So, the holidays are soon upon us and my family is already talking Christmas plans since we will all be together. The idea of another talent show has been proposed. Help!!! No idea what to do. Last time (two years ago) I played songs on water glasses. It was awesome, if I do say so myself. Other family members reenacted the Happy Hands club from Napoleon Dynamite and also funny moments from our family's history etc...
I have to top these!!
Any suggestions??? I am completely stumped.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The week of the perfect storm
Don't you love it when so many crazy things happen all at once? What do they call that when everything intersects? The Bermuda Triangle? I prefer to call it the perfect storm. This week at school it is Red Ribbon Week. This consists of pajama day, sweats day, hat day, candy each day for the kids, bulletin board decorating etc... When you are at a school with a uniform, any time the kids get to wear something different they go nuts!!! This week we also have Halloween. You better believe that the kids know it. They, understandably, are really excited for the impending sugar highs and costumes. To be honest, I am too. I love Halloween! Being a teacher, you get to enjoy it as much as you did as a kid. So fun!! If that wasn't enough to make the kids insane, it's COLD/snowy!! Ugh - so many fun things going on but its pretty much impossible to get any teaching done.
Did I mention that it's end of term at the end of the week and we need to do DIBELS testing with each kid? ( I have no help with that BTW).
It is times like this when one word comes to mind as the most important trait a teacher can possess: FLEXIBILITY!!
Happy Halloween everybody.
Did I mention that it's end of term at the end of the week and we need to do DIBELS testing with each kid? ( I have no help with that BTW).
It is times like this when one word comes to mind as the most important trait a teacher can possess: FLEXIBILITY!!
Happy Halloween everybody.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Day 30, 0 to go
LAST DAY - TIME FOR MAKE-UP!
I can't believe it's been 30 days of new adventures. It has been a crazy, busy, exciting, roller coaster of a month full of good things and bad things. Most importantly, there has been a good thing each day because of this adventure. To finish off this month, my friend Tifani joined me once again and we had a lot of fun making and mixing up some eyeshadows. She bought a kit that had color pigments and base you mix together. She had some sparkles, highlights, and shimmery powders you could mix to make whatever color you want. We spent a couple of hours creating new colors. So fun and colorful! I opted for a lot of bright colors and have a shade for almost every color of the rainbow. Tifani even had little bags to mix them in, pots to put the finished color in and a mortar and pestle to grind some powders up. I have never done nor would I ever even think about making my own makeup, but leave it to Tifani to be prepared with everything you need and an amazing idea.
I can't believe it's been 30 days of new adventures. It has been a crazy, busy, exciting, roller coaster of a month full of good things and bad things. Most importantly, there has been a good thing each day because of this adventure. To finish off this month, my friend Tifani joined me once again and we had a lot of fun making and mixing up some eyeshadows. She bought a kit that had color pigments and base you mix together. She had some sparkles, highlights, and shimmery powders you could mix to make whatever color you want. We spent a couple of hours creating new colors. So fun and colorful! I opted for a lot of bright colors and have a shade for almost every color of the rainbow. Tifani even had little bags to mix them in, pots to put the finished color in and a mortar and pestle to grind some powders up. I have never done nor would I ever even think about making my own makeup, but leave it to Tifani to be prepared with everything you need and an amazing idea.
Day 29, 1 day to go!!!
SHOUTING HAIR
So, I've been a bit of a slacker on my last few days. It's been a bit of a downer week, so it made it really hard to keep up. Dang it! I have my last adventures ready to go, and it's been amazing! So, yesterday I went to get my hair did. Since I got my hair cut short three years ago, I haven't colored my hair. So, I have virgin hair! She has been telling me about a new method for highlighting hair called baliage. My younger sister got it done and I loved it, and I figured it had been long enough. Time for coloring. I was hoping for a very subtle look - and that's what baliage is supposed to be. Since it is a sort of bleach and not a color, you don't know how it will turn out until it's done. Kind of a gamble, but I was so excited!
Here's the finished look:
A guy who used to do my hair would always ask if you want your hair to whisper, talk, or shout... what do you think my hair is doing???
Tune in tomorrow for the last adventure.
So, I've been a bit of a slacker on my last few days. It's been a bit of a downer week, so it made it really hard to keep up. Dang it! I have my last adventures ready to go, and it's been amazing! So, yesterday I went to get my hair did. Since I got my hair cut short three years ago, I haven't colored my hair. So, I have virgin hair! She has been telling me about a new method for highlighting hair called baliage. My younger sister got it done and I loved it, and I figured it had been long enough. Time for coloring. I was hoping for a very subtle look - and that's what baliage is supposed to be. Since it is a sort of bleach and not a color, you don't know how it will turn out until it's done. Kind of a gamble, but I was so excited!
Here's the finished look:
A guy who used to do my hair would always ask if you want your hair to whisper, talk, or shout... what do you think my hair is doing???
Tune in tomorrow for the last adventure.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Day 28, 2 go
CONFERENCE DRIVING
The end of my 30 days is almost here!!! Wow! I can't believe it has ben a month. Wow how time flies. Looking back over my adventures, I see that I haven't done many spiritual things that are the most important things I can do in life. I had recently downloaded last April'sconference session on my IPOD. I hadn't listened to it yet, but I did in the car today on my way home. I had forgotten the main theme was families and raising children. WOW! I don't remember there ever being a more dominant theme then there was last April. It just says how important it is to raise a righteous family in today's world.
So, yesterday I drove home in silence, but today I listened to the words of the prophet and general authorities. My favorite story was in a talk by someone of the seventy (didn't catch the name...)He was talking about a boy that wants to hit a homerun, so he practices batting with himself. He tosses the ball up and tries to hit it. He misses three times and is upset at first because he wanted to have the best hit ever. After a moment he gets a big smile on his face and says "What a pitcher!" What a great lesson on overcoming trials and finding the positive in life. I know I need that in my life, especially this week. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time remembering the talks after hearing them only once on TV. I'm glad that I have them on my IPOD that I can listen to them as much as I want and really get the messages I need to hear, when I need them!
The end of my 30 days is almost here!!! Wow! I can't believe it has ben a month. Wow how time flies. Looking back over my adventures, I see that I haven't done many spiritual things that are the most important things I can do in life. I had recently downloaded last April'sconference session on my IPOD. I hadn't listened to it yet, but I did in the car today on my way home. I had forgotten the main theme was families and raising children. WOW! I don't remember there ever being a more dominant theme then there was last April. It just says how important it is to raise a righteous family in today's world.
So, yesterday I drove home in silence, but today I listened to the words of the prophet and general authorities. My favorite story was in a talk by someone of the seventy (didn't catch the name...)He was talking about a boy that wants to hit a homerun, so he practices batting with himself. He tosses the ball up and tries to hit it. He misses three times and is upset at first because he wanted to have the best hit ever. After a moment he gets a big smile on his face and says "What a pitcher!" What a great lesson on overcoming trials and finding the positive in life. I know I need that in my life, especially this week. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time remembering the talks after hearing them only once on TV. I'm glad that I have them on my IPOD that I can listen to them as much as I want and really get the messages I need to hear, when I need them!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Day 27, 3 to go
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
After some bad news at work on Friday and a crazy day getting things back together today, I needed some peace and quiet. On the way home, I did something I NEVER do. I turned of the radio. I can't stand driving without the radio/IPOD/some sort of background noise. It's usually how I unwind on my way home or really enjoy music and rock out. Today, I drove home and was alone with my own thoughts for 40 minutes in the car (25 minutes to Provo from school, plus a couple of errands before getting to the house). It was a little theraputic - it let me try to wrap my mind around some things that have happened at school and to think about what needs to happen the rest of the week. Out of habbit, my hand kept wanting to turn up the volume on my steering wheel controls and I would have to consciously hold it back. I guess I truly am a creature of habbit. It's very rare that I am in silence or any kind of quiet atmosphere at all. Being around 8-9 year olds for most of the day doesn't allow for a lot of peace! When I get home I usually have music or the tv on in the background. So, it was very unusual to have a prolonged quiet drive home. I did enjoy it and it was nice to just think. Anyway, I think I could do with a little more peace and quiet in my life.
After some bad news at work on Friday and a crazy day getting things back together today, I needed some peace and quiet. On the way home, I did something I NEVER do. I turned of the radio. I can't stand driving without the radio/IPOD/some sort of background noise. It's usually how I unwind on my way home or really enjoy music and rock out. Today, I drove home and was alone with my own thoughts for 40 minutes in the car (25 minutes to Provo from school, plus a couple of errands before getting to the house). It was a little theraputic - it let me try to wrap my mind around some things that have happened at school and to think about what needs to happen the rest of the week. Out of habbit, my hand kept wanting to turn up the volume on my steering wheel controls and I would have to consciously hold it back. I guess I truly am a creature of habbit. It's very rare that I am in silence or any kind of quiet atmosphere at all. Being around 8-9 year olds for most of the day doesn't allow for a lot of peace! When I get home I usually have music or the tv on in the background. So, it was very unusual to have a prolonged quiet drive home. I did enjoy it and it was nice to just think. Anyway, I think I could do with a little more peace and quiet in my life.
Day 26, 4 to go
THE MORNING BREAKS/ 1(00) SUNS
Something that has been on my list since I came up with this idea was watching a sunrise. I have never really get up early for the purpose of just watching the sun rise. Since I was at Bear Lake, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. The sun rises relatively late since it is the fall, at our cabin that faces east over the lake = beautiful! I woke up at 6:50 and sat on our front porch with a blanket and waited. My mom got up to join me and even brought hot chocolate. Truly, not a better way to start the day!
Wait for it...
The clouds gave us a great show
Beautiful!!!
It was really amazing to see how quickly the sun appeared and we couldn't have asked for a better morning. As my mom said "It rises every morning, doesn't it" Yes, it does and I am so glad to have had this opportunity to see it this morning.
PS, if anyone gets the double musical reference of the title of this post, you are a "member of the family"!!
Day 25, 5 to go
MILLIONS OF PEACHES...
TodayI joined my family at my cabin for conference weekend. So much fun and one of favorite ways to enjoy conference. Being out of town made it a little difficult to come up with a new adventure. So, earlier in the day, I was talking to my family about needing to come up with a new thing... she said "how about making jam?" Perfect. My mom and dad brought a whole box of peaches from their tree in their backyard. It was a ton!! So, I decided to make peach jam.
Pretty simple and yummy!
Peeling millions of peaches, peaches for free...
Adding the magic jam ingredient: pectin.
Peach jam!!! (not enough jars at the cabin)
I'm not a huge peach fan, but I did have a taste and it was sugary, sweet, and peachy!
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