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Happy Thanksgiving

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:47:16 GMT

Today I am grateful for:

*my husband who has been trying to keep my fever down and helped me cook… some.

*my bunny for always being cute.

*loved ones who took time to talk to me and make me feel less isolated.

*friends that feel like family.

*writing

*people that encourage my writing.

*brilliant writing and rp buddies that make me feel like I’m awesome and valued. And that appreciate my craziness.

*starting new traditions.

*my ingenuity and determination

*my homemade from scratch french fried onions which are OMG some of the most amazing things I’ve ever eaten!

*a lovely holiday celebrating togetherness with the person I love most in our cozy little world.

*Switzerland and how it has literally stolen my heart because there are Christmas lights EVERYWHERE! I mean seriously, I’ve never seen more lights in one place in my life!

*Even if you don’t celebrate holidays, I send each of you good will and love during this cold and stressful, isolating season because you are all important to me and I love each and every one of you. We only get one chance at life, make it count. And though some of these holidays remind us of our loneliness or sad times, remember you are loved and you have the choice to focus on the bad or the good. I hope you choose the good.

All my love,

Tagged: family, Frantzerland, happy, holidays, love, travel

Mischief Managed

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:09:45 GMT

I had a pretty rotten child hood. I often attempted to escape from the things going on around me in books and tv shows. I didn’t have a lot of friends because I was a know-it-all, bossy, didn’t give a rat what you thought I was going to do my own thing and if it meant sitting on the swing reading my book myself I was perfectly happy with that. At the same time, I was desperate for attention and love, for somebody to care about ME! To put ME first! To do things for and about ME! I just wanted them to do it my way. Not much has changed…

When I was 13 I saw this green cover of a MASSIVE book with some messy haired kid on it. I was like, HEY IT’S A SERIES! I won’t have to say good-bye to the characters I love and know as friends quite so fast. So I picked up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Harry Potter changed my life.

Here was a boy who was growing up in similar circumstances, who is kind of unlikable, and finds out he is special. He’s whisked away to a magical place where he makes friends and has adventures. It gave me hope when Hermione was being picked on for being a bossy know-it-all that someday people will understand me and care about me, too. It made me think how someday I will be surrounded with love and family like the Weasley’s, both of which abandoned their families to make a life for themselves with their brood of red-headed young ‘ins. I became completely engrossed, reading whole books in a few hours. Scouring the internets for information about new books. Watching and reading EVERY Rowling interview. I dressed up and went to book premieres. I plotted with people about all the possibilities of what would happen.

Harry Potter became my escape and my life redefined in terms that brought me joy.

Then I met in a class and I realized there were other people out there like me that shared this passion. We talked and role played for hours about the Marauders, the characters I truly loved. We made up costumes and went to premieres together. I found fanfiction and fanart and community. Some of my greatest friends I met through a book about a rag tag group of misfits at a Wizarding School. I was inspired to go into teaching and work with kids because of Harry Potter. I had hopes, dreams, community, love, and friendship because of a boy wizard I found when I was 13.

In 2007, I was devastated when the last book came out. I didn’t like Deathly Hallows, I felt it was cheap, and I swore off Harry Potter. I spent hours tearing down the Oder of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince movies. I felt like a relationship gone bad filled with bitterness. But I still wrote fanfiction, started winning some awards for my fanfiction, and I just couldn’t let it go. I realized that yay, the ending might have been shite, but dammit it was Harry Potter. Those books made me the person I am today. I couldn’t just deny all those years for nothing.

Do I still bear rage for J.K. Rowling and some of her ridiculous writing decisions, and even more ridiculous stupidities when she opens her mouth to tell people about HER characters? Yes. Does it infuriate me when she cheapens things like Remus’s lycanthropy and the female characters losing all determination and drive to make babies? *** YES!

But you know what?

