Project Life 2013, Week 31

This summer has flown by...it's kind of strange that the teachers go back to school today. Especially since I've been thinking about school pretty much the whole time. I was able to finish my Project Life page (from two weeks ago) yesterday in my efforts to get a few things checked off my to do list before I'm back at school every day.

I've got a little puppy action, a little road trip shower edition action, and a little celebrating our new mat action. I used a freebie from Cathy Zielske's blog which was a fun and different way to incorporate an instagram picture. I'll definitely use that card some more in the future!

Here's a look at the two pages together. I'm glad I used a little green polka dot action to break up the grey cards. It makes the green grass pop across the page, which makes me pretty happy.

Get crafty :: hooray card

I've needed to print pictures all summer, so I've been making a few cards instead. This one was for a friend's bridal shower. Hooray, indeed! My apologies for the cell phone pictures; I need to charge my big camera's battery!

A little bling is always a good idea.

Project Life 2013, Week 32

I skipped ahead to this past week while it was still fresh on my mind. I'm planning on going back to do week 31, but I'm going to let 30 pass on by...I don't have many pictures and can't recall anything out of the norm that needs documenting.

And that's what I'm calling good enough and moving on...

Womp womp

I have majorly failed on the updating of my blog! Cheer has consumed my life for the past two weeks. I'll be back soon....

Oh, silly mascots.

These are a few of my favorite things...

-weekends

-Bravo

-vino

-text messaging

-cheesy garlic bread

-cuddling with my puppies

-Pinterest

-reading a good book

-roasted asparagus*

-fuzzy blankets

-to do lists

-technology

-snail mail

-sunsets

-photography

-our back porch

-pedicures

-the font bombshell

-anything green

-the smell of rain

-dark chocolate

-The Sound of Music

-laughter

-ketchup

-fluffy pillows

-remembering dreams

-air conditioning

-redbox codes

-contact lenses

*best asparagus recipe ever:

for one lb. washed, trimmed asparagus, spread on cookie sheet with drizzle of Extra virgin olive oil, teaspoon of diced garlic, juice of half of a lemon, and sprinkling of kosher salt (to taste). Bake at 400*F for 15 minutes or until cooked. Yummy!!

Resolved.

I've dedicated a good chunk of the summer to professional development and generic pondering for next year. This is mostly due to the fact that I am determined to help make this year run smoother for my team (last year was a bit of a train wreck...but only sometimes). Anyways, I've been rounding up some new ideas to try, and in an effort to hold myself accountable I am making my intentions known to my blog. Once upon a time someone asked me to blog more teacher-y things, so here I go...

1. Conversation Calendars. The presenter of a training casually mentioned Cris Tovani's idea of conversation calendars to interact with students, and I'm pretty sure my eyes lit up. I found more info on it here and decided I must try this out. I love how you can steer a conversation if you want and differentiate for individual students as needed. My plan is to have half of my students on a Monday/Wednesday schedule and the other half on Tuesday/Thursday. We shall see how it goes!

2. Absent binder. For two years I have tried to keep up with an absent wall, but the wall real estate next to the door became too valuable. Students never checked it, so I am going to try out a binder this year instead (as seen here).

3. Ticket out poster (idea from pinterest via here). I am a fan of the "ticket out" and use it fairly regularly. Usually I have my kids put sticky notes on the back of the door or my front cabinet door, but it gets a little crazy sometimes. This way, each student has a number and I can quickly scan for content and "if they got it." This is going next to the door where my old absent board was.

4. To be determined...I will fill you in on the rest!

Project Life 2013, Week 29

Oh, week 29. Not a lot of pictures, but pretty fun nonetheless. I'm going to blame Schlitterbahn water parks for the lack of pictures. Rather that the party pictures they want you to buy are $15 each!! What is that?!? Highway robbery right there. Or maybe seaway. Channel? It's some kind of insanity.

I blurred my relatives in the pool photo...because, you know, not everyone may want to be on the internet in a swimsuit.

And here is the two weeks together, all cozy in my book. Or how it should be. One day.

That's about it! This week has been pretty relaxing (read: humdrum), so I'm going to have to find some pictures for PL somehow...