snow day and a long(ish) post...

so i said if i got a snow day i would post about life and how its going...

classes: this semester i am taking 2 -- 1 online (technology & teaching) which isn't too bad so far, but i get tired of checking and replying to posts about webpages i don't care about, lol...but overall i know the class will be a benefit since technology is so important in schools today...and the other 1 is an 8-week in the classroom class (middle school history & philosophy)...i know this class will be a lot of work, and i also know it will be 4 hours every week, but i know i will learn a lot and the professor is good...however, there are a lot of undergrads, and i think they are pretty unknowing about what life is really like in schools, but they will learn!!

work: work is going well...the kids are going a little stir crazy at times, but they are doing well...some good days & some not so good days...coming up next week is an earned field trip, so that is nice! the kids i know will enjoy it! lots of tests & quizzes right now...now to make the teachers realize that a student's IEP is what they are suppose to do, so if it says a study a week in advance they can't be giving the information 2 days before...grrrrrr!! scheduling is crazy, but we are surviving...and the snow day today is a nice addition to the week!! especially since we have 3 more built in snow days (i want them all!!!)...i am also preparing to look for a teaching job next year...it will need to be provisional since i am not certified, but i have already sent out one resume and am preparing to go to a few teacher job fairs soon...we shall see!!

scrapbooking: i have been to 3 crops so far this year -- a friday night & 2 12-hour saturday ones...i have created 24 12x12 pages, 34 6x6 pages, a mini book, and i filled in a bag book i had done in a class....whew! lots of scrappin' happening so far this year!! i am also already signed up for 2 crops in february, and i will be going to my friend cathi's for a crop next sunday afternoon...i took a class at archiver's last friday -- scenic route! then i am suppose to go to a missy class tonight at FKS, but i may just call and say i will pick up the kit...i will need to do a kit for the rest anyway! i have also been working on my scrapbook room some more -- today i was going through some of the paper i have collected, i also went through the drawers of stamps that never get used...

books: besides the books for power hour, i have read 4 books and have started a 5th...i am trying to keep track this year so i can see how much i actually get done...i know over the summer there will be more! i am also trying to open up my options and read more variety...and more "adult" books versus "young adult" books...one day i will be a grown up reader!! any suggestions?

church: power hour is going well, the kids are kooky and fun, but they seem to be learning a lot! we are trying a new thing with the alphabet since one of the little girls is learning it at preschool, but they look at it phoneticly, not what its name is (odd!) so now we are trying some new things...

life: not much else is happening in my life -- i get to have a wisdom tooth pulled over spring break...been trying to save some money...waiting (anxiously) for my tax documents so i can file...i need to download skype on my computer since danielle got it, and my aunt has it, and my dad has it, but i won't talk to him on it since he would only be in the next room!! LOL....we are getting u-verse from at&t in a couple weeks, i am excited about some of what we will have, but i am also sad because we will be losing hbo & cinemax...oh well!! i haven't taken a lot of photos lately, nothing too exciting has happened...

toodles!!