Tagged by Amy Bird!

I've been tagged by Amy Bird! She let me know on facebook...we never get to hang out anymore...she just can't fit me into her busy schedule...so I must update her via her tag, lol! Just kidding! (Really, I just need to call her!)

Here are the rules:

1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six '8' items
3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment. (Not sure I have time to follow this rule:()


8 favorite TV shows


1.Little House on the Prarie!
2. Lost
3 The Office
4. Biggest Loser
5. American Idol
6. What Not to Wear
7. Full House
8. NBC News!

8 things I did yesterday


1. Slept in.
2. Showered, yipee
3. Ate left overs.
4. Watched the rest of Borne Identity.
5. Attempted to go rock climbing.
6. Put clean sheets on my bed.
7. Folded Whites.
8. Went to Gateway and to Costco.

8 things I'm looking forward to

1. Summer
2. Joey's Return
3. Bahama's.
4. Moving Apartments.
5. Getting my tax return.
6. Sleeping without setting an alarm clock.
7. A long summer.
8. Back Massage...

8 favorite restaurants

1. Chili's
2. Cafe Rio
3. Peking Wok
4. Subway
5. Olive Garden
6. Chipotle
7. Panda Express
8. Apple Bee's

8 things on my wish list.

1. No more scrapping the windshield in the morning.
2. No CRT testing for 3rd graders.
3. My students to do their homework.
4. Big Hunk's knocking at my door (and not the candy bar!)
5. Big hunk's knocking at my sisters door too.
6. Continued Health and a desire to work out...
7. An awesome tax return....
8. Travel the world.

8 people I tag

Leslee Finley
Niki Corpron
Tisha Marsh
Carolyn Detro
Natalie Redd
Halceyn Klinger
Allison St. Louis
Kira Cox
Rebecca Septon

Kristy has TAGGED me! Watch out, I'M IT...

4 Jobs I've Had

Operater for Target ("Thank you for calling Longmont Target, this is Tiffany; How can I direct your call?")
POS (Point of Sale!!! Stop thinking that I'm a Piece of Sh#*!) for Kohl's
Funnel Cake Maker for Rodeo's (What a blast! It was a weekend summer job in college.)
Sandwich Artist for Subway (Carolyn...do you remember those days??!?! Carolyn and I were 15 turning 16 that summer. One day we went in to get our checks and I was climbing out of her HUGE 15 passenger VAN! Sweet ride for a 16 year old, huh! Well anyway, the door frame had a huge hook that snagged my pants and totally ripped the backside of my jeans! If I remember right did we both riped our jeans that day?

4 Movies I Have or Would Watch Over and Over

SANDLOT- Good, fun humor! Plus I love baseball!
JUST LIKE HEAVEN- Charming! There's something I can't explain about that movie that I just love!
Love Comes Softly- Yep, I love Hallmark movies...I'm one of those... :)
LAWS OF ATTRACTION- Love the fiestiness of their romantic love affair!

4 of my Favorite Foods

ICE CREAM- My favorites have peanut butter...and a vanilla base:).
Poppy seed Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Alfredo-Lame I know!
Leslee's homemade cinnomon rolls!

4 Places I've Lived

Kearns, Utah
Monroe, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado

4 People Who Email Me Regularly

MOLLY
Katey
Elissa
Joey (Missionary Brother, 1/week)

But not too much lately :(... it's okay)

4 Places I'd Rather Be

Italy, with no plans whatsoever, just lots of time and money...
Australia living Anita Stanfield's stories, ha!
Hawaii with the fam...
Chicago with Molly

4 Things To Look Forward To This Year

Going to the gas station less often.
Getting paid more.
Graduating
Talking to Joey this SUNDAY!

