Thanksgiving

I can not wait until Thanksgiving. We have a 5 day break which is wonderful. We always have Thanksgiving at my house with my mom's side of the family. My grandparents, aunt and uncle come as well as my three cousins with their wives/ girlfriends. My boyfriend and my sister's boyfriend also come. This year will be even better because there is a new edition to our family. I have a new little cousin Noah that was born this summer and I can't wait to see him again. It's always fun with my cousins because we have the "kids" table and the adult table. Our table is much more fun and we usually just end up making fun of the adults. I'm not a big turkey person, but this is one of the times when I will eat it. We have all kinds of other food too. My dad makes two types of stuffings, and everyone else pitches in corn casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, pie, and all other sorts of good stuff. After I eat this meal I go to my boyfriends house for my second meal. I love being able to be with my family and his family on thanksgiving. Than there is Black Friday. Last year was the first year that I had really gone out early on Black Friday. I went with my best friend Lacey and can't wait to go again this year. Hurry up and get here Thanks giving Break!

Photography

If I was not an education major, I would probably be a photography major. I love to take pictures. In high school I took 2 years of photography classes. The first year we just used film and developed our pictures in the dark room. Some people hated it, but I did not. I enjoyed it and found it relaxing. The second year we did half with the dark room and half digital. I liked doing both, but never seemed to remember the technical stuff with the digital cameras. I just like taking the pictures and having fun with it. When I am around my two nieces it seems like I always have my camera with me clicking away. I would love to take pictures at a wedding or do a photo shoot with little kids. I then decided that photography was a passion and hobby, but not a career option for me. I was meant to be a teacher, but I'm sure I will take plenty of pictures in my class.

Fall Break

Fall Break is just around the corner and I cannot wait till it is here. I wish we had more than just Friday off, but I will take whatever we get. For Fall Break I am going down to Brown County to go camping like I do every year. My family is there along with family friends and my friends. I don't know what we are going to do there this year, but I know we will have fun because we always do. On Friday the family that I nanny for, which includes four adorable little boys, may even be coming down for the day. I hope that these next three days go by fast and easy so it can hurry up and be Fall Break! I'm also so happy that the weather is supposed to be somewhat warm this week and weekend.

Barbie House

When I was little I loved to play with my Barbies. I had so many, but didn't have a house for them until the Christmas of my second grade year. This house was no the typical pink plastic Barbie house that everyone had. My dad built me this house out of wood and it came complete with furniture that my Grandma made. The house is probably around 4 feet wide and 4 feet tall. When it was closed it looked just like a rectangle house with a slanted roof on both sides. To play in the house you had to unlatch a hook on each side and the front of the house came down to reveal the inside. On the first floor there was a kitchen and family room with a couch, fireplace, rocking chair, and lamp that my Grandma made. I had to pretend there were stairs to get to the second story because my house did not include that. There were three rooms upstairs. there was a bedroom with a big white bed and matching vanity; a smaller room for the little Barbies, and a bathroom complete with a sink and toilet. Of course to make the house even more finished I added my other plastic furniture that I already had. It was the best Barbie house anyone could ever imagine. This present probably got more use out of it than any of my others and it truly a treasure of mine. It is something that I still have and that I plan on keeping forever. I have to admit that when my three and six year old nieces come to visit, I play Barbies with them in my Barbie house. 

Teaching Diverstiy

In my EDEL 100 class we were learning about teaching diversity in the classroom. We learned that you should not think of having a diverse class as a bad thing, but as a good thing. Having a student from a different culture can be an advantage for you and your students. The student from a different culture can teach you and the other students about their culture and their different customs. The article I found is about a teacher that makes has her students make an art project that shows their culture. This project is directed towards kindergarten and first grade students. They are given construction paper and wide variety of art supplies. with these supplies they choose the color of their skin and add all their facial features. When they are done, they have a self portrait of them-self that shows how they are different than everyone else. I think this a great project to get your students introduced to diversity.

Works Cited

Lawson, Mered "Pidgie" "CELEBRATING DIVERSITY." Arts & Activities 146.2 (2009): 32-33. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 13 Oct. 2009.

Broken Heater :(

Our heater is broken. One would think that if the heater is broken our room would be cold. That is not the case. Our room is really hot and we can't turn the heat down or off. Along with the heat, there is an awful noise coming from it. It sounds like there is a person inside of it that is hammering something. It is VERY annoying and loud. Sometimes it goes away for a little bit and then comes right back. It is so loud that you can hear it from the end of the hall and our neighbors have complained. Someone came to work on it and we got a paper that said work in progress. I hope it doesn't take too long. 

Song Analysis

Do the details come from a point of view? That is, do you see the writer’s particular interpretation coming across distinctly separate from the “common” or easy interpretation of the song? Describe what you know. What else do you want to know?

I think that this question is one of the most important questions from the peer review because part of the analysis assignment is to interpret the song as to what you think it is about so it is crucial that the details come from the writer's point of view. You don't want to the interpretation to be easy because you don't want the reader to agree with it right a way. 

Family

My family is the number one thing in my life. They have always been there for me just like I always plan on being there for them. I'll tell you a little about my family. I live with my mom, dad, my sister Emily, and our two dogs. I also have another sister in Texas. I have the greatest parents in the world. My dad is very outgoing and funny. He can always make me smile. He can sometimes have a temper but it doesn't last long just like mine. My dad did not go to college, he graduated from high school and started his own wholesale florist business on his own. He has owned the same place, Plants Plus since then. My mom is always there for me to talk to and is very sweet. She works with my dad and together they run the business. My parents work very hard and have long days, but they do it for my sister and I. We go on vacation every summer for a week and a couple other smaller trips so these are my parent's time off. We have had some of the greatest experiences on these trips. My sister Emily is a senior here majoring in Elementary Ed and Special Ed. We used to not get along at all when we are younger, but are now pretty close. She is always there when I need advice or someone to complain too. I have two golden retrievers that are the best dogs. Their names are Duncan and Logan. They are a big part of my family and come almost everywhere with us. Now you know a little about my amazing family.