2-12-09

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I'm sorry that some of you had trouble downloading the QP yesterday. I've fixed the link and you can download it here

What a day! I am so tired. Walking a picket line is hard work! LOL! Now, I'm sure that what we did will have very little impact on what the school board votes to do but at least we made our voices heard.

Today is the day that Deanna is releasing a wonderful music kit on her blog. Here's a quick layout I made with her kit. I think this picture was taken sometime in the 60's when we lived in Seattle. That's my dad on the sax.


Here's one with my class dancing to one of Dr. Jean's songs. She's a big hit with the Kindergarten crowd. LOL!


It's past my bedtime. Make sure you go visit Deanna at Flowerscraps and enjoy your day!

Wednesday

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Guess what I'm doing after school? I'm joining a picket line outside the school board office. This year they broke our contracts and didn't give us our raises. Now, they're telling us that they are going to take two days pay from us. That's just not right! Of course, the people who are planning to take even more money out of our pockets aren't giving up any of their pay. Isn't that always how it goes?

I feel bad because I meant to give you this quickpage last week and completely forgot. Anyway, it's from Flowerscraps portion of the Chocolate Cherry Blog Train.

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On Thursday, Deanna will be releasing another great kit on her blog. I can't wait for you to see it!

I need to get some sleep. Enjoy your day.

Lucky Natalie!

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My friend Natalie is so lucky! She is going to the Oscars! Natalie has a cousin that works for the academy so Natalie is going as her "plus one". Today Natalie asked me for a favor and promised to bring me something from LA if I could help her--I told her I wanted George Clooney! LOL!

OK, true story time. A couple of months after Charlie passed away I got a notice from the security gate wanting me to update my information. They wanted to know the names of anyone living with me so they could get through the gate. They wanted to know the names of anyone that I wanted them to automatically let through the front gate, like family members. Then they wanted to know the names of anyone that I wanted to give restricted entrance to, like the water delivery guy. Anyone else would be stopped at the gate until I confirmed that I was expecting them.

Well, at this point in time, I was still crying on a daily basis because my heart had been broken into so many tiny pieces when Charlie passed away. Those tiny pieces all broke into even smaller pieces at the thought of his name no longer being on that list. I couldn't bring myself to fill the form out and turn it back in. I kept it for another month or so without writing anything.

When I finally decided that I just had to write something and turn it in. I wrote one name on the list of people that they should always let in, no matter what day or time it is. That name was GEORGE CLOONEY. LOL! Mom gets stopped at the gate, but if Natalie keeps her promise and brings George home to me he'll get through the gate with no problem. LOL!

Back to work...

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Today was a beautiful 70 degrees! Of course, they say that another cold front is coming through. This has been the craziest winter! I live in south Florida, we aren't supposed to even have winter!

It's back to work for me. I can make it...I can make it...LOL! I don't have big plans for the upcoming weekend, but I'm still looking forward to it!

I hope you've gone by Shel Belle Scraps to start picking up the Celebrate Love Kit. On Sunday she gave away the papers and today you'll get the first part of the elements. Here's another layout I made with the kit...


OK, I promise that someday I'm going to be finished with the pics from our 100th day. I'm just not sure when that day will arrive. LOL! These pictures have kids from three different classes. We went outside and did 100 exercises. Well, they did 100 exercises. I took pictures. LOL!

If you're getting tired of seeing these layouts just blame it all on Shel! If she hadn't made such a cute 100 Days of School Kit I'd have given up on scrapping these pictures already. LOL!

Here in Dade County students don't get art, music or PE until 2nd grade. That's crazy isn't it? Well, I was lucky enough to get in on a grant this year that gave my class 15 art lessons with an artist through the Arts For Learning program. It was lots of fun. I'm just sorry we couldn't have more art classes! One of the things that did was trace themselves to make little mini mes. I used April's Back to School Kit for this layout...


So, I need to get some sleep now. Enjoy your day!

Sunday already

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The weekends just fly by and it isn't fair! At least it wasn't cold today.

Shel is releasing another kit on her blog today called Celebrate Love. It's an adorable kit and you're getting it just in time for Valentine's Day. I made a layout with it using pictures that one of my students took. He has Downs Syndrome and decided to pick up my camera and play with it one day. Here's the layout...


And of course, I had to show you another layout I made using Shel's wonderful 100 Days of School Kit...


I got a set from April called Back to School. It's an adorable set with a little bit of everything you need for school layouts. Right now the kit is on sell for 50% off at Scrap it Sassy. I put together this layout today...

TGIF!

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YIPPEE! We didn't have kids in school today. It was a teacher workday and I managed to get a little work done in between the gossip and going out to lunch. LOL! It was another cold day, but they promise that we'll be warming up again. My friends went out to dinner without me tonight because I just wanted to stay home bundled up drinking hot chocolate.

April has got an adorable set of Valentine Snow globes on sell at Scrap it Sassy. Right now you can pick the set up for only $1.75! Here's a preview of the kit for you to see...

April's Valentine Wedding Add on is on sell for only $1.50. Here's a preview of that kit for you...


I used items from both of these sets to make a Valentine SOE for you. I saved it in png form so just drop a picture behind it and it will show in the snow globe. You'll want to make sure and print the wrapper at 5.2x5.5. Sorry I don't have one put together for you to see. I am going to use them for the kids at school. I'll add their pics and voila! They have a candy bar to give their moms for Valentine's Day. Here's a preview of the wrapper for you...

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I've got another layout from the 100th day of school to share with you. This one is of the teachers instead of the kids. We had a wonderful Italian lunch from Mario the Baker for our celebration. I'm not in the pictures but you can see my plate in the second picture. LOL!


You also need to visit Shel's Blog for an awesome QP that Melanie made with the 100 Days of School Kit.

Want a laugh?

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My friend Betty is not a technology person! This afternoon she came into my classroom to return a DVD that she had borrowed. She thanked us for it then said that she stopped it in the middle and asked if we could rewind it. LOL! Rewind a DVD?!? We laughed so hard. LOL!

I was able to get one more layout done using Shel's wonderful 100 Days of School Kit. At the rate I'm going we'll be celebrating next year's 100th day before I finish. LOL!



We got an awesome postcard from New Orleans in the mail today! The kids were excited that the postcards didn't stop arriving just because the 100th day was over.

Friday is a teacher workday so there won't be any kids in school. I get to sleep a little later than usual. YEA! Enjoy your day!