New Beginnings???

 

Recently many Facebook statuses have been about post-secondary education! I am planning to apply over Christmas break but I wish I felt as together as other people seem. They seem so confident in their decisions and I feel so not prepared. I am a type of person who needs to be in control and I always need to have a plan. However, this big decision is not as easy as it seems. It's not that I am not ready but rather that I am afraid of making the wrong choice regarding my University education.

There is no program in Ontario that is perfect for me. I have looked at Laurier, Brock, Queens, Western, Laurention, and Windsor. They all have great programs but it is the combining of two degrees that is putting up barriers. The schools that have a great activities package of Phys ed, like Queens, will not allow me to have a minor in English without taking Intersession. Other schools, like Brock, allow a full minor in English but the activity package focuses on the dance and movement aspects of Phys ed and it is very likely that I will never have to teach either of those topics. I would like to get my undergraduate degree in four years and then I want to to to teachers college for my fifth year.

I know what my career goal is but I have no idea which University to attend to help my aspirations come true. I am applying in the next few weeks and I hope it all works out for the best!! Good luck in your post-secondary decision making class!!!

Rachel

You Sneaky Mom!!!

 I was introduced to Jimmy Kimmel when my brother, Erich, showed me a video of little kids freaking out because their parents "ate" their Halloween candy. The video was of about 8 sets of kids (mostly crying) as their parents told them that they ate all the candy the collected on October 31. All the videos were filmed because of a suggestion by Jimmy Kimmel that the parents try it. There have been over 20 million hits on Youtube of the video and basically some of the kids have been made iconic. Most of the children are under the age of 8 and it may seem mean but it is freaking hilarious! Majority of the kids cry, two have complete tantrums, one kid looks crushed, one calls her Dad "ugly" because he ate her candy and a little boy starts throwing stuff. The best part is when two brothers by the names of Jake and C.J find out their Mom ate the candy. The older brother tells his Mom that she's "going to get a bellyache" and the little brother promptly calls her a "sneaky Mom". Keep in mind that the children are probably three and five years old. For me, the best part is the parents who are laughing as they tell their kids that their candy is gone. In a nutshell, WATCH THE VIDEO!!! You will laugh so hard! Oh the wonders of Youtube, will you ever cease? 
Watch the video at home!!
I Told My Kids I Ate Their Halloween Candy

The End of the World?

If the world ends in 2012 I will die laughing. In history, the world has been predicted to end at least 242 times in the bible (www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm). Even Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060 (www.religioustolerance.org), which is still yet to come, and a man named Harold Camping has predicted “Doomsday” more than three times (www.ranker.com/list/the-12-greatest-end-of-the-world.).  I feel that the idea of the end of the world is to just scare people and frankly make them make bad choices. The idea that you have one last night on Earth sounds great but it can end horribly if the world does not come crashing down the next morning.

I feel the idea behind the end of the world is just to remind humans to live their lives to the fullest and make every moment last in life because it’s the only one we’ve got. However I think that message can be achieved without scaring the *** out of every public school student around the world. Personally, I think a motivational speaker is much better than a so called “curse” on humanity.

I try to live my life to the fullest everyday and I suggest that you do to. Don’t wait until your “last day” on Earth but make every second count. Love deeply, laugh louder, share all you have, and make a change that will help someone else. There is a limited time for all people on Earth and tomorrow could be the end of the world for you. Sounds depressing but you know it’s true. Life and all it holds is up to you and you must keep living it until your “doomsday” comes.

The Who From Who-Ville!!

I think of myself as a Who definitely!! My house is smack dab in the Christmas spirit on the 20th of November. Why that date?? My parents created an unofficial rule that we cannot start Christmas or even mention it before November 19th because that is my birthday. Growing up we always got our tree on the first P.D day in December but since that P.D day no longer exists we had to change our date to the closest available date to December 6th. We got our tree on Sunday. Yes, that was the day it was raining cats and dogs but none the less my family donned our Santa hats and drove to Benjamin Tree Farm where we have been going since I was born. We hiked into the field of trees and cut down our tree. Strangely enough, the trees were not as tall as I remembered. Weird.... We then got hot apple cider and cookies in their "shop" at the edge of the property.
Speaking of cookies, that's another reason why I love Christmas. I am a Woolley so I much love cookies right?? Wrong, I love making cookies!! We make sugar cookies, whipped shortbread, chocolate chip, snowballs, rum balls, chocolate thumbprints, candy cane, vanilla iced, jam filled and many more. My Dad has a huge sweet tooth so we do a lot of baking around the Christmas season. It is also one of the only times during the school year that I have time to bake and cook!  
Christmas season is also very special because we go to my parent's friends house for Christmas dinner. It is a tradition and is so important. The people who host the dinner are almost like my honourary  aunt and uncle because they have watched Erich and I grow up. They now have a grandson who is amazing and we get to be like how their children were to us. I love them so much.
I also love Christmas because I get to sing and play my flute in Christmas choir at church. It is always beautiful and so fun. I am playing Pachelbel's Cannon, The First Noel, Angel We Have Heard On High, Joy To The World, and Helpless And Hungry at the service this year along with singing the rest of the classic Christmas songs. I love Christmas choir.
Overall, I am a huge Who. Oh, and when I was little I actually looked like Cindy Lou Who. No joke!!!

Tata class!!

Scars, Bruises, and Cuts

           These three things make great stories and they become part of who you are. I currently have three scars and too many bruises to count. My scars come from a bee sting, a baking accident and a nasty shaving incident. The bee sting scar is between my eyes and happened when I was six years old. There was a wasps nest in my tree fort and when I climbed into it, the wasps went nuts! Since there is very little blood flow between the eyes, the scar of the bee sting will always be with me. It reminds me to check before I go into a tree house. The scar on my forearm is from baking cookies. I'm a Woolley so that's no surprise but it really hurt when a hot cookie pan hit my arm and I have a scar to prove it. My final scar is the largest and is placed on my ankle bone. Let's just say shaving is difficult and many girls will agree with me.
           My bruises currently come from the sport that I enjoy playing. Volleyball that is!! I have massive blue bruises on my knees, a slightly smaller black and green one on my hip and best of all I have a huge yellow and purple one on my elbow! Just for the reference I do not bruise easily so I do have to hit the floor pretty hard to make such lovely shades. I love the game but I am hating the after effects that it has induced upon me.

           I wish my stories were cooler than these but they're not. I have yet to meet someone who has a scar from being shot or from fighting a bear. I have not discovered a person who got their bruise from saving a small child from being run over or from rescuing a cat from up a tree. If you have a scar or bruise from that please comment!! :P

Have a great week!!!~ Rachel

Voting for the Dead??

The weird news I found is from Montague, Michigan where more votes were cast in a mayoral election for a dead candidate than a live one. Henry Roesler Jr died before the election and he received more votes than his competitor. The courts ruled that votes for Roesler didn't count and his challenger Kevin Erb will serve the two year term instead. All I have to say is "Poor Kevin. People chose a dead guy over you. That must sting." I chose this article because it show that a person can still make a difference even after they are gone. For more info

http://www.chron.com/news/article/More-votes-cast-for-deceased-mayor-in-Michigan-2260056.php