You've been told that you learn something new everyday. I am trying to write down at least one thing I have learned while at college!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
State FFA Officer
One of the greatest feelings I will ever feel is running up onto the Wisconsin Association of FFA Convention stage after being announced as a state officer. I will continue my daily knowledge as I serve this great organization and share "What I Learn as a State Officer" on my blog there! Feel free to check out what I am doing over this next year!
The address is www.wisconsinffa.org. Just click on the 4 on the top buttons. It is right behind the State Officer blogs!
Enjoy!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Study Day is the Best!!
Do NOT try to drink iced latte out of a straw without picking it up when the drink is right next to your computer!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Finals and Babies!
At birth, a one percent solution of silver nitrate is placed in a newborn's eyes to protect the eyes from infection.
Friday, May 7, 2010
The Last Lecture(s)
The most important environmental issue today is SOIL DESERTIFICATION.
You can clean silver with some salt, baking powder, and boiling water!
You can clean silver with some salt, baking powder, and boiling water!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
26 Hours of Home!
4/30/10 If you are going to keep a good household, make sure you always have Jell-O and whip cream around!
5/1/10 You know you’re family is technology advanced or just running out of names when you have a calf named Facebook!
5/1/10 You know you’re family is technology advanced or just running out of names when you have a calf named Facebook!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Mr. Soil Colloid
4/28/10 Dr. Balster: “Charge for Charge, NOT Ion for Ion. All together now:” Class and Dr. B: “Charge for Charge, NOT Ion for Ion!”
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
15th Annual AWA Breakfast on the Farm
4/24/10 It is easy to tell when you haven’t done manual labor in a while!
4/25/10 Go to sleep early the night before Breakfast on the Farm, not the morning of!
4/26/10 Don’t leave a paper that is due the day after BOTF until the night of Breakfast!
4/25/10 Go to sleep early the night before Breakfast on the Farm, not the morning of!
4/26/10 Don’t leave a paper that is due the day after BOTF until the night of Breakfast!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Because I'm a FARM GIRL!!!
The first ever Jersey Journal is absolutely AWESOME!!!
“There is no greater place to prepare kids for life than a farm.” –Farmer in Hoard’s Dairyman
“There is no greater place to prepare kids for life than a farm.” –Farmer in Hoard’s Dairyman
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Clay and Coldstone
4/21/10 Clay is in the dashboard of cars, in make-up, on pills, in computers and pretty much anywhere! “Clay is everywhere, it permeates our lives.” –Dr. Balster
4/22/10 The coffee flavored ice cream at Coldstone must have caffeine in it!
4/22/10 The coffee flavored ice cream at Coldstone must have caffeine in it!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Pigs!!
Take time for the things you were excited about. No matter how hard it’s going to be or how time consuming, you’ll still be excited for it!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Playing Catch Up!
4/16/10 Taking random pictures on a big red 1848 can lead to great memories!
4/17/10 The Chronicles of Narnia are amazing…so need to read them!
4/18/10 Doing homework in the sun is fun!
4/19/10 My chem professor likes to make jokes. No one laughs.
4/19/10 “Unless life also hands you water and sugar, your lemonade is gonna suck!”
4/17/10 The Chronicles of Narnia are amazing…so need to read them!
4/18/10 Doing homework in the sun is fun!
4/19/10 My chem professor likes to make jokes. No one laughs.
4/19/10 “Unless life also hands you water and sugar, your lemonade is gonna suck!”
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Avoiding Homework 101
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” –Galadriel in LOTR
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
K-State Purple Pride
3/27/10 Flying by yourself isn’t that bad!
3/28/10 Kansas has hills, well a couple!
3/29/10 Filafil mix from a box isn’t very good. Beware of the aftertaste.
3/30/10 Manhattan, KS is full of surprises, including a creek behind the cemetery!
3/31/10 There are these birds in Columbia that will attack you if you get too close!
4/1/10 How to cut up beef ribs!
4/2/10 Don’t park your car underneath a tree right after you wash it!
4/3/10 “The girl's bathroom smells bad.” –Little boy in the KC airport girl’s bathroom
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Little Tidbits!
3/22/10 Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer –and it comes from bedrock!
3/23/10 Entropy will be the weirdest thing you will learn in Chem 104 –Chris, Chemistry TA
3/23/10 Entropy will be the weirdest thing you will learn in Chem 104 –Chris, Chemistry TA
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Formal
3/20/10 The Wintergreen Resort is a white building with a green roof!
3/21/10 After staying up until 3am, two nights in a row, the next day just might be an epic fail!
