This Summer

This summer I decided I was going to work on a bunch of things I have seen on Teacher Pay Teachers that I liked, but I knew I could also make. Holy cow! Sometimes it really is worth the $1.50 to pay for someone else to make it! My two biggest projects I tackled were to make new Parts of Speech signs. Those took FOEVER! I would love to put them up on TPT, but I haven't paid for a license to sell products with fun fonts.

Tonight I finally finished my syllabus. I never had an official one for my students. Last year I worked on a letter to send home to the parents, but I did not have anything concrete for the kids to hold. I made a fun PowerPoint with my rules and expectations, but this is a little more serious. I scoured the Internet to find different aspects that I like. I also included many of the issues that I have to tackle throughout the year. Hopefully this will help things a little.

1st page

Second Page

It is hard to believe that this summer has come to a close. I've enjoyed hanging out with my very stubborn, very passionate little man. It has been a great time and I am thinking about this school year with mixed feelings. I am excited to tackle this next school year, but I am also going to miss this little guy. We've had a good time, and he has gotten very attached to me. This is every working mother's plight, isn't it?

During our trip to Cooperstown, NY

Starting Again

Although this blog title can really fit into a bunch of aspects of my life, today I am focusing on my eating. Last summer, I ordered the 21 Day Fix program. I did it for a little bit, but then I decided it was too much work. I revisited it this winter, and I really liked it. I did the workouts when I got home from work. I would put Bubble Guppies on in my bedroom so Little Man could do something while I worked out. He usually would end up "getting strong" with me. After two rounds, I lost 16 pounds. I was feeling great, and then I got sick. I took two weeks off while this cough worked its way out of my system. I am thinking it is better now. I hope so because I am starting up again this week!

Pinterest has a ton of resources, and I started with using those, but I needed to work out my own methods. I created a Google Sheets document that I color coordinated with all my containers. I like this because rather than separate it by meal, it is just an overall method. I also have an app for my phone that you check in every day. That is pretty useful as well.

I get most of my meals from Pinterest as well. I will sometimes take a recipe that isn't 21 Day Fix approved and figure how to make it so or just change things so that they fit my family. I am blessed to have a mom who baby sits at my house so she makes my meals so I don't have to do all the meal prep the way some people do.

If anyone is interested in getting more information, please feel free to contact me. I am going to be putting up some recipes that I have found the best.