Done!

I completed my writing assignments last week! I finished on Friday night, July 23rd, with 30 minutes until midnight. :-) It was so nice to be done! I have just been catching up on sleep, and enjoying not doing home work until school starts up again. I started practicing for my recital, and that will be under way soon. I found a really cool flute and piano piece by Aaron Copland at the library today, among others that I plan to order in the future. I really want to do the Copland piece, but we will see what Ma ma Maggie says. :-) I get paid on the 1st, so I will order a couple pieces of music. Alright, bye for now. :-)

Tuesday

Well, it's Tuesday and my writing assignments for my class are due on Friday. EEEEEK!! But, I'm not going to stress, and I will have everything done by Friday with no problems. :-) I'm going to focus on the concert reports because they are easier. Yeah... Good plan! :-) 

I hope you are having a wonderful summer day, and enjoying the sun. :-) That is all for today. I will be able to provide you with more random thoughts when I don't have home work to do. :) After this class is done I will start preparing for my recital in October. 

God Bless!!

Saturday Morning

I love Saturday mornings! Who doesn't? As soon as I write a bit here I will be working on my writing assignments that are due on the 23rd. The dead line is coming close, and frankly, I'm a little nervous for that. Even though I've been known to work well under pressure... weird... The library is open all day, so that is were I will be spending my Saturday. But, I will have more Saturdays left this summer to enjoy the sun. :)

Here is what I love about Missoula Saturdays... 
Farmers Market. So many vegetables to chose from and at great prices. Last week I bought 2 bags of pea pods for four dollars. Granted it didn't last me a week, but I love pea pods. I used them in a stir fry, and they go great with ranch and carrots for a snack. 
 
It's pretty quiet except for the farmers market. It's really quiet at the library. So, if you are looking for a place to read a good book, or write or just need to some time by your self, whether you prefer to be out side maybe under a tree, or in an air conditioned building... there are so many options. :-) 

There is so much to do!! I love it!! :) It's such a hopping place during the summer. So much culture... so many artistic venues... one of my favorite things to do is to hang out at a coffee shop... say Liquid Planet or Zoo Town Brew... read the bible... read a book... write in my journal... blog about my random thoughts... catch up with a friend and have my favorite coffee or tea. 

I AM happy... Life is good. :-) Thank you Jesus! :) 

Honey Vanilla Tea

My morning started on campus with a nice hot mug of honey vanilla tea. I have never tried it before, but I thought I would take a chance and try it. The combination of honey and vanilla is a lot better than I thought it would be. I'm finding it is better for me to start my morning with tea instead of the sugar and caffeen loaded coffee that I usually do. Both are enjoyable, even drip coffee, but tea is starting to sound better to have on a regular basis. :-) 

Sports camp comes to a close today! :( I couldn't be there yesterday because I signed up to sub for some one at work before I decided to help with it. It was a short week, but the kids and so sweet, and so fun to be around. Preschool can be a bit of a task just keeping them from running around all the time, but who can blame them when you are out side with so much around them? Not me! ;) It has been a very rewarding experience and I hope to do something like it again this summer. 

My first jewelry class is next Wednesday and I am super excited to go! I'll do a little write up about it with pictures of my creation on my jewelry blog. I'm hoping to do a little more once I get paid in August. :)

Bye for now & and have a great day! Enjoy the sunshine!! 

Raspberry Ice Tea

I have my jewelry blog up! 

http://jennajewel.blogspot.com/ 

Check it some time this coming week. I will have stuff posted on there after Wednesday. I will continue to do posts on here as well. 


Sports camp is going great! I love my preschoolers, they are so adorable! On Friday we will be having a BBQ for the last day. I will be bringing lemon and lime jello. :-) J-E-L-L-O!!! 
Russ is going to fix my bike for me, so now I can ride it to work, or where ever I need to go. It will save me a lot of money on gas, that is for sure! My check book also balanced, and it's good with the bank! I love it when that happens. Usually I have a terrible time balancing it, and this time it worked like a charm! Mom you would be so proud of me! :-) Any way, see you later friends!

