuche (Caramel Kitchen) It is partnered with Werther's and oh my goodness, so good and bad for you! I won't even begin to mention the delicious goodies inside so as not to torture anyone!<br />
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We had a great time and like everything good, it must come to an end. Getting home was quite the adventure! We flew standby because Irving works for USAirways and we could fly cheaper. We left for the airport at 5am to try and make the 7am nonstop back home. Emilie and Irving barely made that flight and the rest of us would had a family (Carly and I now curse their name j/k) not barely made it through security and ran to the gate, grrr. Oh well we got on to the next flight to Charlotte to connect to a flight to phx sometime that day. As we waited the hour for our flight we met this guy. He was a very happy newsstand dude. Every time someone bought something he sang them this awesome song or some variation of it.<br />
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I love the guy's reaction to the dude singing to him, it was like, did that really just happen? Thanks to Carly for sneakily recording that on her phone as it would be much needed the rest of the day.Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-62851411637595086112010-11-02T14:38:00.000-07:002010-11-02T14:38:01.179-07:00Grandma's WeddingSince Grandma's Wedding was almost a month ago I figured I should finally put some pictures up. I don't have too many, that wasn't my job for the day. <br />
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The next spiritual high came from the Relief Society General Broadcast last night. It was so good and gave each of us women a little "you go girl" moment to lift us and say way to go for being a great woman. I think President Monson's talk was his best ever, so good, and twice today people quoted from it. He spoke about many things but mainly to be more charitable and so so judgmental. There are so many members of the church who are unkind and get complacent and look down on others who don't share the same beliefs as them. We need to be more understanding and accepting of all. We don't know everyones story and where they've been. All we can do is help them along their journey and to become the best that they can become. People our brought into our lives for a reason and us into theirs for the some reason as well. <br />
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I can't wait for conference this weekend and for the spiritual high I will get from listening to inspired leaders. I kind of hope they continue on with the theme with being more charitable because I feel its a thing members of the church need hear. Its hard to do missionary work if investigators come to church and don't feel welcome because they are different. <br />
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I will post pics from grandmas wedding later, I don't have them on my computer yet. It was great fun, they are so cute together and now its over!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-23498444249596497172010-09-14T17:38:00.000-07:002010-09-14T17:38:42.503-07:00CommunityI am having a blast in my new schools this year. I am a much happier person and life is good! On monday at one of my schools they were having a constitution assembly I went to it to see what it was all about and because I felt I needed to be there since I should have been teaching but my class was there. Every Monday the whole school gathers around the flagpole courtyard and recite the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance. It is so cool to hear them say that. The Principal then shares who is having a birthday that week and any other announcements. At the assembly on Monday they did that and then the 5th graders recited the Preamble. Doing stuff like that creates a sense of community. Having that sense of community makes a huge difference in the way a child learns. The teachers care more and everyone wants to be there. I am really impressed by this sense of community, and love what that provides for the students. That is the end of my ramblings for today. Get ready for fun next week, my Grandma Riding is getting married on Saturday, so we are enjoying a roller coaster of emotions this week!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-67495360118950809322010-09-07T11:43:00.000-07:002010-09-07T11:43:04.936-07:00Quick Get awayThis past Labor Day weekend I traveled to Utah with my parents to take my lovely sister and her husband their stuff they didn't have room to fit in their car. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The newlyweds have a nice little basement apartment that they live in that is super close to BYU. For those of you familiar with the area they are kind of across the street from the Creamery on 9th. They are having a great time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpXiDe1PGvSQKYHMD-uSSJDGGbNJnVWTJe0MYCCr9bIYKnRcuM2nEvCuEURVccYSVa5Jz153HLLSdJFFHC4Ut2_dijwPkwEFWGuHDpAy65IdTIpTSd5EG_JniFdLowP7G-QS5tt2R-Mg/s1600/girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpXiDe1PGvSQKYHMD-uSSJDGGbNJnVWTJe0MYCCr9bIYKnRcuM2nEvCuEURVccYSVa5Jz153HLLSdJFFHC4Ut2_dijwPkwEFWGuHDpAy65IdTIpTSd5EG_JniFdLowP7G-QS5tt2R-Mg/s320/girls.jpg" /></a></div><br />
One of the best parts of the weekend was being able to be reunited with Tiauna. She is kind of like an adopted sister. She was tiff's roommate in FL and the three of us became really close and did a lot together. I haven't seen her for a year since my last trip to UT. She came and stayed with Tiff for the weekend as well and we had a great time catching up and hanging out again.<br />
