Corinne's Blog

Boy stands in hall alone
Girl gets off bus
Boy leans against wall
Girl walks down the sidewalk
Boy sits on chair
Girl opens door
Boy taps fingers impatiently
Girl trips on carpet
Boy pulls out ipod
Girl turns corner
Boy shakes foot
Girl sees Boy
Boy sees girl
Girl smiles
Boy looks away
Girl passes boy
Boy sits in chair and ignores
Girl sits in chair
Boy taps his foot
Girl wonders
Boy wonders
Girl peaks
Boy glances
Eyes meet
Eye quicken away
Girl pulls out computer
Boy listens to ipod
Freshman walks down hallway
Boy stares
Girl watches boy stare
Boy wishes
Girl wishes
Freshman sees boy staring
Boy smiles at freshman
Freshman ignores
Boy sees girl watching
Girl stares
Boy smiles
Girl smiles

So I was watching an episode of The Lost World because I’m being nostalgic and the character of the reporter, Ned said something about how Amazonian women were like Praying Mantis’s and it made me want to do more research on the Praying Mantis.

While I was looking at different Mantis’s and reading up on them, even watching youtube videos I came across the most amazing species of Mantis located online called the Orchid Mantis they actually look like flowers and they are really beautiful though deadly.

And I also discovered that the Mantis was the state insect of Connecticut. I got to wondering what Minnesota’s state insect was and I found this chart:

Alabama state butterfly:
Alabama state insect:

eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
monarch butterfly

Alaska state insect:

four-spot skimmer dragonfly

Arizona state insect:

two-tailed swallowtail butterfly

Arkansas state insect:
Arkansas state butterfly:

honeybee
Diana Fritillary butterfly

California state insect:

california dogface butterfly

Colorado state insect:

colorado hairstreak butterfly

Connecticut state insect:

european praying mantis

Delaware state bug:
Delaware state butterfly:
Delaware macroinvertebrate:
lady bug
tiger swallowtail butterfly
stonefly
Florida state butterfly:

zebra longwing butterfly

Georgia state insect:
Georgia state butterfly:

honeybee
tiger swallowtail butterfly

Hawaii

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Idaho state insect:

monarch butterfly

Illinois state insect:

monarch butterfly

Indiana:

—

Iowa

—

Kansas state insect:

honeybee

Kentucky state butterfly:

viceroy butterfly

Louisiana state insect:

honeybee

Maine state insect:

honeybee

Maryland state insect:

Baltimore checkerspot butterfly

Massachusetts state insect:

ladybug

Michigan

—

Minnesota state butterfly:

monarch butterfly

Mississippi state insect:
Mississippi state butterfly:

honey bee
spicebush swallowtail butterfly

Missouri state insect:

honeybee

Montana state butterfly:

mourning cloak butterfly

Nebraska state insect:

honeybee

Nevada

—

New Hampshire state insect:
New Hampshire state butterfly:

two-spotted ladybug beetle
karner blue butterfly

New Jersey state bug:

honeybee

New Mexico state insect:

tarantula hawk wasp

New York state insect:

ladybug

North Carolina state insect:

honeybee

North Dakota

—

Ohio state insect:

ladybug beetle

Oklahoma state insect:
Oklahoma state butterfly:

honeybee
black swallowtail butterfly

Oregon state insect:

Oregon swallowtail butterfly

Pennsylvania state insect:

firefly beetle

Rhode state Island

—

South Carolina state insect:
South Carolina state butterfly:
South Carolina state spider:

Carolina mantid
eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Carolina Wolf Spider

South Dakota state insect:

honey bee

Tennessee state insect:
Tennessee stateinsect:
Tennessee agricultural insect:
Tennessee statebutterfly:
firefly beetle
ladybug beetle
honey bee
zebra swallowtail butterfly
Texas state insect:

monarch butterfly

Utah state insect:

honeybee

Vermont state butterfly:
Vermont state insect:

monarch butterfly
honeybee

Virginia state insect:

tiger swallowtail butterfly

Washington state insect:

green darner dragonfly

W Virginia butterfly:
W Virginia insect:

monarch butterfly
honeybee

Wisconsin insect:

honeybee

Wyoming

After locating Minnesota and discovering our state insect was the Monarch Butterfly I realized that I haven’t decided what I want as a tattoo because I’ve been thinking of getting one. I was talking to my friend Byron today when he came over to hangout about his tattoos and while I was considering getting something that was special to me I wanted to recognize that even if I move out of the state and to North Carolina with Jimmy and his family this summer that I will always be a real Minnesotan girl.

So I was thinking I’d get either a heart with a butterfly in it or a tattoo of an orchid mantis on my back. The tattoo itself would be small but I like small tattoos and hearing about their significance.

I can’t decide between which one…I’ll give it time.

My Schedule

 

 

Since my last blog I’ve made some changes in my life.

The first and greatest change is that I got a 2nd job and I start it next Tuesday, the second change is that I’ve signed up for a school tuition payment plan so I know the exact monthly amount my school will be taking from me towards my tuition and now I can calculate the amount I’ll need to make from both my jobs in order to meet my monthly needs and actually make money to save.

I got to work early today so I decided to spend some time coming up with a new expenses sheet.

This is what would be Ideal if I could make 800$ from Minneapolis Kids a month and 400$ from my new second job Atrebla a month, the greatest thing is that I’ll actually probably be making more than 400$ a month from Atrebla if everything goes well and this whole plan could be accelerated!

This expenses sheet is calculated according to nothing bad happening in the next six months that would require me to spend more than 20 dollars of my budget and based on the hope that I do not lose either of my current jobs. As much as daily I wish to quit Minneapolis Kids now I need it in order for my plan to work.

With the money I save if this continues I hope to buy a car and invest in a new apartment…or to actually pay my school tuition up front for a semester that I’m in school and not have to worry about tuition payments for a semester so I can actually MAKE MONEY FOR MYSELF!

I’m super excited about this new development.

December:

Rent- $350
Cellphone- $60
Food- $20
29th or 30th- Tuition Plan Enrollment Fee $300

Total: $-730 Dollars
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800

Bus fare from Mr. Babcock: +???
= $+169.98
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January:
Beginning Money $169.98

Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $84
Food- $20

Total: $-693.80
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800

=$106.20
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February: 0.00

Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $-779.78
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
Total: 20.22
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 100$

Savings: 0
=$120.00
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March: 0
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $-779.78
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
Total: 20.22
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 400$
=420.22
Savings: 300.00
Total= 120.22
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April: $120.22
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $-659.56
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
Total: 140.44
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 400$
=540.44
Savings:(300.00) + 300.00 =600.00
Total= 240.44
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May:240.44
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $-539.34
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=260.66
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 400$
=660.66
Savings:(600.00) + 300.00 =900.00
Total= 360.66
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June:360.66
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $84
Food- $20

Total: $-503.12
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=$296.88
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 400$
=696.88
Savings:(900.00) + 300.00 =1,200
Total= 396.88
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July:$396.88
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $349.78
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $-382.90
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=$417.10
Income Atrebla Learning Center: Approximately 400$
=817.10
Savings:(1,200.00) + 300.00 =1,500
Total= 517.10
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That awesome thing is my boyfriend’s Christmas Letter, Apparently he started this tradition last year, it’s really amazing.

I think I should do something like that, write a letter to my friends on Christmas.

It’s actually pretty brilliant and I’ve learned a lot about what David values from it…it’s all really interesting.

anyway…Christmas is over and it really sucked for me but I don’t feel like talking about that now.

I took the time to calculate my expenses for the year of 2012 to see how much money I’ll need to make a month to save up to buy a car, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I need a second job…Here’s what I calculated:

December:

Rent- $350
Cellphone- $60
Food- $20
29th or 30th- Tuition Plan Enrollment Fee $300

Total: $730 Dollars
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800

= +$70
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January:

Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $84
Food- $20

Total: $829
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800

=$-29
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February:

Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $745
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800

=+$55
_________________________________________________________
March:
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $745
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=+$55
________________________________________________________
April:
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $745
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=+$55
________________________________________________________
May:
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $0
Food- $20

Total: $745
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=+$55
_______________________________________________________
June:
Rent-$350
Cellphone- $60
Tuition Payment- $315
Bus Card- $84
Food- $20

Total: $829
Income Minneapolis Kids: Approximately $800
=-$29
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