Julie Powell Blog... Jewelry Blog...

I found Julie Powell's blog this morning. I haven't read it yet but I am excited to do so. But, my thoughts on this is blogging about someting besides my thoughts that randomly come into my head. As much as you enjoy reading that, I feel like this blog should be about something different. Since I will be starting jewelry classes next week, I have decided to make this blog about the jewerly that I make in class, and out side of class. I'm on a tight budget this summer, so not only will it be with fancy jewelry but it will be jewerly made out of recycled things, or basically anything I can find around my apartment. :-)  

Blog Crazy!!

I'm on a blogging kick this week... don't really know why. I have been journaling a lot, and the thought of writing (typing in this case) my thoughts down when ever they come up, and having a book and a pen ready, or a key board and a computer is fun and... well... it gives me a good feeling. :P I don't really know how else to describe it. 

I recently watching the movie Julie and Julia, a movie about two ture parallel stories of Julie Powel and Julia child. Julie Powel blogged about going through Julia Child's cook book in a year. Watching the movie probably got me started on the blogging kick... just saying... that's a safe bet. But, a summer, with not a lot to do, other than work... I'm okay with blogging after doing other things. 

I really need to be productive, and work on my writing assigments for my class in Vienna. Usually I work better closer to the dead line at a crunch for time. I don't really understand that myself... but I guess it just happens. :-) Okay, another short post. I'll probably end up writing a couple a day, just to let you know. :-) Have a good one!! 

Cool off

The weather is getting cooler and that makes me happy :-) Instead of being in the 90's, today will be in the 70's. :-) Such a nice change!

Sports camp yesterday was a lot of fun! I'm leading the preschoolers with another girl, her name is Rachel. Other than yesterday, I don't have any experience with preschoolers, so it is an entirely new leading experience for me. We even did sports crafts, which is more up my alley. :) It was a little crazy yesterday because it was so windy, hopefully today it won't be like that. 

That is all for today. Thanks for reading... who ever you are. :)

It's been a while...

So, it has been a long time since I have written on here. I for those of you who don't know, which I can't imagine there are many of you, but I was in Vienna for 6 weeks, and now I am back to my normal blog. I don't know how many people read this, but thank you who ever you are. 

I am back in the normal swing of things for the summer. I'm starting my 2nd week of work since I returned from my trip. It's pretty low key compared to the first part of my summer. I have been enjoying Eastern Montana along with my free evenings and week ends. This week I am volunteering at a sports camp after work. I'm not very athletic, but I will be helping teach basketball and soccer... I haven't played basketball since middle school, and I've never played soccer... so I'm hoping I can team teach with some one. :) I will be learning with the kids, so it will be a great experience. :)

So, my summer plans, now that I am back in Missoula are to work, spend time with friends, scrapbook to my hearts content and more, make jewerly, go hiking, work out, get ready for Marching Band, watch movies and MASH... and what ever else I feel like doing. I'm hoping to take a couple road trips as soon as I get paid. But we'll see. :)

I still have home work to do from my class in Vienna, so that will take a lot of my time. It's due on the 23rd of the month, so I still have some time to get it done. I also plan to cook, and experiement with my Austrian cook book. I'll have to see how it will taste with American substitues. It should be good any way. :)

I hope you are enjoying your summer so far. It's gone by so fast already! Enjoy the sun, and stay cool and hydrated! 

Love, 

Jenna

Vienna

I'm in Vienna now. :) check out my Vienna blog!

http://www.jennainvienna.blogspot.com

:)

Rain, Sun, Work, Budgeting, Coffee, Good friends...

Good Afternoon. 

I almost said morning because I'm a little sleepy so I still feel like it's morning even though it is almost 3pm :) I started this morning with coffee at Zoo Town Brew, here in Missoula at 8 am with my good friend Kathleen who I haven't seen since either October, or November... don't really remember exactly other than it was quite a while ago & WAY too long to go with out talking to her. I missed her so much, and it was so good to see her. I plan to visit her in Billings this summer because I have all week ends off this summer. :) It was rainy and cold, so it was nice to start the morning with a good cup of coffee in the company of a good friend. Now it is sunny, but it looks slightly windy and cold out side.......

