November 2010
11 posts
“Because of pure green peas.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Spanish idiom from Peru that translates “for no reason.”
October 2010
67 posts
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Since I talked about Winston Churchill today I decided to do a quote instead of an idiom. Someone sent me this and I love it because even Churchill understood to some degree about living the way of give.
Saturday, October 30
Today was a great day. Even though I didn’t get up as early as I wanted to, I ended up having more time in the morning then I planned on having. I then ended up drinking quite a bit of coffee over the day - small one at brekkie, then a toffee mocha frappucino from Starbucks (which was a bit sweet) and then a small one at afternoon tea (I had to have something to dunk Alayna’s...
Friday, October 29
Today I woke up early and worked out with Liz - man, the day goes SO well when I do! I had lots of energy even though I didn’t have lots of sleep. I did 2.5K and 50 overhead squats. Classes went well. I got a good grade back on my Life and Teaching test (phew!), although it did include a 9 point curve. Now only 3 midterms left to find out about. They are the ones I’m worried about -...
“A good fork.”
– Idiom of the Day
An Italian idiom for “a hearty eater”.
Here is the original English/French version of I...
Wednesday, October 27 - Thursday, October 28
I’m sorry that I didn’t blog yesterday - it was SUPER crazy with the concert and I didn’t get back to the dorm, except to change until 10:22 and I left the dorm at 7:30am - long day! Oh and I work 4.5 hours before working 5 hours at the concert. I came back the dorm and was absolutely bombed after only having 4 hours of sleep the night before and working out with Alayna. The...
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“To distort one’s stomach skin.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Japanese idiom meaning “to die laughing.”
It kind of ruins the point when translated into English - don’t you think?
“Cooked like a lobster.”
– Idiom of the Day
An Italian idiom meaning “exhausted.”
“To count stars.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Russian idiom meaning “to twiddle your thumbs” - something you never have time for at AC.
Tuesday, October 26
Today was quite a good day overall. I woke up really anxious about the Principles midterm but it went pretty well overall. The one scripture that I didn’t memorize was on the matching list so I was super happy about that - definitely an answered prayer. CrossFit today wasn’t too bad because we only worked on dead lifts so while it made me sore, it wasn’t super tiring. I then got...
Monday, October 25
Ok, so I’m doing this blog on Tuesday evening. I was too busy last night studying for my Principles midterm to blog.
The day started off really well. I got up early (5:20am!) to go workout with one of the sophomores. I rowed 2K and did 50 squats and I haven’t felt so happy and energetic throughout the day like that in a while. Plus I was alert by 6am, which if you know me at all (my...
“To have mustaches.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Spanish idiom from Latin America meaning “a person of energy.”
Sunday, October 24
While it was a pretty busy day, I was happy to find it was quite productive as well.
I slept in to 9:08, except it wasn’t really a sleep in considering I went to bed after midnight. I was writing out my scripture memory cards for my Principles midterm so it was for a good reason. Then I went to work for almost 3 hours, went to a wedding, went back to work for just over 2 hours, came back to...
“To be in the green.”
– Idiom of the Day
An Italian idiom meaning “to be broke.”
(It’s kind of ironic in English, isn’t it?)
WatchWe had a bonfire sing-a-long and this song came up.
“I’ve got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell.”
“To pull through cocoa.”
– Idiom of the Day
A German idiom meaning “to ridicule.”
Wednesday, October 21
So I’m hoping that my idiom of the day will help me with my Life and Teachings midterm. I studied for a bit this afternoon (though I felt awful all day).
So I had a 7-way Gmail chat tonight - first of all, it’s really fast paced and hard keep up with. It was crazy. I laughed so much.
Hmmm… so not much really happened. After L&T tomorrow I will only have one midterm left -...
“To be a coconut.”
– A Spanish idiom from Latin America meaning “intelligent.”
“To look like September.”
– Idiom
A Russian idiom for “to have a long face.”
Binary
So group chat about binary on gmail - I am officially stupid. This calls for a second idiom.
“To break a heart’s blisters.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Hindu idiom meaning “to relieve the suffering of the heart or mind.”
Wednesday, October 20
We had a Life and Teachings review game class today. I was planning on studying for it but didn’t end up doing it but I still knew a bunch of answers so I was super excited. I felt bad because I kept answering questions for my group. We played Bible Basketball so once you answered the question you got a chance to get another point by shooting a ball of paper into a little (actually, tiny… one...
Tueday, October 19
So last night I discovered that the 2008 version of Knight Rider is on Hulu. They only made 17 episodes and even though it was getting kind of corny at the end. The way I got onto the topic was that someone suggested I watch Macgyver, this show from the 80’s or something, and I barely got 27 seconds through it. It was so argh! Typical 80’s I guess. So painful!
Today I just went to...
“A squeezer of limes.”
– Idiom of the Day
A Hindu idiom for “a self-invited guest.”
“To seize the moon by the teeth.”
– A French idiom meaning “to attempt the impossible.”
“To walk with one’s elbows.”
– Cuban idiom for “stingy.”
Monday, October 18
So I had two of my midterms today - Business and Western Civilization. They went much better than I thought. So that was good. Didn’t get much sleep last night with the studying so I was a bit out of it this morning. Hmm… not that much else happened today.
So about some of the videos…
I am a big fan of improv shows so posted a bunch from and Australian one if you are wondering...
Re: Ancient Parental Proverb
Hence, me being a little too happy at work today I think.
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ANCIENT PARENTAL PROVERB
Daughter who gets up too late, too late realizes she went to bed too late:)
“No time to die.”
– Idiom of the Day
Russian idiom for “overwhelmed with work.”
Sunday, October 17
Hmm… ok so today I was going to wake up and be all Miss Self-Disciplined - be up by 9am and get my room all organized and send some emails to people I should have done weeks ago, and study for my Business midterm… all before going to work at noon. Guess what time I woke up? 11:38. Yeppers, so I just went to work instead. Then I did some homework, ate some dinner, organized some of my...
