I hope everyone had a relaxing and refreshing holiday break. Ours was filled with holiday shopping, travel, and making some big purchases!
It was our first Thanksgiving together as a married couple and we make the trek down to New Orleans to spend time with my husbubs family. I love that city and it will always be one of my favorite places. I have spent Thanksgiving with my in-laws before they were my in-laws, but still something was different about this trip. I missed my family but it hasn't ceased to amaze me how excited I am about all these new feelings and emotions marriage has brought along. I'm excited for more holidays with both of our families and to experience all of this together. Woohoo marriage!
Moving into this week has been hard just because I was finally getting into the swing of holiday things. Finally finding the appreciation in relaxation and down time. Lots of things on the brain this week though even with the busy-ness that has consumed my life again. Hoping to find time to write it down and reflect on a few things.
Oh and this baby has helped with the commute back to the daily grind ;)
Happy new week people! Happy start to a wonderful holiday season!
Oh, Thanksgiving break. This little chunk of vacation is so well timed. After a day filled with Thanksgiving activities and ending with a surprise feast for my kiddos at school I was truly beat. I'm so ready to soak up some time with friends, family, and hoping to catch a few moments alone in the process. I want to take in every bit of the start of this holiday season and really live it. Seeing this video was a great start to the day (besides sleeping in until 7:30am and getting served breakfast in bed;), people really are good.
"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."
-Ann Frank
(interesting tidbit- this was the quote I put with my picture my senior year of high school)
Joining Jen and others over here for 7 little quicks.
1. Finally not feeling like a zombie anymore. I spent the better half of this week walking around half asleep and sniffly. I'm super happy to not have anything more than some residual sneezes and a scratchy voice left over. I don't think I've had a cold that bad in a while but honestly it could have been worse. Strep throat has been going around my classroom/our school for the semester and I would much rather take some sneezes over a beastly sore throat. I've also had a wonderful teammate taking care of me all week and my super husband by my side helping me with grading and supplying me with spicy pho. I have learned a little married life lesson throughout this week. When one spouse gets sick the other shall soon follow. Now beardyhubs has the zombie cold so I suppose it's my turn to play doctor and get him feeling better.
2. On the search for the perfect planner. As I was perusing the heavenly aisles of office supplies during my weekly* Target-only-buying-sale-stuff-and-still-spending-too-much-money trip. It dawned on me that I needed to start my yearly search for the perfect planner... I love planners. I know that I could keep all of my social activities on my phone and be really tech-savvy and such. But there is just something about writing it down in a planner, staying organized, and flipping through the pages. I have been trying to find the perfect planner for years. One that is durable and has a monthly calendar as well as week days to write things down. Something not terribly expensive. Something that I will actually want to use the entire year.
I came across this beauty this week. Not sure if I'm willing to shell out the 50 bucks for a planner. I may just need to put it on the Christmas list for now...
3. THANKSGIVING. As I was writing my lesson plans this week I decided to go ahead and be an overachiever and write next week's 5 days + the 2 days before T-giving break. It got me REALLY excited. Oh beautiful break you are so close. SO CLOSE. This past month has been hard, stressful, and full of work. I'm so ready for a break. Spending time with family and friends and finding relaxation. We are heading down to NOLA for this holiday and I could not be happier!
4. Friends. As I said before, this week was tough but made better by people taking care of me. Other friend -time things were super fun Zumba class on Wednesday and dinner with a friend, who I had not talked to in a while, last night. I'm so thankful for these people that have been put in my life. Dancing with my friends on Wednesday lifted my spirits so much. I've missed dancing with them. Dinner last night was so needed and I'm looking forward to more time spent with that friend in the future. I'm seriously blessed.
5. Musics.
Song that I'm really liking right now. All good music taste credit goes to my hubbubs. Also, I just got spotify and my mind has been blown.
6. Election. Well my Facebook feed has been filled with comments regarding the election, as I'm sure yours has as well. I won't comment on my feeling towards the day-after statuses but I will comment on the day-of posts. It was refreshing to see so many of my family and friends really encouraging each other to get out and vote. So many saying that it didn't matter which party you wished to vote for as long as you just went out and participated. So many people just excited and feeling patriotic, feeling blessed to be a part of our nation. I really hope that we can keep up those feelings, the ones that encourage togetherness and a sense of oneness as a country. I like those feelings and think they are going to result in better things to come for our country. 'MURICA.