I'm having a dinner of pizza tonight with Rachel and we're going to plan the BBQ for tomorrow. It's going to be fun, and if you are in the area please stop by apartment tomorrow @ 6:30 for yummy food. :)

Lesson learned for the day: 
Write down every little tiny thing you spend on your debit card. When you lose track for just one split second it will come back to bite you. Sigh. Over drafts are not fun to deal with. But thanks to loving mothers, they can be taken care of easily. But yes, from now on I will write down every single thing I spend and not just check it on line. Some lessons are learned later and harder than others. But, no one is perfect, a learning experience all in all. 

Whew.....

I woke up today at about 12:45... the latest I have slept in in a long time. I felt so nice. I stayed up last night making brownies for my friends at my apartment who still had finals the next day. That was a lot of fun. It is crazy to think about because next semester is my last semester of finals. Well, not really if I decide to go on to grad school, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to that point.

It's sunny here in Missoula, and it's only going to get warmer. :) Rachel is throwing a BBQ for me before I go to Vienna, I'm so spoiled! :-) Even though I still have a lot to do for that trip, it's nice to actually relax and enjoy the simple things, and not have to be in a practice room on a sunny day, or study, or worry about school in general. I have a good feeling about this semester. I ended it with confidence, I improved on so many things, and I passed everything I needed to pass to move on to next semester.

It's going to be a great summer :)
Vienna for a month, and when I get back I will start working at the Mansfield Library. I have a pretty good schedule, and I'll get 30 hours a week. I'll get off at 4:30 everyday, leaving me time at the end of the day to practice etudes with no stress, learn some new pieces on the flute and piano, paint, scrapbook, work out, go for long walks, journal, draw.... drink tea at the end of the day, go through the series of MASH.... or what ever my heart desires. :-) I will also be working on the scrapbook for the Grizzly Marching Band, and getting ready for band camp the week before school starts. God is spoiling me with an amazing summer, that I can not wait for it to unfold. :-)

What book(s) have you been reading lately?
I am current reading Alan Alda's 2nd autobiography, Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself. I love it! I loved his preceding book Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and if you are an Alan Alda, or a MASH fan by any means, or just looking for a very touching, but humorous read, I would recommend it. Granted, I may sound a bit bias because I have been a MASH and Alan Alda fan since I was in middle school, but seriously, read it. :) I have been able to connect with him through his book, and it's just been amazing. (Does that sound weird or strange to you?) I'm still hoping to meet him soon. If I would want to meet any famous person, it would be him.

Take care, and enjoy the sunshine :)

Go look at a tree today! Maggie, my flute teacher told her students

to do that. :-) It made me laugh & I thought it was strange, 

but it helped. :-) Looking at something green and blooming will make 

any one have a good day after cold weather, or a bad day.

Done!

I am OFFICIALLY done with the semester! I finished my last final this morning before 10 am, and I just submitted my last projects for my computer class. :-)

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

No, I'm not excited at all ;)

Good luck with finals, and enjoy the weather and the great feeling of being done when you get done. Get out side and get some sun shine :-)

Much Love!!!

Shortest Finals week ever :-)

I can't believe it's Monday, and I can say I'm almost done with finals! :-) Such a good feeling! I had a busy day today though. I had to present my technofied lesson in my computer technology class at 8:30 am & then at 10 am I had my final in Exceptionalities and Classroom Management on disabilities. I took the last part of my piano functional at 3pm ish, it was supposed to be at 2:40, but it ended up being 30 minutes late. I love playing piano, but I hate playing for 2 of the piano teachers at the university when they are watching you behind your back. I was so nervous :S they passed me, but I could tell it was a stretch. But who cares!! I passed!!! :-) That's all that matters in the end :-) The only final I have left tomorrow is percussion, so I should be done no later than 11 am :-) There are two little things I need to resubmit for my 306 class but that won't take long. Now I just need to go get a photo taken for my ID card for Vienna, and submit one more online form and I'll be set. :-) I'm so excited :-) I do have a blog just for Vienna that I will write in while I'm there instead of this one. Hope all is well, and that you're having a great week as well. Much love!!!

