Are you staying warm?

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I know we're wimps here in Florida when it gets cold, but even I have to laugh at all the heavy winter coats that people have pulled out of their closets to wear these days. I guess we're going to be cold all weekend. Sounds like a good excuse to stay indoors, wear jammies all day and drink hot chocolate.

We received three postcards from Daytona Beach today. Those were a big hit. The other teachers are just as excited about our mail as the kids are. Eveyone gathers around my mailbox at lunchtime to see what has arrived. It's so cool!

Here's a cute story about one of my students for you. I have a little boy in my class this year that has downs syndrome. He is the sweetest and happiest kid you've ever met. Well, apparently, he has heard the term "You're giving me a headache" a few times. LOL! He's taking the term literally and today while he was in the art corner he kept drawing little scribbles on paper folding them up and bringing them to me. He told me to "open it" and when I did he announced that he had just given me a headache. LOL!

One time I tried telling him that I didn't want it cause I didn't like headaches, but he assured me that it said I was the prettiest. So, I unfolded the paper and he doubled over laughing because it was another headache. LOL!

He enjoyed telling the other teachers that today he gave me a "big headache". Now, if only all headaches could be that enjoyable.

There is a HUGE charity kit at Divine Digitals that Deanna took part in. The kit is only $5.00 and here's what it looks like...


I made a couple of layouts using only Deanna's portion of the kit. Here's the first one I did...



I just love the colors and all the glitter! Here's the second layout I did and you get this one as a quickpage today...



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Now, if you go visit Deanna at Flower Scraps she is giving away an adorable add on to this mega kit.

The cold medicine is kicking in so I've got to go to bed now. Enjoy your day!

Long Weekend

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I am so glad that this is a long weekend! I'm fighting a cold and I'm just not feeling too good. YUCK! So all, I have to do is make it through the day on Thursday and I'm home free till Tuesday. YIPEE!

So, I owe you an apology. I woke up this morning and found an email from Deanna saying that she has pushed back the release date of her Winter's Spell Kit by a couple of days. I'm sorry that I didn't check my email before making the post. It should be out soon and I promise to let you know when she has it posted.

I did make a note of the postcards that arrived this week. The mail was empty today but on Monday and Tuesday we got cards from Sydney, Australia, Cape Town, South Africa, Manchester, NH, Nova Scotia, Rome, Helsinki, Finland and Tucson, Arizona. I just can't believe how beautiful the postcards are! Thank you Momo, Shrek & Family, Lynne & Millie, Mindy, Moe & Bono, Yaffa, Sebastian & Dante, Miss Lori, and anyone else that I might have missed.

Our weather has taken a turn for the COLD! LOL! Tomorrow it might get up to 70 degrees. I've got the long sleeves out and ready to go. I need to get some sleep. Enjoy your day!

Sleepless in Miami Beach

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Have you ever been so tired that you couldn't sleep? That's how I felt Monday night. I was exhausted, but my mind was racing and I just couldn't fall asleep. Needless to say, Tuesday was rough! LOL!

We did get lots of postcards and I feel awful because right now I just can't remember where they all came from. I know there was one from South Africa and one from Sydney. I promise to let you know tomorrow where the others were from.

There are a couple cool things going on today! First of all make sure you go by Shel Belle Scraps to pick up the last part of the Tropical Punch Kit. Today you'll be getting the alphabet.

You also need to go visit Deanna at Flower Scraps. She's giving away an adorable set called Winter's Spell. Here's what it looks like...



Isn't it adorable? Here's a couple layouts I made tonight with the set...





Now, I am going to bed. Enjoy your day!

What a long day!

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OK, so I showed up for jury duty at 8AM this morning like a good little girl. Lunch was a hot dog from a street vendor a little before noon. It was going on 2 PM before I got called to go to an actual courtroom. Then it was 4:30 before I learned that I had to stay and be on the jury. At 7PM, the judge announced that I was the alternate and sent me home while everyone else went out to deliberate. So after spending eleven hours at the court house I don't get to know if the girl was found guilty or not. That just doesn't seem fair, does it? LOL!

Oh, and since it was dark outside and the courthouse isn't in the best of neighborhoods there was a court officer that drove me to my car in the parking lot. How's that for scary?

Here's another layout I made using Shel Belle's Tropical Punch Kit. You get this as a quickpage and you should be able to pick up the second part of the elements at Shel's Blog today.



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Now, I'm going to bed. Enjoy your day!

Time flies!

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Wow! I can't believe the weekend is over already. Where does the time go? Of course, I completely wasted this day and it was so much fun. LOL!

Tomorrow morning is jury duty day. YUCK! Oh well, at least it will be over and I won't have to worry about getting summoned for another year or so.

Have you checked out the shop at Aimee Asher lately? Tammy DeYoung has put up some Valentine things that she had out last year and this one is my favorite...



Check out the template designer. Yep, that's me! Guess you know why it's my favorite. LOL!

Have you picked up the papers from Shel Belle's Tropical Punch Kit? You should be able to get the first part of the elements later today. Here's another layout I made using the kit...



It's an awesome kit and it's free. You just can't beat that!

April has a cute set called Gingerbread Lane in her store. It's really cute and I've got a quickpage for you that Ill post later this week. It's perfect for any Christmas pictures you haven't scrapped yet, but it can be used for other photos as well. Here's a quick layout I made today...



During the month of January, we teach winter at school and that's such a hard concept to teach in Miami. LOL! Basically, we only know it's winter when the traffic gets even worse because the snowbirds have returned. LOL! I used April's Winters First Snow kit on this layout. I'm trying to get better at extracting parts of photographs. How do you think I did?



Now, I'm off to get some sleep. Enjoy your day!

What a beautiful day!

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I don't know what the weather was like where you live today, but it was simply beautiful here today. I'm so glad it was a Saturday and I could actually enjoy it. I met up with a couple of my friends for lunch today. We had a nice table outside and there was a group of young guys sitting by us. One of them kept saying, "I feel a sin coming on". I guess it got stuck in my head cause it's the quote you're getting for today's wordart. LOL!

I've joined another CT. I'm working with Shel from Shel Belle Scraps. She's got an awesome blog and gives away some really great kits. The first kit I got to work with is called Tropical Punch and she will begin giving it away on her blog sometime Sunday evening. I believe you're going to get the papers first, but here is a preview of the whole kit...



Doesn't it look great? I've had so much fun putting together pages with this kit. I've even got a quickpage to give you later this week. Here's one of the layouts I've made...



Now, make sure you head over to Shel's blog to pick up today's part of the kit. If she hasn't posted it yet, just check back later.

Mail Call!

Friday's mail brought some beautiful postcards! We got cards from Sanibel Island, Chicago, England, Arizona, Oregon and Santa Barbara. They are all beautiful and we love them all. I loved being able to show them the cards from England and talk about how I am going there in April. Thank you, Miss Lori, Stephen, Christine & Faz the Cat, Diane, Miss Peach and Laili & Minanie! You brought smiles to the faces of 17 Kindergarten students and 1 Kindergarten teacher today!

Today's wordart was a request. I'm sure my mother asked herself this question on more than one occasion. LOL!

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Here's a layout I made using April the Scrapaholic new Winter's First Snow Kit



The wordart is a freebie that April gave away on her blog. You can pick it up here