tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48871553550595359882024-03-20T02:53:47.224-07:00TheCrazyWorldofMick[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-75475039514302399552010-08-19T19:19:00.000-07:002010-08-19T19:21:23.373-07:00Its that time again!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iBvXxV5Hx1jQaLVYaQqutpq6tfZale_VShbPqcFYlzeurSiFaouUItqUsNcgYvKiiSU40duqhgwEYYjneCpku_uHG7StaTMnM6p5B3VpngiMqOqmek9swQ2OgWPLo2flVceTDhmZzw/s1600/38568_453372416693_610491693_6259859_8196404_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iBvXxV5Hx1jQaLVYaQqutpq6tfZale_VShbPqcFYlzeurSiFaouUItqUsNcgYvKiiSU40duqhgwEYYjneCpku_uHG7StaTMnM6p5B3VpngiMqOqmek9swQ2OgWPLo2flVceTDhmZzw/s320/38568_453372416693_610491693_6259859_8196404_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507311425902079634" border="0" /></a><br />Today has been incredibly eye opening... I broke up with the love of my life and feel somewhat empty but also super relieved at the same time? Weird how that works eh? I am getting ready to go back to the junior high for the third year in a row, teaching part time and planning on coaching still. Simply put... I am stoked to be back and thriving in a place where I know I make a difference in people's lives. I get to have a second ankle surgery on October 14th, it never got fixed in the first place. This year has simply been put... life changing. I have now signed up for my third surgery, I am officially a senior at UVU and in my last couple of semesters of school for my BA, so ready to be done. My heart is somewhat lost but I am good and glad to be alive and well. I have had such a fun year already and life goes on? Just wondering what the next year will hold...[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-86028693025087077782010-02-22T11:01:00.000-08:002010-02-22T11:07:35.797-08:002010 or twenty ten for that matter...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKaKdaMjXLBQ_0Iu3VnAldmgayQIikW-6Hv8L1UmEcZk9vJyAH7KFhGiXhFdeAz4PsKx3e3rzio4MR91SKfZZAbCn1h48H8VfNtN81pUjpN9iasgxGIwF8g53irSBlwsKQWpJyLbLtg/s1600-h/surgery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKaKdaMjXLBQ_0Iu3VnAldmgayQIikW-6Hv8L1UmEcZk9vJyAH7KFhGiXhFdeAz4PsKx3e3rzio4MR91SKfZZAbCn1h48H8VfNtN81pUjpN9iasgxGIwF8g53irSBlwsKQWpJyLbLtg/s320/surgery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441146532136165314" /></a><br />This year is shaping out to be interesting to say the least, I am having new twists and turns at every roadside stop it seems. It all started with my attempts at running again after the now infamous "texting while walking down stairs episode" of my life back from October. Well anyways, just to say that it was the most awkward running experience of my life would be an understatement... so I got into an ankle specialist who informed me that I was not CRAZY. MRI the next week showed severe tearing in my peroneal tendon in my ankle... four months I have been on this thing and no one has found that. I love doctors... anyways, he scheduled me for surgery which was the 16th of February. Last week I went in thinking it would not be that bad and that I would in fact be able to go back to work that same week. Holy crap, was I wrong! My foot is now referred to as the Elephantitis foot of the Goodwin Household. I can't say all is bad... just when I least expected it I met this guy, in fact I have known this guy since elementary school but always had a complex as far as talking to him. We ended up just going out somehow, not sure how it happened to be honest. However, he hung with the gimp all week and is still around. We will see how far it goes but it is always entertaining trying to date in Utah County.[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-15309769872997677142009-12-02T09:36:00.000-08:002009-12-02T09:53:44.201-08:00New Basketball Season!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15QKZ1DRLfBeKyjSST53Jnzz1J0gzBi5dMdbpdJe-kXRBZJWBv-jnMOKOsiDPTe8LYNuwkvHSnslmM146GBO0MhEZUNS23HtiBVMYAqianyXRsWFqvAb6zpD7oDQ0e8jkzIDgXdsYxQ/s1600-h/November+23b+044_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410698053174128722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15QKZ1DRLfBeKyjSST53Jnzz1J0gzBi5dMdbpdJe-kXRBZJWBv-jnMOKOsiDPTe8LYNuwkvHSnslmM146GBO0MhEZUNS23HtiBVMYAqianyXRsWFqvAb6zpD7oDQ0e8jkzIDgXdsYxQ/s320/November+23b+044_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a> I suck at blogging, but here goes an attempt to update my blog for the first time in seven months. I am still teaching at the junior high and coaching girls basketball too for the second year in a row. It has been an interesting transition going from not teaching full time to going full time, I am at UVU full time as well finishing up my Bachelor's in Secondary Education with a Health major, Middle Eastern Studies minor. I will eventually get an endorsement in Arabic, so I can teach at the high school. I think I might be mentally insane for trying to do school, coach, and teach full time. I love the insanity though.<br /><div></div>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-73475127614609558272009-03-06T12:12:00.000-08:002009-03-08T20:05:34.161-07:00Birthday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6s1Szh6u6xW8tRUpbku45CfR2pgMU3CbTLOkK-Hd_Xuh5ntPKK0z260D8iyjEDSNhHYr4zj5x37lpceO1axuPcbs2grQ21HMxaeWeBelNM20t1sWbE_ZN59wZcBPNxe9opYpDCSxgA/s1600-h/DSCN0882.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311018796742318306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6s1Szh6u6xW8tRUpbku45CfR2pgMU3CbTLOkK-Hd_Xuh5ntPKK0z260D8iyjEDSNhHYr4zj5x37lpceO1axuPcbs2grQ21HMxaeWeBelNM20t1sWbE_ZN59wZcBPNxe9opYpDCSxgA/s320/DSCN0882.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMptpcDBhtqNL69Ka4Be5_CL9Z-l7NHdN2jj1OrarSxwEN8xAx3h8CfxI_dq45hOsso65Jt1qQJWfsC6sSTJKbfXY2D-GJDVRNpTN-6foZAio4Z8bqsMXQehjtqE1jbHOCcEqTF8HF7A/s1600-h/DSCN0877.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311018791897091362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMptpcDBhtqNL69Ka4Be5_CL9Z-l7NHdN2jj1OrarSxwEN8xAx3h8CfxI_dq45hOsso65Jt1qQJWfsC6sSTJKbfXY2D-GJDVRNpTN-6foZAio4Z8bqsMXQehjtqE1jbHOCcEqTF8HF7A/s320/DSCN0877.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_7zdnH-yzP_JaHmdduvZSpXaPqUg85evAjsCHXDf5i5KVKuZntjS7-BBO79lZliVmhyleVoBtVVTGUbWteg74SfMtHMyviyhG9BTKwI4tzN8pJdr5Xoa7agShzUK81GthiE9J7QHGA/s1600-h/DSCN0880.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311018531768492386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_7zdnH-yzP_JaHmdduvZSpXaPqUg85evAjsCHXDf5i5KVKuZntjS7-BBO79lZliVmhyleVoBtVVTGUbWteg74SfMtHMyviyhG9BTKwI4tzN8pJdr5Xoa7agShzUK81GthiE9J7QHGA/s320/DSCN0880.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kA5ycSwr_exYoSAOpAHaeOHLVt-JmHsOHnkkVCDzrfMlqYB7B2segn_MUiQ25HTRqkxk9Cxxe9I9fwSGL-4gFQOaK9BpOXQqeTLoOPVLxEGRcuAkkp6VUjNW_2dTPF1WLcJ3ynF0Eg/s1600-h/RSCN0886.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311018525677703634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kA5ycSwr_exYoSAOpAHaeOHLVt-JmHsOHnkkVCDzrfMlqYB7B2segn_MUiQ25HTRqkxk9Cxxe9I9fwSGL-4gFQOaK9BpOXQqeTLoOPVLxEGRcuAkkp6VUjNW_2dTPF1WLcJ3ynF0Eg/s320/RSCN0886.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XwdNSc7nG7h_oPJBl1-pTFM1WvZcv5ZsJw3jVY9G590URi1QsrezcAhEQwaee0WYb-U9qLzA5bQR9eRY9CjpBO7MR19T3eyDegrcQ1luWLWdVt6fw0dYvULlaGdvAhtmFQo4klMzOQ/s1600-h/GetAttachment.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310170652467627746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XwdNSc7nG7h_oPJBl1-pTFM1WvZcv5ZsJw3jVY9G590URi1QsrezcAhEQwaee0WYb-U9qLzA5bQR9eRY9CjpBO7MR19T3eyDegrcQ1luWLWdVt6fw0dYvULlaGdvAhtmFQo4klMzOQ/s320/GetAttachment.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>My brother brought me a cupcake cake! It is amazing and on top of it, it is VIKING colors... haha And here are a few other pictures from throughout the day and evening! We went to Happy Sumo for Sushi! Yum... and went to Spoon Me afterwards for some yogurt, the name totally gets to me!</div></div></div></div></div>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-8796324208660243482009-03-02T12:31:00.000-08:002009-03-02T12:34:29.452-08:00Muddy Shoes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3GtUXRmhT-_Ca1h0xkPvUVIkMOIwpn5goT1CDlYNwuDf5p27-_STFSD6DMRJ-Ko84hBt8IuRejdyPa5G7kFjUlSaqilcpyACK3abLssU7jFRS8fvVfQ0AB06BpjVuNRSieUDEuADQg/s1600-h/3012061757_600d5f5cdd_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308691204785274226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3GtUXRmhT-_Ca1h0xkPvUVIkMOIwpn5goT1CDlYNwuDf5p27-_STFSD6DMRJ-Ko84hBt8IuRejdyPa5G7kFjUlSaqilcpyACK3abLssU7jFRS8fvVfQ0AB06BpjVuNRSieUDEuADQg/s320/3012061757_600d5f5cdd_m.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Track season starts tomorrow and I am looking forward to an excuse in the middle of the day to workout and feel good again. Not only to mention that I can do something new with coaching with new kids. I am excited and ready to play.</span></div>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-91972131238990166692009-02-01T18:53:00.000-08:002009-02-01T18:56:21.947-08:00Basketball!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBhFLq_KRFDS-30Sw3AhjRqaCdMxFbNKrcFdayHWJSljdiaRLeKAhukgXI3pzBRKodfLl0b_mkwc-1mRq0B7IPDIL_w9hWVfrqXoAV_tVUMMfP_kQ4ueOp47-MyrBXVzl5N_D-W2bcw/s1600-h/DSCN0389.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298028413063501298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBhFLq_KRFDS-30Sw3AhjRqaCdMxFbNKrcFdayHWJSljdiaRLeKAhukgXI3pzBRKodfLl0b_mkwc-1mRq0B7IPDIL_w9hWVfrqXoAV_tVUMMfP_kQ4ueOp47-MyrBXVzl5N_D-W2bcw/s320/DSCN0389.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWJ6qusyyt-KLorAIY8V3iOQdudb01SF9o0rXabWkQL8e3OWKKSRIKVlb4HKbbHXm7KL3SF3JxfXkTe2dgJwZgRZudJkQqxGIafzeTsnWi7OdsOAqnXZcQs_hjegJ2guQAJBNALHA5g/s1600-h/DSCN0379.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298028414022234770" style="DISPLAY: block; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYWqxOalRcoEwQLKe891G60oNof6zciGGkHj8lV7FKkpN2k7fZbcRzvQEIN7Gd9Iek9hX7OKwuQnuUiTFHNHWUYbwTBOrw5XpPQAs8kob0OoUcdIiN0MwunBOMmLc-4ZbFfeeUBIkVA/s320/n610491693_1255192_7993.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273175356125744034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbjkHH3rLkjC4_vocuPcT57qK9_NZCHSAqOCCRyyZMi0SbdEYbOulNcW1Ic-oeRBKku0aBW5ae-cWIg9C3JcVtwUJAhmHHb4HKaMJvN-25tpeDnc5H6PLktIASFeU4p7ppEpMVMN7_A/s1600-h/n610491693_1255184_3251.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbjkHH3rLkjC4_vocuPcT57qK9_NZCHSAqOCCRyyZMi0SbdEYbOulNcW1Ic-oeRBKku0aBW5ae-cWIg9C3JcVtwUJAhmHHb4HKaMJvN-25tpeDnc5H6PLktIASFeU4p7ppEpMVMN7_A/s320/n610491693_1255184_3251.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273175356196397714" border="0" /></a><br />So in May of this year I became an aunt and am so excited about it! It is a pretty cute situation but Linc is one in a million, the kid is a keeper for sure![...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-22278300569517295682008-11-26T19:24:00.000-08:002008-11-26T19:25:12.683-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEq0_nIiRABNY-4QAyn0ol09NHWu5e1SoyN2LzNUphrS92OpaO9FDUGM9eORIAJ1U1RU4tXZT-r3hnhCCc-20RwbC5DogAg71G_63WVf_t2K7slL6-_0S0Wa-HYHGtqO96zxyKgD7Kg/s1600-h/n610491693_1682515_6870.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEq0_nIiRABNY-4QAyn0ol09NHWu5e1SoyN2LzNUphrS92OpaO9FDUGM9eORIAJ1U1RU4tXZT-r3hnhCCc-20RwbC5DogAg71G_63WVf_t2K7slL6-_0S0Wa-HYHGtqO96zxyKgD7Kg/s320/n610491693_1682515_6870.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273173185997894818" border="0" /></a>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-20509721055732487462008-11-26T19:23:00.001-08:002008-11-26T19:29:44.831-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCKWx5nr8hbz-T9AtQvAPbcw9oqqmQa42x5dfjE2I12E7DITqSbcSmGv-1ng8hkTvAUl52brWSFNeLfrziK07yyD7QMYXQ9Y-EN6JcFPtWHDkO2jochI3khlheB7c-v-tmvhhNv9-bw/s1600-h/n610491693_1682515_6870.jpg">Crazy Good Times at Walmart<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCKWx5nr8hbz-T9AtQvAPbcw9oqqmQa42x5dfjE2I12E7DITqSbcSmGv-1ng8hkTvAUl52brWSFNeLfrziK07yyD7QMYXQ9Y-EN6JcFPtWHDkO2jochI3khlheB7c-v-tmvhhNv9-bw/s320/n610491693_1682515_6870.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273173974430618194" border="0" /></a></span>Kat's Wedding<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhHq5Yr1MI0Lm1YbdTXvlyU539ENKlf76k-1qenZ9ccM5QVuNFcpd4vu0s0zA988a3lak1iAiWL38RhyovPFuXxEsllfBj38Se2-8bQsCXl4fWwmVYqXr2KNXQjU8AhgARH19OmT60w/s1600-h/n610491693_1526560_2797.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhHq5Yr1MI0Lm1YbdTXvlyU539ENKlf76k-1qenZ9ccM5QVuNFcpd4vu0s0zA988a3lak1iAiWL38RhyovPFuXxEsllfBj38Se2-8bQsCXl4fWwmVYqXr2KNXQjU8AhgARH19OmT60w/s320/n610491693_1526560_2797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273173911018110402" border="0" /></a><br />Kat looked awesome for her wedding, so so excited for her and Brandon.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQfSd_GW5rUFtBCc5e-Ld8q98NDnAEgpsQyhChnvwl-Rv4R-VE-P_wX7PVRcwLlcMN22q1uzcBb95hzFisuJsJBNdRs_Psc-4TT7C3AjVznwZnSoS6i9a_Qow8ekaxNVNVYy1ZXQREg/s1600-h/n610491693_1525024_2626.