Rainbow Haired Angel

A few day ago I got my angel accessories at Zurchers. I think it’s a party store, but I’m not sure because that was only the 2nd time I’ve been there. The first was when I was with Laura and one of my nieces getting their Halloween costumes.

I also got a rainbow wig to go with my angel accessories and today I got white fishnet gloves as an extra accessory.

My wig was pretty cool, but I sometimes forget just how itchy these cheap wigs can be.

I didn’t go anywhere special today. After I went to Zurchers, Laura and I bought Halloween candy at the store. I got airheads and Reese’s candy, and she got a few other things. Not much happened after this. I just stayed at home, helped make sugar cookies with Laura, helped hand out candy to trick or treaters, and listened to Halloween music.

I did play some Roblox and Minecraft. I also watched some YouTube videos.
The sugar cookies turned out perfect. Laura is great at gluten free baking. We decided not to frost them after they were done.

Hair Care Headache

Over the past two days things have been fun. On Thursday we went up to Salt Lake City to see the Christmas lights on Temple Square. The whole family was together (except for Tim). We had tacos at Paul and Kayla's house before we went. One kind was fish and the other was beef and bean I think. There was cheese, lettuce, guacamole, salsa, and some kind of slaw made with cilantro, and something else. Everything was great. I got to study some French while I was there. I focused on nouns. I have no clue how I did it with all m nieces and nephews together making a LOT of noise. There was a lot of screaming and stuff. The family got into a political discussion (I stayed out of it) and when they were done we agreed it was time to go to Salt Lake City.

Here are the couple of pictures I got.

We went around temple square and visited the visitors center, the tabernacle, and the Joseph Smith Memorial building. I got separated from the family and went to the south visitors center because that is the place where I first talked to Sam when we were in high school. We went to Temple Square on a choir trip and I spent  lot of time around him so whenever I go up there I have a lot of memories of being with him. That day was the day I decided I was going to ask hi to preference in the 12th grade. I can't believe it's been 10 years since that day happened. My feelings for him are as strong as ever.

When the family and I decided to go home Linda, Violet, Jax and I went to the City Creek Center and got chocolates from the chocolate factory (Violet got a chocolate marshmallow I think). We then went to our car and went to McDonalds. The line took forever. I got chicken nuggets. Violet got upset because her straw was bent and she couldn't get it in her juice. It was really cute. At first she got upset because she couldn't get the wrapper off of her straw. She was so tired.

That was yesterday.

Today I went to work. We were busy and so i had to help roll, make bon bites, and also cinna sweeties. I did a bit of cleaning, but not much. I hung around the mall for a bit after work and listened to music, then I headed home on the bus. I stopped at the store to get some deodorant, and Conditioner. I realized that Dove hair care products have sulfates, so i had to buy some shampoo as well since I've been using Dove for my shampoo as well. I am really picky about my hair care products because I am growing out my hair. It took me an hour to decide on OGX Coconut Milk shampoo and conditioner. OGX has a fantastic line of hair care products. I am excited to try the one I got out. It was a hard decision because the store had so many hair care products. I nearly went back to using Giovani hair products, but remembered they leave my hair staticky. I do not like really statiky hair. Here is a picture of my new hair stuff.

Oh, just in case you are wondering, I use Secret brand Gel deodorant.

I called dad for a ride when I was done at the store, but he was out shopping, so I headed to Dairy Queen because I was hungry and wasn't sure how long I was going to be stuck at the store. I got a grilled chicken sandwitch, onion rings and a marshmallow sundae. He was able to come and get me soon after i ate.

For the rest of the nigh I've just been watching CSI Miami, playing games on my phone and snacking on various things. It has bee fun having everyone over and things are just going to be more fun over the next week and a half.

Totally Worth It

So for a while now I've been planning on going through my entire blog to fix pictures, videos, and edit mistakes. It is a huge project and I've just started doing it. I never imagined how hard it could be. I have started by beginning to download all my photos off of my blog. It is going to take me a while, but in the end it'll be worth it. After I am done I am going to fix all the pictures. After all the pictures are fixed I am going to export my blog to Wordpress because it is easier for me to edit on there than it is on here. After I do the initial edits I am going to export my blog to a different wordpress blog and I am going to do name changes and remove loacations so I can share it with the public and still have some privacy. That is the last thing I'll have to do.During all of this I am going to be filling in some post gaps as well.

