tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049437483228045842024-03-12T21:01:17.058-04:00♥ Live, Laugh, Love ♥Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.comBlogger762125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-68895886244962067362016-12-28T23:52:00.000-05:002016-12-28T23:52:27.115-05:00[2016 - A Year's Recap]I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is enjoying Hanukkah (if you celebrate it). I worked until Friday and started off my winter break with the stomach virus. I had it on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I barely wanted to open gifts. So let's just say I hope Christmas 2017 is better!<br />
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I can hardly believe that on Sunday, it will be January 1, 2017!!! I always say this..in some regards, the year flew by and in other aspects, it dragged on.<br />
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But here's a recap of some fun things that happened in 2016!<br />
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<b>[January]</b><br />
I always feel like I am going to kick off the new year with a bang but I was trying REALLY hard to think back of what I did in January.<br />
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-I did a lot of work at the restaurant. One night before we went back to school, my co-workers and I all went out for a good night. #somuchfun<br />
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My nephew was featured in our local paper! They do a thing with local elementary schools (and sometimes middle schools) called Kidsay and they do reporting.<br />
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-Spent a snow day from school [and work] snuggling with my dog Lily</div>
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-Had another snow day from school when we were suppose to do the foreign language presentation at the elementary schools. There's something about just staying in PJs all day that I love.</div>
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-Retook the French CST again....something I still had to redo this upcoming year. #mustregistersoon</div>
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-Chaperoned a field trip with 35 7th &8th graders with my fellow French teacher/friend Ronny, Tom and Andrew. We took a coach bus to Quebec and did SO much in four days! One of my favorite parts of 2016!</div>
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We went on a toboggan the first night. You had to drag it all the way up that hill and then you went down, holding on to the person in front of you. So thrilling!</div>
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Two crazy French teachers and 35 students!</div>
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We went to an ice hotel that they rebuild each year! </div>
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Dog sledding! This was something I can check off my bucket list!</div>
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<b>[March]</b></div>
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Literally two days after I got back from Canada, I left for my best friend's wedding in Disney!</div>
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My best friend. <3</div>
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So privileged to be her maid of honor!</div>
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-Made a video project of my students in French doing weather reports in the target language...in 6th grade! My principal, assistant principal, foreign language director, district superintendent all LOVED it. [I want to do it again this year but they're kind of a rowdy bunch....]</div>
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<b>[April]</b></div>
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-Celebrated my niece Emma's 7th birthday!</div>
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-Sliced my toe open at the restaurant and they had to send me in an ambulance to the hospital. Got 4 stitches in my toe. Thankfully my coworker Bryan [on his second to last day working there] was an EMT! </div>
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-Went to a Mets Game on my spring break with a bunch of coworkers!</div>
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-Celebrated my coworker Valentina's birthday by doing the Color Run at Citi Field! So much fun!</div>
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[<b>June]</b><br />
The beginning of June was kicked off by jetting off to New Mexico for Heather's bachelorette party & wedding! It was fun exploring out there!<br />
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-Retirement party for our two secretaries at school with some awesome coworkers<br />
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-My cousin David & his wife Stephanie asked me to be their son Lincoln's godmother. This baby boy was born at 23 weeks and 6 days (originally due 12/25/15). He is a miracle man!<br />
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-Took a Google Certification Class [15 hours] my first week of summer vacation and became a certified Google Educator! :-D<br />
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My niece's Emma & Sara had their dance recital! They did a fantastic job!<br />
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Went to see the Broadway play "The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime" with some fellow teachers!<br />
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We also had Olivia's bridal shower. We did a tropical theme!<br />
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I also lost my friend Pete this month...my friend Amanda's fiance. This broke her heart and mine to see her like that. I know he is watching over us in heaven.<br />
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-A few days after Olivia's shower, we jetted off on her bachelorette cruise to the Bahamas! Loved spending time with my ladies! <3<br />
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-Flew down to Georgia to go to my college BFF/roomie's bachelorette party & bridal shower!<br />
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-Started year three of teaching! And really thought of when I should get my act together to pass that French CST [I probably should go study for that now]<br />
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-I joined Orange Theory Fitness. My old assistant manager, Alyssa, who used to work with me at CPK and her husband, Nick, opened one up near me. Well, its by the mall but closer than the other locations. I did the two free week trial and became HOOKED. It's an expensive membership but I love it!<br />
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-Stephanie and David got married! I flew to Miami, FL to partake in those wedding festivities!<br />
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-Six days later Olivia got married! That was an incredible wedding!<br />
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-I chaperoned the high school French club trip to NYC and we went to Madame Tussaud's!<br />
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-I turned 30 on November 18th! The day after, Shannon, Amanda and I saw Keith Urban at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. He was an awesome performer!<br />
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-Aside from me turning 30 this month, the biggest highlight was the Gilmore Girls revival!<br />
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-My niece Sara turned 12. OMG next year she is going to be a TEENAGER!<br />
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-Went to my <b>FIFTH</b> wedding of 2016!! I was in three this year and attended two. My friend Jeannette got married in Philadelphia!<br />
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While there are still a few days left in 2016, I feel like it was a crazy, but wonderful year filled with love! I watched 5 friends marry the loves of their lives. I have another friend getting married next August in Wisconsin (we get to explore that state AND Illinois because we are flying to Chicago!). It was a wonderful year, despite some downs. </div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-69030967058620255572016-11-26T23:47:00.001-05:002016-11-26T23:47:41.658-05:00Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life [The Revival]Let's face it...most people were watching the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKD7JOMXHs" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life</a>, aka the revival, this weekend on Netflix. After all, it is the best thing to happen this month! (Aside from my birthday).<br />
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I have been SUPER excited for this since it was announced that Gilmore Girls was doing a revival. This was one of my favorite shows during high school and college (it ended my sophomore year of college). I was so sad at the original ending because it left viewers with a lot of unanswered questions.<br />
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I always loved this show because of the relationship between Lorelei and Rory. It is the kind of relationship I want to have with my future daughters. Plus, the witty humor was always great. These are just a FEW of my favorite moments from the regular series before I get into the revival.<br />
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And now for some of my favorite moments from the revival....without spoiling too much for those who haven't watched it yet! [And well let's face it, I am going to include a spoiler so SCROLL PAST IT IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE SPOILED!]</div>
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In the past week, two of my friends got married. Stephanie got married in Miami on October 15th and then 6 days later, Olivia got married in New York! That is in addition to Heather who got married in New Mexico in June and then April who got married in March at Disney. Plus my friend Jeannette is getting married in December of this year, Jade is finally "eloping" in May 2017 and Amanda who got engaged in September is tentatively set for August 6, 2017! Seriously, my life is like 27 dresses...always the bridesmaid never the bride. HAHA.<br />
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So Stephanie's wedding in Miami, Fl. Nope, she is not from here. She lives in Georgia but her husband David's family moved back there (they lived in Georgia when they started dating). It was an outdoors wedding and it was hot! I flew down on an early morning flight on Friday to Fort Lauderdale and rented a car to drive to Miami. Listen, we New Yorkers are CRAZYASS drivers. And I am one to admit, I do have a tad bit of road rage when people tailgate me. But in Miami, they are CRAZY!!!<br />
