Day 36: Scattered

1. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals of time or space.
2. lacking orderly continuity.

My thoughts and emotions (and what seems like my entire life now) seem to be a good definition of scattered.  Now that I'm done with teaching for the summer I want to try and get my life back in order and really focus on loving myself.  

I've made some goals for myself this summer.  One of which is to teach myself how to paint.  I've done quite a bit of drawing but not much painting and thought it was about time to try it.  Today, in one of my moments of feeling "scattered," I busted out my paints and thought, "Why not start today?" 

This was the outcome:

Day 35: Helpful

1. Providing assistance; useful.

AY with his new glasses.  I love this kid!  He's such a help to me when I need to have my spirits lifted.

Day 34: Thankful

1. Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful
2. Expressive of gratitude.

Thankful for hiking trips with good friends to great places.

Friends: Patrice and Neisah

Place: Stewart Falls

Waterfall at Lu-shan

Sunlight streams on the river stones.

From high above, the river steadily plunges--

three thousand feet of sparkling water--

the MIlky Way pouring down from heaven.

-- Li Po

Day 33: Curious

1. Eager to learn more.
2. Unduly inquisitive; prying.
3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness.
4. Archaic
        a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
        b. Extremely careful; scrupulous.

I find it curious that you can find some great advice in the strangest places.  Even in a fortune cookie from  a 10:34 p.m. run to Panda Express.

Day 32: Sweet

1. Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
2.  a. Containing or derived from sugar.
     b. Retaining some natural sugar; not dry.
3.  a. Pleasing to the senses; agreeable.
     b. Pleasing to the mind of feelings; gratifying.
4. Having a pleasing disposition; lovable.
5. Kind; gracious.
6. Fragrant; perfumed.
7. Not saline or salted.
8. Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh.
9. Free of acid or acidity.
10. Low in sulfur content.
11. Music Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a
      time signature.
12. Used as an intensive.

My boyfriend, Lee, surprised me by showing up to the school I teach at and brought me some beautiful flowers.  It was so sweet!

Day 31: Lively

1. Full of life and energy; vigorous.
2. Full of spirit; gay and animated.
3. Marked by animated intelligence.
4. Invigorating; refreshing.
5. Effervescent; sparkling.
6. Keen; brisk.
7. Rebounding readily upon impact; resilient.

Cliff jumping at Deer Creek.

Day 30: Filthy

filth-y
1. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
2. Obscene; scatological.
3. Vile; nasty.

We hiked the Y for FHE yesterday and when I got back I noticed that my hiking sandals we a little dirty and decided that it is my goal to get them FILTHY this summer.  So here is some photos from the first of hopefully many hiking trips to happen this summer.

Day 29: Gorgeous

1. Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent  
2. Characterized by magnificent or virtuosic brilliance.
3. Informal Wonderful; delightful.

i thank You God for this most amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
wich is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

E.E. Cummings

Day 28: Ashamed

1. Feeling shame or guilt.
2. Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed.
3. Reluctant through fear of humiliation or shame.

So it was our "Crazy Hair Day" yesterday at school and my hair turned out awesome.

Should I be ashamed that I wish my hair looked like this all the time.

Day 27: Excited

excited

1. Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
2. Physics Being at an energy level higher than the ground state.

Universe: Sheynah, do you want to go to an Ingrid Michaelson concert?

Sheynah: Why yes. Yes I would.

Universe: Ok

Can't Help Falling in Love

You and I

Day 26: Solid

Solid

1. a. Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous.

b. Firm or compact in substance.

2. Not hollowed out.

3. Being the same substance or color throughout.

4. Mathematics Of or relating to three-dimensional geometrical figures or bodies.

5. Having no gaps or breaks; continuous.

6. Of good quality and substance.

7. Substantial; hearty.

8. Sound; reliable.

9. Financially sound

10. Upstanding and dependable.

11. Written without a hyphen or space.

12. Printing Having no leads between the lines.

13. Acting together; unanimous.

14. Slang Excellent; first-rate

Two solid hours of piano playing on a beautiful Steinway (one of the advantages of living in a college town.)

Day 25: Sample

Sample

1. Serving as a specimen.

Spring break really threw off my blogging groove but now I'm back! I thought as my first post I would show a small "sample" of my photos from my trip.

