9.09.2009
7.03.2009
Wicked
I'm going to see Wicked tonight at Gammage! Couldn't be more excited! If you've never heard of it, it's basically the back story of Glinda, the good witch, and the Wicked Witch of the West, who's name is Elphaba, from the Wizard of Oz. In the original broadway cast, Glinda was played by Kristin Chenowith and Elphaba was played by Idina Menzel (from Rent).
6.29.2009
Fate
Thought for the day, courtesy of Transformers:
Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing - Optimus Prime
Press play above to hear the audio from the movie
Also, this made me laugh:
Optimus Prime
Barack Obama
6.22.2009
Happy Monday!
(for my mom, who always asks me, "Why do you take those pictures where you make weird faces?!")
6.17.2009
5.26.2009
Score!
This weekend I went to California with my friend Stacie. We stayed at my cousin's house in San Diego and went to all four outlet malls in Southern Cali (we also went to the beach and stuff, but shopping stories are much more fun). I was scouring the Coach outlets lokking for a dog carrier for Bella. This is Bella, for those of you who don't know:
Anyway, I found one! For 50% off of the OUTLET price which was already $200 less than the retail price. I was so pumped. However, I can't decide if I want to keep it or sell it on Ebay. So I will put it to a vote. Should I keep the Coach bag:
Or sell it and buy a cute Juicy one on Ebay like this:
Decisions, decisions.
Anyway, I found one! For 50% off of the OUTLET price which was already $200 less than the retail price. I was so pumped. However, I can't decide if I want to keep it or sell it on Ebay. So I will put it to a vote. Should I keep the Coach bag:
Or sell it and buy a cute Juicy one on Ebay like this:
Decisions, decisions.
5.15.2009
007
As you may recall from this post, my one and only goal in life is to keep my 4.0. Voila:
Mission: Accomplished. It is not only acceptable but completely desirable for you to begin humming the 007 theme song.
And speaking of 007, #*!&#$@#*Grey's Anatomy season finale?!!#!*!@#%
Mission: Accomplished. It is not only acceptable but completely desirable for you to begin humming the 007 theme song.
And speaking of 007, #*!&#$@#*Grey's Anatomy season finale?!!#!*!@#%
5.11.2009
Voldemort, Voldemort, OOOO Voldy Voldy Voldy....
You don't have to be a Harry Potter fan to think this is hilarious...
5.07.2009
Listen
I'm one of those people that has some strange emotional connection to music (okay, maybe that's everyone :) This song makes me feel happy, peaceful, and hopeful.
It's a piano/cello arrangement that combines Taylor Swift's "Love Story" and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida". Check it out.
It's a piano/cello arrangement that combines Taylor Swift's "Love Story" and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida". Check it out.
5.06.2009
Excorcist-style Projectile Vomiting
I have so many fun things to blog about that require the uploading of pictures I can't find, and as such, I have no fun things to blog about. More on that later...
However, I have received numerous requests for more posts about baby puke. "Seriously?", you're asking me. Yes. Seriously. Well anyway, ask and ye shall receive.
As you probably already know, I'm a nanny to a 9 month old boy and 3 year old girl. My family was visting recently from Connecticut, and so I took my two charges over to hang out with them while I was working. I was trying to distract the three year old with crafts, while I waited for my mom to get ready to run some errands, and I noticed the baby had put something in his mouth. I fished around in his slobbery pie-hole trying to get it out, but it was long gone. I figured if he was breathing and such, it was all good.
Later in the day (we're talking at least 2 hours), I was feeding him a bottle, when he started to spit up. I cleaned him up, and then continued to feed him. As soon as the bottle was done, his eyes got HUGE, and he proceed to projectile vomit Excorcist-style the entire contents of the bottle he had just eaten, plus I'm pretty sure just about everything he had previously eaten the past 978098 days.
I asked my little brother to grab me a towel, turned the baby to face me to clean him up, at which point he PUKED AGAIN all over me. TWICE. I'm telling you this kid must have a vast and bottomless stomach because we are talking quarts of puke. When he had finished, he just smiled at me, and I noticed something in his teeth. It was a tiny purple star sticker that his sister had been using to make crafts with earlier in the day. SERIOUSLY? I just endured Puke Fest '09 because he ate a tiny sticker the size of a pencil eraser??
It's all fun and games until someone gets doused in baby puke. Remember that.
However, I have received numerous requests for more posts about baby puke. "Seriously?", you're asking me. Yes. Seriously. Well anyway, ask and ye shall receive.
As you probably already know, I'm a nanny to a 9 month old boy and 3 year old girl. My family was visting recently from Connecticut, and so I took my two charges over to hang out with them while I was working. I was trying to distract the three year old with crafts, while I waited for my mom to get ready to run some errands, and I noticed the baby had put something in his mouth. I fished around in his slobbery pie-hole trying to get it out, but it was long gone. I figured if he was breathing and such, it was all good.
