I have neglected my blog.
It's been since FEBRUARY that I last wrote anything! I'm a bit astonished at how fast time flies. Truly, that must be why it's such a cliche. Let's see, what made me neglect my blog? It might have something to do with Life full body slamming me.
Being trained in GLAD (Guided Language Acquistion Design) is both a wonderful thing and the bane of my existence last school year. It was incredible and I was astonished at how much better my students did in nearly everything. I thought I put in too many hours before GLAD entered my life. GLAD strategies are mainly focused on getting everyone, and I mean everyone, actively participating in lessons, which equates to the teacher spending a tremendous amount of time planning and preparing.
Then there is Common Core. And Pinterest. Thank you very much. Do I need to explain further? I didn't think so!
Then there's my pathetic attempt at a personal life. Because of all these things and the fact that I've said "no" to too many invitations for social gatherings...I've spent a lot of my summer catching up with my spouse, friends and family, walking my dogs at the park, taking the dogs camping and hiking, reading (three romance novels and some non-fiction), cooking, keeping the kitchen clean, talking to my sister on the phone, making jewelry and photographing it (for sale on etsy!), going to the movies (Hello, Man of Steel), lunching here and there, going to weddings (two), going to memorials (two), going to ball games, and yes, watching TV (my guilty pleasure). I am now caught up on my shows...Mad Men, Downton Abbey, and Law and Order SVU (I know, cheesy) and I've discovered some new ones (yippee!) such as Arrested Development and Parks and Rec. At least I ride my semi-recumbent stationary bike at the same time. This is just June and the first week of July...sigh.
July is upon me, and I'm starting to mentally gear up for August. I have to go to Ikea to get new bookshelves, I have to go to Lakeshore Learning for the usual, and I have to go to Target for their back to school sale, blah, blah, blah.... But before I do any of that, I'm going to paint the kitchen and rearrange furniture in my house (when we get home from our next trip), and try to update some lessons for this blog that I did between February and May.
Yes, it really is July. I have neglected my blog, but not my life. As Ferris Bueller said,
Such wise words.
It's been since FEBRUARY that I last wrote anything! I'm a bit astonished at how fast time flies. Truly, that must be why it's such a cliche. Let's see, what made me neglect my blog? It might have something to do with Life full body slamming me.
Being trained in GLAD (Guided Language Acquistion Design) is both a wonderful thing and the bane of my existence last school year. It was incredible and I was astonished at how much better my students did in nearly everything. I thought I put in too many hours before GLAD entered my life. GLAD strategies are mainly focused on getting everyone, and I mean everyone, actively participating in lessons, which equates to the teacher spending a tremendous amount of time planning and preparing.
Then there is Common Core. And Pinterest. Thank you very much. Do I need to explain further? I didn't think so!
Then there's my pathetic attempt at a personal life. Because of all these things and the fact that I've said "no" to too many invitations for social gatherings...I've spent a lot of my summer catching up with my spouse, friends and family, walking my dogs at the park, taking the dogs camping and hiking, reading (three romance novels and some non-fiction), cooking, keeping the kitchen clean, talking to my sister on the phone, making jewelry and photographing it (for sale on etsy!), going to the movies (Hello, Man of Steel), lunching here and there, going to weddings (two), going to memorials (two), going to ball games, and yes, watching TV (my guilty pleasure). I am now caught up on my shows...Mad Men, Downton Abbey, and Law and Order SVU (I know, cheesy) and I've discovered some new ones (yippee!) such as Arrested Development and Parks and Rec. At least I ride my semi-recumbent stationary bike at the same time. This is just June and the first week of July...sigh.
July is upon me, and I'm starting to mentally gear up for August. I have to go to Ikea to get new bookshelves, I have to go to Lakeshore Learning for the usual, and I have to go to Target for their back to school sale, blah, blah, blah.... But before I do any of that, I'm going to paint the kitchen and rearrange furniture in my house (when we get home from our next trip), and try to update some lessons for this blog that I did between February and May.
Yes, it really is July. I have neglected my blog, but not my life. As Ferris Bueller said,
Such wise words.
