#24 - finish Don't Waste Your Life

Check! Item #24 on my "26 Things to Do Before 27" list is complete.

I finished Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper earlier this week. It was excellent! I hope to post some excerpts on here soon.

What have you been reading lately?

26 Before 27

1. Try red wine.
2. Take a surfing lesson.
3. Take a snowboarding lesson.
4. Exercise 3 times a week.
5. Host/attend some kind of social gathering each month.
6. Pool party! :)
7. Buy a newer vehicle.
8. Work at Sonic.
9. Make a teaching scrapbook for the past 4 years.
10. Visit Meagan in Oklahoma.
11. Spend New Year's @ Disney World.
12. Visit Eileen.
13. Double my savings.
14. Lose 15 pounds.
15. Go rock climbing (indoors, though - with supervision!)
16. Get into the fall membership class at my church.
17. Visit Seaside.
18. Do something scrapbook-y with Melissa.
19. Enjoy time with my roommates.
20. Finish decorating the media room.
21. Do some type of mission trip.
22. Write my Compassion kids more often.
23. Clean my bathroom weekly.
24. Finish Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper.
25. Finish The Search for Significance.
26. Take more pictures, especially of the things on this list!!!

Today's Diary

dear diary:
today
Thursday, April 15th, 2010

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i loved the smell of
someone's lotion in 1st period

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i loved the sound of
two of my freshmen guys teaching two friends how to play Scrabble in my room after school; it seems like only yesterday I was teaching them how to play

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i loved the taste of
my Fuji apple at lunch

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i loved the sight of
Juliet (Bobbi) & Romeo (Cristian) acting out the balcony scene during 1st period

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i loved the feel of
making Shakespeare fun and relevant

Journal Entries

So, I came across these cute journals the other day while reading this blog. Anyway, I thought this would be an excellent idea to use as posts occasionally. That way, five years from now, I can go through my blog and remember random things. ;)

dear diary:

yesterday

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

i loved the smell of

spaghetti for dinner

i loved the sound of

the birds in the attic...not

i loved the taste of

the Cadbury Creme Egg from my Easter basket

i loved the sight of

Lola lying on the deck in the sun

i loved the feel of

my new yellow cardigan (on clearance at Banana Republic!)

Javier's Quote

My Pre-AP English I classes (freshmen!) have been working on a To Kill A Mockingbird unit. Yesterday, my 3rd period watched the second half of the movie starring Gregory Peck. During the trial scene, Sandra kept making comments and asking questions for clarification. I had repeatedly told her that I would pause the movie to answer questions AFTER the trial scene was over.

Javier came in about 30 minutes late because he was completing an ESL test elsewhere in the building. He missed most of Sandra's comments. However, he made it in time for my final exasperated answer of "Just WATCH!" Of course, two seconds later, Sandra made a comment.

Javier's completely dead-pan response: "No wonder guys don't take you to the movies."

I nearly fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard. Love him. :)

I Love My Principal!

So my 7th period has been pretty bad for most of the year. My floor principal, Mr. Reyes, has offered to start visiting them each 7th period to keep them on track. On Thursday and Friday, I showed a movie to my classes as a reward for all of their hard work leading up to the TAKS test on Wednesday. However, I did not feel that 7th period had done enough work to warrant the reward. Mr. Reyes decided that they needed to do a writing assignment for half the period and then present it during the second half. Here was the prompt:

"Our school has too many students. We must cut 30% of the students by next Friday. Defend your spot on this campus. WHY SHOULD WE KEEP YOU? (Seniors, you are not exempt from the cut and will graduate from a different campus if we decide not to keep you.)"

Oh, you should've seen their faces! Many of them overlooked the fact that it was a prompt and totally panicked thinking it was real. The room was SILENT until lunch. When they returned, let's just say their presentations were very passionate. A few of them even became emotional. I was very impressed by their arguments, and it was quite possibly my favorite class with them all year.

Thanks, Mr. Reyes!

5 Questions

As promised in yesterday's post, here are my answers to the 5 Questions tag from Deanna.

Instructions: Answer 5 questions with 5 answers, and then tag 5 people.

1. Where were you 10 years ago?

>I was surviving the second half of 10th grade at Columbus High School.

>I was getting ready to go skiing in Colorado with my church for Spring Break.

>I was having fun with our German exchange student, Soo-Bin. Miss you, BuBu!

>I was missing volleyball.

>I was learning how to joust in Mrs. Wallace's English class. Fun times!


2. What is on your to do list for today?

>Catch up on my sleep.

>Clean/organize/decorate the craft room.

>Finish laundry.

>Write out some lesson plans.

>Make plans for Spring Break.


3. What five snacks do you enjoy?

>Chips and dip

>Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies

>Slow Churned Caramel Delight Ice Cream

>Snickers

>Flip Sides Crackers: Original and Garlic/Herb


4. Where are five places you have lived?

>Columbus, Mississippi

>Starkville, Mississippi

>Lewisville, Texas (South)

>Coppell, Texas

>Lewisville, Texas (North)


5. Name five things you would do if you were a billionaire.

>Change jobs?

>Purchase a condo on the beach

>Travel

>Adopt internationally

>Give it away


Now, I tag...1. Mary Beth, 2. Kerry, 3. Megan K., 4. Callie, 5. Melissa