So Halloween on a Monday followed by Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday makes for a very long week. I went to bed at 8:40pm last night. And I slept for the next twelve hours or so . . . And the fact that we GAIN another hour tonight is PURE HEAVEN. So there I am in my Target Tee.  I bought that t-shirt back in September in a that's cute, I like it, throw it in my cart ... Read More about Five for Fraturday

It's Halloween. You know what that means! I can't believe I wrote this post FIVE YEARS AGO and that it's the 20th anniversary of when it actually happened to me as a first year teacher!!! If you haven't read my First Year Horror Story, click {HERE}. And, if you have, thanks!  Ha! Happy Halloween, everyone! ... Read More about Happy Halloween 2016

Happy Happy Happy Saturday!  After a week of conferences, I am more than ready for this weekend. Due to all the late night conferences, I was unable to blog this week and I hope you all are fine with that because it's a little late to do anything about it now.  ;)   It was Red Ribbon this week, as I'm sure all of you already know.  So while our kids dressed up in the "outfit ... Read More about Five for Fraturday

Happy HAPPY HAPPY Saturday! All I can say is PHEW. Look at our new outdoor wall art!!! One piece of art for each side of the door!!! I'm super excited about our new outdoor wall art because . . . I found the idea on Pinterest (and if you know me, then you know I'm not a very good Pinterest person so this is saying something) and it led me to this blog post {HERE}.  And then I told ... Read More about Five for Fraturday

So today was our big ole Disaster Drill.  It's called The Great Shakeout.  And it has nothing to do with milkshakes, gosh darn it. I don't know who all participates in this, but supposedly it's a state-wide thing, and today was the day. My school does this every year on whatever day the state decides we're doing it.  For some reason, it's always on a Thursday and it's always in October and ... Read More about Disaster Drill