voila!

So school starts in a few days and I have been in my room for a week now getting things ready. I'm still not finished but here is what I have done so far. My room is monkey themed and someone already did a tree with a monkey in it so I thought why not a barrel of monkeys. It didn't turn out quite like I wanted it too. The monkeys are a little small and the barrel is a little big and wonky looking. oh well.

This is my focus wall. Really its just a white board with all the reading crap I plan to cover in a day. It helps keep me on track and the kids can look at it and review throughout the day.

Here is my reading corner. Cozy huh?

Here is my table. It already has a pile of papers growing.

So there you go. A peak inside my kindy classroom. It's cuter in person. I promise :-)

I'm the 25th caller!!

Today as I'm driving home from my friend's house I hear an announcement for a radio contest and to be the 25th caller. So of course I whip out my phone like always and dial the number not thinking anything would happen. I usually give it 5-1,000,000 tries before I give up. This time it only took two calls and I was on air. Now granted its for a local christian radio station that almost nobody listens to. But hey, I just won 5 fabulous cds that I will cherish for always. I feel a lucky streak coming. Which is good because I just sent in an offer for a house today. cross your fingers.
Thanks Radio Shine!!!!!!!

woo! :-)

a hairy situation

So I've experienced some pretty cool stuff this summer. Cable T.V., house hunting, Golfland Sunsplash, and my hair turning curly. I'm pretty stoked about the last one. All my life my hair has been terribly straight and difficult to curl. About a month ago I had my hair in a pony and noticed that the little tuffs of hair on my neck were curled. take a look

For my whole life my hair has been straight and then all the sudden, curly. I'm so excited about it. now I'm wondering how to get the rest of my hair to do it. Should I cut it short and let it grow back curly? try perming it again and help it along? nah. that experience what to horrible to repeat voluntarily. i'll just have to pray for a hair miracle.

hmm.. this calls for something cheery and hair related

hairspray anyone? :-P

hello there :)

Well, I don't usually like people to read what I have written but I love reading other blogs so I thought I would give it a try. Who knows. I might be interesting. :-P

Being a teacher I have had the last couple of months off and I have whittled it way doing nothing. Today for instance I slept in, watched the 3rd Indiana Jones movie and now I'm doing this. What an eventful day huh? well it's rough when everyone else in the world is working during the day and I'm left to my own devices. which happen to be food and t.v. I had a grand plan at the beginning of the summer that I would go to the gym everyday, swim and tan, and look totally hot when I came back to school in the fall. well I think I went to the gym maybe five times and my legs are still shockingly white. Hopefully the rest of the teachers had a summer like mine and won't make me feel like the blubber ghost freak that I am. ho hum..

to keep with my title here is something that has made me cheerful this summer.

Summertime

I recommend starting the song and minimizing the video. Its sad to watch but fun to dance to.
elyse :)