Journal 1 - .:. 100 Happy Things .:.

1. My mothers love
2. Justin Baker (Fiancé)
3. Deanna Holtz (best friend)
4. Garage sales
5. BINGO
6. Food
7. Nachos
8. Sushi
9. Happy hour
10. Wine
11. Clean sheets
12. Dreaming
13. Buddha
14. Elephants
15. Country music
16. Planning our wedding (Country-rustic-chic)
17. Coupons
18. Grocery shopping dates
19. Dexter Morgan
20. Nancy Botwin
21. American Sign Language
22. Better Home and Gardens
23. Cooking
24. Antiques
25. Cleaning
26. Napping
27. Margaritas
28. My grandmother’s perfume
29. The river
30. My dads beard
31. Dancing
32. Dave Matthews Band
33. Butter pecan
34. Baby lotion
35. Netflix
36. Hiking
37. My bracelets
38. Back rubs
39. Children
40. Waitressing
41. My childhood with my brother, Ross
42. Daisies
43. The smell of cows
44. Rain
45. Cold weather
46. Fall
47. Halloween
48. South Park
49. Sour candy
50. Collecting change
51. Yoga
52. Booth pictures
53. The Del Mar fair
54. House Hunters
55. Organizing
56. Beach cruising
57. Pumpkin pie
58. Holiday scents
59. World Market
60. Yellow
61. Green
62. Coffee
63. Cuddling
64. Music
65. Laughing so hard I cry
66. Getting dressed up
67. Mismatched plate sets
68. Roosters
69. Vintage tin signs
70. Massages
71. Kauai, Hawaii
72. Road trips
73. Lists
74. Love
75. Family
76. Cold milk
77. Iced tea
78. Jerry
79. Ross
80. Sammie
81. Friends
82. Nights I will never forget
83. Adventures
84. The feeling of relief
85. Thai food
86. Justin’s hugs
87. Vegas!
88. The perfect little black dress
89. Pictures
90. Shin Chan
91. Movies with subtitles
92. A good hamburger
93. French fries
94. Water
95. Old people
96. Astrology
97. Baby wipes
98. Chopsticks
99. Board Games
100. Living life to its fullest!

- Jessi Lazar's Introductory Letter -

My name is Jessi Lazar and I am from Vista, California. I have been fortunate to still live in the same house I grew up in. The first school I attended was a private Christian school in Vista called Memorial Christian. For 2^nd grade my parents decided to switch me to a public education setting. I finished the rest of my elementary education at Beaumont. I then attended Lincoln middle school, also in Vista. For high school I received my education at Rancho Buena Vista. After high school I started taking classes at Palomar College. I currently have 3 Associate Arts degrees (Liberal Studies, Arts and Humanities, and American Sign Language) I as well completed the two year American Sign Language – English - Interpreter Training Program. This is my first year at CSUSM and I am excited to start my educational journey in the ICP.

I feel extremely comfortable using computers. I feel that I am fairly tech savy. My generation has always used computers or other technical devices. I love learning about new technology because I feel if you don’t keep up with it you can quickly fall out of the loop. I am an administrative assistant for a construction company and I am always using the computer (Excel, Word, Adobe, web research, etc…). I am excited to take this class and expand my knowledge/skill with technology so that it will help me as well as future students of mine.

To be completely honest I hadn’t read the mission statement until just now! I think it is actually very impressive. I have always been a firm believer in long term education. I think everyone always has something to learn and should never end the pursuit of expanding our minds. There are a lot of topics that the public school systems could benefit from by this mission statement. I am thankful that CSUSM is committed to forming professional, thoughtful, diverse, well rounded teachers of our future. If all public school educators followed CSUSM mission statement alone, our school systems would see mass improvement.