My Favorite Things

Oprah can have favorite things, so why can't I!? I just won't be giving them away! They make my life easier and thought maybe you would find something to help you ease your pain, as well!

My Droid X.....I LOVE IT! In fact, I love it so much that I can not see myself switching to the much anticipated Verizon iPhone rumored to release early next year! I do wish all of the apps for iPhone were available for Droid, but it's improved so much since I got this little jewel, that I think it will only get better and apps will steadily increase!

Some of my favorite apps:

iSyncr App syncs my iTunes playlists right to my Droid X phone! (That was my only hangup about the Droid......iSyncr makes life easy!)

Catch Notes app lets me take pictures, notes or voice notes and save them in one place. If I see something online that I like, I can send it to my Catch page and it will save it. I can tag items, also. For instance, this year during the school year, I think of things I want to purchase for next year with my district money. How will I ever remember? I take a picture and send it to "Catch" and tag it as "Classroom Wish List". Next summer when I'm getting my purchase requests ready, I can pull up the tag "Classroom Wish List" and see all of the items I used the most during the year! It's also been great for Christmas! If I see something in a newspaper ad, or on the shelf in the store, I take a picture, send it to Catch and label it "Christmas2010".

iRecord app lets me record students' reading assessments. I save them to my computer and I can go back and listen to progress being made......I can also use it to let parents hear specific concerns. Love it!

Pandora App on my phone! Listen to anything......anywhere.....well, as long as you have cell service! :)

My Kindle app lets me read books on my phone! I love it! What am I reading now? Double Cross by James Patterson!

Around the house...................

My Dirt Devil! This is the only vac that I have found that will suck up dirt on a wood floor without slinging it everywhere!

Of course, my iPod touch is not complete without my iLuv home player! I have my Christmas music on my iPod and play it all over the house with my iLuv player! My other favorite thing to do is attach my Belkin auxiliary chord to my Verizon Droid X phone and click on my "Pandora" app and stream my Christmas music from my phone! It's such a must-have! (I have one in my classroom, also! And I bought both really cheap off of eBay!)

During this cold weather, our noses get so dry! Aunt Cherrye, who is also a Registered Nurse, suggested this product for Rylee! We LOVE it! It soothes her nose (and mine too) when it's runny and stuffy!

My next favorite things are those Crock-Pot liners! Have mercy! Why has nobody told me about these things before!!!! I made chocolate covered goodies for my kids at school and dreaded cleaning out the crockpot after melting our chocolate! Enter Crock Pot Liners! Just pick the liner up out of the pot after using and ..........

Voila!.......No cleaning at ALL!!!! LOVE that!!!!

My Favorite iPod apps:

Dropbox app - syncs my documents from my computer, to my laptop at school and to my ipod or even my phone!

iWrite Words Lite - Rylee's favorite! She can trace letters and make words. It says the letter then ultimately the word she makes!

eBay mobile - on both my phone and iPod - so I can find those good deals!

K12 Timed Reading - for school - I can select students who are struggling with reading to add to this app. They can take the ipod to their desk and read the stories. The app times their reading and tells me how many words per minute.

Words with Friends or WordFeud (Droid) - scrabble type game to play with real opponents! Super addictive!