Thoughts of Angel

I saw this on Grant's LJ ages ago and forgot to post it ^_^'

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.7
Mind:	6.7
Body:	7
Spirit:	7.9
Friends/Family:	5.6
Love:	0.8
Finance:	6.5
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Ummm... not too bad I guess ^_^' Nothing really surprising there. ^_^ Oh well ^_^

( Little Life Update )

In other events if you have not played Cake Mania it is an addictive game that you can beat quickly! :D EB had it on sale for $10 when I went in so I picked it up. Wow, that game was so much more fun than I thought! So if you need some mindless fun check it out ^_~ Soon I want to buy the new Cooking Mama game ^_^ I completed Children of Mana so I should get a new RPG ^-^'

So my website.... I need to do something different with it. I am thinking of turning it into a CLAMP fan site ^_^ At least for all the cute CLAMP series ^_^ What do you think?

Off I go time to relax and read a little. I'm currently reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. Love might be rated low on the quiz, but at least I can appreciate and relate to a classic love story ^_~ I need to read now before my job starts soon and I get to busy ^_^'

I hope everyone is doing well ^_^ *huggles* Hopefully, something more interesting to say next time ^_^

Extra hugs to Russ for the Darren Hayes cd! I had no idea he had come out with a new cd. I am enjoying it so much ^_^ Yay! ^_^ He has a great voice ^_^

Hey!!! ^_^ How is everyone!!!? I have missed everyone so much! They should have warned me that they do not allow student teachers to have a life :P j/k I guess it is just one of those things ^_^ But I really do love it so I can't complain too much.

( Long update about school ^_^ )

Super good news!!! ^_^ Passed my PRAXIS II exam!!! ^_^ YAY!!!! ^_^ For people who are wondering what that is it is like a certification exam for teachers. I was soooo excited!!! ^_^ So happy news! ^_^


Just to show my classroom ^_^ I took the students faces out though ^-^ Yes, they are almost as tall as me :P They tease me for being short but I told them if they ever had to work with kindergartners like I had they would be happy to be short ^_~ We're doing a story board activity ^_^ They had fun ^_^

( A few more photos and I went to the fair too! )

So Anyway ^_^ there is my life. At school, lesson planning, or grading papers. Oh, yes and working because they do not pay me to student teach :( Even when my student teaching is over I still want to go my classroom ^_^ I really do like it ^_^ At least until I find a job but I can't apply for a job until sometime in February or March ~_~ It takes that long for my license to go through. Oh well ^_^ So in a nut shell my life is school, but I'm not sure if I'd want it any other way ^_^

I hope everyone else is doing well ^_^ The downside to being at school all the time is that I miss everyone outside of school. *huggles* ^_^ Please, email me or call or anything ^_^ *more huggles* ^_^ I have a long to do list of people I want to write and as soon as I get another moment away from lesson planning I will!

Speaking of lesson planning.... back to the drawing board. ^_^' Bye! ^_^

Hi ^_^ Wow it has been a while. I guess with my summer off I kind of took off from everything 0_o Lots of news though!! ^_^ First off there is a new family member…. Precious! ^_^ My mom has a new dog that is super sweet and cute ^_^ Yes, I do have a picture :D



Lets see… oh! I went to the beach as well ^_^ That was really fun. I do have pictures but not on my computer at the moment. Maybe I will post a few soon ^_^ The ocean is so pretty *_* I wish I could live there but living near the beach is always pricey ^-^’ I doubt a teacher income would let me live at the beach *sigh* Oh well ^_^ I can visit! ^_^

Speaking of teaching I start my student teaching soon! It has been crazy I have been working like mad lately to try and get all of my material ready *_* I’m not totally sure what I need since I haven’t seen the student textbooks yet but I am preparing the best I can for the moment ^_^ So much to study for exam for my teaching license. I’m excited though ^_^

In all this madness I have not worked on any new costumes :( I guess I’m semi-retired since my student teaching will take up all my time and then job hunting will take over *_* Although, I would like to choose one complex costume to just slowly work on for fun ^_^ Not sure what though… I do want to drop by Animazement next year even if only for a day. I have no clue where I will be or what I will be doing in May next year. That is such a weird feeling ^_^’ In the past I always knew what I was going to be doing but now I have endless possibilities ^_^ Yay ^_^ That will be fun and hopefully I will find a job at a good school ^_^ Still feels strange not being able to plan ahead *_*

