Lately, I have been good at doing one thing: wasting time. I have a million things to do, yet when I have some free time, I spend it relaxing or wasting time. Example: I have many papers to file in my classroom and portfolios to put together. Today we don't have students- meetings and such, but this afternoon I have an hour of free time. I can't leave until 3:00, so I am essentially being held hostage here. This should force me to do my work. False. I blog instead. And listen to iTunes. And drink 2 diet Cokes. And call my dad. Then my boyfriend. Then color code my calendar. Check my mailbox in the school office 3 times. Then read poetry. Is it 3:00 yet? Nope. 45 minutes.
It is very good that I have a job where I am held to a strict schedule, because if I were self employed, my business would die.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sunday Nights
Is there anything more depressing than Sunday nights? Seriously...the weekend feels like 4 hours. Monday thru Friday feel like 4 years. Plus, I didn't get as much done as I wanted to for work this weekend, so now I am up at almost midnight. Procrastination doesn't end with college.
I am hoping and praying that when the weekdays are not spent alone in an apartment, I will like them more...like when I can live with someone that can converse with me...in English. I hate to rush life by wishing days away, but this in between stage kind of is depressing. It could just be I am grumpy because tonight it is supposed to be 2 degrees BELOW zero. Tomorrow's HIGH is in the "lower 20s"....really !?!?! WHY DO I NOT LIVE IN MIAMI?
Hmm...something happy...happy...oh!
None of my friends (from HS or college or friends from work) have gotten married yet. BUT my really close friend set a date for her wedding this weekend. So I am very happy to go to her wedding. I think it will be in Bryn Mawr in October. That's exciting! Congrats, Jen & Steve!!! :)
I am hoping and praying that when the weekdays are not spent alone in an apartment, I will like them more...like when I can live with someone that can converse with me...in English. I hate to rush life by wishing days away, but this in between stage kind of is depressing. It could just be I am grumpy because tonight it is supposed to be 2 degrees BELOW zero. Tomorrow's HIGH is in the "lower 20s"....really !?!?! WHY DO I NOT LIVE IN MIAMI?
Hmm...something happy...happy...oh!
None of my friends (from HS or college or friends from work) have gotten married yet. BUT my really close friend set a date for her wedding this weekend. So I am very happy to go to her wedding. I think it will be in Bryn Mawr in October. That's exciting! Congrats, Jen & Steve!!! :)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Slushy. Mushy. Icy. Cold. Snow. Day.
Well I knew we would not be so lucky as to make it through the winter without a snow day. As a kid, I loved Snow days, but as a teacher- I don't. This means in June when the sun is shining and everyone else is on vacation at the Jersey shore, I am in a classroom with whiny kids (and chances are I am whining, too) :)
Today was our first snow day, extending our school year further into June. SOMETIMES I am happy for a snow day if I have to write a paper or I am exhausted but I just had a three day weekend. Not only that, but I left my parents house last night to come back to my lonely apartment-aka tiny crap hole with noisy traffic and plows- and I could have stayed an extra day. My mom is away in Massachusetts with Julie and since dad has to work, the poor dog is alone all day. Probably peeing in my bedroom.
Tomorrow I have a conference to go to all day so I won't be in school either. This meant that even on my snow day, I had to clean off the slush ice on my car and head to the school for about 90 minutes to leave substitute plans. I REALLY wanted to just write "Let them have a study hall." But, I felt guilty and lazy so I left them work to do.
So- what did I do on my day off? Nothing now that I think about it- besides eat Peanut Butter Cap'n crunch in bed at noon in my PJs and then head to school to work. Tonight, I think I will get movin and head to the gym for cardio and strength class. I will also have a cup of hot cocoa and do some work for my grad. class. I started a new class and so far it seems interesting but pretty demanding. I have a paper due on Valentine's Day. Speaking of which, February is coming up and I love the month of February: hearts, birthday, sweets, VDay, and celebrating 4 and a half years with my sweet boyfriend. Also, February has the 3 day President's day weekend, the superbowl, and it is short and sweet. Plus, it technically means the end of this winter slushy mushy icy cold snow day crap. :) It could be worse- my roof could be leaking into my bedroom like Corey's is now.
Stay warm everyone!!!!
Today was our first snow day, extending our school year further into June. SOMETIMES I am happy for a snow day if I have to write a paper or I am exhausted but I just had a three day weekend. Not only that, but I left my parents house last night to come back to my lonely apartment-aka tiny crap hole with noisy traffic and plows- and I could have stayed an extra day. My mom is away in Massachusetts with Julie and since dad has to work, the poor dog is alone all day. Probably peeing in my bedroom.
Tomorrow I have a conference to go to all day so I won't be in school either. This meant that even on my snow day, I had to clean off the slush ice on my car and head to the school for about 90 minutes to leave substitute plans. I REALLY wanted to just write "Let them have a study hall." But, I felt guilty and lazy so I left them work to do.
