You know school is starting soon when....

Oh boy!  It has begun....dreams about school!  You know school is starting soon when you start dreaming about the upcoming year.

In last nights dream it was the first day of school and EVERYTHING was different!  The school, the location, the rules.  I went into the office to check my mail and there were people in there that had to do it for us.  We weren't allowed to make copies, walk into the office, check our mail, nothing!  Now, I'm all for some help but it was seriously insane.  And, we hadn't had our retreat (I plan our staff retreat every year) yet and school was already starting.  Not to mention our school was in a brand new location and you had to cross streets to get from one building to another.

Have any of you had strange "back to school" dreams yet? Or am I the only crazy one?!?!

Summertime Planning

I'm sitting on my couch, baby sleeping, movie on (Rock of Ages) and I can't. stop. planning!  I really just want to sit here and do nothing.  I still have 5 weeks of summer fun ahead of me after all...one more vacation and lots of baby and me time to go but I can't help but scour social media for new ideas and start figuring out how I'm going to get it all together in time.

Proof, that teaching is way more then just a full time job!

To everyone out there on summer vacation....stop, relax and enjoy...because I say so!

First Day

We have a new building (beautiful!), a mostly new class (I'm multi grade) and an amazing staff but...I'm still freaking out!  Why do I stress myself out so much before every 1st day of school.  This is my 7th year teaching and I still worry about EVERYTHING!  I'm sure it will all work out just fine, it always does.  However, I can't help but wonder did I plan enough?  Probably too much!  Will I like my class? Of course, I will!  Will the kids like me? I hope so!  Will I have trouble makers?  Of course I will (I met one today!!).  First day jitters for sure...so I'm drinking my glass of wine, and printing off those last few things before I try to go to sleep.  To everyone starting school tomorrow...good luck!  And I can't wait to read all about it!

Postcard Exchange - Still Openings!

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to be participating in a Postcard Exchange this year with Mechele over at Barrow's Hodgpodge. It's going to be a ton of fun and there are still some (12) openings! Click on the picture below to learn more!! Hope to exchange a postcard with you soon :)

Alaska

Delaware

Idaho

Maine

Maryland

Montana

North Dakota

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Vermont

West Virginia
Wyoming

Please share this with your teacher friends, you never know who may want to participate, even if you don't want to!



Postcard Exchange

Hey everyone!  I'm super excited to be participating in a Postcard Exchange this year with Mechele over at Barrow's Hodgpodge.  It's going to be a ton of fun and there are still some openings!  Click on the picture below to learn more!!  Hope to exchange a postcard with you soon :)