My Face Feels A Little Better

Today went well. I was pretty nervous before my "block of doom" (ok... more like my "block of truth"... lol), but in the end things went well today. I didn't even have to be a mean old hag like I've been building up in my brain! Just had to be firm and willing to stop over and over when folks were talking. (Plus it helped that we had plenty for the kids to work on today.)

THEN when I got home... surprise! My fantabulous husband had a candlelit home-made pineapple pizza dinner -- complete with love letter -- waiting for me. Can't beat that. =)

Just wanted to update on how things went. Feeling pretty good, looking forward to Friday.

PEACE OUT!!

Rebekah


p.s. Birthday shout-out to my Momma! Her birthday is tomorrow -- 11/11/11! How cool is that?!?

My Face Hurts

Rough day at school today. I have one class with which I was just struggling today (though this definitely isn't the first time). It did not go well. Now, in my "defense", this is a particularly un-helpful mix of students -- a lot of borderline distractable folks, so once one goes down a rabbit-trail they sort of all go along -- but I've gotta say, when you get evaluations from your students telling you to take control of your class, it's not a good day. And something needs to be done.

So please just be praying for me this week (slash indefinitely...) that I can really be firm in my holding all my kids to a high behavioral standard. I just need to remember that letting them get out of hand teaches them bad habits for their future, so it DOES matter if I let something slide just this once because the bell is about to ring or whatever.

Anyways. Hope you all are well... just wanted to publicly state my struggle and intentions. Witnesses, you know.

Thanks,
Rebekah

In Which Rebekah Devises A Cheaper Method of Earring Obtenation.

I've been getting a little itchy for a new pair of earrings lately. After perusing the jewelry rack at Penney's (no more Target clearance earrings for me here!), I realized that buying earrings gets pretty pricey... so when I was at Wally-Mart today I hopped over to the craft section and picked up some beads, wire, and hooks. I've been contemplating the idea of making my own earrings ever since a couple of my friends in college gave it a try... but today I decided to just go for it! Here are my first attempts! =)

Earrings #1! I figured I'd better start out simple. =)

Earrings #2! Still pretty simple, but less flimsy.

Earrings #2 close-up.

That's all she wrote for now -- tune in next time for more earring escapades! (Actually probably some other sort of escapades... but alliteration is fun.)

~Rebekah

p.s. No, "obtenation" is not a word that I know of. But it follows the general rule of English noun endings and it's fun, darn it, so I'm going to keep it up there! =)