Wednesday, April 30, 2008

continued...

46. I don't have a very good fashion sense. I have a hard time getting dressed in the morning with work appropriate clothing.
47. I am legally blind without my contacts in or glasses on.
48. I just decided to get LASIK in June so I hope 47 will change.
49. I hate driving my car because it is a stick shift. I would probably like my car if it were an automatic.
50. I just learned to drive a stick shift when I moved out to Michigan.
51. I got my driver's license when I was a junior in high school even though I took driver's ed right after eighth grade.
52. I have been in 2 fender benders but I was a passenger in both.
53. I don't like to fly.
54. I don't have very nice gross-motor coordination. Once, I went to an exercise class with my aunt and the instructor said that she could tell that we were related because we both struggled with the steps and the moves.
55. I have no trouble spending money.
56. I like wearing socks. I wish it were cool to wear socks with sandals.
57. I wear a watch everyday and it drives me nuts if I forget to put it on.
58. I never know what time it is or what the date is despite wearing a watch every day.
59. Someday, I want to learn to drive a motorcycle.
60. I can have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep but I can always push snooze and go back to sleep.
61. I still wake up from scary nightmares.
62. I am allergic to penicillin.
63. I like butterflies. I have 3 paper ones that I got when my grandma died. They have been on my bedroom wall for 8 years even though I have been in 7 different bedroom since she died.
64. My first car was a Cadillac DeVille. It had red crushed velvet upholstery with dark tinted windows and my dad put a metal hanger in the antenna hole on the hood so that I could get radio reception.
65. I hate rags. I refuse to clean with one or do the dishes with one.
66. Cleaning is not top priority in my life.
67. Neither is laundry.
68. Citrus fruits hurt my stomach. So do dairy foods.
69. I am getting closer to 100 but is hard to think of all these things.
70. I was born with black hair, had blonde hair as a young kid, brown hair as I grew up, and reddish tint in my hair later. Now, my hair is whatever color I feel like at the time that I go in to get a haircut.
71. I got a hair cut today. Now I have golden hair. So says the hair dresser.
72. I like pets. Right now I live with a dog and 2 cats.

To be continued....

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

100 Things

Recently I seem to be bombarded with the fact that I am not very good about communicating. I know this!! Thanks Mom!
I was reading a friend's blog earlier and she did this thing called 100 things. Basically you list 100 things that people may not know about you. 100 is a lot but I decided to give it a try. We will see how far I get. It may take me more than one sitting. I don't think I have that kind of patience tonight.

1. I could be called a picky eater (although i would call it, selective).
2. I am starting grad school this June. Elementary reading and literacy. I know, thrilling.
3. I grew up in Montana, went to school in Idaho, and now live in Michigan.
4. I am a special ed teacher and work with kids with all sorts of disabilities.
5. I am scared of ants.
6. I like coffee with flavor.
7. I could snack all day and not eat any meals.
8. I love popcorn, chips and crackers.
9. My parents live in MT, my brother is in OH, and the other brother is in CT (he is graduating from college in May).
10. My favorite color is red. I like to decorate with it, wear it, and color with it.
11. I struggle with organization. One person I work with said that she hates spending time in my classroom. In fact, she has gone to Target on her lunch break and bought me organizers for my desk.
12. My bedroom is about the same as my classroom.
13. I get extremely frustrated when I lose something important. Extremely. Unfortunately, that is connected to number 11 and 12.
14. This is difficult to do. I should be organizing.
15. I don't talk a lot. But I can.
16. I don't like leftovers unless I cooked dinner specifically to have leftovers.
17. I don't really like to cook.
18. I have learned new skills this year. Knitting, ice hockey...
19. If I started college all over again, I may have pursued photography.
20. I really don't like chocolate. That isn't because I have self-control for sweets either. I could eat chewy, fruity candy everyday.
21. I have terrible handwriting and have had official paperwork sent back to my school from the central office because they couldn't read my signature and figure who wrote it.
22. I have never had a speeding ticket. Lots of parking tickets in high school though.
23. Speaking of high school, I was not the best student although I looked like I was. Enough said.
24. I don't like drinking milk or water. I wish that I could survive on drinking juice or soda everyday.
25. I have one tattoo and only one piercing other than my earlobes.
26. My hair is naturally frizzy and on a good day it is naturally curly.
27. I didn't start wearing my hair curly until I moved to Michigan. I blame the humidity.
28. I love peppermint. White chocolate peppermint mocha. Mmmmmm
29. I just bought some half-price peppermint bark leftover from Christmas at a candy store in CA.
30. I wish I were musically talented. My fifth grade band teacher gave me a D and recommended that I not come back.
31. I like to read.
32. Taco Bell is my favorite fast food restaurant.
33. I am cheating by looking at my friend's list for more ideas to write about.
34. Throwing up freaks me out. I always feel like I am going to throw up when I see other people throw up. Kids throw up at school all the time. I haven't this year. Fingers crossed.
35. I have allergies and asthma. But I was a healthy kid and didn't start having problems until high school and college.
36. I love crab and lobster dipped in garlic butter.
37. I love rivers, lakes, marshes, ponds, and the ocean. Any form of water.
38. I watch a few tv shows every week. House, Top Chef, Ugly Betty, Greek, and True Life.
39. Sometimes I do things just because it is what I shouldn't do. It is a problem and I am working on it.
40. I love green beans.
41. I love traveling and will go anywhere.
42. I hate packing and unpacking for traveling.
43. I like getting snail mail other than bills.
44. I am a night person. I think that my natural clock wants me to sleep from about 2am until 9am. Too bad life doesn't work that way.
45. I am nearly halfway finished and my brain is fried. I am going to have to come back to this tomorrow.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

All I do is work!!!

I feel like I have done nothing since spring break but meetings, meetings and more meetings. But don't forget to prepare for the meetings too. I am so tired.

I have worked with a student with autism for 2 years now. She was in my kindergarten class last year and now I am her special ed teacher. April 2nd was Autism Awareness Day and her dad made this video to create more awareness for autism. A lot of people have created videos to create more awareness with the band FIve for Fighting's help.

Please check it out....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EARCe0hQIYg

I cried when I watched it. These families work so hard and are amazing advocates for their children. After a week from hell this video reminds me why I do what I do.

More information....
http://www.autismspeaks.org/
http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/