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Okay, more like vinyl decal art work. :) This was so much fun and added a neat unique kick to my room. I know I am leaving in a couple of months, but it still felt worth it. :) I think I will put up some vinyl quotes in my classroom next. Who knew I would be so into vinyl?
Step One- takes the most amount of time and precision. I am so not a detail person!
Step 2- rub-a-dub-dub
Step 3- Repeat process
Step 4- attach clock piece. Ahh,sweet success. :)
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http://apparentproject.blogspot.com/
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This is from a good friend of mine:
Our friends, the Clays, run and orphanage and other ministries in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Please pray for Corrigan & Shelley, their family and the orphans and kids they lead. They came through the earthquake alive but their buildings are not safe to return to. Last night they slept on the street and have reported that t...he conditions where they live are very bad.
If you want to get involved with helping in Haiti I can think of no better people to support than people who are on-the-ground with the orphans and poor already. Check out their web site at
http://apparentproject.org/
Thanks for spreading the word and helping out!
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What a long absence from blogging. I think I was so frustrated with work that I stopped taking the time to capture the FUN and sweet moments. No more!
Snow Days Let's talk about the glorious unexpected, unearned, and perfectly indulgent gift that is a snow day.
I am unashamed to say that I slept peacefully for most of the first one. Nowhere to be. A day without lesson plans or convincing a student to care about inner and outer planets.
Just a slender covering of white and the
peace that comes and whispers, "Take this day. Rest." So I did. I made biscuits . . .It was very domestic of me.
Smudge loves the snow and continued begging to go outside.
She looked frosty out there. I made her come in shortly after.
Work returns tomorrow, Monday, but I am re-created and ready. As it should be. :)
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Sam is only 4, which makes him a baby. :) I was supposed to just trot over the ground poles, but he had other ideas. :)
He is the cutest horse! And totally worth the half mile hike to get him and bring him back. I actually have to park my car in front of his pasture just to save time. I am racing the dark. I never thought I would say this, but "boo daylight savings!"
Today I got my
Principal's permission to skip out on the staff meeting and I was running out the door with the kids. You should have seen me be all like, "Peace out!"
Meet Sam's mom, Leslie.
(They should have won that costume contest. I mean Ga-linda and Elphaba from Wicked?
Sam dressed like a girl, a fairy even!)
OK, so here they are in their street clothes.
She found him 2 years ago. She says she made the purchase with her heart because he was a "skinny, ugly red mule." Sam's mom also spoils him, giving him many extra munchies. He tries to get me to do the same, but I am
mean. I
only gave him 3 today. While I was putting up his halter after dropping him off in the pasture, he walked right up behind me. He wasn't about to let me go. Here was this big lug of a horse
begging- in the most refined way, of course.
Did I mention how dirty he was? Apparently after Sunday's lesson he got a bath. He wasn't quite dry and then rolled all around the dirt. They actually have a special tool to get off that thick of mud. I always wondered what it was for. :)
I couldn't ask for more. I love it.
Thanks for sharing my joy, friends!
I pray the same for you. :)
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I signed the lease yesterday! More to come!
Thank you, Father, for touching my heart. :)
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I had a great time with my last minute costume, thanks to Mary Carol, one of the teachers I team with.
Professor Trelawney is right up my ally, I think. So much for trying to be cool! :)
Each your heart out, Emma Thompson! :)
Home room class. These are just the kids who dressed up like their favorite "book" character. The ones dressed in plain clothing were themselves from their own autobiographies. Smart, huh? I have more kids than this, so don't get any ideas of perfect class size!
Violet Beauregaurde! Rachel Smith is a fun teacher!!
Are words even necessary?
This kiddo's costume and accompanying attitude was awesome!
Happy Halloween!
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Step One- takes the most amount of time and precision. I am so not a detail person!
Step 2- rub-a-dub-dub
Step 3- Repeat process
Step 4- attach clock piece. Ahh,sweet success. :)
