How did I forget??? & Guest Blogger Reminder!

Well I guess with Grad school finishing up, mission trip coming up, BlogLovin' transfer and all of the rain outside (??) I totally missed my.....

 ONE YEAR
Blogiversary

Who came up with that word?? Anyways...ugh...since my mind is all over the place...and I leave next Saturday for the mission trip....what am I going to do?

LOL

Ok...hmm... 

Giveaway in the works.

I hope to have everything up and running by tomorrow. It'll be a quick giveaway since I'm leaving next Saturday for a mission trip. (If you signed up to be a guest blogger during the week I'm gone..please send me your posts as soon as you can! Thanks!) 

AND I HAVE 3 MORE SLOTS STILL OPEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GUEST BLOG!!!

SIGN UP HERE! 

 Here's a little love from Raylan just because!!

Stop by tomorrow for the giveaway! (Hopefully it'll be up and running by tomorrow!)

You can find me over at........and some favorite pins!

Hey peeps. Today you can find me over at Tonya's Treats for Teachers guest blogging today. Hope you stop by and grab a freebie while you are there!


While you are here....check out my favorite pins from this week. Make sure you head over to The First Grade Parade and check out everyone's pins!!



(The pics will have the links to the item/post if available!)

First up:  Fashion Pin(s)



Aggh...how cute!!


Because who doesn't like to be cute AND comfy!!



Next up:  Organization Pin(s)




 
 Who would've thought??

 
 
Way cute blog and great, cheap ways to organize!!



Now on to: Classroom Pins 


 
Because we all (even those who don't teach K) need to know this!!

 
Great way to track progress/goals and for students to see it!!


Favorite Food Pins

 
Because I have a small problem with cookie dough.....mmm....

 
This looks great!! Hope it works! (It has sprite and cake mix ONLY!)

 














Maybe I can sneak some spinach in without the hubs knowing!!



Hope you have fun pinning!!! Check out my BOARDS here. And follow along if you like!!

Happy Friday!!


 
  

Favorite Pins Linky

It's Friday again and since Doodle Bugs is taking a well deserved break from her Five For Friday, I'm glad that Cara over at The First Grade Parade is doing a Favorite Pins Friday.










Pinterest is a great addiction! LOL Especially if it's a rainy day....Here are a few of my favorite pins from this week!


I'll start with a couple of favorite food pins. I think I'm just hungry and well it is lunch time.....

Mexican cheese dip from Seed at the Table. Oh my word. I love this stuff. We have an awesome Mexican restaurant in my town (on Tuesdays--tacos 99 cent!) and well just love this stuff.

  

Philly Cheesesteak Stuff Peppers. Peace, Love, and Low Carb has this recipe. Love cheesesteaks and I'm learning to love the whole bell pepper thing. This would be awesome!!


Boy I think I need to go find something for lunch.


Because this is just how I feel today and really, why not?! 

 It's true.....Kindergarten Cupcake Crumbs couldn't have said it better.


 

What an awesome organization idea from Fabulous Home Blog!
 
This chic has the cutest ideas for outfits!! Great redos on already made items and just changing one or two things to make a totally new outfit!
 
I need to do this! Great way to keep everything neat and hide all of the junky mess. Organized Classroom Store has templates.
 

And to leave you with a laugh!



And if you want to see any more pinning that I do. Follow me here.

Have fun pinning!
 

Facebook Fan Freebie

***UPDATE**** Had this posted. Took it down. Had it posted. Took it down. Woobox about destroyed me on facebook. I hope it's working now. I had it linked up to the freebie but then it seemed to be open to ALL people (even those who have not liked my page). But Marlana over at Lil' Country Librarian helped me out!! She is awesome! :)




Original Post: 
I've been reading and looking at tutorials this afternoon on adding the tabs up at the top of my Facebook page. Oh grr..it's kind of confusing.

Ashley at The School Supply Addict has a great tutorial. 
 

But it's still very confusing. So I'm trying.

This is my first freebie over at my Fans Only tab. So if it doesn't work. Just let me know and I'll figure something out! :)

If you haven't liked my FB page---make sure you LIKE it first!


Here's what the freebie looks like! A set of Where Are We cards in Zebra Print.

 

Hope this works!!! :)

 

Monday Made It! (My first!)

Time to link up with Monday Made It. I've never linked up....make stuff quite a bit (ahem when I'm not loungin') but I thought I'd link up this time.



Nothing special. I had been wanting to make the cookie sheet magnet boards. My friend and I (Hi Judy---if you are reading this) want to make the ones out of the bigger cookie sheets, but I thought I'd try with a pizza pan first---only a whopping $.92 at Wal-Mart (going to give one away to a friend). (Make sure to check to see if they are magnetic!!!)