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There were some very funny experiences this weekend. Provo and the whole BYU experience are very interesting. It is like its own little world up there. We went to their BYU Married students ward on Sunday. I thought I have seen a lot in my days of singles wards and attending church at my lovely Sheraton Safari, but this is a whole new experience. During church Tiauna and I were the only ones who did not either had someones arm around us or holding hands. I'm glad she was there so that we could be alone together. I have never seen such a high concentration of young couples and either pregnant women and newborns. It was fun. It is a very good thing to have that kind of ward for all of the married students at the Y. Another thing that made me laugh very hard inside was during Relief Society. There are some really young , and I mean REALLY young girls in that ward. They had all of the new move ins introduce themselves. There were some who had been married like 2 weeks. My favorite was this blonde from Southern California. She is going to have a great time adjusting to life in Provo! I laughed the most at booked they passed around with all sorts of information, including who in the ward is expecting, when, boy or girl and the hospital they are delivering at. It was awesome. <br />
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Saturday was the first BYU football game of the season. Since Tiff and Jeff live up the hill from the stadium we passed by it a couple times before and during the game. It was hilarious to watch people arriving to the game. I saw a lady, who is not very skinny, wearing a BYU jersey, white shorts, REALLY high heels, tons of make-up and huge hoop earings. Really? Is that necessary? She was walking up to the stadium, and I'm sure she had to walk pretty far, how did she do it? Oh the college life in Provo!<br />
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We had fun seeing Jones family that lives up there. On the way home we stopped in Parowan to see my mother's friend. After taking that detour we got to drive up to Brian Head and Cedar Break. It was so gorgeous up there and made the trip a little more enjoyable to have something pretty to look at. When we got closer to home we hit really heavy traffic. It took us 2 hours to go 20 miles as we got closer into Phoenix. It was ridiculous. Traffic coming out of Payson has never been that bad. We will never go to Flagstaff or anywhere using I-17 on a 3 day weekend, it was awful. It is amazing how impatient, rude, and inconsiderate drivers are when there is lots of traffic. We all have to sit in it and you aren't any cooler or more important than the others driving. We finally made it home and I got to sleep in my bed. I got the honor of picking the air mattress that had a hole in it and got some interesting sleep while up there. It was a fun trip and how its good to be home. Life at BYU is very different and it own thing. Now its time to see what adventures await this week!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-73772236172544640702010-08-29T22:31:00.000-07:002010-08-29T22:31:55.132-07:00Farewell SummerSummer ended all too soon. Luckily I was able to find a job for the school year, it came very last minute, but it is so worth the wait! I got a job with Mesa Schools, it is currently only part time, 3 days a week, but it is still wonderful. It is 100% better than last year, so amazing to see such a change in the different schools. I teach at 4 different schools, I'm kind of like the clean up teacher, picking up different general music classes that the full time teacher at the school couldn't fit into their schedule. Nothing against where I taught last year, staff morale is so much higher and I feel more valued and respected. On the other days I'm not teaching I will be able to sub or just chill at home, I'm really excited for this change. One of the best things about my new job is my first school on Mondays and Fridays is 5 minutes away from my house. No more 45 min of rush hour traffic! I can leave my house an hour later, which means I can sleep an hour more and it also makes for a happier Wendi! I did take a pay cut only working part time, but its still enough to get by with and I'm living at home so I don't have too many expenses. Life is good! Now I just need to find people who want to take a trip Oct. break because I need a vacation. As much as I love my little sister Tiffany, she ruined my summer vacation plans, so I need to get away. Luckily I'll be leaving AZ this weekend to go take some stuff up to Tiffy and Jeffy up in Provo, I'm not looking forward to the drive. It will be a quick fun trip and a chance to get away for a little bit and to see my dearest Tiauna whom I haven't seen for a year and miss dearly. Summer was too short, good thing I'm not working full time so the school year isn't too intense yet!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-24890021839440610002010-08-02T16:15:00.000-07:002010-08-03T16:22:11.957-07:00Oh What do you do in the SummertimeThis summer has by far been one of the craziest yet most amazing summers ever! My sister Tiffany had been dating this guy Jeff for awhile and he was conversing with Marilee of when he was going to propose. Well he finally proposed on June 1 when his family came up to do some shopping. Jeff only has one brother and he was leaving on his mission June 30. So to be accommodating we planned the wedding for June 25. Let me tell you how intense those 24 days were between the engagement and the wedding, there wasn't much time to come up for air! It is amazing everything that we accomplished in such a short amount of time. The next day we went dress shopping and didn't have too much luck there, since we aren't made of money. Luckily we found the dress from China and it came just barely in time, as in Tuesday 3 days