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Friday night was the rehearsal and then the dinner. Saturday morning, we got up bright and early. I had to have coffee if I was getting hair and makeup done! Stephanie made us appointments to have our hair and makeup done which was nice. I also ended up having my eyebrows done too to make them darker since they are like blonde and fade out at the end. It was so worth the $$!<br />
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I made this charm for Stephanie. Her PaPa was someone she had a close relationship with and it would have meant the world for her to have him there. That bowtie is one of his and I made the charm so he could have a part in walking her down the aisle. I gave it to her at the rehearsal dinner and she bawled like a baby. Mission accomplished! </div>
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Stephanie and her dad walking down the aisle</div>
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I think my favorite part of their love story is that they met on line and Stephanie was hesitant to go out with David. He kept "harassing" her as I like to call it until she finally gave in. And I think it was her best decision yet. In the 11 years we have been friends, she has had a lot of loves but I knew he was the love of her life! </div>
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So glad to have been a part of their special day. David just never smiles, haha!</div>
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6 days later, I was in another wedding this time as a co-maid of honor! Olivia's wedding was on Long Island so thankfully no travel involved! (Some of the pictures from Stephanie's wedding were the professional ones but the ones from Olivia's I haven't seen yet. I can't wait to see those or the video! These are just ones that have been shared on Facebook.)</div>
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The beautiful bride & I before pictures & the ceremony</div>
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The bridal party! Sarah and Jade were stuck in traffic earlier in the day coming from Queens to Long Island when we were getting ready. This was in the lobby of the building where Olivia and Marc tied the knot. It's a GORGEOUS venue. I also think this would make a great Christmas card! lol. </div>
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One thing I loved about Olivia's wedding was it was like one big college reunion. Marc and Olivia met at the Beer Olympics in New Paltz (yup, he was a *little* too old to be at a college party). I have some of the BEST memories with these people and to have another night at Olivia & Marc's wedding with them was incredible. I had THE BEST time at that wedding! </div>
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These were weddings 3 & 4 of 2016! I have Jeannette's wedding in December in Philadelphia so that will make 5 weddings for 2016 and Amanda's in August in Wisconsin! My wallet is thankful for a tiny break! </div>
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I have been slacking in the blog department but it makes me wonder if people even read it anymore. Haha. I have been busy with various things for my friends' many weddings this year. My last post was about Olivia's tropical themed bridal shower and then four days after that, we went on a cruise to the Bahamas.<br />
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I love cruising (this was only my second). I don't get sea sick and I just find it fun. Olivia hadn't been on one in years, Jade & Sarah and I think Amanda never went on one and Shannon has been on two (just went on one in April). We went August 4-7 because it was literally the <u>only</u> weekend this summer we could all get together. Insanity. I would have liked to go longer but with having to take off multiple days from work for weddings and such, we decided this was the most feasible.<br />
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Shannon and I are the co-maids of honor so we had been researching it since February. We looked into Royal Caribbean (Shannon has been on 2 of their cruises) and Carnival (I went on it). We decided to go with Carnival because of the price, again thinking of buying dresses, doing hair/makeup for weddings, hotel fees, etc. Let's just face it, 2016 is not a fun year for any of our wallets!<br />
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We chose to go on Carnival Victory out of Port Canaveral, Florida. I went on the Carnival Miracle with my ex four years ago out of NY so I was excited. We took a 6am flight down that morning to Orlando and met up with Amanda and Olivia. Jade and Sarah were already down there visiting Sarah's grandma so they met us on the ship.<br />
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Our cruise was a short 3 day to the Bahamas (Nassau was the only port of call). We hadn't even left the port yet when I slipped on the ship and banged my head. I had two drinks already (got a drink package---so worth it) and it started raining when we decided to run to go get food. Rain + flip-flops = bad idea. My head had a nice bruise on it for a few days.<br />
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When we were in Nassau, we went to Señor Frogs and walked around for a while but then decided to get back on the ship. It was SO hot. Last time I went there four years ago, our weather was like cloudy so it wasn't that bad but we just didn't want to be in the heat anymore.<br />
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Friday night we dressed up (all of us in black and Olivia in white) and went to a club on the ship.<br />
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Saturday we spent the day laying out and in the casino just relaxing. It was nice but I wish I had a longer time to relax.<br />
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Overall, I was not AS impressed with this ship as I was with the miracle. My friend Amanda's food came out wrong every night (she preordered it because she is dairy free) and then Saturday night, we had to wait 2.5 hours in line at guest services for Shannon and Olivia to resolve an issue with their card. It took that long because there was ONE person working the desk. I definitely was not impressed overall (it didn't seem to flow) and now want to try Royal Caribbean.<br />
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It was definitely fun to hang out with my girls and can't wait till we are all reunited (with Heather too! The missing bridesmaid) in October for the big day!<br />
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Yesterday was my friend Olivia's bridal shower. Her wedding is my 4th for 2016 (and I am in one 6 days before hers in another state!). Olivia has been one of my best friends since we met at New Paltz. She is just one of the sweetest people I have ever met and I love her family.<br />
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Shannon and I are her co-maids of honor. Including us, there are 4 other bridesmaids and we all went to school at New Paltz. :) They say you go to college and you meet your bridesmaids. Well, Olivia also met her future husband there!<br />
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Shannon and I helped Olivia's mom plan the shower (along with Olivia's aunt). Since Olivia and Marc are going to Hawaii for their honeymoon, we thought of doing a tropical themed shower. There was a lot of work that was put into it but I would do it all over again. I love being creative and bringing Pinterest ideas to real life!<br />
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The beautiful bride! </div>
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This was one of my gifts to Olivia. I had a personalized sign made for them with their wedding date. I found it from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaylorSigns" target="_blank">this seller</a> on Etsy. SO beautiful in person! I highly recommend! </div>
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When she opened this gift from her mom, she started crying. It's the perfect cake topper! A bride & groom, plus 3 black cats. Olivia and Marc have 3 black cats. What would have made it more perfect was if one of the cats on the topper had only 3 legs, like one of their cats. </div>
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Her chair! </div>
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We did things a little differently with games. Everyone started off with 7 raffle tickets (we had 7 prize baskets). Each time you wrote an advice card or drink recipe, you got a raffle ticket. If you won first place in a game you got 6 tickets, 2nd place got 4 and 3rd place got 2. At the end, we picked out a winner and they went home with the basket! We had a wine basket, 2 beach themed baskets, 2 spa baskets, a kitchen basket and a chocolate & coffee basket. So much fun! </div>
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The beautiful bride & her mom! </div>
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Shannon made this sign! </div>
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My neighbor loves to bake and I had her make these tropical themed cake pops. They were a huge hit! </div>
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Olivia, Me, Shannon (the other co-maid of honor) and Amanda, another bridesmaid!</div>
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The beautiful bride-to-be & I! </div>
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The happy couple! </div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-54826980185805696262016-07-20T16:05:00.001-04:002016-07-20T16:05:41.640-04:00In Loving MemoryI really have been a bum most of this summer and that's okay. I was "go go go" throughout the school year so it's nice to relax.<br />
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On Monday, I was at my friend Olivia's mom's house with Shannon (Olivia's other maid of honor) and her Aunt Susan to finish the shower plans for Olivia's bridal shower. It's on Sunday July 31 and then the following Thursday, we leave for her cruise. In the middle of our plans, I got a phone call from my friend Amanda. I thought it was weird because she is usually so busy. I was busy and didn't pick it up. But then I got a text that said "Please call me."<br />
