Photos from Spring Break



I did miss several days, but added more than one photo on a few days.  I'm so glad it's spring - such a wonderful time of year!  I love watching how things come alive again after the winter.

 

3/20 

3/20    Spring is here!

3/21    Snow :)



3/21 

 

 

3/22    Preparing for bed

 



3/23    Sweet-and-sour chicken - a little bland the first night, but the meal improved

greatly after adding sesame oil, green onions, and ginger the next night.



3/23



3/24

 

 

3/24    Pepper

 3/25    View of the sunset from our back door

 

 3/26    One of the first cherry blossoms on our tree

 3/26    Lilac leaves

 

No pictures during 3/27-29 :(

 3/30    Full bloom

 3/30

3/31     Timothy recently started learning the guitar

 

 

3/31    Dessert from Easter dinner with friends

A Trip for Ice Cream

3/21

 

 

My sister and I took a trip to the local mall to try out the Coldstone ice cream.  We had a fun time looking at a few different stores, enjoying our ice cream, and walking in the rainy sunshine.  It was actually quite beautiful - I would have taken a picture if I hadn't been worried about my camera getting wet.  Altogether, we enjoyed our time together very much.  I'm so thankful for my sister, and the godly young woman she is becoming.

In the mall parking lot

 Libby's portion was much greater than what we had originally anticipated!

Coffee-flavored ice cream with crushed Heath Bar

 

 

 

 

A valiant attempt to demolish a gigantic waffle bowl!



3/6 - 3/20



March 6th - my brother Benjamin's 16th birthday

Scrumptious and beautiful cake - made by Mama

3/18   The end of Winter quarter!!!  Goodbye textbooks - you served me well.
Now onto new subjects!

 

3/19     Hello new textbooks!  Most of them arrived just today.

  I have a feeling I'm not going to enjoy Statistics :(

 

 

 

3/20     Staring soulfully out the window

 

 

 

3/20     Finally being able to see my desk after cleaning it

 

 

 

 

And just as a bonus, a clip of one of the songs I sang with the Symphonic Choir

from Edmonds Community College:  'For the Fallen'

If possible, watch in HD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Break!

I know I'm not very good at blogging (just take a look at the last six months - I've only posted ten times!)  But I want to give it a better shot during the next few weeks, since winter quarter finally ended today (Praise God!).  I probably won't be able to keep it up once school starts up again in April, but for the rest of March I want to post something every day.

One of the reasons for this is that I don't want to spend this spring break lounging around, doing whatever I want to do without structure or purpose.  The other reason is that I tend to procrastinate on things, so I have many small tasks that have piled up and need to get done.  Having a list published on my blog will hopefully help with a little accountability!  I've made a list of things I'd like to accomplish, and will check back at the end of the break to see how well (or badly) I've done in working through the list.  Some things are "want-to's" like spending more time practicing piano or crocheting, while others are "need-to's" such as cleaning my room from top to bottom, and working on taxes :(

Here's the list:

Need to do:

 

- Taxes
- Contact several friends
- Thank you notes

- Look for a potential nursing assistant job

- Prepare for the hymn-sing in October (this will be an ongoing project)
- Prepare wedding piano music for some upcoming weddings!

- Clean/organize my room from top to bottom!!! [And keep it that way :)]

- Sort out all of my loose papers that have collected over the last few months

Want to do:

 

- Blog/picture-a-day (therefore improving both my photography and writing skills!)

- Cook a nutritious dinner twice a week

- Practice the piano an hour a day

- Work on crocheting

 
School-related:
 
- Work ahead at Japanese
- Apply to scholarships/write scholarship essays

 

 Relationships:

 

- Daily time with God
- Go out to ice cream with Libby
- Begin reading/encouragement time w/ Libby
- Spending more time with and encouraging all my siblings
- Focus on honoring and obeying my parents
- Get together with friends

 Healthy Living:

 

- Go running/jogging every day
- Get in shape for the fitness class I'm taking next quarter :P
- Apply concepts from the recent nutrition class I took to my daily life
- Track diet/exercise

 

To Read:
 
- The Bible
- 'Don't Waste Your Life'  - John Piper
- 'War of Words'  - Douglas Bond

Let's see how many of these things I can get done during the next few weeks!