ReDiscovering For The Umpteenth Time My Blog And The Love Of Writing

OK, so once again I rediscover the blog and realize I love to write and wish I blogged more.  So here goes attempt number ??  in keeping up this blog.  And I'm not going to try to catch up or anything, nope.  Not gonna.  Look, we've moved into town, I'm closer to school, that's awesome, we're going to a nice little church near here now, I'm still trying to get into vet. school, my parents bought an old monastery in Ireland, and Donovan and Beth are back from their year in England and we hang out :)  There, caught you up a smidge. 

Now, this semester I'm in Writing 300, and it's going to be a great class for me, teaching me to write all kinds of essays, and do it concisely.  Since I am NOT a concise writer.  I am a rambler.  So hopefully this will help me with my vet. school applications, since I did rather poorly on the application essay last year for Calgary.  Was limited to 800 words and an hour to write.  Had 800 words in less than half the time, and then spent the rest of the time trying to change it so I could actually answer all the topic pieces they'd given us, which I did not accomplish.  So I'll be writing this semester.  Yay.  And I will likely always have more to say than I can say in the papers that are due.  So I think I'm going to post my assignments up here, and then add to them so I can say all that I wanted to say in the first place.  And if I manage to get on here and do some other writing that will be awesome too.  I am just so glad I actually remembered my sign in information.

So, Assignment #1 - Write about your Favourite Vacation Spot, in a Subjective, Descriptive Essay, in 150-200 words MAX.   (I of course have 200 words exactly, coming in just under the wire for this assignment)..

Sarah Gale

Writing 300C

Katherine Miller

January 13, 2013

A Polynesian Paradise

          For our honeymoon we went to French Polynesia and it was, and still is, my only vacation not in Canada or the U.S.A.  Stepping off the plane after the long, dry flight we were caressed by the moist, sweet air carrying notes of exotic flowers, salty moisture, and an abundance of greenery.  Vibrant colours abounded, especially the gem-like tones of the waters, emerald greens, aquamarine teals, sapphire blues, sparkling and inlaid with shots of garnet, ruby red, opal, and more, as fish darted around within the crystalline waters.  It was my first, and again only, time snorkelling, enjoying the warm, comforting, quiet lagoon, feeling fresh rain fall on my already wet back.  Watching fish among the reefs, and a ray, grey and gliding smoothly through his native environment, making me feel uncoordinated and awkward.  There I got to live my dream of swimming with dolphins and felt tough, smooth skin, kissed a salty nose, and observed precise movements beneath the water.  Waves crashed in the distance, against the motu, so different from the west coast I was familiar with.  The ocean in the lagoon was almost like a lake, but salty.  So much more to say, but that will do.

 So that is Assignment #1 and I'm going to add to it, to say everything else I wish I could have said in this but couldn't because of the word limit, sometime soon, but I need to go to bed right now, since I'm trying this semester to get up around 5-5:30am every day, and make it to all my classes.  Happy New Year everyone!!

I'm here!! Really :) I didn't fall off the face of the Earth!

Hello :)

So, I've been neglecting this a bit, but really, it's paid off.  I got 98% (49/50) on my Stats Midterm, and all my homework assignments have been in the high 90%'s to 100%, the house is still clean, I've been making it to church, and I even had some hang-out/visit times! So I've been busy, but good. I'm kinda tired after the crazy week/weekend I had, but life is good and I'm going to get a good sleep tonight and get back on track.

So I had a good hang-out with a friend and we went for a wonderful supper and then a drive and just re-connected (we both have crazy lives so it had been months) and that was awesome.  That was about a week and a half ago now, and then I was busy prepping for the midterm and getting assignments done, then on Friday I was the assistant photographer for a lovely wedding and we had lots of fun shooting in the mall, and I can't wait to see all the photo's, but mine were pretty sweet, and I did post up a few samples even though I'm busy and won't be working on the photo's, they all go to Lauri, but if you're curious, they're here and they're cool, and while you're there you should "Like" my artist page... just saying :D 

So then I was pretty tuckered out, and Saturday was stats homework, house cleaning, and early to bed so I could get to Church in the morning.  And we did make it, and it was really good.  Good message on God's value system versus ours, and hoarding, and all sorts of stuff, and it was really good, and the worship focused on the fire of God and stuff.  Yeah!  Anyhow, so we made it to church (yeah for 3 Sundays in a row!) and then we got groceries, then another friend came over for lunch, and then we played games, and then we chatted till past my bedtime, and it was all good. :D

Today I went to school, got the wonderful news about my awesome midterm mark, and got my assignment done and handed in, then came home and kinda just vegged, watched Francis Chan clips, like this one:

(And man were these good little messages..... I do not want to live my life like that, but some days I'm sure I start to grab the beam instead of doing something awesome!)

And then I went upstairs and sang with my mom while she practised songs on the piano, and then we had supper, and now I'm blogging then heading to bed.

Oh, and we have a new set up for our dining room making it far more effective.  Before we had two tables both covered in food and sihes and generally just being used for storage of things, and not being used as a table, so we sent one table home with Ryan's brother and his wife, and the other table is in the living room as a games table, and then we have shelves and a "new" (hand-me-down) table that is functioning as, yeah, you guessed it, a table! *Gasp* Wow!  It's pretty exciting over here anyway :D

So I just figured I'd share a couple photo collages I put together for my project... I've been taking photo's, just hadn't had time to do anything with them until today...

 So here's one, this is for this week... well, I guess for last week (gah this month is flying by)... I went for a walk to Blockbuster to pick up the Lord of the Rings extended Trilogy Blu-Rays set, complete with "The One Ring"... and I walked all the there and back in my new Vibram Five-Fingers shoes, which I LOVE!... if you're wondering what those are click here... I totally never want to wear anything else.  But anyways... so I walked/jogged (since the mosquito's were REALLY trying to eat me) all the way there and back and was so proud of myself.  And I did it all dressed up all cute and french-y... You can't see it here, but I'm wearing my Eiffel tower earrings... and I decided to take a shot of the "field" I walked through, and of the construction mess on our road.... So yeah, that was one of my little adventures last week :D

And this is a collage of one photo I took while I was dying my hair the week before last week.  I tried the foam/mousse stuff, and I liked it.  My hair is pretty much the same as it was, minus the darker-ish roots that were coming in... but yeah, I thought the photo was kinda fun, and decided to totally play with it, then liked so many of the versions I decided to make a collage.  Really, one of these days I will just post one photo and be done with it.  I will try.

So that pretty much sums everything up for right now... I don't want this to drag on.  I hope you are all enjoying your summer and God bless!!!!

Whoops, A Little Late...

Gah! So, I really did take the photo's last week, since that's the week this picture is for, and did most of the work on them last week too, I just never got to my blog.  So this is 2/52 for my 52 Week Project! (Oh and no, I don't wear glasses... don't have contacts, don't have any eye problems... but I always thought glasses were so cute, so I nabbed a pair of my parents reading glasses for this project, and now I want glasses... haha. I just think they are so cute and intelligent looking.)

I'm actually really enjoying my Stats class and wish I had started summer school sooner.  I love having one class to focus on, and it goes at such a great pace.  I got my first assignment done and in on time, and have already started on my second assignment, due Friday, and I'm keeping my notebook all organized and up to date too.  Feeling so great about this class!

And I'm feeling great about my eating healthier.  I just checked in on my scale today and I'm down 4 pounds!  This is exciting, but even more than that is just knowing that I'm putting good food in my body and am feeling better.  I still need to be more regular about exercising, but I do do a bit of a walk to get to class and back since I park about 2.5 blocks from my class... which is great except for getting rained on lately.  I love the rain, when I get to curl up next to a fire with a book.  I like overcast and light/spotty sun for going for walks and being outside, and with all the rain and the mosquito's, walks have been out.  So I'm looking up little at-home exercises to do, and am really going to try to do my yoga more, and occasionally go over to Colevin and Ebony's to use the fitness room there (gotta love ellipticals and recumbent bikes!).

We made it to church, albeit late, this past Sunday! Woot! It was really good.  Community is definitely where it's at.  Now if only we could find a couple people to regularly hang out with and build relationships with and it would rock.  We left early to go get groceries and work stuff, and things, so we could have a bit of a games and pizza birthday party for Ebony, whose actual birthday is today. (Happy birthday Ebony!!).  I'm still not doing great on my Spiritual Life changes... I got some pamphlets at school about certain things, and one was goal setting, so I think I'm going to do a proper goal setting thing, and have those printed out and on the wall so I'm reminded of what my goals are and can more easily work towards them, with clear direction.

The house is staying rather clean, which is in itself rather a miracle, and very exciting.

I'm having a great week and will post again, since I want to do this goals thing, plus I need to do this weeks portrait project.  And maybe I'll stick with just one image this time. Haha.  So for now, goodbye.  I hope you're all having an excellent week, and that you had a fabulous weekend!  And I leave you with this, my motivation song and the song that reminds me of what should be the most important life change I make, my Spiritual Life and improving my relationship with God: