Oh boy! I do kinda suck in the "keeping up with blog" department! I apologize! And now, it's not going to get much better in the next 2 weeks because I'm having surgery on Thursday. I don't know that I'll feel much like blogging. Has anyone ever had an ovarian cyst and had to have their ovary removed? That's what's happening. Anyway, I hope to be back and better at blogging in October!
Oh, one last thing, I was reading Elizabeth's blog Fun in Room 4B, and she got together with a bunch of bloggers in South Carolina! How much fun is that? I'm so jealous! But it got me thinking-are there any bloggers in Southern California? Wouldn't it be fun to get together some time? What do you think?

I Won an Award!!

Happy lazy days of summer, friends!  Yes, I've been MIA for a while, but that's because it's summer, and I am L.A.Z.Y!!  However, I had to acknowledge the fact that I won an award!!  I never thought that would happen!  

I must thank Penny, over at Superlative Science, for this coveted honor!  Be sure to check out her blog!    
         
                                                                                     
Now, I guess that last thing I must do is start some serious blog stalking so I can bestow this lovely award on some other wonderful people!

ISTE Conference 2011

Hi Friends! Happy summer to you all! I've been out of school for 2 weeks, and guess what? I'm at a technology conference! At least I'm in beautiful San Diego! I'm learning all about tech to use in the classroom. Overwhelming, but interesting! Have an enjoyable summer!

I'm joining the link party, too!

Bonnie, at Living a Wonderful Life, is having a cool linky party! So, of course I had to try it, since I do have some obsessions of my own.  Check out her site, and what everyone else is obsessed about-after reading my obsessions.

My first join in! Yahoo!!  And what a cute idea! So, what are my obsessions?? Well...

1. I'm obsessed with cute fonts and clip art! I think it's a little strange, however, I'm getting over the "weirdness" factor.

2. I LOVE blog-stalking and "stealing" ideas! I think if staring at a computer screen didn't churn my stomach after an hour or so, I would stay on all day long! I am so intrigued by what all of you incredibly talented teachers do! I get so many neat ideas, but then I have too many, so I don't know where to start or where to end, and my room ends up looking the same, and I don't create any of the cute curricular things I want! UGH!!!

3. I obsess over books!  Totally love Melissa Cruz and her Blue Bloods series, and Cassandra Clare and the "City" books.

                   

               




   4. Here's the worst obsession that I have, and I'm sure I'm not alone. I TOTALLY obsess over my weight!!  I am constantly trying to lose weight, eat healthy, exercise-all to feel like the biggest failure when I can't stop eating!! UGH!!  And as I always say, this summer, I am going to really focus on having a healthy summer, but making it fun!

I think those are about the gist of my obsessions.  Now I'm going to read what everyone else's obsessions are!

Great News!

Long time, no post-I know! But, I have a good reason...the Monday after testing, I got engaged!!!  My boyfriend popped the question a few weeks ago, right in our living room! It was the sweetest, simplest proposal, and I LOVED it!  So, as you can imagine, I haven't really had my head in the bloggy arena-let alone on teaching.  But, I'm back in my head again, so I'll try to focus on the task at hand-finishing up the last 4 weeks.  Yes-4 weeks left!!  It's going to be the longest 4 weeks, too.
We have Open House this Thursday, and as usual, I'm scrambling to get stuff up.  I am just NOT into work lately.  Does anyone else feel this way?  After testing, shouldn't the year be OVER??  Anyway, I'm going to try and enjoy the end of the year.  What do you do the last few weeks of school?

Testing Begins

So, as I had said, we started our state testing today.  I totally flailed this year, (not that I've done anything before), but I had this great idea to give my kids a little something to "pep" them up.  As I was in the check out line at Trader Joe's, I saw their Organic Pops, just sitting there, screaming at me, "You can do something with us! Buy us, lady!" So I grabbed a container, and went home. Hmmm...what to do with these things? What little saying can I put with 'Pops'??  I wracked my brains, and it wasn't until this morning at 5:00 AM, that it hit me! "Stay calm, the answers will POP into your head!" But, how to give this in a cutsie way? Ladybug's Teacher Files to the rescue! Thank you Kristen! She had mentioned www.misstiina.com on one of her awesome files, so I went there, downloaded oodles of borders and clips, and I can up with a cute little idea for my little darlings! And they loved them! Here's a picture of what I put on each desk before they came in to class this morning: