tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54394220879423108182024-02-19T11:20:48.827-05:00A Place in This WorldLife of a so called adult...Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-4708925149737561092017-01-16T02:16:00.001-05:002017-01-16T02:17:25.817-05:00The Fall<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Wow.... I haven't posted in forever. It seems like social media has become overwhelming and has taken over and overpowered the blog world. I remember how exciting it was when I first started blogging and before that when I first discovered blogs!!! That seems like forever ago now.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Does anyone else feel like technology is actually getting in the way of life? Things were so much simpler when my phone was connected to the wall. But, I was also like 20 years or more younger and didn't have all these adulting responsibilities. It seems like being an adult has gotten in the way of being me. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>So what does that mean? It just means that I spend so much time and energy having a job and keeping afloat in the world that that is all I end up doing. Just doing enough to get by. Does anyone else feel that way? My new year's resolution was to continue improving my life. I'm trying to count calories and lose some weight and declutter my entire house and thus my life. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I joined a 90 day declutter challenge and it's going to easily be a year long journey for me. I just can't balance a serious declutter of a room along with work and daily chores. I am getting better at buying things I don't need and at getting rid of things I don't use. Sometimes I still fight that inner battle and fear of "what if". As a child we didn't have much and so I have this embedded fear of what if I lose my job or something happens and I don't have the extra money and I need something but can't afford it and have to go without it when I had it, but got rid of it? Kinda sounds like I might need some therapy. Which I considered, but for right now I am self learning.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Since the last time I wrote a lot has happened. I posted about losing my Granny in 2013. In 2015, my dad passed away three weeks after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. That was a difficult experience that I am not yet ready to write about. It involved opening, ripping open, a lot of old wounds and facing a lot of new wounds being made. By the middle of June, I was lost, battled, bruised, strengthened, built up, stronger, weaker, lost and found. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Wednesday evening, the night before teachers were to return to work from the summer, I got a text from an old friend. We had taught together when I first started for five years before our school was closed and we got spread throughout the district. We also had gotten our Master's Degrees in Educational Psychology with our Gifted and Talented licensing courses together. I never did the reflection piece to get the license because I had never planned to leave my special education position in the foreseeable future. Do you know what that text said? </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The text said, "Amy, there's a third grade excel (what we call high ability in the district) opening here and you need to take it. I already have the principal (a friend who I had also taught with my first five years) talked into it." I cried. I text the principal who confirmed there was an opening, but wouldn't tell me more until I talked to my new current principal, and then I cried some more. I was having dinner with my principal that had just moved to another district the previous year and my third grade cohorts from my current school where I was the resource teacher. My former principal wasn't giving me a real answer lol, I think it was possibly because my friend who was the other resource teacher there had left at the end of the year and me leaving would mean an all new special education resource teacher staff. My third grade friends told me to go though. They said take it, this is what you were meant to do. I did. I took it. I cried so hard and I was so scared that I felt sick, but I took it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>When I took that job, I was found. I landed on the fresh page of a new chapter. I found a new home that had meaning and purpose to me. I was doing what I had set out to do as a teacher. I was teaching in a gifted and talented classroom. Just like my first grade teacher who had made me want to be a teacher. And the best part was, I was under a principal who believed in me from the first day of my teaching career eleven years earlier. Someone who had been my friend and given me words of encouragement and comfort when I was beaten down those first several years. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This post all stems from watching the "A Year in the Life" of the Gilmore Girls series reboot. Seriously. I related a lot to what they were going through. I think there's a time in all of our lives where we feel completely lost. Maybe a few times. Last time I felt that way it was short lived and didn't rock me to the core quite like this time did. But I understood how it felt. I have planned all my life. I have known what I want and tried to go for it. At that point though the world and chewed me up and spit me out and I had stood back up and had no idea where to go next. I just knew I had to go somewhere because I wasn't done. I was destined for more. And even if I had been beaten down I was invincible because I had risen again and I always will as long as I am meant to. When you fall to your knees, or flat on your face, just remember, the only thing to do after falling is to rise back up again.</i></span><br />
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I own four pets. FOUR. When I first moved out on my own I had a dog, two cats, a turtle, and a hamster. It was INSANE. Of the current FOUR, only one of them did I set out to own. The others found me instead. Anyway, I ramble. </div>