So that was why I didn't write on Tuesday. I was busy downloading pictures and attending to my blog pretty much all day. When I am done I will have this blog, and a public wordpress blog. In the end it'll all be worth it. My blog is very important to me, so I don't mind spending large amounts of time attending to it.

The past two days have been exciting. Linda, Jax and Violet got here yesterday. They are staying for two weeks. Linda took me to work today and we went shopping at Hot Topic, Michael's Craft Store, and T.J Max. It was fun looking at everything. I was able to improve my Christmas list because of this. I have a lot of stuff I want, but don't ask for a lot of it because I know mom and dad can't afford it. I'll post my actual secret Christmas List sometime tomorrow.

Today at work I think I acquired more minor chemical burns. I am going to buy some gloves soon so this never happens again. I don't want to make my skin dry any longer by exposing it to chemicals! I've never had dry hands before. I only stayed for an hour today and finished my cleaning list. I really need to get a picture of that for you next time. I could have stayed longer of course, but I wantd to go shopping around with Linda. I am glad i didn't miss out on that.

there seems to be an influx of snacks around the house. I have snacked on chocolate cookies, cinnamon bears, chips and even acquired a bag of Cheeto's from Linda not to long ago. This is the hardest time of the year for us to diet. I am going to be careful that I don't go overboard and eat too much this year. I'd love to LOSE weight and not GAIN weight by the end of the year. I have ten more days left until the new year and I am going to take advantage of it.

Anyway, so that has been the last two days. I can't wait to see what happens next. I need to go shopping again soon so I can get some hair products and other stuff. When I do that I'll show you what I got.

The Eight Ounce Discount

Someday I should take a picture of the cleaning list Trevor has for me at work. I go down that list of things every week. I have 3 days to finish the list, but honestly, I can do them in one two hour shift. I am usually pretty thorough with the things I have to do as I don't feel any time pressure. I usually try and space the tasks out over the week. There are other people that do some cleaning when I'm not there, so I don't usually have to worry about certain things not being done. One of the obvious ones is sweeping. I usually save sweeping for Friday because doing it at the end of the week just makes more sense to me.

I've actually started wearing the plastic gloves we use for the various food tasks when I am cleaning. At first it was just for the window cleaning with Windex, but lately my hands have been getting dry. The water we use to clean the dishes mixed with the soap we use to clean our hands has been the culprit I think. That is two kinds of soap and some bleach water. You can put two and one together and see I am probably smart for wearing gloves. We use Kirkland dish soap to clean the dishes, and bleach water for the sanitizing. I'm not sure what hand soap we use, but it is pink and I think I hate it.

Anyway, after work I walked around and listened to music. I missed the bus i was going to take, so I went back inside the mall and just kept listening to music until the next one came. I went to the store and got a bread bowl and some cheddar broccoli soup for dinner. I had to wait for the bakery and deli to put more soup out because they were out when i got there. I thought about getting some canned soup, but more often than not the sodium count discourages me. I try to avoid high sodium food if I can.

When I was going through the checkout with my food I noticed the price was a little funny. The soup is something like $5 for 16 ounces and the bread bowl was $1.50. I noticed that the amount said $4.21. I thought I had just been given a discount, but had a feeling that I was wrong. Now this is where I had a choice. I could have just gone with it when I looked at my receipt and saw that they charged me for an 8oz soup and not a 16oz soup. I could have walked away knowing they made a $2.50 mistake. I turned around the told the cashier about the mistake instead. She called the manager and I payed the rest and felt good about it. I am glad I chose to do the honest thing. I would have felt like a thief if I hadn't.

I put my stuff in the cart and waited for my ride to come. I got a call from mom before and she told me to call Laura for a ride since she forgot she had the car and couldn't come get me. Laura had just drove past the store on her way home from getting a pizza. I had to wait for a few minutes. Mom ended up coming back instead which I don't mind. I don't really care who I get a ride from. So when I got home I had soup in a bread bowl and the rest had pizza. Laura cut my bread bowl open for me since she has worked in a few bakeries.