In other cosplay news, I think I’m going to sell my mascot costumes on eBay as lot together. The same body suit is used for both so I think it would be sad to separate the two. The costumes are soooo cute though I’m going to be sad to part with them *_* as long as they get a home and someone to wear them again it will be okay…. ^_^

Before I run off I have to say…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSS!!! I hope you had a nice birthday! ^_^

Okay, off for me ^_^ I have some more school notes I need to organize and then off to dreamland. So has everyone been having a wonderful summer? ^_^ I hope it has been a great summer so far for everyone ^_^ *huggles* ^_^ Take care ^_^

Hey everyone! ^_^ Yes, I have finally update my website. Wow, that is super long overdue isn’t? ^_~ I don’t have the convention report up yet and I haven’t take the May photos 0_o So much to do. However, I did take photos of Belldandy! ^_^ also, I finally added stronghawkchik1 website link on my site ^_^ Sorry, it took so long girl ^-^’ I do like your website though and I will explore it more soon! ^_^

Oh, and I’m selling Belldany. Yep, Angel needs money ^-^’ I heard tuition is going up again 0_o and I still have stuff I need to get before school starts back. Yes, I’m even already thinking about how to buy Christmas gifts ^_~ *lol* My mind works to much I’m on vacation! Oh well one day I will relax ^_^

Anyway ^_^ here is one Belldandy image I made for CosplayLab.com for more Belldandy pictures just go to CosplayAngel.com



*huggles* I hope that you enjoy the updates ^_^ Talk to everyone again soon! ^_^

Hi everyone! ^_^

Well… I’m now old :P j/k I had another birthday ^_^’ but I guess those things seem to come every year ^_~ It was a great birthday though! Because my birthday was Saturday of Animazement! I can’t really think of a better way to have spent my birthday ^_^ Lots of friends and my family! Thank you so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday ^_^ It was nice to come home to emails ^-^

The convention was great and there were a lot of people this year 0_o Maybe it was just me but the hall ways were so crowed I couldn’t even wear a costume in the lobby area! Even though I didn’t get a chance to wear many costumes I had a great time. I didn’t get any photos with Grant’s costume :( Everything just felt very busy to me for some reason ^_^’

Now I am officially retired from hosting the Animazement cosplay! ^_^ Yay ^_^ The cosplay takes so much energy *_* Plus I hope they get someone really amazing to do it next year ^_^ Not that I think I’m bad, but I’m not much of stage person 0_o The other staff members of Animazement do so much better with large crowds than me. *lol* Like Phil is so funny running any event! ^_^ I’m certainly not a take charge kind of person either 0_o I don’t really like getting up in front of people. I only enjoyed it because the staff of Animazement is so amazingly wonderful ^_^ I really do love them all ^_^ Plus, I got meet all the other cosplayers without having to be in the cosplay ^_~ A very cool added bonus ^_^ I really do think the cosplayers at Animazement are some of the nicest people I have ever meet ^_^ Awww… I’m gonna miss everyone!!! Maybe if I ask they will let me volunteer to help with whoever is MCing next year ^_^ I’m good at running around trying to help out ^_^

Alright, time for pictures! I will have a full official Animazement report on my website ^_^ and photos ^_^ But for now I thought I’d post a few here:

( Animazement )

After the convention Doug staid for a visit for a few days ^_^ *lol* He really is so sweet. Taking pictures is something I have always enjoyed and he let me take all the photos I wanted. Even super silly ones! Haha ^_^ So I thought I’d share a few ^_^ I thought they turned out fun ^_^

( Doug )

Okay… okay I will stop posting photos… for now ^_~ I just feel a little behind ^-^’ Oh! ^_^ The family just got a new puppy!!! ^_^ She is soooo cute! I will take some photos of her soon and post them ^_^ Also, I will be taking good photos of my May and Belldandy costumes ^_^ I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend ^_^ *hugs* More from me soon! ^_^ Take care ^_^

