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Alicia

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About Me

Well, I teach kindergarten-6th grade general and vocal music in an urban elementary school. It's a really hard job, but I'm really attached to my 450+ kids. Going to work is not like a roller coaster on a DAILY basis, it's more like a minute-to-minute roller coaster. No two days are EVER alike. I recently started my masters, which is good, since I have 3 years to get my professional certification. Oh- we have two dogs (Maddie and Izzy) and two cats (Max and Mia) that are like the little loves of my life... besides my husband, Ryan- that's a given. Ryan is subbing... again... because he loves it so much! Seriously, I don't know why school districts are so stupid and haven't hired him yet. He has AMAZING potential as a teacher, and I'm not the only one who thinks so! But, all things in due time, God will put him (and me) where we're supposed to be!


My Interests

scrapbooking, photography, playing with my 2 dogs and 2 cats, listening to or making music, and cooking/baking. (But realistically, the only one of those things I ever take the time to do is playing with the animals... however, I can hope to do the other things someday!)

I'd like to meet:

your mom... Kidding!
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Music:

I have eclectic tastes, though I'm pretty partial to listening to 90's music... and my favorite singer at the moment is James Morrison. He's FANTASTIC! :) :) :) I also like Alyson Krause, John Mayer, Michael Buble, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Jonathan Clay, The Fray, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Norah Jones, Andrea Bocelli, Ella Fitzgerald, and one of my favorite composers of all time is actually Vaughn Williams. One of my new favorite radio stations on satellite radio is the OLD SKOO HIP HOP STATION! haha... love it!

Movies:

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (the old version)- if you haven't seen it, it's worth it!!!!! IT'S FANTASTIC! A couple of my other favorites are 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 days', 'Love Actually', 'The Holiday', and ummmm... herbie. the original.

Television:

The Big Bang Theory, Men in Trees, CSI, Lipstick Jungle, and two BBC America shows: Coupling (really funny but all the characters ever talk about is sex and dating) and My Family. I like American Idol, The Biggest Loser, and Last Comic Standing when they're on too... Good thing I can fast forward through commercials!

Books:

'Coming Home' and 'The Shell Seekers' by Rosamunde Pilcher (though everything of hers is great!). She sets her books mostly in the english countryside, and has a wonderful writing style. I also love 'Two Weeks with my Brother' by Nicholas Sparks. A really powerful book that has helped me in my teaching is 'A Framework for Understanding Poverty.'

Heroes:

... besides all of the people who have helped me along the way family and friend-wise, I'm really grateful to the people who have taught me things... including my kids. I have some fantastic colleagues too, who really inspire me to go the distance, no matter what.

My Blog

I learned a new song! HAHA...

I learned a new song today from the beginning of the movie 'Parenthood' with Steve Martin... They're coming home from a baseball game, and the kid in the back seat starts singing: *Ahem!* When you're ...
Posted by Alicia on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:10:00 PST

Matt's the greatest! :)

(: My not-so-little-anymore cousin Matt is the best... I never get messages, comments, what have you on here, and I got a comment, a reply to my blog, and a message from him! :) Sweet.  His messa...
Posted by Alicia on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:42:00 PST

We got a dog!

We got a dog yesterday, and she came with the name Mia... We changed it to Madeline, Maddie for short.  She's an adorable, lively beagle mix. 10 or 11 months old, and full grown but she's still a...
Posted by Alicia on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:46:00 PST

SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE'RE GETTING A DOG TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPPEEEE!  So we went a couple of places today looking at dogs.  We went to the city pound and saw 2 daschounds that had to go together- but ...
Posted by Alicia on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:54:00 PST

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I'm smiling.  No reason.  Our computer that's less than a year old is somewhere between Rochester and Kentucky... who knows where... I paid $50 so we could get it back within 3-5 days... It'...
Posted by Alicia on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:32:00 PST

Another amazing day in the life of Alicia... Never boring... Well, sometimes boring.

  Wow... So I decided to write a blog about my interesting (not so interesting to you, interesting to me) day.  I looked up at my cat just now, who is sitting in the case to our laptop all c...
Posted by Alicia on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:34:00 PST

SO FRUSTRATED WITH COMPUTERS!

Fantastic... I'm writing on the laptop at the moment... Our main computer is broken... We've been on the phone with a dude from India... who just told Ryan to please hold for a moment and get himself ...
Posted by Alicia on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:44:00 PST

Break time

So, it's break.  The wonderful thing about being a teacher is the breaks... I mean, shaping young minds isn't too bad, but I like the breaks...  We spent all of yesterday afternoon researchi...
Posted by Alicia on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:53:00 PST