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I knew that something had to be wrong. When I called her back, I never thought I was going to hear the words that came out of her mouth. "Pete died yesterday." Pete was Amanda's fiance. I was in utter disbelief. They were at Amanda's friend's wedding (she was a bridesmaid) and apparently he collapsed during the reception. They were not able to save him. I was literally dumb founded because I just could not believe it. Pete was the kind of guy that never drank when we went out (he would always get Coke or Pepsi) and as far as I know, he never smoked. Always worked out and was just so full of life.<br />
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It breaks my heart because Pete made Amanda so happy. They had just moved into a condo together 2 weeks ago and were still planning their wedding for November 2017. I am just so heartbroken. Pete was taken too early from this life. He was the kind of person who knew how to make you laugh, even in the most awkward situations. He was always the person I went to about advice for my car and he would give the shirt off his back to him.<br />
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I can't believe instead of attending his wedding next year and watching him dance with Amanda, I have to attend his funeral this weekend. I am forever grateful for his friendship and know that I just have another guardian angel watching over me.<br />
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Now that the second year is over, I have been thinking this weekend about things about this year compared to last year. And what better way to represent my thoughts than some teacher memes!<br />
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One thing I have to say is I felt more organized this year. Sure, I redid all my power points from last year but I *actually* typed up my lesson plans this year as opposed to last year....when I only did it when I was observed. HA! So bad. I actually created a binder and sectioned it off by quarters with dividers. Then I wrote what topics I covered each quarter, how they were assessed, etc. Not everything I have in my binder is what I used but I am constantly trying to find new ways to keep my students engaged.<br />
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These memes/pictures also represent my thoughts:<br />
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How is it possible that the kids CONSTANTLY LOOSE PENCILS? I swear, I have to tell kids in <b>sixth grade</b> to put the pencil away before they walk out of the room, simply so they don't lose it. I always buy the ones from the $ spot at Target or 97 cent ones from walmart. They're in a cup on my desk and if they need one, they get it. For 2 weeks, I had a kid take a pencil every single day ebcause he simply lost it. Emailing his mother to tell her he needed pencils worked. <br />
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Because I *love* repeating myself...said no teacher ever. My favorite is especially when I have said it, repeated it, it's on the paper in front of them, on the Smart Board and they STILL ASK WHAT TO DO. Not rocket science!<br />
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I get that in 6th grade, they are getting used to having multiple teachers after having 1 teacher all day for their subjects. However, if you can't write your name on the paper, why should I not take points off? I did that a few times and it actually works! <br />
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I am one that believes homework is good reinforcement, especially when learning a language. Do I give homework almost every class? Yes! They have it every other day so sometimes they have up to four days to complete an assignment. It's on the front of the Power Point, listed on my website, and they see it on the slideshow when I share it with them. So it annoys me when they are like "we had homework." However, I am fair. I let them make it up for half credit. I have even done it towards the end of the credit because my philosophy was "Half credit is better than no credit." Ugh, maybe next year's group will learn.<br />
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If I wanted you to do it in English instead of French or Spanish, it would say! Try it in German next time. ;)<br />
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Ahh, one of my biggest pet peeves. Sometimes the kids wait for a signal from me to sharpen it but then there are those few that just don't. I wish they made pencil sharpeners that were silent. #agirlcandream <br />
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My class this year, for some reason, ALWAYS had to go somewhere before the bell rang. Many of them have lunch beforehand (beauty of knowing their schedules) and either had to go to their locker, get a drink, put their lunch away, etc. After awhile, I made it a rule "if you're not in your seat by the time the bell rings, you are late." They learned real fast, haha!<br />
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This is ALWAYS my biggest pet peeve. Mainly because the boys bathroom is at the other end of the hall. </div>
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Considering in 6th grade the language classes are every other day, they have at least 2 nights to do homework. Sometimes 4. So my biggest pet peeve is when they don't have it done, considering its not super difficult homework. The past 2 years I was pretty lenient with homework, even letting them make it up until the end of the quarter for half credit. Next year, that has to change. </div>
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I honestly could go on and on about this. In the two years that I have had my own class(es) while still functioning as a part time TA (while keeping my fingers crossed that I will *eventually* have a full fledged teaching schedule), I have learned so much about myself. I have become more organized. I know I am making my class enjoyable after the end of the year survey I got back from my kids. I have learned what works and what does not...yet understand each class can be different. Despite some days wanting to rip my hair out of my head, I truly enjoy what I do. And as I have the summer to enjoy and recharge, I have these as reminders that I know teaching was the right job for me:</div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-20673389946881914692016-06-11T23:12:00.002-04:002016-06-11T23:12:55.004-04:00New Mexico 2016I have officially dubbed 2016 "the year of weddings" for me. I have 5 weddings this year alone, and I am in 3 of them! One of them was my best friend April's wedding in March and then I am in 2 weddings 6 days apart in October....in two different states! The only weddings this year I am not in was the one last weekend and one in December. My wallet thanks those friends.<br />
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My friend Heather from college was getting married in New Mexico. We made a mini vacation out of it since the bachelorette party was on Thursday in Albuquerque and the wedding was Saturday in Santa Fe.<br />
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We flew out Wednesday night and landed in New Mexico at about 11pm (so 1am EST). It was my first time going out to the west coast! I flew down with Shannon, Amanda, and Olivia. Olivia's fiance was flying down the next night and was going to meet us on Friday at breakfast before we drove to Santa Fe.<br />
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Thursday morning we grabbed a quick breakfast at the Starbucks right next door to the hotel before driving to the first stop of the day, the Tram! <br />
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After the tram, we went back to the hotel to have lunch. We got NY style party pizzas and the rest of the girls apologized to those of us from NY incase the pizzas weren't as good as we were used to. They were SO HUGE! After we ate, we went to get ready for the rest of the evening! We went to a winery to do a wine tasting and it was gorgeous! <br />
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Me and the beautiful bride, Heather! </div>
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We went to dinner at a mexican place and then went out to a rooftop bar to drink. Interesting fact that last call was at 10:30. We are so used to 4am in NY! </div>
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On Friday, we drove to Santa Fe. Our hotel was beautiful...except our rooms were not ready. Check in was 4 but the bride requested an early check in. After 3.5 hours of waiting by the pool, it STILL wasn't ready. Heather's wedding coordinator gave the hotel a piece of his mind and they ended up comping one of the rooms for two nights, which was nice. The room we ended up with (Shannon, Amanda and I) was insane! </div>
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Saturday was the wedding and it was just such a fun time. The ceremony was short and sweet but the night was so much fun. Heather and her husband, Eric, danced the entire night and I loved seeing that! They are SO in love (this is the first time we have all met Eric because Heather has lived in Indiana for the past few years and they just moved to Texas) and it was just such a beautiful day! </div>
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One of my work friends, Valentina, asked a bunch of us if we wanted to do the Color Run at Citi Field in Queens where the Mets place. It was on her birthday! What a perfect way to celebrate. A bunch of us did it and signed up a few months ago. And we said, "Yeah, we will totally train!" (This Pitch Perfect/Fat Amy meme reminds me of this)<br />
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So on Saturday, we all met up at Citi Field and did the Color Run...aka the Happiest 5k on Earth! We did run inside the stadium and a bit on the field. We ran through the color stations. Towards the end I wanted to give up because my "race bib" was coming unpinned and they all took off as I was trying to pin it back on..haha. But it was a lot of fun! I am so sore today but if you have never done one, I suggest you do it!<br />
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This is my fourth year working in a school and this has to be the LATEST my spring break has ever been. Generally its in the middle of April but with were state testing fell this year, we ended up with spring break in the last week of April. We go back on May 2nd and then there are only <u><b>34</b></u> more instructional days til the last day of classes! HOLY COW!<br />
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This is how I feel right about now:<br />
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The kids are off the wall. It's like feeding time at the Bronx Zoo. #gohome<br />
