My Favorite Hymns

We had our sacrament meeting today where people get to share what their favorite hymn is and why, and then we sing a verse of it. What a great meeting! I didn't go up, but here were some of my favorite hymn options (just in case!):

• High on the Mountain Top - #5 - 'The Mountain' meaning Ensign Peak in the Salt Lake Valley, but try singing it at Hill Cumorah and you may change your mind about which mountain (or hill) it's talking about!
• We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet - #19 -
• Joseph Smith's First Prayer - #26 - I have always loved 'Brother Joseph', but being in the pageant renewed and reaffirmed my testimony in him and his part in the restoration of the Gospel.
• Praise to the Man - #27 -
• A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief - #29 - My favorite singer of this song was Scott Morgan... I will never tire of the 'Scott and Tammy show' at church!
• God of our Fathers - #78 - because I love the fanfare
• How Firm a Foundation - #85 -
• Come, Follow Me - #116 - Among one of the first hymns I learned to play on the piano
• I Know that My Redeemer Lives - #136 -
• God Be With You Till We Meet Again - #152 - My Mom's favorite hymn, and the very first one I learned to play on the piano, just for her! We also sang it as the last song in our last sacrament meeting at the pageant... I was just fine until we sang that song! (Then, let the waterworks begin!) We also sang it by coincidence (or some higher power) when Holly and I spoke in our sacrament meeting reporting on our pageant experience (again, I was just fine until then!).
• Because I Have Been Given Much - #219 - A wonderful reminder of how much I have been given and what I need to do with what I have
• Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel - #252 - Get back to work!
• Each Life that Touches Ours for Good - #293 -
• As Sisters in Zion - #309 - My love for this hymn began at EFY when we learned the medly with this hymn, the YW theme, and We'll Bring the World His Truth.
  

See - how could I pick just one? Maybe next time I'll get my selection narrowed down in time!

Gimme a break!

Whew... Finally made it to Christmas break!
What a week it was at school. Monday we spent the morning at the school's Christmas Sing school-wide rehearsal. Tuesday, the kids made their Christmas gifts for their families - cute fleece pillows that they tied and stuffed. What an experience! I would have never known which kids can't tie their shoes without it! :) It was fun to sit with just a few at a time and listen in on their conversations - they're so funny! Wednesday, Holly came to school with me and took pictures during our two Christmas Sing performances. The kids liked meeting Holly after hearing so many stories about her (some completely true and some embellished just a bit...). Thursday, the kids watched The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in the morning and enjoyed the party in the afternoon (thanks to my great room-mom and her crew of volunteers!). I got to leave on time from school (more or less) and come home and enjoy my evening.
Today, I got to sleep in, read in my PJs, watch Pirates, and enjoy the afternoon at home.
Hooray for a break!

Scrooge Yourself

The companion site to the 'Elf Yourself' site: Scrooge Yourself!
http://www.scroogeyourself.com

Here's me - enhanced by the lovely effects of Apple's Photo Booth:
http://www.scroogeyourself.com/?id=1407144276

Top Ten Trivia Tips about Christine

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Christine!

1. Christine is actually a fruit, not a vegetable!
2. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat Christine, though it may feel uncomfortable!
3. There are more than two hundred different kinds of Christine!
4. It takes forty minutes to hard-boil Christine.
5. Christine is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
6. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in Christine.
7. Banging your head against Christine uses 150 calories an hour.
8. A thimbleful of Christine would weigh over 100 million tons.
9. Cats use their Christine to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through!
10. In Japan it is considered rude to talk with Christine in your mouth.

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Tag - I'm it!

Some surveys... thanks Bobbi and Andrea!

a: Four jobs I have had in my life
1 - 3rd grade teacher
2- computer teacher
3- office intern/go-fer girl
4 - day care worker

b: Four movies I watch over and OVER
1 - Ocean's 11 (and 12 and 13)
2 - Italian Job
3 - You've Got Mail
4 - Singles Ward

c: Four places I have lived
1 - Hoover Street, Midvale
2- Jefferson Street, Midvale
3 - Geneva, NY (for 2 weeks)
4 - The-Middle-of-Nowhere-China (for 2 weeks)

d: Four TV shows I watch
1 - CSI
2 - ER
3 - Ugly Betty
4 - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

e: Four places I have been
1 - China
2 - Alaska
3 - Western Europe
4 - New York - City and upstate

f: Four people who email me regularly
1 - Holly
2 - Mom
3 - Joee
4 - Emily

g: Four of my favorite foods
1 - Pizza
2 - Chinese
3 - French Fries
4 - Chocolate

h: Four of my FAVORITE songs
1 - Rascal Flatts (country!)
2 - Hairspray soundtrack
3 - Sweethaven
4 - Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband
(okay, so those were artists and albums instead of just songs...)

i: Four things I am looking forward to in 2008
1 - Hill Cumorah Pageant (yup, we get to go again!)
2 - Getting organized - books, pictures, stuff to file, etc.
3 - Getting caught up on my scrapbooking
4 - The new book in the Eclipse series (coming out in August!)



