Crafty Gifts

 

"Pearfect Pair" My fiance Jason loves pears, so this was a fitting Valentine's gift

 

Birthday glass bottle Cokes

Classroom Crafts

I use mailboxes to collect students' work instead of just a crate.

 

Such a great Dr. Seuss quote

 

My classroom sign :)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year crafts

Glass ball ornaments, you fill them with anything!  Glitter, magazines, ribbon, but my favorite was pearls.

Stacked green paint chip trees.

Love these!  White paint swatches makes awesome snowmen!  Add some buttons and a ribbon scarf or even burlap and you have an adorable name tag or ornament by adding a ribbon at the top.  The hats are made out of other colorful paint swatches or black felt.

Burlap Stockings!  I sewed these with white yarn then added ruffles and a burlap bow to mine and a dark bow to try and make Jason's a little more manly.  I also added a white braided loop to his for a little something extra.  Later I hung a decorative metal letter to each.

My students wrapped my classroom door to look like Christmas gift :) 

Awkward places I've tossed my cookies

1. In the middle of soccer tryouts senior year because I was so out of shape and thought it was a good idea to eat Sonny's that day.
2. Laying on the ground outside the Tropical Smoothie drive-thru after having my wisdom teeth removed, as I told my mom I just need to lay down on the cool ground.
3. In the middle of the Hathaway Bridge
- After having my wisdom teeth removed Kaylen had to pull over so I could toss my cookies, a policemen came up and told Kay he understood because he "has kids too" hahaha
4. In the middle of the FSU campus on my way to Spanish... and then kept on walking because I had to go to class.
5. Busting into my grandma's hospital room that I had just rushed out of so that I didn't get sick... there were about 10 other people in the room that got to watch and listen to me toss my cookies, definitely the most memorable on the list.
6. While cleaning up after my dog just tossed her own cookies... one more thing to clean up.

Grocery List

A list of the BEST food money can buy.

Bacon

Mashed Potatoes

Pepperonis

Sweet & Salty Chex Mix

Sweet Tea

Glass Bottle Coke

Vanilla Ice Cream

Strawberry Poptarts

BFF

Kay

Carey 

Steph

KB

A

Brit

 

Chrys

Bucket List

(In no particular order)

• Run a 5K
• See Oprah live
• Finish Spanish
• Graduate from college
• Become a certified teacher
• Go to Harry Potter Land
• Go to another Disney (not in Orlando)
• Go to Hollywood
• Travel out of the country
• Go on an American road trip
• Go to Colonial Williamsburg
• Move into my own place
• Weigh what I want
• Go to the Coke Factory in ATL (City Pass)
• Get married
• Have kids
• Go to NYC again
• Skydive
• Change someone's live for the better
• Learn to surf
• Take swing dance lessons
• Go to Vegas
• Go to Hawaii
• Go to an Awards Show
• Hop of the plane at LAX
• Get the Piggly Wiggly shirt (Piggly on the front, Wiggly on the back)
• Watch an Olympic Event Live
• Go to England
• Write "OMG Teaching Moments"
  
• Slow dance in the rain
• Be kissed in the rain

Favorite Time Wasters

Websites I Love

(from http://www.ohcrafts.net/ , decorate twinkle lights with cupcake papers)

Google http://www.google.com/

FML http://www.fmylife.com/

Post Secret http://www.postsecret.com/

Dear Blank, Please Blank http://dearblankpleaseblank.com/

I waste so much time http://iwastesomuchtime.com/

ABC http://www.abc.com/
CW http://www.cwtv.com/

ABC... not as easy as 123

For a while now I have been trying to make a photo alphabet out of inanimate objects and I have not gotten very far.  This is a picture list of the letters I've found.  There are two O's because I'm not sure which I like best.

A

E

F

H

K

O

O

P

T

V

W

A Four Red Light Town

My home-home town of Madison is not real big.  Actually "not real big" is an understatement, it is really tiny, in fact there are only 3 red lights in the whole place.  What it lacks in red lights it makes up for in small town charm  Next week I am going to head back there and along with one of bff's (who also happens to be from the area) explorer all that this quaint little town has to offer.

This should make for a lot of fun pictures
Chamber of Commerce
Busy Bee
NFCC
Lake Francis
Antique Shops
Gazebo
Cross roads jiffy store
Roller coaster Hill
Old Truck off Rocky Ford
Canopy Road
Corn Field
Barrs Field
Burnett St. *KB
Old 1st Baptist sanctuary
Ken's BBQ
Welcome to Madison sign
Water tower
Train station
Courthouse
Downtown
Ray Charles Statue (Greenville)
Treasures of Madison... I am determined to find a postcard
Burnette Plumbing *KB

**We did everything except for the Ray Charles Statue in Greenville, guess that one is saved for a later adventure :)