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I also got observed this week. Some people might think "Really? The week before vacation?" In my first student teaching placement, I was observed the <b>FRIDAY</b> before a break. Now, <u><b>THAT</b></u> is torture. I got observed by my chairperson back in December and he loved that lesson. It was on time. Oddly, one of my favorite topics to teach in French and Spanish. Last week I happened to walk into my assistant principal's office to ask him a question and saw my name was on the board to be observed. I knew Monday's lesson was going to be boring so I emailed him to come in Wednesday. He came in yesterday and loved it. One of his comments today in the post-op conference was how he loved that the kids were jumping out of their seats to answer questions. It went over really well and now I am glad that its over. Because I can swallow the fact that my class size will be 29-31 kids next year. #thekidsloveme #iwishicouldhavetwosections #maybeiwillteachspanishagainnextyear . I hope I get at least a Spanish class. My chair wants me teaching Spanish again.<br />
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I also get to start my spring break off by taking the French cst again. I swear NYS wants to simply torture me. I told my principal its my goal to get it, no matter how many times I have to take it, so I can replace my friend Ronny when she retires. I think though depending upon how I do and if/that I probably will have to take it again in July, I may see about taking a class online or something for grammar. It's been FOREVER since I took a college French class so at least my speaking and writing are good...the grammar questions they ask are nuts!<br />
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April finally got her wedding pictures and they came out amazing!These are just a few of my favorites! <br />
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Minus my curl in my face! I sort of wish they did more photos of us rather than 1 shot.</div>
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Other than that and me being dumb/slicing my toe open at work on Saturday, nothing else is going on. I am working a few times over my spring break but on Tuesday night I am going to the Mets game with a bunch of teachers from work. I don't really like baseball (I am a Yankees fan) but I am going for the food...and drinks! haha! </div>
Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-24986653256117697302016-04-17T23:22:00.000-04:002016-04-17T23:22:03.531-04:00Bucket ListEveryone has some sort of bucket list, don't they? I know I do. I even have a<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kjak18/my-bucketlist/" target="_blank"> board </a>dedicated to it on Pinterest. I have some serious things and some silly things included on my bucket list. Some of these include:<br />
-own every Disney DVD<br />
-have a walk in closet (hello! Every girl's dream!)<br />
-visit Ireland (done...April 2008!)<br />
-go to the Full House house in San Francisco<br />
-have a dog for it's entire life (in the process...got Lily when she was a puppy)<br />
-visit every continent<br />
-do a 5k (color run on May 7!)<br />
-get lasik eye surgery (I would love love love to not have to wear contacts or glasses anymore)<br />
-visit the Great Wall of China<br />
-swim with the dolphins<br />
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You get the picture. But I also have always had the *oddest* desire. I have always wanted to be the patient in the back of an ambulance. I know that must sound really stupid (believe me, my GM at the restaurant told me yesterday when I told him that). I attribute it to watching years of ER and Grey's Anatomy. I always said it would be if I had a kid and my water broke at school. Or something obvious like being in a car accident.<br />
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Yesterday, I "achieved" it. I was at work at the restaurant and suppose to work a double. Suppose to being the key words. It was towards the end of the lunch shift and our busser was being super slow with doing rollups of silverware. And even unloading the bus buckets. He was just leaving them right by the dish station. I had 3 tables at this point (2 were waiting for their food and 1 was eating/waiting to pay) so I was trying to be helpful by unloading the bus bucket. I was putting glasses in the racks (like I have done in the past) so they could go through dish to be washed.<br />
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One of the glasses slipped and fell, breaking on my foot. I screamed because one, I have no pain tolerance and two, I wasn't really sure what happened. We have to wear non slip shoes and I have always worn non slip crocs. Never gave me a problem. My manager Kyle came running and was like "Holy $h*t" when he saw my foot because it was just dripping blood. Luckily one of my co-workers Bryan is an EMT so he came over to try to get the blood to stop. They wheeled me into the office so Bryan could try to get it to stop (it still wasn't at this point). Kyle had to do my checkout and one of my other co-workers Henry took my 3 tables that were still there. Since they couldn't get it to stop bleeding (it was my big toe) they had to call 911 because I had to go to the hospital. So everyone starts laughing since I had said like 3 hours before how I wanted to go in an ambulance. It was a weird/odd "bucket list" goal and something you probably should not wish to happen. <br />
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4-5 EMTs came, 2 cops and mall security. I was shocked! One of the EMT's was finally able to get it to stop bleeding and then they took me on the stretcher out. I went to the nearest hospital and the ride was interesting. People <b>should</b> move over when they see an ambulance. The EMTs in the back said that normally doesn't happen and even though I wasn't critical, they still had sirens on. They were driving in the grass at one point. So this is my PSA: <b>MOVE OVER WHEN YOU SEE AN AMBULANCE/FIRE TRUCK/COP CAR WITH SIRENS ON!</b> <br />
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Once I got to the hospital, I had to wait about 30-45 minutes before I got a room. I didn't want to call my mom because it was her birthday and I didn't want to bother her! My friend Marisa eventually came. Once I was in the room, they had to irrigate it and I ended up with 4 stitches. I do have to go back in 7-10 days to get the stitches removed. I had to call Med Corps for work and the restaurant had to fill out the worker's comp injury from the hospital. I was sitting in the hospital thinking "Oh crap my insurance card is at home!" but luckily the company has to pay for everything.<br />
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Trying to get it to stop bleeding as I waited for the ambulance.<br />
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I spent the majority of my time on Snapchat and only have a few on instagram. I sat in a wheelchair for 30-45 minutes before I got a room.<br />
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When they took it off at the hospital. I had to wait for them to irrigate it and clean out any shards of glass that were possibly in there. At one point the doctor was joking with me and goes "Can you stop bleeding all over the bed?!" I laughed the entire time (minus when he was pricking me with the needle to numb the wound)<br />
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So April's wedding was the first. She has been my best friend since 6th grade when we were stand partners for flute in band. When she met Tim in Florida, I was so happy for her because she really didn't have that many friends our age at her job (she is a journalist) and they had a lot in common. When they got engaged, I was elated. And she asked me to be her maid of honor. I said yes without a doubt in my mind.<br />
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I flew out Thursday night, less than 48 hours after I got back from Canada. I am glad I made that decision because NY got some snow on Friday morning and one of the other bridesmaids sat on her plane at JFK Airport for 1.5 hours before it took off! #reasonswhyihatesnow<br />
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Friday morning, April, her mom and I went to get our nails done. This was the weather when we were leaving:<br />
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After we got our nails done, we went back to the house to wait for April's cousin Abby who was a bridesmaid. Tim went to get Laura at the airport (the other bridesmaid) and would meet us at the Grand Floridian hotel. Why? Because Tim's sister-in-law and his brother let us use their guest passes to get into the Magic Kingdom for FREE! April and Tim are passholders so they don't need to buy a ticket but it would've been over $100 for each one of us to get a ticket. We only had a few hours at the Magic Kingdom but it was so much fun!<br />
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April made fast pass reservations for us so our three fast passes were for Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Pirates of the Caribbean. I know I didn't go on Pirates or Haunted Mansion when I was at Disney in July with my family so I was super excited! We were also able to throw in some other rides/stops like Mickey's Philharmagic and Carpets of Aladdin!<br />
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Happy couple!</div>
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Laura ordered these shirts for us and I got one for Tim (and a matching one for April) to wear on their honeymoon in a few weeks! They're going on a Disney cruise</div>
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Love these girls!</div>
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We also caught the castle projection show where they did all different scenes from Disney movies on the castle. So cool! It made me want to come home and watch all the Disney movies I have. I should get on that! </div>
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Saturday was the rehearsal lunch at The Wave, a restaurant in The Contemporary Resort followed by the rehearsal. After the rehearsal, we checked into our room at The Grand Floridian!! Again, Tim's brother & sister-in-law gifted them a night at the Grand Floridian. Well, 2 nights. Tim stayed the night at another hotel and the girls stayed there together. What a luxurious hotel!<br />
