This half was a lot more difficult then the first half. I think number 101 would be, I wish that I was witty

52.    I hate to cook, I don’t know why but I just dislike it. I think it is probably because I don’t have enough time to cook.
53.    I don’t know how to use make-up or style my hair, however I have tried to teach myself and have failed
54.    I am very goal oriented and I love, absolutely love, checking things off lists
55.    Water is my favorite drink, it’s the only thirst quenching liquid on the planet
56.    The most unhappy I have ever been was when I took AP English, however if I were to go back and do it again I would still take that class
57.    Arrogant people tend to annoy me
58.    When I get nervous I talk about myself, I know I sound self-centered but it just happens
59.    I know a lot of my faults and I try to work on them, it’s a long reflective process
60.    I have one favorite pair of jeans that today I got glue and glitter on AND I slightly ripped on a sharp screw on a table. I will still wear these pants
61.    I like to buy used things because they are cheaper
62.    I love old homes with a lot of history and strong “bones”
63.    The house I grew up in will always be my home, or it will for a long long time.
64.    My favorite memories as a child: Long summer days playing kick ball, riding bikes, watching the A-Team (see number 13), and going barefoot
65.    My favorite sport to play is still soccer and I miss it a lot sometimes, especially when I drive past schools where a game is being held in the cool fall air. Maybe one of these days I’ll be old enough to be on an “adult” pick up team
66.    I’m looking forward to turning 21 not because I want to be able to drink but because I always look forward to my next birthday.
67.    I still call my four GASP year old chocolate lab a puppy
68.    I have no idea what I am going to do when my dog dies, I think I’ll have to be institutionalized
69.    Baking is something that I am good at and I look forward to making things for bake sales even if they only get sold for 25 cents
70.    My favorite part of working with children is that sometimes you have really bad days but the days when you actually click with the kids and you can tell it means something to them that you’re there, it makes all the work worth it.
71.    I often fear that I am too mean to children (time outs etc) and I hope that they don’t take my punishments personally but I know they do. I’d rather be known as mean then have a child get hurt
72.    I get very sick to my stomach when I get nervous and I get nervous about a lot of things that I shouldn’t
73.    I tend to speak before I think which leads me to number 74
74.    I hate when I say mean things or sound mean and I don’t intend to
75.    I used to just let 73 & 74 go because it was embarrassing for me but I have begun to realized that I need to apologize for my words and actions even if it is awkward, people listen to what I have to say and that still amazes me
76.    I am actually a painfully shy person but when I get over it I am a complete goof ball
77.    I am probably one of the most indecisive people you will ever meet, however I have been working on this because I know how much it bothers people. I am also very independent
78.    For the past two years in college I have barely said anything in my classes (see 76), this is something that I am working on as well. I answered two questions in my Women’s History class today, yay for me!
79.    I like to take pictures with my camera, I will never be as good a photographer as I would like to be but it is a fun hobby.
80.    I fear being abnormal but I fear being normal…what a problem this is for me!
81.    I get tearful when I see road kill
82.    I love office supplies, seeing my pretty new binder clips and paper clips over on the desk made me think of this one!
83.    I don’t like to be hugged by strangers nor do I like to be hugged by people I know because as I say “I get claustrophobic”. I like my personal space
84.    I think decent people deserve fourth and fifth chances
85.    I want to push Tristan to follow music but I don’t want to make him do anything he’s uncomfortable with, I know I would hate playing such personal music in front of even five people.
86.    I blush super duper easily and I don’t turn pink I turn red, like strawberry red
87.    I was okay about middle school but I hated high school
88.    I think people think I’m more of a wild child then I really am. Wild for me includes some Ben & Jerry’s, a rated R movie, and staying up past 11pm
89.    Speaking of movies, I love them. I love everything from Knocked up to American Beauty etc.
90.    High School Musical and Hannah Montana disgust me, but I know it’s like hardcore drugs for little kids: once you’ve had a taste you just can’t get enough
91.    I have always wished that I had some really neat talent, like I was able to draw or sing or write poetically or even fix a car. I have always wished (number 91.5) that I knew what people think of me, I am beginning to realize this doesn’t really matter
92.    I tried to watch FoxNews once, it did not go very well
93.    I actually liked working out at the gym with Tristan but I don’t have or want to spend the money on a membership again. When getting exercise can be free why spend like two hundred dollars?
94.    Speaking of expensive activities, ski passes outrage me and ski resorts lack of loyalty to Vermonters frustrates me
95.    I am a bad speller and when I don’t know how to spell something I use a smaller word, it’s worked out fine for me so far.
96.    I learn as much, if not more, from children then they do from me
97.    My best physical qualities are my eyes, my worse are my feet
98.    I used to speak French pretty well
99.    I also have learned to play the oboe and flute, my band teacher made me cry in 8th grade and therefore I no longer play an instrument. I was recently, about a year ago, banned from playing the tambourine
100.  I am surprised that I found 100 things to say about myself

I saw a list similar to this on other’s blogs and I thought it would be a good way to start blogging again. I guess it’s just a list of 100 things about me,

