August Currently.

Hey friends! I'm here linking up with Farley for August Currently.

Listening: Love me some Queen B. Anyone else become obsessed with certain songs and listen to them repeatedly until they have them memorized?!?!?! Yeah…me neither.

Loving: I'm dog sitting for one of my sweet teammates and loving it! She's such a lovey dovey dog (and I can actually pick her up unlike my dog who weighs 90 lbs). I'm loving the quiet, quality time with myself. Oh okay, and Netflix.

Thinking: Sooo I totally forgot my hairdryer at my house. Which means my hair is air drying (scary town). My hair is also really thick so it's going to be awhile. Guess I won't be going anywhere haha.

Wanting: I JUST WANT TO DECORATE MY CLASSROOM. We are completely renovating our entire school this summer. Notice I am using present tense because it's not finished yet. I truly mean everything in the school: ceilings, carpet, bathrooms, library (including furniture), gym floor, cafeteria floor. All the classrooms got new little shelving too! I can't wait to get in there and get to work!! I have my fingers crossed that we can get in Monday.

Needing: I have been meaning to read Harry Wong's The First Days of School all summer. AND I just found a book one of my teammates loves at a garage sale for $2. Anyone ever read The First Six Weeks of School by Paula Denton & Roxann Kriete? My teammate swears by it. I really need to get these read especially since the first week is right around the corner!

First Day: I go back the 6th. However, most teachers are going back the 7th. I'm on our school's Lighthouse Team for Leader In Me (any other LIM schools out there?!). We are implementing it this year so we are starting a day early to do some prep work and additional training. I'm really excited! We had our 3 day training from FranklinCovey at the beginning of this week and it was great :) Kiddos come the 13th so that's right around the corner!!

Happy Back to School Season!

I just love love.

It's February, friends!  I am super excited for this month because I have so many exciting things coming up.  I am visiting good ol' Maryville (where I went to college) to visit some of my friends that still live there. I am also seeing with some of my close friends to plan a bachelorette party and bridal shower.  I can't wait to work out all the details so we can start planning for the bride :)

In honor of a new month, I'm linking up with Farley for February's Currently.

Listening: I'm always listening to Pandora.  At home, at school - my students even listen to classical piano while we have Writer's Workshop!  Pop Fitness Radio is one of my favorites!

Loving:  I am obsessed with Target.  I GOT SO MUCH STUFF TODAY.  I got some cute stickers and things for my kiddos to decorate their valentine bags with.  I got a few boxes of valentines for any of my friends that forget or don't buy valentines.  For my firsties from me, I found JUNIE B. JONES VALENTINES.  Yes, I am actually shouting.  I read aloud Junie B. almost everyday and she's become a class favorite (most likely because she's my favorite).  Look at these beauties:

I also found some gummy BRACELETS to give to the kids with their Junie B. valentines from me.  I mean what's a valentine without some candy to go with it?  Not to mention they are gluten-free (a must in my room)! 

I also got little bouncy balls.  I'm planning on getting some cheap Valentine plastic cups to put the valentine, bracelet and bouncy ball in.  For those of you who know how obsessed I am with Scholastic, our class order was enough this month to get coupons for all the kids to get a free book with $10 purchase.  Talk about spreading a LOVE for learning.  Okay, I'm done.

Thinking: I've gotten into the (bad) habit of not doing a lot after school during the week and figuring I'll get it done during the weekend.  Then I have mounds of things to do at home on the weekend.  Argh!  I need to come up with a better system.

Wanting: I am lusting after some Stella & Dot jewelry.  I need to decide what I want to get this paycheck and order it.  I'm wanting to up my accessory game this year ;)

Needing: THIS IS THE YEAR.  The year I'm going to watch all the Oscar nominated movies.  I think it will make it 100 times easier to predict the winners.  So far I've seen 12 Years A Slave, August: Osage County, Captain Phillips and American Hustle.

2 Truths & a Fib: I rarely drink pop is a FIB.  I get a large Sonic Dr. Pepper every morning before school.  I've become friends with the people that work there.  No shame.  I am fantastic at trivia and own an obscene amount of shoes.

Hope you enjoyed learning a little more about me :)

Shelby

December Currently

I so loved my first ever linky party so I decided to join the always popular Currently linky party tonight!

A big thank you to Farley for hosting this party.

Listening: Can we just talk about how weird Pandora gets sometimes?  I added Pop Fitness radio after reading about it in Cosmo and thinking it would help me start working out (it didn't).  After liking one Boyce Avenue song, it has turned into an A Cappella covers radio.  I'm not complaining but it's so strange!

Loving: This marks my fourth blog post and I finally have a FOLLOWER (thank you Susan!).  And after my link up yesterday, I hit close to 300 views.  I. Am. Shocked.  I honestly thought this would be some mini-diary that no one would ever read.  I'm so excited!

Thinking: I felt like I had accomplished so much over Thanksgiving Break, but my To Do list was still a mile long on Monday.  After staying late for two nights in a row, I have finally gotten my list down to a more manageable number (that number is nine, in case you were wondering).

Wanting: I have a shopping problem.  I always have so many ideas in my brain and on my Pinterest fashion board but often find I don't have the apparel to create my vision.  Not sure how this is possible when the rod in my closet is about to break but I digress!  I would looooove to add some more items.  The main things I'm craving right now are: statement necklaces, fall colored denim (is it too late for that?!), button downs to go under sweaters, sweaters to go over button downs and a new pair of black flat boots.

Needing: I can't decide what to do with my life!!  I want to start graduate school ASAP.  I'm hoping to go back to Northwest where I got my undergrad and do online classes/Kansas City center courses.  I'm leaning towards a Master's in Reading but I've also thought about Administration.  Thoughts??  Anyone have advice?  I'm planning on starting Summer 2014!

Favorite Tradition: I looove going and seeing the lights on the Plaza in my lovely city KCMO.  Here's what I'm talking about..

Gorgeous, right?  We always drive around and look at them on Christmas Eve.

Hope you liked this peek into my life at the moment.  Get prepared for another post soon about why I had a great day in first (because I'm OCD and didn't want to overload this post ha!)

Shelby