My mother has been watching kids at our house for I don't know how long. Yesterday I walk into the house after work and one of the mothers is there picking up her I think 11 month old and this wonderful 6 year old who loves to ask questions asks the following question about the baby.
L- "Does she know how to talk yet"
Mother - "Not quite yet, She can say things like dada"
L - "Can she say Mozart?"
Mother "No not yet!"
I was dying laughing. When we told his mother (who is an orchestra teacher) when she came to get him, she started laughing. She was really excited that he remembers such things.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
I did it!
Yay I made it through my first week of school! It wasn't too bad. Most things went pretty smoothly, but 6th graders sometimes think they are too cool for things and then some of the Kindergartners have never left mom and don't know how to follow directions. I've been going through lots of books and doing research to make everything work. I did some simple line dances with the older kids on friday because my room at the other school is still full of textbooks and hopefully that changes by the time I get there on friday!
This weekend my good friend Lena got married and it was tons of fun. My mom did the flowers and they turned out amazing as always! My mom is so talented, she has a super special gift with flowers. It was kind of cool because I caught the bouquet, and so now I have some pretty flowers in my classroom for the week. I had someone ask me after I caught it if I had anyone in mind. Hahaha yeah not so much, I wish! Maybe there could be, who knows time will tell. For now I am enjoying myself and teaching my little kiddo's music!
This weekend my good friend Lena got married and it was tons of fun. My mom did the flowers and they turned out amazing as always! My mom is so talented, she has a super special gift with flowers. It was kind of cool because I caught the bouquet, and so now I have some pretty flowers in my classroom for the week. I had someone ask me after I caught it if I had anyone in mind. Hahaha yeah not so much, I wish! Maybe there could be, who knows time will tell. For now I am enjoying myself and teaching my little kiddo's music!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
For all my Mesa Jr. Eagles out there!
Ok so my family had a very interesting walk down memory lane yesterday. As you all know my mom does flowers, and she had a wedding yesterday, not any wedding, but the wedding of our elementary/jr high orchestra teacher. Since my mom did the flowers we got invited to go, so we decided we should go even though it might be a little awkward. Well it wasn't too bad, we saw a lot of teachers that I haven't seen for like 10 years, because it's been that long since I went there I realized the other day. Most of them didn't recognize us or come talk to us, which we didn't mind, people like Ms. Morelli, Mrs. Kuhlman and some others. We did go and talk with Mrs. Bunning, Ms. Pitts who got married and was there with her husband and baby, Ms Caraveo who married Mr. Whickman and he was there too. Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Hammon and then how can you forget Alice the AV lady and good old Mary the security guard. It was a very interesting evening, but kind of fun. There might have been more that I'm not remembering, but it was funny! Mar, Tiff and I just sat back and watched all the teachers get drunk and try to dance. It is weird to see teachers in a social setting outside the classroom, and then you tell them what you have been up to! They sometimes freak when I tell them I am starting teaching and that I worked for Disney. Who ever thought that's what I would end up doing with my life! Well I'm off to bed, I've got a big day tomorrow! Watch out world here comes Miss Jones!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Umm, we're not in Mesa anymore Toto
So today was my first day as a teacher! I got a job teaching k-8 music at 2 elementary schools in phoenix in the murphy school district. It isn't my 1st choice but it is a full time job with benefits! I sat through some super boring meetings this morning that really meant nothing to me, and I swear some people just love to hear themselves talk! So when I was done with those meetings I went to grab a bite to eat at the nearest fast food joint, and boy was that scary! I am working in good ol' downtown phoenix and there are some sketchy peeps around there. There was a sign outside jack in the box that said bathrooms for paying customers only. To get water you had to ask for it, there was no water in the soda fountain and the napkins were behind the counter.
I then went to one of my schools to get my keys and start going through my room seeing what was awaiting me! There are some interesting things in there and some stuff that will be fun to use. There are like 5 guitars, I guess I should learn huh? I then went over to the other school and boy was that an adventure. I had a nice chat with the principal. I think it will be a good year! I was not able to go to my room there because they are taking inventory of all the books and they are all stored inside it. I have so much to go through there. It is kind of weird, there isn't really a curriculum I kind of get to do what I want, but I would like to have the structure of knowing what really needs to be done. So here we go, lets see how it goes!
I then went to one of my schools to get my keys and start going through my room seeing what was awaiting me! There are some interesting things in there and some stuff that will be fun to use. There are like 5 guitars, I guess I should learn huh? I then went over to the other school and boy was that an adventure. I had a nice chat with the principal. I think it will be a good year! I was not able to go to my room there because they are taking inventory of all the books and they are all stored inside it. I have so much to go through there. It is kind of weird, there isn't really a curriculum I kind of get to do what I want, but I would like to have the structure of knowing what really needs to be done. So here we go, lets see how it goes!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Tales of Taylor Pool
Summer always brings fun and interesting tales, especially funny ones that you never hear anywhere else! There have been many such occurrences this summer and so now I will share the top 2 for 2009.
Story number 2 occurred yesterday. I am also just going to be describing someone, so please take no offense, there is kind of no other way to describe what went on. I started the day guarding the main pool, and right when we opened there weren't too many people swimming in the main pool, so I would occasionally glance over to the diving boards and watch the people dive. There was one such person that was a great pleasure to watch, this fat black kid who is about 16. Watching him try to dive into the pool was hilarious, I can't quite describe it, but it was far from a dive. Just because you put your hands up, doesn't mean you are going to go in head first! I then went inside for my break and continued to laugh about this story and I ask the guard who was at Dive what he thought of the awesome diving abilities of this young man, and he got a kick out of it as well. Well later on while I was at Dive one of the other lifeguards came out to swim some laps and he stripped down into his drag suit. A drag suit is almost a speedo but not as high cut. As he did that someone yelled out, "Speedo!" When he was done he got out and scolded the kids that had yelled speedo. He told them to not disrespect the lifeguards and to make sure they clean up after themselves. He then made the statement (because the big fat black boy was in this group of kids) "Forgive me for trying to stay fit!" Some people are just jealous that they well never look good in a speedo. The kids then got out of the pool and headed over to the snack bar with their heads down to go pick up their mess. It was great.
The greatest story of the summer happened a few weeks ago. I pull up to the pool to go teach swim lessons and there is a cop car sitting in the parking lot, so I was like hmm, I wonder what he is doing. So I walk into the office and my manager Lisa informs me that someone broke into the office and so the cops were here investigating. They really didn't take anything, just left a mess, tore up the locks in the doors. The CSI guy then showed up to take pictures of the scene and look for fingerprints. It was kind of cool to see them work. One of the guards then walked in and was asking what was going on. I told her the CSI guy was here getting fingerprints and such. She was like cool, but no one died unfortunately. Meaning she wanted to see what happens when there is a body, like what we see on tv all the time. It was hilarious.
That is about all, oh wait one more thing, this is kind of just a venting. I have gotten really tan, such is the life of a lifeguard. people comment on my tan and I reply, Thanks, I get it from lifeguarding. Then people ask me if I wear sunscreen. Um yes hello I do. What do you think I am? Yes I know the dangers of the sun. Who are you to tell me about sun safety? I have been a lifeguard for 8 years. I know how to protect myself. ok now I'm stepping off my soap box. I just had to let that out!
Story number 2 occurred yesterday. I am also just going to be describing someone, so please take no offense, there is kind of no other way to describe what went on. I started the day guarding the main pool, and right when we opened there weren't too many people swimming in the main pool, so I would occasionally glance over to the diving boards and watch the people dive. There was one such person that was a great pleasure to watch, this fat black kid who is about 16. Watching him try to dive into the pool was hilarious, I can't quite describe it, but it was far from a dive. Just because you put your hands up, doesn't mean you are going to go in head first! I then went inside for my break and continued to laugh about this story and I ask the guard who was at Dive what he thought of the awesome diving abilities of this young man, and he got a kick out of it as well. Well later on while I was at Dive one of the other lifeguards came out to swim some laps and he stripped down into his drag suit. A drag suit is almost a speedo but not as high cut. As he did that someone yelled out, "Speedo!" When he was done he got out and scolded the kids that had yelled speedo. He told them to not disrespect the lifeguards and to make sure they clean up after themselves. He then made the statement (because the big fat black boy was in this group of kids) "Forgive me for trying to stay fit!" Some people are just jealous that they well never look good in a speedo. The kids then got out of the pool and headed over to the snack bar with their heads down to go pick up their mess. It was great.
The greatest story of the summer happened a few weeks ago. I pull up to the pool to go teach swim lessons and there is a cop car sitting in the parking lot, so I was like hmm, I wonder what he is doing. So I walk into the office and my manager Lisa informs me that someone broke into the office and so the cops were here investigating. They really didn't take anything, just left a mess, tore up the locks in the doors. The CSI guy then showed up to take pictures of the scene and look for fingerprints. It was kind of cool to see them work. One of the guards then walked in and was asking what was going on. I told her the CSI guy was here getting fingerprints and such. She was like cool, but no one died unfortunately. Meaning she wanted to see what happens when there is a body, like what we see on tv all the time. It was hilarious.
That is about all, oh wait one more thing, this is kind of just a venting. I have gotten really tan, such is the life of a lifeguard. people comment on my tan and I reply, Thanks, I get it from lifeguarding. Then people ask me if I wear sunscreen. Um yes hello I do. What do you think I am? Yes I know the dangers of the sun. Who are you to tell me about sun safety? I have been a lifeguard for 8 years. I know how to protect myself. ok now I'm stepping off my soap box. I just had to let that out!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Summer where did you go?