Jenna

Cat Picture!

This is Mischief. She likes to lay on her back. She is very strange, but funny kitty. She also has a wide variety in her diet, which explains why she is a little chubby.

Random Text from roomata

So after I practiced piano for 3 hours in preparation for my piano functional on Monday, my roommate sent me a text, and I quote the text, "Aaaahhhh I'm Jennaless!"
That made me laugh so much! It made me smile! My friend and roommate, Michelle, makes me smile, and knows exactly when to bring comic relief. :-) Random Blog :-) hope you enjoy! :-)

The end is near

The semester is drawing to a close. Finals begin a week from today. No one enjoys finals, and just like everyone else, I can not wait for them to be over. I'm more fortunate than most in the fact that I only have finals in two classes. The rest of my classes were either presentation and performances. But, I still have to work on passing my piano functional on harmonization and transposition.... sick. I love playing piano, don't get me wrong, but this piano situation is rather sickening for any one.

The week after finals I'm working Monday to Friday, 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. It will be nice to get some extra cash to pay bills :) I have class at 2 today, and I don't want to go, but thankfully I only have two class periods left of it for the semester. I would much rather go home, snuggle up on my couch, drink some coffee, and do some sudoku puzzles. It's really gloomy outside here in Missoula. But, on the plus side gloomy weather will make it easier to study because I won't want to go out side. Perfect timing for prepping for finals.

My student teaching interview is this Friday. I really hope that I can go to Columbia Falls for JH and HS band and choir. Hopefully my prof. who does student teaching placements will call and head of time so I can get that spot. But, where ever God wants me will be best no matter what.

Farewell for now. Stay warm, or enjoy the weather if it is sunny where ever you are.


J

Done!!!

Student Teaching Application is done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.... more later :)

Recital Bliss...

Sigh... My recital is over. I am relieved, happy, sad, joyful... so many emotions going into a recital. Ever since the semester started at the end of January, I have been practicing and preparing for this moment. I got busier and busier as the months went on. Then march hit, and I have been going non stop ever since. But it was so worth it! I was the most wonderful day in my entire musical career since I became a student at the school of music in 2006.

My parents, Bonnie and Leroy, came all the way from the other end of the state, and picked up my Aunt Janel a long the way in Great Falls. Russell's family came, his dad, Richard, his mom, Ruth, and his sister, Rachel. His Uncle Wayne came from Libby. Even though he wasn't feeling well, he still came to support me. My cousin Paul came from Columbia Falls. Friends from college were there, it was just wonderful!

Before the last piece, the flute and organ duet, Janell and I were saying our thank yous, I said thank you to my parents, to Russ, to his family, and then I started to choke, and I almost cried. I was not expecting that, but my best friend Bridget, who was sitting in the balcony said she saw it coming from a mile away. If it wasn't for my awesome flute teacher Maggie, I wouldn't be were I am today.

And now, I express my thanks:

Thanks to my Grandma who made her famous peanut butter cookies, with the chocolate kiss in the middle, and for Mary (Janel's Mom) for making all of the wonderful goodies after wards! It was pretty much a banquet, it was awesome!

To Janel, my recital partner! I knew her a little bit through sports in high school, but I never would of guessed that I would do a recital with her. She is the sweetest person, and it was a joy to get to work with her and get to know her through this process. She also cheered me on through the difficult times in preparing for this. Janel, you are the best!

To Janel's teacher, and my piano in class teacher, Steven Hesla. I only had his class for a year, but I learned so much from him. Even after my piano in class days, he still talks to me, and takes interest in what is going on in my life. I love talking to him in the hall ways of the music building, and just saying a friendly hello when we cross paths. He started to grow on me, and also supported me along the way.

