Left To Tell

What intrigued me: The power of prayer throughout this book intrigued me the most. Illibagiza was able to survive through a mass murder by sheer belief within the Lord.

What surprised me: It really surprised me that so many hutu's were willing to help the tutsi's knowing that their lives were in jeopardy if they were found to be hiding a tutsi. Pastor Murinizi was brave enough to hide many tutsi women in his home and feed them throughout the genocide. Also the person that had hidden her brother for a while until he had been betrayed.

What disturbed me: The most disturbing thing to me about this book was the fact that they were literally trying to exterminate all tutsi's as if they were animals instead of human beings. The killers laughed, joked and sang songs while slaughtering people of their country because they were different. The taking of innocent lives is disturbing beyond words. 

Happiest Person I Know

My mother is one of the happiest people I know. She is from the NE side of Cedar Rapids Iowa and works as a project engineer specialist at Rockwell Collins as well as a single mother of two daughters. She comes home from work and enjoys the night either sitting at home talking and playing games with her children or at sporting events for their school or club teams. When the kids go to bed she lays in bed and reads her book because she has a passion of reading for pleasure.

My Home Town

I am from the second largest city in Iowa, Cedar Rapids. The people from my city seem to vary in happiness levels. Some people are rather happy, I would say probably 9 out of 10, however there are also many people who are unfortunate when it comes to happiness. I feel as if the basic needs are the contributing factor to happiness in Cedar Rapids. If you have a home in a good neighborhood, have the necessary variety of food, clothes and education then the happiness levels seem to be higher than those who aren't as fortunate.

My Favorite Procrastination Activity

Sleep! I love to sleep. If there is something that needs to get done I put it off by taking a "little cat nap"," unfortunately  my cat naps tend to last 2, 3, or sometimes even 4 hours. Then I wake up, sometimes feeling more tired than before I napped and still never end up getting the task done. If I cut naps out of my daily schedule I would be super woman for ever thing that I need to do.

The one thing that can bring an instant smile to my face, whenever, wherever <3

Proactive Thinking

In order to be proactive, one must first think proactive. In doing so i have set two goals for myself to be more proactive about things and have also stated what I will do in order to achieve these goals.

1.) In the next month I will be proactive about: Improving my math skills/grade

          I will be proactive about this by: Studying more and getting a tutor

               I made this a goal because: I have come to the realization that people are here to help me so I need to take advantage of the opportunities 

2.) In the next month I will be proactive about: Taking care of my wrist while it is healing

          I will be proactive about this by: Doing the necessary physical therapy once my cast is off

               I made this a goal because: I am usually very adamant about doing P.T. stretches but I need to be open to doing whatever will heal my injury

Mate 'Must-Haves'

 After taking the Mate preference quiz online I learned a lot about what I look for in the opposite sex when thinking of pursuing a relationship with that individual.  Some things that were brought up were absolutely necessary traits that one must  possess to maintain a healthy relationship, others were not as important, and some, not at all. 

Top 3 most important qualities to me were:

1. Dependable character

2. Desire for home and children

3. Emotional stability and maturity

Top 3 least important qualities:

1. Chasity

2. Good Looks

3. Similar Political Background

As we grow and mature different qualities have different levels of importance to us. This may change as I age, or they may stay the same. Only time and experience will tell.

 

 

Your Money Or Your Life

Are there ways you are currently spending your money that you value a lot? What are they?

-yes, there are many ways in which I have been spending my money in ways that I value, such as buying gifts for my family and loved ones to see the thankfulness and joy that it brings to them

Are there ways you are spending your money that you could cut back on? What are they and how could you do it?

- yes! shopping is my weakness but I could definitely benefit by cutting back in the amount of clothes that I buy for my personal use. It would save a lot of money and time if I were to reduce the spending on non-worthwhile materials such as clothes, shoes and purses.