A little more snow

From last night. It did flurry a little here this afternoon, but not much.



A little decoration in my classroom:

It's Snowing!!

There's quite a bit more, now. My whole car is white and so is the deck!

Corners of my Home

The busy corner of my home:

A Ridiculously Long Weekend

On Sunday afternoon, Blair and I set out to Kirksville, MO for his live audition and interview at Truman State. When we left home it was a balmy 65 degrees outside. Seven-and-a-half hours later, we were welcomed by 21 degree temps and this

SNOW!!!! So much snow! We spent the night at a very nice bed and breakfast.

Monday was Blair's audition, and I wandered around campus for a little over an hour taking in all the snow. Very nice campus, just not quite what we have in mind. It would be like moving from hot and humid Podunk to cold and icy Podunk.

A little snow and ice

The snow didn't stick, but it was so pretty to watch it fall this morning. This is what we're left with:

Oh, I forgot...

I just made my first Etsy sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Self-Portrait Tuesday

Yes, that is a Boomwhacker in my hand!



Pictures of my Classroom:

Sheesh...

Apparently I have a knack for making kindergarteners cry. Going on four of them now...

The Boomwhackers went well today. We'll see how they do tomorrow. This week is kinda crazy because school pictures are Wednesday and Valentines parties take place Thursday and there's no school Friday. Could be a wild few days...or not...

More Teaching

I'm needed all week this week, except for Friday because there is no school. I have decided to be brave and do Boomwhackers. I found that the children weren't up-to-date with the teacher's lessons plans, so I'm going to use the Boomwhackers to teach rhythm and pitch. The get bored just sitting and saying ta ta ti ti ta, and in my opinion children don't learn as well when they're bored. So we can still learn ta ta ti ti ta but do it in a way that facilitates better learning and retention of that knowledge.

Handbell Festival

Sub Days

Sorry I didn't get to do a Self-Portrait Tuesday yesterday. I had the computer unplugged because of the storms.

I did, however, get pictures of my classroom yesterday.
Things with which to create:

Things created:

No wonder my sinuses hate me:

And now for creations of my own:

I finally got this bag finished. I sewed in the wool lining and the strap last night. The bag itself is knitted out of 20% wool 80% acrylic.

I got this coat done a while ago, but just got around to taking pictures of it. I would like to put some dark brown wooden toggle buttons on it, but I don't have any right now. The only thing I don't like about this pattern is the lack of pockets. It was really easy to stitch up.

More Subbing

Tomorrow is my last day for a while with my munchkins. I really have had alot of fun with them. I'm still undecided about what Master's to get. I'm kinda thinking now about just sticking with education. But then, by the time I get done with that degree, Blair and I will be ready to start a family, and we've already decided that I'll stay at home while we have little ones. So by the time we're through having children and they're all in school, will I really still want to go back and teach? So, I'm thinking about just doing a Kindermusik certification and doing that and piano lessons. Then I can have the best of both worlds and still do sub work when our kids are in school. I don't know. Still thinking...

Corners of my Home

Today's corner is an outside corner.

Major Life Lesson Number 64,897

When you make a kindergartener cry, you feel worse than he does.

Self-Portrait Tuesday

Yes, I did wear my Crocs to work today with my pin-stripes. I was very comfortable, thank you.

With the massive amounts of pouring down rain today, both outside AND in my classroom, all lesson plans were quickly abandoned. We did two rounds of Sitting Next to Me and then proceeded to sing all the winter songs from Story Hour (Sabrina would be proud) while sitting in a circle on the floor. I then played a piece of music on the piano and then went around the circle and had each child tell me what came to mind during the song. That went over about as well as extra Christmas presents...they absolutely loved it! Then I read a story to them called "Nanna Hannah's Piano" which took up enough of the left-over time so that we didn't have any down "do what-ever-you-like-run-around-crazy-hey-I'm-in-kindergarten" time. So, tomorrow, all lesson plans will be abandoned, we are all taking a piece of paper, dividing it into fourths, and drawing while listening to music. Can't stinkin' wait!

Busy Busy...denying my calling in life

I'm subbing at our Primary School this week for the music teacher. It's a blast! These kids have had subs for so long that they're tired of watching movies. They have loved that we're doing music, that I'm playing the piano and singing. Absolutely love it!! What's that say about kids? That's there's more to them than adults give them credit for.

Not So Much a Corner's of My Home Post

My old phone:

(yeah, I accidentally killed it today)

and my new phone:

A view out my backdoor

I took these this morning:

A little of last night left over



and a beautiful beginning to a new (cold) day

Self-Portrait Tuesday: Of the Inward Variety

The question has been posed: Why create and buy handmade?

I am a creative individual. There is no reason for me to think act eat learn look like every other American of this generation.

The question has been posed: Why spend two hours two day two weeks two months creating something that can be bought and made mine in five minutes?

When you create you learn something about yourself. You become part of a tradition that so many before you made a reality. You depend on yourself to determine who you become rather than depending on Ralph Lauren Banana Republic Wonder Bread Target. You teach yourself how to be you instead of allowing Brad Pitt Lindsay Lohan Julia Roberts to dictate who what how you should be.

The question has been posed: Why create?

'Why not?' is my response.

A busy MLK day

Blair and I made bagels...yum!!!


We also played Mario Kart...for a while...until I went to make herbal parmeasan cheese sticks to go with the chili tonight!



We're under a winter weather advisory tonight...hoping for snow, but it will probably just be freezing rain...