This is a mixture of things that make me feel happy, warm my heart, put a smile on my face, inspire me … A little about me … - I’m 23, curly-haired, a Canadian, a girl. - I am an elementary school teacher - I’m a frequent sufferer of laughing fits, get the giggles when I’m nervous, and am usually optimistic (sometimes to a fault)Tumblr (3.0; @asmileiscontagious)http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb34e32028525fd728add2775c2f53a9/tumblr_mj8ygmTf9t1qzrmf8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emphasisadded.tumblr.com/post/45241388938/for-my-husband">emphasisadded</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">For my Husband  [via: </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thekimenator.tumblr.com/post/44711321437/via-thedailycourtney">thekimenator</a><span>:</span><span class="tumblr_blog"> </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedailycourtney.tumblr.com/post/44711106348">thedailycourtney</a><span>]</span></p> </blockquote> <p>solid stuff</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45243007322http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45243007322Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:19:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f13c57e917153b45b0488869e39edcc/tumblr_mjjrgz6Pb11qa9uodo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graceinplace.tumblr.com/post/45185159146/tuesday-confession-via">graceinplace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>tuesday confession. [<a href="http://www.someecards.com/">via</a>]</p> </blockquote> <p>as true as true can be, haha</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45207503163http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45207503163Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:58:11 -0400<a href="http://graceinplace.tumblr.com/post/45126950436/im-back">grace in place: I'm Back!</a>: <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal">For four years, I blogged as Daily Kayla…until I got [not so] permanent writer’s block. I chalk this up to the poor choice of calling one’s blog, “Daily Anything”. Note to self: do not do that again. Or, relax on the self-pressure to be so precise.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I expect my new blog to be part fluff (Look…</p> </blockquote> <p>BEYOND EXCITED ABOUT THIS!! So glad that you are back Kayla - you were most definitely missed :)</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45206979494http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/45206979494Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:51:01 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FrHkKXFRbCI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On</p> <p>… a neat story!</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/41924964116http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/41924964116Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:48:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdwetuEtxo1qb5t88o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328677139http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328677139Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:28:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medzha96KT1qzrkblo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328663920http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328663920Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:28:01 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HEnsNEaWgGU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>hmmmm … sure makes you think :)</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328482992http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/39328482992Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:25:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1npvyTwI1rdx2jco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emphasisadded.tumblr.com/post/35293186113/via-pyrophobias">emphasisadded</a>: [via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pyrophobias.tumblr.com/post/35099181357/professor-told-us-if-we-were-to-learn-one-thing">pyrophobias</a>]</p> <p>hahaha too funny! i love the oxford comma and this makes a good case for it :)</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/35319072429http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/35319072429Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:01:11 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98bp78blt1rom21zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one of my biggest pet peeves!!</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34550211222http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34550211222Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:05:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmwmznErI1qa9uodo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graceinplace.tumblr.com/post/34226928659/a-fantastic-find-but-at-140-certainly-not-a">graceinplace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>a fantastic find, but at $140 — certainly not a steal.</p> <p>[<a href="http://emilygreen.bigcartel.com/product/multi-stripe-magenta-scarf">multi-stripe mint scarf</a> design by emily green & lucy hall]</p> </blockquote> <p>that is one awesome scarf … too bad the price isn’t so awesome</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34242901429http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34242901429Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:05:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m904llKQAX1qaedipo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>what a neat idea!!</p>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34143200377http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34143200377Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:52:25 -0400“this bright new day, complete with 24 hours of opportunities and choices, comes with a perfectly matched set of 1440 minutes. this unique gift, this one day - cannot be exhanged, replaced or refunded. handle with care, make the most of it. you only get ONE!”<br/><br/> - <em><em>early morning text from a good friend</em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graceinplace.tumblr.com/">graceinplace</a>)</em>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034908095http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034908095Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:35:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m83ededBE21qa9uodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graceinplace.tumblr.com/post/28552531857/well-this-is-fun-via-etsy">graceinplace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>well, this is fun <strong>|</strong> via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/103870165/southwestern-outlet-plate?ref=v1_other_2">etsy</a></p> </blockquote>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034865692http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034865692Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:35:10 -0400“It sounds liberating, and to me that’s the best thing that music can be. Music can be a place where you find yourself slightly freer than where you are when you’re not listening to music. And that’s beautiful.”<br/><br/> - <em>Geoff Rickly (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/">loveyourchaos</a>)</em>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034834555http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034834555Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:34:42 -0400<a href="http://girlwithalessonplan.tumblr.com/post/28677606929/please-reblog-or-respond-with-the-title-of-your">Tumblr Teacher: Girl with a Lesson Plan: Please reblog or respond with the title of your favorite Shel Silverstein poem. </a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thinkbrit.tumblr.com/post/28677326628/please-reblog-or-respond-with-the-title-of-your" target="_blank">thinkbrit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pencilblots.tumblr.com/post/28673739106/please-reblog-or-respond-with-the-title-of-your" target="_blank">pencilblots</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://positivelypersistentteach.tumblr.com/post/28669021520/please-reblog-or-respond-with-the-title-of-your" target="_blank">positivelypersistentteach</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My favorite is <a href="http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/poetry_in_motion/atlas/portland/listen_to_the_mustn/" target="_blank">Listen to the Mustn’ts.</a></p> <p>It was almost my tumblr name.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://faculty.weber.edu/chansen/humanweb/projects/MeghanUng/icklemepicklemeticklemetoo.htm" target="_blank">Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too</a></p> <p>I remember listening to this read by Silverstein on a tape. And I would listen to it over, and over, and over…</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034808423http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034808423Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:34:17 -0400“Nothing can wear you out like caring about people.”<br/><br/> - <em>S.E. Hinton  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anditslove.tumblr.com/">anditslove</a>)</em>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034771813http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034771813Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:33:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7y9psqe021r6pqhho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/post/28676117563">loveyourchaos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Love this idea. </p> </blockquote>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034756903http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034756903Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:33:27 -0400“It was Anne’s number, then Anne’s voice on the wire, and, as always, the little leap and plunk in my heart like a frog jumping into a lily pool with the ripples spreading round.”<br/><br/> - <em>Robert Penn Warren, <em>All the King’s Men</em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://quote-book.tumblr.com/">quote-book</a>)</em>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034737653http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034737653Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:33:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7w28hMgmJ1qlccb8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>Lemony Snicket</span></p> </blockquote>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034675726http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034675726Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:32:10 -0400“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”<br/><br/> - <em>Mary Wilder (via <a href="http://swanfeathersongs.tumblr.com">Swanfeather Songs</a>)</em>http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034660932http://asmileiscontagious.tumblr.com/post/34034660932Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:31:56 -0400