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I'm beyond thrilled that this is my current grade. I worried the whole semester that I was doing something wrong. Even when I did something right, I always worried that I missed something. At this point I feel it is safe to say that I clearly didn't miss a thing.

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I didn't think I was going to enjoy making a Twitter account, but now I find I like it better than Facebook because there is less drama on my newsfeed from my Twitter account than my Facebook account. I can connect with a bunch of educators from all over the world to identify with or gain resources from. Win-win for me!

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Honestly, I've enjoyed making my e-portfolio! It is the coolest project to show all of my progression, and I am half tempted to do this for all of my other classes to keep my assignments for each class in one place, and to illustrate the things that are most important, or my favorite moments. I could easily see this being a possibility to help me in studying, and to show off what I know and what I've done. I'm also half tempted to try using an e-portfolio for Scouting adventures to document what we have done in each Scouting year.

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I'm pretty happy with this assignment. I could have gone way into more detail with Teach Your Monster to Read, but that would have turned into a really long assignment. Epic is a pretty awesome tool to use, but I haven't explored it nearly as much as my kids have. My 10 year old loves Epic, to the extent that he can get in trouble at school for constantly reading. His reviews are through the roof for Epic. I'll be using Epic more often in the near future, but for now I'll settle with one of the other tools that help teach reading in a fun way.

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I could gush over what all I've learned, but it pales in comparison to actually showing what I can do now. I'm not the fastest in the class, but at least I feel more confident in my abilities. The next step will be to learn more shortcuts so my work doesn't take nearly as long to do!

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I initially was going to literally do an entire lesson plan for this assignment. We had to have an app for each stage of our assignment. Not that we would use tech the whole time, but just to show what we would use during each stage. There were so many good apps and tools that I found myself panicking a little because I wanted to use so many apps all at once. The bigger excitement though was finding a few gems to use in class literally between April to June during my ECE 2 practicum. I'm hoping to be placed in the room I'm currently working in for Pre-K (French Immersion program) and I technically have already started the butterfly project by ordering butterfly larvae for 3-4 classrooms at the beginning of May. I'm excited to show the kids Fancy Nancy on You Tube, and to show them the cool PBS book and have their teacher link the PBS book to the kids' Google Classroom accounts that they already have through the school. I'm thrilled to do a lapbook with both Kinders and Pre-K. It would blow your mind to see what these kids can do at such an early age, and it is something they can look back on and be amazed with what they were able to do as well. Proud doesn't even explain how happy I am about this lesson.

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A lot of what this account does is give uplifting tweets and sayings for those is a teaching position. We all have our good and bad days, and we all have the craziest and weirdest things happen to us. The best thing to also have in our career is someone who knows what we deal with and how we feel on a daily and sometimes hourly or minutely basis. I like perusing this account to remind me that I'm where I'm supposed to be, and that although the days can be a bit nuts, overall we as teachers do some pretty amazing work.

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I follow Dr. Emma Kell because she is a wealth of information for teachers at any point in their career. She shares information on anything from extra things we can incorporate into our classroom, to mental health help tips and resources. Honestly, after the last two years, I think we all can benefit from remembering to keep as many of these tools as possible in our toolkit.

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I have played kahoot games in the past as part of my ECE 2 training courses, and enjoyed them. I have since discovered that while Kahoot is a great way to test knowledge, I don't particularly enjoy making the Kahoot games. It is time consuming to make and if you make a mistake, you need to check the rest of the questions and answers you've made to make sure you didn't make another mistake.

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While I was putting together my lesson plan, I found this wonderful website on the butterfly life cycle. It is interactive and has different tasks for the students to do to help make connections about the butterfly life cycle. Even better, I can assign this book and the interactive tasks to students in their Google Classroom. So If I have students who have missed class, they can still access the videos on the topics I am covering in class.

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Here is my LinkedIn profile. It is still a work in progress, but I'm slowly figuring it out. I honestly understand Twitter a little easier, but I see the validity in using LinkedIn to network.

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I have 22 years of experience working with children. I have worked in the childcare industry for the same amount of time. I take childcare seriously as children benefit early in life with positive influence and care.

