Tuesday, June 4, 2013

fortunately and unfortunately: tuesday randomness.

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Fortunately unfortunately, today was my last day of volunteering at Max's school (I think...)

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My favorite part of volunteering this year was sharpening a big pile of pencils at home. (Wow. That makes me sound really awful, doesn't it? Well, that was my favorite part of at-home volunteer work.)

My favorite part of in-class volunteer work was getting see all the kids in the class and my little Maxwell. Getting a glimpse into what a portion of his day is like.

My fear about volunteering this year was breaking messing-up the laminating machine. (First world fears and problems...I know. Ridiculous.)

Unfortunately, today I did something wrong while using the laminator. I wouldn't say I broke it exactly... But it was unusable by the time I was finished using it.

Fortunately, I finished my laminating project before it broke stopped working.

Unfortunately, I had to stay a bit longer to complete my task.

Fortunately, I got the chance to talk to the principal about first grade next year.

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I really enjoyed sharpening these pencils.
I really, really enjoyed taking macro photos of these pencils.
I really like simple tasks that leave you with a strong sense of getting something simple done quickly, and checked off the "to-do" list.
Like vacuuming...but I won't get into that now.

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You know what else I really enjoy?...
The smell of crayons and looking at all of those colors.
But that's a different post.
With a different set of macro photos.

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Oh and then I went to the store and took an item off the shelf of a perfect display (if you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw it.)
Again, that's a different post...maybe for tomorrow.

It's a Tuesday.
Mine was pretty good.
How was yours?...

(does anybody else have vivid memories of writing "fortunately and unfortunately" stories in elementary school?...)

7 comments:

Carla said...

I LOVE, LOVE these photos. Great job!

I wish I could volunteer at Joe's school but my work schedule just doesn't allow it at this time. :(

I laminate often but I still have a fear that I will break the machine. It might have happened before. Just saying. :)

My Tuesday ok. Nothing to crazy. Got lots of stuff ready to do Pre-K graduation with the kiddos at work tomorrow. Thanks for asking.

Heather M. said...

Love these photos!! My Tuesday was pretty good too. It didn't go at all as I had planned but that's okay. It was sunny and pretty warm and we were outside lots so that was good. And there's nothing like becoming a mom to interrupt the to-do list, hey?!

Barbara said...

I love the photos, but especially the eraser one...very unique and clever. My Tuesday was good, too :-)

Marisa said...

Perfect post, and perfect pictures to accompany the post! Macros of school supplies might be my favorite pictures ever. Fantastic!

penandview said...

I remember reading those stories to my kids. Have you ever read the story? The author came to a reading at a Standford book store and my mother-in-law got a signed copy.
Love the macro photos!

stacey said...

These photos are fun and I'm happy to say our Tuesday was the last day of school!

Shawntae said...

I did see the instagram shot. :)
I loved it and I love these wonderful shots!