Hi everyone ^_^

Sorry, I haven’t posted anything lately. Thank you to everyone who emailed me or posted about the loss of my cat Pooka *hugs* Getting everything ready for Animazement has been keeping me busy at least. I have been working so to get everything ready 0_o The good news is that I think the costumes will be ready! ^_^

First off Belldandy! I have been working on Belldandy since my classes ended and I think she will be ready in time! ^_^ The only thing I have left are the gloves then I will be finished. I’m not totally happy with how the necklace turned out :( but it is still cute at least. There are a few small adjustments that I need to make but over all I’m happy! ^_^ Soon I will have nice pictures of the costume but here is a picture I took when I tried it on today.



Also, May is almost finished!!! ^_^ I thought she was finished but I tried on the partial boot cover I made and I didn’t like it :P I was tired of sewing so I was hopping it would look good enough ~_~ So hopefully I can it finished before the convention. I think I’m burning out a little after all this sewing ^_~’ Maybe favorite parts are the hat and the super cute dolphin! ^_^ That is such a fun prop :D Of course, I made May since Doug will be cosplaying as Johnny ^_^ You can’t have a Johnny without an adoring May ^_~ Here is the May picture ^_^ I was happy that the costume doesn’t need any adjusting! Yay ^_^



Last but not least, Amy told me she wanted a costume for the convention too. Okay, so normally I run from super last minute costumes….. 0_o Those are always so stressful! But for Amy I will do it ^_^’ So Amy came over on Sunday since I needed her here to try on the costume as I was making it. The costume is Peach from Mario Power Tennis ^_^ I think Amy will make a super cute Peach! I’m just surprised we almost finished the costume in a day. There are only a few more details I need to add ^_^ I just hope I can finish every thing *_*

There is my costume update before the convention! ^_^ The list of costumes I will be taking will be:

- Miaka school girl from Fushigi Yugi
- Belldandy blue dress from Ah! My Goddess
- May orange version from Guilty Gear X2
- Hikaru armor version from Magic Knight Rayearth

I was considering taking Asuka but I don’t think I will have time to wear it so I might leave it at home. I think four costumes is more than enough to wear ^_^

*huggles for everyone* ^_^ Let me know if anyone can make it to Animazement so I can find you and say hi!!!! ^_^

Well, I haven’t talk to anyone about this lately because well… I was hopping for the best and I didn’t think it was anything bad just something normal and it would work out on its own ~_~ I hate it when I’m wrong…. I found out this morning my cat died :(

Pooka has been missing for the last few days. At first I wasn’t too worried because he is an outdoor cat and sometimes he would hide for a while but his food dish would be empty in the morning. We thought he must be stuck in a tree again and I’ve been going out and looking for him every day. There is a cat door on the storage building and he has a litter pan and cat bed in there. I have been checking there trying to see if he had been there sleeping but he hasn’t for a few days. That was really unlike him ~_~

Then today I asked my dad and he found Pooka. He said he was glad I didn’t find him when I was looking. Apparently a stray dog got him before he could get to his home in the storage building ~_~ My dad found Pooka not to far from there. My dad actually found him yesterday. But I had my math final yesterday, so he didn’t want to tell me. I’m trying to get all the crying out now before class tonight *_* I’m sure I will look horrible in class but oh well *_* at least my final for that class is next week. At least I know what to happend to him ~_~ I just wish I could have saved him from the stray dog or something ~_~ poor Pooka. He really was the sweetest cat ever.

I know any of my friends who have been to my house knew Pooka he was the friendliest pet in the family. Pooka truly loved everyone and was a wonderful cat. He was my only pet who liked having his picture taken. Cosplay photo shoots won’t be the same without Pooka pawing at my legs wanting to get into the photo. Pooka will live on in my heart forever ^-^



Now I have to try to study for finals. ~_~ I just wanted to let everyone know.