7. BED DAY! Tomorrow. Is. THE. Day!!!!!!! We are getting our super wonderful amazing king sized mattress and bed frame. No more elbows accidentally hitting faces and a mattress that will hopefully not leave our backs in knots. I plan on sleeping most of the weekend.
Linking up with A Happy Wife in New Orleans today about all things wedding related! I linked up to with my first post that I wrote when we returned from our honeymoon. I loved looking at all the pictures and feeling that same excitement. We've been married 3 months now and I can honestly say I love this life even more than the day we got married! I'll take that as a good sign. ;)
Today is a pretty big deal. So we made it an even bigger deal in our classroom! We talked about voting, what it means to vote, and why we vote for our president. I could see all of my kids getting dreamy-eyed about the day they turn 18 and get the right to vote for such an important office.
We read Duck for President and even had our own mini election. We just finished reading Jennifer Murdley's Toad during our oral reading time as a class and so I put the next book up to a vote...
Matilda won by a landslide.
Well, I'm off to go enjoy a date with a bearded man and watch the votes roll in later!
After some comments and conversations I just needed time to clear my head. This time of year school is beyond overwhelming and this space was a creative communication outlet for me. Something that helped ease the stress and give me a new hobby to enjoy. I had been feeling kind of apathetic towards the blog though. What was the point? Who reads this? Who wants to hear my thoughts? Am I really being creative? All I could think was no one. Nobody. Nothing. So I took it all offline for a few weeks. Unplugged.
I really questioned why I was blogging. What was my purpose and what makes it so appealing. Then I came across this post on Aspiring Kennedy. This is a new blog I've come across in the past few weeks and her bright and cheery attitude was just what I needed to read.
Blogging is becoming more of a common hobby. It's something that brings people in an online community. It's something that fosters creativity for many whether it be through writing, photography, crafting, or raising a family. I've wanted to break into the world of blogging for a while. It's something that has been on my mind since college and I just never really committed the time or effort to such a project. I still don't think I've found my blogging niche but I don't see any other way of finding it then continuing to write and find my own style. It's a growing process and growing isn't always the easiest, but the end result is a beautiful thing.
So here I am. Trying this blogging thing, where it will lead I have no idea but I'm ready to get creating and searching for others who are doing the same.
Joining Jen and some other lovely ladies to recap the week in 7 little quickies.
1. Hallowednesday = Hallowcrazy. I feel like Halloween was so much more than just one day this year. We celebrated this weekend with friends (post later!) and continued the fun in the classroom this week with Halloween themed poems and a fun oozing pumpkin science experiment. I can definitely say that I have had my fill of trick or treating excitement, talk of costumes, and sugar buzzed kiddos and am ready to resume a more normal schedule next week. ;) Above is a sneak peek of some Halloween fun that happened at our apartment last weekend.
2. Hurricane Sandy. I'm sure we've all been thinking a lot about those on the East coast. My heart has been with my family out there all week. There are a lot of great rescue and relief efforts going on right now and I saw a great educational website take away their subscriptions for the week. It was all so that kiddos on the East coast could still get some structured education time while being cooped up at home. Snaps for Brainpop Jr. being awesome.
3. Hello, anthro.Hi anthropologie. Hi pretty new things. Hi inspiration upon inspiration in your pretty little pages. Hi...no money in my wallet. Really in love with these, this and this.
4. Getting pinspired. And wanting to get started on a lot of holiday crafts...however, this 90 degree no-where-near-holiday-weather is killing that craft buzz. Hard.
5. Current aches and pains. I have been feeling like I am nearing the ripe old age of 80 all week between my muscles and bones aching away. BUT! I think I've figure out my shoulder/arm issues...the bag I carry to and from school is probably almost my body weight and I tend to kind of heave it on my body before heading out the door maybe pulling a muscle in the process. trendyhashtag-teacherproblems.
7. Sorry for the hiatus...needed time to think. Anddddd (sorry too for starting two sentences in this post with 'and' yes, it is bothering me) that will lead into a post that will hopefully surface next week if the crazy subsides for now. I just needed to work some things over in the old noggin and I still am...but more on that later.
Woaaaaah left ya with a cliffhanger! Trying to spice these quickies up!