At the end of the day, I’ve realized I can leave out all of the cheap tricks, all the commentary, and I can live in my world with the characters that I grew and loved and understood in ways that I felt other people didn’t. I can relish in the joys of the Marauders and the adventures of the Trio by putting my own spin on it. And to deny myself that, is to deny me part of who I am.

Thank you, Harry, for teaching me what family, love, loyalty, and friendship really mean.

For giving me hope.

The ones who love us never really leave us. And Harry lives on for me, and always will.

Give her *** from us, Peeves.

Mischief Managed

Tagged: happiness, happy, harry potter, life, nerd, nerdy

What a DAY!

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:06:12 GMT

I am so excited! Like I am about to puke I am so excited.

1. I love TANGLED! It is totally my life. To the point of creepy scariness.

2. My good friend Brian is coming into town TOMORROW and we are going to have lunch and talk about writing! He’s like my one writing buddy! WOOT!

3. I am supposed to find out if I got my dream job this week. Here’s hoping.

4. It’s 2 weeks until I get to go to Boston with my BEST FRAND!

5. I MAY HAVE FINALLY FOUND A LITERARY AGENT! HUZZAH!!! Please excuse me while I freak out some more! KTHXBAI! I am really hoping I didn’t jinx it with all of this bouncing around. CMON GOOD ENERGY! You just gotta believe it will happen right?

Tagged: happy, stuff, writing

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:54:41 GMT

I won an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of Bumped from my FAVORITE AUTHOR Megan McCafferty SQUEEEEE!

Tagged: books, happy, reading, writing

JOB!

Anonymous — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:55:26 GMT

I GOT THE JOB!!!

They said they had 300 applicants for the one position and hired me an hour after I talked to them, and they apologized for informally offering me the job over the phone. They want me hired in the system by July 1st because they want to pay for me to go on a one week retreat with their leadership/transformation team. They are an elite inner city school that is one step below charter. I am going to be paid A LOT more than what I get now. It is my dream job demographically speaking, and how they are trying to make themselves better. They said my philosophies align with everything they want to do and want me to be a part of their team.

I am apprehensive about the speed of this whole thing, but I don’t think it’s that they are desperate. They could be lying about the number of applicants, but what the Denver Post and my brother-in-law said it seems like it is right on. I have decided that if the school, kids, and/or staff suck it CAN’T be worse than ALL of the crazy *** *** I was put through this year between being robbed 7 times, life threatened, nearly assaulted, broken up fights, screamed at by staff members, etc. And if I’m unhappy, I will transfer in May.

OMG this is EVERYTHING I asked for!

Tagged: happy, teaching

Graduation Day!

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:59:06 GMT

I’ve been waiting for this day for 8 years. My husband is graduating college with his master’s degree! It’s been a bumpy road for him. he dealt with discouragement from lack of parental or financial support, balancing work and school, dealing with me and my emotional upheaval and school, working on projects all night long for years, getting f’s, practically drooling and falling asleep in front of computer screens, blood, sweat, and tears. But this day. He finally made it!

My husband has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering! I never thought this day would come. It’s been a long hard road for all of us. I am so proud and grateful for the man he has become from the squirrelly little guy I used to know.

To my husband. I love you! You rock baby!

Tagged: family, happy, hubby

Moving to ok – love, pt. 1

Anonymous — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:45:19 GMT

On this day in 1999 the largest tornado in recorded history hit Oklahoma. This is also the day I moved here. Although I hate the backwards politics and close mindedness of this place, if I would not have come here I would not have met my husband. I knew from the first time I met him in august of 1999 there ease something special about him. It wasn’t love at first sight as I hated his cheesy come ons and flirtations because I assumed all men wanted to get in my pants, but it was something.

Steven and I were best friends from 1999 until 2002. We met at church youth group. I was home schooled and he was normal. We talked constantly. I would post pictures, but in a fit of rage my mother and sister destroyed all of our pictures together. I only have a few left from prom and such. Anyway, I am the luckiest woman alive who has met my best friend, my soul mate, and the only person I totally trust and always has been there for me.

