Well got my tax money. I am about to go out and buy a washer and dryer with the money. Kind of scary having to spend all that money in one place (or at least most). But seeing how I can't mooch off my Dad too much longer and it being a pain to drag my stuff to his house across town it is about time.
Still not called the Doc yet just me procrastinating. Talked with friend at work and she said she had seen a difference with me since I started taking this new med but still debating what to say to doc.
~later
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are Trailer?????
Found this on Bookshelves of Doom:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/
OMG! Looks like it could be good too!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/
OMG! Looks like it could be good too!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Learn Me Good
Learn Me Good: "I wonder if poking myself in the eye with a sharp stick would have hurt less than after-school tutoring today..."
LOL. I totally get this!
LOL. I totally get this!
Update
Ok well everything is going ok for me. I have started new meds which makes me feel like I am walking around in a fog. I am not sure I can keep going like this. I stopped the Zyrtec and that help about 75% with the feeling of fatigue but it is still there. I need to go to Doctor for a follow up on the tests done when last went to get the meds. I will talk to the Doc about whether amounts are right, if I can change to different med, or some other alternative can be done. It is so bad that when I drive I feel like I am going to fall asleep driving. Reading I can no longer do because it makes me even more drowsy than I already am. I have so many books waiting for me to read! This also effects my sleeping. I haven't been able to get to sleep due to my not being able to get comfortable (like sitting or laying down). I wasn't taking both pills (one in morning one during day/night)but I am now taking one of the pills in the evening and this has helped.
My favorite Aunt, Midge, died this past week. I am sad but at the same time I know that she has not been the same since her husband Dale died. Plus lots of drama with her son which probably didn't help her. My Dad and Lilly are coming back today from the funeral on Thursday. I feel like a heel for my Dad not telling when/where the funeral would be so I could send flowers. I am hoping he got something and I can help contribute to that.
I have again started my search for a transfer to a different grade level/school. This year my school is displacing 6 teachers. I am not one of them but due to so many leaving due to student amounts being so low I may not stay in 3rd grade nor will I be able to go to 2nd grade. Soooo, that leaves me with trying to control where I will be going by getting a transfer.
My goals as usual have been thrown out the window. I only exercise about 2 times a week if that. I did however meet my goal for steps with my pedometer and I am getting a $40 gift certificate to Borders! YAHOOOO!!! I am on level 2 and that will get me $50 when I complete it (level 1 was $25 but I had some left over).
I have saved a little bit in my savings which is good. I got a little bit of money for taxes which will go toward a new washer and dryer that I have need for awhile. I don't like going to my Dad's house to wash my clothes every weekend. It is time consuming and I just feel bad about mooching off of him.
I will continue to work on saving money and working out more. I will start a new class for healthy eating. More later on this!
Tina
My favorite Aunt, Midge, died this past week. I am sad but at the same time I know that she has not been the same since her husband Dale died. Plus lots of drama with her son which probably didn't help her. My Dad and Lilly are coming back today from the funeral on Thursday. I feel like a heel for my Dad not telling when/where the funeral would be so I could send flowers. I am hoping he got something and I can help contribute to that.
I have again started my search for a transfer to a different grade level/school. This year my school is displacing 6 teachers. I am not one of them but due to so many leaving due to student amounts being so low I may not stay in 3rd grade nor will I be able to go to 2nd grade. Soooo, that leaves me with trying to control where I will be going by getting a transfer.
My goals as usual have been thrown out the window. I only exercise about 2 times a week if that. I did however meet my goal for steps with my pedometer and I am getting a $40 gift certificate to Borders! YAHOOOO!!! I am on level 2 and that will get me $50 when I complete it (level 1 was $25 but I had some left over).
I have saved a little bit in my savings which is good. I got a little bit of money for taxes which will go toward a new washer and dryer that I have need for awhile. I don't like going to my Dad's house to wash my clothes every weekend. It is time consuming and I just feel bad about mooching off of him.
I will continue to work on saving money and working out more. I will start a new class for healthy eating. More later on this!
Tina
Cool Tech for teachers/web designers
Found this on a site: Embed It. It lets you embed any type of document or url directly into a webpage or blog. Interesting. Not sure how I would use it but interesting.
Tina
Tina
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Another interesting tech
This is wordle. You copy text from something and it arranges it for you. The bigger the word the more it is used in the text you copied.
No surprise if you know me that money and exercise is pretty big LOL.
here is the link: Wordle
TOO COOOL!
Cool site called Picnik that lets you edit your pics like Photoshop!
original
after picnik
here is the link: picnik
original
after picnik
here is the link: picnik
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Busy Week
Well I am feeling much better. I have yet to call Dr about my meds :( but since I am so broke I probably couldn't have afforded it any way. The week seemed really long for me. I started out with talk to my kids about things I want to do differently in the class. They seemed to like the ideas that I talked about. We started the Project 365 and I started the blog for it.
http://www.tinadudley.edublogs.org
They were really excited about getting to take pictures for the day! The first couple of students did a pretty good job. I didn't have a chance to have them write any comments since I was still fiddling with the blog.
I was not able to exercise this week due to Family Night on Wednesday and planning for it on Tuesday (yes procastination!). Thursday night the team went out for Martha's bday and I felt just awful not being able to get the card or gift yet. I told her I would get it this week and we would go out to dinner some night. I always have such good intentions but my poor memory combined with my procrastination and finaces always seem to make this kind of thing happen. Sigh. I did exercise on Saturday with Martha and Barbara. I somehow managed to get up early and get there only 10 minutes after they arrived LOL. I thought it would be harder to get back to exercising but it wasn't that hard that day. I do ache a little in my abs since I did some crunchs on the ball. I plan to exercise Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday this week. Will check back to see the outcome.
