May 2010

By This Time Tomorrow

May 31, 2010

. . . I will be sitting in a conference room. . . . I will be answering questions about my teaching methods. . . . I will have driven 7 hours. . . . I will have hopefully had a good night’s rest. . . . I will hopefully not forget my portfolio, . [...]

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A Time for Reflection

May 28, 2010

Today is graduation at my school.  All year it seems as though this day will never come.  It also seems like I will be glad to watch my students leave and ready to start the summer – which I am.  However, I also feel a deep sense of reflection at this time.  I can’t help [...]

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I am the worst gift-giver!

May 26, 2010

This last weekend I went to a bridal shower – it was kitchen themed.  Now, I don’t know what to do with that? I hate buying gifts!  I hate looking for gifts.  I hate even thinking about buying or looking for gifts. Because of this retarded nature of myself, in the last few years the [...]

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I will now bow down and worship

May 23, 2010

For a long, long time now I have wanted one of these beauties.  I just have.  But, I never bought one because I thought I should wait until I was married, had more money, bought my own house, moved, etc.  But you know what?  I am done waiting!  So I went out and bought myself [...]

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On Being Right-Brained

May 21, 2010

In the June Issue of Real Simple, there was an article entitled, “Organizing Your Personality.”  You take a little quiz in order to see if you are right-brained or left-brained. This is how they defined left and right brained: Right-brain types are visually oriented. They tend to think in images rather than words, focus on [...]

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CoffeeShop Actions in PSE

May 19, 2010

As promised . . . Here are some of the other actions in PSE that I got for free from CoffeeShop. Did I mention they are free? And completely beautiful. And amazing. And easy. And are slowly making me really like photoshop because someone else has done all the hard work for me. Here is [...]

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Vignette Layers in PSE

May 18, 2010

I’ve decided that I needed to learn Photoshop.  As much as I LOVE LOVE LOVE Aperture 3 and I still plan on using it, almost all professional photographers use Photoshop.  So, I opened up my Photoshop Elements and googled some how to’s and started experimentin’. Now, if you looked at my favorite blog list, one of [...]

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The Vampire Diaries

May 17, 2010

Okay, okay – I just have to say it – I LOVE The Vampire Diaries – curse you Twilight for getting my into all these vampire shows. But VD is so much better than Twilight.  Oh, is it ever!  The season finale was last Thursday and ever since then I have been wanting to talk [...]

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Some Random Whatnot Updates

May 14, 2010

I wanted to do some updates, but none of these seemed to warrant a full post all by itself. First – a few weeks ago, I casually mentioned that I was applying for a job in Wyoming. I got some frantic comments about that. I realized afterwards that I never actually told anyone that I [...]

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Malta, Idaho – population 200

May 13, 2010

I don’t know why, but every time I tell someone that my family lives in Malta, Idaho, or that I’m going there or that my mom grew up there or whatever, I always add on “population 200.”  I think it tells you a lot about the place.  It is a small town.  But the local [...]

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City of Rocks

May 12, 2010

When I went to Malta, Idaho a few weeks ago I asked my cousins to take me to the City of Rocks, which is only 30 minutes from there. Here is the city of rocks from google maps – an aerial view. My cousin, Danielle, worked there last summer and showed me the ins and [...]

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Kids Scare Me, But They Give Great Gifts

May 6, 2010

Before I started teaching high school, I substitute taught. One day I subbed for half a day in a fourth grade classroom. After 2.5 hours, I left crying. Literally. Crying. I had no idea how to handle a bunch of rambunctious kiddos. I never subbed for elementary school again. The second job I have now [...]

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Service is supposed to feel good

May 4, 2010

This last term, during our character education class, we focussed on Service, with a capital S. To get ready for it, we, as a staff, got together one Saturday to clean the school and help clean up at a local park. Now, I don’t know if you know it or not, but teachers really don’t [...]

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Girls Night Out – Summit Style

May 3, 2010

A few weeks ago, the gals at my school got together and had a “Girls Night Out.” It was so nice to see each other outside of the school. Yes, yes. Teachers do have a “real” life outside of school. And while I can’t say we didn’t talk about teaching, school, or the students, I [...]

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Oreo Balls

May 2, 2010

My mother made these Oreo Balls for the “Neighbor Christmas” plates this last Christmas.  I LOVED them!  I would only let her put a few on the plate so that I could eat the rest.  They are divine and here they are.  Below the pictures is a recipe you can copy and paste. Start with [...]

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