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Posted in Kids, Home Decor, Weekly Report

Monthly Report

Posted on by jgalvinwhite

Hello and happy Monday!

Why oh why do the weekends go by so quickly?! This weekend, I feel like I need one more day to recover from the weekend.

Today I’m sharing this month’s edition of my Monthly Report.

Reading–

I just finished reading and listening to The Calamity Club, and I thought it was so good. When I started reading it, I was a bit overwhelmed by the length, but I got it read in two weeks. I had quite a few people tell me how great the audio book was, so I tried out Audible for the first time. I love that I could sync between the audio and my Kindle, so I was able to listen when I was in my car or on a walk, and then I could read on my Kindle otherwise. The two narrators for Meg and Birdie were great. I tried to listen to the chapters with Meg because her voice was just perfect. Even if I was reading, I could “hear” both voices thanks to the chapters I listened via audio.

Up next…I started reading Writers & Lovers. I had it saved as a TBR on my Goodreads, but I’m not sure who recommended it. I’m about 25% into it, and I’m not sure what I think just yet.

Enjoying –

Even though it was still so hot this weekend, I decided to decorate for fall. Hadley helped me haul the bin up from the basement, and I pulled out some of my favorite pieces. I don’t go overboard for fall, but I really did simplify this year. I’m enjoying the decor, and I think the temps might cooperate this week!

Prioritizing–

I’m definitely prioritizing my time at school in order to stay caught up. My students still have chromebooks, and I use Canvas to post daily agendas and some assignments, but I’ve moved back to mostly assignments on paper. So, whenever I have the chance, I’m grading. I still love my rolling podium, and if I need to be out in the hall, I can roll it out there and grade during hall duty. Also, with assignments on paper, that means I have to make more copies which is one of my least favorite things to do. Anyway, since I spend some of my planning making copies, I usually bring some papers to grade while while doing that task. I just find if I can utilize pockets of time, I can stay pretty caught up. Today, I have to post our six week progress grades which is hard to believe!

Obsessing –

Well, Saturday night was Homecoming, and I’m obsessing over the photos. I took a few of Hadley with her date as well as some with her friends, but one of the dads has a good camera, and I appreciated all the snapshots he got and shared.

I’m so thankful that Hadley has such a wonderful core group of friends.

This dress was stuck in Michigan for a while, and then was deemed lost…but thankfully another one was sent with a few days to spare. Hadley’s shoes are from Amazon, and Hadley gives them two thumbs up.

Too cool for me!

What a great group. They braved the heat for photos, had dinner out, went to the dance, and then hung out for a while afterwards.

One thing about dances these days is you have to factor in Tik Tok transitions into the schedule! Hadley went to a friend’s house at 3:00 to get ready, and then the guys came over around 5:00 followed by photos at 6:00 and dinner at 7:00. Hadley was excited because a Tik Tok the girls made is going viral on TT. Oh, to be a teen!

Recommending-

I’m recommending these little ruffle socks. I haven’t purchased socks in the longest time, but I ordered these, and they are great! I love the ruffle detail.

Teaching and Treating:

As I shared last week, I’m reading The Odyssey with my English 1 classes; we got to the Cyclops part at the end of the week which is always a favorite part.

I’m wrapping up the poetry unit this week with my Advanced classes, and we will start the short story unit after fall break.

I’m treating myself to an apple cider donut from Trader Joe’s. I don’t eat much for breakfast, but I treated myself to one for dessert last night. ‘Tis the season for apple cider and pumpkin things!

I hope you have a great Monday. Just five days stand between me and fall break! It’s going to be a busy week of school, but maybe that will make it fly by!

Posted in Friday Favorites, Kids, School

Friday Favorites {#315}

Posted on by jgalvinwhite

Hello and happy Friday!

TGIF! I feel like the weeks are starting to pick up some steam! That being said, I’m ready for the temps to cool off. It’s been too hot around here for too long.

As always, I’m linking up with Andrea for this week’s Friday Favorites.

Here are some favorites from the week:

The kids’ junior year school photos came in. It’s hard to believe that next year, they’ll have their tux and drape school photos.

Even though it’s still so hot outside, I have a couple new pumpkin items out, and have started burning fall scented candles. When Trav and I went to Target a couple of weeks ago, the dollar spot stopped me in my tracks. I picked up two light up pumpkins.

I found a new small business, Doodles by Rebekah out of Bardstown, Kentucky and saw so many cute garden flags on the website. Garden flags are my weakness! I was so pleasantly surprised by the quality of the material. It’s thick and silky, and just perfect.

I also ordered this one for Thanksgiving!

Hadley and friends had fun tailgating last weekend at the UK game. Hayden was running around too, but he doesn’t stop for photos. Hadley sent me this one of her and her bestie. (Hadley has worn the top she bought right before school started so many times; it comes in so many colors!)

I went to Trader Joe’s for a few things, and I usually pick up the seasonal pumpkin body butter. Well, there was also a caramel creme one, and how could I resist buying it too?

I’d never seen these flavored butters, but I thought both looked good. We opened the garlic and herb one on Monday night with some ciabatta bread from Trader Joe’s. The brown sugar butter has been delish on the TJ pumpkin bagels…Hadley’s fave!

Favorite Mom Meme:

Why is this so true?! LOL!

Bonus Fave: Flashback Friday:

The kids went to a sitter’s house until they were four years old. In 2014, the year before kindergarten, we enrolled them in a preschool pre-k program two days a week, and they went to the sitter’s house the other three days.

After the first week, the school emailed us “first day of pre-k” photos, and here’s proof that Hayden has never loved first day of school pics:

Hadley was a bit hesitant too, but she smiled.

Also, this was the first time being “away” from each other. Hayden was very dependent on Hadley through the years…even into elementary school. She was tying his shoes for far too long. haha!

Anyway, they were both hesitant, but excited to have their own teachers, and we never looked back. They didn’t have the same classes again until that randomly happened a couple of times in middle school and then for their freshmen English class.

Weekly Recap:

Here are my posts from the week in case you missed one:

Share Our Lives
Teacher TAlk Tuesday
Throwback Thursday

I hope you have a great weekend! Tonight and tomorrow are all about Homecoming for Hadley. I’m hoping for some downtime in between and on Sunday.

Posted in Friday Favorites, Kids, School

Friday Favorites: First Day of School

Posted on by jgalvinwhite

Hello and happy Friday!

Well, we made it through the first few days of school…and I made it through my first full week.

It has been a great start, but to say I’m ready for the weekend is an understatement.

As always, I’m linking up with Andrea for this week’s Friday Favorites.

Today’s favorites are the first day of school pics…

We had horrible weather on Wednesday morning. We had torrential rains, thunder, lightning, and flash flooding in some areas. That meant our traditional first day of school photos had to be postponed, but I did get this pic of the kids before I left for school…

…and Hadley suggested a selfie of the three of us to send to Travis. He’d been out of town for a few days, and was flying home that morning.

Hadley is my 1st block peer tutor on our “A” days (since we have block scheduling). Isn’t she cute?! (BTW- her first day of school top and sandals are Amazon. Her top is a new purchase, but she got the sandals in the spring and has worn them quite a few times. She rates both a 10/10!)

I saw this our on school library door…such a sweet sentiment.

The weather was cooperating after school, but our front porch wasn’t, so we moved to the backyard for photos. (We have brick front steps, and some of them were crumbling, so those were getting fixed which means we had yellow caution tape up the couple of days they were being worked on)

First day of kindergarten for comparison!

All smiles to be finished with the first day of school. haha

Per (high school years) tradition, we went to IHop for dinner. Honestly, it was raining really hard, and we were tired, but we rallied to make this happen…plus, I didn’t feel like cooking!

In all the years of first day of school for the kids, I really think that’s the first time we’ve had a rainy first day. Oh well, the pics happened eventually.

Favorite Mom Meme:

It’s cliche, but it’s so true. Where is the time going?!

Weekly Recap:

I had a few posts this week…

Share Our lives
Teacher Talk Tuesday
Let’s Look

What are your weekend plans? For starters, I plan on not setting an alarm…and I hope to finish the book I’m reading! Also, I hope to get caught up on my blog reading and responding to comments on my blog. Please bear with me as I get back into my school routine!