Happy Happy Happy Friday to you.
I could not be happier that it is Friday.
Well, except for tomorrow morning, when I will be even happier because I will be sleeping in.
This was a week. I’ve been having a lot of these weeks. And they are really cramping my style because they keep getting in the way of the weekends! Hello?
However, and I’m not counting or anything like that because who needs to count when you only have twelve and a half school days left and you have it memorized, it’s so darn close to when every single day is going to be a weekend that I just have to hold on for dear life and keep on keeping on.
Alright. Either way, I am posting Five for Friday on a Friday so you are welcome.
Look at my Murphie girl. She found a pile of laundry (that may or may not have been there for a few days and yes, the hallway at the top of the stairs serves as my office and my laundry room) and she took a nap.
Until I snapped the picture and then she opened her eye.
She hears everything.
Half the time, I only have to think the word “walk” and she’s out front waiting for me with her leash on and a bag for “just in cases”.
I cannot say enough about Miss Kindergarten’s Mother’s Day Purse. Oh my word. I got hot pink ribbon that matched the flower perfectly.
And the hot pink ribbon was wide. I’m not a math person, but I’m going to guess about two or two and a half inches wide. And the roll had 4 yards on it. Which, if you multiply by 3, means it had 12 feet of ribbon. Because someone once told me that there are 3 feet in a yard. I’m sure it was my fourth grade teacher who told me that, and no, I did not google it on my phone just to double check. So I bought 5 rolls. That’s 60 feet of ribbon if anyone is doing the math.
That’s 2 feet of ribbon per kid. That’s a lot of ribbon, if you ask me. That’s plenty. That’s excellent planning and math configuration on my part, especially math configuration in the aisle of Michael’s when I was tired and hungry and my feet hurt because I’d been standing on them all day as I’m apt to do when I have to leave the house and teach.
Well, guess what?
I did not have enough ribbon.
I did not have nearly enough ribbon.
What in the world? Excuse me? Where did I go wrong?
People, I did not have another Michael’s trip in me. Mainly because the check-out line takes forever and I spend too much moo-lah.
So I did what you would have done.
I took one piece of two-inch wide ribbon and made it into two pieces of one-inch ribbon.
Haha So There!
And my partner, Laurie, told me she couldn’t even tell. Even though most of it was fraying. And her contacts were out.
But still.
You couldn’t even tell.
I have a love/hate relationship with ribbon.
I really hate when I can’t even get the cellophane off the dang ribbon in the first place just to get it started.
I really love it when it makes everything so freaking cute.
I drew this. Yep.
I’ve got mad skills. Watch out, people. It’s the next Anchor Chart. Everyone is doing it.
Oh, I kid. I know I’m a trend setter so stop where you are. Stop. Do not go get an ugly brown marker and copy this.
Also, do not pin it.
Okay.
The first person to leave a comment with the correct answer of what this really is can pick something out of my store. Or get a hug. Or take Murphie on a walk.
And PS, the post-it note has nothing to do with it and the post-it note is not even mine. So don’t let that throw you for a loop.
And no, that is not my best printing, and I know I should be embarrassed, but I had no idea it would end up on the ole Five for Friday/Fraturday so there you go.
This is called Real Life. And someone, I can’t remember who, recently told me I should have my own reality TV show.
I said, “I know!”
We had Teddy Bear Day this week. I made sure that it fell on a Wednesday. Which just so happens to be Early Dismissal Day. Which is amazing planning on my part, if you take into consideration the fact that Kids + Teddy Bears + Painted T-Shirts + Crowns + Teddy Bear Curriculum = Crazy Students That Need To Go Home Early.
We had the best day. Truly. There was only point in which I thought I’d lost all control of my class and was rethinking the whole Teddy Bear Day thing.
And that pretty much happens almost once a day, anyway, so I handled it. I am in charge, don’t ya know.
And I could never give it up. One of my parents said she woke her daughter up and her daughter wasn’t ready to get up. So she whispered, “It’s Teddy Bear Day . . . ” and my little kiddo said, “Best Day Ever!” And she hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet.
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Take one more look at that picture. I have 29 kids. TWENTY-NINE. There are only 3 in that picture. The cutie I’m taking a picture of, the little boy at his desk, and a little girl way back in our classroom library.
I wonder where the rest of my kids were?
Hmmm. Were they behind me, ready to attack? Were they under their desks? Were they all in the restroom? Hmmmm.
Like I said, every once in awhile, I rethink the whole Teddy Bear Day thing.
At the end of the day.
Do you use that phrase?
This phrase, AT THE END OF THE DAY, is taking over everything on Reality TV. It’s everywhere. It is the new thing.