Later in the day (we're talking at least 2 hours), I was feeding him a bottle, when he started to spit up. I cleaned him up, and then continued to feed him. As soon as the bottle was done, his eyes got HUGE, and he proceed to projectile vomit Excorcist-style the entire contents of the bottle he had just eaten, plus I'm pretty sure just about everything he had previously eaten the past 978098 days.
I asked my little brother to grab me a towel, turned the baby to face me to clean him up, at which point he PUKED AGAIN all over me. TWICE. I'm telling you this kid must have a vast and bottomless stomach because we are talking quarts of puke. When he had finished, he just smiled at me, and I noticed something in his teeth. It was a tiny purple star sticker that his sister had been using to make crafts with earlier in the day. SERIOUSLY? I just endured Puke Fest '09 because he ate a tiny sticker the size of a pencil eraser??
It's all fun and games until someone gets doused in baby puke. Remember that.
3.30.2009
3.18.2009
New Cards in my Etsy Shop
There are a few new cards up in my Etsy shop. I hope to have quite a few more up by the end of the week. To see more, click in the link on my sidebar or the link below the photo.
click me ---> www.kissandtell.etsy.com
click me ---> www.kissandtell.etsy.com
Salsa
This video makes me want to learn how to salsa, it's really too bad I have no rhythm whatsoever! The song is called Everything I Can't Have by Robin Thicke.
(music doesn't start until about 15 seconds in)
(music doesn't start until about 15 seconds in)
3.10.2009
ACCEPTED!
I got my acceptance letter yesterday to student teach with the US Dept of Defense in...
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY!
I will be teaching fourth grade. I am so excited. I don't really know much else about it, I emailed the principal of the school today to get some more information. From what I have been able to research about Heidelberg, it sounds like a beautiful place. It even has a castle!
Heidelberg Castle
This is what Mark Twain had to say about Heidelberg in his journal in 1878:
"The Castle looks down upon the compact brown-roofed town; and from the town two picturesque old bridges span the river. Now the view broadens; through the gateway of the sentinel headlands you gaze out over the wide Rhine plain, which stretches away, softly and richly tinted, grows gradually and dreamily indistinct, and finally melts imperceptibly into the remote horizon.
I have never enjoyed a view which had such a serene and satisfying charm about it as this one gives."
Random Info:
Heidelberg, one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, is nestled in the heart of the Neckar Valley about 70 miles south of Frankfurt. It is home to vineyards, medieval castles and fortifications.
The city, a longtime haven for tourists, features the famous Heidelberg Castle, built during the sixteenth century. It combines Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles. Another historical landmark is the University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, dating from 1386.
Serenades, concerts and open-air theater presentations in the Heidelberg Castle courtyard are special treats during the summer months. The castle is also illuminated several times a year, commemorating the battles of the 17th century. Floodlights flank the castle and fireworks explode in the sky above.
A stroll through Heidelberg's old city is a step back in time. Narrow streets lined with houses from various periods, expertly restored to their original condition, provide glimpses into German history and culture. The Heidelberg area has relatively mild weather and snowfall is very limited.
Heidelberg
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY!
I will be teaching fourth grade. I am so excited. I don't really know much else about it, I emailed the principal of the school today to get some more information. From what I have been able to research about Heidelberg, it sounds like a beautiful place. It even has a castle!
Heidelberg Castle
This is what Mark Twain had to say about Heidelberg in his journal in 1878:
"The Castle looks down upon the compact brown-roofed town; and from the town two picturesque old bridges span the river. Now the view broadens; through the gateway of the sentinel headlands you gaze out over the wide Rhine plain, which stretches away, softly and richly tinted, grows gradually and dreamily indistinct, and finally melts imperceptibly into the remote horizon.
I have never enjoyed a view which had such a serene and satisfying charm about it as this one gives."
Random Info:
Heidelberg, one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, is nestled in the heart of the Neckar Valley about 70 miles south of Frankfurt. It is home to vineyards, medieval castles and fortifications.
The city, a longtime haven for tourists, features the famous Heidelberg Castle, built during the sixteenth century. It combines Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles. Another historical landmark is the University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, dating from 1386.
Serenades, concerts and open-air theater presentations in the Heidelberg Castle courtyard are special treats during the summer months. The castle is also illuminated several times a year, commemorating the battles of the 17th century. Floodlights flank the castle and fireworks explode in the sky above.
A stroll through Heidelberg's old city is a step back in time. Narrow streets lined with houses from various periods, expertly restored to their original condition, provide glimpses into German history and culture. The Heidelberg area has relatively mild weather and snowfall is very limited.
Heidelberg
3.03.2009
In like a lion, out like a lamb
I'm looking forward to these things in March:
Thing 1 - Spring Break - CABO!
