Run, run, run as fast as you can!

So lately I have been going to Dog Day's this summer, which is a local community workout project run by a man called Red Dog, they have it twice a day at 6:00am and 6:00pm MTWR and it is intense. Marines will come and say it is a challenge. I've been going at least four times a week and going to the Saturday Fun Run. You have to go 20 times to get a shirt and I've gone 11 times, 12 after tonight. we had to do a timed mile yesterday and I did it in 12;30 which was slow compared to the rest of the masses. It's been fun and I plan to still go after I hit 20 times because exercise is always good for you. Also I highly recommend drinking a glass of chocolate milk after a workout because it seriously helps with soreness. Also Red Dog's wife Beverly, has talked me and one of my friends into running a 5k at the end of the summer and run more than walk it. So that will be an interesting challenge. I also saw a facebook/ Ljworld.com that Lawrence is have a 5k Color Run this October and I would enjoy doing that because who wouldn't want to be doused in different colors? Last thing, It's really hard going to bed early enough to go work at 6 in the morning. So I am trying to learn to go to bed earlier and now love Fridays because I can sleep in.

So on that note I have to go get ready to go to Dog Day's.

Have a nice week and try finding a local community workout program!

Kels

PS

Here is a link to Dog Day's website where they list workouts for people out of town.
http://www.reddogsdogdays.org/index.php

Well Hello There!

I suck. Blogging during student teaching was way harder than I anticipated as I'm sure you came to realize as I stopped posting. Second semester I was busy with classes and tutoring and a major case of senioriitis. Now since my last blog I have successfully completed student teaching, which was a bear, gone to New York City for a week, and I loved it and dream to go back, I went to New Mexico for spring break to visit my oldest sister and her family, I GRADUATED college after four years of very hard work, and I was Magna Cum Laude, lastly after three job interviews, I accepted an 8th grade Math and Science teaching position in Lawrence. 

I am super excited to start this new adventure teaching Math and Science. I really desired a Science teaching position so I am thankful that God blessed me with my heart's desire. I am also super nervous and stressed and I know the stress will only increase from here since the first year of teaching is supposed to be super hard. Well not hard, but challenging and stressful. I have loved the teachers I have met and they have all been super helpful, so I know I have a staff that will be helpful with this next year and guide me.

 I dearly miss all my friends scattered across the country, that part of college really stinks, and I plan to visit the ones still at OKWU/Bartlesville. Many of them became like family to me and I miss that part of my family. I also miss my dear boyfriend, who is still in Bartlesville, but we talk/text frequently and he came to see me this past weekend and I will see him again in two weeks! I miss being able to see him everyday and spending my evenings with him though. But we cherish the time we have together on the phone and our short visits. 

My room at my house is almost done! I got my very own mattress that I bought on Wednesday and it was very comfortable! Way better than any college dorm mattress I slept on. I enjoy the room way more now that I have a bed and I need to finish the rest, but I hate unpacking and finding homes for things, so we will see how that goes. Oh! I have a classroom I need to decorate too! I need lovely posters with Math and Science concepts to aid students learning and then things that are cute! The classroom is blue and green and I love it! It's on the third floor and has wonderful large windows that show mostly sky. I can't wait to finish it all up!

Well, I'm tired. Hopefully I get better at this business as time goes on, no promises. 

Also I want to change the name of the blog, mostly get rid of the student teaching part, so any suggestions would be lovely. 

Faith, Love and Pixie Dust!

Kels

This is Far From The End.

I forgot to blog/have been to busy. But I'm not as bad as I thought I was. Student teaching is still wonderful! I'm learning all sorts of new things like how we can't cookie cutter kids and give them all the same discipline. That just doesn't work. I'm also learning how to balance everything I have to do, I'm not very good at it but I'm getting there. I kinda like figuring out how to teach each subject as I get new ones but it also creates the fear that I'll do it wrong. I'm not the type person who says I'll do anything once, at least school homework related, I hate getting new assignments that I've never done because I'm afraid I'll do them wrong, which means they don't get done quickly. But after that first one I'm good to go and ace them.

Last night OKWU had a 80's themed roller skate night, I wasn't sure I was going to go because I was tired and it started at 11:15pm and was in Tulsa. So 20 minutes before my friends were going to leave I decided I was going and put together a rocking 80's outfit did my make up and teased my hair. Let me tell you I looked GOOD. But all my pictures are on my iPhone, they will probably find their way to facebook. Also, I was really surprised that I was really the only 80's rocker chick, everyone else boy and girl a like was 80's workout.

Well I need to go to the cafe before it closes and then come clean my room, make lesson plans, go to volleyball, than baseball and then work. Oh my seems like a busy day.

Last thought I have a hammock on my deck and I really wanna sleep one night in it, but it keeps not working out. Now it's getting colder and unless I wanna Eskimo it up, I  might have to wait till spring. sad day.