To my teacher Maggie! John and Maggie Schuberg have been my second parents. The are amazing people! Maggie has pushed me, coached me, supported me and cheered me on for the last four years. If I didn't have her as a teacher, I would not be the flutist who I am today. She taught me how to be dedicated in my practicing, how to practice in many different ways. I hope to be like her when I become a teacher. I love you Maggie, and there are not enough words to express my gratitude to you!

To my parents and my aunt for coming! I love you Mom and Dad! You have supported me through everything. From swimming lessons, to volley ball, cheerleading, track, and now my professional music career. Thanks for being there for my recital and for seeing my play to my fullest potential. Through all of the long distance phone calls, visits, I knew you were there for me no matter what. I love you both, and I couldn't ask for any thing more!

I will continue this post later! I need to practice! The work never stops. :P

Recital!!!

My recital is this sunday!!!!! Come if you're in the area! If you're not, I'll get you a recording if you want it!! :)

Spring Break! :-)

Spring Break starts this coming week. Russ and I will be going to Hungry Horse to visit my cousin Paul, and then hopefully over to Libby to visit his uncle Wayne. I'll find out when I see him tonight when we go. It all depends on his work schedule. Even though I'll be traveling a bit, I still have so much stuff to do for the week after spring break, it's not even funny. A laundry list of things for me to do to play catch up. But first..... 

High Society Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Friday, I'm going out to eat with a group of friends in formal wear, and hopefully some dancing. I just bought a new silver dress from Ross yesterday that is so stunning! I'm so excited for it! Bridget and I are going to be celebrating our birthdays! Her birthday was on the 6th, she turned 23, and mine was on the 8th, I turned 22. It's going to be a great way to start spring break before I start the hard core practicing for my recital, paper writing and research. I will do some scrap booking to maintain what little sanity I have left. If you're in Missoula any time this week, give me a call! I would love to take a break and visit! Take care! Love you all! 

Jenna 

 

Working Late...

I work at the library on campus. Monday Nights I work from 6:30 to 9:30. It's only a little after 9pm, and I'm already really tired. I used to be able to stay up really late, and be fine getting up early. Now any more if I stay up later than 11, I have a hard time getting up at 8. Silly, right? The library stays open until 2am Sundays-Thursdays. I don't see how some people work can work until 2am. I mean it is nice that the library is open that late to get some late night research or studying done, but working it would be crazy. I would not be able to do it. One of my coworkers works on Mondays from 8:30 at night to 2 in the morning. I don't know which one would be worse, opening and being here at 6:30 in the morning, or closing at 2am, and having to stay here until 2:30 am to close. I did open during the summer, but that wasn't bad at all because I wasn't busy, and then only thing I really did was work. Waking up early like that wasn't so bad because once I was done, I had the whole day to do what ever. But I do love working at the library. Fridays are my favorite days to work though. I work in the afternoon on Friday, and it's so much fun! Fridays are some of the slower days, so not a lot happens. I'm getting to know some of the people who work here well enough to joke around with them, and talk about random things. My supervisor told me about how when he was in high school one of his friends would blow up propane tanks and get it on camera. Yeah, like I said, random! Another random topic was Sour Patch Watermelons. By the way if you haven't tried them, they are amazing! My co-worker dropped a book or something, and said, "You didn't see that" and then asked me what would it take for me to un-see it. I told for me to "un-see" it, he would have to go to the Market (a store on campus) and get me some sour patch water watermelons. They are fat free, so they can't be all bad for you, right?? Right... So, then we were on the topic of fat free foods vs. low carb... etc, etc... Fat free was in the 1990's, and today the focus is on carbs, and calories.Yup, random! I love it though, it really breaks up the monotony, which is what I need every day, or I would go crazy, more than I already have in my college career. Alright. Good night folks!!!

Monday

Monday Monday Monday...