I can't believe how fast summer has gone by, but I was also in Florida for half of it, so it kind of explains it, but not really! Thursday was the last day of swim lessons for the summer. The pool is only open till saturday so now I really need to find a teaching job. Hopefully I can!
The other day we got to babysit Abby while Kim and John went to the temple and dinner. It was great fun. Little Miss Abigail is so fun to play with and is developing quite the little personality. Her smile just melts you and then she starts talking, it is great! She fell asleep and Marilee also decided to take a nap on the couch. I just had to take a pic of the two babies sleeping. It was very cute!
Marilee and I are having fun partying while my parents are gone in Ireland for the next week. It been fun, we like haven't had to cook yet since they've been gone because people keep inviting us over for dinner, it's great! Let's see what life throws at us this week!
The other day we got to babysit Abby while Kim and John went to the temple and dinner. It was great fun. Little Miss Abigail is so fun to play with and is developing quite the little personality. Her smile just melts you and then she starts talking, it is great! She fell asleep and Marilee also decided to take a nap on the couch. I just had to take a pic of the two babies sleeping. It was very cute!
Marilee and I are having fun partying while my parents are gone in Ireland for the next week. It been fun, we like haven't had to cook yet since they've been gone because people keep inviting us over for dinner, it's great! Let's see what life throws at us this week!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
We are the Champions!
This week has been a super busy week, I haven't been so busy for a very long time! On Wednesday and Thursday Marilee and I both worked the City of Mesa divisional qualifying meets for the summer swim league. It was great fun and very tiring and did I mention VERY HOT! Good ol' Arizona summers! Thursday I thought for a second I was going to die. I had fun though, I got to line up the little kids and walk them over to their race. We had to end early Wednesday night because a storm was starting to blow in, how I love Monsoon storms in the summer! It was nice but by the end of the night I felt that I was covered in dirt. The good thing about working these meets is I'm getting lots of hours, for the first time in a month I worked 40 hours.
Yesterday was a way fun day. I worked 11-6 and then the rest of the staff came around 5 and we ate a delicious Ned's party sub and then we left for Lifeguard Olympics. Each year we do a synchronized swimming routine, but they changed it this year and each pool made a movie and we did a little synchro in the movie. There was a pool really upset about not doing synchro and so they were out front protesting. It was funny especially since most of them had on intense synchro suits, and real ones that girls wear for competition are intense, you should google them if you haven't seen any. The first event of the evening is the rescue tube relay (a team of 4 swims across the pool, saves a baby)and we won. We were in 2nd place going into the last 2 events from previous events a few weeks ago. The only thing left from keeping us from our victory was our movie. It is a pretty funny movie and hopefully I will be able to post the movie later. We ended getting 3rd place for our movie, but the one that won was so good, I would agree it was better than ours! Each pool got an "Oscar-pop" award (kind of like otter pop, which lifeguards live on during the summer!) After they gave out the Oscar pops they announced the final standings and who won, and we were so excited to hear that we did. It was great fun and a nice accomplishment because we are a "small pool" meaning we have a small staff since we don't have any slides or anything too exciting.
It is now time for a new week. Oh I had an interview on monday, needless to say it didn't go the greatest and I am still looking for a job. There are still some districts I am waiting to hear back from. Hopefully I will find something soon! We'll see what this week brings!
Yesterday was a way fun day. I worked 11-6 and then the rest of the staff came around 5 and we ate a delicious Ned's party sub and then we left for Lifeguard Olympics. Each year we do a synchronized swimming routine, but they changed it this year and each pool made a movie and we did a little synchro in the movie. There was a pool really upset about not doing synchro and so they were out front protesting. It was funny especially since most of them had on intense synchro suits, and real ones that girls wear for competition are intense, you should google them if you haven't seen any. The first event of the evening is the rescue tube relay (a team of 4 swims across the pool, saves a baby)and we won. We were in 2nd place going into the last 2 events from previous events a few weeks ago. The only thing left from keeping us from our victory was our movie. It is a pretty funny movie and hopefully I will be able to post the movie later. We ended getting 3rd place for our movie, but the one that won was so good, I would agree it was better than ours! Each pool got an "Oscar-pop" award (kind of like otter pop, which lifeguards live on during the summer!) After they gave out the Oscar pops they announced the final standings and who won, and we were so excited to hear that we did. It was great fun and a nice accomplishment because we are a "small pool" meaning we have a small staff since we don't have any slides or anything too exciting.
It is now time for a new week. Oh I had an interview on monday, needless to say it didn't go the greatest and I am still looking for a job. There are still some districts I am waiting to hear back from. Hopefully I will find something soon! We'll see what this week brings!
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