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Thursday, June 25, 2015

TPT Seller Challenge Week Two: Dare to Dream


It is Week 2 of the TPT Seller Challenge with the ladies over at Third in HollywoodSparking in SecondPeppy Zesty Teacherista, and Teach Create Motivate

The challenge for Week Two?  Dare to Dream 



I have four "dreams" or goals for TPT.

1) Inspire Others - I hope that my products and resources inspire other teachers and most importantly inspire students to expand their thinking and creativity.  

2) Continuously Push Myself to Be a Better Teacher - TPT and creating new resources inspires me to be a better teacher and to helps me strive to come up with interesting and creative ways to spark students' interest and motivate students to learn.  

3) Pay Off Student Loans - I love teaching, but I do not love the loans that I had to take out to become a teacher.  TPT is helping me to pay extra toward my loans each month.  I might not make much some months (especially these summer months), but that doesn't matter.  Slowly but surely those suckers are going down.  

4) Fund My Children's College Funds - Full disclosure: I do not actually have children yet.  One is on the way and we plan on having more in the future, and one goal my husband and I have is to help our children pay for college.  We may not be able to pay 100% of their college financial needs, but we hope to save enough to make any loans that they do need to take out manageable so that they can focus on other life, savings, and retirement goals.  


These four "dreams" help keep me grounded and motivated, and I look forward to what the future holds for me and this TPT journey.  

Monday, June 23, 2014

The Internet in Real Time

I am well aware that the internet is filled with tweets, likes, pins, photos, and much, much more.  But it is incredibly impressive when you can see the accumulation of internet "stuff" pile up in front of your eyes.  

Here is quick snapshot of this internet accumulation for only 30 seconds from today:


It might be hard to see, but here is a break down of those 30 seconds:
  • Pins: 7,140
  • Tweets: 171,000
  • Facebook Likes: 1,565,880
  • Facebook Posts: 1,649,280
  • Hours of Video Watched on YouTube: 69,420

It baffles me!

If you want to check out the internet in real time, check it out here. The website starts accumulating the data as soon as you load it, so all numbers start at 0... but I bet you won't see many zeros.


Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving today, I hope you have a wonderful day with family, friends, and food.

For those who do not, I hope you have an equally amazing day!

Homemade Apple Pie!

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Halloween Fun!


Our pumpkins this year didn't turn orange in time to carve them, so I did a little DIY project:


My husband helped out too...


By creeping in the window!


Hope everyone has a great last week of October!
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