Christmas Survey

Have you been naughty or nice this year? - Nice

What do you want most for Christmas? - To be with my family

Do you believe in Father Christmas? - Absolutely

What is your favorite food at Christmas? - Cheese log and crackers

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? - Yup

Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? - Yup

What is your favorite Christmas song? - The Holly & the Ivy

What is your favorite Christmas movie? - White Christmas

What is your best memory of Christmas? - Going to the theater with my whole family

What do you look forward to most at Christmas? - The simple acts of kindness I see daily

What are you doing for Christmas this year? - Headin' home to Montana, Hurray!

Who do you want to kiss under the mistletoe? - I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

What kind of Christmas tree do you have? - A decorated one.

Do you take part in a secret santa? - When the opportunity presents itself.

Do you go to any Christmas parties? - On occasion

Have you ever had a white Christmas? - More often than not

How early do you wake up on Christmas morning? - 7:00am

Do you still get a stocking? - It\'s the best part!

How many Christmas cards do you normally send out? - None

What is your Christmas wish? - A good job with good people...and world peace.

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http://www.quizopolis.com/christmas_survey.php

I love Christmas time! I did a shortened version of this little survey with my fluency client today, and it was so much fun. She went to each of my professor's offices and asked them a few questions using her "slow easy speech" strategy, and she did a great job. It's really rewarding to see progress in so short a time. You might not have time to fill out the whole survey, but I'd love it if you'd hit the highlights:

1. Have you been naughty or nice this year?

2.What is your Christmas wish?

3.What is your favorite Christmas food?

4. What is your favorite Christmas song?

5. How early do you wake up on Christmas morning?

Almost there....

1/2 a test done and 1/2 to go!

A Graduate Student's Dream Christmas

1st She's finished all of her classes for her graduate degree program and she doesn't need to take any more.



2nd She knows where she's going to go for her externship, and she doesn't need to stress about it anymore. -Yea! Orem accepted me!!


3rd She gets to go home and enjoy her family.



4th She gets a full body massage and 3 years of tension created by the stress of tests, projects, presentations, and other strenuous classwork disappears.


5th She finds a stand for the swing she bought in Mexico and spends a good chunk of time relaxing in it with a good book.



6th She doesn't need to study for her final comprehensive exam or the PRAXIS for Speech Language Pathologists that she will be taking at the end of January/beginning of February.


Well, not all of these dreams will be realized, but 50% of them are guaranteed!!

Thanksgiving, My Favorite Holiday

I love the feeling of gratitude that pervades throughout the entire week leading up to Thanksgiving. Today we had three fabulous talks about thanksgiving. There's a great intangible feeling of hope, love, and happiness that accompanies gratitude. I have an abundance of things to be grateful for:

My family
My education
Good friends I've made in Logan
So many happy memories
Excellent Professors, Teachers, and Mentors
Graduating in May!
Spending Thanksgiving with my Parents, Brother, and Grandma
Having most of my big assignments due before Thanksgiving (rather than after it)
A great ward of fantastic young single adults
The Savior, Jesus Christ, and His infinite atonement
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
All the amazing blessings I've received since returning from my mission
And so many other things...my list could go on forever!

Interview in Orem Tomorrow

Wish me luck! I have my interview for the Orem Externship tomorrow. If all goes well that's where I'll be next semester!

Bugs

I have to admit, working in the schools hasn't been my most favorite experience. It's growing on me, though. As I get to know the kids better, they have become more willing to cooperate and listen to me. Occasionally my supervisor still has to intervene with a comment such as "Johnny, just because I'm not over there, doesn't mean that you can behave that way with Ms. Price." Usually they listen to me, though. Since I've been given a bit more independence about activities that I choose and how I teach, it's been more fun, too.

My favorite little boy I work with is a little guy who is working on articulation. He usually comes in and sits down with a little bit of a sour attitude. Then I say with a smile, "Wait a second, we don't act that way at Speech!" and he laughs and works really well with me. It doesn't matter what game I work with him on, he looks for the fun in it and seems to have a good time.

This week we played the bug game. It's a really simple game I found online for artic. therapy, where you hide the bugs underneath the sound cards that you work with, and when the child finds a bug he gets to decide if he wants to put it on a web for a spider to catch or on a leaf so it can "get away." It's super simple, but this little man thought it was so fun, he couldn't wait to take it home for homework!

I used the game with a group of kids that had a girl in it, too. This little gal is hilarious. She's got a really fun spunky attitude. She kept insisting that it wasn't fair that I given them a whole bunch of different bugs, but had neglected to give them butterflies. I finally agreed to bring butterflies for the next time, so that she would work hard for me, instead of going on and about the butterflies. Too funny!

Irony

This evening I was spotlighted during our Ward Prayer. It's basically the ward's opportunity to ask you funny questions about yourself in the attempt to get to know you a little better. They asked me the typical questions: Where are you from? What's your major? and How many siblings do you have? But the last question of the evening got me thinking....

"What were you for Halloween?"

Well, since I have an awesome sombrero and plenty of bandannas, I decided to be a Mexican Bandit for Halloween. I have to admit, I looked pretty good, I mean, I was pretty convincing (maybe not as convincing as the guy in the picture, but still...). I was so convincing, though, that it got me into serious trouble with (as Prairie has so fondly nicknamed her) She-who-must-not-be-named.

Based on the information given above, can you figure out what she falsely accused me of this week?