A Happy Birthday was had

Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, it was a great one. My parents came down last weekend and my mom made me an amazing German Chocolate cake. Joy also got me this great carrot cake. I'm headed home on the 13th but I'll be back for the fabulous going away party Elizabeth and Leah are throwing me. If you want to come, it's at 8pm at Leah's house. If you want to come send me an email and I'll forward the invite.

You dirty dog

Only David Carpenter would have a dog this attracted to dirt. I let him out for 15 minutes. When I tried to go out the gate, he jumped on me and I screamed bloody murder.

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

Okay, I know everyone is just dying to talk to me when I'm in Nepal (check out the zack morris). There is a 12 hour time difference, so remember, when it's 6pm here, It's 6am there. I have elected to buy a phone number for my computer. You can call this number and reach me where ever I am and you're cell phone will think it's calling a Northwest Arkansas number. My skype phone number is (479) 439-1519. It's active now. There is a small delay when I talk to you, but it cost $12 for 3 months unlimited, as opposed to $ 10 a minute in Nepal. You can reach me whenever I'm signed in. I also have voicemail. Also, if you want to see my smiling face, my skype account is chandle.devor. You can sign up (it's free) and talk computer to computer.

Happy Earth Day

I haven't been writing very much, but I've been REALLY busy with school. This morning I saw a bird on tv from Australia. The bird made the sound it's supposed to make, then made the sound of a siren, then made the sound of a buzz saw. It made me cry. So in honor of that bird, here's some things you can do to reduce you're impact on the Earth:

• There's a huge Earth Day fair at the Clinton Library tomorrow. From 4-6 you can clean up the river.
• If every household in the U.S. replaced a burned-out bulb with an energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulb, the cumulative effect is enormous. It would prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that from nearly 800,000 cars. It would also save enough energy to light 2.5 million homes for a year.
• Defrost your freezer. It will run more efficiently and save your household money.
• Unplug the chargers and save money. Reduce your electricity bill by unplugging chargers for your cell phone, digital camera, and MP3 player.
• Turn off the water between shampooing and conditioning your hair. A simple turn of the knob can save up to 50 gallons of water a week.
• Use recycled paper. Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, and the energy equivalent of 380 gallons of oil.
• You can reduce the volume of your trash by 80% simply by collapsing packaging, and composting organic waste.
• Turning off un-used electronic devices could save you about $300 a year.
• The simplest way to save the most water: place a bottle filled with sand in your toilet's water tank. Save water each time you flush.
• Protect our natural resources by turning off the tap when brushing your teeth. It saves you 5 gallons of water every minute.
• Cook your food faster and cheaper. Put a lid on your cooking pots to reduce the energy used by up to 30%.
• Recycle your junk mail

Lunch at the Govenor's Mansion

I had the pleasure of having lunch with Mrs. Beebe at the Govenor's mansion. It was beautiful, and the food was great. I'm headed home tomorrow,so expect cute pictures of the kids.

And the award for crazy goes to.....

Remember that picture of Virginia that we would all go look at to laugh? The one with her and Vanessa at the party. I think I have found a replacement. David took this on top of the water tower in Jacksonville. He was trying to keep his eyes open, but he was struck with WHITE BLINDNESS!!!!!!!!!

Just call me Ed McMahon

Today, I got to tag along with the little rock education foundation to hand out money to teachers who have written outstanding innovative grants for creative projects. It was REALLY fun. Here is a link to the video on THV, you can see my khaki pants and new green purse behind the head of a cute child towards the end. click here for the story

Spring break is over :(

David bought an iMac yesterday. Here is a picture from the built in camera. It is really sweet with a 20 inch screen. I LOOOOVE it. Playing with it for awhile might even convert me over to the hip side.... the apple side. The mac boy is a lot cuter than the PC guy.
This week was nice. I got to forget that I'm a student and be an aunt, girlfriend and daughter. I must say, it was nice. I also got to play David's brother, Michael's Wii. I am down with the technology. I am also very bad at Wii boxing..... and probably real boxing. I leave for Nepal in 50 days. I did a little reading, and it turns out it will be the monsoon season the entire time I'm there. I need to remember to pack my "leech oil". Yes, I said leech oil.....yuck.

Stevie Nicks needs to cut her hair, and why is old navy still calling those shirts "dresses"?

David and I went camping last weekend, and it was kind of a disaster. We got to Horseshoe late, and decided to camp on the east side, because no one else was there. We lost the keys and looked for them for 2 hours and then went to bed. We looked for them an hour the next morning and I spotted them by some miracle of god. Here is where they were:

now imagine the trunk is closed. How does that happen?

After that fiasco, we find out haphazardly that we were not allowed to camp where we camped, so we had to pack up everything. After a day of climbing:

We head back to the car, only to find the battery is dead. Someone jumped us and we headed home. I then start to feel sick. David stopped the car by all these horses. I ran out of the car and the horse ran up to me like "HEY" and then I threw up and they galloped away. It was sad. On the way home, I did renew my love for Outkast, so it ended well.

So the rest of my spring break was better. My mom and Christy and I went for massages in Eureka Springs, and it was exactly what I wanted to do. I got a pretty new green purse. I also visited the legendary Cherokee nation casino in Siloam Springs. I have never been before, and have bad luck with gambling. I lost 20 dollars and gained a lot of fun. We played penny machines and I would squeal out loud when I would hit a jackpot. I once won 2 dollars! Anyway, the drinks were cheap and they had a live band.


I'm home now so if anyone want to hang out that is still in town give me a call!

Happy Birthday Isabella Jo Derwin

Congratulations to my sister and brother-in-law on their new baby girl. She was born at 1:28 am yesterday morning. Jed couldn't come because he's too rowdy, so here's a picture of him in the car.