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There was a lot of confusion about things on Saturday night when we were suppose to go see Bob Jackson at Port Orleans Riverside, another resort (I stayed there in July!). Laura and I ended up taking Tim and then Abby and April met us there later.<br />
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Side note: I was getting my French CST results this weekend I am made myself a promise that I wouldn't open them until Monday because I didn't want it to ruin my weekend. I was hoping I passed because it was the third time I took this freaking test and it was so hard. I was <b>stupid</b> and opened the email this weekend. Yup, did not pass again. So needless to say I drowned my sorrows. I am determined to pass it though! <br />
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Afterwards, we went back to the hotel and I gave April a gift I had been working on for MONTHS. I got this gift idea on Pinterest (what did we do before that site?!). It was a scrapbook called "Letters to the Bride." I had her parents write one, her bridal party, our friend Katie that she lived with and ended it with one from Tim. In it, I included pictures and her reaction was worth all the time and effort that was put into it!<br />
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<br />April's beautiful dress hanging on the hanger I got her. </div>
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Getting ready! The robe I am wearing was in our bridal bag from April. I got her the bride robe she is wearing not knowing she got us these! (She had a white one to match). </div>
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My best friend for the last 17 years! <3</div>
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Their first dance was to "Tale as Old as Time" from Beauty & The Beast but an instrumental version. So cute! </div>
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April and her dad danced to "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion. Towards the end, they invited her mom out on the floor and it was so touching. </div>
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29 years old and I am the biggest Disney nerd! </div>
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Friends since high school! </div>
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Love this couple! <3 so honored to have been part of their day! </div>
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I cannot wait to see their full length video. Their videographers, Trinity Wedding Cinema, did a FANTASTIC job with their <a href="https://mediazilla.com/Zo43bdu56" target="_blank">sneak peek</a> and you can see me crying (or trying not to cry any harder) in the video...plus dancing like a fool! </div>
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Fantastic wedding for my best friend!....and I am done traveling until June! </div>
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Two weeks ago, my friend Ronny (the other French teacher), myself and 2 male chaperones took 35 kids on a trip to Quebec Canada. Everyone kept asking me "Oh, are you flying there?!" and when I said no, they nearly choked when I said we were taking a coach bus. But we had a fancy bus! It had wifi, outlets to charge your phone and of course the bathroom (but I never use those because they freak me out). <br />
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We left Saturday, February 27 and spent most of the day traveling. We stopped once to change drivers (and score, there was a Starbucks to recaffeinate). I thought the kids would pass out since we were leaving at 6am. NOPE! They were super wired and coming out with the funniest comments. We stopped again for lunch, went through the border and then onward to our hotel. Once we got there and met our guide, Mary Grace Ho Ho. We used JumpStreet Educational Tours and they/Mary Grace were AWESOME! I cannot wait to go back in two years.<br />
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We settled into the hotel and then went for dinner. I had some type of chicken marsala dish but the chicken was a little dry. We had to ask for a bowl of gravy....just for the adults!<br />
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After dinner, we went tobogganing. What an experience! My friend Ronny (the other French teacher) has never done it in all her years of running the trip. And this year, I convinced her to do it! She is so glad she did!<br />
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Beautiful view when we got off the bus!</div>
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You go all the way up there (someone has to drag the sled thing) and then you slide down it. Essentially, it is 3-4 people per sled. You have to put your legs on the thighs of the person in front o you (except the first person) and then hold on for dear life! It's such a thrill!</div>
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We had hot chocolate after and then went back to the hotel. You would think the kids would be pooped from a 10+ hour bus ride and toboganning but no.............they took forever to calm down! Ha!</div>
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Sunday morning we started the day with breakfast at a nice cafe with croissant. They were so delicious! </div>
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Afterwards we went on a tour of Old Quebec and did some shopping! </div>
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That would be our tour guide, Mary Grace aka MG, in the yellow jacket. She was awesome! Our group was only her third group overall but she is an awesome tour guide. Fun fact: She is from Rwanda and learned English from movies & music. </div>
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Two brave French teachers with 35 kids in the cold!</div>
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Headed to the Parliament building</div>
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We went to lunch at Chez Ashton and had poutine! It is French fries with gravy and cheese curds. Looks kind of gross when you look at it but it was delicious!</div>
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Afterwards, we went to an ice hotel. They build it each year during the month of January and then demolish it. Every year has a different theme. This year's theme was rivers.</div>
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We ended the night at a snowtubing park! It was all sorts of fun. One of our chaperones was the technology director so he got great videos of me screaming down the slopes. </div>
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Monday was another jam packed day. We were in the midst of a snow storm that morning so we had to cut our visit to the falls out. We saw them while we were on a bus.</div>
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Went to a great crepe place for breakfast!</div>
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Followed by a visit to St.Anne's Bascilia. Here, (and pretty much everywhere we went during the trip), the kids pulled out their phones. Not only were they using them as their cameras but they checked to see if there was wifi. Here, one student asked "Anyone know the church's wifi password?" and some kid said "I put jesus1225 but it didn't work." #lordhelpme</div>
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Ronny and I. Halfway through, you switch. It was absolutely freezing by the time we were done so we cut out snow shoeing but it was an amazing experience. So glad I can check this off my bucket list!</div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-83293949822173327002016-02-21T13:30:00.001-05:002016-02-21T13:30:50.557-05:00Oreo Bundt Cake [for the win!]I am the type of person who hates to cook. Honestly, I think that has to do with the fact that maybe I am a picky eater. I am not a fan of any fish dish.<br />
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But my heart lies with sweets. Yeah, I would be the person standing at a sweet table at a wedding all night if there was one.<br />
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I have been a reader of Shay Shull's <a href="http://www.shullfamily.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> for at least the past year or so. She has the sweetest little family and her brother is this handsome dude, my favorite Bachelor to date! [Sean Lowe]<br />
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She wrote two cookbooks which I bought and one of them is 101 easy bundt cakes to make. Yesterday was my brother Scott's birthday so I made an Oreo bundt cake. There is still a piece waiting for me because I had to work and was not able to celebrate with the family.<br />
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Apparently the cake was a huge hit! And honestly, it was pretty easy to make!</div>
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I can't wait to try making more of her cakes! Honestly, she shares such awesome recipes I can't wait to make them! </div>
Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-79044793654308982922016-02-02T18:40:00.000-05:002016-02-02T18:40:39.203-05:00My favorite teaching memes/pet peevesNow that we are half way through the school year (WHAT?!), some things still don't surprise me about being a teacher.<br />
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I was messing around on Pinterest and came across from of my favorite teaching memes. I had to share them!<br />
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This will ALWAYS be my biggest pet peeve! I just want to know where they think they are going. Pencil cases were invented. This used to be my biggest pet peeve with a 9th period class. Last year they knew they had no excuse. No pencil = I have to type all my notes on the Chromebook AND rewrite them in the packet for homework. That solved them forgetting pencils.<br />
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Mainly they ask me "Does this count?!" I say that everything counts and it scares them into doing it. HAHAHAHAHA.<br />
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In 6th grade, the language class is every other day. So essentially they have 2 nights to do the homework. Sometimes I let them start in class if we have a few extra minutes. My favorite is when they tell me "I did it....but it is at home." Great place for it! lol.<br />
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I posted this the other day on Facebook. (Sidenote: The Help is one of my favorite movies!). This is so true. You spend your own money on classroom supplies/products on TpT. You're up late creating awesome lessons. Your body pretty much functions on caffeine!<br />
