“You must believe in free will; there is no choice” Isaac Bashevis Singer

So, I tried Grape Nuts hot today and I love it! So tasty. And the past couple of days I've had homemade minestrone soup and Costco muffins. Food has been treating me well. Even though I'm still fighting my cold my appetite has been ok which is awesome.

Tomorrow is a math test. Ahh! I hate tests. They

make me so nervous. But this weekend I might be able to go to a Mary Kay makeover thingy because I won a $15 gift certificate and a free make over. I hope that I can get someone to go with me though because I think it'll be awkward without. Maybe Hannah will want to go. That sounds like a good plan.

And Aaron texted me and said that he got me a gift. I'm a lucky gal.

If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy

I can't believe tomorrow is already Wednesday. The week is flying by. There is an High Desert Etsy team meeting this Saturday and I don't know if I should go. I went to one in August and it was really fun but I didn't really get much accomplished by going there. And then the one in September was supposed to happen and I decided I wouldn't go. Then I find out that no one even showed up! I couldn't believe it. So this week they sent out an e-mail saying that this meeting would be more structured. The agenda will include member requirements and upcoming craft shows and events. That sounds like more of my style but I'm worried that I could spend the time at home sewing or go over to my in-laws and have great family time. Ahh, I don't know what to do.

I hate decisions like this because I know that no matter what I do everything will be find but for some reason I'm stressing out over it. I need to stop doing that because I don't want to take out my stress for something so stupid on someone I love. It's not worth it.

P.S. - (This is for you Hannah) This past weekend Hannah and I went into Circle K to get some coffee because I needed my caffeine fix and the total came to $6.66. It's weird. :)

We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. -Anon

Today we had a psychic come to our English class! I was so excited. When Mrs. BeDell told us that he was coming she asked who believed in magic/psychics/ESP? No one except me believes. I'm telling you just watch Derren Brown and you will become a believer. He's amazing. He doesn't do all the gasping in for air to get his "power" sort of thing. He's just magic. Plain and simple.

I was slightly disappointed today however. The psychic turned out to be Mr. BeDell! Her husband. I was expecting someone who actually believed in it and he shows up and does a few things but mostly tells us that it's not real! Boo. I wanted someone to blow my mind.

Math almost blew my mind today but so far I'm still trucking along there. We had our first quiz in government and I was of course the first one finished. I just get so nervous on test day. It's not like go too fast because I often do well on tests but I know that if I sit there with the test in front of me then I will change answers and add stuff onto the essay question that have nothing to do with the actual question.

So when I get up there the teacher just stares at me. I continue to try and hand my quiz to him and he is still just staring. I just tell him I read fast. He laughs and takes my essay answer and flips the paper over and tells me to write more. I wrote on the back of the paper! That's a lot. I only left off two bullet points from my outline when I had the book in front of me! I couldn't have wrote any more.

So hopefully, I still get a good grade. I guess I'll find out on Monday. I'm excited to see.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few. -Thomas Jefferson

I'm such a lucky girl. I have great family and this weekend I met so many new people at the local quilt shop hop. I feel energized. Today at the gym, I had a really good workout and I even listed a new item on Etsy today. It's really cute.

A lot of my items have expired on Etsy because they didn't sell which is a little bit of a let down. But it's ok because it just means that there is more r

oom in my shop for new stuff. I have made quite a bit of stuff but I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it and try to open a booth at the local Farmer's Market.

It sounded like such a good idea but now I think I may put them on Etsy. Tomorrow is school almost all day. Then we'll study and hopefully I'll make it to the gym because when I don't go I have nowhere to put all the energy that I expend at the gym. Overall, I am just so happy that I have an amazing husband and a great life.

Loser or Laser?

TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN & CHILD WE WANT AN END TO THE GLAMORIZATION OF NEGATIVITY IN THE MEDIA / WE WANT AN END TO STATUS SYMBOLS DICTATING OUT WORTH AS INDIVIDUALS / WE WANT A MEANINGFUL AND UNIVERSAL EDUCATION SYSTEM / WE WANT SUBSTANCE IN THE PLACE OF POPULARITY / WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE WHO WE ARE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CROWD / WE WANT THE INVISIBLE WALLS THAT SEPARATE BY WEALTH, RACE & CLASS TO BE TORN DOWN / WE WANT TO THINK OUR OWN THOUGHTS / WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT / WE WANT CLARITY & TRUTH FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THEY SHOULD MOVE ASIDE / WE WANT LOVE NO LIES / WE WANT AN END TO ALL WARS FOREIGN & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / WE WANT AN END TO THE PROCESSED CULTURE OF EXPLOITATION, OVER-CONSUMPTION & WASTE / WE WANT KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING & PEACE / WE WILL NOT LOSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOSERS, WE ARE LASERS! / LASERS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF LOSERS / LASERS ARE SHINING BEAMS OF LIGHT THAT BURN THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE / LASERS SHED LIGHT ON INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY / LOSERS STAND BY AND LET THINGS HAPPEN. LASERS ACT AND SHAPE THEIR OWN DESTINIES / LASERS FIND MEANING AND DIRECTION IN THE MYSTERIES ALL AROUND THEM / LASERS STAND FOR LOVE AND COMPASSION / LASERS STAND FOR PEACE / LASERS STAND FOR PROGRESSION / LASERS ARE REVOLUTIONARY / LASERS ARE THE FUTURE

Love Always Shines Every time Remember 2 Smile - LF

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein

Man, PMS sucks! On Thursday and Friday last week I couldn't run on the treadmill. Every time I got on and took a few strides my boobs would hurt. And I mean really hurt. I didn't really get why I felt like my boobs were replaced with a bags of rocks but I knew I shouldn't run. So I got on the eliptical machine and went about my day. Then I had a wicked mood swings and wasn't exactly nice to my hubby. Being a girl sucks!

PMS is over now though. Whoo hoo. I was back on the treadmill today and I had a really great workout with Hannah. We're doing these ab workouts that are really fun and I hope we see results. Tomorrow we have to turn in our essays on healthcare. I didn't really change much of mine since Thursday but I had to do the Works Cited page which I hate. Then we have a review for the math test on Thursday. It's only chapter 1 and 2 so I'm not worried.

Oh and if anyone wants to write an article for my website you should email me at info@craftersattack.com . I really think outside input from the crafting community is needed so the site can be diverse. So if you haven't checked out my site you should. I would love more input from the community.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. - Edward R. Murrow

Ahh! I did it again. I neglected my blog for a whole week. I need to realize that this blog can actually be useful for me. I can vent on here or tell everyone about the great days that I have. Instead I keep it all in. Grr. Bad Dana!

This week there was no school on Monday because of Labor Day which sucked because we missed a government class. That class is still really g

reat and although it might be things I should know already, I'm learning a lot. We also had English this week and we had to write a 3-4 page paper about the proposed health care plan. When we got to class we had to do peer editing and afterwards the teacher asked the class who's papers were really good. Of course everyone pointed us out and the teacher said she wasn't surprised. It's so weird because we've only been in the class for a few weeks but everyone in that class thinks we're genius'! One guy even came from across the room because he wanted Tim to read his paper. It's awesome to see Tim being nerdy. Haha. But after the teacher asked who's paper was "the best" she asked me to read

mine in front of the class.

For me, I've never really feared crowds. I was a drama geek all of my life and frankly I think I like the attention. But I don't read aloud very well. If I have it memorized then I'm good but when I'm reading a paper that I wrote at 11 the night before I tend to trip on my words. Plus, I really don't like criticism except from people I deem respected. That sounds so mean but I know I don't mean it that way. I just mean that I don't

want someone to tell me that my paper is weak when they didn't even write one. Haha. So yeah, I had to trip over my words in front of the class and then the teacher compares my essay to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. What? It took me a hour to write. Don't compare it to what could be argued as one of the most powerful speeches in history. I'll never be able to live up to that. But I guess she meant it as a compliment.

I'm just happy it's the weekend! I have some math and I have to clean up my essay before Tuesday but overall I think I'm pretty free this weekend. Maybe I'll actually have the time to do some crafting?