Back when I was new to being a kid, I remember getting disproportionately excited on those two nights in late November/early December when I was allowed to stay awake and watch Christmas Specials! As the youngest of 4 (later to be displaced by my darling bouncing baby brother), it was always a big deal toContinue reading “Advent-ures: A Very Netflix Christmas”
Category Archives: Simply Random
Reasons Why Vintage Men Are Better
1.) They wear bow ties more than your average (non-stripper) twenty-something-year-old. 2.) Old men frequently wear more tweed newsie-style hats than other age groups. 3.) They rock suspenders. 4.) They wore everything now-popular before it got popular, making them . . . dare I say . . . the original hipsters? 5.) Despite societal shifts,Continue reading “Reasons Why Vintage Men Are Better”
Merry Praise!
Word.
Word of the Day: Terpsichorean “Of or relating to dancing… Ex. ”The twist’ was a revolutionary terpsichorean innovation’.” Now, go try to start a terpsichorean revolution!
Le Vocabulaire Extraordinaire!
A few weeks ago, I shared a stellar student vocabulary doodle, if you’ll recall. . . Well, time has passed and my lovely student has continued to make me chuckle daily with her creative interpretation of le vocabulaire ! Check out her humorous illustrations of: “un/une colocataire“ (aka: a roommate)! “un sbire“ (aka: a henchman) “un sans domicile fixeContinue reading “Le Vocabulaire Extraordinaire!”
C’est Ma Vie . . . Exhibit J
(It’s okay “Lola”, I’ll be 26 soon, then maybe all your assumptions can go back to being accurate.)
Originality Fail.
While taking a walk around town, look what I saw! SUCH an original name.
Unorthodox Problem Solving
With alarming frequency, big, terrifying kafka-esque bugs get into my classroom. However, this is neither metamorphosis nor metaphor. We’re talking about the real-deal, multi-legged, blood-sucking, ear-buzzing, skitter-across-the-wall kind of bugs. In case you cannot tell, I don’t like bugs… at least not inside. If they’re outside (where they belong) that’s fine, but when they startContinue reading “Unorthodox Problem Solving”
Well, Color Me Impressed . . .
Sometimes I am just blown away by the artistic talent of others. Now, I know this probably doesn’t come as a shock to you, but I actually have very limited artistic abilities. What I can’t decoupage or color in is pretty much beyond me. Every once in a while, I stumble upon an artist whoseContinue reading “Well, Color Me Impressed . . .”
Students With Skillz
And, yes, that’s skillz with a Z. Check out the gorgeous bow bracelet one of my students made! Isn’t it adorable? She made it out of an old purse with a little help from a YouTube tutorial. I’m in love with how it looks, SUCH a pretty piece! Next time I have an old piece of leatherContinue reading “Students With Skillz”
Cakey Hankerson: Great Adventures 