Half way there!

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Tuesday was our 90th day of school and that means that there are only 90 more to go until summer vacation! I love my class, but man am I ever looking forward to vacation!

More postcards arrived! We received cards from Australia, San Diego, Boston, Daytona Beach, New York and Houston. Thank you all so much!

Heather, the kids were so impressed that you knew how to make a postcard! I think you're their new hero!

We're cold again. It was cold yesterday and it's cold now. Today's high might be 70and it is supposed to get into the 40's tonight. YUCK! I just don't know how you guys that live up north deal with it all winter long. It's making me crazy!

I pulled out April's Winter's First Snow Kit and played with it today. I made a quick layout and you're going to get it as a quickpage. There's room for your journaling. Here's what mine look like...

And, here's where you can download the quickpage.

I'm going to get some sleep now. Enjoy your day!

Man oh man!

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My email has been running over for several days now. There is a certain message board that I used to visit quite often. I would share things I made there. I stopped visiting the site last summer after some of the ladies there stopped playing nicely. Then last October I learned that one of them was sharing a template I made and taking credit for it. Well, apparently, another template that I made and shared there has been getting lots of attention lately. I haven't shared anything on that site for over six months, but people are emailing me and asking for the template.

I'm honored that I made something people like, but I don't share there anymore. To make it all even worse, some of them are getting angry when I tell them that I don't want to share my work. It's my work. Shouldn't I be allowed to give or not give it out at my discretion? Anyway, it all just reminds me of how happy I am that I no longer visit that board. There are much nicer places to visit online!

Speaking of nice places to visit, have you gone by Shel Belle Scraps today? You can pick up another part of the Hope kit. Here's one more layout I made using the kit...


I just love the elements in this kit! Shel is awesome!

I also forgot to let you know that Deanna released the second and last part of the Winter's Spell kit on her blog, Flower Scraps Sunday. If you haven't picked it up yet, make sure you go by and get it. Here's another layout I made using parts of the kit.

Presidential Candy Wrapper

I know that some of you had trouble with mediafire yesterday. I even had a hard time getting things uploaded to them. Hopefully, everything is worked out now, but just in case I'll give you the mediafire and the 4shared links for today's wordart.

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Did you pick up the first part of Shel Belle's Hope Kit yesterday? You should be able to pick up the first part of the elements today. Here's another layout I made with the kit.



In honor of this weeks Presidential Inaguration I've used the Hope Kit to make you another candy wrapper. I didn't have a chance to put one together for you to see, but here's what the wrapper looks like...



I left the back blank so you can put your own info there. Download wrapper here

Enjoy your day!

Eye Candy

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So, Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day and I'm feeling a little better. We went over to Ocean Drive earlier and checked out Art Deco Weekend. Here's a picture of my favorite part of the parade...

LOL! These are some of the firemen that posed for the 2009 Firemen of South Florida calendar. How's that for eye candy?

If you visit Shel Belle Scraps today you'll be able to pick up the first part of her new kit called Hope. It's a beautiful kit. Here's a preview for you...


Isn't it awesome? I think it's the perfect release for this week. I made a few layouts using this kit and here's the first one...


Some of you are having trouble with mediafire today, so here's the 4shared link. Hope it works for you.

http://www.4shared.com/file/81318954/2fe3ea56/Game_1-18-09.html

It's Saturday

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Wow, It's Saturday already. I slept through most of Friday. I was just going to take a little nap but before I knew it more than three hours had gone by. The good news is that I'm feeling a little better. The bad news is that I'm wide awake now. LOL!

It's art deco weekend here on Miami Beach and there are lots of activities going on. Parades, street vendors, tours, street performances and of course lots of food. I may take a walk down to Ocean Blvd and check things out.

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!