Little Muffin

Oh my goodness, I am a horrible blogger. Well it doesn’t help that I still don’t have the internet in my apartment (it is more a matter of being too lazy to get it set up than anything else) and I usually just want to go home at night instead of blogging. Hmm where to even start-oh of course CHER.
I am sure you are all wondering about my little muffin Cher…. Well turns out she is actually a HE. My bad. Haha. I think he just wasn’t fully “developed” when we checked and I never bothered looking again. I am still not sure how to explain the whole Gilmore Girls obsession. Haha. Actually I took him home over Thanksgiving (he hung out all day at school with m, my students loved it….I tried to keep him in the closet but of course word gets around. haha) and the family all fell in love with him- well all except Brockton. I decided to leave him up there until Christmas so he wouldn’t have to do as much traveling. When I went home at Christmas I knew there was no way I could bring him back to my apartment. He loves having the other animals there to torture. Literally those poor little critters, they don’t have much tolerance for him. He would have gone crazy at my apartment all day by himself. Haha. He has some new funny character traits. He is very much a cuddler, Cher loves my mom, and purrs a lot. He likes the sideways karate chop the dog. It’s actually very entertaining. Haha. He also tries to sneak out the front door…the little bugger. I love him as crazy as he is. The fam is trying to change his name to Ginger… I told them he has already been through a sex change and couldn’t handle a name change too.
Wow it is amazing I can write so much about a kitten.
Guess what I have parent teacher conferences next week, so I am sure you will get a lovely little post then. Bwahaha.

Sunny meets Cher

Yes folks that is correct, Sunny and Cher have been reunited once again. I know you thought it would never happen (considering one of them is dead) but they have found each other. Since high school my sister Mallory started calling me Sunny. The name seemed to stick and a lot of people call me it. (I sometimes wonder if they even know my real name haha). Well on Monday one of my students came in holding this precious little number....

Okay seriously how could you not resist that cuteness. It was instant love at first sight. Well the student had brought it for me (not even knowing if I liked cats,) started as a joke but then really didnt want her back. So needless to say this was the moment Sunny and Cher were reunited. That is right this little chica got blessed with a name like Cher. Now normally it takes a strong sole to pull off the name Cher, but SHE can sure rock it. haha it totally fits her personality. I snuck her into my apartment, I am not allowed to have to pets (shh dont tell.) She is so funny, she loves to lay on my chest or right by my head at all times. Her newest thing is while I am sleeping she will slowly crawl up to me and prance on my face to startle me. haha. She follows me around the house, when I am there. I leave the music on during the day, to drown out any noise she makes. She is so fun, I love coming home and having her get excited to see me.

I have also discovered she loves Gilmore Girls and has discovered the mirror, she truely is a girl of my own heart, even if I fear everyday that you will cause me to come home to find all of my belongings on the front lawn. haha

Oh little Cher, how I already love you and it has only been 4 simple days. Please stay little forever.

P.S. I sure hope my roommate isn't allergic, but when you have lived there a month and half and only stayed one night I am not to worried about it.

P.T. Conference and date books....

Am I supposed to be posting a blog… probably not. So what am I supposed to be doing, well I can think of about a million and a half other things I should be doing right now… Like grading papers, or creating a new bulletin board, or perhaps even conversing with parent. That is right folks; here I sit at these blasted parent teacher conferences. Not only do I teach some of the most controversial material allowed to be taught in schools, I have to tell the parents what the devil I teach about, and so it would happen that Child Development is in the middle of the most awkward unit of them all, human reproduction, contraceptives, and std’s. Oh how I love my job…. Actually I really do, I just don’t love parent teacher conferences, I think they are awkward and pointless. Yet you better believe I am going to be one of those parents that show up to every teacher, every year… probably just so I give the teacher something to do…instead of posting on a blog. Haha.

On second thought, I am still enjoying my job, it is so fun. I get asked A LOT of very…..interesting questions about everything imaginable, and it completely blows my mind where they come up with this stuff. I like being the teacher that is very open about issues, and in all actually I am glad students feel comfortable asking these bizarre questions. I love Adult Living…it is so fun to teach, and it is a little bit of everything, which seems to fit my personality the best. We are in the middle of our dating unit, and I came up with this idea to have the students create a children’s ABC book of dating ideas. So basically they had to come up with a date for every letter of the alphabet. I got bored on Saturday and decided I wanted to make one too, because the students were having so much fun with it. Haha. So here is a picture of my book…don’t laugh at my drawings, clearly I am no artist. I am not done with it yet, I still need to add the words. This page will be A is for visiting an Animal shelter, B is for a bicycle ride. I made it so I can have an example to show the students when I teach this again. Haha I lead such a boring life… I get excitement about creating a book of dates.



Second thought.... Because we have to sit here for two evenings they are letting us out of school all day friday!!! I can't wait! I am going to go up to Boise for the weekend... I sure do miss that place. It probably doesn't help how close it is and that I have had to go up there so much for conferences and such, but I really do miss it. As interesting as it is, I miss it more now, than I ever did in college. I think because I knew it wasn't permanant in college, but now the feeling is a lot more permanant here. I cant wait.... and I cant even begin to tell you how much I love the FALL. I love the leaves changing, and the ability to wear sweaters, and scarves and boots, which all make me very happy. haha.

Pretty much.....

