Tweaking My Site…
Ok, so I decided that I wanted to tweak a few things about my site and I started work on a few minor things today. A picture will appear on the screen with the post. A cool feature I think, for all previous post there maybe some lag time before they get the facelift image or the will just get a default image. That was what I was working on when my site crashed this morning.
Also I have changed the way the comments appear. I had been using a plugin for the picture of you reader by the post, but was unhappy with the way things looked, so I began looking for the code to implement it on my own. I was using the the codex help at http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Gravatars but that still left me hanging. I finally found a site that helped, Connor Wilson had the code just the way I needed it. So then I tweaked a few other things like moving the time and date down to the bottom, and made the picture bigger.
Ok so that's what I have done, now it's your turn, well sort of, if you do not have picture by you e-mail here is what you need to do. Go to gravatar.com and register and upload a picture. It's easy and there's no spam. Then when you comment the picture show up by you comment. So if you have not done that yet, I would greatly encourage you to go check it out.
Field Trip
On Tuesday, March 24, the fifth and sixth grade classes went on a field trip to the California Science Center (CSC) in LA. (It's right next to the Memorial Stadium, home of the USC Trojans and I believe the 1980 Olympic Games. Correct me if I'm wrong.) It was a lot of fun. There were 30 total students and 8 adults. The CSC has hands on exhibits that help make science fun. They currently have a CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) exhibit based on the hit TV show. The are three crimes that have been committed and your group is assigned to one of them to try and solve it. It was exciting and the kids really got into it once they understood what they needed to do. There were other many other exhibit also: transportation, structural design, sound, the science of life, etc. It reminded me of San Francisco's Exploratorium (another hands on science learning museum).
We wandered the museum from 10 to about 12:20 then we went downstairs where they have a McDonald's, a Taco Bell Express, a pizza place called pizza π, and a Rose Garden Cafe (a soup, salad, and sandwich place). The lines were long but we finally were able to eat.
After lunch we let the kids explore the gift shop, for about half an hour and we headed out and back to Bethel just before 2:00. I definitely enjoyed the trip as did the kids. However when I got home I took a two hour nap. I really didn't think I was that tired but it has been a long few days. Here are some pictures from the trip. Renae has a post up about the trip too if you want to know more.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
For as long as I can remember I can not stand eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Yes that is right I utterly dislike the classic PB&J. All of my family including Renae can attest to this. Growing up, for lunch at school I would just have a jelly sandwhich, until after a few years of that I could not eat it that anymore becuase it was just to bland. So I back away from jelly all together. Ham and cheese seemed to suit me much better as long as there was no mayo or mustard on it, but that's a different story since we are talking about PB&J. I honestly could not remeber that last time I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, until tonight when I got a suddent urge to eat a PB&J sandwich. I have no idea what brought it on. Renae was out hanging out with friends so there was not a need to cook a big meal, I thought about doing grilled cheese but I used the last of the cheese yesterday. Then the urge hit, "I must have PB&J." So I pull out our Peanut Butter (chunky) and Jelly (Strawberry) and made a sandwich. Honestly it was not that bad, slightly bland which I probably why I disliked it as a kid. Well Renae just came home and she brought some food back for me, awsome. I Love You, honey.
Oh on a side note my little sister, Ruth, decdied to move away from here wordpress.com site and go self-hosted. She is still running a wordpress installation. Her new web address is http://thehonestruth.com Yes, it's a play on word the honest truth, the honest ruth, pretty clever. Renae's cousin Jeremy thought of it. Make sure you go visited her site and give her some comment love.
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Barbecued Chicken
So for a month I've been trying to barbecue some chicken. Tonight I was finally able too. It has been a busy week. A WASC evaluation committee came and visited the High School, from Sunday through Wednesday. Also on Monday through Wednesday of this week my class has had a 2 hour drama practices for the our play. Then on thursday we practice for 4 hours and had our performance at 7:00 pm. Friday was a normal day of school but then we had a youth came and worship night. So I was really tired by the time we got home last night around 10:30 I was ready for bed, and I slept till noon. I felt so much better. When I got up we ran some errands and had in-n-out for breakfast well it was the first meal of the day. (3:oo) I had a 3x3 animal style no picles, fries and a dr. pepper. We then ran to the apple store, and stater bros Once back home I played on the wii for a little bit and then I decided to bbq some chicken. here is was I did.
2 pieces of boneless skinless chicken breast.
spiced with garlic salt, and McCormick's barbeque seasoning
and some Famous Dave's sweet and sassy sauce.
Welcome to March
Welcome the the third month of the year, we call it march. I have not written a substantial post in a while, I apologize. It's been busy. Back on February 12, we had open house at Bethel I spent most of the week trying to get my classroom ready. On the 13th, we had friends over and on the 14 Renae and I had our date. On Sunday the 15 Renae's dad went to the hospital, for two days, with severe pains in his gut. He had an infection in the intestines known as diverticulosis. We spent Sunday night there and came home onday night; Renae went up Tuesday morning and joined her that evening. Wednesday-Sunday was Bethel's Missions Conference so we spent every night there. The following Monday the 23rd was spent out with friends I went to the batting cages and tried my luck a 90 mph pitches, and yes, I did hit the ball at that speed. Tuesday Renae's girl's had a volleyball game which they lost 15-13 in game 3. Wednesday was to the beach with the youth group for our mosaic service. Thursday Renae and I were finally able to spend an evening at home in nearly 3 weeks, we spent the evening cleaning... Friday was Renae's last volleyball game which they won 15-12 in game 3. After the game we headed up to Lighthouse to attend a couples conference Friday night and Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon was spent moving furniture and my In-law's, to help set up their recording music room. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday have thus far been normal. So Welcome to March.