So- what did I do on my day off? Nothing now that I think about it- besides eat Peanut Butter Cap'n crunch in bed at noon in my PJs and then head to school to work. Tonight, I think I will get movin and head to the gym for cardio and strength class. I will also have a cup of hot cocoa and do some work for my grad. class. I started a new class and so far it seems interesting but pretty demanding. I have a paper due on Valentine's Day. Speaking of which, February is coming up and I love the month of February: hearts, birthday, sweets, VDay, and celebrating 4 and a half years with my sweet boyfriend. Also, February has the 3 day President's day weekend, the superbowl, and it is short and sweet. Plus, it technically means the end of this winter slushy mushy icy cold snow day crap. :) It could be worse- my roof could be leaking into my bedroom like Corey's is now.
Stay warm everyone!!!!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Good Eats.
I think it would be fun to have a blog dedicated to food, but since I don't have time to do that, I will just throw some of that into the mix right here. I love taking pictures of the food that I make and like to keep it in a photo album for reference when I need to look up what I made for certain events. Here are some treats I tried over my 10 day winter vacation from work (which by the way was GLORIOUS!).
Chocolate Velvet Dessert.
A chocolate wafer crust with creamy chocolate piped into the crust.
Christmas Morning- Mocha Mint Cappuccinos
Topped with whipped cream.
Cranberry Cheese Wedge
Obvi, I didn't make the cheese- but I dressed it up with some rosemary springs and sugared cranberries and fresh cherries.
Cordon Bleu Bites
A big hit for the New Year's Eve party- ham & swiss with a dijon sauce on sliced French bread.
New Year's Eve dessert- Cranberry Pear Pie & Cherry Pie
Cranberry Pear-topped with a crumb mixture of brown sugar and butter. Over 9 cups of fresh fruit in this baby!
Cherry- A double crust pie with cherries and cranberries in it and a bit of healthy walnuts. Even went over well with people who are not typically cherry pie people.
Wilbur Bud Oatmeal Cookies
For those who are not familiar, Wilbur Buds were created before the Hershey Kiss, but they did not patent it in time. They are made 2 doors down from my apartment in Lititz. I popped a Wilbur Bud in the center of chewy oatmeal cookies.
Dad's 50th cake
Chocolate layer cake with homemade frosting. Topped with strawberries and drizzled with ganache. Garnished with a "50" that I made out of melted semi-sweet chocolate. I took this to Christmas dinner and it was well-received.
Happy New Year! Here's to good food in 2011!!!!
Chocolate Velvet Dessert.
A chocolate wafer crust with creamy chocolate piped into the crust.
Christmas Morning- Mocha Mint Cappuccinos
Topped with whipped cream.
Cranberry Cheese Wedge
Obvi, I didn't make the cheese- but I dressed it up with some rosemary springs and sugared cranberries and fresh cherries.
Cordon Bleu Bites
A big hit for the New Year's Eve party- ham & swiss with a dijon sauce on sliced French bread.
New Year's Eve dessert- Cranberry Pear Pie & Cherry Pie
Cranberry Pear-topped with a crumb mixture of brown sugar and butter. Over 9 cups of fresh fruit in this baby!
Cherry- A double crust pie with cherries and cranberries in it and a bit of healthy walnuts. Even went over well with people who are not typically cherry pie people.
Wilbur Bud Oatmeal Cookies
For those who are not familiar, Wilbur Buds were created before the Hershey Kiss, but they did not patent it in time. They are made 2 doors down from my apartment in Lititz. I popped a Wilbur Bud in the center of chewy oatmeal cookies.
Dad's 50th cake
Chocolate layer cake with homemade frosting. Topped with strawberries and drizzled with ganache. Garnished with a "50" that I made out of melted semi-sweet chocolate. I took this to Christmas dinner and it was well-received.
Happy New Year! Here's to good food in 2011!!!!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
An ESL Christmas :)
I am incredibly thankful that my students are ALL awesome this year. I don't have one "Bad one" in the bunch. This is my best year ever as far as cooperative, lovable kids. We are a great team of 17!
This year was the first year that I decided to have a Christmas party for the kids after school. We planned it for Monday, to make Monday a bit more bearable. Plus, we have no school Friday! So it is a nice short week.
I was so grateful to have BOTH of my sisters there to help me with the craft stations and my mom came to help out, too. So much easier than trying to monitor 15 teenagers at a party alone.
We had 6 pizzas, soda, decorate-your-own cupcakes, clementines, and then a bunch of ornaments and crafts the kids could make to take home as gifts for their parents. We helped them wrap them up and they were so happy to be able to give their parents and siblings something little for Christmas. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon:
Samuel eating pizza! Kayla & Nini painting ornaments
Tha Dah Ler & Fairy making snowball ornaments.
An awesome group of young girls.