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My rule is they can turn their homework in the next day for half credit. Half credit is better than no credit. But after 1 day, they can't do it anymore. It would be AWESOME if they could always turn it in on time!!<br />
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My favorite response to the question "Does everyone understand what they have to do?" "HUH?!"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I decided to sell my extra pair of Disney Jasmine Vans that I had. Somehow I had managed to order two by accident and never returned one. And I am super regretting that now because of this mishap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The shoes retail for $65 so I at least wanted to get rid of them for that price. I REALLY didn't want to take anything for lower. The first week, there were watchers but not any buyers. The second week, there was one lady that kept asking me about the price and would I go lower. She ended up bidding and winning. I was super excited I sold them being that it was my <b>first</b> thing I was selling on eBay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am just really pissed because I want to know where this package is. Essentially I feel like the Bayport post office messed up and now my package is lost. And with this buyer constantly messaging me, I just want to figure out the situation. I already messaged the post office on their "Contact Us" tab and will go there tomorrow. I just hope it is not lost in space! </span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-7614077342783157692016-01-24T00:03:00.000-05:002016-01-24T00:03:33.550-05:00Blizzard 2016Everyone remember how on Christmas it was so warm out and we basically did not need jackets? I <b>knew</b> that we would be paying for it this winter and it would come back with a vengeance!<br />
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They predicted that we were suppose to get 6-12 inches of snow this weekend. I was suppose to work this morning...actually all day....at the restaurant. And they expect you to be there. Trust me...once I was there and then they sent me home. Because they realized how dumb it was to still be open!<br />
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I had been tossing and turning this morning about getting plowed out. We had my brother Mark's old snow blower but apparently it was going to cost a lot of money to fix and we would just be better off buying a brand new one. Why we did not do that I have no idea. <b>(Note to self: When owning a home, have snow blower on handy</b>). My brother Eric still has issues (so he claims) from his shoulder surgery in November so he can't shovel. My brother Scott can shovel but he kind of creates more of a mess (due to his handicap). So it is just myself and my brother Brian. Lucky us.<br />
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I went out at 9:15 and started shoveling away. Luckily it was light fluffy snow. So it made it easy to shovel. At one point I took my phone out and sent my manager Jess a text to ask if we were still open. I was not making any progress with the end of the driveway (my house is on the corner and we ALWAYS get a huge pile when they do plow the streets). She told me to stay home because she was stuck there in the parking lot and that people were stranded on other roads. And that she would let me know about the night shift once there was a conference call at 11. Thank god they decided to close. I just really hope we are closed tomorrow. Someone asked me to switch with them about their kids party because the person that it is for is his girlfriend's cousin and they wanted him to attend as a guest (and he was suppose to be the server running it). I stupidly agreed but hopefully they decide to just cut their losses and NOT have the party. <br />
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I went back out around 4 and shoveled or another 2 hours. Collectively, I think it was a total of 5 hours and it looks like nothing. Ha! I also did move my car and love that Holly, my Honda, can maneuver well in snow. My corolla would not have been able to back over the big pile like I did in the CR-V. <b>I AM SO GLAD I GOT A CAR WITH ALL WHEEL DRIVE!</b> I know that doesn't make me invincible on the roads but it is cool. However, I did take a walk down the block around 9:30 to walk the dog (the back deck was shoveled but then it snowed again) and there are people that didn't do anything yet. Plus,I think I have windburn on my face. The wind is so strong (and still is)! It can be kinda scary. My entire body aches from shoveling.<br />
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-15340991083792506692016-01-18T18:46:00.002-05:002016-01-18T18:46:31.605-05:00A whole lot of nothing on this three day weekendI am so happy we had this three day weekend after being back at school for 10 days. People think that "teachers are off all the time" and "they're so lucky." But these little breaks (and snow days too!) are necessary to recharge your batteries.<br />
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I did a whole lot of nothing this weekend. And you know what? <b>It was absolutely wonderful!</b> I was suppose to go out with a couple of girlfriends on Saturday night but one of them (who is on her vacation from her manager position) had a tooth pulled so she was not feeling her best with the pain killers. I was sad but totally okay with it. I really was a bum. I had the WHOLE weekend off from work, including today even though I asked to be put on the schedule. It was also my brother Brian's last weekend working in the restaurant. We worked together for the last 5 years but he has been with the place since they opened over 8 years ago. It was just time for him to leave. He had enough of the place. But I will certainly miss working with him!<br />
<br />My big adventure Friday night was going to Bed Bath and Beyond with my mom, where I purchased the "Huggable Hangers" by Joy Mangano. Have any of you all seen J-Law's new movie "Joy" which is based on this lady's life? I certainly want to. It says the hangers help double and triple your closet space. I have a lot of clothes, some of which I should just learn to part with, so I am hoping this helps. However, my closet is a BEAST that needs a few days to be tamed with so I am leaving that for February break.<br />
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I even went crazy and bought 4 pairs of new pants for work at Old Navy. I went up a size (until I lose weight) and bought 3 pairs of the pixie pants and Rock Star pants based on the recommendations of girls at work. Trust me, when I find a pair of pants that fits in the waist with no gap in the back and aren't too long, I buy them in every color. Can't wait to wear a pair this week. <br />
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I also put up a few new products in my TpT store. Sometimes I browse through other people's stores and I am amazed at their products. Granted, most of these are people who teach elementary school. I am amazed at the quality of the graphics they use (yeah, you can get free graphics on TpT but you also gotta put some money out there to get them). The depth of some of their products. The creativity! At times, I am jealous that they can come up with all of these cute ideas and then reality quickly sets in because I would not want to plan for all those subjects! I love the TpT site because not only did it <b>save my butt as a first year teacher</b> last year but I have been able to earn a profit off things I use in my classroom! It's nice to be able to share things with other educators. At times, I wish I had better resources (hello, I am using a Macbook Pro from 2009 and Microsoft Power Point for Mac 2011) but my main goal over this summer is to really develop some high quality products and keep adding them. And you know, maybe that'll eventually help me buy a new computer. (Don't get me wrong...this one is still working but I can't update to the latest Microsoft Software because it won't let me due to my memory or something! And I have deleted crap. WAAHH).<br />
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I am also equally about something I pre-ordered for myself on Amazon. I am probably one of the worst cooks. I absolutely love grocery shopping because I find it therapeutic. I know, it's weird. So I hate cooking because of all the time it consumes and such. Over the last year-two years, I have been reading <a href="http://www.shullfamily.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this blog</a> by Shay Shull. She is the sister of Sean Lowe, the former Bachelor. She posts a ton of recipes on her foodie blog and also shares about her adorable family. She has two cookbooks coming out in February so I preordered them! And much to my surprise, Amazon told me they should be arriving on my door stop next Monday!<br />
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And to top off a festive weekend, I finally put the Christmas stuff away. And threw out an entire box of lights that were sitting in the attic for God only knows how many years that did not work. Progress, people. Progress.Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-19313693088078701472016-01-16T16:02:00.002-05:002016-01-16T16:02:30.423-05:00Disney Vacation Recap Day 1: Hollywood StudiosBack in July 2015 (wow, crazy to write that!), I spent a week in Disney with my brother, sister-in-law, their three kids and my mom. We went once before all together in August 2011 so the heat was something we were expecting. And frankly, we weren't even escaping it at home in NY so it doesn't matter!<br />
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The first day we went to Hollywood Studios. No one in my family is really a rollercoaster person so we did not go on Tower of Terror or Aerosmith's Rockin Rollercoaster. I haven't been on those since my friends made me go on them during our trip in January 2011.<br />