1.    I am really organized and I enjoy planners
2.    I am scared to death about being responsible, eventually, for the primary education of children
3.    It bothers me when people criticize teachers, although I should probably get used to it.
4.    I actually love my job because the children I work with are fantastic
5.    I am a vegetarian and I try not to judge people who eat meat.
6.    I think eating local is very important to the well being of our economy.
7.    Books are fantastic gateways to different worlds, picture books are fantastic
8.    I am an awkward person
9.    I enjoy exercising however I find it difficult to find time
10.    I think people deserve second and third chances
11.    I am not sure if I want children when I grow up
12.    However, if I do have children some day I want to be as good a parent as my parents were to me
13.    My brother means the world to me,
14.    As does Katie
15.    Tristan is my world
16.    I am very satisfied with my childhood, I learned humility and optimism (which is kind of funny if you knew me as a screaming unhappy child)
17.    Music is pretty much my world, happy music makes me happy and sad music makes me sad.
18.    Tristan is the smartest person I know, except when he tries to say that I am wrong.
19.    I am currently trying to raise my self-esteem with the support of Tristan
20.    MTV shows are sadly my addiction, The Hills is a must see
21.    My favorite television show was Gilmore Girls. I am currently watching the L Word which is a good show but not for the closed minded people of the world
22.    Coffee does not become me, I get too hyper
23.    If I did have children I think adoption would be my choice, the world is over populated and I can offer a happy loving home.
24.    I desperately want to move but ultimately want to live in Vermont
25.    Autumn is my favorite season, winter is a close second
26.    I like to snowboard but I am not a “snowboarder”
27.    I like history, but not as much as my father
28.    I have never had the chicken pox, neither has Tristan (how unlikely)
29.    I have 23 teeth instead of 24 and I have never had braces
30.    I work with children yet I am a slight germaphobe
31.    I enjoy snow days just as much as I did when I was 6
32.    Elementary school was a miserable time for me, I did not understand what was being taught but desperately wanted to, that’s why I want to be a teacher
33.    I hope to make a difference in at least one persons life
34.    Being an Elementary Education major is a lot harder then a lot of people think it is, yeah we don’t write a thesis but we do have this thing called a portfolio. Plus, it’s not our fault or our professors faults that we actually understand how learning happens
35.    Sarah Palin drives me crazy, for some reason she makes me feel surprising manipulated as a woman
36.    I am a rabid liberal (boarding on progressive socialist) however, I try as hard as I can to understand the opposite side of the spectrum.
37.    I like to dress up in my teacher clothes, it makes me feel like a professional.
38.    I support my troops but I do not support the war
39.    On a similar note, I’m pro-choice but that doesn’t mean I am anti-life
40.    It makes me heartbreakingly sad to think about what some children go through while they grow up and the living conditions some people have to live in
41.    I hate the unbalanced distribution of wealth in America, it makes me sick to my stomach
42.    My family is something I like to talk about, almost on the edge of bragging. I have two successful parents and my brother is so innovative that I find him fascinating.
43.    I am addicted to Facebook and the internet
44.    I feel great anxiety when I have to read aloud, probably another thing I should get over
45.    I am a Mac user and I wouldn’t have it any other way
46.    There is one person that I can think of right now that I wish I got along with but I never will, unfortunately
47.     I have always looked up to my brother but it wasn’t until recently that he started to respect me as a human being
48.    The first movie I ever cried at was A Walk to Remember and I was in high school, since then I am a basket case who cries at the freaking Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
49.    One of the most amazing experiences of my life was seeing the fireworks from the top of Camel’s Hump. Most of my amazing experiences happen when I am in nature either hiking or skiing or snowboarding. Also going to Belgium and the Netherlands was pretty amazing too
a.    I usually get very homesick, however recently I haven’t…I think I have grown out of it
50.    I feel very unsure of my future but surprisingly it is a good feeling, almost like I can do whatever I want
51.    I am proud of my grades I have been on dean’s list for the past four semesters

The next 49 to come soon… I need to go to bed

I would like to start updating my blog again, not that I ever did a very good job in the first place, but I would like your feedback about what to post. I think that is the thing I have the hardest time with, what should I post? What are people interesting in reading about? Please let me know by e-mailing me at ee.desjardins@gmail.com

Thanks,

Ellen

I just got a new phone, the new LG Chocolate and I have to say it’s pretty awesome. My old phone went for a swim and never recovered so I braved the Verizon store and purchased a new phone. I like the new improvements on the old chocolate. Anyway, as of right now I would def. recommend this phone to people.      

So I ended up making some pies and they turned out like a mess…well the first one did the second one is still in the oven. First of all it sucks having a small kitchen with no counter space. So not only is our kitchen small but I was trying to bake two pies and two loaves of zucchini bread and Tristan was also trying to make dinner (lets just say I’m not in the best mood right now). So the first pie I made is a apple blackberry pie and it smelled good, looked okay, and came out horrible. Tristan had a piece and it was no pie…it was soup. The soupiness could be due to the fact that it just came out of the oven when a piece was cut but I don’t know. I’m just so mad that I may never make another pie again. It sucks spending four hours of your life trying to so something and you fail. I have made excellent pies before but I don’t know what is wrong with me now. This whole experience wasn’t helped by the fact that Tristan seemed to have cared less about me baking but whatever. Ah I guess I’m done ranting.

so I was planning on making some pies. I don’t know what kind to make so if anyone has any suggestions you can e-mail them to me (ellen.desjardins@gmail.com).