Personality test

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have medium extroversion.You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time." Conscientiousness: You have medium conscientiousness.You're generally good at balancing work and play.When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness.You're generally a friendly and trusting person.But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism.You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium.You are generally broad minded when it come to new things.But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it.You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

Is it Spring Break YET?

I am so incredibly ready for spring break. Only four more days, ptl! The kids are definately an itch'n for a break-- as are the teachers.

I don't even have any real good plans for spring break. I will work on some stuff for work and hopefully be able to get some artwork done-- or at least attempted. I feel like I have no outlet anymore. When i was in school, I was taking at least three studio classes all the time, now I am teaching-- and can't really do my own work. I do samples, but it's not the same as being able to be creative without having to worry about standards. Plus the kids really don't like my samples, so I have been doing them less and less. They think that since I am the art teacher, of course my work is going to turn out good-- they can't look at it and see techniques or get inspired. Usually, if I do a sample, they just imitate it.

Actually-- I'm ready for the summer, not just spring break. I plan on mostly working on my art this summer and working out to lose this nasty winter/first year teaching/ first year married weight. Wish me luck!

Things to love

Have you ever gotten caught up in an everyday task and then realized how much enjoyment you got out of it? I've never been a big fan of shaving-- in the winter I really don't shave at all unless I know I'm going to be wearing a dress or Matt finally gets grossed out when he rubs against my legs at night. Even when Tracy borrowed my razor when we were in Memphis for my Grandma Betty's funeral, I didn't really miss it because I wasn't really shaving. So the other night, Matt and I were at the greatest store on earth- costco- and I finally bought a new razor (Tracy still has mine). I got the Venus Breeze. IT'S AMAZING!! I didn't need soap or shaving cream-- there are lather bars below and above the razor so all you have to do is wet the razor so the lather forms and then shave. This was one of the closest shaves I have had in a log time and it left my skin a lot more moist than normal after shaving-- and no itchy legs! I just kept on shaving and shaving-- it was great!

Kids say the Darndest...

GIRL1: Man, Mrs. Aurand, did you hear that? He just called me a 'B'
BOY: I didn't call you a 'B,' I called you a Bastard!
GIRL2: Is Bastard a bad word, Mrs. Aurand?
ME: Well, do you even know what it means?
BOY: It means you ain't got no Daddy.
ME: Well it really just means that your parents were not married when you were born.
GIRL1: Then I am a bastard!

How do could I not laugh?

DISNEY WORLD

So Matt took me to Disney World-- it was AMAZING! Leading up to the trip, he kept on asking me what I was most looking forward to... was it Space Mountain, Test Track, just seeing Mickey and Minnie? Nope, I was stoked about riding the Tea Cups! It was everything I'd ever hoped it would be-- and Matt, who had promised he would take me to the tea cups, but would not ride them (he gets motion sickness sometimes), actually rode with me-- granted he took a bunch of Dramamine! We went first to the Magic Kingdom and then to Epcot and back to the Magic Kingdom for some shopping-- that was all the time we really had without feeling too rushed since we had a flight back home that night. Below are some of our amazing pictures taken by our Casio digital camera and the greatest gadget EVER-- the gorilla pod. Mom and Jim got Matt a Gorilla Pod (shameless plug) which is a mini tri-pod that bends and can wrap around anything so you can self timer the camera and take pictures of yourself without having to ask a stranger-- or do the extendo-arm maneuver.


(Some Zetas at the Wedding)












(Me and Matt with Minnie)

(Couldn't go to Disney without a picture of Mickey)

(I love the Tea Cups! Thanks Gorilla Pod)

(Pooh's Playhouse-- Gorilla Pod)

(Gorilla Pod is still AWESOME)

Mosaics...

They're here... the pictures of the 6th grade mosaic

These students are placing tiles on the backboard-- making sure to leave space in between each for the grout.

These students are organizing the tiles by size, shape, and color to make it easier to place tiles into the design.

CAN YOU SEE THE WILDCAT?

The Mosaic is hanging in the front lobby with a plaque that has all the students' names on it.

Par-TAY (some lewed photos to follow)

So my sorority big sis just got married in Disney world this past weekend and Matt and I flew down there Friday after work and had an amazing time (next blogg will be all about the wedd'n)! Meanwhile... the weekend before Mary, a sorority sister, and I decided to throw her a bachelorette party (her bridesmaids had done nothing for her. No showers and they hadn't put together a bachelorette party). So.... we invited the girls over for pre-party food, drinks, and games before we headed to Buckhead for some more partying! Mary got the drinks and games organized, while I handled food and the most delicious naughty cake...


The best part about this cake was the pudding filling. The girls thought it was hilarious-- and oh so tasty! Needless to say, Matt didn't want any left overs.

Candling!

So Matt and I heard about this weird thing called ear candling. I first heard about it on a radio show and then talked to Matt about it and he said he had heard some guys from work try it and love it. So the next time we were at a mall that had a GNC, we went in to see what this was all about.

In a nutshell.... Ear Candles are these long strips of cloth that are wrapped and sealed in beeswax and form a cone shape- with two open ends, one tiny and one larger. Now you need a partner to candle with. Then you get a pie tin (we used paper plates) and cut a hole through the center to insert your candle. The small open tip goes into your ear canal at a slight upward angle-- hold the candle in place. Your partner will light the larger open end and all you have to do is sit there and enjoy. Once your candle is burning, ash will begin to form-- once it is an inch long, your partner will need to snip the ash with scissors and then put the hot ash in water. When your candle is burning about four inches from your ear, thats when it's time to run the flame under water to extinguish it (take it out of your ear first). Once extinguished, you can unroll the remaining few inches of candle and see what came out of your ear.

The first time Matt and I did it we were so grossed out by the amount of gross orange wax came out of our ear. Matt wasn't even really convinced that all of that came out of our ear (he thought that it was something in the candle)-- so our next time candling, we bought an extra box so that we could burn one just to see what was on the inside after burning-- there was NOTHING. So we are now total belivers!

This is seriously the most amazing thing-- your ears feel cleaner-- and I have lately even been suffering from a massive sinus infection and have not been able to hear out of one of my ears for several days now-- I couldn't even clear my ears by holding my nose and blowing. So we candled tonight and my ear was able to clear (painful), but it cleared and I have a lot more of my hearing back. I am still stuffed up and don't feel 100%, but I am on antibiotics to help with that.

Man I just want everyone to try it-- in fact, we might just put a pack in everyone's stocking this Christmas so we can have a major candling session! I'm so excited!