before the wedding. (See previous post for more info) We quickly became a sewing factory making 8 bridesmaid dresses and amazingly finished them all. Tiff and I also were able to get our temple recommends because I decided it was time for me to go to the temple. I've been wanting to go for a while now and was just waiting for the perfect time to go, which I thought was going to be the end of summer. Tiff wanted to go through the Gila Valley Temple since she had been going to school down there and being a part of all the temple festivities, it was a part of her now. So I went to the Mesa temple June 18, and then the next day we drove down to Thatcher and Tiff went through down there. It was such a neat experience. It was the best decision I made, and it wasn't just so I could go to Tiff's wedding. Then the next Friday Tiff and Jeff were married and I was the lucky one to walk around with them after the wedding to take pictures. I was going to die. June in AZ is killer if you are outside for more than like 10 minutes. When we finally made it to the family dinner I had like 10 cups of water before I even started eating. <br />
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The next day we traveled back down to Thatcher so that his side of the family could have an Open House before Taylor the brother left on his mission. It was a fun little party and a nice little get away for us. This wedding ruined my plans for a vacation so staying in a hotel in Thatcher is pretty much all I got. The cake the Patty, Jeff's mom made for the open house is amazing and super cute. I loved the idea that she found in magazine.<br />
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The awesome cake at the open house. It was so much fun to watch Patty's Father and Brother who are engineers piece it together. It was a big puzzle for them<br />
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We waited 2 weeks to have the reception back in Mesa so that we could plan that and get ready for an awesome party. It turned out so beautifully. We don't have too many pics of how beautiful it was because we epically failed taking pictures. It was very simple and elegant.
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</tbody></table>Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-14901605524598405552010-07-21T23:22:00.000-07:002010-07-21T23:26:23.098-07:00Made in ChinaI haven't blogged in a very long time, and I will go more into that at a later date. My sister got married and it was a rather short engagement and very intense. <br />
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I have discovered the coolest new thing, ordering your wedding dress from China. I hadn't heard of it until my cousin, who is also getting married this summer, got hers from China. Since we didn't have much time to get Tiff a dress we went out to the different shops around town to see if they had anything that worked. We found a few options and Tiff found a dress that she fell inlove with. The bad part about that dress is that it cost $1,000! Who in this economy has money for that? Not us! So we left the shop pondering what to do. We had looked at a website for a chinese company and found a dress she was interested. When we got home from dress shopping we found a knock off of the one she fell in love with that would only cost us around $200 including shipping. So we took the gamble and ordered the dress from China. It came in the week of the wedding and mom put sleeves on it and she looked stunning on her wedding day. <br />
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I think from now on I will suggest to people to order a dress from China. The dress doesn't need to last forever because how many times do you wear it? Tiff has worn hers 3 times now and it still looks amazing. There are 3 cousins on the Riding side getting married this summer, and they have all purchased their dresses from China. It is the thing to do now, I swear. What I say to do, is go shopping and find what looks good on you, and then find a knock off from China and you're good to go! Take a look, what do you think?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next car was my favorite. This lady pulls up on a golf cart and tells us she has a permit but didn't want to leave it hanging on her mirror because it would just blow away. I believed what she said because I had a class with her once at MCC and knew she had some problems. After she parked she came up to us and said she only used half of the parking spot so if another golf cart came they could park in that spot as well. I was just dying laughing inside. A few minutes later she came back telling us she needed to go to Walgreens and grab some tortilla chips but she would be back. While she was gone a guy on a Harley pulled up and parked in her spot so when she returned we told her to take the other half of the spot. She was excited to hear that she wasn't completely wasting a space. She first had asked if we had any specific parking for golf carts. Yeah no, that is the only golf cart I've seen driven to the pageant! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs462.ash1/25408_516152891229_291800783_612818_7365879_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs462.ash1/25408_516152891229_291800783_612818_7365879_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Thats the lighter side of handicap parking. I was called a liar because some old people thought they saw a spot. I do know how to count, I do have a college degree! I also had to deal with crazy anit's as they were passing their crap out and then the liar sales men from Living Scriptures. I do love the Living Scriptures movies but I do not like the way they do their business. If you subscribe and then have to cancel they keep calling you. It is annoying. <br />