It has been raining off and on today. I'm not sure if I would rather have rain or snow. They both bring good things, but rain is a great sign of spring. It is now spring, so rain is good.

Tomorrow I'm playing one of my pieces on afternoon recital hour at 2pm. The is piece is Sonata in F Major by G.F. Handel. It is a 4 movement work, and I absolutely love it! This time I will be playing it with piano, but for my recital it will be with harpsichord and bassoon. :) My friend Beth graciously agreed to do it at pretty short notice. Thanks Beth! You're the greatest! If any of you are in the area and have time, please come! It will be great! Enjoy the rain/sun, or whatever the weather is doing where you are!!

Loves!!!

Almost Spring Break!!

Okay, so it's 11:50 pm, I should be in bed, but I'm not. I really want it to be spring break, NOW!!! It's not that bad, but when you have been going for a while, and you're starting to drag, it's time for a break. You're mind and body are telling you to stop because they're tired, but you just have to keep going. Spring Break will be so nice! Russ and I are planning a trip to Hungry Horse to visit my cousin Paul and his wife Mary Kay, and maybe Kerra Collins if she is around, and then maybe make a trip to Libby to visit Russ's uncle Wayne. I'm really excited, and it will really give me a chance to focus on my recital music. My friend just had her recital tonight, and I'm nervous for mine now! I'm worried because I have been playing flat lately, and when you strive for good pitch, it's frustrating and stressful. Sigh. Oh well, I will be fine. Practice with a tuner!!! Wednesday is the Vienna Bake Sale for flute choir!! So if any of you UMers are reading this, and are around the music building, stop by for some yummy treats! I will be making puppy chow!! Om nom nom!! Okay, the night isn't getting any younger, so time to get ready for bed and get ready for the last week of Spring Break! Time to prep for my recital, a presentation and 2 papers. Catch up week. Whoot!!! Take care blog readers, who ever you may be!! 

Love, 

Jenna

Photo editing!

I had too much fun exploring flickr in my tech class. Here is what I did! More to come!! My good friend Krysty Kay took this photo. She is amazing! 

WPA and Student Teaching

Hey folks! I'm going to need lots of prayer in the next couple of days. On Saturday I'm taking the WPA, the writing proficiency assessment. Every student @ U of M has to take it in order to graduate. Writing isn't my strength, so I'm really nervous for this test. I'm sure I'll be fine, but I just need extra prayer for the time being. :) 

I just attended the student teaching seminar and I also have a lot of work to do in a month for the application. Music Education majors have to tern in their application in a year in advance because the field is so spread out, the school of education needs extra time for the placement. I'm hoping to go to Great Falls for the high school placement, and stay in Missoula for elementary. But, I'll see what God has planned for me, and where he wants me to go. It will all work out, and he will help me get all of the busy work done in time. The application is due on April 30th. But, first things first, the WPA. Lots of prayer and relaxing activities inbetween my studying so I don't get worked up and not let text anxiety get the best of me. I'm drinking citrus tea, instead of coffee, even though I already had my fill of that for the day. :) I'm opening at the library (subbing for a friend) tomorrow at 6:30  in the blessed am! I need the extra funding for Vienna, and he needed some one to cover his hours to look at masters programs at a college really far away. I forgot what he said exactly. He thought I was crazy for wanting to cover for him that early on a FRIDAY, but when you need the extra hours, you will take them when they come your way. On that note, I need to get going and have lunch so I can proceed with what I have planned for the day. Practicing for my recital, more studying, and working. My day will be done at 6:30 tonight, followed by relaxing evening with more studying, and watching TLC, MASH, or one of the movies that my parents got me for my birthday. "Hanging Up" or one of my favorites, and a classic in my book, "A League of Their Own". A long with partaking in raspberry or pomegranent tea. Sounds great to me! :) Russ is in Reno with the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble and won't be back until Sunday early morning. Hopefully I get can confince him to still go to church at 11 am, but we'll see. :) Love you all, and take care!!

