Sunday

Yesterday it was 77 degrees and today we're waiting for a winter storm, seriously? Good thing I have plenty of grading to do, lesson plans to make, and of course that large pile of laundry that never seems to go away.  What are your Sunday plans?

how do i?

i admit that i hate using capital letters, correct grammar, love run on sentences and I might be obsessed with the word yall but i am an English teacher and with that comes responsibility.  What is this responsibility you might ask... I am teaching the future leaders how to spell, write, read, and all that other fun stuff and let me tell you sometimes I think I rock, sometimes I think i suck.  I am trying to get my students to write a memoir but it's not going very well.  I understand that my kids are only in the 7th grade but most of them came to America only a few years ago so hello there has to be some memory of something right? NOPE!  All I hear is "I don't have memories" "I don't remember anything" "I don't ever do anything" I am sending this blog message out to my 14 readers and asking for help hence the title How Do I get my students to write a memoir?  I am not asking for a fifteen page memoir I am asking for a few paragraphs so that my students will have something to read in a few weeks when they go tutoring.  (I'll explain the tutoring later)

Does anyone know what I can do to jumpstart the writing?

Interesting...

I am going to begin this post with my life story, ready? I was born in small town Oklahoma where I lived until I was 10 and then we moved to Atlanta, Georgia where I lived until I was 16 and we moved to Greenville, South Carolina for two years of high school.  I left Greenville for 7 years in Norman only to move back to Greenville so that I could go figure out my life.  I did figure out my life by attending and graduating from Clemson University's Masters program but I had few friends there, I was content and ready to be a loner until I found a job in Oklahoma and here I am!  With all those moves I have managed to collect friends here and there not to mention every summer spent at camp in Wisconsin, so I have friends almost everywhere.  I have been thinking about the friends that I want to keep making the effort with and those that I want to cut out of my life.  I feel bad about that but it's very difficult to feel like you are doing all the work, or even you are being ignored because their life is too busy (I hate being ignored.) I understand we are all becoming grown ups so with that comes some tough decisions.  Hopsy at Kappa Prep just wrote a similiar post and I want to share it because I like her ideas 3 AM friends . Do you think this is too harsh? What would you do?

quick trip...

Today I am going to Dallas for about 8 hours to try on my wedding dress!   My mother is meeting me there, and then we come back to Oklahoma for my first (and only?) wedding shower.  I am very excited to try on my dress especially since I haven't seen it since May.  :)

2011

This is the year that...

I become REALLY organized...

start getting out more, I'm a huge homebody and am poor so therefore we don't get out much.

I get married to the man that I love.. (and apparently become that cheesy lady)

What are you doing this year?

Wedding Stuff...

This is the dress for my bridesmaid luncheon, at least that's the plan for now.

This is my rehearsal dinner dress (no it's not that short on me!)

I will be wearing the following shoes

I am getting very excited for my wedding now that things are coming together.  Today I have my hair practice appointment and I can't wait.

change is a good thing right?

Well, I am home and it's wonderful!  I haven't had time to fully comprehend the fact that tomorrow is the beginning of two weeks off but have no fear I will enjoy every second of it.  I know this blog is supposed to be about education, but for the next few weeks I might be sharing some wedding information. I am meeting with the wedding planner on Tuesday and will be able to FINALLY know what's going on with my wedding.  How do I not know what's going on you might ask, various reasons but the main reason is that I haven't had to and I kind of like it.  I am not stressed, because I feel like if I knew what wasn't being done, and what was being done I would be freaking out, so until I start freaking out enjoy the wedding tidbits.  I will also be sharing my need for a change in the education system (yes I'll be preaching!) and I think I am actually going to start using my blog for educational matters too.  Heavens forbid I actually use my blog for what it's supposed to be used for. :) I still stand by my decision not to have correct grammar, or punctuation because well I teach grammar and I still dislike capitalization along with I would spend too much time worrying about using the correct words, and if this comma fits here, etc.  Now that I'm done explaining what's going to happen with the blog, I am also going to share something that is going to freak you out!  (not really but let me build up some suspense...) This summer there was a teacher must haves topic that Babbling Abby started and one of mine was coca cola, well I have quit coca cola.  I had one tonight at dinner but I am actively trying to stay off of it until the wedding.  I usually had one a day, but am trying to drink water more, well drink anything more.  I hope everyone has a good monday off (well my teacher friends anyway...)