3/21/10 After staying up until 3am, two nights in a row, the next day just might be an epic fail!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
FCC Forever
No matter how long you've been out of cross country, Coach Lease's voice will still be in your head when you run.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
St. Patrick's Day
"Thank goodness for soil, or we wouldn't have shamrocks and we wouldn't have luck." ~Dr. Balster
Monday, March 15, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Village Inn
An angel just might be smoking a cigarette and wearing baggy pants.
How to change a car battery, in the rain at 1am.
How to change a car battery, in the rain at 1am.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
World War I
The colorless, poisonous gas phosgene smells faintly of fresh cut hay, but it is lethal if breathed in! So how do they know what it smells like??
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Spring is almost here!
A water puddle followed by a large ice spot on a side walk is a sure sign that spring in Wisconsin is on the way!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
For Him, By Him
The German word for constant starts with a K.
There is a black hole in the middle of the Milky Way and the Galaxy revolves around it!
There is a black hole in the middle of the Milky Way and the Galaxy revolves around it!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Ag Econ
Actually claiming you are from Iowa during class (right after the professor made fun of the state), just might get you a fist bump from the professor!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Communication
I know my family so well that when talking to my Mom via text message, I knew that she was telling me something that Dad said!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Advice From Others
2/26/10 A pat on the back can build character if administered often enough, hard enough, and low enough.
2/27/10 Egyptians are bad kissers.
2/28/10 When I think "I don’t measure up to much in this life," I need to remember that "I’m a treasure in the arms of Christ" ~from Forgiven by Sanctus Real
2/27/10 Egyptians are bad kissers.
2/28/10 When I think "I don’t measure up to much in this life," I need to remember that "I’m a treasure in the arms of Christ" ~from Forgiven by Sanctus Real
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Agriculture Abounds!
2/20/10 Grant County will indeed bring home the Crap Ribbon from any meats judging contest!
2/21/10 How to grow corn. (during the sermon at church)
2/22/10 National FFA Week is so much more exciting outside of high school and less stressful!
2/23/10 How to successfully eat yogurt while walking to class, without spilling on yourself!
2/21/10 How to grow corn. (during the sermon at church)
2/22/10 National FFA Week is so much more exciting outside of high school and less stressful!
2/23/10 How to successfully eat yogurt while walking to class, without spilling on yourself!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Chicken
After years of hearing how wonderful Orthridge Farms chicken is compared to store bought crap, I now truly understand. I miss our farm-fresh “chicken on the bone!”
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Lots of Knowledge!
Here's what I've learned thus far!
9/21/09 My thought….thinks she would rather take two more years of Mr. G's ap calc than a year of chem 103 and 104. Is that a possibility??
9/22/09 When there is a 50% chance of rain and it looks like rain, TAKE YOUR UMBRELLA TO CLASS!!!
10/2/09 English muffins straight off the griddle are hot!
10/5/09 Just because the traffic was clear when you looked the first time, doesn’t mean it still is!
10/6/09 Rain + wind + umbrella= broken umbrella
10/7/09 Green dry erase markers smell bad.
10/7/09 Tomatoes are the closest thing to the devil...
10/8/09 I am so totally out of shape!!!
10/9/09 “Sleep is important too. Get enough sleep. Midterms are not worth it!” -Ashley about the Animal Science 101 exam 1
10/12/09 Thought of the day… Why am I proud to be an American?? (During American History class, learning about slavery and Indian removal.)
10/13/09 Chemistry is the dumbest thing created by man. (already known, just reinforced)
10/13/09 Homework makes me act like my wether, Aiden, aka A.D.D. Child!
10/14/09 “If you don’t drink your milk, you will die!” -Dr. Cook
10/15/09 It works best, when trying to listen to music, to turn the music on when you put on your headphones! Only cool people sit in the library with their headphones on without any music!
10/17/09 Making a top bunk of a bunk bed that is up against the wall is difficult!
10/19/09 There is still hope…there are guys with manners still out there! (Random guy held the door open for me into class)
10/20/09 Chemistry + pillow=sleep
10/21/09 Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Bean = Vegetable. AND….
Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar beets. Both of them are plants, in the vegetable category.
Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.
Chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.
10/22/09 College + rain = Not fun!!
10/23/09 Hot Chocolate (from LDS) + Walking to class = bad idea!
10/25/09 College related word magnets are a great way to NOT get your homework done!
10/26/09 Education is dumb.
11/3/09 The Chemistry Library is a great place for a nap. But that is not a good way to get your chemistry done.
11/5/09 How to milk a cow!!
11/8/09 My friends are rude and liars….they didn’t go to a puppet show! It was a track meet!!
