Scheduling

It's not easy to schedule 11 classes into 3 days but I did it! This is our book fair schedule for the whole school! Each class goes twice which added to the difficulty, but this will ensure they get everything they want :-)

Because I'm the best wife ever!

And when you're the best wife ever, after a hard day's work teaching, you don't always feel like making things from scratch. That's why McCormick and Knorr are awesome! I have a complete meal that almost makes itself! The steak is currently marinading in the fridge and the rice will take about the same amount of time to cook as the steaks (on broil).

My encouragement for doing errands...

I had a sweater I needed to exchange at Target and I have a hard time doing errands after work. Chick-fil-a is the perfect incentive to make sure I went to Target, I do looove me some nuggets :) I also love the sandwich, but something about it has soy in it (probably the bun) and I can't have it. I can have the nuggets and fries, so that's good enough for me!

My Poor Stash

My stash has been pretty neglected of late. Not much time for knitting unfortunately. I do have a lovely green and brown left over from my nephew's blanket, some of the brown is being used in my second $5 in Paris sweater, but I'll probably make a hat or something out of the rest, not sure yet.

More WoW, Less Lessonplans

I will admit I did nothing productive this weekend. I should have worked on some lesson plans, but most of my classes are going to be follow-ups of last week, so there wasn't really much to plan for. It felt really nice to not do anything but rest this weekend, it makes me wish next weekend could be as relaxing. Sadly, I'm scheduled to work next Saturday (not at school btw), so Sunday will be my day to sleep in.

Thursday I had 1st Grade. I planned to have a video for them, and I did, it was a video about birds. They wanted Veggie Tales. When I said we weren't watching Veggie Tales but we were going to watch a video on birds, the entire class started chanting "Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales!". I immediately stopped what I was doing, turned the TV off and looked at each and every one of them (17 in all). They stopped chanting. I lectured them on how that was not classroom behavior and I would not tolerate it in my class. This week, we will not be watching a movie as a result and I will tell them that. One girl chimed in that they should be grateful to have a movie at all and I agreed with her. Had I had some sort of backup plan, we wouldn't have even watched the bird movie. I'm so glad I have karate teaching background, otherwise I probably would not have been able to handle the chanting mob of 1st graders. Since I have the experience I do in discipline, all 17 of them are no problem and I can handle disruptions (for the most part). I had to put two kids in time-out in that same class, which was no surprise, I foresee myself putting both kids in time-out again in the future.

Anyways, I'm off to bed, getting ready for another long work-week.

New Dress :)

I bought a new dress on clearance (since it's no longer summer) but I'll be able to wear it at school by adding a black sweater and, ta-da, good for all year round :) It's super cute and comfy, I can't wait to wash it and wear it to work!

My 5th Almost-80

I haven't been online as much as I'd like the last couple of weeks (school has been taking a lot out of me) but I managed to log on and continue leveling my only high level Horde toon, Myrta. She's almost 66 now, just two levels away from moving up to Northrend, and once she's 80, she'll be my 5th 80. She's a fire mage and I love it! Making things explode in a ball of flame, it's great! I do tons of damage in dungeons, I can't wait to hit 80 and do all the Northrend dungeons.