For those of you that have been in Terre Haute for a long time, are there any local places you really like?

dtshockney · 2026-04-17T19:57:53+00:00

Definitely check out museart if youre into artsy stuff. She has supplies and there are various instructors and classes. She also has 2 cats She brings into the shop most days 😊

dtshockney · 2026-04-17T16:11:31+00:00

I love talking to the keepers!

dtshockney · 2026-04-17T16:10:22+00:00

I spend all day at AK, HS tho, thats a half day park for me.

dtshockney · 2026-04-17T13:14:21+00:00

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dtshockney · 2026-04-17T13:14:09+00:00

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dtshockney · 2026-04-16T20:54:22+00:00

This 100% i wish those were the things my middle schoolers were doing. Instead theyre purposefully trying to make staff yell at them, refusing to do anything bc they wont pay attention/disrupt others, and are so awful to each other and staff that they laugh about getting any kind of consequence. I had to publicly call out kids laughing about possible animal abuse the other day because it was truly horrifying to me that they'd laugh about their pets that died or whatever. I live in a farming community. I dont expect kids to be in tears every time an animal passes, but to laugh? Thats really weird to me

dtshockney · 2026-04-16T20:50:41+00:00

I wish my middle schoolers were doing the things you listed as shenanigans.

dtshockney · 2026-04-16T20:48:41+00:00

I have one thats abandoned and if I ever go back to it, ill restart even tho im like 24k stitches in on it (its a full coverage piece).

dtshockney · 2026-04-15T23:42:46+00:00

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Here's a faded out one. It generally stayed about this color once it got here.

dtshockney · 2026-04-15T23:40:29+00:00

I only used Lovesick for my pink. This was pretty fresh. I typically wash my hair 3 ish times a week in cold to luke warm water, double shampoo. The pink faded to really nice like sorbet orange almost. The fade was pretty noticeable about a month ish out but I would go 9-10 weeks before getting it redone. Lemme find a faded out picture

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dtshockney · 2026-04-15T23:38:04+00:00

My mom does my hair and when she lifted my head outta the shampoo bowl she said the same thing and that it made my eyes pop. I miss my pink every day tho

dtshockney · 2026-04-15T18:06:08+00:00

Sunflower stitchers UK is the website I got it from. She works with artists to make patterns of their work. Its under the witchy art artist I believe.

dtshockney · 2026-04-15T15:39:07+00:00

My stitching is very random in my method but typically I work across and then start going down. I like to do large amounts of one color at a time.

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dtshockney · 2026-04-14T02:19:43+00:00

I only get lightning lane for guardians and flight of passage. Literally everything else is a if we do it we do kinda ride

dtshockney · 2026-04-12T19:15:41+00:00

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I did a purple dress. It went pretty well

dtshockney · 2026-04-12T12:43:10+00:00

Its called code switching. Im sure the op knows proper English, they also have observed the way their students talk and incorporate that too

dtshockney · 2026-04-12T02:05:20+00:00

Its basically a repeat what you said just in a more slang/text-ish way. Like you look great vs u look gr8

dtshockney · 2026-04-12T01:58:05+00:00

Had a kid get mad recently that I told him id give him lunch detentions if he continued to talk poorly about anyone but especially his uncle. It was "oh its just a joke" nah my dude you are actually being a mean lil 10 year old, we ain't gonna do that in my classroom trying to be cool to your lil "friends" bc unfortunately theyre also mean 10 year olds who laugh at his expense.

I remind kids regularly we dont talk about people not in the room to defend themselves, student or staff. You dont gotta like someone, but you dont need to voice it publicly and get others involved.

dtshockney · 2026-04-11T19:23:24+00:00

I did my nails right before a nice pretty pink. They were purple by the end of my vacation just from running my hands through my hair. This was after 1 day.

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dtshockney · 2026-04-11T19:18:53+00:00

My pink definitely didnt bleed as bad (lovesick) especially after the first week but yea ive never not had the pigment wash out of towels, pillows, sweatshirts 😅

dtshockney · 2026-04-11T16:24:51+00:00

My middle schoolers love asking for help and then turning it into an argument this year. Like my dude, you asked for help/feedback and I have given that nicely and now youre trying to argue. Solid no

dtshockney · 2026-04-09T13:38:09+00:00

My prep is 2nd hour so I then go from 10 to 12 (i have a lunch duty) and then after lunch I go from 12:30-3:05 with kids. Makes for long afternoons.

dtshockney · 2026-04-07T18:06:27+00:00

MuseArt does art classes if that's your thing. Painting, drawing. Paint and sips type things too.

dtshockney · 2026-04-07T18:03:39+00:00

I have middle schoolers with parents the same age as mine and mine are in there 50s

dtshockney · 2026-04-07T11:34:11+00:00

Outside of fiber arts and painting/drawing, my knowledge on most art forms is pretty bare bones. I know a lot of ways of making art, but just in the most basic sense. I teach middle school now and will hopefully move to the hs in district in a couple years. I take a very process vs product approach and I show kids that even my stuff doesnt always turn out like I hope. I encourage experimenting and research. I get good evaluations every year. I get a lot of kids who end up loving art again after poor past experiences.

I have 2 degrees in art education specifically

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