11/9/09 If you don’t want to get out of bed in the morning, DON’T GET OUT OF BED! IT’S A SIGN!! (It also helps to go to a college that won’t inform you halfway through your first semester that your major is no longer available.)
11/11/09 Making cookies in a non-Pampered Chef kitchen is quite difficult and not as much fun!! I’m spoiled when it comes to kitchen products!!
11/16/09 How to walk fast!
11/19/09 How to bleed a chicken! ….”If you can bleed a chicken, you can do anything. You can become an IV drug user” –Dr. Cook
11/24/09 How to show a pig!
11/29/09 “Don’t ever stop in Winterset, Iowa for a potty break…gas station has ONE coed toilet! And it seems to have a never ending line. Took forever.” –Dana
11/30/09 SCUBA as in scuba diving stands for something: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus!! I learned something in chemistry!!
12/1/09 AGR+ fire extinguishers + 3am + Christmas trees = fire department coming to AWA house + a mess = Christmas spirit is here!!!
12/2/09 A quote from Dana’ Ag econ professor: “How does a women make a man dumb? All she must do is take off her clothes.”
12/2/09 “Guys are dumb.” -Scott
12/2/09 The word: avuncular! Means uncle-like!
12/7/09 “Why doesn’t MacDonalds use cage free eggs? They don’t want to kill people!” –Dr. Cook
12/9/09 Snow Days in College are fun!! So is sledding on cafeteria trays!
12/13/09 Being single is a good thing…Jesus was single!
12/14/09 An AnSci review session with the T.A.s is a waste of time.
12/15/09 Listening to the horrors of U.S. history was bad in enough in class…now rereading it just makes me even more angry! People did that to PEOPLE. NO MATTER THE COLOR OF THE SKIN…PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE!
12/ 18/09 Study Day at Blackhawk Church is AMAZING!!!
12/18/09 Jesus makes me smile!
12/19/09 Don’t drink coffee (aka French vanilla creamer with a little coffee) at 10:30 pm and try to go to sleep at 1am.
1/19/10 Being in the city is suffocating me already! And it’s only the first day back to classes!
1/21/10 I think I’m going to like my ag econ professor!
1/22/10 Maybe I should have read my chem book before going to class! Oops!
1/23/10 Reading my chemistry book, I mean actually reading and paying attention, is showing me just how great God’s love is for us and all other creatures He created! He is one smart man!
1/24/10 The smell of ripe raspberries is a favorite of the authors of my chemistry book…is that essential to my education???
1/27/10 Chemistry does not deserve a second chance!
1/28/10 Pyometra: white pus. It’s just a fancy name for uterine infection.
2/1/10 Taking a nap in between classes is a bad idea…but a four and a half hour nap does feel good!
2/2/10 You know you’re in college when your professors start referring to alcohol consumption to teach a lesson. For some reason, it’s not working for me!
2/3/10 Roommates (Present and Future) are amazing!
2/4/10 When you put on a name tag, put it on your right side!
2/10/10 Its bad when you learn and understand more about chemistry basics in one day of Soil Science than you did in a semester of Chem!
2/12/10 Earthworms poop minerals! Isn’t that amazing? They actually poop minerals! And they didn’t originate in the U.S.!
2/13/10 I need to go to Reader’s Anonymous!
2/14/10 I want to go to Minneapolis sometime this summer and spend a week or so volunteering at Shriners!
2/14/10 Jesus is my Valentine, for forever and ever!
2/14/10 Sometimes the best ideas for supper come straight out of the book you’re reading! The fried potatoes were amazing at 9:30pm. Thanks Salina and Jeremy!
9/21/09 My thought….thinks she would rather take two more years of Mr. G's ap calc than a year of chem 103 and 104. Is that a possibility??
9/22/09 When there is a 50% chance of rain and it looks like rain, TAKE YOUR UMBRELLA TO CLASS!!!
10/2/09 English muffins straight off the griddle are hot!
10/5/09 Just because the traffic was clear when you looked the first time, doesn’t mean it still is!
10/6/09 Rain + wind + umbrella= broken umbrella
10/7/09 Green dry erase markers smell bad.
10/7/09 Tomatoes are the closest thing to the devil...
10/8/09 I am so totally out of shape!!!
10/9/09 “Sleep is important too. Get enough sleep. Midterms are not worth it!” -Ashley about the Animal Science 101 exam 1
10/12/09 Thought of the day… Why am I proud to be an American?? (During American History class, learning about slavery and Indian removal.)
10/13/09 Chemistry is the dumbest thing created by man. (already known, just reinforced)
10/13/09 Homework makes me act like my wether, Aiden, aka A.D.D. Child!
