- Getting my observation over and done with
- Finding a lovely new eye shadow in the perfect colour I have been looking for for ages
- Being able to share the news that I am going to be an auntie again!
About Me
- A Think I Thought Today
- Hello! I'm Kara, a mid 30's mum of one, teacher by day and mummy by night. I would say I am more slummy mummy than yummy mummy but I live in hope of my fairy godmother casting her wand! I am also a sister, a daughter, a godmother, an auntie, a wife and hopefully a good friend! Having spent more time lately reading blogs than studying current affairs or indulging in "chick lit" I thought I'd give it a go so here I am! I have been married to Mr D for 12 years now and we have been together since I was 14!!! Miss D came along in 2009 and life changed for the better from that day. I work a 4 day week as a tutor in Childcare and Education (sounds far posher than it is!) and spend the other 3 days being the best mummy I can be to my adorable daughter. I *LOVE* shopping, chatting, card making, scrapbooking, cooking and reading. I want to share some of the random thoughts that I have and the craziness of my life with you. I hope you enjoy what you read and if you don't........well I gave it a go!!!
Monday, 16 May 2011
3 things!
I've been done!
A think I thought today was that I HATE observations!
In my job we have to be observed at least once in each academic year and as soon as we are given notice all hell breaks loose! We are given a week when we can observed in any session we teach. Panic sets in - you start to analyse the students, the room, the subjects and on and on.........
I am mostly cool calm and collected at work but in this situation become a headless chicken! I do the same job 3 times, I read and change my session plans at least 5 times and twiddle with activities over and over again.
Last night, after a lovely weekend, I was up til the wee hours of the morning stressing about everything. I couldn't sleep as my mind was whirring with what ifs and what have I forgotten? This morning was a panic to get to work to print off power points, check and double check the work and finally go to teach!
Lesson one, nothing, lesson two nothing, lesson three, still nothing! Everytime you enter the staffroom the question is "have you been done yet?" Lunchtime was spent bemoaning the waste of resources for the additional paperwork printed off just in case. Off to lesson 4, the person in the class before me is late out, half my students are missing and yep you guessed it the observer arrives! Except in this case I get 2!! the Head of Department and the Head of Quality assurance! Holy Mackerel! My mouth is dry, I need the toilet and I cannot string a sentence together how will I survive the next hour?
Well I did survive (as usual) and nothing major went wrong except for some inexplicable reason I thought that it would be a good idea not to use the computers in the computer room - DOH!
Suddenly a calm has descended over me - it is over - I am free for another year!
Now I just have to wait and see what grade I get but really I don't care - I did my best and the students learnt - what more can they ask for???????
In my job we have to be observed at least once in each academic year and as soon as we are given notice all hell breaks loose! We are given a week when we can observed in any session we teach. Panic sets in - you start to analyse the students, the room, the subjects and on and on.........
I am mostly cool calm and collected at work but in this situation become a headless chicken! I do the same job 3 times, I read and change my session plans at least 5 times and twiddle with activities over and over again.
Last night, after a lovely weekend, I was up til the wee hours of the morning stressing about everything. I couldn't sleep as my mind was whirring with what ifs and what have I forgotten? This morning was a panic to get to work to print off power points, check and double check the work and finally go to teach!
Lesson one, nothing, lesson two nothing, lesson three, still nothing! Everytime you enter the staffroom the question is "have you been done yet?" Lunchtime was spent bemoaning the waste of resources for the additional paperwork printed off just in case. Off to lesson 4, the person in the class before me is late out, half my students are missing and yep you guessed it the observer arrives! Except in this case I get 2!! the Head of Department and the Head of Quality assurance! Holy Mackerel! My mouth is dry, I need the toilet and I cannot string a sentence together how will I survive the next hour?
Well I did survive (as usual) and nothing major went wrong except for some inexplicable reason I thought that it would be a good idea not to use the computers in the computer room - DOH!
Suddenly a calm has descended over me - it is over - I am free for another year!
Now I just have to wait and see what grade I get but really I don't care - I did my best and the students learnt - what more can they ask for???????
What's all tat?
Another week of rummaging and some lovely finds.
First up a lovely cut glass tray in an unusual diamond shape £3.00
Then this lovely square floral cake plate a steal at 75p
Next up a lovely hand painted teacup saucer and side plate £2.50
A pink butter dish £6.00
and this old fashioned sewing box for £15.00 it is in need of some TLC but lovely none the less! I have big plans for restoring this but Mr D may need to assist!
My favourite find of the week and a bit on the pricey side but I couldn't resist as I just loved it so much this retro pattern tea cup, saucer and side plate £8.00. My MIL insists this is a bargain!
Not quite a second hand buy but a bargain none the less was this lovely cake stand and box of sweeties that Mrs B kindly purchased as a Gift for me at the bargain price of 79p!!!!
As the sweeties were in individual wrappers the box can be recycled too!
Pop on over to me and my shadow to see what other Magpies have been buying this week! And PLEASE if you like what you see follow my blog for all the latest news!
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Button Envy
A think I thought today was that I have button envy!
I have a button box full of lovely buttons but they are all thrown in together and there is no order! This is not good for my OCD!!!!
I would love to get them organised but it is finding the time to do this. While reading my latest book “The secret lives of dresses” by Erin McKean, I read this paragraph drooling
“ Mimi’s button box was completely extravagant. It was the Taj Mahal, the Buckingham Palace, the Smithsonian Institute of button boxes. It wasn’t really a button box at all, but a huge steel rolling tool chest from Sears, with a dozen drawers. Each Drawer was partitioned with teeny plastic dividers, gone yellow with age, and in each corral was a set of buttons, no fewer than six of the same colour and design. The bottom two drawers were for the rogues and the strays – the light ones in the uppermost drawer, and the dark ones in the very bottom...........The Drawers were labelled........The top drawer the smallest labelled RHINESTONE, the next one down METALLIC and the one below that WOOD. Then the drawers were in ROYGBIV order”
I want one of those!!!!!!
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
3 things!
1 - Cheese and crackers!
2 - Miss D saying I love you
3 - Making a successful interactive Power point quiz for my students
2 - Miss D saying I love you
3 - Making a successful interactive Power point quiz for my students
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
What a Burka!
While out for a run this evening with Mrs J we witnessed a sight I never thought I would see!
A woman in a full Burka going for a run in flip flops!
Yes I am being serious! Flip Flops and a Burka - skirts hitched and running!
I will leave you to visualise while I stop laughing (again)
A woman in a full Burka going for a run in flip flops!
Yes I am being serious! Flip Flops and a Burka - skirts hitched and running!
I will leave you to visualise while I stop laughing (again)
3 things!
A think I thought today was that everyday if I can I am going to find 3 things in the day that have been good or funny and blog them! I have seen this on another blog (sorry if it was yours I cannot remember who's it was but if you let me know I will link!) so my idea is not original. But I like the thought of finding the positives in each day. I will in future keep them short!
1 - Miss D sticking her tongue out at her Daddy and finding it really funny! I know we won't find this funny when she is older but while she doesn't know any better.......
2 - All of the cakes I made for work disappearing abating my fears they were a disaster
3 - Getting some me time and going for a run
That is all for now
1 - Miss D sticking her tongue out at her Daddy and finding it really funny! I know we won't find this funny when she is older but while she doesn't know any better.......
2 - All of the cakes I made for work disappearing abating my fears they were a disaster
3 - Getting some me time and going for a run
That is all for now
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