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Pearce Pastures: Where did I go?
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autumnprairie
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:bun :bun I hope you had a great holiday
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Back to work tomorrow. Four more weeks until my favorite time of year. The holidays both stress me out and turn me into a kid again. I love the making goodies with the kids, finding them a present that makes their eyes light up, watching them decorate the tree (they put all of the red balls in one spot just about but that is what makes it beautiful).
Thanksgiving went pretty smoothly. My grandmother came in from Missouri and we went to my mom's house for the big meal. Turkey, homemade cranberry sauce, yams, green bean casserole....and I will be working out for the next four weeks to take care of those extra pounds
I have been trying so hard to keep off the weight and this time of year is killer.
We also got to celebrate grandma's 85th birthday and my niece's 1st birthday (same day). Grandma loved all the homemade cards and cake and Baby D---that little pudgy girl melts my heart. She sat on my floor ate her little smash cake her mom baker for her, making the mess all one year olds do when they are given that kind of freedom.
My parents left this morning to go to a Colts game (they won!) and Grandma flew back home, and we left to have an eventful day at church. They asked us to bring in a goat and a few chickens to set up a little display/petting area for a fundraiser they are doing. So we washed and dried livestock, filed down our bantam rooster's nails, and then pulled up to church with a loaded trailer of hay and tarps. Didn't get any pics once things got started because we were so busy helping kids and talking to them about animal care, but snagged a few of my kids helping to get things set up beforehand. The chicken did great, and Lily was okay. After awhile, she started acting very protective of me and my older son and I had her lie down. If we do this again next year, I might bring in a few baby goats instead.
Thanksgiving went pretty smoothly. My grandmother came in from Missouri and we went to my mom's house for the big meal. Turkey, homemade cranberry sauce, yams, green bean casserole....and I will be working out for the next four weeks to take care of those extra pounds
I have been trying so hard to keep off the weight and this time of year is killer. We also got to celebrate grandma's 85th birthday and my niece's 1st birthday (same day). Grandma loved all the homemade cards and cake and Baby D---that little pudgy girl melts my heart. She sat on my floor ate her little smash cake her mom baker for her, making the mess all one year olds do when they are given that kind of freedom.
My parents left this morning to go to a Colts game (they won!) and Grandma flew back home, and we left to have an eventful day at church. They asked us to bring in a goat and a few chickens to set up a little display/petting area for a fundraiser they are doing. So we washed and dried livestock, filed down our bantam rooster's nails, and then pulled up to church with a loaded trailer of hay and tarps. Didn't get any pics once things got started because we were so busy helping kids and talking to them about animal care, but snagged a few of my kids helping to get things set up beforehand. The chicken did great, and Lily was okay. After awhile, she started acting very protective of me and my older son and I had her lie down. If we do this again next year, I might bring in a few baby goats instead.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
I have an IU conference tomorrow in South Bend. Should be fun. Unlike a lot of conferences I have to go to, this is one that I know I will enjoy. They have such great material on how to get students to read more deeply and create original writing ideas. the presenters are talented and actually work in the classroom everyday-not just fluff book publishers who think because they sat in a classroom, that they know how to conduct one (gosh, maybe I can fly and repair an airplane since I have ridden in them 
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Getting ready for tomorrow wasn't so great though. Because of the abundance of meetings I have to attend in the next month, I have had to do some serious revamping of my curriculum to make sure that the students don't get lost in the lessons I have to leave for a sub. I loathe being out of the classroom. Not just because it is more work than being there (because I have to write out a script of everything I would say and do and basically train a sub via notes on how to explain research writing or Shakespeare or how to turn on and use the projector in 32 easy steps), but it is hard on the kids too.
I hate when I get back and find those students who are not exactly thrilled with school in the first place all flustered and frustrated because things maybe didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped or were confusing. Our subs are absolutely fabulous and I have done that job and don't blame them a bit-it is just the way it is when you try to teach someone else's material. The thing that really irritates me is that the majority of these conferences and meetings are what my students would call "busy work". Not helpful, beneficial, or necessary. I work hard and don't believe in doing things halfway. One conference here or there is nothing to fret over, but when I start to have to be out once a week and sometimes more, that is too much for any teacher to still do the job the way it should be done. Whatcha gonna do though other than keep on trying and do the best you can with the hand you have, right.
