I had to link up with Farley My Sweetie Pie Neighbor!!!
I am a little late on this but I finally figured out my darn word.
So here goes…
So my word is dig…No not in the dirt…however…maybe my house would sell if I did get into the weeds and dirt some…anyway…I just really need to dig deeper in every area of my life. I want to dig deeper into my relationship with God, my family, myself, my dedication to school paperwork and documentation, and the people in my life whether they are in the forefront or not.
I am one of those big picture people. I like to be into everything but usually on the surface. I want this year to be a year of DIGGING into my life!!! yippee I am excited now that I finally have a focus. Thanks a trillion Farley!!! Better late than never for me.
and I did see the typo in my currently where I used the word Hit’s the spot instead of Hits the spot. Gosh darn it’s killing me but it isn’t an easy fix so I am going to dig deep and let it go..ugh. I hope. I. Can.
So…I need to dish on bachelor, but I am politely waiting on my Cali girls to show up in the blog roll. I hope they made it through full moon Tuesday.
And thanks SO SO much for all the hair advice. Who knew teachers were all about hair!!! I LOVED it!!! I am pretty sure my bleach blonde (with an e) will be changing to dark brown or some shade between caramel and black coffee!!! YIKES…I need to remember to warn the kids and tell them not to hurt my feelings on Monday because we all know that kids will say whatever they think. Their fashion sense however is not always accurate. I mean really little sweetie in the purple and pink leggings, green skirt, and pink and yellow shirt? You are going to call my hair messy (I tried to scrunch and go today and it didn’t quite turn into the Jessica Simpson rolling locks I had envisioned) Maybe I should put a donation button on my blog for extensions. Maybe my OLW should be hair…why can’t I move on?
DIG…
Ok back to school…
Here’s what I am going to do on Friday for MLK…My bulletin board will change from our new year’s self portraits to these cuties.
This comes from my winter art and writing pack. I am going to use their cute little giant heads to look like they are wearing MLK’s suit. But in year’s past when I didn’t have any access to cheap printer ink, I would do a directed draw.
P.S. here’s your cheap printer ink tip: Go to amazon, put in the type of printer you have and search for ink cartridges…scroll down to the shady stuff…I get a box of 15 color and black cartridges for 9 bucks. Did you hear me? 9 bucks. The trick is to make sure they have good reviews. I did it for my mom’s printer too and hers worked just as well as mine. Hope this helps someone stop having marital issues printer ink issues.
Alright ladies, I am off to watch biggest loser. Not nearly as dramatic, eye rolling, or catty as Bachelor, but SO inspirational!!!
Love ya’ll so much and thanks again for all your bloggy hair tips!!!
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Ha! Don't fret about the error on your currently! I wrote mine yesterday and just posted it! LOL
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❤ Sandra
Sweet Times in First
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Dig!? So creative!
– Lisa
a teachers bag of tricks
wait….did you say JUST ONE chocolate covered pretzel hits the spot??? Girl – are you crazy?? Or do you really have that much self-control?? lol!! I can't WAIT to get back into my yoga/pilates…I'm thinking tomorrow might just have to be the day. My body is going to HATE me!! well love me, but hate me for being so out of shape! lol.
And I can't wait to see your "somewhere in between caramel and black coffee" hair!! 🙂 I'll live vicariously through you since my hair dresser/friend won't dye mine that dark anymore 🙁
Ok, enough with the long comments from me! yeesh! 🙂
The Teachers’ Cauldron
Love your OLW!!! The hair….to funny…def. give the peeps a heads up. One time I had mine colored and it turned out a little darker than I wanted AND one of my babies (I was teaching 3rd at the time)said…and I quote…."um, Mrs. Eiken….what happened to your head? It turned black!" NICE…not my hair, my head!!!
4th Grade Frolics
Hi Reagan:
I admit: I just kept scrolling until I found the word, "hair." LOL. I can't wait to read SATURDAY'S post.
I have very little hair, and I have to fluff it significantly or it just adheres to my head. A student once asked me, "Do you blow up your hair with a bicycle pump?"
Gotta love kids' perspectives!
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
Dig…good choice!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
Thanks for the ink tip! I asked about ink, printing and laminating on one of my posts and I vow to never complain again! Especially after my principal read the post and bought me a ream of tag and a black and colored ink!
I love your OLW! I am still thinking of mine!
Heather
Heather's Heart
It must be a week for dramatic changes to our hair. I currently have shoulder length hair. Am headed to get it cut and colored tomorrow. I wanted short and super layered. Think really choppy looking. Haven't been brave enough to tell the hubby that yes the hair is going short (again). He will just roll his eyes! He of course likes it long. Am planning blonde and red chunky highlights which I have had before. Hope we both like our new "do's".
Dark chocolate covered pretzels are my FAV. =) And thanks for the ink tip. I swear I go through 50 ink cartridges a year! haha.
I teach 6th. I taught my kids how to compliment- mainly the boys – girls already knew! They always said "Did you get your hair cut? and then no more. So I told them it needed to be followed with It looks wonderful/awesome/amazing. If they didn't want to say that they needed to be quiet. Really quite sad their parents had not taught them this!
I love that Gavin Degraw song! I think it's one of my new favs and always puts a smile on my face 🙂 I also really like your OLW of dig 🙂 Great word and meaning behind it. It made me think of the Incubus song "Dig" which is fantastic 🙂
Lisa 🙂
Made In The Shade In Second Grade
I love Gavin DeGraw AND chocolate covered pretzels.
Dig is perfect! I'm a little jealous of it now.
And you'd better post pics of your hair!
Can't wait to blog about The Bachelor!
A Teeny Tiny Teacher
The 100 calorie chocolate covered pretzels are AMAZE and you don't feel so guilty eating them 🙂
A Cupcake for the Teacher
I can't wait to see your hair! You will look beautiful no matter what! 🙂
DIG really is creative and smart. Good choice.
Cannot wait to see your hair pics.
Thanks for the tip on printer ink… I'm off to Amazon!
♥ Dragonflies in First ♥
"DIG" so absolutely, positively perfect!!!!!
Can't wait to see your brown locks!!!!
Holly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
I bought your Winter Art and Writing packet. Love it! We did the MLK JR. project yesterday. I read Martin's Big Words and watched the movie that goes with the book on United Streaming. My class was so totally into the writing and art and when it was all said and done we had a fantastic display for the hallway. My principal walked into my classroom today to compliment the project. She was laughing at one though. One of my high reader/writer girls wrote "My dream is to not shoot important people." I must have missed that one when I was reviewing them. I just assumed what she wrote was wonderful (it usually is) so I just let her hang her project up without looking at it. Lesson learned : Look at all projects before they go up in the hallway!
I read your previous post about being torn whether to dye it or not, and once I saw the Cameron Diaz picture, I thought you should go for it! It would look fabulous! Can't wait to see the photos!
tarra
http://www.chalkboardchitchat.blogspot.com
Your Currently cracks me up because my son quoted the "Damn, girl you do it well" part over dinner the other night. Yes, my four year old son 🙂 I love your blog!
Katie
Queen of the First Grade Jungle