Week 1 of Student Teaching

Well I'm been in my classroom for a whole week! Half of the week was meetings and setting up the room and the other half was with the students. This week while we were setting up our room I realized I had never been to an elementary first day of school! I had no idea what to expect at all. In my little fantasy I imagined you did some get to know you stuff but got right into the whole teaching thing. Nope lots and lots of get to know each other and the school stuff. It's all very fun and interesting to see theses days and not quite worry about actually teaching yet. But I have seen lots of great ideas that I can use in my own classroom one day. I love my teacher! She is fabulous and so helpfully. I'm her first student teacher so she is more worried about not showing me everything I need to see and learn than me doing poorly. All of the other teachers I have met have been wonderful too and I can learn something different from each of them. So far I like all of my students some have interesting quirks and some will definitely be a challenge. But I'm up for the challenge! After being in student teaching all day three days this week I  worked in the bookstore for a little while, but that was only for this week. I would also go and work in the coffee shop on campus which I am doing all year and I also really enjoy. I totally feel the whole go go go thing going on, but I still have down time and get to see Tyler and all my dear friends. Tonight I went to a Driller game in Tulsa with Tyler and our friends Brittany and Arynn. We had a lot of fun at the game and the Drillers won! Then we came back to school and watched Hercules. It was a great end to a wonderful week and I'm ready for the next to begin.

Time for me to dream!
Night Ya'll!

A Hair Raising Experience

On Saturday I was creeping on facebook and one of my friend had done this new hair technique for curling your hair without heat. Well I love curly hair but hate curling it/don't know how to use a curling iron. I keep trying, but it never works. When I saw her picture and watched the video of how to do hair I knew I had to try it! These are my results!

After I rolled my hair into the headband. It wasn't hard, but I kept playing with the rolls. This headband did not hurt my head, but it was Lynne's, so I need my own.

 I don't know why these two merged together, but the first one is right after i took the headband out and the second is after I combed it. I'm happy with it! not everywhere was as awesome as the front but I just got to keep trying!

 

I tried it again last night with not freshly washed hair and this is what happened! I still need to get better at the rolling but this is something that I will do lots cause it's easy! I'm always afraid I'll brush out the curls though and then I'll be sad. The headband I used last night was way too tight! I kept pulling on it all night and the red mark from that one is way more visible and took longer to go away then the one I borrowed from Lynne. On both attempts the curl has lasted, better the second ( but I used hairspray) but still hasn't stayed super awesome. I blame the fact that it is a 110 outside and feels like 113. 

Can it rain please?

Xoxo

Kels

I love my cousin!

I'm very grateful and love all my family members. But right now I am very grateful for dear Natalie! She sent me a video on how to post pictures on blogger and now it makes much more sense! I wish that Natalie and Nicole and I were closer in more ways than one! I was we were closer in distance and closer cousins but one affects the other. I feel like I have seen them three times in my life that I can remember. But every visit I remember them being sweet and fun girls! Maybe now that I'm doing a slightly better job of communicating we can become closer and I know they both read the blog so hi dear cousins :) love you!

The other day I learned that blog had a list of your posts, so if you lose it for some reason it's still there! I wish I had learned that before I had rewritten so many posts! I am currently adding to my cd collection thanks to dear Tyler. I'm excited even if it is slowing my computer is way down. But it will be worth having all the lovely new music. I gave Emily and her family a tour of OKWU today and it was weird to be up there with no one on campus at all and see all the dorms completely empty. .It made me miss my room a lot. I plan on getting a hammock for my lovely deck, so if anyone has some wonderful words of wisdom they would be appreciated!

Next Saturday I have to take the Oklahoma subject area test for elementary education so that will be fun-ish. Then this time next Sunday I will be home with my Momma for a week! Happy day! I love my Momma lots and lots. I, also, love my dear sisters and I will see Jocilyn and her children that I haven't seen since Christmas! That will all be fun and lovely.

Last thought, Tyler got a EA Sports NFL Training camp for Wii this week. Two thoughts, first, I suck at real push ups especially when you have to have a stupid sensor recognize your movements. Second, for a video game it is a quite a workout and I have gotten quite sore from it. Luckily their 60 day challenge give you days off and won't let you do the work out, so I don't have to do it till again till Tuesday yay!

Well good night blogging world!

The Envelope Please…And the Winner is…

I got my letter for Student Teaching on Friday! I am a school called Ranch Heights in Fourth grade. I'm really excited to know where I am and not worry about the letter and just get excited for teaching. I'll start on the 13th with orientation, then starting on the 15th I'll be in the classroom everyday till November. It will be a very interesting semester. Luckily I'm only Student Teaching and not taking other classes. But I have heard that Student Teaching is a full time job, so I'm still nervous. But I'm sure I'll do great.

There was more to this post, but while trying to upload pictures with the post that part got deleted and I don't feel like rewriting it.
Dear lovely Natalie who is oh so smart,
Have any sound advice for pictures? I'm either never going to up load them again or get mad at my laptop every time I try and post them.
Wish me luck Student Teaching and blogging!
Kels