Fun news!!!! ^_^ I taught my first ever full lesson! ^_^ Yay I had a great time the downside is I had to video tape the lesson for my professor to watch 0_o That is a little nerve racking though. She is one of the state’s top math elementary math professors she helped write the state’s course of study for math. I just hope she will think I did okay with my lesson. The classroom teacher that I taught the lesson in thought I did a good job ^_^ So at least that made me feel better. It was in a first grade classroom. The students were so good I was amazed ^_^ They all really seemed really excited which was good ^_^ Although, they had so much fun it almost got a little out of hand ^_~ The students liked the balance scale so much I had to make them share ^_^ But I was happy the students seemed to have a good time. I know I had a good time. Oh! ^_^ I learned I will be student teaching third grade, at least that is what they think at the moment. I’m excited I like third grade. Really, I was hoping for first but that is okay ^_^ I think third grade will be great too. I’m just really excited ^_^ Also, my school gave me a scholarship! ^_^’ I didn’t even apply for one so I’m not even sure how that works. I will take all the help paying for school that I can ^_^

In other news… I have the whole summer off! ^_^ Not sure what to do with my whole summer though. A lot of my friends have moved so not a lot of people to hangout with. I will have lots of time to prepare for student teaching and for my Praxis II ^_^ I wanted to travel a little this summer but I can’t think of anywhere other than the beach. Also, traveling takes money :P Maybe next summer after I have worked and saved some money ^_^ I want to go to the mountains for a few days sometime but I need to be better shape if I want to go hiking ^_~ I always though it would be fun :D In North Carolina we have these lovely mountains and I have never really been there much ^_^ First the mountains of NC then the world! j/k I might save the world for a little later. Anyway ^_^ If anyone is bored over the summer and needs someone to hangout with let me know! ^_^ After my super busy school summer last year it is going to be weird for me ^-^

I can’t believe it Animazement is coming up ^_^ I am not sure what costumes I’m going to bring this year. For the moment I think I am bring Miaka, May and Hikaru ^_^ I might try to make a new costume too. School for me finishes up at the beginning of May so that gives me a little time to work on stuff ^_^ Hopefully, I will see some people I know at the convention! ^_^ If you are coming let me know and I will be sure to look for you and I always run around to give all my friends a hug ^_^

Alright, well off to dinner for me! ^_^ Yay ^_^ Sea food I rarely ever go out for sea food for some reason. Going out is a good excuse to take a break from homework ^_~ I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to their weekend! *hugs* ^_^

So I just got back from class and I saw this on MSN home page!!!

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=256562>1=7701

The post office is making Star Wars stamps!!! ^_^ A down side though, of course the post office is releasing the stamps right after the price of stamps goes up to .41 cents *sigh* It will still be worth it ^_^

In other news, school is insane right now *_* but in a good way ^_^ The end is near so stuff always gets a little hectic. Other good school news I meet the teacher I will be student teaching with in the fall! Yay ^_^ She will be good for me because she is very different from my natural style. I'm way too easy on students, but she is going to fix that I'm sure. ^_~ It will be really hard on me at first. I'm always a push over but that isn’t good for students. It should help make me a much better teacher ^_^

Alright, I should get some sleep ^_^ Hope everyone has had a wonderful day! ^_^

Okay ^_^ well I have a ton of school projects I should have been working on Friday, but I didn’t ^_~ For some reason I just felt really inspired 0_o I’m weird about things like that I can only be creative when I feel like it. *sigh* If only I could turn it on and off when I wanted :( I have been doing tons of school work so I spent part of the day Friday just sewing ^_^ Bravo had a marathon of Top Design on Friday as well! ^_^ For some reason I like watching design style shows while I am sewing ^-^

Long story short I started and finished my Primera costume for my dollfie! ^_^ Yay ^_^ I’m so excited I think she looks so cute ^_^ Now if I want to wear my Hikura costume I have an outfit for my dollfie to match. Of course Grant if you want to borrow the dollfie for pictures with your Lantis costume I think it will work well ^_^ Although, the dollfie might be a little larger that Primera was in the anime ^-^ so the scale might not be perfect but at least the dollfie does look cute ^_^ *happy*



Also, my website is back up ^_^ I keep going over my bandwidth ^-^’

( School Stuff )
Alright, time to go back to writing up reports for class ^_^ I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend ^_^