It began with a passover seder at the Satterfield home.

Multnomah Falls

Bliss!

Rivka and I found this outside Powell's and it brought joy to my heart. If you have not yet watched Sherlock, I highly recommend it.

Lamb Shawarma!

I met up with my good friend Alan and we went to the Japanese Garden. Below are my two favorite pictures from that day.

:) Sumo.

Jack and me just goofing off in the laboratory.

Astoria Column

Love of my life!

My sister, the softball star.

All in all, one of the best trips I've had in a while. Thank you O'Neals!

Day 24: Wet

wet

1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water.

2. Not yet dry or firm.

3. Stored or preserved in liquid.

4. Used or prepared with water or other liquids.

5. a. Rainy, humid, or foggy.

b. Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation.

6. Informal Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages.

7. Characterized by the use of presence of water or liquid reagents.

I'm out visiting my sister, Rivka, and her family in Vancouver for the week (SPRING BREAK!). I pulled out my adjective for today and my nephew, Jack, asked me what that was. So I explained about the idea and he then told me that he needed to help me find my picture for today. So Jack, Kate, and I went for an adventure (walking to the park) to find something wet. After we found this picture, Jack told me it would have been easier if I had picked this word on a day when it rained. I couldn't disagree with me. :)

Day 23: Wonderful

won-der-ful

1. Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing.

2. Admirable; excellent

Shining spring day

Falling cherry blossoms with my calm mind

~ Kino Tomonari

Day 22: Super

su-per

1. Very large, great, or extreme.

2. Excellent; first-rate.

I am reading in Alma right now and today I read the account of King Lamoni questioning Ammon about the gospel and verse 41 really stuck out to me. It really such an amazing, dare I say, super blessing to have the atonement in my life to allow the Lord's mercy to clean me. A blessing I'm finding should take more seriously the older I get.

Day 21: Teeny-Tiny

Teen-y

1. Tiny

Tin-y

1. Extremely small; minute.

Teeny-tiny is one of the nicknames we call Neisah. She really is such a great sister.

Doesn't she look like such a good little jewish girl getting ready for her passover meal with her choir?

"Tzeitel, oh Tzeitel. Won't you make a lovely bride?!"

Day 20: Colorful

col-or-ful

1. Full of color; abounding in colors.

2. Characterized by rich variety; vividly distinctive.

Holi Festival of Colors.

Hare Krishna!

Day 19: Plain

plain

1. Free from obstruction; open; clear.

2. Obvious to the mind; evident.

3. Not elaborate or complicated; simple.

4. Straightforward; frank or candid.

5. Not mixed with other substances; pure.

6. Common in rank or station; average; ordinary.

7. Not pretentious; unaffected.

8. Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration.

9. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned.

10. Lacking beauty or distinction.

11. Sheer; utter; unqualified.

12. Archaic Having no visible elevation or depression; flat; level.

I bought this beautiful clock from D.I. a couple weeks ago. It doesn't work but I figured I could fix it up and it would be a fun wall decoration. I haven't done anything to it yet (besides hang it on my wall) and I can't decided it I want to change it or not. It has such a simple quality but a definite lack of color for my taste. I'm still deciding.

Day 18: Raspy

rasp-y

1. Rough; grating.

I had a hard time finding something to take a photo of because all I could do was hear this woman's voice in my head.

Day 17: Flaky

flak-y

1. Made of or resembling flakes.

2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments.

3. Slang Somewhat eccentric; odd.

For those of you that don't know this about me, I HATE talking on the phone. If a phone call lasts more than five minutes, I start to feel irritated and just want to be doing something else. It's so bad that when I get a phone call it takes all my energy to not want to hit the ignore button. This is a really bad thing since I have a lot of friends that don't live near me and want to keep in contact. It's not that I don't want to talk to them, I just don't want to be on the phone. I'm trying to work on that so I'm not such a flaky friend.

Day 16: Grotesque

gro-tesque

1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion.

2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.

3. Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.

How is it that my room can go from this

to this

in a day?

Day 15: Disgusted

dis-gust-ed

1. Filled with disgust or irritated impatience.

Whenever I drive through the Salt Lake valley I always have a disgusted feeling as I see billboard after billboard that has something to do with plastic surgery. It just makes me sad that there are so many people that feel that altering their body will bring them more happiness.