I currently have one bachelor's degree. My first degree was in biological sciences, with an undeclared crime and community minor. I am working on my second bachelor's degree, this time in elementary education. I am nearly finished my ECE 2 certification as well. I enjoy learning and actively seek further education in anything I am part of.

In my current position, I have piloted a summer care program in our school division that was the first in its kind. The other schools in our division have childcare programs that run from within the schools themselves, but is completely separate from the division. Our childcare summer program helped many families last summer and provided games, crafts and learning in a fun and safe environment.

I am able to multitask in a busy environment, yet recognize when I have to delegate jobs to other people. I am typically a work horse and will work on something until it is finished, no matter the amount of time it takes to be finished. I am detailed oriented and like to pay attention more to the fine details.

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Rebecca Polturak - Out of School Care Worker - Lakeland Catholic School Division | LinkedIn

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I have 22 years of experience working with children. I have worked in the childcare industry for the same amount of time. I take childcare seriously as children benefit early in life with positive influence and care. I currently have one bachelor's degree. My first degree was in biological sciences, with an undeclared crime and community minor.

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I follow Dr. Pooky not for her name, but what she educates about. She teachers others about mental health and things like ADHD, autism and other neurodiverse topics. We as educators need to know that we need to see signs and symptoms of these disorders and issues instead of treating children like they are all the same (or being unnecessarily harsh because the child's personality clashes with the teacher's). Not every child will learn the same or act the same, so we need to teach to their abilities so they don't feel like a failure for barely walking through our doors.

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I stumbled across These guys after looking for more educators to put on my Twitter (hence the 'follow' instead of 'following' button). These guys are based in the UK, but education resources in many areas of the world are still applicable or useful where we are. Sometimes they have a different way of teaching a lesson or topic that will resonate with your class more than a homegrown method. I am constantly on the lookout for new ideas, and if they happen to come from the UK, I'm still for it because their teaching methods are older than ours. The UK and Australia I have found lately are really great places to find quality resources.

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I came across Bored Teachers a little over a year ago. I was frustrated with my schooling, and my kids' schooling and teachers in general. This is a group of teachers who do a bunch of satire comedy related to teaching, as well as being empathetic and sympathetic towards what teachers go though on a daily basis. They are based out of the States, so their curriculum and expectations are on a different level than ours, but the ideas are similar. Sometimes we as educators need to feel like we are understood in some way, and these guys totally understand, and make a lot of situations light hearted.

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I've had Jacquie for two or three classes in the last 2 years. I enjoy what she brings to the table. Her classes are full of information and fun (funny sometimes in class). The information sticks in your head. She has always been a positive educator and is easy to talk to. She is uplifting and fair and embodies partly the type of teacher I aspire to be.

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Hands down, without the invention of the internet, schooling during the pandemic would not have been possible. Next to the internet, the invention of apps like Moodle, Microsoft Teams, Collaborate, Google Classroom and Zoom have closed the gap for in-person learning during the pandemic. Without these tools, we would be in a much different state for education.

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Barriers to web tools in the classroom; there are many. There are teachers who don't know how to use the tech tools. There are students who don't have the devices needed to use the web tool. There are schools who don't have the tech available for staff and students to use. And let's not forget about about how there are tools that are more distracting than helpful.

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I don't have a lot of apps that I get excited about. Lately my two go-to apps are Google Translate (thank you French), and Moodle for school. I'm not s huge app person as I would rather be a hands on teacher, than an app teacher.

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Make the content engaging. How do you do that? Make the content something they can relate to. If I can't relate to the content, there is no way I can pay attention or remember what I need to learn.

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I like to try to keep everything simple. I have a family of 6 and if everyone has their own *insert item*, then that's 6 of that item I need to keep track of. I don't really look for apps for myself, but if any of my kids need help with something they are struggling with at school, I try to find an app that will help them understand. My kids learn through passive teaching; meaning I cannot directly teach them or they think I don't know what I'm talking about. Yet if I have an app or a video running in the background, and they learn something, I'm one of the first people they come running to to tell me what they learned. I'm likely going to grab some Preschool Prep Co apps to help my daughter learn how to read. She is in French Immersion but is ready to learn in English so we are slowly introducing her to learning how to read in English. She prefers repetition, games and visual aids to learn. Perfect match I think since these apps repeat the heck out of everything and its a visual and auditory app.

