7Q's--Halloween Edition

So, I'm back on the 7Q's train and it's good to be back! (Check it out and do one of your own >> Gentri Lee) And besides, I must do this one, with Halloween coming up! Hopefully you all like my new Halloween-y blog title hehe Thought the ol' blog needed to dress for the holiday.

Anywho, here it goes:

Dress up at Grandma Smith's. Awh, childhood haha

1. Do you believe in ghosts?
I guess, but not in the boo, bloody, horror movie, scary story kinda way. Let's put it this way, I believe in spirits but I don't believe in hauntings. Make sense?

2. Do you prefer the cute or scary Halloween?
I'm actually not a huge fan of the holiday in general but if I must choose, I'd say, I prefer a nice mixture.

3. How old were you when you stopped trick or treating?
My parents' rule was always after 8th grade so that's what it was. It gets to creeper-status if you go when you're an oldy anyway...

4. Do you have any fun Halloween traditions?
Up until this year, I've worked the Halloween party that SUU throws each year (The Howl) and made fun of all the *cough* sluts *cough*. Haha! So I'd say that's kind of a tradition. This year I'm going. I think. Haha but it's called The Scream this year AND I'm not dressing like a slut so it's all good.

5. Share a scary local urban legend.
The movie theaters are all sorts of haunted (so I've heard). Talk to anyone who's been working there awhile. They'll give you all kinds of crazy tales.

6. Would you rather be haunted or haunting?
I'd rather be doing the haunting, thank you very much!

7. What's your favorite Halloween character/creature? (dracula, witch, ghost, etc.)
My favorite is either Casper The Friendly Ghost OR the Witches from Hocus Pocus

P.S.

Oh, AND just thought I'd let you all know that I got my student teaching placement! I'm seriously so excited! Thanks to Midvale, I love 2nd grade AND I've heard my cooperating teacher at Enoch is so awesome. I'm a bit nervous about being at a high school for SpEd but I think I can hack it haha I start in January!! EEEEEEEEE!!!!

7 Q Take 2

First, I must say that I've learned that all I ever cook for pretty much all meals is oatmeal (the instant, fruit and cream kind), stuff with tortillas, casseroles, and pasta. Yeah, I'm thinking it's lame.

Second, I went to my friend, Melanie's, baby shower last night. I feel like all my friends are having these cute babies or are preggo right now and... well, it's making me want one a little bit haha I've just gotta keep telling myself, "You graduate in May. You can make it til then!"

Also, last night, Dan and I went to see Total Recall at the S8. We were the only ones in the theater besides this creeper, loner man who was... all alone (hence the term, loner haha) AND when I left to use the bathroom during the middle of the movie, thunder clapped LOUDLY and the power went out. And Aubrey was working concessions and she screamed super loud and it was hilarious haha The good thing was that when I went back into our theater, it took them a minute to get the movie back where it was and the part they started it on was exactly where it was when I had left so I didn't miss a thing. It was great! So thank you, power outage!

Now, without further ado, I present to you, 7 Questions Take 2 plus a beautiful picture of me that was taken at the Utah County Fair last year bahaha ...floating llama head:

#1. Bold or Understated?
I'd say I'm a mixture of both. A good mixture. Sometimes I'd be ok with being more bold though...

#2. You have to survive alone in the wild and you only get to take one thing with you. Your choices are: A Pocket Knife, a Water Bottle, or a Book. Which do you choose and why?
I would take a pocket knife, I guess. haha That way I can "tango" with any wild beasts that think I look yummy!

#3. Thirty Two Cows, Seven Eight Chickens, How Many Didn't?
Well, Imma say the spelling of the word "eight" on this one made this riddle a little mysterious BUT if that was it's purpose and it was meant to be thought of as "ate" then 25 cows did NOT eat chickens. HA!

#4. Would you rather die doing one legendary act of service or do small acts of kindness that may go unnoticed every day?
Well, I'd say that I'd rather do small acts of kindness every day because those usually mean the most in the long run anyway. "By small and simple things, great things shall come to pass", right? AND besides, you aren't supposed to do service for the recognition or it isn't really service.

#5. Happiness is ________. (one word; fill in the blank)
Love

#6. Can you laugh without smiling?
haha YES! But it makes me sound like a creeper. If I had a video phone, I'd totally take a video of me creep-laughing without smiling. Unfortunately for you all, I don't. Haha  Dangit!

#7. Do you pop your knuckles?
Every day. Multiple times a day. I'll probably have arthritis when I'm old and I'm ok with that.

7 Q's

So I've jumped on the Gentri-Lee-7-Questions train and this time it's the "Back to School edition". This edition is quite timely for all those high schoolers (eh-hem, Collette, Cody, and Christina), middle schoolers (eh-hem, Erin), and elementary schoolers (eh-hem, Caleb) who go back to school tomorrow... the poor saps! haha kidding. But really. I can't believe it's school season again! I start my last year of college in 2 weeks! I'm only freakin' a small bit.

Anyway, so here it goes:

#1. It's back to school time! Are YOU going back to school?
Yes, on August 27th. 9am in the education building. AHHHH!!!

#2. Speaking of back to school... You receive 10 pts if you can name this movie:
"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms."
Answer: YOU'VE GOT MAIL! That has got to be one of my ALL TIME favorite movies. Seriously, if you haven't seen it then you must! Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks are incredible in it and oh, it makes me want to visit NYC so freakin' bad! 

#3. Who did you  hang out with in school? Cool kids, jocks, nerds, were you a loner, etc?
In HS I hung with the swim team, basically. Plus a few others that hung with us but I wouldn't say I was in a category. I was pretty friendly with all "cliques". In college I kept a few friends from HS but gained tons of new ones! 

#4. What was your favorite subject in school?
English! I wrote for and was the sports editor for the school paper in HS :) And now my favorite subjects in my elementary education degree are definitely reading and literature. Can't wait to help those kiddos learn to read!

#5. If you had to go back and redo one of the following, which would you choose and why? Preschool, Elementary, Middle School, High School, or College?
I'd choose elementary just cause it was fun and simple but that's why I'm excited to be a teacher. It's like going back to elementary with all the perks of being a student but not actually having to be the student haha I'm da boss!

#6. Home/Packed lunch or School Lunch?
Back in my K-12 years, I would say school lunch cause it was yummy and all my friends did it hehe but now that I'm paying for myself, home lunch. MUCH cheaper that way. Chartwells sucks the life out of my bank account when I get lunch on campus. 

#7. What's more exciting? The first day of school or the last day of school?
I like both! But this year, I'm going to be so freakin' excited when it's my last day of student teaching and I can graduate! Boo ya!

In other news, today is moving day at our house. I'm so looking forward to being in a new place! Dan's home doing all the dirty work (packing and lifting the furniture) as we speak and then we get the keys at 3pm. Woohoo!