Back to School with Bloghoppin!

I did link up to a few of these posts last year.  I hope to make it through the week this time, but my parent orientation for my 25 new kindergartners is in a week. It's going to get crazy this week.

So Monday is all about me!!

I've been teaching for 11 years ( I think! Is it bad that I'm not really sure?) at a small, Catholic school in New York.  I began teaching in 3rd grade, but after 2 years I was moved to kindergarten and I've been there ever since. I love kindergarten and never want to leave! Where else can you wear a poodle skirt?

So outside of my classroom, what else do I do for fun?  Truthfully...not much.

I started dancing when I was in kindergarten. I instantly fell in love with it! Ballet was and still is my favorite genre- dancing en pointe always made me feel so pretty! Now, over 30 years later, ballet remains my favorite because it hurts my body the less than others! I am presently in a modern dance company which I love, but I have to be careful I don't throw my back out again- it surely stinks getting old!

Photo from Nacre website

As most teachers, I love to read! I'm reading the last in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

I hope to finish this last one before school starts, but then I am going to have to go back and read all three again.  It's been so long since I read the first two, I can't remember everything about the story.

And then there is my love of hockey and the New York Rangers. When hockey season begins, you can usually find me with my school work on my lap and the game on the TV. I watch almost every game, except the ones they black out because the network thinks I should be a Buffalo Sabres fan- don't even get me started on that! Makes me angry every year! But I digress... 

Last season my team made it to the Stanley Cup Finals and losing in those finals really hurt, but hopefully we'll get back there again this season. One of the main reasons why they got there is because of my favorite player- goalie Henrik Lundqvist. All I can say about him is...wow! Here he is being honored for wins and shutouts. His daughter is so adorable too!

And he ain't bad to look at either... :)

And last but certainly not least is my family.  I have the best parents in the world. This summer we spent a couple of days in Lake Placid and it was wonderful! Beautiful place and a beautiful time had by us. We laughed so much and had such a good time, it almost made the difficulties that came later easier.  At least we could hold on to that little vacation.  One thing about my family- if there is a rare side effect to anything, we will get it! I'm hopeful things will go back to normal soon.  

So that's me! Thanks for coming.  Tomorrow I'll show you around my classroom.