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educated... not so domesticated
educatednotdomesticated.blogspot.com
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Everything from burnt baked goods to balancing inspiration with state standards. I'm sharing my trials and tribulations of teaching and improving my domestic abilities.
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local lovin [crocker art museum]

this afternoon the husband & I took advantage of me having a minimum dayso it was time to visit the Crocker Art Museum here in Sacramentoand having a groupon didnt hurt eitherI hadnt been since t...

1 day ago

starting summer off with a photo challenge

with school out in just a little over a weekI figured getting my camera on is what I need to doincluding getting back into instagramthanks to Chantelle for creating another challenge!if youre playing...

2 days ago

16 weeks

also known as officially four months along!and yes it also happens to be memorial dayso Im rocking some patriotic colorstoday I spent the day with my family where we enjoyed lots of american goodness...

3 days ago

saturday in golden gate park

yesterday I spent the day in San Francisco celebrating the college graduationsof my lil siss roommateshere are the girls having a good time togetherand while Im on the topic of San Franciscohappy 75t...

4 days ago

different kind of pyrex

lately Ive been trying to slow down the collecting just a tadfew reasons#1 running out of room#2 most of the easier to find patterns I already have#3 will be moving one day pretty soon and it will al...

5 days ago

counting down the days

well this year is rapidly approaching the endIm feeling pretty zen about having to move classrooms/schools againhowever, I must admit that these days focussing on lesson planning is getting a tad har...

25 may 12

15 weeks

snapped our 15 week shot while visiting with the in-lawsin their beautifully garden filled yardsomething Im realizing I may need to pick up at some timeand at almost four months I have already been a...

22 may 12

may showers bring wedding bells

I do enjoy spring showersespecially when they are bridal showersyesterday I got to spend the day relaxing and eatingtwo of my favorite Saturday activitiesand most importantly, we celebrated the upcom...

20 may 12

three generations

for mothers day I got to join in the festivities for the first timeand we had to snap a three generations of moms photoand before we know it, our family will have four generationsin the family photos...

19 may 12

oh weekends

they are especially fun when all of a suddenyou get to join in on a new holidaywell, new for methere is one thing that can already be saidthis little lewis is already pretty well taken care ofI just ...

16 may 12

sundays "so they said" [mom edition]

since my students found out I was expecting they have been full of adviceand cute commentsadvice from a 14 year old:"Mrs. Lewis, make sure you are eating lots of different kinds of food because r...

14 may 12

changes

well some things sure havent changedlike the fact that this is still one of my favorite placesnot being able to sleep in past 5:30 on the weekends is surely newIm starting to get the hint from little...

12 may 12

ten on ten [may]

1. preparing for my fifth Open House 2. minimum day = lunch out with the husband 3. even when ordering lunch, never too far from pencils & clipboards 4. antiquing & still seeing classrooms 5....

11 may 12

theres a bun in the oven...

and as you could probably assume by my domestic-nessno, there is no actual baking going on in this postIve been sitting on this news for what seems like foreverand Im hoping that now that it is all o...

09 may 12

currently dreaming of

mid-centuryhomes, to be more specificthe rooflinesthe bright doorsperfect walkwaysand overall awesomeness is just too much for me to handlethe husband and I have searched out several of the neighborh...

08 may 12

the ups & downs

well, even though I havent officially received my official pink slip for the year[the one that really just means Ill be at a different school next year]doesnt mean it isnt too soon for the insensitiv...

03 may 12

yes, it is monday

and my day just kept reminding me of the fact that yes, it is mondaythe to-do list just kept getting longerand more things kept stopping me from crossing anything offhelping a student [not even one o...

01 may 12

sun.

today we enjoyed our towntook an extremely long walkand didnt do much elseand it was pretty nicetomorrow it is off to the city to see megbut as for tonight I think another stroll is in storeand some ...

29 apr 12

apparently I am a rule breaker

when it comes to fire codes in my classroomI was dreading this mornings fire inspectionthis is why:and yes, this is just one corner of my roombut it is pretty much like this in every corner of my roo...

28 apr 12

civil war in four days...sure, why not?

um, have I mentioned that the spring is the ultimate crunch time?and especially when you are new to a gradeand you dont really know how long to take on things, like way back in septembersure, in hind...

25 apr 12

sundays "so they said"

well, not all children have a.d.d.but one thing is trueall teenagers love things for a few days, obsess over themand then move onto the next thingthis has been the case in my classroom all year ...

23 apr 12

an awkward way to compromise

this week was what seemed like my first week back to teaching in a whilebetween being super sick, spring break, and layoff hearingsmy poor kids have had SO many subs latelythis week we loved getting ...

21 apr 12

slavery mandalas

some weeks can get kind of tricky with schedulingand for whatever reason you end up with two days where you are just kind of"in between"and what better thing to do than artand so thats exactl...

19 apr 12

wedding night out

last night the mr. and I enjoyed a night outat our friends weddingand when a couple just happened to meet at the very same place the husband and I met[the grocery store where we all worked]well,...

16 apr 12

welcoming spring

yes it is trueit has been spring for a while nowbut last sunday my family[sans the husband & sister]soaked up the sunand officially welcomed spring to our little corner of the worldwe enjoyed cak...

14 apr 12

sundays "so they said"

I must admitsome weeks I just cant remember anything that my kids have saidand I know there is always something that completely cracks me upand this "so they said" in fact came back to me whi...

09 apr 12

art for the classroom, probably not mine, maybe yours

this past weekend I finished out my fourth masters classeven though my masters is in art integrationthis was our first real "art" classI enjoyed itgot a few new ideasbut unfortunately, being ...

07 apr 12

stay-cation [spring break]

well after numerous hours on the internetwith no luckwe decided for a little vacation at homeIm starting to realize how jaded and ridiculously spoiled I amto feel like there is just no place I want t...

04 apr 12

why pinterest could have saved me hours

well, procrastination never used to be my thingwhen my thing was full time studentnow that my thing is full time teacher -and-full time studentprocrastination is inevitable and painfuland being ...

30 mar 12

well that was a week

so last Wednesday I started coughing in the middle of the nightand its been down hill since thentoday is the first day I have felt halfway like myselfstill super sick, but actually sitting up on the ...

28 mar 12

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