September Currently....Seriously?

Not sure how it happened, but it is September and time for a new Currently!  What is your September up to?

LISTENING:
Return to Me is my favorite movie which then makes me think of Dean Martin...who my grandma loved.  So I cranked up some magical music!

LOVING:
My Dodgers aren't too far behind....race on!  I truly don't know all the details of baseball trading....but apparently the massive Dodgers/Red Sox trade was a big deal!

THINKING:
Students come through the door at 7:35!  Oh I am not prepared for the early mornings!

WANTING:
Love love love my exercise balls in the classroom.  Dislike dislike dislike that they have no place!  I am determined to find a way to store them from the ceiling.

NEEDING:
I have a somewhat obsessive nature....and right now I am in love with fairy doors!  My classroom needs/wants one.  Oh the fun we could have...whatever is behind it could leave us notes...presents....be mischievous.  And we could write to it and decorate it and leave it snacks, presents....and I may have gotten my friend into them too!  Click the picture if you need more info. about my current crazy!'

BBC's Sherlock is so clever and Watson is played by the actor who was Bilbo Baggins.

Loving the blog world so much!  I "meet" new people and glean brilliant ideas.  It is like have having mentor teachers all across the country...and in a few instances the world.  I copied the list of all the blogs I follow...then used Tagxedo to make a shape collage out of the names!

 Right now, I need to visit Michigan.....

Don't visit me at night....once school starts, I wash my hair and put it in rollers.  I get 30 minutes of extra sleep this way.  And the curls don't come out til I wash my hair again.  My favorite are the pink spongy kind, (they are a bit more comfortable to sleep on) but they don't always dry fast enough.  Kevin Murphy has a set of hard plastic rollers that are vented so they dry faster.  However they do require a bit more thought into my pillow situation.  And yes, I do realized I just announced to all of blog land what a big dork I am.  No, I will not post a picture.

Go link up and join the fun!

Happy Sunday,
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11 of 2011

A Teeny Tiny Teacher and Miss Kindergarten are hosting an Eleven in Eleven party.  Here is a look back at 2011.

11. Favorite movie you watched: 

Have to put two here.  The baseball fanatic in me loved Moneyball.  Billy Beane, also played in Portland, so a little piece of my hometown added to the charm.  Also, the final Harry Potter, the movie was great, but seeing it at midnight with all the fans in costume made the experience all the better!  

10. Favorite TV series:
Leverage!  Oh I how I love it.  The characters crack me up and it is filmed in Portland.

9. Favorite restaurant:
Spaghetti Factory!  Yum! Yum!  The pesto dressing is my favorite.

8. Favorite new thing you tried:
Blogging!  I have blog stalked for a while, and finally started my own blog:-)
7.  Favorite gift you got:
Students know me so well! 

6. Favorite thing you pinned:
Not in any way educational, but it was one of the first things I pinned....before I was an addict.

5. Favorite blog post:

Our photography art residency was such a great experience.  Arts are so important for kids!  My chickadees' final projects are masterpieces and I am still trying to figure out how to get copies for my house.

4. Best accomplishment:
During the summer, I challenged myself and my students to read a book a day, during the summer.  I got a little behind at one point, but caught up and completed the challenge.  During 2011, I read 112 books!  Sarah Addison Allen has become one of my new favorite authors.

3. Favorite picture:
Every spring, I coach 4th and 5th grade volleyball.  This picture was from our last game day.  Such a fun group of girls!   A couple of them, I started coaching in 3rd grade and taught some of them as 1st graders!  Bittersweet last game:-)

2. Favorite memory:
Camping at Timothy Lake...the whole weekend was so fun...even without real toilets!

1. Goal for 2012:
In all the reading I have done, I do not read much "classic" literature and nothing by Jane Austin.  So I am going to read at least 4 novels that fall into that category, and one of them a Jane Austin novel.

 

Bring on 2012!

Laurie