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Anyways the pageant was great, I love it. It is so amazing each year. There are more adventures to share at a later date, there is lots to do on this wonderful conference and Easter Sunday. Yay for having family parties at my house!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-88393548544246702262010-04-04T15:35:00.000-07:002010-04-04T19:48:49.550-07:00It's Wendi with an ILast week I went to the swearing in of the new Mesa Police Chief with my parents, it was kind of our fhe activity, we are weird like that with just me at home. We are sitting at a table with other city council peeps and the superintendent of Mesa schools came and sat at our table and my dad starts talking to him and introducing my mother and I, then my mother points to me and says "My daughter needs a job!" I think my face turned bright red when she said that. We then chatted about what I teach and if I have all of my certifications and other stuff. When I said which district I'm presently working for he said yeah we need to get you over to Mesa. Hopefully that little exchange will help my chances of getting a new job much higher! He did say they are wanting to start show choir at some of the schools if I would be interested in working with that and I said yes. He then asked what my first name is because he knew what my last name is. I told him it's Wendi with an I. Hopefully having a "different" spelling of my name will help him remember me and get me a job! I updated my application so now I play the waiting game.Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-24076356091878759752010-03-16T16:22:00.000-07:002010-03-16T16:22:58.284-07:00Could Someone Pinch Me Please?I had a moment of shock the other day at work, it was a great moment and a Pinch me Please moment. At my "other" school, the one I'm only there 2 out of the 6 days my room has been messy from a project that was started at the end of the school year last year and never finished. It has caused me much frustration. I finally got to use half of my room about 10 weeks into the school year and figured it would be like that the rest of the school year. So this day I walk into my room and about have a heart attack because it is completely cleaned out. I didn't know what to do with myself, I almost started jumping up and down with joy! That week I didn't get to spend much time in my room because the kids were taking a district test and I got to go babysit, I mean help proctor during the morning. The kids were also very excited to see the room empty<br />
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That is my excitement for a while, I fill my days going to school and looking for school districts that are looking for a new Music Teacher. Hopefully I'll be able to find something closer to home for the next school year. <br />
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Now I'm enjoying a wondrous spring break of not having to drive into Phoenix! Its quite splendid to have the chance to sit around and not really do anything for the week. There will be some adventures, but those shall be discussed at a later date. Its time to enjoy this beautiful weather!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-48103874876611110952010-02-21T21:49:00.000-08:002010-02-21T21:49:00.805-08:00Anything Can HappenThe past week has been CRAZY! There has been all sorts of drama, but mainly at work. Monday was a splendid day off work, thank you George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for having birthdays in February. We had the family over for dinner and just hung out for a while and celebrated Abby's 1 year anniversary of being home from the hospital. I love my nieces and nephews! I also saw the movie When in Rome, super cute. Tuesday was an interesting day. I spent the whole day kind of stressing out about that night because I was singing at stake enrichment. I love to sing, but not always a solo and especially for the really talented people that I have grown up with in my stake. During dinner before the meeting started the power went out. I was excited for a moment thinking I might get out of it. But alas, the power came back on and we were able to resume. Luckily I was first so I didn't have to sit and worry while others were talking. It went great and I got many compliments, so I guess it wasn't too bad! I'm glad that was over.<br />
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On Wednesday I went and saw Mary Poppins, it was amazing. I had seen it in NYC, and most of it was the same, you can't do everything with a touring set as you can when you are a resident show. It was a date and I won't go into all the details about everything, but it was kind of an interesting date. Me and some cousins got a mini subscription to the Gammage Broadway Series this year and decided to buy 2 tickets to Mary Poppins and be ambitious and find a date. Yeah the ambitious part, what where we thinking? It turned out ok. The guy I ended up taking had never been to a musical before. He said he enjoyed so I hope he did. I love live theater, so that is something that whoever I marry needs to enjoy.<br />
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Also that day at work I found out about a lot of drama that occurred during the week. Hold on folks, this is quite the tale and I think I should write a novel about my adventures this year, it's been crazy! So at the school I'm at 2 days a week my principal's husband passed away in October, I have seen her off and on since then and can't really remember the last time I saw her. Well she resigned and so now our Assistant Principal is now the Principal and an Assistant Principal from another school will be at our school 2 days a week. Then a 3rd grade teacher had a mental breakdown and she quit as well. One of the 6th grade teachers moved down and took over her class, and the 6th grade class was then split between the 2 7th grade classes. It has been crazy! There are also all sorts of budget issues going on right now as well, and I will discuss those later. If anyone knows of any schools looking for an amazing music teacher for next school year let me know!<br />
