You Might Be a Teacher If....

1. You lose the back to your earring so you use a random eraser you find on the floor in your classroom to secure it. Fact: this works!

The skinny of it is I was in class, realized I the back had come off, didn't want to take them off or lose one, so I began to think of options. "Of course!", I said to myself. "My kids are always throwing erasers at each other, surely there has to be one of the floor!" I didn't have to look far, and there it was.

2. You come home to find two pens stick in your hair and a post-it note stuck to your body.

Don't act like it's never happened to you. I always have at least one pen on hand. Apparently this day I thought I had lost one and grabbed another. I realized both were still in my hair when I got home. Aaaand post-its are a must have for teaching. Whether it is writing a pass, writing a note to the office, writing a note to a student so as not to disrupt the class, writing down who owes you 200 words because they were off task...you know, the norm.

3. You attend a field trip for the top 20 paycheck earners to the MLK, Jr. Memorial and then hang out at Starbucks!

"Out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope"

Poetry reading

I first visited the memorial during the long holiday for MLK, Jr. day. (Which is why it is so crowded in the first picture). The sides of the memorial are lined with quotes about justice, education, and equality, just to name a few. The kids really enjoyed it when we took the top 20 paycheck earners in the 6th grade.

Somehow in all the teaching/working shenanigans, I managed to complete a couple of projects. The first was a lamp made out of a tea pot I already had and a shade I bought at Target probably. Here are pictures of the steps in creating said lamp.

I have become somewhat of a regular at the local hardware store, Fragers. I love that place and it's so close to my house. Which is probably why I wasn't charged for cuts on the boards I used to make this headboard for my bed.

The door was found in front of someone else's house down the street from me. Kathleen and I were walking to the metro one day and I saw this door. I made her stop and help me carry it back to the house so I could put it to use later. I'd been meaning to get a headboard for forever anyway, so alas! I sanded it down and shalacked it. It's not perfect, but definitely fun!

I was going to post pictures/stories from birthday weekend last weekend, but decided that needed to be a post of it's own! Until then, friends....