Spring Break is Just a Memory

I had huge plans for this week, grandiose to umpteenth degree.  I was going to knock my own socks off with the plans I made...

My socks are still on and the only degrees I can get to are on the thermostat. I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  Except:

Watch every episode of Downton Abbey
Clean the bathroom
Write 2 1/2 papers
Pin the things I wanted to do
Entered Giveaways
Posted 2, count them, 2 blog posts
Transferred to Bloglovin and Feedly (I like Bloglovin much better, so I think that will be my new home when Reader fades into the night)
Catch up on over 2000 unread blog posts from all of my favorite bloggers

The only thing on the above list that I planned to do was write the papers.  It should have been 3, but I can't seem to think of anything else to write about Culturally Relevant Mathematics Lessons (If you have anything to share, please do).

I am going to chalk this up as a loss, all the way around.  I think losing Grandma on the 17th is still very heavy on my heart, so I am doing mindless work to pass the time.  Easter Sunday will be hard, but she has risen to heaven, so I should smile knowing she is in His glorious kingdom.

Spring break has come and gone, but now I am closer to summer and that list is going to knock everyone's socks off!

Books, Books, and More Books or My Name is Janine and I am a Hoarder

I am on spring break this week and for the most part, I have been one lazy daisy!  By lazy, I mean watched both seasons of Downton Abbey and eaten more chocolate than I ever thought I could!  I suppose I will start exercising and dieting on Monday, HA.

Well, yesterday I was tired of being lazy, so I started cleaning out an old TV stand that was filled with books and magazines.  I think I am a hoarder.  There, I've said it.  Now on to the proof (take a stroll through my madness):

These are the books that were in the cabinet.

I can't wait to bring this set to my classroom!

Barbara Rottner visited my old school when my girls were in elementary school.
She autographed these books for them.

Remnants of my childhood.

Memories of when my girls LOVED all things American Girl!

Jackpot!  These have CD's!!!!

One of my all time favorites!

Somehow I thought keeping these would be worth something.
Rosie only had her magazine for one year and I have every single issue.
No such luck, I found one on eBay for $2.29.
Not enough to pay off my student loans!!!

So there you have it, my not so lazy day turned into finding some treasures.  The problem is... I have 8 more HUGE Rubbermaid containers filled with books, books, and more books.  I have to buy books, all of the time.  I could teach every grade level and the students would never read the same book twice.  It is a sickness, but I am happy to be inflicted with the reading bug.

How many books do you have in hiding?