Christmas Morning at the Brown's house!

Yummy Recipies

3 bags Microwave buttered popcorn
1 bag Fritos (small)
1 tray white baking bar, Melted

Toss together to coat
Spread on counter until cool and dry
Optionally can add cashews or peanuts


mmmmmm!

Merry Christmas!

K, so I only cried a little bit when I opened Tori's present to me, but other than that I was strong! My little cousins are the cutest little guys ever. The first day I was here we built a fort in my room with blankets and scarves. I pulled out my ribbon stash and decorated the fort for Christmas. Soon we had a treasure box with jewelry, club rules and a pet mouse. Eli added a duck pond and a garden of fake flowers. As it stands now I think we have played "I spy" 32 times, sung 12 choruses to "Deck the Halls" and strung 24 beads. And just as a general rule, don't sit in the tickle chair or Gabe will get you!

Reflecting

Finals are over. The semester is over. For some reason instead of screaming and dancing for joy, I'm simply content. I can look back and know that my "pencil has written a success story." The first six months of being an adult weren't smooth sailing, but I didn't shipwreck. Thanks to some expert help with steering and a bright lighthouse, I'm safe and sound. Do you think we are ever ready to grow up? I guess it's just something the creeps up on us "ready or not here I come" and before you know it you're in college. I've learned a lot about myself. I am who I create. Through my good or bad habits I become a person. When I'm 20, when I'm a mom, when I'm an old granny I'll still be Tikla, and what every that means to me now will shape what I am then.

Well I'd better finish packing. I'm off to Lewiston to visit my Aunt and Uncle for Christmas. Speaking of which!!! Oh my! It's nearly Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

More Ballroom Pics

Here are a couple more from after Dancesport forever ago.

I was hungry, but couldn't change because I had to go to finals really soon. So I just threw on an apron. Nikki thought I looked hysterical, hence the pictures.

I'm learning!

A couple things I've learned

snowball fights are illegal on campus

chap stick is my friend

too much perfume causes asthma attacks

there aren't any vending machines in the Joseph Smith Building

You can't take a test in the testing center if you have a beard (don't worry I didn't learn from experience)

it's okay to be content, instead of just peachy

tap dancing takes some concentration

giving back massages to girls in choir dresses gets sparkles everywhere!

Nikki has black mail....big time black mail

Estonian music is still boring even if you research it for two months

According to Kathryn being a communist pig is a compliment!

It isn't about waiting for the storms to pass it's about learning to dance in the rain!

Finals

AHHHHHHH!!!!! almost done!

snore!

Ballroom

These are a few ballroom pics, they aren't that great, but you get the idea.

This is right after dancesport.

This was the medals exam for Bronze level Ballroom, that is my teacher!!! (akward!)

I'm Back!!!!!

Yay! So here is my little nightmare of a story:

I was given an 7-10 page assignment for my Honors writing class. Being the wonderful student I am ;) ;) I did it well in advance and was ready to go. The night before at about 11:00 I attempted to log on to my computer to email it to my self so I could print it. Guess what I couldn't log in! Yikes! For some reason it kept repeating the start up screens over and over and then it started flashing red, pink, and blue. Officially freaked out I decided the best thing to do would be to rewrite the thing before tomorrow. So I stayed up until 4:15am rewriting from the ground up my 8 page paper. I was on my roommates computer and I figured that now I would simply email it to myself and print it off. So I saved it for the millionth time and went to email it to my self. For some reason her internet wasn't working. hmm...weird. So I thought well I could put it on a flash drive, but lets restart her computer once just to see if that helps. So I restarted it; once we got back on my paper was gone! Sucked into cyberspace! Grrrrr! Exhausted I flopped into bed. An hour later I got up and called a computer fix it place. They said they might be able to recover my data by Friday. That didn't do me any good. So sadly enough I practically pulled an all nighter and had nothing to show for it. My teacher was very reasonable. She just asked that I get it to her that same day. I was relieved until I realized I had to write the whole thing again. I didn't get home from classes until late that night. Started writing it again and didn't finish until 1:00 am. yay I was done, uh oh it's the next day. A my paper conference the next day she said, "I don't know what to do, technically you didn't get it to me until today." An exhausted Tikla said, "Listen I understand that you need to be consistent with all your students. You can drop my grade I understand. True that was the soonest I could have gotten it to you after I arrived home, but I understand." She looked at me for a long time and then said, "Oh what the heck, I'll give you full credit." YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whew anyway So I got my computer fixed finally. Life is good!

I've been doing a lot of ballroom stuff lately. I've got pictures I'll post later.

I've got to run to class! I love you guys!