This year was the first year that I decided to have a Christmas party for the kids after school. We planned it for Monday, to make Monday a bit more bearable. Plus, we have no school Friday! So it is a nice short week.
I was so grateful to have BOTH of my sisters there to help me with the craft stations and my mom came to help out, too. So much easier than trying to monitor 15 teenagers at a party alone.
We had 6 pizzas, soda, decorate-your-own cupcakes, clementines, and then a bunch of ornaments and crafts the kids could make to take home as gifts for their parents. We helped them wrap them up and they were so happy to be able to give their parents and siblings something little for Christmas. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon:
Samuel eating pizza! Kayla & Nini painting ornaments
Tha Dah Ler & Fairy making snowball ornaments.
An awesome group of young girls.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Superior Weekend
Last weekend was AWESOME!!!!!!!
Well, most of it. The only downer was that I had to work tirelessly on my paper to finish it up and got very sleep.
But, finishing the paper was one of the reasons why this weekend was awesome!
It came to 38 pages. Plus 52 pages of appendices and references. Total: 90 pages! Death paper. I was in tears over it all weekend. Like seriously crying at times.
Corey was also paper writing until 3:30 AM both nights. So we didn't get to see each other much. I can't wait until Christmas break where we can do things that are not academic.
So here is my list breakdown of why last weekend was awesome:
1. Paper done. Now 50% finished with my Master's classes! 20 credits down, 20 to go!
2. Body massage. I had scheduled this thinking my paper would be finished but it wasn't so I was kicking myself for going. But, it was wonderful. She was able to put my left shoulder back in place! No more pain! And I got a lemon oil foot treatment.
3. The family Christmas tree was chopped down from the farm. :) And I got to go along with the family to help pick it out.
4. My sister graduated magna cum laude from Millersville Sunday.
5. Despite missing the Eagles game, they won and it was so amazing that in the restaurant parking lot after graduation I screamed and jumped up and down and people were staring. I also cried. 4 touchdowns in 8 minutes. Jackson is my hero.
6. I had a wonderful dinner with my parents, sisters, grandparents, and Aunt Nance to celebrate Julie's graduation. I had delicious pork barbecue and fries and cinnamon baked apples and corn bread. So yummy!
7. Sunday night I played Santa Clause and went over to two of my students delivered presents to them. They are going through some terrible times. The 4 children were smiling so big and it was beautiful.
Well, most of it. The only downer was that I had to work tirelessly on my paper to finish it up and got very sleep.
But, finishing the paper was one of the reasons why this weekend was awesome!
It came to 38 pages. Plus 52 pages of appendices and references. Total: 90 pages! Death paper. I was in tears over it all weekend. Like seriously crying at times.
Corey was also paper writing until 3:30 AM both nights. So we didn't get to see each other much. I can't wait until Christmas break where we can do things that are not academic.
So here is my list breakdown of why last weekend was awesome:
1. Paper done. Now 50% finished with my Master's classes! 20 credits down, 20 to go!
2. Body massage. I had scheduled this thinking my paper would be finished but it wasn't so I was kicking myself for going. But, it was wonderful. She was able to put my left shoulder back in place! No more pain! And I got a lemon oil foot treatment.
3. The family Christmas tree was chopped down from the farm. :) And I got to go along with the family to help pick it out.
4. My sister graduated magna cum laude from Millersville Sunday.
5. Despite missing the Eagles game, they won and it was so amazing that in the restaurant parking lot after graduation I screamed and jumped up and down and people were staring. I also cried. 4 touchdowns in 8 minutes. Jackson is my hero.
6. I had a wonderful dinner with my parents, sisters, grandparents, and Aunt Nance to celebrate Julie's graduation. I had delicious pork barbecue and fries and cinnamon baked apples and corn bread. So yummy!
7. Sunday night I played Santa Clause and went over to two of my students delivered presents to them. They are going through some terrible times. The 4 children were smiling so big and it was beautiful.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Fashion Help
I love getting new clothes. And I love constantly changing my style. I think my style lately has been a mix of Far East- Asian style and Western. Weird. It used to be way more Bohemian. I always hated colored jeans. YUCK. Well last night I got my first pair of black jeans. They were only 25.00- my rule is never pay more than 45.00 for jeans. I really like them. They do not look punk or rock or whatever and I will be able to wear them to work I think because they are almost dressy-ish. So my problem- as with everything I want to wear- is that I don't know what to wear with them.
I know what pieces of clothing and accessories I like but cannot put anything- shoes, tops, bottoms, etc. together. So I need a personal outfit coordinator for me. Someone to tell me what to wear.
So what do you wear with black jeans? Ideas?
I know what pieces of clothing and accessories I like but cannot put anything- shoes, tops, bottoms, etc. together. So I need a personal outfit coordinator for me. Someone to tell me what to wear.
So what do you wear with black jeans? Ideas?
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