Saturday, November 15, 2014

What do I make?

I've seen this clip before, but I thought it was worth sharing again :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5yg0u1MkDI

Taylor Mali: What Do Teachers Make?

Friday, November 14, 2014

Part of My Heart

"It's empowering to think that the ability to love bigger than planets is right inside your own chest."


Who knew that I would come to care so much for 50+
ten/eleven year-olds this year?
Though they usually  ;) sometimes drive me to the point of being crazy, I'm thankful that I get to teach such wonderful kiddos! I learn SO much from them every day. They truly are the world's greatest resource and I'm grateful for the opportunity to teach them.

As their teacher, I have made some personal goals this year.  I want to be able to admit and quickly correct my mistakes, because I know that I have a lot to learn myself about teaching.  I want be a self-starter and not rely on others to pull me along.  I want my students to see me as a person that cares not only for their education, but for them as an individual as well. I want to be a good listener with an open mind. I know that I will continue to grow and learn with them this year. I hope to help facilitate their successes and also celebrate with them.  

I have this saying on a plaque on my desk, and I believe that my job is truly one of the most rewarding 'jobs' on the planet! (Having this daily reminder helps make the stress of lesson planning a little less stressful!)

This quote is true--- I didn't go into teaching for the money.  I enjoy teaching students and helping them be successful.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The Moon

People post sunrise/sunset pictures all of the time.
But what about the moon!?
It looked really neat tonight, but my camera is dead and
my phone can't pick up anything but a white blur.  But I
 ran across some photos that I took of the moon last
summer when I was driving truck out to Conda....check these out:





I wish I'd had a better camera.

It was HUGE that night!

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Some Truth



I just saw this image and thought it to be very powerful.  I have no idea who the artist is, but I think there may be some truth to it.

Life Lately....Ha, that's what I named it last July

So I have every intention of blogging when I go on trips and take pictures, but I have seriously been having trouble getting past uploading pictures because it takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R!  Anyways, here a ton of photos that I uploaded over six months ago haha.

Shelby and I were the only ones home (Mom & Dad went to Seattle and Meg was on a fire), so we decided to go for a little trip too!  We drove up to Jackson and went down on the Alpine Slide.  It was a kick!

On the rickety chair lift....I wouldn't have been surprised if the cables snapped haha



While in Jackson, Shelby found this license plate and of course we had to take a photo haha.

Pretty sunset that night as we went home
Kinda random, but we had a bazillion hummingbirds this year!
We couldn't keep the feeders full.  I counted seventeen, but couldn't
get them all in to the photo.

This past summer I drove truck again.  But this year I had a shorter
commute for part of the time.  Called the Pedro Creek Project, I drove
truck up above Conda on Woodall.  They also trained me on the water truck
whichwas fun for a change. There may have been was definitely 
no horseplay involved. ;)

There were some INCREDIBLE sunrises.  I loved working the
night shifts because they would end with these beautiful views.  I wish
that I had a camera that could have captured them.


There were some pretty cool cloud formations too.
We almost wondered if this could have been smoke from the
Colorado fires, but decided it looked too clean to be that.

It was definitely a short haul, averaging 40+ loads a shift.
See where the equipment is parked up above?
We would load near where that dozer is pushing below, and 
hauled to the left of it not terribly far (most of the time, sometimes
it was even shorter).

After we had hauled enough, the dozers just pushed the rest.
I'm really curious to know what it looks like now.

Then of course, every free minute this past fall was spent picking berries.

We would occasionally run into some pretty fantastic people :)


Some pretty cute ones too.  (I love how many berries make it home
with Sols, haha)


Berry hands!