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQfSd_GW5rUFtBCc5e-Ld8q98NDnAEgpsQyhChnvwl-Rv4R-VE-P_wX7PVRcwLlcMN22q1uzcBb95hzFisuJsJBNdRs_Psc-4TT7C3AjVznwZnSoS6i9a_Qow8ekaxNVNVYy1ZXQREg/s320/n610491693_1525024_2626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273173766747234610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje39uS4To26Nn2psL7wcZVI7KCpJltDtTtBcBBIKiwC7kACQn-tgHb2F3bMcvBp2NIofUo0JJMLOhVeaP5hmhVFeZoySNX9tBew_Y88GP3tSyxRVi2GyHJUf5zGw9NlC0bapETP9G6Uw/s1600-h/n610491693_1525024_2626.jpg"><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_RemoveFormat" title="Remove Formatting from selection" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 25);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Remove Formatting from selection" class="gl_clean" border="0" /></span></span></a>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-5418571610310742772008-11-26T19:18:00.000-08:002008-11-26T19:22:46.110-08:00Torn a little more...So this past week I have been bracing my arm due to the fact that I tore my rotator cuff for a second time in three months. I know what accident prone is but crap give me a break! I find out in two weeks if I have to have surgery, how do I time this though with basketball coaching and work... not to mention I have just enrolled in next semester at UVU. Getting a substitute for my classes will be a joke, not to mention my students know exactly how to "abuse" getting out of their work. Lol, but in all seriousness I have figured if worse comes to worse, Christmas Break works?![...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-12563673487662212112008-11-10T11:27:00.000-08:002009-03-02T12:37:59.072-08:00Pie Crust Freakouts!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhUcN9hoBLtKxzOA-UYmOR_X8yLDsxQ1RY0HB71q_AIxEQvv0wue6G-p-5goUiSNTbcy9WndhvmNAJR0s3LNNBrvAEUXYselUgRMgFErW6EYvstIDkejtVEgkPzeN5rdOxTtiKm-kzA/s1600-h/pies_springfield_mo_nixa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308692418194435810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 236px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhUcN9hoBLtKxzOA-UYmOR_X8yLDsxQ1RY0HB71q_AIxEQvv0wue6G-p-5goUiSNTbcy9WndhvmNAJR0s3LNNBrvAEUXYselUgRMgFErW6EYvstIDkejtVEgkPzeN5rdOxTtiKm-kzA/s320/pies_springfield_mo_nixa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I don't know what it is about pie crust but everyone seems to love it except for me that is. Today I had the pleasure of eating a large portion of a pumpkin pie while teaching class and I am very vocal about the fact that I hate pie crust. Anyways, one of my students saw that I had a large portion of crust left over and was about to throw it away. The student had a large melt down about it and was freaking out over the garbage can due to the fact that I had just thrown away the best treat ever. This made my day a little more hilarious.</div>[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-43388139740158110082008-11-03T11:17:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:18:17.648-08:00The Election...Catching Wild Pigs<br /><br /> A chemistry professor in a large college had some<br /> exchange students in the class. One day while the class was<br />in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange<br />student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.<br /><br /> The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The<br /> student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He ha been<br /> shot while fighting communists in his native country who<br />were trying to overthrow his country's government and<br />install a new communist government.<br /><br /> In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and<br /> asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to<br />catch wild pigs?'<br /><br /> The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch<br />line. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch<br />wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn<br />on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat<br />the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put<br />a fence down one side of the place where they are used to<br />coming.<br /><br /> When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn<br />again and you put up another side of the fence. They get<br />used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have<br />all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side.