Pretty much, I am dead to the world... yes that is very much a true statement. In all reality I feel as though I am already becoming a zombie to the world. I don't have the Internet in my apartment, or TV, so the only socialization I have to the world is my cell phone, which is pretty much always in my office at school, so that is useless too. You might ask then how are you in the internet now, typing this post? Good question.... well I am still at school, yes it is 8:00 at night, well it happens sometimes. haha. And technically I am waiting for a load of towels from the kitchens to be done washing so they don't sit in the washer all night.
All I do is go to school, come home and sleep... and occasionally watch an episode of Gilmore Girls. I am really loving my new apartment, even though I am hardly ever there. It is nice to come home too... even though I still haven't hung pictures on the wall. Whatev. haha.
School is going well... my classes are all really well behaved and even though we have only been in school a week, I think it will be a good trimester, even if I feel like I am chicken running around with my head cut off all the time. Okay I know that this was a super boring post... but the buzzer went off, time to go home to more school work. Peace and blessings.

Guess how awesome I am....

60 wood pencils
17 mechanical pencils
1 Spiral Notebook
2 reusable shopping bags
44 pens
1 Pencil pouch
7 Sharpies
4 Glue sticks
2 White outs
1 Dry erase marker
1 pack paper clips
1 pack rubber bands
1 Past due stamp
2 Highlighters
1 Pop-up tape dispenser
1 Large easer
12 cap easers
1 Post-it note pad
5 Post-it flags
1 Pack file label stickers
1 Pack NoteTabs
2 boxes crayons
1 bottle hand sanitizer
1 advisers guide to student activities
10 pocket folders
6 bubble mailers
1 pack mini stickers

This is how awesome I am!! Look at all this goodness. The best thing about being a teacher is SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I know that doesn’t sound like much to most people but there is some sort of enjoyment to me about getting school supplies. I think it is the thought of getting to get to use that new pen or something. I know weird. Haha. Anyway the office supply stores usually do a teachers appreciation day, so we hit up two of the three different stores in Boise. I got a whole loot of free stuff. I did purchase a few things before the matter, but got them at great prices. So all of this plus a couple things that I forgot to put in the picture (they are listed) cost a grand total of $7.58. That is right folks $7.58. Isn’t that amazing!!!! I am pretty stoked about it. I know I am pathetic that I would get excited about this.

Quick Update

Well it has been an eventful few weeks for me. I moved all my stuff into my apartment, which was the first time I had ever seen it, including no pictures. But turns out it was a great find on my part. It is so upscale feeling, I even get to buzz people into the building that is how cool I am. It feels more like a hotel than a apartment complex. Eek I can't wait to put pictures up, but I came back to Boise for a few days. It is still a little plain right now, but give it a little time and it will be amazing. Plus I have a spare bedroom, so you are all welcome to come and stay... that just means the people in Boise coming down to the temple now have another reason to visit.:)

I have also been working in my classroom a little bit... I am so grateful for my mom being there to help me because it is very overwhelming. The problem is that the teacher that was there before me was there for so long that there is just so much to go go through. She also has like a million, jillion tables, desks, shelves, anything else you can think of in the room and the room is not big at all. I definitely have my work cut out for me there.

My eye surgery went fantastic, I really didn't get nervous until I was basically laying on the table and there was no turning back. Literally the scariest moment of my entire life was the point when you black out for a about a minute, it is hard to explain but really you wonder if you will ever see again. I came home and basically slept until Saturday. haha, well I woke up for dinner. In reality it was a fantastic decision. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has even considered it. The brief ten minutes of fearing your life is worth not ever having to worry about contacts again.

Okay I know I am boring, but I promise life will soon get interesting... well at least there will be pictures sometime:)

2 Favorites

This week I have been working on two of my favorite things... Crafting and organizing. These things are a little obsessive in my life, I love going into craft stores, I just don't feel like I have time to work on projects as much as I would like. I bought this kit at a craft store a few months ago, I just had a hard time finding the right paper for it. I made it for my mom and she wanted it in black and white, I just had a hard time finding white paper that had some design on it. Weird I know, but seriously I had to go to three different craft stores and ended up using gray tones as well.
I love the way it turned out, it was also my first attempt at vinyl, only the Y went a little kattywompus (is that even a word?). I think I am going to add a few more decals to it, like on the top of the M. This picture isn't great, but it gives you the idea.

I think the "F" was my favorite, and I thought that I would hate that one, I was just trying to find paper to work. haha

My next favorite-ORGANIZING

You wouldn't guess it by the looks of my room right now... but hey I am in the middle of packing and going through things, but I love to organize. I love to arrange and make things like presentable. My closet is always color coded, movies always alphabetized... I cant believe that I admitting this on here, but when I eat multicolored food (like skittles) I have to eat them in color order of the rainbow. Okay a little obsessive I know. This week my mom and I decided to reorganize the pantry. We have done this before, but it got messed up again (she is way to similar to me) I don't have any pictures before but here is how it looks now.

I love these, organizers, best idea ever!!

This was a new idea we had, to get little baskets to help organize, this one is full of baking supplies like vanilla, and baking powder, so that when we bake, just pull it right out and ready to go. We have one with pastas and one with crackers and easy snacks like popcorn.

Yes its turn even the cereal is alphabetized!! haha. Isn't life so much better when it was organized!! I love it!

On other note I am going under the knife tomorrow... well actually the laser. I am having laser eye surgery. I am so excited, the nerves haven't set in yet. it isn't even that my eye sight is that bad at all, but it is kind of a little present to myself... I don't really know why I needed a present, but that is how I justified it.

Oh and I found an apartment in Twin Falls. I went out on a limb and signed the lease without even seeing... okay I haven't even seen pictures of it. Brave I know, but it seems good, and the manager has reassured me that it is a great apartment. Yeah, it is finally starting to set in, now I should work on lesson planning... haha ya right.