Tagged: family, happy, hubby, my life

blog love

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:55:20 GMT

Apparently I got some blog love from Em.

Em has a great blog about being a girl which I am so not good at. I found her at 20 something blog and she rocks hardcore. Go give her some love. http://emwampach-itsem.blogspot.com/

Em is awesome and thank you thank you thank you!!!

Tagged: happy, writing

SQUEE!

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:53:15 GMT

I got my first blog award! WOOHOOT! Thanks Shayna from http://shaynaleahk.wordpress.com/ for awarding me the happy award! I was having a really hard couple of days, complete with personal meltdown, and I am thrilled to achieve the award!

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the Nominator. My dearest academy, I mean Shayna, thank you for your kind words and uplifting blog. I wish we lived closer so we could hang out and do girl things together, but alas. Our online friendship has just begun and I already feel it blossoming.

2. List things that make you happy:
a. My husband and being home
b. getting recognition for my writing
c. Having a good day at work
d. Having work
e. Nerdy things like Star Trek and Stargate
f. Cheese. MMMMM
g. Reading excellent YA and YA blogs
h. getting appreciated. Period.

3. Tag some people (10) who are amazing and happy, or should be happy, and contact them. I’m doing more than 10 and a compilation of my favorite blogs.

Juliana of http://www.nitewriting.com
Johana of http://the-mercurial-wife.blogspot.com
Esther of http://my-lovesweettooth.blogspot.com/
Melme of http://melme.wordpress.com
SIF of http://singleinfertilefemale.blogspot.com/
Christina of http://themadhatterexpressway.blogspot.com
Meghan of http://theperfectcompilationtape.blogspot.com/
Lauren of http://laurenfromtexas.com
Kayla Aimee of http://kaylaaimee.typepad.com
Ashley of writingtoreachyou.com

http://tara-johnson.blogspot.com

http://lariatsandlavender.blogspot.com/

Blair of http://thehairtoblair.com
Jenny of http://jenandtonica.com

http://itsnotallflowersandsausages.blogspot.com/

http://bluebirdsclassroom.blogspot.com/

http://www.foreveryalit.com/

Tagged: awards, happy

It’s so good being home

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:40:32 GMT

1. It is unbelievable how nice it is to be home. To sit around my mostly clean house and watch my rabbit running around and talking to my hubby and good friend Ryan is just bliss. I feel very welcome at my coteachers house, but if I wanna just sit and be quiet, read, type, sit around, or whatever I feel almost guilty because as a house guest I feel like I should talk to them or clean or something. I even got home early today. It is an entirely different feeling to be in your home than to be welcomed/allowed in another’s. AND, as an aside, beautiful compy was fixed for FREE! W00T Apple Care!

2. Wanna hear about some craziness on my drive home? A truck in front of me had it’s muffler fall off and bounce off the highway. Every time i tried to pass his stinky *** he flipped me off and sped up. When I tried to point out the smoke behind him, he flipped me off and sped up. I had to follow stinky *** all the way to Stillwater, over 60 miles (Dude I just deleted the word like because of a forum post on 20sb. haha).

3. This evening I FINALLY got my claim filed with the crappy insurance company of the girl who hit me in January. And they didn’t even yell at me. Can someone explain to me why anyone would say they didn’t have a passenger when they did? It’s weird.

4. My students took their writing test today. I think they rocked it. I’m really questioning a lot of my methods and their effectiveness. I really hope that we can get these kids, who are smart and deserve awesome things, to the level they need to be for completion of this grade. They got dealt a crappy hand and I really hope I can help them. We’ve already expanded so much of their knowledge in score comparisons from last year, I only hope we can keep it going. I also sat in on a girl coming out to us, which is like the 10th girl I have had come out to me, but it’s always such a cool thing to be a part of.

What accomplishments are you proud of this week? What do you look forward to during the week?

Tagged: happy, homophobes are stupid, issues, life, lists are love, my life, Oklahoma Sucks, random, teaching