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Playing around with Canva and made a poster. Could be a beneficial tool, but I can easily see my kids showing me how to do it better than Mom.

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I don't fangirl very much, but I came across a movie about Ron Clark this last fall and since then I researched him and even found a book he wrote. He started out with I think 9 rules to follow, and has since expanded to 55 rules to follow in the classroom. These rules are geared for both students and teachers. A large majority of the rules are centered around etiquette. You don't have to follow every single rule, but take what makes sense or take what you need out of the lessons.

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Honestly she is a good dog and she loves to sit next to me while I'm studying or in class.

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I was playing around with making a comic earlier today. I could see it becoming a funny addiction, or something my kids would love to try! Might be an excellent project depending on what grade I end up teaching.

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Honestly, going without my phone isn't a big deal to me unless I am travelling. At that point I simply would want the phone in case of emergency.

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I have a healthy level of respect for online learning and in person learning. I LOVE hands on learning, but without online learning I wouldn't have the opportunity to earn my teaching degree.

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I never thought I'd be the sort of person who would have troubles without certain types of technology, but currently I'd never want to be without a SMART board. They are too cool to work without! That being said, I would still have to have low tech items such as a white board to do hands on work with the kids as well.

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I think to some degree, technology in school is a good thing. There are children who have processing disorders that prevent them from learning like most in society. If there is technology that will benefit those kids, I feel it is necessary to have it available for use. However, I am also a huge fan of hands on teaching and hands on learning.

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I'm thankful I've never been a victim of cyberbullying until recently, and I wouldn't ever allow myself to cyberbully someone else. I understand how people feel they need to be heard, but they should also know to never cross the line between opinion and bullying.

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This was not a surprise at all. I'm a nurturer. I gently encourage those I teach to do better, be better, and I take into account what their abilities are when I'm planning activities. I don't really rely on social references because I don't typically deal with older kids who require more consistency there. I do value developmental abilities though, but I don't push hard on what their abilities are as I don't want a child to feel they cannot do something. I want them to feel empowered to keep trying until they figure it out.

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Screentime?  Not usually until I am at work, and even then, my phone is used for work purposes.

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Screentime?  Not usually until I am at work, and even then, my phone is used for work purposes.

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My screentime habit changes frequently. I can tell if I am particularly stressed by how much screen time I have. In the summertime I keep my phone with me, but only in case someone needs to get a hold of me. During the school year, I use my phone for work purposes. If I am worried about something, or frustrated, or feeling burnt out, I tend to run up my screentime usage.

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends.  If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up.  Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends.  If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up.  Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends. If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up. Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 17, 2022

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends.  If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up.  Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends.  If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up.  Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200

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How long is the time between when you get up and when you start having "screentime?"

For me, that depends.  If you count me looking at my phone to turn off the alarm, then as soon as I wake up.  Otherwise, I don't have screen time until 2hrs after I am up for the day #pccoma200

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I discovered Ron Clark back at the end of the summertime, right around when everyone went back to school. I saw a movie that was made about him and decided to buy one of his books that was all about the rules of teaching and being a teacher. It made a huge impact on how I view education and how educators should be.

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I wouldn't have even started on this adventure of learning new (to me) technology without my professor. He is organized, to the point, always ready with answers to questions and laughs right along with us in class. These qualities are necessary for me to learn from because I tend to be harsh on myself for what I feel I can do, or not do. I don't feel old as the hills in his class because we are all on the same level and have respect for each other and everyone's abilities.

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I love fabric!  I love sewing and crafting! I find it very therapeutic to work with my hands. If I need to figure out something that is worrying me, I gravitate towards crafting. It allows me to sort what my thoughts are and make decisions about things that weren't clear before.