I have just been watching chemistry videos on YouTube ever since. It has been a pretty good day today. I am pretty sure I am very thankful for my conscience today.

The Discussion

Today was my last day of school this semester. I had my english final where I turned in my reflections paper and we discussed the class. I am totally proud to have made as much progress as I have this semester. I feel like I've gained patience for writing, and for homework in general. I've learned how to word things better, how to do research, how to format citations and references, and how to not stress myself out about big assignments. This semester has been both challenging and fun. I made sure to tell my professor that. I gained a lot from Chase Grant, he was a good teacher and he didn't make everything complicated.

We all got a turn or several turns if we wanted to talk about our thoughts about the class. We talked about what we didn't like and what we did like. 

After class I had work. I just did a lot of cleaning really. More of the usual. It has been gloomy today. I hate cold rainy weather.

I got some chocolate today to celebrate the end of the semester.

I don't normally do this, but here is a copy of my reflections paper.

(Star) Liahna Rowberry

Chase Grant

English 1010-058

December 9^th 2016

            Throughout this semester, I have grown in many ways. As I was looking back on my first paper I remembered feeling very nervous. Research has never been one of my strong points. For this I did a paper on the EpiPen controversy. Mylan had been raising their EpiPen prices and I decided to research that. In this paper, I learned how to state the points of view from other people. Usually when I surf the net people’s different points of view are what I am most interested in. I combined that with my bad research skills to help make things work out. As I was looking the paper over one last time, I was able to correct incorrect words, remove unnecessary phrases such as “pretty good” from the wording, and get an overall picture of my progress. For this paper, I started to really work on my wording. Back at the beginning of the semester I feel like I was a bit long winded. This is a bad habit I get from blogging. This paper was just the first step to practicing getting to the point. I still have some work to do when it comes to talking about other people’s opinions, but throughout the semester I have grown to understand this process more. I have learned how to check my sources validity as well.

            As I was looking over MP2, I realized a lot of the shortcomings I had in MP1 appeared still, but in greater numbers there. This was more of a free write so my tendency to want to add rich detail and tell about everyone and everything just got out of control. I was also using excessive use of the phrase “pretty good” among others which I have forgotten. In the beginning, I wanted to talk about both my best friends, I even gave the background story for my best friend Rebecca and not only Amanda. Amanda, Brooke, and Devin were the important ones however, and so in the end I ended up cutting Rebecca for the most part. Another thing I was able to fix on my last revision was commas and a few incorrect words. Sometimes I don’t put in the best words and phrases when I am telling stories. I could still use some work, even on this paper I had to omit unnecessary words like “probably” and be more concise. To be frank, my current revision of MP2 is a lot more concise than it was when I first submitted it. I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten better and condensing since I wrote MP2. I am feeling more confident about my ability to write now. I have also noticed that I am becoming more aware of my mistakes.

            This class has been a real growing experience for me. When I first started, I was very nervous. This is how I usually feel about English classes. They are one of my biggest weaknesses. I was able to work on a lot of my weaknesses this semester. The first one came when MP1 came around. I learned how to use my ability to find other people’s points of view and include them in a paper. I also worked on some light research. This helped me get my head into research. I was ready from the beginning to confront that challenge. MP2 I worked on not being so long winded, and being more concise. MP3 was when some of my major struggles were faced. I started to learn how to carefully read a source and write about what I learned from it. I did MP3 on Tetris, something I am a big fan of. MP4 and MP5 were the major turning points for me.

           I learned about how to cite sources and how to format the cited works page. This has been one of the biggest problems with papers I’ve done in the past. I was also able to learn how to space a big assignment out and not try and do it all at once. I learned patience and how to read extremely hard articles very carefully. I learned how to make an outline for a big paper, something I’ve never made use of in the past, and I learned how to put everything together to demonstrate the collective accumulation of my knowledge over all the papers. Am I perfect at everything? Definitely not. However, I do feel better about my weak points. My wording and research skills still need work, but they are getting better. This class has been great for me and I am starting to put everything together. I hope someday I will conquer all my shortcomings when it comes to writing, I do have quite a few of them. I am very glad that I have been able to be here and learn so much. I have a lot more confidence than I did at the beginning.