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So... you know those nice EXPENSIVE pet food containers? Yeah, me too. They look so nice... with their air tightness, wheels, and nice lid... and so much more pet proof and visually appealing than those big pet food bags.</div>
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Well, with two cats I buy the BIG cat litter containers... and I used the old ones to hold the cat poopies... Then I thought... WAIT! This is a waste! These could be....DRUM ROLL.... PET FOOD CONTAINERS!!!!</div>
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So, I put these babies in the bath tub and washed them out with some dish soap and hot water, then dried them. You could probably spray paint them if the yellow showing REALLY bothers you, but I was going with it. I just used some good ol' duct tape :). </div>
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They are super awesome. The dog food all fits in, but the cat food always has a couple days worth leftover in the bag. I can deal with that, it's easy to roll up and hide an almost empty bag!</div>
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Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-37219543322071324512014-07-13T21:20:00.001-04:002014-07-13T21:21:38.026-04:00A little rebranding...I'm baaaack! <br />
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After being in a funk I decided to redo the blog to match my shop name. It's more meaningful to me than the title Obsessive Creative Disorder was. Also, I craft, but I don't do it nearly as often as I used to and I don't take pictures like I used to either. I still want to blog and share things, but my life has changed and my blog needs to reflect that. I felt bad calling this a craft blog and then posting about other stuff. <br />
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More importantly, I've always thought it would be cool to write a book or keep a binder of all those things they don't tell you that you need to know as an adult... or a single girl who moves out on her own. So I'm thinking my blog will take more of a turn in that direction. Even my Pinterest page has a board called "Things My Future Daughter Needs to Know." As I told my best friend... no one tells you when you buy a house that weedeating sucks or that trees are going to grow in your freaking gutters and you have to climb up on a ladder and clean them out!<br />
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So, I hope you will stick with me along this journey. It's sure to provide entertainment. And I promise to still post some crafty pics... and to post more often. I got called out on the fact that I haven't posted since December lol. <br />
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Much love to all of you! Bear with me as I make changes!<br />
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<br />Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-54774566619690860542013-12-04T22:55:00.000-05:002013-12-04T22:55:43.302-05:00The DOA DiariesI've thought about this for a while, but just this week I haven't been able to get the idea out of my mind. I am a daughter of an alcoholic (DOA). I believe it has had a huge impact on the person I am today and the challenges I have dealt with in my life. Lots of bloggers have had confessions of sorts about their "secrets" or "truths" and this is mine. I am writing so that others will know they aren't alone and so that I can get it out and document where I have come from. It's something that effected my entire family and in which my father was not completely to blame. And so I am going to start the DOA Diaries. A biweekly/monthly series- whichever I can fit in with life as a teacher! It will cover dark topics and won't be all that cheerful, but it's reality and what so many other people are going through in silence and shame and fear.<br />
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Let's start with the poem that got my brain turning and started this whole idea.<br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;">FOOD. MUSIC. MEMORY.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">She says: Cupcakes. Brownies. Pies. She says:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Remember this. Bread. Stew. Sauce. She says:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">All that time. She says: singing. All I taught</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">you. She says: Crayon. Alligator. Boy Scouts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">She says: Baseball. Soccer. Track. She says:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I was there. Remember?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I say: Shouting. Silence. Shouting. I say:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Remember this. Scotch. Vodka. Kahlua. I say:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cupcake. Meatloaf. Sauce. I say: Singing. All</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">you would not tell me. I say: Crayon. Dancing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Guitar. I say: Belt. Hairbrush. Hand. I say:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I was there. Remember?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Susan Marie Scavo</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Susan Marie Scavo is a Certified Archetypal Therapist and Teacher of Teacher of Archetypal dreamwork. To hear her read several of her poems visit</span><a href="http://www.northofeden.com/videos/susan-marie-scavo-reads-poetry" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.northofeden.com/videos/susan-marie-scavo-reads-poetry</a><br />
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Take from the blog: <a href="http://barbarashoup.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-food-music-memory.html">http://barbarashoup.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-food-music-memory.html</a><br />
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Here's my version, inspired by the above poem.<br />
