Lin Z. Bee

Some of you have been after me to update my blog (not sure why, my posts are not that exciting), so here it goes.  It has been a few months since my last post and, quite honestly, I actually forgot about my blog for that time period.  I haven’t had much to blog about or any free time to do it.  I have been CRAZY busy at work and another project I am involved in, so my spare moments are few and far between.  I’ve also been ragged on by some of you because I don’t post much personal stuff or update you on every little thing I do.  It is not that I am hiding it, I just don’t do anything that exciting!!   Believe me.   I’ll work on it though, promise!  In the meantime, here is something that gave me a good chuckle:

One of my students brought in a book from her home the other day that she REALLY wanted to share with the class.  It was a Christmasy book that I had never heard of so I gave it a quick look though to make sure it wasn’t inappropriate and told her I would read it later that morning.  In the book, it mentioned a mistletoe and immediately the kids asked what it was.  So, I told them and of course it launched a fun discussion on falling in love and getting married.  Some of the kids were smiling and some were squirming and saying how gross the opposite gender is, etc..  I told them that they didn’t have to worry about it now and that some time down the road they would fall in love and get married.  They kept refusing to believe me and kept saying it was gross.  After a few seconds, one of the boys in the class said, “Guys, teacher is right.  My brother is getting married.  It happens.”   He said it so seriously I couldn’t help but laugh which made the kids laugh and then I couldn’t stop.  It was sooo embarrassing.

I have a little girl that cracks me up too.  Today I told her that she looked cute, and she just smiled and said, “I know!”

Can you believe there’s only 19 1/2 days of school left?!  I’m so bummed..this year has gone by too fast.  I do not like saying goodbye to my cute little kindergartners and this year will be extra hard because half of them will be going to the new school so I will never see them again. 

Did you hear about this?  Crazy!

On Friday, we had the opportunity to go to the open house of the Draper Temple.  It is so beautiful!  If you have the chance to go, it is well worth it.

When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it.  We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver side door.  As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked.  ’Hey,’ I announced to the technician, ‘Its open!’  His reply, ‘I know.  
I already got that side.’

8 Shows I Love To Watch:
1-Friends (reruns)
2-House
3-NCIS
4-Chuck
5-Jon & Kate Plus 8
6-Home Improvement (reruns)
7-Ellen
8-Reba (reruns)
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8 Favorite Restaurants:
1-Olive Garden
2-Texas Roadhouse
3-Cafe Rio
4-Chin Wah
5-Wingers
6-Goodwood
7-Carino’s
8-Paradise Bakery
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8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1-Slept in
2-Cleaned the house
3-Babysat my niece
4-Went grocery shopping
5-Watched some TV
6-Caught up on some work for school
7-Organized my files on my computer
8-Stayed up ‘till 1:00
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8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:
1-Being a mom
2-Spring Break
3-Jonny being a dad
4-the return of Chuck
5-Being a mom
6-Summer vacation
7-Jonny being a dad
8-Seeing Marley & Me
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8 Things On My Wish List:
1-A baby
2-Twins (yes, I AM serious)
3-A nice home with a big yard
4-No debt
5-A navy blue Escape
6-Jon getting a job he LOVES
7-Health and Happiness (to all)
8-people actually reading my blog (and commenting!)

Believe it or not…this is the 4th picture in my pictures folder.  Lovely, isn’t it?! 

I’m not sure why, but I’ve been thinking about my brothers a lot lately. I don’t know if they’ll ever read this, but if they do, I want them to know that I think they are pretty remarkable people! I really admire all their hard work and dedication. I just don’t know how they do it! They are always there to help, no matter what, with smiles on their faces. I am truly thankful for them and the example they have set for me.

Mommy works at Home Depot.  She was selling a shovel.

“I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking the kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk’s lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone’s garden. I want to be there with the children’s sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

Who is this wise woman you ask?  It was this beautiful and very sweet lady!  I miss her!

Okay, so it has been FOREVER since I last posted anything.  In my defense, my life has not been that exciting lately so I don’t have a whole lot to post right now.  I have been very busy with work and trying to get over a three week head cold that will NOT go away.

However, I did enjoy a little “get away” in Manti this last weekend.  My SIL’s sister was getting married and we went down to help take care of my two year old niece.  While we were there we went and saw Twilight in a 100-year-old movie theater that apparently used to be ready to collapse!  Our tickets were hand designed and said that we were going to the “9:30 o’clock” showing!  I’m still laughing about that one! (BTW-I loved the movie and recommend it to everyone).

Today was pretty exciting too.  After a LOT of hard work, the kindergarteners performed their Thanksgiving program for their parents today.  It was so cute.  They worked so hard on memorizing their parts and learning the dance steps…I’m so proud of them!