Awards!

The school year is almost over...it is so very close I can barely stand it.  I have 3 1/2 days with students and 2 in-service days left until a glorious, relaxing summer!  However, I will forever miss my students.  These kids have no idea how incredibly special they are to me, and how much each and everyone of them have touched me!  I was incredibly spoiled in my first year of teaching to have such small classes with such amazing kids.  That is why I am now in the process of making awards for each and every one of them!  They are all about their personalities and inside jokes we have had as a class.  I am doing a 'paper plate award', which is something my dance team did.  It is basically just a funny, cute award on a paper plate.  Also, I am doing candy awards...for instance, Franky will get a Snickers with a certificate for always making the class laugh, or somethin' like that.  I am excited and having fun, but stressed with trying to get everything done.  With as much as I am ready for summer, I hate to leave these kids!

It is still very much a work in progress, but they are turning out so cute!

Livin' in Sunshine!

How about this...I got my first blog award!  I got it from Emily, who also received one, and I am basically copying her post to explain it (thanks, Em). 

The Sunshine Blog Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspire others in the blog world. The "rules" for accepting the award are:

1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.

2. Pass the award to 7 bloggers.

3. Link the nominees within your post.

4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

6. Share 7 things about yourself

So, problem is, I am still pretty new to blogging and do not know to me other fellow bloggers.  Therefore, I am going to nominate only 2...oh, well!

Tiffany
Beth

Now, on to the 7 things about me!


1. I think that teaching middle school English is one of the best ways to spend my time!  I absolutely love it!

2. I would be completely lost without my I-Phone!  It has everything in it!

3. I'm obsessed with lists!  I make a list  for just about everything...groceries, places to go, places to see, things to do.  I am a lover of to-do lists, and the satisfaction I get from checking things off is probably  not normal!

4. It's hard to admit, but I am a huge reality TV junky.  There are lots I watch on a regular basis, i.e. Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance, Kendra, Say Yes to the Dress, etc.  Then there are others that I will totally watch whenever I happen to see them on, i.e. 16 and Pregnant, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Tool Academy.  I am not totally proud of this, but it is a fact!

5. I am in love with the arts.  Nick and I have season tickets to the Houston Ballet, Theater Under the Stars, and Broadway Across America.  Museums are always amazing to me, and I can never get enough of the fine arts!

6.  Not to worry, we have season tickets to the Houston Dynamo as well.  Nick gets his manly stuff too!

7. I have polycystic ovarian syndrome.  It isn't a huge deal, I take medicine for it, and it sucks!  It is basically the gateway for many other issues like diabetes, high blood pressure, and ovarian cancer.  However, since I am taking something to regulate my hormones I should be fine.