Vienna on my mind

Everything for Vienna is coming together. God has provided the funding, and a lot of people who are excited for me to do this have given very generously, and all of my friends and family are very excited and supporting. I am so excited for this opportunity! I can't wait to explore the music capital of the World! I will take lots of pictures, and try to keep them up dated on here and facebook, since I will have internet access there. I had to add this little blurb into my blog for those of you who read it. If you would like me to send you a post card, send me your address and will send you one while I'm there. I'm hoping to give a presentation on my trip and everything I did when I get back in Nashua, providing I can get the time and the place to do it. I will keep all of the Vienna updates on this blog. Thank you once again for all of your support, love and prayers!!

Jenna

Friday... Where did you go???

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want it to be Friday! Well, friday @ 11am to be exact. I have a test that I'm super nervous for, and not looking forward to. For someone still dealing with test anxiety, it sucks! Excuse my poor language, but it does!!! 

I haven't been sleeping all that well either. Bleh. Well, I guess instead of a blog post, this is more of a complaining freak out post. I don't like complaining, and I don't do it very often, at least I think I don't, but some times you just do, especially in freak out mode!!!! Bllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh! 

But, 11 am will pass, and then it will be meeting up with a friend for lunch, working with awesome people and then a Jazz Concert to watch my boyfriend, and meet up with some friends of ours. :) Sigh. It will all be over soon. :) 

Good night folks!!!

March is here!

March is here already! February flew by! This is my favorite month, it is the month of many birthdays for my family and friends. My best friend is coming back in a couple weeks and we're going to celebrate our birthdays together. :) I'm looking forward to it. Needless to say, I'm super busy, but then again... who isn't? 

This week end Russ and I went to Missoula Maulers Hockey game. It was their first play off game, and they lost by one point. It was still fun, and a neat experience because I have never been to a hockey game before. 

According to Russ I have surprise coming for my birthday, but I have no idea who, what, where or when. He knows it drives me crazy, but he laughs any way. :P Of course he would. :) Oh well, I'm looking forward to it. Even though it drives me nuts not knowing what is going on, it's worth the wait, and I know I'll love it no matter what. :)

It's also really beautiful out side and I'm in my instructional media class. We finished our group work early, so we're just hanging out and talking. I would much rather be out side going for a walk by the river, or just soaking up the early spring time sun. Go out side if you get the chance and enjoy it!!

The creative side of UM campus at night

Promise Ring

This is the ring that Russ gave me for Valentines Day. He had to exchange the first one because the stones where starting to fall out. This was his first choice, but durring the Holiday when he went to go buy it, this one wasn't there. We went back today to exchange it, and his first choice was there, so this is the one that I got in the end, and I'm already much more happier with it. 

Friday Fun!

Today was a good day. I feel very accomplished in the fact that I got all of my Vienna support letters printed off. I'm waiting on my mom to send me some addresses and I'm hoping to get them sent off in the next couple of days. I also sent out a mass email over facebook, but we'll see how that ends up. I do understand that money isn't exactly easy to keep around or have to give for things like this. But I still send out the letters in hope that I can go. I'm so close, I just need some extra help from people to support me. Go Vienna! Lets keep our fingers crossed in that I get the funding to go. :-) 

I had dinner at Russell's house with his family. We bundled up and went to DQ for ice cream. The day that it down pours snow, and we go out for ice cream. ;) Here are the pictures of that.