Instead of JUST SAYING, it’s now AT THE END OF THE DAY.
For example, it used to be this:
Her hair is horrible! Just saying.
And now, it’s this:
At the end of the day, her hair is just horrible.
Uh, yeah. No kidding. It’s the end of the day. It’s always horrible at the end of the day.
Here’s another one:
I did everything I could for that man! Just saying!
And now:
At the end of the day, I did everything I could for that man!
Again, no kidding. It’s the end of the day. You can’t do anything else until tomorrow anyway.
It’s a phenomenon.
At the end of the day, I’m tired.
At the end of the day, I like to watch TV in bed.
Just saying.
At the end of the day.
Seriously. Has anyone else noticed???? I’ve been meaning to discuss this with someone for awhile now.
Please please please please tell me you have noticed, too!
You can tell me at the end of the day.
Smirk.
You are hilarious Kristin! I really look forward to reading your posts at the end of the day and any time of the day! We have 17 days left and oh my goodness; I am feeling you…..what a week!!!! Oy!
It's been a week here, too! Have mercy, May is trying to kill me. I think your drawing is a map of how you are going to arrange students on the stage for a program. Am I right? 🙂
Agree with Michelle! I think it's also some sort of plan for seating, performance, etc. Reader's theater, perhaps??
-Aris
I love reading your posts each week! I'm thinking your drawing is a seating/performance arrangement of some sort as well. Possibly for an end of the year performance?
Your ribbon debacle of 2014 is mine as well! For the life of me, I can't ever figure out why I never have enough ribbon. My husband tried to explain it to me once. He sort of made it sound like something I miscalculated which couldn't be so and it was very complicated and I couldn't really listen because it was AT THE END OF THE DAY. 🙂 Haha. Have a GREAT weekend!
Kacie
http://sellingthesizzle42.blogspot.com/
I think it's a drawing for a performance with a stage. Im thinking the N might mean narrator :). We also do a Teddy Bear Day in my kindergarten class for Teddy Bear Picnic….I love that day but am always exhausted after. Mine always seems to fall on a Friday….amazing how it works out!
Laurie (PS- Your teaching partner has got an AWESOME name!)
lshee3qx@gmail.com
Well, I looked back at what you were doing last year around this time to see if I could figure out what the picture is. I saw that you were getting ready for Open House, so I am going to guess that the drawing has something to do with setup for Open House. 🙂
brittanitinsley85@gmail.com
I am going to guess it has something to do with tacos, or maybe donuts. Because I know you love food as do I and at the end of the day that is all that matters : )
This is going to bother me so much that I don't know what it is!! Here are the only things that I can observe that don't help at all: The letters around the arc alternate from r to b. Also the "n" and the "t" have 1, 2, 3 then 3, 2, 1. I thought that maybe I was going to come across the answer in a backwards…inception kind of way…I thought wrong. 🙂
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I thought it was….All that being said…. because that is all I hear these days.
But with all that being said, at the end of the day does ring a bell….
I think it might be the line up for making a maypole…. I don't really know where that whacky idea came from!
I would love to see what you did with the ribbon. The pic doesn't have any ribbon and I'm curious what it was for. But at the end of the day, it's all good.
Is it a drawing of your kidney table? With T for Teacher at the top? I have no idea! I haven't heard "At the end of the day" as much as you have, but the reality TV I watch is The Real Housewives and I'm still recovering from the 3 reunion episodes from Atlanta! Wow! They have too many catch phrases to remember! (But I love it.)
Katie 🙂
KTP: Keep Teaching and Planning!
Maybe you could sell copies of that amazing anchor chart in your store? 🙂 Not sure – I think I'm hungry, my mind first went to a banana split and the flavors of ice cream? Love reading your posts – you write with great voice.
I think it's a rotation for reading/testing/gift making–the ribbons… I could go on. vhair61215@gmail.com
I have not noticed this "at the end of the day" thing. I too think that is a drawing of a stage. You have 4 groups of 5, 3 groups of 2 and 2 groups of three. What the initials are, I'm not sure. T=teacher, N=narrator, BB=baby bear? haha. What is it?!?!?
The phrase I keep hearing is "What the……"! It stresses me out way too much as I think it's a nickname for a bad word phrase. I fuss at kids about it, but what do I do when I hear teachers say it…..
Your anchor chart is a kidney table and it's a way to keep up with whose turn it is to do something…just sayin' (Which is my go to phrase!)
Carol
Teachers Are Terrific!
I think it's a graduation seating chart? Or maybe a bridal/baby shower set up for a coworker??
I think it could be reading group rotation? No clue! Good guess though right…?