My personal Project 365 had a slight bump. My camera doesn't have a charger (long story) so I am going to have to use the camera at the school for right now to take pictures. So there will be a delay in posting them. I think I will try a weekly post rather than a daily one. Look for that later today.
~see ya
http://www.tinadudley.edublogs.org
They were really excited about getting to take pictures for the day! The first couple of students did a pretty good job. I didn't have a chance to have them write any comments since I was still fiddling with the blog.
I was not able to exercise this week due to Family Night on Wednesday and planning for it on Tuesday (yes procastination!). Thursday night the team went out for Martha's bday and I felt just awful not being able to get the card or gift yet. I told her I would get it this week and we would go out to dinner some night. I always have such good intentions but my poor memory combined with my procrastination and finaces always seem to make this kind of thing happen. Sigh. I did exercise on Saturday with Martha and Barbara. I somehow managed to get up early and get there only 10 minutes after they arrived LOL. I thought it would be harder to get back to exercising but it wasn't that hard that day. I do ache a little in my abs since I did some crunchs on the ball. I plan to exercise Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday this week. Will check back to see the outcome.
My personal Project 365 had a slight bump. My camera doesn't have a charger (long story) so I am going to have to use the camera at the school for right now to take pictures. So there will be a delay in posting them. I think I will try a weekly post rather than a daily one. Look for that later today.
~see ya
Saturday, January 03, 2009
2 more days!
Well I am still sick after being off for about 2 weeks. The first week was fine then went to Dad's and he was sick. Well the next day I too started to feel sick. I am feeling much better but still stuffy and clogged.
I am getting anxious about the first day back after my holiday. I want to start out on a positive note and try to reconnect to my students. I just haven't felt like I have connected with them this year like I have in previous years. It may be due to my unhappiness with where my life/job is right now. I really want to do something new rather than stay in 3rd grade again. On one hand I LOVE my team but I am tired of TAKS and not being able to teach more and not worry about whether I am covering everything before the test and stressing if they will do well. Also I won't be moved to 2nd grade due to Principal and even if I am moved Barbara has been asking forever to move and hasn't been. So I would feel extremely bad if I was moved and she wasn't. Which leaves me to moving to new school. I have thought even about moving to new district or applying for oversees schools. With my personality I am not sure if it would be a good idea but I need a change.
I talked with the DR about changing my meds because I felt that maybe that may be why I have been so high strung or getting angry so quickly. Well I lost the prescription and have been taking my Lexapro at 1/2 dose. I must say I don't feel as stressed however I am not at work. Wondering if I am taking too much? My worst time is around Aunt Flo time so will see what happens.
Money is extremely tight due to Christmas. I am having to stretch my money and not pay something so I can get groceries. I have only myself to blame so there is nothing to do about it other than make sure it doesn't happen again. I have put a hold on the Dave Ramsey book to see if this is something I can do to help with my debt and reducing it. I do know that most of my money is being wasted on eating out and buying books. I have tried to not eat out unless necessary and cut my book buying to little to none. I have been checking books out from the library so I have something to read. However the types of books I read are not found at the library (ok some are but the majority are not).
My goals for the coming MONTH:
1. I am making cards to carry at school to help me be more positive toward the students and keep my temper under control. Hopefully me seeing these cards will help me be more patient, calm, and under control of my emotions.
2. No eating out more than 1 time a week. (Seeing that I have no money until Amex flips over this shouldn't be a problem.)
3. Only buy 3 books a month (which is about $24) or $25 budget for books ( again no money until Amex flips over. Also I got $20 gift card from Student so free this month)
4. Exercise at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes.
~see ya!
I am getting anxious about the first day back after my holiday. I want to start out on a positive note and try to reconnect to my students. I just haven't felt like I have connected with them this year like I have in previous years. It may be due to my unhappiness with where my life/job is right now. I really want to do something new rather than stay in 3rd grade again. On one hand I LOVE my team but I am tired of TAKS and not being able to teach more and not worry about whether I am covering everything before the test and stressing if they will do well. Also I won't be moved to 2nd grade due to Principal and even if I am moved Barbara has been asking forever to move and hasn't been. So I would feel extremely bad if I was moved and she wasn't. Which leaves me to moving to new school. I have thought even about moving to new district or applying for oversees schools. With my personality I am not sure if it would be a good idea but I need a change.
I talked with the DR about changing my meds because I felt that maybe that may be why I have been so high strung or getting angry so quickly. Well I lost the prescription and have been taking my Lexapro at 1/2 dose. I must say I don't feel as stressed however I am not at work. Wondering if I am taking too much? My worst time is around Aunt Flo time so will see what happens.
Money is extremely tight due to Christmas. I am having to stretch my money and not pay something so I can get groceries. I have only myself to blame so there is nothing to do about it other than make sure it doesn't happen again. I have put a hold on the Dave Ramsey book to see if this is something I can do to help with my debt and reducing it. I do know that most of my money is being wasted on eating out and buying books. I have tried to not eat out unless necessary and cut my book buying to little to none. I have been checking books out from the library so I have something to read. However the types of books I read are not found at the library (ok some are but the majority are not).
My goals for the coming MONTH:
1. I am making cards to carry at school to help me be more positive toward the students and keep my temper under control. Hopefully me seeing these cards will help me be more patient, calm, and under control of my emotions.
2. No eating out more than 1 time a week. (Seeing that I have no money until Amex flips over this shouldn't be a problem.)
3. Only buy 3 books a month (which is about $24) or $25 budget for books ( again no money until Amex flips over. Also I got $20 gift card from Student so free this month)
4. Exercise at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes.
~see ya!
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