It's October!

Wow! September sure did fly by quickly. I'm glad it's October. October is such a fun month. What do you say we spend the whole month getting ready for Halloween?

Here's a goodie for anyone that likes October and Halloween as much as I do...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64742140/44f85e21/Moon_10-1-08.html

My day off

Well, I didn't have to go to work today. YIPEE!!! I must admit that sleeping in was nice especially since I've got this cold that I just can't shake. I though I was getting my voice back, but today I'm not so sure.

I'm doing laundry now and I just had to make a second post today to share this with you. Here's a goodie for everyone that has to spend their days off catching up on the things they didn't get done because they were playing on Saturday...

http://www.4shared.com/file/65014376/d3cb9719/Laundry_9-30-08.html

By the way, it was so worth it to play on Saturday!

Being true

The world is a mess right now! Where I work three teachers were told that they no longer had jobs. Isn't that awful? You're working one day and the next you're not. I feel so bad for them. To make up for the lost teaching positions other teachers had to be moved around. They had to give up their classrooms and the students that they had already bonded with to be moved to another grade level. They have to greet new students that had already bonded with another teacher and try their best to teach them a curriculum they aren't familiar with. They have to do this without the raises we were promised in our contracts but with all the pressures to make sure their new students perform well on standardized testing.

Somedays it's hard to remember why we became teachers in the first place. We are no longer shown the respect the teachers of our youth were shown. We must accomplish more than ever before and we must do this with less money, time and supplies than ever before.

Somedays it would be easy to quit. Easy to walk away. Who would miss us anyway? We only hear from parents when they aren't happy and when budget cuts need to be made it's the classroom teachers that feel the pain first.

The days that make quitting seem like a great idea are the days that we have to remind ourselves that we are where we are needed. We are making a difference. We do matter. These are the days that we have to be true to ourselves.

Here's a goodie for anyone that has ever wondered if they were doing the right thing...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64712975/d94c27a5/Compromise_9-30-08.html

For Lisa...

Lisa, here's the quote you requested. I'd love to see what you do with it. As a matter of fact, I'd love to see what anyone who snags it does with it. This blog could use some decorations and I can't think of any better decorations than your pages with my word art.

Now, here's the goodie for Lisa and anyone that fishes or knows someone who does...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64646679/5778e731/Work_9-29-08.html

Shopping

Well, I played all day yesterday. The weather didn't always co-operate so I did some of my playing inside the mall. It was a tough day, but I managed to survive. LOL! My wallet survived too. It's empty now, but it survived. LOL!

If you know what I'm talking about here's a little goodie for you...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64644643/36899567/Money_Talks_9-28-08.html

I'm playing today!

Have you ever spent an entire Saturday working, cleaning, catching up and running errands? Whatever happened to the fun Saturday's of our youth? The days that lasted forever and were spent doing fun, silly things? The days that we longed for all week? Well, I've decided that starting today I'm taking my Saturdays back. No more doing things that have to be done. From now on I'm spending my Saturdays playing. I hope you'll join me and get out and have some fun today.

Here's a freebie for everyone that wants spend the day playing...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64641529/b59e9594/Growing_Old_9-27-08.html

Today was fun!

At school we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's birthday with the kids. It was so much fun and it wore me out! LOL!

Today was also the day we gave my friend Betty her surprise 50th birthday lunch. She was so funny! Poor Betty had no idea what we were doing. That's her picture posted above. Doesn't she look like she's having fun?

I have to thank SWC for leaving the comment that gave me the inspiration for today's freebie. I love it so much I just had to use it!You can pick it up here...

http://www.4shared.com/file/64629778/f69e5866/Birthday_revisited_9-26-08.html