On a side note I have notice a lot of searches have landed people at my website as they are looking for chicken recipes that have ranch. I'm wondering if anybody has tried it? Ranch Breaded Chicken Pasta
Super Powers
Okay so I began think about what the next poll should be and I decided that I should be about super powers. So I've come up with seven oftenly seen super powers and would like to know which one would you choose, if you could have one bestowed upon you. After you vote feel free to comment and mention one that may not have been listed.
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25 Random Things About Me
The follow list contains things you may or may not know about me.
- I became a Christian on February 11, 2006.
- I am married to the most beautiful woman in the world.
- I enjoy video-editing.
- I never thought I would be a teacher.
- I promised myself at age 17 never to own a red truck.
- I have never have gotten a ticket, even though I should have.
- I grew up in the city by the bay.
- I've broken my arm repelling (off my bunk bed, I was 5).
- I've also broken my wrist and ankle
- "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" has more meaning to me than most people.
- I am not right handed.
- If I could be a movie character, I would be Jason Bourne.
- For my 18th birthday I got my wisdom teeth taken out.
- I love to cook.
- I hate doing laundry.
- I have been a counselor at Camp Ironwood for one summer; and worked two other summers in their Leadership Institute Program.
- I would consider myself a "jack of all trades master of none."
- I worked at McDonalds for 3 months and hated it, unlike my brother who enjoyed it.
- I have a BA in Missions from Pacific Baptist College.
- I graduated 7th in my class in High School with a 3.77 (there were only 14 people total in my class).
- I enjoy drinking coffee, and am doing so right now.
- I rented a Mustang Convertible for my honeymoon.
- Mario Karts is my favorite Wii game.
- I love the San Francisco Giants
- I have an orange bike.
- I wonder why this list has to be limited to only 25 things.
- I am a fan of the Houston Texans although I've only watched a handful of games.
- I think "The Empire Strike Back" was the best of the Star Wars movies.
- I am a fan of the University of Michigan, becuase my wife like the team.
- I love to light candles.
- I love my family- parents, siblings, etc.
- I often wonder who actually reads my blog.
- I think list like these are a waste of time, mine and yours.
- The last movie I watched was "Fireproof".
- My favorite song is "Stain Glass Masquerade" by Casting Crowns.
- I would like to go back to school to learn web design another technology degree.
- My favorite dessert is Apple Pie.
Looking Forward To The Main Event
Tomorrow is Bethel's annual Main Event. Our youth staff has been preparing for this for nearly a month. Main Event has always been a activity where the spiritual tone for the year is set, and life-altering decisions are made. We have fun watching the game but right in the middle we take about an hour and have our service. Matt for the first time has not planned the entire service, which with as much responsibilities he has this year it's not a surprise. However Trey, Spencer, Luis, Eric, and I have jumped right in at assisted Matt, thus allowing him to focus on the message that he is going to bring to us. So if you happen to read this post before the end of the game, pray that everything would go well and God would work in the lives of the youth who come.
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Good Morning
So this is my first blog post since I have turned 23. It's going ro be random since I have nothing specific to talk about. We on Januaray 1st, Spencer let me know that he had finanally recovered our honeymoon pictures from the corrrupted SD card which excited both Renae and I, and it's so nice to finally have them. School is going well, this week is spirit week at bethel and yesterday was crazy hair day, so I went to school with a mohawk. Today is red, white, and blue day. Bethel's Main Event is just around the corner on February 1st so that begs the question who do you think will win the Super Bowl.
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Renae has her first volleyball game today, so after school gets out I'll be heading to the gym to watch her team play. Maybe I'll put some picture up tonight or tomorrow of spirit week. We'll see.
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New Year and Everything That Comes With It
Happy New Year. Welcome to 2009. Last year is gone and there are only 365 days until 2010. I have never been one to make New Year's Resolutions, but have have decided to set some goals for my life that I would like to work on this year. But before I start this year I would like to look back over the past year and hit some highlights.
2008 started of a little tough, Spencer my best friend, headed off to marine corps boot camp two weeks into the year with the promise that he would still be able to be my best man at my wedding, that same week I had to have some major dental work done and Renae had her wallet and computer stolen from her while she was at work. Latter in February we had a scare, as Renae thought she might of had an infection in her feet, but fortunately it turned out to be nothing. In March my parents visited during spring break and we went to visit Disneyland. On April 30, 2008 I graduated from college. I began working at Bethel Baptist School soon after graduation and God quickly lead me to an apartment in Garden Grove about 5 miles from Bethel. On June 14, 2008, the love of my life became Mrs Renae Ashton. Oh, and Spencer was able to make it to the wedding, barely. I spent the summer working with the summer school program at Bethel and in September I began teaching 5th grade. Renae and I are doing very well having just celebrated our 6 month aniversary of our wedding, we definatly enjoy married life. For Thanksgiving we spent at Renae's parents and Christmas with mine. It was nice to have my whole family together for almost a week.
Well that was last year... So this year what will be different? What will be the same?
I have decided to set some goals some will be public, others private. I hope that this will help me keep focused on the important things so here is a list of my public goals:
- Grow in my relationship with God
- Grow in my relationship with Renae
- Read my Bible all the way through this year
- Become consistent at journaling
- See at least one unbeliever come to know Christ
- Loose 10-15 pounds
- Stop being a procrastinator
- Read at least 4 Miscellaneous books
- Visit 2 MLB stadiums that I have not been to yet.
- Watch the SF Giants win the World Series.
So I think that will be my list. So although I have never been one to make New Year's Resolutions it appears that I have just done so.
hold nthing back.