10/14/09 “If you don’t drink your milk, you will die!” -Dr. Cook
10/15/09 It works best, when trying to listen to music, to turn the music on when you put on your headphones! Only cool people sit in the library with their headphones on without any music!
10/17/09 Making a top bunk of a bunk bed that is up against the wall is difficult!
10/19/09 There is still hope…there are guys with manners still out there! (Random guy held the door open for me into class)
10/20/09 Chemistry + pillow=sleep
10/21/09 Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Bean = Vegetable. AND….
Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar beets. Both of them are plants, in the vegetable category.
Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.
Chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.
10/22/09 College + rain = Not fun!!
10/23/09 Hot Chocolate (from LDS) + Walking to class = bad idea!
10/25/09 College related word magnets are a great way to NOT get your homework done!
10/26/09 Education is dumb.
11/3/09 The Chemistry Library is a great place for a nap. But that is not a good way to get your chemistry done.
11/5/09 How to milk a cow!!
11/8/09 My friends are rude and liars….they didn’t go to a puppet show! It was a track meet!!
11/9/09 If you don’t want to get out of bed in the morning, DON’T GET OUT OF BED! IT’S A SIGN!! (It also helps to go to a college that won’t inform you halfway through your first semester that your major is no longer available.)
11/11/09 Making cookies in a non-Pampered Chef kitchen is quite difficult and not as much fun!! I’m spoiled when it comes to kitchen products!!
11/16/09 How to walk fast!
11/19/09 How to bleed a chicken! ….”If you can bleed a chicken, you can do anything. You can become an IV drug user” –Dr. Cook
11/24/09 How to show a pig!
11/29/09 “Don’t ever stop in Winterset, Iowa for a potty break…gas station has ONE coed toilet! And it seems to have a never ending line. Took forever.” –Dana
11/30/09 SCUBA as in scuba diving stands for something: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus!! I learned something in chemistry!!
12/1/09 AGR+ fire extinguishers + 3am + Christmas trees = fire department coming to AWA house + a mess = Christmas spirit is here!!!
12/2/09 A quote from Dana’ Ag econ professor: “How does a women make a man dumb? All she must do is take off her clothes.”
12/2/09 “Guys are dumb.” -Scott
12/2/09 The word: avuncular! Means uncle-like!
12/7/09 “Why doesn’t MacDonalds use cage free eggs? They don’t want to kill people!” –Dr. Cook
12/9/09 Snow Days in College are fun!! So is sledding on cafeteria trays!
12/13/09 Being single is a good thing…Jesus was single!
12/14/09 An AnSci review session with the T.A.s is a waste of time.
12/15/09 Listening to the horrors of U.S. history was bad in enough in class…now rereading it just makes me even more angry! People did that to PEOPLE. NO MATTER THE COLOR OF THE SKIN…PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE!
12/ 18/09 Study Day at Blackhawk Church is AMAZING!!!
12/18/09 Jesus makes me smile!
12/19/09 Don’t drink coffee (aka French vanilla creamer with a little coffee) at 10:30 pm and try to go to sleep at 1am.
1/19/10 Being in the city is suffocating me already! And it’s only the first day back to classes!
1/21/10 I think I’m going to like my ag econ professor!
1/22/10 Maybe I should have read my chem book before going to class! Oops!
1/23/10 Reading my chemistry book, I mean actually reading and paying attention, is showing me just how great God’s love is for us and all other creatures He created! He is one smart man!
1/24/10 The smell of ripe raspberries is a favorite of the authors of my chemistry book…is that essential to my education???
1/27/10 Chemistry does not deserve a second chance!
1/28/10 Pyometra: white pus. It’s just a fancy name for uterine infection.
2/1/10 Taking a nap in between classes is a bad idea…but a four and a half hour nap does feel good!
2/2/10 You know you’re in college when your professors start referring to alcohol consumption to teach a lesson. For some reason, it’s not working for me!
2/3/10 Roommates (Present and Future) are amazing!
2/4/10 When you put on a name tag, put it on your right side!
2/10/10 Its bad when you learn and understand more about chemistry basics in one day of Soil Science than you did in a semester of Chem!
2/12/10 Earthworms poop minerals! Isn’t that amazing? They actually poop minerals! And they didn’t originate in the U.S.!
2/13/10 I need to go to Reader’s Anonymous!
2/14/10 I want to go to Minneapolis sometime this summer and spend a week or so volunteering at Shriners!
2/14/10 Jesus is my Valentine, for forever and ever!
2/14/10 Sometimes the best ideas for supper come straight out of the book you’re reading! The fried potatoes were amazing at 9:30pm. Thanks Salina and Jeremy!
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