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-69206082877387208562016-01-12T22:42:00.000-05:002016-01-12T22:42:57.698-05:00This & That<span style="color: blue;">Hey 2016. Does anyone else still feel weird writing that? I do! Where on Earth did 2015 go? I am still trying to grasp that. Plus, this school year is FLYING BY (and yet dragging on in some aspects) compared to last year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I still have to take down all the Christmas decorations. Anyone with me on that? No? No one else still has their tree up? #itsarealtreethatineedtogetridof #noonehelps #allme . That is the plan this weekend since I have the weekend off from work. I LOVE decorating for Christmas but putting it all away is so tedious and time consuming.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I got a Fit Bit for Christmas and it has been really interesting to see how many steps I do a day, how many calories I burn. I also love that you can track your sleep. The first time I wore it, it said I was restless <b>19 times in one night</b>! Holy cow! I wanted it as part of my mission in order to lose weight/tone up. It is my goal for 2016. I know a lot of people say that every year (I am guilty of it) but I really need to. Why? <b>BECAUSE PANTS SHOPPING FOR SCHOOL IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE!</b> I probably gained in the waist which makes pants difficult. It actually makes me feel like I am suffocating at times because they are so tight. I have tried multiple stores...Target, Old Navy, Loft, Ann Taylor, Gap, Banana Republic, NY&CO, Kohls, Dress Barn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">So I am reaching out....<i><b>where do you all buy your dress pants?!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Also in my quest for new dress pants comes my quest for workout clothes. I *need* to join the gym and I keep saying I am going to do it. I think Friday I am just going to bring gym clothes to school and change into them and then drive straight to the gym to join on my way home from school. Therefore I can't have an excuse. <b>BUT WHY ARE ALL GYM PANTS SKIN TIGHT? </b>I would say I am "blessed" in the big butt department so I don't want pants that are sticking to my butt as I am attempting to run on the treadmill. I just got a 30% off to Kohls coupon so maybe I can find something from there. I at least want 1 to 2 pairs and then I will get some shorts for the spring/summer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Also, who is in it for the Power Ball? We are pooling money together at work to buy tickets. Everyone is joking that if they win they are retiring early! Haha! I would be happy if I won anything<i><b>. </b></i>I also saw this on Facebook and had myself a good laugh:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><b> </b></i> </span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-61839258151619304132016-01-01T20:15:00.000-05:002016-01-01T20:15:04.179-05:00Welcome 2016! <span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It kind of blows my mind that we are in 2016. It grosses me out because that means I have been out of college for almost 7 years, high school for almost 11 years and my goddaughter is going to graduate elementary school this year. WHERE DOES TIME GO?! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2015 seems like it was a blur. I almost feel like I did not do anything spectacular! I was looking back at previous posts to see what fun things I did and in comparison to other blogger recaps, I apparently had a boring 2015. But you know what? I am quite okay with that! Everyone is so individual and sometimes, a laid back year is just what is needed! What on Earth happened in 2015?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Made it to the half way point of my first year of teaching. I think I drank a lot of wine at this point. Compared to where I was LAST year at this time and where I am now are TWO completely different spots. I feel *somewhat* more prepared this year (even though I am changing stuff around).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>{February}</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-My best friend from college, Stephanie, got engaged! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-I saw Aladdin on Broadway with my mom! It was fantastic!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Nothing exciting apparently happened. This always happens in March. This year will be different with April & Tim's wedding!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-My best friend April got engaged!!! Tim proposed in front of the castle at Magic Kingdom and it is fitting because they both love Disney & they exchanged their first I Love Yous in Disney. Now this year they're getting married and I am the maid of honor!!! </span></span><br />
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<b>{June}</b><br /><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Finished my first year of teaching! It was such an overwhelming year but also I learned so much about myself as a person and as a teacher.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Celebrated Cheree's retirement! Cheree was like a "work" mom. I shared a room with her. Pictured with us below is Ilana, who was Cheree's TA and replaced her! Ilana is just a doll! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Went to Disney! I am *finally* getting around to uploading my pictures [and plan on recapping them so so so late] but here's a taste:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-I got to go to Georgia to see my best friend Stephanie! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>{September}</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Started year 2 of teaching! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>-</b>Took my mom to see Billy Joel at MSG. He was FANTASTIC!!! So proud to call him a fellow Long Islander!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-We also unexpectedly welcomed my cousin David's son Lincoln into the world at 23 weeks and 6 days. Lincoln is a NICU miracle...he came home yesterday! (Even though he is on oxygen). That little baby is a fighter!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>-</b>Started looking at cars because I was determined to NOT have the same issues I had the previous winter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Worked as usual. March and October tend to be boring months!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Picked up my new car, Holly the Honda! Its a 2015 Honda CR-V<b>. </b>I am leasing with the option to buy and even though I wish I had done more than 10,000 miles per year on the lease, I am not worried since I am buying it out at the end. It was my first ADULT purchase. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-My niece Sara turned 11. Cue the water works because she will FOREVER be my bald niece! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-My grandma turned 92!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-I did another Paint Nite with Marisa for HER birthday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am really looking forward to 2016. FOUR of my friends are getting married!! (April on March 6, Heather on June 4, Stephanie on October 15 in Miami, FL and Olivia on October 21!). It is going to be such an amazing, yet chaotic year. And somewhere, in this craziness, I would like to fall in love. I've been single for over three years. Maybe I am picky. Maybe my standards are too high. I don't wanna go for guys younger than me because I've been down that road. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But who knows what 2016 will bring or hold! I am going into it with an optimistic mind, my friends! And you know, maybe blog a little more. ;) </span></span><br />
Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-85274929013756369482015-12-03T21:35:00.001-05:002015-12-03T21:35:37.608-05:00Hello December!Wow, the last time I blogged was November 11th. I guess I don't lead that of an exciting life that I need to blog every day, ha ha! Either that or I am just lazy. Or busy. Let's go with busy, shall we?!<br />
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Since I blogged last time, some exciting things happened. And some not so exciting things!<br />
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My birthday was on the 18th of November! I am officially in the last year of my 20's. Insert life freak out/breakdown here. Back when I was 15, I never pictured I would be single and still living at home at 29 (ahh, the beauty of teenage dreams). But who knows what 29 will bring? I know I am going to be a little more active in looking to have a dating life. And how did I celebrate my birthday, you might ask? Parent teacher conferences! What, what! So thrilling.<br />
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Just kidding. Yeah, no I really did have conferences on my birthday but I went out to dinner with a few other teachers (including one who had a birthday the following Monday) so that was nice. The next night my friend Marisa and I went to one of those Paint Nites. We went to a local restaurant. Now, I am <b>no means</b> an artist. I use stick figures for everything I draw when I teach (or clipart I buy on TpT). So when we decided to do one, I chose an easy painting. I got it off Groupon and we went the night after my birthday.<br />
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This is what it <i>should</i> have looked like...<br />
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It is a good thing that I don't teach art!! My friend Marisa and I liked it so much we are doing one on the 14th for her birthday! </div>
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We had Thanksgiving at my house and it was nice. I helped my mom clean and it was nice to have a home cooked meal for once. Oh, and to NOT be at work. I did have to work my second job at the restaurant on the weekend but it wasn't that busy. </div>
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I also got my bridesmaid dress for my best friend April's wedding. The wedding is not until March 6 but since her bridesmaids are all over the country, we ordered online. It came from Azazie and the prices were pretty reasonable. They were a custom order and it's a little tight in the back so I have to have it let out a bit. No big deal. You'll just have to wait and see what the color is. But it is a Cinderella blue.</div>
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Hopefully this weekend I will get all the Christmas stuff down and begin decorating. Every few years we get a real tree and this year is the case. Last time we had one, I closed the front door and the hole thing fell over! Lol! We tie it down too. </div>
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I don't know if I had talked about it before but at the end of February, I am chaperoning a trip to Quebec with my friend Ronny, the other French teacher. I think there are currently 36 kids going! We leave on the last Saturday and come back Tuesday, March 1. March 3, I fly out for April and Tim's wedding! I am super excited to go to Quebec because I have never been. </div>
