Gone for a Week

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Mama Cormier

….I’m heading up to the cottage for one last long stay

It seems like I haven’t spent very much time at the cottage this summer and the fact is I haven’t compared to previous years. So I’m leaving in the next couple of hours for my paradise up North and as many of you know I don’t have electricity. That of course means that I won’t be posting for awhile.

I will however write articles and save them, paint and take photographs. Hopefully I will have a lot to share when I return next Saturday. If I’m really desperate I could go to the store in the village and pay $5.00 to use the WiFi but I think I may be too busy just laying back and resting up before the school doors open for another year.

Here’s what a typical day at the cottage might look like:

wake up at 7:30 or there about
go for a walk or run along the beach with my camera in hand
make coffee and a ‘wheat free’ breakfast
spend 20 minutes tidying up and filling the water barrel
reading the next book for our book club The Head Master’s Wager by Vincent Lam
rake around the cottage
prepare a salad for lunch and enjoy it
visit with my neighbour and enjoy a game of scrabble
experiment with a new recipe that I can prepare on the BBQ (probably from my Wheat Belly Cookbook)
go for a swim
prepare dinner
draw in my journal or set up for printing or painting
do the dishes from the last two meals
read for a couple more hours
go to bed around 10:30

That’s pretty much it. I’m really looking forward to a week of healthy eating, walking, swimming, reading and exploring my creative side. See you in a week (maybe sooner).

Carol

January 2013 Photo a Day – What You Do

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mama Cormier

…. do you go to school? Train elephants at the circus? Write at home? Play mum to your kids? Act as CEO to a big business? Paint in your spare time? Dance when no one is looking? Take a photo of what you do {something that makes you ‘you’} and share

In my professional life I teach library and art in a junior school.

In my personal life I love to read, paint, walk, shop, craft, can and take photographs.

Taking photographs while walking with my husband and dog

For more photographs of what other people do check out http://www.nolagirlatheart.wordpress.com

To Do List for January 6, 2013

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Mama Cormier

….. if I write it down maybe it’ll happen

To Do What I Actually Did

1. Go for a 30 minute walk with the dog – Walked for 45 minutes 2. Continue to clean and de-clutter my room – Cleaned out my sewing box 3. Go to Ikea and buy new book cases – Bought the cases plus new bench 4. Go the the gym – DIDN’T GET THERE TODAY 5. Read my book for book club – Read 55 pages 6. Take down the Christmas tree – Took down the tree

Tree sans ornaments

7. Call my aunt and thank her for the plant – called at 7:00 8. Clean the kitchen – ongoing 9. Put away the ornaments – still on the coffee table 10. Clear off old bookcase to make way for the new – Done

Empty bookcase

11. Decide on lesson for tomorrow’s class – decided on one point perspective 12. Check my emails and reply to comments – Done 13. Finish this post – Finished at 8:00, just in time to

watch the Biggest Loser, new season – I’m addicted!

Not bad for one day. I need to try to work on my room every day for 30 minutes and when I get home tomorrow I should tackle the ornaments right away. Back to the gym tomorrow…. don’t go home first …. go straight to the gym from work! IT WILL HAPPEN!

CHEERS!

Book Flags Created by Some of My Students

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Mama Cormier

At my school we are participating in a province wide reading program called The Forest of Reading. Every child in the school has had 10 stories read to them from the Blue Spruce collection and the older boys and girls were also given the opportunity to join an in school book club where they were encouraged to read books from the Silver Birch collection and/or the Tamarac collection (French books).

Students in grades 3,4, and 5 were given the goal of reading at least 10 books from the above mentioned collections. Next week those students who have met the goal will participate in an activity day centered around literacy. Workshops around drama, book making and art banners, lunch and draws for prizes are some of the fun activities planned for the day.

The activity day also happens to coincide with Education Week. Every class in the school is presenting projects that they’ve created to highlight The Forest of Reading program. Some classes picked one book to focus on and others selected a number of different ones.

In my class, each student was asked to choose their favourite book and create a book flag depicting aspects of the book. They were given the freedom to use a number of different techniques (painting, collage, stamping, sewing) and choose whatever materials I had on hand.

I think they are all beautiful and even though some of them are still works in progress I wanted to share them with you. Tell me what you think.

Cheers