Though I have had feelings of insecurity when it comes to how I look, I have never felt that I would need to surgically alter my image to make those insecurities go away. Maybe it does help some people but it just seems that we all need to come to love our bodies for being what they are: a gift from the Lord.

As I drove back to Utah after my Idaho trip and saw these billboards I kept being reminded of this talk by President Uchtdorf given in the last Relief Society Broadcast. These are the things I want to rely on when my insecurities overtake me.

Day 14: Adventurous

ad-ven-tur-ous

1. Inclined to undertake new and daring enterprises.

2. Hazardous; risky.

So remember that one time I went to Idaho and only brought a pair of sandals and a pair of moccasins and then it snowed like a foot. Yeah.....

Day 13: Easy

eas-y

1. Capable of being accomplished or acquired with ease; posing no difficulty.

2. Requiring or exhibiting little effort or endeavor; undemanding.

3. Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain.

4. a. Affording comfort or relief; soothing.

b. Prosperous; well-off.

5. Causing little hardship or distress.

6. Socially at ease.

7. a. Relaxed in attitude; easygoing.

b. Not strict or severe; lenient.

8. Readily exploited, imposed on, or tricked.

9. a. Not hurried or forced; moderate.

b. Light; gentle.

10. Not steep or abrupt; gradual.

11. Economics

a. Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable.

b. Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates.

12. Promiscuous; loose.

I went up to Idaho to go listen to my cousin, Brandon's vocal recital. It was great to see him and I didn't tell him that I was coming to it was fun to surprise him. He has such beautiful voice that is just so easy and free. I could listen to it forever......FOREVER.

Day 12: Depressed

de-pressed

1. Low in spirits; dejected.

2. Suffering from psychological depression.

3. Sunk below the surrounding region.

4. Lower in amount, degree, or position.

5. a. Sluggish in growth or activity.

b. Suffering from social and economic hardship.

6. Botany Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.

7. Zoology Flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.

One word: migraine.

Day 11: Voiceless

Voice-less

1. Having no voice; mute.

2. Linguistics Uttered without vibration of the vocal cords, as the sounds (t) and (p).

When I picked the one out of my jar I felt like I should keep it to myself until after my sister's recital. Neisah did such an awesome job! Afterwards, we went to the hotel my mom was staying at and jumped into the pool in celebration of Neisah being able to be voiceless now. It was glorious.

Day 10: Adorable

a-dor-a-ble

1. Delightful, lovable, and charming.

2. Worthy of adoration.

I am the music specialist at an elementary school which means that I get the wonderful oppurtunity to teach the future generation how to sing and create wonderful music...or how to pay attention and listen to the teacher, which seems to be all I do on some days. But I really do enjoy it and the kids make me smile. Whether it is their smiling faces, cute drawing they bring to me, or the funny conversation I overhear them having with eachother. For example, this morning I was doing bus duty and overhear this gem and it brought a smile to my face.

Boy 1: Hey, do you want to be in our club?

Boy 2: Yeah. What is the club?

Boy 1: I don't know but we just decided to make a club and need members.

Boy 2: OK!

Day 9: Selfish

self-ish

1. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.

2. Arising from, characterized by, or showing selfishness.

This morning I had a very eye opening experience. Tuesdays are my usual day that I go to thetemple but when I woke up this morning I was so tired. As I was getting ready for work I was switching back and forth between the decision to go today or put it off until next week. When I reached into my adjective jar this morning and pulled out the word "selfish," I felt very chastened. The work that is done at the temple is so important for those people who have not yet received the gospel and have been waiting for so long, how selfish of me to not spend a few hours helping with that. Needless to say, I did go and I had a great experience.

Day 8: Wild

Wild

1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed.

2. Not inhabited or farmed.

3. Uncivilized or barbarous; savage.

4. Lacking supervision or restraint. Disorderly; unruly. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious.

5. Lacking regular order or arrangment; disarranged.

6. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion.

7. Extravagant; fantastic.

8. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy.

9. Risky; imprudent.

10. Impatiently eager. Informal Highly enthusiastic.

11. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded.

12. Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic.

13. Games Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice.

I spent the weekend at my brother's house. While there we had some adventures with Photo Booth on my mac - one of AY's favorite past times and the whole family got into it.