A new world.....

I have always been fascinated with 3D art for nails.  But since I work in my yard so much it isn't that practical to have 3D art on my nails.  But winter time is fast approaching and so I decided to venture out into the nail world.

Went to my first Vietnamese Nail Supply Store this past weekend to pick up some candy art for my nails.  My only complaint was the open box of spring rolls was never offered to me so I could eat a few.

Lips!

Glitter...I put them on one by one!  Took forever!

Topped with glitter tips!

Lips came off so I added some bling!

Black paint made to look like leather.

It reminds me of decorated cupcakes!

SO MAD!!!!!

LOOK!!   They came off the next day!   THE NEXT DAY!!!!!

Three days later....I'm just adding glitter nail polish when the other peels off.

A Shakespeare Family Outing

Free tickets is always good motivation for me to get out and get some culture in my life.  Since my cousin is doing her internship at Shakespeare in the park our family got to see this wonderful performance on behalf of the company's generosity.

We left early to get something to eat at Twisted Root.

Paying for parking....crazy!

 It was a little rough getting to the place since our driver and one of the passengers did not agree on how to get to the destination.  On the way home she was strategically placed in the back of the van.

Our family had to be divided into two separate groups.  But we got to mingle during half time.....oh wait...did I mention that the Duck's football game was going on at the same time?  I mean intermission.

I think my cousin enjoyed the performance the most...he was thoroughly entertained by the sights and sounds of the stage.

He laughed at the 'Gold Poop' comment.

"Good morning Chuck....(or was it Chunk)?"  I wouldn't have called Cleopatra either word.

Even during the performance he would wake up and lift his head up to watch the play.  It was so funny!

A great night and a memorable time with the family while we supported my cousin!  She is going to have an entertaining pathway to becoming a director.  And here is to many more free tickets to all her performances.

The Mechanics of Things

Car would not start the other night.  Every month I pay my Triple A bill but yet...in an emergency I never think to call them.  So after trying many family members, my dad mentioned that I should call.  Although it saddened me that I was going to miss my favorite Danceaton class...I knew it would be better to get my car running.

 My car has not started in the past.  I've popped the clutch to get it started or I have pushed in the plug to my starter. 

 This time Triple A did their testing to find that my battery was not doing well.

 It was nice to have some one come to my house and I could buy the car part right there in the comfort of my garage.

 I maybe paying a little bit more, but I feel it is important to support my car insurance.  The next day my car was wanting to die when I stopped at red lights.  It did not like to idle.  So the Lord directed me to a wonderful car mechanic who used zip ties to hold the starter plug in place.

 He didn't charge me anything for my service.

After listening to my car he thought maybe I needed to bring in my car to get the throttle cleaned out.

So this Saturday I took in my car and he was quite surprised that I came back.  I told him my car was running fine but if my throttle needed to be cleaned then I wanted to get it done.  I asked the cost of this procedure and he said that since I came back it would be free.  It's just a nice feeling to find a mechanic that isn't out there just to make a buck.

Putting R-Controlled syllables with other Syllable types

 For this activity students picked out their own words from the Wilson Reading Books.  They had to divide the words and tell me what syllable type each syllable was.

Proud of this student for picking a word with an Open Syllable.

These were very hard.

 'Divorce' was a word that was very hard because the 'i' is an open exception and 'e' only has one job.

'Fortitude' was a difficult word because the Open exception syllable in the middle of the word.

Proud of this student for picking a word with a V-E exception syllable type.

They also picked out words that we could talk about suffixes, definitions, and base-words.

R-Controlled syllable Multisensory Practice

For dyslexics, pulling apart words and hearing the sounds are very difficult and frustrating.  Home depot cut up these dry erase boards so that students can manipulate the different syllables. 

I put up the syllables on the front board.  Students had to put the syllables together to make words.  This was very hard for my students.  For some they had to check the dictionary a few times before they came up with a real word.

We also wrote on the tables with dry erase markers.  It washes off with Clorox wipes.

First Graders Say the Funniest Things

Found these papers while I was cleaning out a closet.  They made me smile.