Kickin' it CURRENTLY: February style!!

Hey guys! I am linking up with Farley at Oh' Boy, Fourth Grade for her February Currently!

Okay, shall we get to it? Yes :-)

Listening:I love #PandoraRadio. Singing along gets me through grading papers and lesson planning. It is also my "go-to" when my brain will not turn off.

Which happens a lot.

A WHOLE LOT. 

Moving on....

Loving:You see what I did there? Turning my name into a verb is something my best friend started. Apparently I have this "thing" I do when I am overwhelmed, or up to my ears in life and/or "student learning". The in quotations kind of student learning. Grrr.

What I gather is when I am "Emeralding", its like being Type A.....but on fire too. 

I say meh. Well I never!

Back to the CURRENTLY Loving part.... 

Whenever I am feeling that I am falling through the cracks, my mom always has the perfect thing to say. Where do moms get these bags of tricks? Do they give them out with the manual? I guess I will not know until I am a mom too...

Sneaky.

Thinking:The mayor of a nearby town in my district( who is also a teacher!) partners with an exchange program in Guatemala. A couple teachers from my school went last year and loved it. I am new to the district  and state, so I have not fully committed to it yet. If not this year then DEFINITELY next year. 

Thoughts?

Wanting: I had so much fun designing my blog. I had even more fun creating the three products that I did this week for my tpt store. What is funny is I actually have a certification in graphic design.

And I briefly worked as a designer for my old college...and the school newspaper as co-editor/layout. I also created branding for a nonprofit organization. 

But all this was YEARS ago. 

And with media the way it is, designing is NOT like riding a bike.

Random Plug-in #1
You can view my new tpt products here.


I also am VERY much into creating art with crayons. I have created a few things for my classroom and a few pieces for my teacher friends as gifts. I even sold one! I have pictures housed on my "old" blog. I again use quotations because it is really only a month old. I started it, but it did not feel like home.


Random Plug-in #2

You can check out my crayon art here.


Needing:So...last quarter I did a BAD thing. I neglected to create a paper grading schedule. And that pile of papers grew. And grew. 

AND GREW!

A paper mountain, it was.

So for that reason, I am putting myself on a strict paper grading lockdown. It has to happen EVERY WEEK. 

No Excuses. 

This is week one.

I still have until tomorrow.

{insert "I CAN" statement here}


2 Truths and a Fib: Statement 1 was TRUE!! Lion King is one of my favorite movies! For that reason, I can recite every line, sing every song with the same inflection and sound effects...down to the elephant toots. 

Fun Fact: I worked at Disney during college...

Statement 2 was FALSE!! I got sneaky and switched some words in that statement. 

Swap out "Hunger Games" for Harry Potter, and "movies" for last 2 books. Yes, I am the nerd who got my train ticket to Hogwarts and waited in line at midnight to get my copy. 

Both times.

I also joined Pottermore...

Until I was sorted into Hufflepuff. 

Hufflepuff!! (-_-).


So that makes Statement 3....Totally True!

I stopped by the store to get some snacks for my kiddos (when I worked in Houston) and I hopped back in my car...without turning my lights back on. 

It was near the end of the month, when the police are all... let's not go there. Anyway, I hear WHOOP! and pull over. He comes to my window and does his whole "License and Registration." blah blah...

I reach to get it and he goes, "Are you a teacher ma'am?" I say yes and he LITERALLY tips his hat and says, "Have A Nice Morning", and starts to walk away. He says over his shoulder, "Thank you for what you do...turn your lights on."

Thank goodness it was school spirit day. I was decked to the nines in our school memorabilia.



*abrupt ending sound*



Thank you all for reading! Don't forget to comment below. 

FARLEY'S RULE OF 3.


Fun Fact: As I typed this it became Sunday. 

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY.