I said Brr! It's cold in here.

It's cold. Like, really cold. I don't like it. At all. It's pretty near impossible to get warm. My heat is on (duh- or I would be a human popsicle) but my house is still freezing. I could turn it up a little more, but that would result in a massive utility bill. I'm not about that. I mean, have my house a couple degrees warmer or eat next month? Yeah. You know what I'm going to choose. To stay warm I've been huddled up next to the space heater while using my Snuggie. Yeah, so. When I'm not by the heater or snuggled up in the Snuggie; I walk around the house dressed like a homeless woman. Mismatched clothes, multiple layers, no makeup, stringy hair. It's a sight for the eyes. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm turning into a reptile. I've gone through almost an entire bottle of lotion to try to hydrate my skin. Not working. My skin looks scaly and it feels like sandpaper. I'm totally over this whole winter thing. I need some hot, hot sun back in my life. My wardrobe needs it. My skin needs it. My sanity needs it. The one good thing about this coldness is that it provided a light dusting of snow. This dusting resulted in two snow days...Can I hear three? I've been quite lazy during these snow days. And I've loved not just every minute of it, but every second of it.

This incredible and mind-blowing amount of snow ended up giving us four days off school. This is why I love this place and my profession!

Magical Unicorn Fairy: FOUND!

Ashley! I totally forgot that you're the Magical Unicorn Fairy! In that case, I don't hate you. I just dislike your notifications.

2010?

So in case you haven't noticed, it's a new year. There's been some debate and confusion about how to say this year- 2010. There's "Two-Thousand Ten" or "Twenty Ten" or you can even do it a little urban and say "2KX". It's really whatever. You know what's really cool though? To say it as I did last week in a moment of moronicness (Yeah, it's a word): "Twenty-Oh-Ten". Yep, it's 20010. Man.

I hate the Magical Unicorn Fairy

You're logging on Facebook. You look to the bottom right corner and see the little red box with a number inside showing you that you have notifications. Maybe you get a little excited like I do when you see this. It's like a magical little surprise awaiting you. Did someone write on my wall? Who just commented on my photo? Is someone "liking" my activity or my status? Those are the things that I want to be notified about. I like knowing that someone is blowing up my wall or my status updates. I don't want to know about what's going on in YoVille or the "Nicest Person Contest" or whatever the case may be. The notification that really burns me up is this one: OMG! Today's Special Gift is Magical UNICORN Fairy For You!. Send this super special gift to the friend of the day!!! [ THE GODFATHER gives you 1000 reward points for the price of 100 rewards points!] What the heck is a Magical Unicorn Fairy? I don't even know what this means. And who is this Godfather they speak of? Well, today I took control of the notification problem. I finally figured out how to get rid of this crap. I'm putting a stop to all this madness right now. Take that Magical Unicorn Fairy. You too Godfather.

That's inappropriate

Today during Free Center time, one of my girls came up to me to tattle on another student that was in her center. These two students were in the Home Living center, which is always the most popular of all free centers in my classroom. That has absolutely nothing to do with this story, but I just thought you'd like to know. Just general knowledge. So apparently the boy that she's tattling on was pulling down the pants of the baby doll that lives in Home Living. She said, "He was pulling down the pants and laughing at the baby. I told him that was inappropriate because that's what you would've said." Aww. My kids know me too well. What they don't know is that I usually have to turn around and laugh after catching them doing things like that.

Least Favorite Thing Friday

Class parties. I don't wish to write anything else about them at this time. Maybe later. Maybe.

Favorite Thing Friday

This summer I discovered author Laurie Notaro. She is hilarious and I wish I had her in my life as a friend. I've read three of her books so far and just started reading An Idiot Girl's Christmas. Anyone that refers to cheese cubes as "Little Squares of Love" is a genius in my book. Check her out if you haven't already.