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i don't know if it's the cold weather or their budding love, but these kitties just love to cuddle each other!

one of my new years resolutions for 2014 was to blog every sunday.

so far i've totally nailed it.


in all seriousness, i simply forgot what my resolutions were (which i think is the number one way to not achieve those resolutions) and just never thought to sit down and write about stuff.

i think my other excuse for not writing is the fact that nothing that exciting has happened lately. just the regular school and work stuff.

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yesterday t and i helped his sister and her husband move into their new place, which is this super-nice basement apartment with all-new everything and a walk-in closet in the master bedroom and a huge kitchen with lots of counter space and i'm drooling now.

i just walked around their place and thought about our tiny basement apartment with all-old everything and a small closet in the master bedroom, and our tiny kitchen with like three feet of counter space and i felt myself growing more and more jealous.

i hate feeling jealous.

as we drove home, i told t about how i turned into a big, green jealousmonster while we were there and you know what he said (other than, "isn't it great that we only have to pay half as much in rent as they do?")?

he said, "well, let's use that feeling and make our home nice."

the man is a genius.

i'm grateful that we get to live in such a great place with our little family and kitty-children. now we can show our gratitude by taking pride in our apartment and making it nice and homey.

so, let's consider 2014 the year of (home)improvements.
*insert tim allen noise here*

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have i mentioned lately how much i love being a teacher?

i really love going to work everyday.

it's definitely not an easy job (by any means) and sometimes those kids really drive me nuts, but there are days that are just pure magic.

for instance:
on friday, i told my class that if they worked really hard in the morning, we could have a dance party before lunch.

they LOVED that idea and got so excited and all of them worked without complaining.

that dance party turned into a dance contest and, i have to say, those boys have some killer moves! it was a definite eight-way tie.

it was so magical and cute to see these kids do their signature moves to their favorite songs with 100% confidence, but it was even more incredible to see them cheering each other on and encouraging each other.

i just loved it!

my little band of misfits never cease to amaze me.

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it has been so cold.

teeth-chattering,
bone-chilling,
goose-bumpy,
nose-runny
cold.

i would really like to be here right now.

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and, finally, to all those who are feeling like me and need some encouragement to get through the dreary month of february, look no further than this song by the great wilson-phillips.

i am not embarrassed at all to say that i belted this song in my car four times in a row after class last week.

until next week!