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :)  #pccoma200

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :)  #pccoma200 https://t.co/nRbWWjj7hj

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :) #pccoma200 pic.twitter.com/nRbWWjj7hj
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 12, 2022

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :)  #pccoma200 https://t.co/nRbWWjj7hj

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :)  #pccoma200 https://t.co/nRbWWjj7hj

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When I go online, I typically shop. Wishful thinking, things to work towards, finishing crafting projects, sewing projects, items I want to look into for my OSC kids, etc. Lately, it’s fabric for my new niece/nephew coming in August :)  #pccoma200

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Not wrong.  Not always doable, but not wrong.

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Not wrong.  Not always doable, but not wrong.

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I saw this post and can completely relate. I'm not a teacher yet, but I see the teachers I work with everyday and see that they are already feeling over-worked, understaffed and catching negativity in many areas that they cannot control. Just step up and help if you can, or be positive in their direction. Small things help in so many ways to brighten someone else's day.

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can.

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can. https://t.co/O5xmlWcuAk

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Schools don't have enough staff, are underfunded, have staff burnout, are fighting a pandemic, and getting blamed for not being able to perform as if there was no pandemic. 

Maybe everyone should be helping in any way that they can instead of criticizing.

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can. https://t.co/O5xmlWcuAk
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 10, 2022

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can. https://t.co/O5xmlWcuAk

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Schools don't have enough staff, are underfunded, have staff burnout, are fighting a pandemic, and getting blamed for not being able to perform as if there was no pandemic. 

Maybe everyone should be helping in any way that they can instead of criticizing.

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can. https://t.co/O5xmlWcuAk

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Not wrong here. I watch my coworkers run on not much except not wanting to fail their students. It’s not admins fault, or their own fault. It’s where we currently are sitting. Be kind, and help where you can.

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Schools don't have enough staff, are underfunded, have staff burnout, are fighting a pandemic, and getting blamed for not being able to perform as if there was no pandemic. 

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I say it is the worst part of online learning, but it isn't even bad.

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I say it is the worst part of online learning, but it isn't even bad.

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My only real issue with online learning is I sidetrack myself on a regular basis. I'll be paying attention to the profs, and then I start thinking about work, or housework, or schoolwork, or anything else. Squirrel!!

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Worst part of of learning environment is the lack of desk, and then there’s distraction #pccoma200

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Worst part of of learning environment is the lack of desk, and then there’s distraction #pccoma200 https://t.co/uLa7vJ8r0A

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Worst part of of learning environment is the lack of desk, and then there’s distraction #pccoma200 pic.twitter.com/uLa7vJ8r0A
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 7, 2022

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Worst part of of learning environment is the lack of desk, and then there’s distraction #pccoma200 https://t.co/uLa7vJ8r0A

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Worst part of of learning environment is the lack of desk, and then there’s distraction #pccoma200

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She is the best pup ever and she sits at my feet for every class just to keep me company. Never a complaint either!

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket.

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket. https://t.co/3XwVUepFb6

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket. pic.twitter.com/3XwVUepFb6
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 7, 2022

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket. https://t.co/3XwVUepFb6

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket. https://t.co/3XwVUepFb6

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Best seat in the house to learn at! Excellent foot warmer, I mean companion; and comfy electric blanket.

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Setting up Twitter took me forever to do, and I am still learning what each button does. I'm quite proud that I figured out how to re-tweet and comment quickly.

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it!

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it! https://t.co/2uT35F6yna

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Minus 30 road trip to Calgary and I am packed tight with the luggage! 

#ChristmasRoadTrip #Alberta #Canada https://t.co/I3V7oBLVUf

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it! https://t.co/2uT35F6yna
— Rebecca (@RebeccaHumbleB) January 7, 2022

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it! https://t.co/2uT35F6yna

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Minus 30 road trip to Calgary and I am packed tight with the luggage! 

#ChristmasRoadTrip #Alberta #Canada https://t.co/I3V7oBLVUf

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it! https://t.co/2uT35F6yna

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Braver than me! I stepped outside today and instantly regretted it!

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Minus 30 road trip to Calgary and I am packed tight with the luggage! 

#ChristmasRoadTrip #Alberta #Canada https://t.co/I3V7oBLVUf