Happy Superbowl Sunday! I am so looking forward to the yummy food and the funny commercials. I have no idea who is playing – but apparently, a lot of you don’t either. I’m so glad I didn’t alienate anyone with this confession on yesterday’s post.
Somehow, the hubs and I are staying home for the first time ever and we aren’t having anyone over, either. This works out perfectly for me so now I can actually ignore the game while I work on report cards (yeah, right), blog stalk, and read. I will only tune in to the commercials. I also get to stay in my pjs! The hubby is making his delicious-and-very-bad-for-you-award-winning-amongst-our-friends-and-family fried crunchy tacos. Bring on the guac and salsa and maybe I will have a glass of wine later in the day. The only thing that could make this day a tad bit better is if we had tomorrow off. One of my friends told me that her husband always gets the Monday after Superbowl off. What? How can we get in on this action?
Onto blogging.
My friend and mentor, Kimberly at Funky First Grade Fun, is having a linky party! Yes! Just what I needed. I am anxiously awaiting Farley’s Currently linky so this will definitely give me my fix. π It’s all about What Do You Love? in honor of Valentine’s Day. I LOVE it. I HEART it. I want to marry it.
Here’s mine:
I do have to say I loved traveling to Europe and Jamaica, but honestly, I love to go to Texas to see Kerry and the kids. I look forward to it every year. We have the BEST TIME every time. If she moved to Alaska or Reno or Timbuktu, I’d say the same thing.
By the way, I had a couple of comments about what I’m reading. I didn’t mean to start three books at the same time. It just happened. In the same way that I never mean to watch all of the reality TV that I watch, but then they show marathons and reruns and I have no choice. It just happens. Through no fault of my own. Really. Stop looking at me like that.
I started by reading “Here, Home, Hope” by Kaira Rouda for $2.99 on my Kindle. It’s good. I am enjoying it.
Then my friend brought me two books: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein and the Jaycee Dugard memoir.
I picked up The Art of Racing in the Rain just to look. Now I’m about half way through. It’s downstairs so that’s where I read that book.
I also picked up the Jaycee Dugard book because it was upstairs in my bedroom, and the other book was downstairs and I was just too tired to click open the book on my Kindle that was on the nightstand. That’s why I had to sleep for eleven hours. I was just too tired to turn on my Kindle. So I started reading the Jaycee story because there no was turning on to be had. I did have to pick up the hefty weight of it and turn the page, but I was able to stay awake to do that. Anyways, it is way too sad to read a lot of at one time. So I have to stop, or otherwise I am just too sad. So then I either read the Kindle book or the Dog book (The Art of Racing in the Rain is told from a dog’s point of view—I knew Sydney understood what I was saying!!). And that’s how reading three books happened.
They’re all good. I’ve just never in my life read three books at the same time before. It’s surprisingly not a problem. Like I said, I do attribute this new found super power ability to blog stalking. It’s much the same.
Well, I’m off to read what everyone else loves. What Do You Love? Stop by Kimberly’s blog to join the party — especially if you’re not into football, either. π
I also watch the Superball just for the commercials π I have no clue who's playing!!! I read both The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein and the Jaycee Dugard memoir. I loved both!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy you time with the hubs π
β€ Mor Zrihen from…
A Teacher's Treasure
Teaching Treasures Shop
Haha I am laughing so hard about you teaching children that are shorter than you!!! Too funny!! I hope you are enjoying you Sunday!!
I also love teaching children who are shorter than me!! Although, last year I did have one firstie who came very close and has this year (in second grade) grown as tall as me!
Jennifer
The First Grade Dream
We had 2 kinders last year who were pint-sized. They were a boy and girl and we used to joke about putting them in our pockets or making them marry each other when they grew up so they'd produce even smaller kinders! Kind of like breeding toy dogs, only we'd be breeding toy kinders! Just think of a teacup kinder you could carry in your purse when you're not teaching them to read! Okay, that might be going a tad far.
I love the reasoning behind reading 3 books at once! I generally only read 1 at a time unless my children displace the one I'm reading in which case I pout for a while and then choose a different one, only to be torn when the 1st book suddenly reappears!
Oh, and my husband is in the Army and he gets to sleep in tomorrow – no physical fitness, just work at 9am! I really wish they would do that for school too, but no such luck!
Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
I have taught several Firsties who are taller than me and weigh more than me. This is very bad when we learn about penguins.
One of the activities we "have to do" is to compare our weight to that of an Emperor Penguin…whether we are below the range, in the range or above the range. An emperor penguin weighs between 80-100 pounds. I have had kiddos above the range…I am in the range…not good self-esteem for that kiddo!
I hope for a bloggy meet-up when you come to Texas this summer! =)
Heather
Heather's Heart
Oh my gosh, isn't that Jaycee Dugard book HORRIBLE? I mean, it sounds like she's coming back from something unimaginable…but my goodness…I can't tell you how many times I had to turn off my Kindle and find something to take my mind off of what I just read.