To end on a more positive note though, I am so so thrilled that we will be getting an LGD from Poorboy's litter. We chose a solid white male and are naming him Charlie. I smile every time I think about that sweet little thing. I think that pups are usually weaned and ready by 8-10 weeks and he is 3 now so we have awhile yet before he comes home but it will give me time to keep reading up on the breed and how to train him properly.
). Getting ready for tomorrow wasn't so great though. Because of the abundance of meetings I have to attend in the next month, I have had to do some serious revamping of my curriculum to make sure that the students don't get lost in the lessons I have to leave for a sub. I loathe being out of the classroom. Not just because it is more work than being there (because I have to write out a script of everything I would say and do and basically train a sub via notes on how to explain research writing or Shakespeare or how to turn on and use the projector in 32 easy steps), but it is hard on the kids too.
I hate when I get back and find those students who are not exactly thrilled with school in the first place all flustered and frustrated because things maybe didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped or were confusing. Our subs are absolutely fabulous and I have done that job and don't blame them a bit-it is just the way it is when you try to teach someone else's material. The thing that really irritates me is that the majority of these conferences and meetings are what my students would call "busy work". Not helpful, beneficial, or necessary. I work hard and don't believe in doing things halfway. One conference here or there is nothing to fret over, but when I start to have to be out once a week and sometimes more, that is too much for any teacher to still do the job the way it should be done. Whatcha gonna do though other than keep on trying and do the best you can with the hand you have, right.
To end on a more positive note though, I am so so thrilled that we will be getting an LGD from Poorboy's litter. We chose a solid white male and are naming him Charlie. I smile every time I think about that sweet little thing. I think that pups are usually weaned and ready by 8-10 weeks and he is 3 now so we have awhile yet before he comes home but it will give me time to keep reading up on the breed and how to train him properly.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Had a nice day today. I got an extra half hour of sleep, then a calm countryside drive to the conference. It was very good and I have some great stuff to take back to class. It got cut an hour short though---the whole university and surrounding areas lost power (someone said it was a car accident but I am not sure what happened). We had windows in the room we were in but they closed the campus and we all had to leave.
So I came home a little early and worked on the three blankets I am crocheting as Christmas gifts for my mom and dad, my father-in-law, and my mother-in-law. I am not entirely sure I will get all three done on time though I have them started pretty well but someone might get an IOU and piece of yarn.
So I came home a little early and worked on the three blankets I am crocheting as Christmas gifts for my mom and dad, my father-in-law, and my mother-in-law. I am not entirely sure I will get all three done on time though
I have them started pretty well but someone might get an IOU and piece of yarn.
bonbean01
Herd Master
Enjoy your journal so much Pearce...and I have to say....your children are just too adorable
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Thanks Bonbean. I really like having a place to journal. It is so cathartic to be able to just write, be it about work, or kids, or goats.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Have I mentioned I am really happy right now?
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Funny how there are some journals you just check in on! I read quite a few but don't usually post.
Always enjoy the pics!
Have to laugh when I saw the family gathering pics and particularly the one with your mom. I realized I am just about old enough to be your mom. :/ I didn't take that too well...especially since your mom looks so good!
Happy for you and your family, you will enjoy your new addition.
Always enjoy the pics!
Have to laugh when I saw the family gathering pics and particularly the one with your mom. I realized I am just about old enough to be your mom. :/ I didn't take that too well...especially since your mom looks so good!
Happy for you and your family, you will enjoy your new addition.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Aw Southern, when I look to my mom, grandmothers, aunts and all of the beauty of age on their faces, it makes me smile. Age is an honor, one full of memories, irreplaceable wisdom and experience. I know without a doubt that you a beauty, in and out. Hey, that rhymed!
Hey, that rhymed! 
