Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

I love this! I also love that my boyfriend mostly looks like an asian girl & even though it is cut off, he also was a Billy Bob Thorton look-alike!! hahahha

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family history - Pedigree

Apparently I look SUPER Asian

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celeb - Collage - Morph

For all the teachers out there...

So, I am trying this out. I am working on an activity for my homeroom/homebase/morning meeting for when we get back to school. After watching Obama's Address to the Students, I decided that even though we didn't watch it in school, I wanted to share part of it with my kids. Most of my kids really look up to Obama and come from a very similar background as him. I am creating a bulletin board with this inspirational quote from his speech:

No one’s written your destiny for you,

because here in America,

you write your own destiny.

You make your own future.

-President Barack Obama

Students will each fill out this goal sheet that I created (after we discuss the quote, how they can apply it to their lives and ideas for goals)and they will be hung up on the bulletin board. I wasn't sure if anyone else would want to do this, but if you do, I figured out a way to share files online. It is a PDF, but if you want it as a .doc so you can change it let me know. Download the goal sheet here: Click to download

Tonight is the best night ever....

...because it's 2010!!! Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you all had a fun/safe/amazing night! I ended up going to Baltimore with Cait, Em, Hillary and Laura. We had an awesome night that involved a lot of supporting the troops, fist pumping and ridiculous headgear. A few pictures from last night:


Enjoy your day today!! Tonight=lots of school work. Tomorrow=spending the entire day in my classroom redoing bulletin boards and prepping for the new year. Love you, K

PS 32 posts in December. Seriously blog readers, how much do you love Jess Coop & me??!

PPS Year in Review coming soon. Probably tonight when I should be grading papers :)
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I said...

....that I was going to blog EVERY day over break! Kate has been doing SO AWESOME and me, not so much!!! Still trying to get caught up with life from being away from Indy for a week ~~ went shopping and bought these awesome boots yesterday for 60% off downtown:

I need to post some pictures of my new/old vintage pyrex I got for Christmas & some other cool stuff... I WILL SOON!

Today is NEW YEARS EVE!! Nile & I have reservations at Amalifi that supposedly has awesome Italian food! I'm excited :) Our first New Years together will be full of games, champagne, and a little Dick Clark action. I wonder what 2010 will hold for all of us??

Where were you a year ago from right now? I was getting ready to head back to BG for our last semester of Grad School (aka Fostoria, Little Critter, baggy pants literacy, and THESIS crunch time). Crazy how time goes, huh?

HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

P.S. How cute is this pic of Bill & Debi Cooper? :) I love them ~ they made this Christmas so special for us (once again!)

Is that a weaveeeeee

Tonight I went to a Christmas party my church threw for teenage girls in a foster home. OMG I had the best time...it was like being at school but I got to just hang out with the girls and not have to actually teach/discipline them. One of the girls wanted to braid my hair...I obviously let her.

Are you jealous??

Invictus

Last night I saw the movie Invictus with my parents. OK anyone who knows me knows that I have been obsessed with Nelson Mandela for pretty much EVER. Like who loves Nelson? Just me?

Anyway, it was an awesome movie and I highly recommend it. As Em described it, "so much triumph of the human spirit"! Also, I always forget that I actually like Matt Damon until I see him in a movie. Go see it. ASAP. Ok love you byeeee, K

Take Me Home Country Roads (Christmas Edition)

Just returned from a GREAT visit with the fam in good ole' West Virginia. Our visit was full of joy, laughing, and a wide array of goodness, such as:

Hats that are not meant for men that have larger-than-normal sized heads

Ridiculously hideous/awesome teacher sweaters,

Extraordinarily tight tie-dye t-shirts,

and screened t-shirts featuring the best youtube video out there.

(WATCH THE VIDEO IF YOU HAVEN'T YET! WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!)

More to come.... Love, J

P.S. KB! I want a copy of that print you created! LOVE!!

Wedding sneak peek!!

The photographer from Kev & Hil's wedding e-mailed this picture to them. Seriously beautiful. I love it!! I can't wait for them to move back to NY :)

I can't stop posting...

Tonight my mom and I watched Julie&Julia (super cute-- way better than the book!) and made some pretty things out of paper...

This needs to be my 2010 motto. I am making this as a print to hang in my apt. And I am making notecards.

I love hand-cut letters.

I also love beating my family in Scrabble 2-3 times a night.

Love you, Kate