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Friday my sisters came home for weekend and to see Mary Poppins. It was fun to have them home, it had been a while since they came for a visit. When they got home from the show friday night they were all giddy because they are big nerds and went to get pics with some of the actors. Gavin Lee, the guy who plays Bert is so attractive, and even cooler because he is married and his wife is in the tour cast as well. That makes me super happy because most guys on broadway are gay, so this realization makes me happy. So they got their pics with Bert and Mary. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs389.snc3/23760_337773147663_699952663_4772147_1413435_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs389.snc3/23760_337773147663_699952663_4772147_1413435_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Saturday we had our Riding cousins party. We were flying kites at the park and we were going to play kickball but it was too cold and windy and then it started raining. It's so much fun to hang out with my family and just chill with them. Then after that I went to a baby shower for a friend of mine and her mother was my mentor teacher. I was so excited to see a bunch of old friends. When I was talking to my mentor teacher she told me a really funny story that totally helped me get over the drama I had experienced the beginning of the week! Last semester she had another student teacher and I guess a bunch of the kids kept calling her Ms. Jones. But the best part is when she was prepping the kids on thursday for her to be gone friday for Regionals one of the kids said "It would be better if Ms So and So ( the student teacher from last semester) were here" and then another one said, "It would be even better if Ms Jones were here" It made me so happy to hear that. I knew most of the kids liked me, but I didn't think I had left that big an impression on them. When you hear things like that it reminds of why you do what you do. Now I need to just find a school where I can truly do what I love and appreciate me more! <br />
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Then today at church it was Ward Conference. It was amazing. I am recharged and ready to go. It is amazing how inspired our leaders can be and know the right things to say to help you along your way. Going back to our enrichment meeting on tuesday the theme was "Finding Joy in the Journey Now" We will have trials some more challenging that others, we just have to wait and have faith that everything will work out. I love going to meetings where the spirit is so strong. Although you may have been sitting there for so long, you don't want to leave and have that spirit leave as well. You want to always have that feeling. So now lets see what adventures are out there for this week!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477002748515619927.post-13749241590605529642010-02-14T16:38:00.000-08:002010-02-14T16:38:35.760-08:00Happy Birthday Arizona!While most people celebrate Valentine's Day, I like to celebrate Arizona's Birthday. Someday I will celebrate and have a Valentine, but for now I celebrate my state. I am proud to be from Arizona. I always loved meeting people from Arizona while I was in Florida. The great state of Arizona is 98 today.<br />
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I have some thoughts on Valentines day. Lately little stands have popped up on the side of the road selling cheap stuff for your Valentine. Would someone please tell me how a 3 foot tall teddy bear or other stuffed animal says "I Love You?" To me that is not romantic, plus what do you do with it after Valentine's Day? There are many more romantic things you can do.<br />
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Also talking about someday starting a family I have an aunt who claims her self as the bonding coordinator. So when I get married I have to make sure his birthday doesn't interfere with another family members birthdays or anything else on the calendar. She sent an email the other day that I shall share it because it made me laugh, this is just a taste of my funny family.<br />
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<pre>I just wanted to share with you concerns that Grandma and I were talking
about last night. It appears that the majority of babies being born in our
family are males. This creates a long term problem for grandma because she
cannot make gifts for boys like she can for girls. Boys actually require
spending money and buying gifts. So when you are carefully planning when
to have your children (to avoid calendar conflicts) could you also
carefully choose to have the female gender, unless you would like you sons
to get doilies, dresses, or pretty hair flowers. It is only a suggestion
to help grandma out.</pre><br />
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Last night our stake had a sweetheart dance, I went to fulfill my church calling, left after eating and watched a movie with friends. We watched Julie and Julia, super cute. I really like it, it might be a one I will buy. A very good movie, with a great story line and for the most part clean. A lot better than what you normally see. I give it 2 thumbs up!Wendi Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444753939754295947noreply@blogger.com0