Jenna Allen
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wingingit.bsky.social
Jenna Allen
@wingingit.bsky.social
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Wife, mom, teacher. Mostly stories from 4th grade, half-finished crafts, and bizarre conversations I have with my husband while he's asleep. I swear a lot. She/her.
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Yesterday I had my students draw posters to represent the expectations we are recommitting to for the final 3 weeks of school. These kids KNOW me 😂
I've seen a lot of articles about the ENORMOUS waste of money for dumbfuck's birthday parade. What I'd love some links to, if anyone has them, is analysis of the risks posed by him having that much military power on the ground in D.C., ready to do his bidding. Am I just paranoid?
We start state testing next week, so I had the kids write some positive notes that I could put on their desks to lift their spirits while they're deep in it. I'm keeping this one forever because it looks like how I feel each morning this time of year. Deep breath in.... and.... scream. 😂 #iteach4th
😂 I wish! That picture has made the rounds for a few years now, and I definitely want to be friends with that woman!
"Everyone in this hospital has perfect teeth." ~my mom, high on oxycodone
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Right before she was wheeled back to surgery, I leaned close to my mom and said in the creepiest possible voice, "He's never letting you go." It might be me, it might be the Midazolam, but she was in hysterical laughter as they wheeled her away. I think the surgical team thinks we're nuts. 😂
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I burst into the laughter at a volume wildly inappropriate for the surgical floor, and was in TEARS with how that sounded like something right out of a horror movie. I couldn't get it out of my head the whole morning.
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My mom broke her wrist, and is having surgery to repair it today. While we were waiting, she told me about a well-meaning but slightly daft lady who heard how worried she was, put her hand on my mom's shoulder, and told her, "God's kept you here for 80 years - he's not going to let you go now."
FUCK YES, CANADA! ♥️ 🇨🇦
I'm not sure if this is nationwide, but my local Target has electronics recycling bins in its front entryway. Our local recycling center also accepts e-waste.
Are you listening, @governorferguson.bsky.social?? This is how it's done, not by breaking promises to students and their families.
These kids kill me. (Translations in alt text for those not skilled in reading 4th grade scrawl.)

#iteach4th
Things that are making me feel at peace in my classroom today:

The sun shining through the windows and...

1. The first fully fenestrated leaf from my monstera that I've grown from a single clipping.

2. The new shoots from my 3-year-old calla lily.

3. This gorgeous bloom from my peace lily.
Legend for Owl by MIYAstitch
3 over 2 on 25ct Lugana
started April 8, 2025
319 / 5924 stitches completed (5.4%)

I'm going to have to pick up the pace if I want this one done before school's out!

#weekendWIP #crossstitch
Haha! It's my love language ♥️
Why has it never occurred to me to stitch a protest sign??! 😂
😂 I can hear my husband saying this exact same thing to me, and me having the same reaction.
My next project is ready to go! When I ordered this gorgeous Lugana, I thought it was 28ct, but it's 25ct which makes the design too big to fit in any of my Qsnaps. I don't like moving hoops mid-WIP, so (tl;dr) I'm trying out my first Nurge hoop when it arrives tomorrow morning. ♥️

#crossstitch
So impressed by you, Michelle!! ♥️
We're going on a field trip to the state Capitol soon, and the kids have been getting really excited. Yesterday, out of nowhere, one of my boys asks, "If we see Bob Ferguson at Olympia, can I say,''ello, Guvna!'?"

Shocked into laughter, I replied, "I will pay you cash money if you do."

#iteach4th
They're lucky that I do, too 😂
I was sitting with a student as he tried to come up with a strategy to figure this one out. Another student sitting across from us glanced over at the paper and announced, "Oh yeah, I already solved that one! I made them take the stairs."

#ITeach4th #AlmostSpringBreak #NeverEnoughCoffee
The worst part of cross stitch is unkitting a finished project and kitting a new one. If I won the lottery, my one indulgence would be buying material and thread for each new project, donating what's left over any time I finished one, and giving zero f's about organizing my inventory.

#crossstitch
She's done! What a labor of love this was, and I cannot wait to gift her at graduation. ♥️

Pattern:Ukrainian Soul by Nadezhda Nagornaya (via NonStopStitch on Etsy)

Inscription: freehanded - all errors are mine

Material: 28ct Lugana (2 over 2)

#crossstitch #slavaukraini #СлаваУкраїні