Holly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
I could hardly read the Jaycee Duggard book, took me awhile, very intense.
Im not much of a collector either!
Rachel
Ms. Rachelβs Room
I LOVE shopping for junk food, too. I try to eat healthy, really I do. But there is something about putting a bag of chips in my shopping cart that makes me smile. YUM! Or a box of oatmeal raisin cookies. YUM! But the very best is a BIG bag of trail mix – NOT the healthy kind, but the kind that has m and m's. YUMMY!! Eating these things gives me even more satisfaction, but shopping for them is fun, too!!!
Camille
An Open Door
2 posts, back to back on a weekend, what a treat ! I just watched the singing of the national anthem, love Kelly Clarkson and I will tune out until half time…Madonna should be , hmmm, interesting ?? I loved reading about your loves, still sad I can't link up but don't have a blog, just like reading others… but I do love……
reading, laying on my couch, in front of fireplace
eating anything chocolate
listening to my kids in class laugh, rain on the roof when I am cozy in bed
shop for shoes and purses
travel anywhere in our new travel trailer but espc. California, San Fran., NYC, Jupiter,FL
LOVE your answer about teaching kids shorter than you..at 5', I feel the same way!! Nice to 'meet' you!!
Two words (if you can get the hubs to agree)… Puppy Bowl! π
Kim @ http://carriedawaykindergarten.blogspot.com
The only reason I love the Super Bowl is for the food. I love snack foods. Only wish I had tomorrow off . . . although I could be sick from eating too much junk!
2B Honey Bunch
The Best Endings
Nope…not watching the game either =) Enjoy your books!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue Skies
We totally do have the same taste in books! I've read the Jaycee Dugard memoir and although I haven't read Racing in the Rain, I have read A Dog's Purpose, which is also told from a dog's POV. Seriously one of my favorite books ever.
I've never read more than one book at a time and am literally laughing out loud about you being too tired to turn on your Kindle. Enjoy the Super Bowl {commercials} π
Bonnie
Living A Wonderful Life
Yay I wanna join!
One of the Catholic schools here lets their students vote on the date for one of their bonus off days, it's always the day after the Superbowl! My friend would always take the day after the Superbowl off because her husband was off!
Lisa
Stories From Second
Planning on blogstalking my way through the superbowl!!
– Lisa
a teachers bag of tricks
I just started blogging and came across your blog. It is great!
Glitter and Glue
I just love your sense of humor. I know what you mean about teaching children shorter than me. I see fifth and sixth graders who are taller than me and wonder what I'd do if a simple stare didn't fix the problem. Yikes!
ο£Ώ Chrissy
First Grade Found Me
I love carbs too!!!!! So so good. And I did a clinical in sixth grade with a teacher who was short and she said she'd never go above sixth grade because of her height! I'm not tall either (I'm only 5'4") so I totally agree.
Marvelous Multiagers!
I am so excited you like to travel to Texas!!! π That was my favorite and BTW Farley does NOT have dibs on you for first favorite friend or whatever she is calling it. I am and will always be your first BBFF. ((nevermind that we promise that to everyone else and really who can have enough BBFFs?!?!?!?)) So I love you and I love Farley and I will be nice. Just had to say it.
Ok now kick those sunday blues away…they are killing me tonight.
I absolutely LOVED The Art of Racing in the Rain! It was a fabulous book that I would honestly probably read again. And I'm totally with you on the carbs thing π Off to start and possibly complete my currently and maybe my loving too…
So glad you love to make people laugh. My favorite kind of person. π
Thanks for explaining the 3 books thing…. I mean already think you are pretty amazing… but at least I now know you are human.
I've been wanting to read those Jaycee Duggard books. If I take those up… you'll need to work overtime in the hilarious blog posts arena. No pressure.
β€ Dragonflies in First β€
Too funny – the mentor part and short teacher part! I remind my principal and my team (almost daily) that I can not/do not want to teach anyone who is taller than me. They laugh (or roll their eyes) but I'm not kiddin'. And…since some 2nd graders are taller than me – I'm hopin' I'm safe in my first grade spot.
Thanks for linkin' up!
Kimberly
Funky First Grade Fun
I realize I've already commented, but I saw this and immediately thought of you π
Bonnie
Living A Wonderful Life
You crack me up. So much so I gave you a shout out on my blog! π
Can't wait to read your post tomorrow!
Kelly
Beg, Borrow, Steal
Do the other books know about this??
I haven't read the Duggard book, but I am currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain and loving it. Have you read Room? Amazing.
First in Maine
Haha! I like this Currently/Love post. That book about the dog sounds great. I love dogs…they are all over my classroom…..But for some reason the title makes me think of another book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Have you read it? It's written in the point of view of a child with Autism.
I also agree with you on teaching children who are shorter than you. I am not only glad that I teach first also, but that I teach at a TK-2 school. Yay me! π
~Heidi V.