So here goes nothing.

So I bought two pizza pans and some cute scrapbook paper. And then let it sit there for a couple of days before I decided to actually make it. LOL.

Then I had to figure out how I wanted the paper to lay. Did I want more orange on top or the grey....decisions.

 

Too much orange here

 And too much grey here!

So I went with this!!!

Now modge podge time...sometimes this stuff can be kind of aggravating...it works really well but can be kind of messy (or is that just me?---thoughts to ponder). 

 

So time to modge podge. I used a sponge paint brush. And it broke. But nevertheless...I had more! Slather on some modge podge.

 

 Bam. It's slathered!

 

So in this pic...the papers are stuck on the pan but I have not modge podged the top layer yet. Make sure to go over it again once you have it where you want it. See below.

 

 Yes it's all wrinkly. Grr. But!!!! Wait!! The wrinkles are GONE today! Woohoo. I did smooth it out quite a bit as I was placing the paper down with a plastic card. But the orange still wrinkled pretty bad. 


I added a strip of paper in the middle to hide the layers. It makes it look a lot cute to if I must say so!
Oh and you can see the holes in the top of the pizza pan. We (ahem...dad..b/c the hubs wasn't home) drilled a couple just so it'll be easier to hang the ribbon. Totally a preference thing. I'm sure that hot glue will work just fine.

I don't necessarily like the ribbon I have...but it's all I had at the moment. I will take that out probably and add something else. I also want to get some ribbon or something to put around the edges inside the pan. To hide any imperfections that I may have from my awesome cutting skills.

 

Here is the other one I made. Love this one!! I don't have ribbon for this one yet. I forgot to swing by the store yesterday. When I get the ribbon on I'll take another picture because I know you all will be anxiously waiting for it! :)

 

Oh and to prove that the wrinkles are gone---here's a pic from this morning! Pretty. I tied the ribbon differently in this too.

 I thought I would have a freebie for you....yeh nope don't sorry. But thanks for stopping by! LOL Monday has snuck up on me! :)

Maybe for Tuesday I'll have Two for Tuesday or something! :)

 

 

Winner Winner!!

It's winner time!!! My giveaway for following over at BlogLovin' is now over!!

Congrats to Doreen!  Woohoo. And thank you to all that entered into this quick little giveaway!!
 

a Rafflecopter giveaway


I hope to be offering up some other goodies later on. Maybe a facebook fan giveaway or something....LOL I dunno what!!

See ya tomorrow for Manic Monday and Monday Made It!!

 
 

Currently (already?) & Guest Blogger Sign Up

I can't believe it's already that time....time for the July Currently. Whew. I hope summer slows down some....

So of course I have to link up with Farley for her Currently. She rocks. If you aren't familiar with her blog...check it out!

Yes, the hubs is eating Cheez doodles, his go to snack. LOL pretty funny actually...no tv or music or anything else was on in the house, so of course it was a little amplified.

And as I type this....he DID have to go back to work. Ugh. No one else wanted to go in for someone that had to leave (or that could--I dunno) and as the manager, he had too since no one else would. Sucks. He just got home. And it's 35 minutes there and 35 minutes back.
Needless to say---he isn't too happy and neither am I. 

I haven't been in the PJ's all day today but I was for the majority b/c all it has done here lately is RAIN!!! Storms everyday...so that's why I need the beach but haven't been able to go. Why drive an hour and a half and it rain when I get there....grr.

Calling for 5 inches on Monday....seriously...I'll need a boat. 

I have a couple of assignments on blackboard for grad school that haven't been done yet. I guess I'll get those done tonight since the hubs had to go back to work. Grr...still don't like that very much.

I also need to clean out some bedrooms...but that's for another day.

Tips and Tricks and Hints...Just be yourself and have fun with this blogging world. I never thought I'd be doing this and have anyone want to actually read what I write (which most days are just lots of ramblings...) but it's fun, I enjoy it. 

So have at it and you'll be surprised.


Oh before I sign off....if you want to guest blog during the week of July 20th-27th...Please sign up!!! I'll be gone on a Mission Trip that week and would love to have some of you awesome people post about some awesome stuff (whatever that may be) during that time.
Once you sign up....get your post ready with all of the images, etc. that you'll need and shoot me an email with everything. I need to have it all by July 17th so I can get everything scheduled.

Click here to sign up!!!

 



Oh and quick question....which do you like better?

The plain or the one with the flowers??  I like both..hubs likes the plain but also said he likes the two flowers instead of one. Decisions. Whatcha think???