Sunday, January 27, 2008

SCS survey

Just in case your a SCS member and you haven't done this yet,
There is a survey with about 30+ easy questions they would like input on.
It took me about 5 minutes to do it.
http://app.icontact.com/icp/sub/survey/take

Thank You Stooges Don't be a stooge! Click on the link and help them out!





Friday, January 25, 2008

Teachers cry too!!!

My school has been having a major growth spurt this year and we have been adding kids like crazy!! Students

Well a week ago my principal announced that we were adding a 1st grade unit. In January!! Open Mouth
that hasnt happened in many years! So we all had to give a few kids to start up the new class.
I only had to give 2 but some of my teammates had to give 4!!! We had to give our best, no behavior or academic problems. Devil Which believe it or not after having these kids for 95 days it's hard to give any of them away! Even the ones that get bad notes every day!! Baring Teeth
So we brought the kids to their new teacher today and we all sat in a circle and talked about how exciting this whole thing will be and that they were special to be chosen in the new class and then it happened... one little girl started crying... well eventually all the adults 6 of us were crying too!! Sad Sobbing We muddled thru, to keep a smiling face for the kids but it was so hard!!
So if your kids have ever had to change teachers, please know that it is super hard for the teachers to give up those little darlings too!!! Crying Into Tissue





Monday, January 21, 2008

If you give a girl a stamp..

OH MY GOODNESS!! As a stamper and a 1st grade teacher Teacher this totally blew me away!! I just happen to have that book and I think she has about 5-6 more that follow the same pattern, moose with a muffin, pig with a pancake, etc.

If You Give a Girl a Stamp...
Here is a fun little story that was written in the form of Laura Numeroff's story, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Any stamper, as addicted to the craft as most of my readers are, will relate to this. So without further ado, here is If You Give a Girl a Stamp by Tracy Harp (aka LodiChick)
If You Give a Girl a StampBy Tracy Harp
If you give a girl a stamp she‘ll want to make a card…she’ll need an ink pad to go with it. She will spend hours pouring over colors trying to decide just the right one to buy. In the end she’ll decide she just can’t choose so she’ll buy them all.
Then she’ll remember she’ll need card stock to match the ink so she’ll quickly add four packs of assorted paper to her list, oh and white, vanilla, black and kraft!
Reading about certainly celery, purely pomegranate, pale plum and pumpkin pie will make her hungry so she’ll go to the kitchen for a snack. While munching on cookies she’ll realize she needs ideas of what to do with the stamp. She’ll go to her computer and google rubber stamping.
She’ll find a site called Splitcoaststampers. Wow!! So many techniques and ideas and a gallery that never ends. She’ll spend hours gazing at beautiful cards and projects. Her eyes will become dry from staring at the computer screen. She’ll go to the bathroom for some drops.
On the way, she’ll pass her family sitting at the kitchen table waiting for dinner. She’ll quickly heat up some leftovers and try to pretend she hadn’t forgotten. While talking about the days events, her son will bring out the school pictures he had gotten that day.
That will remind her she wanted a digital camera to take pictures of her cards so she can start her own SCS gallery. She’ll convince hubby of all the reasons the “family” needs a new camera. He will finally agree and she’ll head to the store to buy one.
On her way home she’ll pass by Joanns and remember she needs an Ott-Lite to go with the camera she just bought. While shopping for a light she’ll see aisles of paper, punches, embellishments and ribbon. She’ll pick out a cart full of items but realize they don’t carry THE punch she saw used on a card she saved to her favorites. She’ll return home and go back to Splitcoaststampers to find out where to get THE punch.
Her search will lead her to someone’s blog where she’ll see a Starbucks bottle made into a cute candy container. That will remind her she has some bottles in the recycling bin so she’ll go to the garage to rescue them from the trash.
While in the garage she’ll see her son’s bike which will remind her she needs to buy a new helmet for his birthday. Thinking about birthdays will remind her she wanted to bake some cupcakes for him to take to school.
As she walks to the kitchen she’ll pass by the table and see the stamp. The stamp will remind her that she wanted to make a card and she’ll probably want some…





Hot Chocolate Rak's


I made these after seeing so many cute ones on SCS! I had a bit of a hard time with the cover, I guess I just can't cut straight!!
I put a pack of hot chocolate and a little pouch of cookies in each one.
I just made a few, cause Florida weather can be unpredictable in the winter and one day it can be 50 and someone would want hot chocolate, but the next day it might be 75 and then who want's HOT chocolate!!

No Reason Roses

I got these gorgeous Roses from my husband about a month ago, between my bday and Christmas. So they were no reason Roses! I think in almost 15 years of being together he has only given my roses a handful of times! So when I get them they are pretty special!
I love the way Muffin is looking at them!
Enjoy!

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Help my School reach a Reading Goal

I teach in an Elementary school, Teacher and we have a program called READING COUNTS, it's a reading comprehension computer based program Computing that our kids Kindergarten thru 5th grade use. We are having a contest this year, that if the school can earn enough points, the administration will dress like ROCK STARS at the end of the year. We did this last year and the administration had to kiss a PIG! it was so much fun, the kids get so motivated!!
Here is my request, if anyone has any 'rock' type stamps and would be willing to either make a card or send me just the stamped image(then I can make the card)
I would use the cards to further motivate my kids and if I get enough I will give them to the committee who runs this program to give to the older kids as they reach their personal reading goals.
I hope someone can help me with this request!!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can give!!
Email me at Pearlann66@yahoo.com or leave a message on this post so I can get you me mailing info!! Teacher





Tuesday, January 8, 2008

New Year's resolution

I'm depressed! I knew I had gained some weight since I stopped working out, and I've not at all been watching what I eat, but somehow I thought that wouldnt matter when i got on the scale! Well i finally dragged my large butt to Curves to work out today and when i got on the scale I wanted to cry!!! I am officially the biggest I've ever been in my life! I've gained about 10 lbs over the last 4 months.
That's bad! So I really need to stay on task with my resolution of working out on a regular basis and keeping the goodies as a treat and not my whole meal!

Hopefully I'll be able to make more posts that i have been a good girl!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

This is so Muffin!!!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Happy 2008

Mistletoe Kiss Happy New Year

One of my resolutions is to make my Blog better this coming year.
There are so many awesome blogs out there and I need to revamp mine.
Starting with the smileys!! I am not sure if they will show up in this post but I will try to use them more often. I think they are so cute!