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She says: Christmas. Dinner. Sunday breakfasts.<br />
She says: Remember. Fishing. Long drives. Mushroom hunting.<br />
She says: Our baby girl.<br />
She says: Plaid shirts. School programs. All I did for you.<br />
She says: Playdoh. Movies. Candy.<br />
She says: Volleyball. Your first job. Cars.<br />
She says: I was there. Remember?<br />
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I say: Yelling. Hitting. Crying.<br />
I say: Alcohol. Pot. Beer.<br />I say: Fishing. Mushroom hunting. Feeding ducks.<br />
I say: The baby you always wanted. The life you forced us to live.<br />
I say: Drawings. Art. Stories.<br />
I say: Tears. Hyperventilating. Begging.<br />
I say: I was there. Do YOU remember?<br />
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My computer area.... those three letters are the wall are from my friend who was my Secret Santa one year at our previous school. All were written in poem form and incorporated clipart of my favorite things. They also gave much needed encouragement.</div>
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Close up of my teacher randomness. The pink box holds a four year old chocolate Easter bunny... too cute to eat!</div>
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My teacher resources and attempt at organization.</div>
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Front of my desk with my remade wood box! The red line on the floor is duct tape marking off the do not pass area for students. </div>
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Cubbies for student work. Baskets on top holding materials for reading groups my assistant and I have during intervention time, and whisper phones.</div>
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Reading area. Green line indicates that students may go in this area.</div>
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I love this! It's a spinning book rack I got from a friend. It holds all my leveled book sets!</div>
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Well- that's the best I've got of my room at a glance for the time being! I didn't want to overload with photos! That brown wood cabinet is actually full of drawers that I have labeled and organized with materials! It's a hot commodity. As is my semi circle table in the back of the room that I brought from my previous school. :)</div>
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These are my classroom rules in my insect themed class (idea was found on Pinterest!):</div>
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These are reading comprehension skills posters with matching beanie babies! Also found on Pinterest and purchased on Teachers Pay Teachers!</div>
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(The wood treasure chest I purchased unfinished at Joann's with a 40% off coupon and stained and sealed myself... it now holds prizes for my kiddos)</div>
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I also had this box that a friend gave me last year when she was moving on to another school. It was too plain for me and needed a makeover!</div>
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Before starting I noticed a BUNNY in my back yard (teacher ADD).</div>
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I decided to paint it red and put chalkboard paint on the back that will face the classroom and on the drawers!</div>
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I took it to school and absolutely love it! I have drawers labeled with what is inside and wrote my name on the back!</div>
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This is Charlie between coats of paint drying lol.</div>
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So my little niece Emma loves all things pink, princesses, ballerinas, and crazy lol. For her fourth birthday, I asked her what she wanted and she told me, "A ballerina and a car that goes backwards and forwards." I took care of the ballerina part for her :).</div>
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(This is a typical self selected outfit which I would totally wear at 30 if it came in my size.)</div>
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I was originally going to make the doll form as well... but then I found a muslin doll form at JoAnn's that was ready for personalization so I snatched it up! (I didn't take a picture and can't find it on their website). The doll unfortunately had wires inside of it's arms and legs for posing so I performed a minor surgery and extracted all wires!</div>
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To make the hair I wrapped fleece around the head, secured with a hair tie, and sewed around the hair line. I then covered the hairband with a coordinating piece of elastic that matched the straps of the top I created. After I secured the hair, I just took my scissors and cut long strips out of the fleece left over (I also trimmed off some excess so that it had an even end.)</div>
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To make the top I just wrapped fleece around the body to determine the size and then stitched the back. I did end up cutting down a little under the arms. I also added on the straps. Everything is stretchy and four year old friendly since I eventually plan to make her more clothes. The tutu was made using pinterest tutorials for a normal sized tutu- it took about an hour to make! ACK! The face is hand painted with fabric paint. And the necklace is made of glow in the dark beads, but can be taken off and worn as a bracelet.</div>
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Emma LOVES her doll. She takes her everywhere. It really only took me 2 hours start to finish and I am so happy with the end result!</div>
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I wanted to share them with you now as I am soon going to be posting the pics of the current exchange as well!<br />
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My lovely partner in the exchange told me that she loved to cook, travel, read, and go to concerts, as well as the color green so I created the some gifts that I thought would cater perfectly to those things:<br />
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Bottle Necklace: inside the bottle is a map of where she is from cut from an atlas, the key says "journey". On the top of the box it says "So that no matter where your journeys take you, you'll always be home."</div>
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I found this box at JoAnn's! It was just the plain brown paper mache, but I painted it and distressed the edge to look like pages. The ticket on the front was supposed to be "Life is a beautiful journey" in French because she said she wanted to travel to France one day. I roughly translated journey though, but it comes across about the same!</div>
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Not pictured for some reason lol, is an apron I made for her where I hand painted one of her favorite phrases which mentioned something about taste and a letter for her first name. I also used a vintage gold toned fork and bent it into a recipe card holder :). <br />
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More pictures of the most recent exchange to come soon! Hope you can join up next time!Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-67144417658112447282013-07-14T10:00:00.000-04:002013-07-14T10:00:00.591-04:00Things I've Said to My DogsSo... with two Pomeranians and a cat as my only companions in this house I talk to them A LOT. Like... yell out the back door while the neighbors are outside and probably think I am talking to another human or have totally lost my mind. Here are some things I have said this summer to my dogs in particular:<br />
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<li>Don't be a bully!<br /><br /><img height="300" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/314717_2080689620027_2025565026_n.jpg" width="400" /><br /></li>
<li>I hope she kicks your a$$!<br /><br /><img height="300" src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/426505_2701353856245_1756516015_n.jpg" width="400" /><br /></li>
<li>Don't get in the litterbox if you aren't going to clean it!<br /></li>
<li>You PEED the bed?!?!?<br /><br /><img height="400" src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/602378_3806594966582_140156604_n.jpg" width="266" /><br /></li>
<li>Charlie come back you have a stick stuck to your butt!<br /><br /><img height="640" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215300_4859256482462_1709957010_n.jpg" width="426" /><br /></li>
<li>Leave the cat alone you punka$$!<br /></li>
<li>Seriously? You are going to get eaten.<br /></li>
<li>Have you lost your mind?<br /><br /><img height="300" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311831_2137725125879_1093799543_n.jpg" width="400" /></li>
<li>You are not a cat! (to dog sitting on the kitchen table) You need to be doing dog things!<br /><br /><img height="300" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/384049_2304870144400_191843020_n.jpg" width="400" /></li>
<li>Stop dancing in the water bowl!</li>
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Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-87303798629461125302013-07-13T02:19:00.001-04:002013-07-13T02:19:46.502-04:00So you're single... and ya gotta eat...Hard to believe I'm a teacher if you follow my blog because this girl has failed at blogging and documenting adventures this summer! Why? Well, simply put I'm not happy with changes that are being made in the world around me and I've spent this summer trying to find myself and my new happy again. And with 13 days left until back to school... I have a to do list a mile long.<br />
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So... you're single? Me too. Like... epically. So... I also HATE doing dishes... and considered a dishwasher... they are EXPENSIVE and I have beautiful handmade wood cabinets that would have to be hacked up... SO. Here we are at my current point. If you go to the grocery store for a single person it is really uber easy to just live off of frozen pizzas and tv dinners. But honestly, tv dinners suck. Like... is that really real meat? Because it takes like really gross lol. <br />
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Here are some of my current faves and saves from this summer that any single girl or guy needs to try:<br />
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I am SUPER picky about my meats. These are AMAZING. You microwave them for like 3 minutes and they are to die for and perfectly seasoned. There are times where an edge is hard from being overcooked, but it is really juicy and tender. And low calorie!<br />
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This is also available in brown rice... I love both. It has two servings in the little bag... you use the microwave again obviously. I eat one serving and then roll up the top of the bag, put on a clip, and refrigerate for the next day. I sometimes put a dash of chicken bouillon powder in for flavoring... probably only half a teaspoon for the entire bag.<br />
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Now for this one both Birds Eye and Green Giant have some single serve steamed veggies. Green Giant have a butter sauce and come in little plastic trays. Birds Eye comes in mini single serve bags and have no seasoning. I prefer Birds Eye at this point because there is more variety- I love the peas and corn!<br />
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I discovered that a single chicken breast, a single serve peas, and 1/2 a bag of the rice makes a meal around 320 calories... HELLO! And it tastes great. :)<br />
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P.S. The chicken was under $7 at Kroger. The other two are cheap too... somewhere around the $2 range.Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-490326606151823272013-06-11T03:20:00.002-04:002013-06-11T03:20:51.477-04:00Cleaning of the mind, home, and bodyHey guys! So... as we all know I am a teacher. Like I live it, breathe it, sleep it... I leave most days between 7 and 7:30 during the school year and get home around 6:30 or 7. If you are wondering contract hours are 8:15-3:45. I however live more than 20 miles from where I work and it takes me 40 minutes to get there and then another 40 to get home... sometimes without traffic I can make it in 30. <br />
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Anyway- so what's my point? Well, back when I had a one bedroom apartment with immaculate closet space and numerous closets at that I had everything neatly organized at all times. Enter present day in my three bedroom house with the world's tiniest closets. You would think spare rooms would mean more organization... no, my brain cannot form to the new spaces except to fill it with more junk. So, it is my goal to start tomorrow to make the "crap" room back into a craft room, instead of the random landing place for crap. Then to whip the spare bedroom into shape to look like it is ready for a guest. <br />
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Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-53901403546019876432013-06-07T03:02:00.001-04:002013-06-08T00:38:45.785-04:00"Coffee" Date FridayWell... of course if you were going to meet me to chat over a drink it probably wouldn't be coffee... It would be a soda or some fruity icee like drink... or if I had to suffer through the coffee smell of a Starbucks it would be the only coffee free drink on their menu :). Then we would start with you finding out about my total distaste for coffee... including its smell. You would probably think that's odd since I'm a teacher and I hate mornings... but I'm a weird one :P. I'm sure you would get a good laugh out of it.<br />
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Depending on my mood I would either be wearing one of the may cute dresses I have a closet full of or just a pair of jeans and a tshirt with some kind of coordinating jewelry. I would be showered, with my hair smoothed and combed to the side and my makeup completely done like every morning. because. I. can't. leave. the. house. without. any. of. these. things. :) I would tell you about how Macey has woke me up barking every morning around 8 because the neighbor is reroofing his house and garage. It keeps me grumpy and off schedule which is why I was up until after 3am Friday morning unable to sleep.<br />
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I would share with you that my friend who I used to teach with is in the hospital still, recovering from sudden heart failure and that she was without oxygen for 7 minutes and remembers Heaven. There would probably be tears in my eyes because she is an amazing human being and lights up a room the minute she enters. Everyone who has ever met her is so thankful for her miraculous recovery that continues every day.<br />
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I would tell you about how I prayed long and hard and turned over a big decision in my life to God. How I feel saddened and upset still by knowing that I will no longer be in charge over several of the children I have had for the last two years next year. I asked to move from special education to a fourth grade classroom position, but did not get it. I looked online at the school I student taught at and contacted someone else about possible openings. I felt like I needed a change. But God turned me in a different direction. The openings in the school I student taught at were filled by the next day, openings were offered to others, and when thinking for a long time I realized that it might be okay to try out this new change and see how everything settles next year as so many other things change in the education world.<br />
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I would ask you if you had any summer plans and share with you my hopes of going on adventures to Metamora, Nashville Indiana, Bargersville, and hopefully to discover a few other new places. I'd tell you about how I just went to Midland Arts and Antiques for the first time and how HUGE the building was. It was full to the brim of old stuff and odds and ends that were mostly priced insanely high. I might even tell you about the lady that followed me to find out what perfume I was wearing and where I got it from LOL!<br />
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I'd tell you that in reflecting last night I realized this year has been a hard one. I lost a dear friend and former coworker to cancer, a former student to Cystic Fibrosis at only 15, had one of my "work mama's" retire, lost my cat of 17 years, and have had difficult changes take place in my school life that are still seeping to my core. This year has been rough- but I feel like my faith in God has grown stronger and my patience with myself. My house still looks like a beginning of hoarders :) not really, it's just clutter that needs put away, but I would not even try to convince you that I've become more domesticated or grown up. I still consider microwave mac and cheese a meal. <br />
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Anyway, when we were all done I might give you a hug... We would make plans to meet up again over the summer sometime and to keep in touch. We would smile and wave and drive back to our little lives to cook up new adventures for the rest of the day. And I would be thankful for having yet another amazing friend.<br />
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Okay guys... so this video is like two months old because the blog had issues uploading videos for a while there. And I ramble A LOT. Anyway, I haven't posted in a while so I figured I would give this a shot. It's been a crazy year so far in these five months. I've had lots of emotional trials with so called friends and other people who have entered my life. I also just had to have my cat who was 17 years old put down last weekend due to congestive heart failure. I am working on feeling human again... and stable and hopefully more posts will come soon. Due to the challenges of life and insanity of work I treated myself to two new pairs of flats tonight. You better believe I am going to do a post on those in the next week! Gotta love some Targeting! Alright, hope all is well with all of you and I will be back soon! Keep on keepin' on! Oh, and I lost the photos that I mentioned posting... buttttt I am doing a third round with my third color from the Olia line soon so I will try again! :)Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-34597369752519647552013-02-27T23:24:00.001-05:002013-03-04T21:50:57.300-05:00Garnier Olia Hair Color Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I definitely love this product. It was thicker than normal dyes which was a little odd to get used to at first. It appears as though you have a lot more dye to work with, but it averages out to what is in every other brand because it is so much thicker. I didn't notice any smell- at all, seriously. Then again I'm still having sniffle issues from the flu and I have four pets so my sense of smell may be shot. My hair was left feeling soft and looking shiny, there were nice curls and waves in it the day after when I first washed it which has NEVER been the case before. Normally, my hair is flat and plastered to my head with tons of static and crunchy, coarse ends... not the case this time at all. I'm definitely going to stick with Olia!<br />
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Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-8308474036609526522012-11-18T22:08:00.000-05:002012-11-18T22:10:19.577-05:00Crafting Bug is Kicking Back in Gear!Alright guys... I have been away FOREVER and I can't tell you the last time I made something! It's getting to me BAD. <br />
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Look for singed satin buttercup clips, single flower headbands, and some fun new jewelry, as well as custom options for the patchwork poppy pins :)<br />
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We have a colorguard team in our district for students with special needs and they are AMAZING... every year there is a trivia night to raise money for them... this year was celebrity themed so I tried my hand at Adele.</div>
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Mine involved body shop drama with my car (had to return it three times), the bank posting several overdraft fees without cause or reason and still fighting me to refund them, a not the way I had requested hair dye and highlight job, resulting in me getting irritated and getting a new hair cut that didn't result anywhere near what I wanted either... and still in over my head with school work!<br />
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I miss being creative and crafty and blogging. Unfortunately, teaching is keeping me INCREDIBLY busy this year and I'm losing out on those other things. The craft room is a clean up in progress... but I decide halfway through that I should switch the craft room and spare bedroom... except that involves taking apart and rebuilding furniture.<br />
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Also, anyone ever had carpet put in their entire house? How does that work with all of the furniture that needs to be moved around? Just the thought of all of the things that have to be moved to remove old carpet and lay down new stresses me out!!! This is not an episode of hoarders here, but I have some serious stuff! <br />
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Welp, that's the randomness rant of the night. I spent the evening hanging with family with my two poms. Macey went dressed as a fairy ballerina and Charlie was a Nascar pit crew member. I love that some people hand out doggie treats and the pups did too. <br />
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Hope to get a chance to get back to some real blogging here soon! Until then, love to all and hope you are rocking life with more stability and finesse than I am at the moment!Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-56888144893030771762012-09-03T13:58:00.002-04:002012-09-03T14:08:44.768-04:00Coming Soon: A Peek into My Classroom<div>Since my house is a disaster area that you will probably never see... ever wondered what my classroom where I spend most of my life looks like? Well, even if you didn't... I'm going to share some pics later this week :)</div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLs8cCGBmuPnQux7YCGbNo4t1y45F4jZ_J0BUOyBB4LU9gYYSpdzaeCU9eg6KQrTZzLOfHJ2CFuI_nyl8MAlVEApsg6Q8iyI0A3y8nw6HMqaKgKSbttO9SSsW1aFhEjoQvrDIlZEOc7v9-/s400/class+peek.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5784012060970207282" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Stamp courtesy of Norajane on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53490828/bee-rubber-stamp" style="text-align: left; ">http://www.etsy.com/listing/53490828/bee-rubber-stamp</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">(super affordable and adorable stamps here ladies!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Behavior Chart courtesy of: <a href="http://www.thekinderpolkadotpatch.com/2011/08/just-had-too.html" style="text-align: left; ">http://www.thekinderpolkadotpatch.com/2011/08/just-had-too.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Mason Jar via Pinterest: <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/199213983486461203/" style="text-align: left; ">http://pinterest.com/pin/199213983486461203/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">(I actually edited the jar and added a grid for the bee stamps... will share that once I get the file from school.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Ladybugs are blank cards from the Walmart $1 bin with the famous quote from "The Help"</span></div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3PA4fX_jYCxGuedGVMYdMnmX0s1sVEdGMhkwS-OQPDaQNN1MuIVWDJaM88DdhBDXrodDMkJz9ryz5dAuuP76y1buBxyB_mJNr_cQuIHCCjXeT__806IK_r_GceDQ120vQKIQnYXJ5Ufq/s1600/class+peek.jpg"></a></span></span></div>Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-29210811137121081562012-08-23T19:30:00.003-04:002012-08-23T19:36:37.672-04:00Fourth Grade Wisdom: Searching for Words... Lord help me..<div><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/260012578456903889/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/260012578456903889_pHTojvWW_c.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="400" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://one-0f-these-days.blogspot.com/">one-0f-these-days.blogspot.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/aikorbze/" target="_blank">Aiko</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div></div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">I was reading with a group of my boys today: </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Me: "Okay... so do you know what it is called when endangered animals all die out? Like... if all of the elephants died... what would that be called?"</div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Student 1: "A bleed out!" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Me: "What?" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Student 1: "On my video game you lay there dead and bleed out." </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Me: "Ummm... no." </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">Student 2: "Dead!" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Me: "Well... yeah we established that. What would you call it if all of the elephants died? They would be what? It starts with an <i>e.</i>" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Student 3: "Elephants!"</div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">(Now I'm hiding my face with our worksheet cracking up)</div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Me: "Yes, they are elephants... but all of them are dead and gone... starts with an<i> ex.</i>" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Student 1: "EXCITED!"</div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Me: "They are excited that they are all dead?" </div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">(By this point we are all hysterical and have all but given up on figuring out the word EXTINCT.)</div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">So just remember... when the elephants die they will bleed out and be excited dead elephants... the wisdom of fourth graders.</div>Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439422087942310818.post-62214655203373439672012-07-21T03:35:00.003-04:002012-07-21T03:53:11.462-04:0030 Things #8: 5 Passions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewLxHfwhvUzbCga675YIbwOax9w52C20XTbwzjt91ZNagCH1K82ExWHYOr62UTxzQDGG2GWksXN1vwdgkBdIq1tAXcIeRhSvmzoN_XS8N8j1-sQPn8aGWEvNlJoopg4F16jeThTB2cLxK/s1600/eat+you.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewLxHfwhvUzbCga675YIbwOax9w52C20XTbwzjt91ZNagCH1K82ExWHYOr62UTxzQDGG2GWksXN1vwdgkBdIq1tAXcIeRhSvmzoN_XS8N8j1-sQPn8aGWEvNlJoopg4F16jeThTB2cLxK/s400/eat+you.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767527485597898146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">(This picture has nothing to do with this post... I just needed a picture to try to get you to read this...)</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">#8 What are five passions you have and why?</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div class="dt_fl" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong>pas·sion</strong></div><div><span style=" font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'MS Reference Sans Serif', MSRefSSEOT, 'Verdana Ref', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"> [ pásh'n ] (noun) </span><span style=" font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">intense enthusiasm: a strong liking or enthusiasm for a subject or activity</span><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><ol><li><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Creating</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Spending time with friends</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Supporting my family</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Learning to relax... and be imperfect</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Being accepting of myself and others</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Yes... I looked up the word. I needed some inspiration. I feel like teaching should be somewhere in that top five... but teaching isn't my LIFE so I think it's okay that I have other priorities. </span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I have completed 9 of the 10 courses required for my Master's Degree. I will be finished October 14th. 16 months. Boy was it and is it a ride. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I have spent 3 or 4 hours a day, three days a week at school moving into my new classroom and setting it up. I laugh every time someone comes in because I set up the new classroom EXACTLY like my old room minus the padded time out room that had taken away two sets of closets. Otherwise I pretty much put everything in the exact same spot down to the magnets on the chalkboard. I have one bulletin board and a random array of things spread out across the back row of desks to find homes for, as well as a large stack of outdated materials that need to be donated on the back table. Then I will be finished. HOORAY! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I also hope to move the health and science teacher editions from the metal rolling cabinet to one of the closets... As the only special education resource teacher in the school I house a set of ALL of the teacher's editions for ALL of the subject areas for ALL of the grade levels. It currently takes up several closets. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">My goal is to wrap things up and share pics of my classroom with you guys :). I sorta love my classroom set up since arriving at this new school.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Alright, off to bed now. Much love.</span></div>Amy @ A Place in This Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16359363976781697406noreply@blogger.com0