4 People I Tag

Katey
Rebecca
Natalie
Casey

Tagged from A to Z

A - Attached or single? Single.
B - Best friend? I plead the fifth! (Although, Kristy and I have been best friends since I was 4...)
C - Cake or pie? Cheesecake!
D - Day of choice? SATURDAY!
E - Essential item? There is not just one...soup for breakfast, organization, laughter, cell phone, lap top (email), so many touches a day, Diet Dr. Pepper (Niki came up with this list for me:))
F - Favorite color? Green, all shades!
G - Gummy bears or worms? Bears!
H - Hometown? I claim Longmont, CO... (I hate this question by the way, I never know how to answer it!)
I - Indulgences? Staying up late talking on my cell phone, going shopping by myself, going to parks, getting my eyebrows done, JAMBA...yum, my only sweet indulgences....oh, and how could I forget, TRAVELING
J - January or July? Really, these are my only two options? I'd have to say July for my birthday! I'm really sick of the snow! Although, I hate short sleeve shirts, so that stinks!
K - Kids? Yep, 23 and a few strays here and there...
L - Life isn't complete without? Laughter! And doing stupid things like leaving the oven on, spilling jamba's, and trying to to lock your classroom door with with your car clicker thingamajigger!
M - Marriage date? Good question...I'll send you an invite that says "Jeff & Dixie are proud to FINALLY announce...!"
N - Number of brothers and sisters? Three bro's, one sis!
O - Oranges or apples? Oranges.
P - Phobias or fears? Waking up after the bell rings!
Q - Quote? "It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us...If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, he will hear our prayers." Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
R - Reason to smile? Do I need a reason? Kids, serving, getting my homework done, a clean room, reorganizing something, creating something....
S - Season of choice? Fall. (The best weather and the best colors! Brown, Green, Red, Orange!)
T - Tag six: Natalie, Carolyn, Tisha, Alanna, Kristy, and Kimba
U - Unknown fact about me? I wet my pants in the fifth grade, playing softball, you'll have to ask my dad about this one, he loves to tell everybody...I still have a small bladder but I seem to have it under control, haha! My left ear is slightly deformed...I would never wear my hair up as a child, I'd try to cover it. (No one can really tell, I just slept on it in the womb a little too much!)
V - Vegetable? Broccoli and Spinach.
W - Worst habit? Thinking...(according to me) Caring too much...(according to Niki)
X - X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound all the way! Really, what kind of question is this? Is there ever an option? I don't feel strongly either way, should I?
Y - Your favorite food? Ice Cream, Cheese Cake, Chinese Food, Italian Food.
Z - Zodiac sign? Cancer. Crabby, Moody, First to Laugh, First to Cry, Likes to get their way, maternal, domestic, wear their heart on their sleeve...hmmmm...do you all agree?

Any surprises for anyone...I didn't feel like revealed any juicy details...

Tagged by Tisha

I've been tagged by my friend Tisha! I've been asked to list 5 facts about myself. Anyway, here are the rules: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules. 2. Share 5 facts about yourself. 3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). 4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

MY FACTS

1. I hung up on a future NFL football player in college…Anthony Dunn. How it all began…I left some cookies on his doorstep with a note that had my phone number. I wasn’t hitting on him or trying to be “sweet on him” if you will, I was just inviting him to church. I didn’t really even know who he was when I left the cookies. Earlier in the week a different guy left a message on our dorm phone (I didn’t have a cell phone in college!) that said “Hi Tiffany, this is Dan, I had a great time with you the other night, we should do it again sometime.” I had no idea who it was. Someone was pranking me! I got a few more prank messages that week. So instantly when this guy Anthony called me up and was just wanting to chat because he’d received my cookies, I thought he was pranking me, and as lame as this sounds and I don’t think I should admit this worldwide…but who really cares, right? I said, “can you hold on a minute?” Then I froze, I couldn’t think of anything to say, so I hung up. I know…I’m lame, rude, mean, down right awful and in every sense of the word, a JERK! And now I’m regretting it…

2. In the fall I was dunked in the dunking tank in front of the whole elementary school! It was even on the news, unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to see it. I guess I was in for it because I told the kids that if they would meet their goal for the food drive, I would be willing to be dunked. Only a few teachers volunteered, it was hilarious! The kids were cheering “Go Finley!”

3. I was reunited with a second grade classmate 2 summers ago. Here’s how the story goes…I started teaching at Foothills Elementary almost 3 years ago. My first year I taught kindergarten. Then I moved up to second grade. That’s when I met Allyson. She and I were talking about when we were in elementary school. I lived in Kearns for a good part of elementary and so did she! We then figured out that we went to the same elementary school. We started listing off all our teachers and realized that we had the same second grade teacher! We even had a mutual friend who we both remember going to her birthday party and watching a scary spider movie. What a small world! Oh, and her mom also was teacher at that school, turns out she was my fourth grade teacher!!!!!!!!! I’m so glad to be reunited with Allyson! She is one awesome friend! We tell all of our second grade students that we went to second grade together and that we’re still friends.