Coffee

I have become a regular coffee drinker. One of the reasons that coffee came to mind is that fact that it is 1:40 am and I have class at 10 am, I will probably be very tired and worn out from staying up so late. Don't ask me why I'm up this late on a thursday night, I honestly have no idea. Usually when I don't get a lot of sleep, then next morning when I get up, I automatically go to the kitchen and brew some coffee. Some times I even get it ready the night before if I know I'm going to need it the next day. I didn't do that tonight because I didn't expect to stay up this late. I usually make my morning coffee with hazelnut creamer, a little sugar in the raw, and skim milk. Some times if I have time, I like to go to the education building and get some coffee from the coffee shop on the first floor. The coffee there is amazing becuase it is Liquid Planet coffee, which is organic. My usual is a skinny white chocolate raspberry mocha with a single shot. I've also really wanted to work at a coffee shop, but with my schedule, that was never possible. Coffee always tastes so good, but the affect afterwards isn't, but I keep drinking it. I have a very low tolerence for coffee. One shot of espresso and I'm bouncing off the walls. But like I said, it tastes so good! What are your thoughts on coffee? Do you like coffee or tea better? Maybe I should stop thinking about coffee and go to sleep. Maybe... we will see... I think I was thinking that a couple posts ago, but look where that got me. Ha!

Artistic differences

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 These are some photos that I took after practicing. They were taken a while ago, so I thought they would be fun to put on here. Let me know what you think! :)

Hmmm....

Yes, I have no idea. I just feel like blogging. :-)
Right now I'm trying to read T.E.T (Teacher Effectiveness Training) for my Classroom Management, and teaching students with special needs class. It's talking about what not to do when students have problems and come to you just so they can have some one to listen to them. I often find it frustrating when I talk to people about my problems and they automatically think they have to be the problem solver for me, when all I want them to do is listen. I'm more than okay with some one not knowing what to do, or what to tell me, just as long as they can be a listening ear, that is fine with me. :)

Well, I wish I could have more to say in this blog. Nothing interesting really. The concert was really good tonight, and Michelle, and everyone in the ensemble did an amazing job. The African music really made me want to dance. I sat with my good friend Whitney and we had a really good talk. It was about a lot of things, faith, how our semesters are going, what is new in our lives and such. The small things in life that make it great. I am so glad it is Friday tomorrow! Even though it was a 4 day week, it seemed long to me. But this week end will be a great opportunity for me to relax, scrap book, do laundry, and get caught up on the reading and things for my classes. Oops. ;-) I bid you all farewell.

Week end!

It is Thursday, and I can not wait for the week end! No special plans, well, scrap booking of course. That is exciting to me! :-) There are 2 flute recitals in one day, and I'm looking forward to that. It just gets me really excited to do my recital. Well, I hope you all have a great rest of your Thursday, and a happy Friday! Not that I actually have any readers, but have a good one any way!! Tonight I will be at the World Percussion Ensemble Concert selling tickets and watching my room mate Michelle. There will be Gamelan, (excuse the spelling) music from Brazil, and other amazing things :-)

Oh, and you lone readers of my blog, if any....
please feel free to comment!

love
Jenna

Scrapbooking!!!

Today I went to Scrapbook Hide Away, and I had so much fun! I was only there for about 30 minutes or so, but The owner showed me how to do a really neat affect with my pages. If you are reading this and are into scrapbooking or card making, all you need to do is buy a small ink pad, she recommended black or brown, and you just take the pad and brush it along the edge of your paper. I was amazed by how much it added to my pages. I added some black edges to some of my pages, and I'm going back later this week end to get a brown ink pad. :) That made my day, and I can't wait to go there and use their workshop! :)

This is from when Russ and I went to Libby to visit his Uncle Wayne. I was crotching and Russ was holding my yarn, and Wayne that it was so funny, so he had to get a picture of it. Sorry if this is embaressing Russ. :)

This is Frankie. We've had him in the Novak family since 2005. He is a very fat and happy cat in the winter who loves to take naps, as if the pictures were not clear on that. ;) That is my dad taking a nap with Frankie when I was home for Christmas. Frankie is also a very sweet cat in his own way. :)

This is Molly. Probably one of the cutest cats I've ever seen! She would sleep in my bed every night when I was home for winter break. Now that I'm not home, and the door is shut, she sits at the door and cries because she can't go up stairs and because I'm not there. (awe....) She is super sweet and I miss her. Love you Molly! (even though you're a cat and don't read blogs!)

Greetings!

So here is my blog :) I have procrastinated long enough on my home work to do this, but I will play around with this and put some stuff on here later.

Love,

Jenna