Third Grade

While cleaning out my closet yesterday, I found something that was very precious to me as a child.

My teacher had us make a Memory Book over Christmas and Spring breaks.  I don't know whatever happened to the Christmas one, but I found this one and it brought back a flood of memories.

This is me with my favorite stuffed animal at the time.  I still have this teddy bear in my pet net hanging in my bedroom.  I was all about the tie dye and neon back then.

Some things never change.  My favorite subject is still space.  In fact, in a few weeks we're going to see a lecture from Niel deGrasse Tyson.  (Omgee I'm so excited!!)

Can't fathon which book I was refering to with "horse".  "101 Dalmatians" I remember playing at recess because I had that entire movie memorized.  One thing I forgot that I wish I remembered was our school trip to the OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).  It was easily the best school field trip I went on. Too bad I can't recall much of it.  Every time we drive through Portland I tell Aaron (and anyone else in the car) I went there, lol!

Well there's a little snippet of my past.  Hope you enjoyed it!  What are some of your favorite things from elementary school?  Do you remember?  <3

My Day Is Made Thanks to NASA

When I was little, I used to pour over all my Dad's astronomy books. Anything with pictures of stars/planets/space that I could get my hands on I wanted to see it. My little head tried to fathom just how large our universe was, how far away Mars was from us, and that our galaxy wasn't the end of space. Throughout elementary school and middle school, I did countless reports and projects on space and planets.

Now that I'm grown up, I still have that same love and passion for space. So much so that I trade off reading fiction and non-fiction that is either space or physics oriented. I'm very dedicated to it.

That being said, I have been following Mars Curiosity rover pretty closely. So much, in fact, that this "trailer" of the landing almost brought me to tears. I'm such a sap, I know.


This morning, I saw that there was a Google Hangout with part of the NASA team and they wanted user questions, so I just HAD to join. To be honest, I thought really hard about what question I wanted to ask. I might have even fretted slightly about it. Only slightly. Anyways! My question was the first fan question they asked and answered! I just about died! While I was helping a customer I heard my name and my question being asked. I may have flipped out a bit. And then was incredibly embarrassed and blushed profusely. My cheeks were hurting my smiling so much. My stomach is still in knots about it.


While I totally recommend you watching the entire video, if you fast forward to 7:19 you'll see my question and the awesome answer they gave.

I'm so excited!

Back to work with me now. I hope everyone is having a lovely and just plain awesome Friday!

♥