4. I love making worksheets! Anytime a teacher gives me an ugly copy of worksheet and on I plan to using it, I re-type it and add more questions or activities. My co-worker/friend Allyson thinks I’m crazy, she says “why go through all that work?” I like my students’ work to look crisp. I think if they are using a crapily copied paper then they might not perform their best. I also don’t think it’s professional to send home papers that look like they were first printed on a dido machine used decades ago! I also think developing curriculum is fun. I like finding new ways to teach something. I especially love making chants/songs to help them remember things. I love to make things for around the classroom too. I made a new word wall in December and then I reorganized all the books in my classroom library, we call our library the “forest of learning,” because of our classroom theme. I think I used to be somewhat of a perfectionist, but not really anymore…I just like things too look clean and cared for, not necessarily perfect, I mean I do work with children who are 7!

5. The last fact you get to learn about me is…there’s a little old man at 7-11 that knows my name, my line of work, and my frequent bad habit! I was between the ages of 14-20 I gave up drinking soda. I was inspired by a funeral that I’d been to. I didn’t really drink it much before though. Each summer in college I would come home to Utah and stay with my fam. Both of my parents are addicted to Diet Coke, my mom more than my dad. I started drinking it occasionally and then made my mom switch to Diet Pepsi, which she loves now! I still didn’t drink it frequently. My first year of teaching I would get a drink every time I needed a pick me up, oh an my preference in Diet Dr. Pepper. The next year I started to get them more often like every other week. Now I get them a couple times a week! I realized how bad it was when the little old man at 7-11 got to know me so well! I want to quit, but I’m going to miss seeing that old guy a few times a week☺.

So there you have it, 5 things you may or may not know about me! I heard a while ago that you can have your blog published into a book, so I’m liking these tag things because they make great journal entries that give a peek a sneak peek into your life!

PS I think I saw lightning today! It was a bright, flashy light about in my review mirror, not far from my car as I was driving down I-15 today! I felt my car vibrate just a bit, but I didn’t see any cars collide or anything…what do you think? Can lightning occur during a snowstorm? And is lightning just a quick burst of shattered looking light? It was wider than the typical lighting photographs that you see.

So here goes, ready or not hear I come, the five that are it are: Kristy, Kym, Sara (since she never blogs anymore!) Laci (because she's new to blogging and she was my 4 AM exercise friend junior year), and last but not least Ixchelle (the mommy to be!) Click on their names to check out their blogs.

Tag Your It!

Just like in the game of tag, I’ve been tagged…however, this tag has a bit more pizzazz than the traditional “Tag Your it!” running game…you need to list 8 habits or facts about yourself. So here goes…let’s see how well you fair, you’ll have to let me know how you do!☺

1. I can eat almost anything for breakfast…I ate cereal for so many years that I absolutely hate it! Actually I don’t absolutely hate it, it just never sounds good to me. And get this, I buy it just so I can put on the shelf and look “normal!” One day my roommate Niki came into the kitchen and saw me eating vegetable soup for breakfast, now she thinks I’m psycho!
2. My left ear is slightly deformed or rather slightly smashed…for years I covered it up with my hair. No one really can tell unless they look at each ear separately.
3. I check the mailbox everyday hoping that someone will have sent me something. I don’t know exactly what… I love checking the mail!
4. My preferred way of eating bananas is with a knife, I like to slice off each bite…it tastes so much better this way! As a kid I never at banana’s any other way!
5. I receive a new word from dictionary.com everyday…I try to learn at least one new word a week. Why I do this, I don’t know, I’m just weird like that. I only remember a few words, but I enjoy it.
6. I love to talk on the phone, but I hate answering it…weird combo I know!
7. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to see a picture in those “Magic Eye” things!
8. I went to a foreign country by myself…I stayed in a hostel and met some Australian friends to see the sites with.

P.S. Stay tuned…I have a special blog coming up for all my favorite mommy friends! It’s a compilation of answers to all your educational questions for your kidos☺. I’m not an expert but I can share my two bits☺.

Google Tag

Here's how it works-type your answer into a Google image search and then post a photo from the first results page:

the age you will be on your next bithday




a place you would like to visit





Palau...(My Step-Grandma is from here!)

one of your favorite places


Italy...(I've actually been here!)

your favorite object





your favorite food


(What can I say my birthday is National Ice Cream day you know..."mmm delicious!")


your favorite color


(I typed in leafy green:)!)


your favorite animal



(Still lookin' for this ANIMAL!)


name of past pet


Rufio! Rufio!


where you live




1st grade teacher's last name


AFF Giles

your middle name





your college major




a bad habit of yours





your favorite holiday



That was fun! If you are reading this then "tag your it! I can't wait to see this on your next blog!