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The Saturday before Thanksgiving, I took the CLEP test for French. French was my minor in college and in NYS, you can teach 1 subject out of your content area. I always wanted to get my French certification because not only would it make me more marketable (when I was job searching), my pay would go up and I like it! My minor in college got me 16 credits. So I applied to the state for it last year. They told me I was missing 5 of the 30 required credits (because I was already certified in Spanish, they counted 6 of those credits towards my 30, so 16 + 6 = 22). PLUS, they credited me for my intermediate French 2 class I took my first semester. So I only needed 5 credits and the state content test. The content test for Spanish was ridiculously hard that it took me 3 times to pass that. No one I know has passed it on the first time. I have taken the French one twice and it is equally as hard. </div>
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So after taking the CLEP test on the Saturday, I got the missing credits I needed!!!! I was over the moon. I am now just waiting for the state to update my TEACH account and then all I will have to do is pass the CST. My options to take it are in February, April, and July before they change it so let's hope I pass it! </div>
Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-48299007529505430562015-11-11T09:15:00.001-05:002015-11-11T09:15:23.896-05:00Holly the Honda!Well, I did it. I became an adult last Saturday. HA! Just kidding, I have been an adult for awhile. But I felt like I really reached adult status when I went to pick up my new car, Holly the Honda CR-V.<br />
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I was a lucky kid and my mom essentially gave me the best first car out of all my siblings. Originally, I was suppose to get my brother's old Corolla when I got my license, drive that for about 3 years and when I graduated college, my mom was going to give me her old Camry til I could get a new car myself. Well, my brother Brian messed that plan up when he totaled the Corolla on his way back to school in a snow storm my freshmen year of college (his junior year). He had also totaled my mom's Suburban a few years before that. So after doing a lot of searching for months (I also didn't get my license until the first year of college was over so that helped my mom out), my mom ended up getting me a 2004 Toyota Corolla that had just come back off a 2 year lease.<br />
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I had named her Cora the Corolla. Yes, I name my cars. That car was my baby for the last 9 years. My mom luckily paid it off for me so I just had to pay the maintenance, the registration fee, etc.<br />
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But over the last year with my long commute to work and the crappy winters we have had in New York, I wanted something bigger. I just liked the look of the Honda CR-V. My friend Sarah from work drove one and when we went out to lunch one day last year, it drove so nicely. So many other teachers have work have one. I kept reading Consumer Reports and looked at the ratings and all the safety features. I had also contemplated a Nissan Murano and a Nissan Rouge, but I kept going back to the CR-V.<br />
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My mom said that she kept reading the Farmer's Almanac and that this winter was suppose to be bad. With my commute on any given day 30-45 minutes, she wanted me in something a little safer/bigger. So we went looking at the Honda CR-V's. The first dealership I went to, I saw a dark blue one and fell in love. I sat in it and was sold. I know that may seem foolish but I was. I wasn't buying it that day but the salesman explained my options on leasing versus buying it outright. And I knew that as soon as I bought it outright, the value of the car depreciates the moment you drive it off the lot.<br />
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Logically, I knew with my student loan payments, rent, and all my other bills, I couldn't afford a high monthly car payment. Luckily, having good credit paid off! I decided to lease the car since it was a payment that I could afford. And I plan on buying it out in the end of my lease because *hopefully* I will have more money by that point.<br />
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I have been super happy driving it the past few days and really glad I went with this car!<br />
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-74432033282125315052015-10-26T21:36:00.003-04:002015-10-26T21:36:53.120-04:00To Lease...or To Buy?That is the big question floating around in my brain lately!<br />
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I am looking to get a new car. I currently drive a 2004 Toyota Corolla. Those things are built to last it feels like. While mine is not breaking apart week by week (trust me...I have had my fair share of HUGE repairs), I drive a lengthy commute to work. It's at least 25 miles there & 25 miles back home. So 50 miles a day times 5 days a week = 250 miles I am putting on my car a week...JUST driving to work! I know some other people drive far for work. But with the amount of snow we had last year in NY and the prediction for this winter, I want something a little bigger.<br />
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I have had my heart set on a CR-V. So I went and looked last weekend with my mom. I have done my research for months and it is a highly rated car. Super safe! Love that it comes with the back up camera feature. So we went and looked on Sunday last week and I sat in one. My mom for some reason thought with me being tall it wouldn't be comfortable to drive. Negative! But since I am the type of person that likes to shop around, I knew I wouldn't walk in and buy it. Apparently it is now cheaper to lease the car then to buy it out right at first. You can lease and the monthly payments are pretty cheap. The first dealership I went to was $229 a month for a 3 year lease. I didn't think that was terrible. If I bought it, it would be $399 a month. Again, not <i>terrible</i> but with my student loans I am trying to pay off, I would rather not have something that high. Plus they had a dark blue CR-V which I loved! <br />
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So I went to another dealership on Friday night and looked. It was the one my aunt & uncle buy all their Hondas from. Apparently I would only have to pay $299 a month with a .96% interest. The monthly payments to buy it would be $469. The lower payments of leasing are really appealing to me because it is something I can afford.<br />
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So I am kinda stuck. I am not sure to lease or to buy. If I lease I have the option to buy it out in the end. My brother asked his friend who does car auctions about it and he said that they almost "push" leashes on you because if you trade it back in, they can make more $$ off it. He is going to see if he can get me a CR-V at an auction with low mileage on it (like 3000). I am not opposed to having a certified pre-owned car...my current car came off a 2 year least with 25,000 on it which is not terrible. (All the pre-owned certified ones at the dealerships have like 50,000+ miles on them ALREADY!). I almost feel like leasing and buying out in the end would be a better option. Yes, I might have to pay more then I would want to in the end but I am looking to make this my first big adult purchase. And its a big one!<br />
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I hope to have it figured out soon and in my car by the time the winter is really here! Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304943748322804584.post-8810188612726543932015-10-12T15:45:00.003-04:002015-10-12T15:45:53.564-04:00Life's musings<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are finally into the second month of school. It's hard to believe that summer flew by in some regards and in other regards, it dragged on. I still need to blog about my Disney vacation [because who does not love Disney?!]! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first month of school was a bit discombobulated. Teachers started 9/1 with professional development day, kids came the next day. Then we had a 3 day weekend because of labor day. Then it was a 4 day weekend because we had off for the Jewish Holidays. The week after that, we had Wednesday off for Yom Kippur. So it wasn't until September 28th that we had the FIRST full week of school. Crazy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My schedule changed a bit the first month of school but it should be going back to my original schedule on Wednesday. Getting to know my one class of my French kiddies has been interesting. I only have 24 kids (15 girls and 9 boys) with 2 sets of twins in the class! Last year I had one set of twins. The boys are probably going to give me a run for my money because they still have elementary school behavior ("He took my pencil!"). Overall, it has been an interesting start.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't pass my French CST test the second time I took it and I need to retake it. I could have taken it this month but did not feel prepared. So I decided to wait until February to take it. Give myself more time to study (which, let's face it, I need to start doing!!!). I can take it February, April, and July if necessary before they change the format for the 2016-2017 year. It is one of my goals to get it because once my friend Ronny, the other French teacher, retires, I would love to remain in the middle school and just teach the 6,7,8 French classes AND then some Spanish classes. I don't want to give up my primary love of Spanish! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am super excited though to be chaperoning the trip with Ronny to Quebec in February. Originally, she wanted to go the first weekend in March (because we would be gone Monday & Tuesday which is Foreign Language Week) but that is the weekend April is getting married. And I am the maid of honor in her wedding. So Ronny was gracious enough to change it to the weekend before! So, we leave on a Saturday morning and come back Tuesday night. I am super excited because I have always wanted to go. It should definitely be an interesting trip. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I went to get fitted for my dress for April's wedding but the one she wanted is no longer available to order which would've been nice for David's Bridal to have told me when I WALKED INTO THE STORE as opposed to AFTER I tried on a dress somewhat similar to it. They didn't even have it in the store "yet" as they said so I had to try on the strapless version. Oh well. As long as I get one soon, it'll all be okay! </span></span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.com0