So, I have finished week two of all of my craziness!  Workouts have gone well...except I'm tired...energized, but want to sleep.  I'm doing well on my reading.  Excited to feel like I'm getting into a rhythm a bit.  Movies are going at the normal pace.  Once per week!  After school duty at school is over, so my life shifts into overdrive.  12 hour days with extra lessons for a solid month.  I also start my grad class tomorrow.  I'm just working on my MA+9, so it's for fun and to learn technology.  So basically, my husband will be lonely a lot.  I will have my nose in a book or on a computer 24/7.

So far...so good!  The only thing I need to add are some posts on my books and movies.  My technology will post for itself after tomorrow!

First full week begins today...

Well, today was the start of my first full week of normalcy in 2012.  We had a great weekend.  It was very relaxing.  I got a lot of computer work and fun done and read!  We finished the weekend off with some beer-can chicken with baked potatoes and finished the Broncos/Stealers game.  (Yeah, Tebow threw a pass and the guy ran for a touchdown to end the game in OT...who would have thought.)  Then I read some Riordan.  I'm really getting into this book.  It started slow for me, but now I just want to read!
This morning was a P90X morning.  Wake-up at 3:00 and get going.  Cardio killed me.  But, the hard part of my day is over and now I'm waiting for kids to start arriving!  Have a great week!

P90X

P90X...love it or hate it...it works!!!

My exercise 2012

Pinterest

Pinterest! Love it! Pinterest.com

My Technology 2012

The Sapphire Knight

I just finished "The Sapphire Knight." The book is being donated to every student in our school during February. I was allowed to borrow one beforehand, so I thought I would read it. I read it this evening. It is a very short book. I thought it was fairly good. It was not too deep, so I think that most of the kids will get it. The "smart" kids will probably read it and move on from it quickly, as it does not go in to as much detail as some of the other books they regularly read by Riordan or Patterson. Michael Sullivan's Website
This book is about a Bard that learns his craft from a former knight. The knight tells a legend, which was his life. The music of the village and the knights land was stolen by the Green Queen, or the Queen of May. But, the twists and turns tell a different story. The knight must go off on his own journey, outside of his land, to rescue the music of the land. Throughout the story, the absence of all of the pleasant sounds are gone. The birds do not sing, the wind does not whistle through the trees, and the streams do not bubble with beautiful sound.
I hope that my students enjoy reading the book and enjoy the contests that they get to participate in during February.

Starting out!

Well, here I am posting on what is now my third blog attempt in about a year. But, this year I have a goal. Thanks so much to my sister, Cindy, I am going to follow in her footsteps. The 50/50 challenge. Read 50 books and watch 50 movies in one year. I was hesitant...for about a minute or two. I think I jumped on board because I already had some books and movies on my list for the year and I was excited to have something to write about.

I have a stack of books ready to start me off. I'm pretty sure that I will go through ups-and-downs with this (when I read a lot and when I don't have time to sleep, much less read). Right now I'm on the reading level of my Middle School students, so these first reads will be more quick...unless you count Riordan...and those are not as quick.

I am also hoping to get to some books that I keep putting off. I seem to put them down because I don't think I'll have time to read them.

Now, movies, I LOVE movies. But, since I have been married, I have not watched quite as many movies as I once did. In general, we watch about 2-3 movies a month, at home. Then, I will watch some movies on my own...via the laptop and my favorite little goodie...Netflix! Now, I will just have to remember to take time to do it. (Since I can keep up with football games and watch a movie without much trouble!)

Now to see how this all goes!

Happy Reading, Watching, and Living!!!

-Kim