Six things you may not know about Christine:

1. I played on the JV basketball team as a junior in high school.

2. I'm not a huge fan of camping... Sure I went to girl's camp and had a fine time every year in Young Women's... but I much prefer a soft, comfy bed and indoor plumbing offered in a hotel to a sleeping bag in a leaky tent and 'other' forms of plumbing.

3. One of my most memorable Christmases was when I was about 5 or 6. Santa had brought me a kitchen, complete with dishes and food, food, food! Later on that morning, I walked into the real kitchen and found the box to my new kitchen. The next Christmas, I asked Santa about this. Apparently, those clean-up elves of Santa's got behind and neglected package-extraction at our house that year.

4. My favorite Krispy Kreme donut is cream-filled, chocolate-topped. Yum-o!

5. The first time I started reading Harry Potter, I didn't like it. It took me quite a while to get started and 'into' it. Now, I'm hooked... It's a good thing the series is complete! (Just the movies left... and, as a few of my former students were surprised to find out, we already know what will happen in those movies... :)

6. If I weren't a teacher... I always tell my kids I'd be a Zamboni driver if I weren't a teacher, but honestly, I don't know what I'd be. This was the plan for so long, I never really thought about being anything else. Hum.....

1. Whats your greatest most prized possession and why?

I'm not sure... I do happen to have quite a few possessions, but I don't know that there's one that is 'prized' above all others...

2. What makes you smile?

the silly things that kids in my class do

3. What do you want for Christmas?

Ever since I turned 19, I've wanted the same things... a car and a man. I have a car now, so I guess that just leaves... :)

4. What do you think of the person who sent/posted this?

Andrea's so much fun! She is fun to have on your team for games (not so fun to have to play against!), and I love that she sends me jokes, stories and pictures.

5. If you could go anywhere where would you go?

back to China and Europe, Hawaii

6. Whats your biggest strength and weakness? (two part question)

STRENGTH: I'm normally a very common-sense person.

WEAKNESS: I don't always speak up or act when I should.

7. Name 5 of your favorite smells?

1) rain

2) fresh laundered sheets

3) yummy, warm, food-cooking smells

4) pear-berry lotion

5) ocean-shore smells

8. Do you currently have a favorite song if so what and why?

Bubbly, Colbie Calliet

9. What is one of your most precious memories?

Grandma Kofford's Christmas parties... helping her and JoAnne shop, cook, decorate their house, practice songs on the piano, and helping 'Grandma Claus' deliver her presents

10. What motivates you?

Deadlines... For example, when I was taking my comprehensive exam for my master's, I had ten days to write three papers. The last paper I wrote, and the one that may have been the best, was written in almost its entirety the day the papers were due.

Survey of Twos

Two names you go by:
1. Christine, Chris
2. Miss Ferrin

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. HCP sweatshirt
2. comfy sweatpants

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. scrapbook
2. read

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. A long weekend!
2. something chocolate

Two things you did last night:
1. went to Bells on Temple Square Concert
2. ate dinner at 11:00 pm at Denny's

Two things you ate yesterday:
1. a chocolate truffle
2. Denny's breakfast slamburger

Two people you last talked to:
1. JoAnne
2. Holly

Two things you did today:
1. Dug out from the snow
2. went shopping

Two things about me:
1. 5'5" tall
2. I have a cat and a dog

Two jobs I have had in my life:
1. teacher
2. office intern

Two places I have lived:
1. Jefferson Street
2. Hoover Street

Two of my favorite foods:
1. pizza
2. Chinese

ABCs of Me!

A - Age: 26
B - Bed size: twin
C - Chore you love: dishes
D - Dessert you love: Yes!
E - Essential start your day item(s): more sleep! (I wish!)
F - Favorite movie(s): Italian Job, Singles Ward
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'5”
I - Instruments you play: right-handed piano
J - Job title: teacher
K - Kid(s): 26 little darlings!
L - Living arrangements: with parents
M- Most important things in life: family
N - Nicknames: Chris
O - Obsession(s): scrapbooking (and shopping for scrapbooking stuff), the Utes
P - Phobia: Spiders
Q - Quote(s): "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if that thing is cats." ~Lemony Snicket
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 younger sister, 1 cat, 1 dog
T - Top 3 favorite activities: scrapbooking, reading, getting to sleep in
U - Unique thing about me: My first teaching interview was in Wendover, Utah
V - Vegetable you hate: tomatoes (salsa is fine, marinara sauce is great, just not plain old tomatoes)
W - World Travels: China, Europe, United States
X- X-men, what would your supernatural power be: know the future
Y - Yummy food you remember from childhood: Grandma's peanut butter and honey sandwiches
Z- Zodiac Sign: Scorpio