Saturday, December 20, 2014

Saturday Sundry

I'm spending my first official Saturday of winter break finishing grades and cleaning the house for potential guests, so today's post is going to be super random. I haven't been running this week because for some reason the week leading up to break is more exhausting than normal school weeks; I'm excited to get to run on my own terms for the next couple weeks.
So, let the random begin!

1. The lovely people at People/Target/MLB put together a 100-page, full-color photobook for this summer's All Star Teachers and mine came in the mail a little while ago. It's absolutely gorgeous and captures all the best memories from the trip. I am so grateful that they thought to do this for all of us!
2. December for teachers means sweet gifts from students. I never expect them but I definitely appreciate them. One student got me this absolutely gorgeous nutcracker. I've never had one before and it's such an original gift!
3. Still on the topic of holiday gifts, most of my students give me Christmas gifts, but one in particular this year remembered that I'm Jewish. It's a little thing that really made my day; plus, she spelled Hanukkah right!
4. If you missed it on Instagram, I finally cut my hair. I love my stylist so much; she always knows exactly what I want. I showed her some pictures and told her I was ready to chop it all off and this was the result. I was grinning through the entire cut; I didn't have even one second of remorse as six inches of hair fell to the floor.
5. I found these little snack packs of olives and am addicted. I love olives and I love the convenience of these packs. You know the theory that pickle juice is good for cramps during long races? I wonder if olives would have a similar effect. I plan on experimenting with these next time I'm training for a marathon.
I was only going to post five, but here's a bonus...I'm having a hard time finishing this post because someone decided to take a nap on my keyboard:
Do you like olives?
Share something random!

ABK

19 comments:

  1. Happy Hanukkah! That's so awesome that the People/Target/MLB folks sent you the photobook during the holidays. What a really nice surprise!

    I love your haircut, it's perfect! I seem to always end up with short hair in the winter and long hair in the summer which feels backwards, but it works! :)

    When Cecil climbed up and sat on my shoulder I thought, "he must have seen Archie doing this on Ali's blog and thought it was cool" haha!

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    1. I think short hair in the winter makes sense; my hair needs to be longer in summer so I can pull it up off my neck!

      Cecil and Archie would totally be besties if they ever met.

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  2. You are so gorgeous <3 I love the new hair - and the curls are so pretty! The picture of Archie is absolutely adorable - he looks so content. Your keyboard must have been warm ;)

    Happy Hanukkah!

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    1. Yep, Archie is basically a cat. Warm keyboard = good bed.

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  3. I love the new haircut! I can't believe that so many 8th-graders get you presents. I teach high school, and we're lucky to get one or two cards/gifts. Or maybe that's more because I'm a jerk than the age of my kids. :)

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    1. Every year I get fewer and fewer. Once in awhile a parent will really go all-out, especially if the student has elementary-aged siblings, but usually I get some nice cards.

      Which surprises me, because I can be a bit of a jerk, too, lol.

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  4. Oh Archie, what a baby boy!

    Your haircut looks awesome. You are beautiful. :)

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    1. He's so sweet sometimes...when he's not being a pain.

      Thank you :)

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  5. Your haircut looks even better close up!

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  6. Your haircut looks great!

    I love that your bird runs loose around your house sometimes. I used to have lovebirds and they were allowed in my room. They were so much fun and so sweet.

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    1. Archie is almost never in his cage if we're home. I feel bad caging him because now he's gotten so used to having freedom!

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  7. Your hair looks amazing!! I've been thinking about cutting mine off too, but I love it long, so I can't bring myself to do it. You are gorgeous.

    Happy Hanukkah!!

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    1. I had been sooo tired of the hassle of long hair for months. It was a relief to finally chop it!

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  8. Your hair is gorgeous!!!!

    I agree with the December lesson plan meme! LOL. So true.

    Happy Hanukkah :)

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    1. Pretty much all of December is just riot control lol!

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  9. I love love loooove your new haircut! It looks so good on you!!

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  10. Love the haircut (I just cut mine short again too).

    Alas, as much as I love olives, I can say that for me, olive juice does not have the restorative powers of pickle juice. Or maybe it would if I could stomach it better. Blech.

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