Thing 2 - I applied to student teach with the US Department of Defense (I would teach in a school overseas on a US military base that serves the children of the soldiers stationed there), and I should hear back from my school this month to see whether or not I have a placement for this coming fall
Thing 3 - Financial Aid! Woot! Okay, I know, you are wondering why I am excited to hear from financial aid. Basically, since I turn 24 this year (see Thing 4), I was able to fill out my FAFSA without my parent's income/tax information which means they will base what finanancial aid I am awarded on just my measly salary which means I should get MORE which means more potential money for Thing 2 (student teaching abroad = expensive)
Thing 4 - My birthday! I'll be 24 on the 29th!
Thing 5 - Taking my teaching certification test. I would be boldfaced lying if I said I was excited for this test. It is 8 hours long and costs almost $200. However, it is kind of an exciting milestone because it means that I am one step closer to actually being a teacher, which means alot when you have been in school forever, like me.
P.S. -
Dear March,
I think we need to talk. I feel like since I have just listed many of the things that are so wonderful about you, I can give you this one piece of constructive criticism, you know, between us friends. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING THE 90 DEGREE WEATHER. Seriously, leave that job up to April or even May. I know, I chose to live in this desolate desert, but I would really, really, apprectiate just a few more weeks of the 70s and 80s before I have to return to paying $300 air conditioning bills.
xoxo, Kassi
Thing 1 - Spring Break - CABO!
Thing 2 - I applied to student teach with the US Department of Defense (I would teach in a school overseas on a US military base that serves the children of the soldiers stationed there), and I should hear back from my school this month to see whether or not I have a placement for this coming fall
Thing 3 - Financial Aid! Woot! Okay, I know, you are wondering why I am excited to hear from financial aid. Basically, since I turn 24 this year (see Thing 4), I was able to fill out my FAFSA without my parent's income/tax information which means they will base what finanancial aid I am awarded on just my measly salary which means I should get MORE which means more potential money for Thing 2 (student teaching abroad = expensive)
Thing 4 - My birthday! I'll be 24 on the 29th!
Thing 5 - Taking my teaching certification test. I would be boldfaced lying if I said I was excited for this test. It is 8 hours long and costs almost $200. However, it is kind of an exciting milestone because it means that I am one step closer to actually being a teacher, which means alot when you have been in school forever, like me.
P.S. -
Dear March,
I think we need to talk. I feel like since I have just listed many of the things that are so wonderful about you, I can give you this one piece of constructive criticism, you know, between us friends. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING THE 90 DEGREE WEATHER. Seriously, leave that job up to April or even May. I know, I chose to live in this desolate desert, but I would really, really, apprectiate just a few more weeks of the 70s and 80s before I have to return to paying $300 air conditioning bills.
xoxo, Kassi
2.26.2009
2.19.2009
Bike Update
So if you remember a few posts ago, I was gushing about the Electra bikes, which I still think are to die for but slightly (and by slightly I mean incredibly) out of my price range, so I got this one instead!
I also used pink zip ties to attach a little silver metal basket for the front so it's a little more ghetto than the other bikes, but it's mine! :)
I also used pink zip ties to attach a little silver metal basket for the front so it's a little more ghetto than the other bikes, but it's mine! :)
2.10.2009
Bella
I came out of the bathroom the other day to find this:
My sister and I keep our tank tops and undershirts in baskets since we don't have alot of drawer space and Bella decided to take a little nap in the clean clothes.
My sister and I keep our tank tops and undershirts in baskets since we don't have alot of drawer space and Bella decided to take a little nap in the clean clothes.
1.26.2009
An Open Letter
My dearest Grey's Anatomy,
I hate to say this, but you're ruining my life. And, it has to be said, it's not me, it's you. You fill my head with thoughts of sutures and saline solutions, and I knew it was a problem when I thought to myself, "I wish we had a clean scalpel" when looking for a utensil to butter my bread. I can't sleep because my head is filled with dreams in which I'm trying to perform appendectomies and Whipples but, hello! I don't know how! I didn't go to med school! My areas of expertise lie more in the camp of teaching children to read and tie their shoes. The thing is, I don't want to break up. I just need some "me" time. In short, I can't quit you or McDreamy, but please ease up on dominating my daily thoughts, as I don't have much brainpower to spare.
Note to self- Teach future students to spell "appendectomies".
1.14.2009
Decisions, Decisions
Also, must have:
I have been searching for the perfect beach cruiser for at least 6 months and I am in love with these two. I love how they both remind me of scrapbook paper.
If you are as in love as I am, and you have less limited means, you can find a retailer near you (and tons more adorable bikes) on electrabike.com
(Hint to Mom: Happy Birthday to me? :)
I have been searching for the perfect beach cruiser for at least 6 months and I am in love with these two. I love how they both remind me of scrapbook paper.
If you are as in love as I am, and you have less limited means, you can find a retailer near you (and tons more adorable bikes) on electrabike.com
(Hint to Mom: Happy Birthday to me? :)
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