This is what I do when I am avoiding writing an IEP

Sorry the spacing got a little bit wonky

• Things I Love
• Adam Duritz and all things Counting Crows.
• Dancing
• Hot chocolate.
• Quilts
• Mexican food-- especially authentic Mexican food.
• Diet Coke. I love, love, love it.
• Spending a whole Saturday in your pajamas.
• The Cathedral of Learning at Pitt. I would always try to schedule my classes there. It is such a beautiful and unique building.

• Kindergartners. I used to not be the biggest fan of them but now I think they are hilarious. Icecream. Especially Zwahlen's ice cream.
• Boathouse row at night when it is all lit up.
• Scope
• Snow days. They are so fantastically wonderful. I feel so bad for anyone who teaches in Florida or Arizona or in some un-snow sympathetic state like Utah who never knows the joy of the 5 am phone call that school is CANCELLED!!!
• Pedicures
• The little "bloop" on my cellphone when I have a new text message to read.
• Down pillows.
• Bagels
• This statue in Philly:

• Shea butter.
• The teacher's supply store. I could spend HOURS there.
• Hot showers.
• Playing cards with my family.
• The bed after you just change the sheets.
• Magazines - any and all.
• Walking the boardwalk in Ocean City at night.
• The smell of Johnson and Johnson baby bath. I think this is my most favorite smell in the world.
• Using the British spellings of things
• Blogs of all kinds.
• Folding laundry. I know it's weird but I like it.
• Walking around the city of Philadelphia on a beautiful day/evening.
• Really crispy toast with butter.
• Fireplaces on a chilly night. Coloring with crayons.
• My old FHE group. GO FOOD!
• People watching.
• Recieving mail (if it's not bills)
• Really cold lemonade.
• Buying scrapbook supplies.
• My GPS. Especially when I don't listen to it and it gets all annoyed ("When possible make a LEGAL u-turn")
• Parenthesis
• Riding the train into the city
• Candles
• Laughing so hard you cry.
• The way Isaac always says "her" instead of "she"
• Going to the movies
• Valley Forge Park
• Sepia toned pictures
• Drag queens. Random but true.
• Massages - professional or by a kind friend.
• All of the variations on my last name I get from my students. I love hearing "Good morning Steversin"
• Someone telling you in the stressful moments "It's okay. You are doing a good job"
• Inclusion in elementary schools. It works! It's so great!
• Flip flops.

• What do you love????