{"id":498,"date":"2015-08-31T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/2015\/08\/teacher-week-5-fun-facts\/"},"modified":"2015-08-31T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:06:00","slug":"teacher-week-5-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/31\/teacher-week-5-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Week: 5 Fun Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIt’s Teacher Week again over at Blog Hoppin’<\/a> and I’m excited to be a part of it! Today is…<\/div>\n
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1.<\/b> I love love love home decor. If you follow me on Intagram<\/a>, you know that we recently moved into a new house. I have been losing sleep over planning every single detail of each room, from paint colours to all of the accents that I cannot afford haha …it will be a long road but seeing the “before” and “after” pics will make it all worth it!<\/p>\n

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\nThis is a sneak peak of part of our new house. It’s funny because when we were first looking at houses, I would cringe at any brown house. I HATE brown. …and we probably bought the brownest house you could possibly buy haha But, of course, I already have big plans for the exterior too. Pray for my husband. hahah<\/i><\/div>\n

\n2. <\/b>For as long as I can remember I have been obsessed with anything tropical or beach-related. I have no idea where that came from but one day I WILL live among palm trees, sand, and ocean!<\/p>\n

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\nIn the past I have visited Jamaica 4 times, Dominican twice, Cuba twice, Grand Cayman, Haiti, Vegas, Florida twice, Mexico twice (this picture was taken on my most recent trip to Mexico…check out that storm! Amazing!!) and I can’t remember where else \ud83d\ude1b<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nJamaica, so far, is my absolute favourite. Hence why we were hitched last year in Negril <3<\/i><\/div>\n

\n3.<\/b> You might already know that I danced for 16 years and competed all over Ontario as well as Las Vegas and Florida. What you don’t know is that when I was younger I danced and\u00a0sang<\/strike>\u00a0lip-synced in a video production that was sold in China to help children learn English! (Excuse the horrible picture quality, I just took pics of the photos in albums!)<\/i><\/p>\n

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\n(These were all taken on set in various locations in Toronto. I’m the blondie!)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n(The last photo above was our pointe group for “Full of Grace.” Can you find me?! This is back when I had naturally blonde hair…that’s me in the top middle!)<\/i><\/div>\n

\n4. <\/b>One of my favourite things about teaching is actually the “behind-the-scenes” stuff. I probably shouldn’t admit this but if there was a job where I could do all of the planning, prepping, decorating, and organizing for a teacher, I would be ALL OVER that!! Plus that way the teacher could focus all his\/her energy on teaching. I think that’s one of the reasons why I *love* making resources for other teachers. Anyone want to hire me to be your personal assistant?! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\nThis was taken before my first year of teaching the first grade, three years ago.<\/i><\/div>\n

\n5.<\/b> I have a tattoo on my foot that’s written in Hawaiin. It says something like “little starfish” …or “starfish little” …or?? Let’s be serious, who knows what it actually says. I got it in university as a reminder of the Starfish Story–it has always been a favourite tale and is also one of the reasons I became a teacher. And it’s written in Hawaiian because, you know, I’ve never been to Hawaii but for some reason I am obsessed. I now HATE the font, and wish it was smaller, but I still don’t regret it one bit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\nThis was taken right after I had it done over five years ago now!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere are a few versions of this story that vary slightly. This is my fav:<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nI hope you enjoyed reading my 5 very random facts!\u00a0<\/div>\n
\nHead back<\/a> to meet some more amazing teacher bloggers \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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