Done!

I JUST finished Task 4!  It is a great feeling!  Now all that's left is to go over everything with the rubrics, tweak it here and there, and submit by April 23rd!

Now, it's time for sleep.  Night!

3/4 done!

Task 3 is done!  Yes!  One more to go!  Now, a short break then on to Task 4!

Chipotle?

So, if you know Ben and me, you know that one of our most favorite places to eat is Chipotle!  For me, it's a chicken burrito (sometimes bowl if I'm trying to be good), no beans, with cheese, lettuce, and sour cream!  Ben is a fajita chicken burrito guy with lettuce and cheese (I think...now I can't quite remember what he gets on his).  So about a year ago, I stumbled upon a website that claimed to have Chipotlesque recipes.  I tried them out and the burritos were pretty tasty but not QUITE like our favorite restaurant.  The rice was too cilantro-y and the chicken wasn't spicy enough.

Since then, I've been wanting to try again but the problem is the marinade suggests marinating over night and I usually didn't think about trying the recipe again until the day of....see my problem?  Enter: SPRING BREAK!!  Now, I've been pretty busy this break doing non-fun things, like cleaning and completing my online portfolio for grad school.  But that also means I am home and can make the marinade ahead of time.  YAY!!!

So tonight I made the marinade....what do you think?

Before blending!  Lots of garlic

All blended up!  At this point I tasted a little and it was HOT!  Wonder how the chicken will be

Marinated chicken!

So come back tomorrow (or maybe Friday) to see how the Chipotlesque burittos turn out!

2 down, 2 to go!

Task 2 is done!! Yessss!!!

Now, I'm going to be a good student and get started on Task 3.  Wish me luck!

Task 1 done!!

Task 1 of 4 is done!  Woohoo!!!!  What in the world am I so excited about you ask?  Task 1 is done!

For those of you I haven't seen recently, Task 1 is part of a 4 part online portfolio that I have to complete for my graduate program.  This portfolio is due April 23rd so my spring break is solely completing it.  The portfolio is called the Teacher Performance Assessment, or TPA for short.  I am one of the (not so) lucky few who are part of the pilot program of TPA at the University of Maryland.  It is intense and requires a lot of writing, thinking, reflecting, and I even have to submit a video of myself teaching!

So, my goal is to complete one task a day and take the fifth day to go over the entire thing with the rubrics before submitting it.  Yesterday's task was task 1 and even though I was up till 12:30am, I got it done!

Now on to task 2....and a puppy play date...pictures to come of the play date

86 days till graduation!!!