<br />The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through<br />the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole<br />herd.<br /><br /> Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run<br /> around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.<br />Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to<br />it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for<br /> themselves, so they accept their captivity.<br /><br /> The young man then told the professor that is exactly what<br /> he sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing<br />us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in<br />the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit<br />for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies,<br />payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc..<br />While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.<br /><br /> One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free<br /> lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for<br />you cheaper than you can do it yourself.<br /><br /> Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government<br /> 'help' is a problem confronting the future of<br />democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends.<br />If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then<br />you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the<br />gate slams shut!<br /><br /> In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to<br /> what the candidates are promising you !! Just maybe you<br />will be able to tell who is about to slam the gate on<br />America .<br /><br />'A government big enough to give you<br />everything you want, is big enough to take away everything<br />you have.'<br /><br /> - Thomas Jefferson[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-4214094536150726262008-10-31T11:53:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:59:06.955-07:00Goodbyes...So last night I got a call from my mother informing me that my Aunt Diane had just passed away. I was playing basketball with Erin and just broke down, I felt like a little piece of my heart had been ripped out. I mean to say it the simplest way that I can, Diane was one of the most amazing people I have ever known in my life. She married my mom's brother over 15 years ago and had been dealing with MS for most of her adult life. This was my uncle's fifth marriage and also the best. She was not only a strong member of the church but a strong believer in living life to the fullest. I am grateful I had the opportunity to see her one last time before she passed away this last August. She had deteriorated so fast that she no longer looked the same, in the past year her life did a total 180. She lost the ability to even walk or remotely take care of herself, and it absolutely broke my heart. When talking to her this last visit, she said she was tired of this trial but was grateful that the Lord had allowed her to have it. She is the only person that could say it quite that way. My poor uncle who I am also close with, is more heart broken I suppose because he lost his sweetheart but he is so grateful to have had her in his life as well. I will honestly say that I will miss this sweet lady more than anything else in the world. However, the way that life works is that you must always try to be as optimistic in even the most pessimistic of situations. She always did that, I will love and miss you dearly Diane, and thank you for letting me love and know you.[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887155355059535988.post-35580944001989310102008-10-31T11:38:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:41:33.451-07:00HalloweenSo I will give Kristin credit for making me want to start a blog. Totally random but hilarious at the same time. Today is Halloween and for some reason I really think that this is one of the worst days of the year. When you are little sure, dress up but when you start being an adult and can't trick or treat anymore what exactly is the point?! Seriously, dressing up and feeling gross all day long is not something I particularly want to participate in. My class is sitting here in total darkness engrossed in Tim Burton's movie The Corpse Bride. One of my all time favorites too.[...kenz...]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16645711638172007883noreply@blogger.com0