Thank You, I'm Honored~

I've been nominated by Nicole at Pencil Skirts and Noodle Necklaces with the Illuminating Blogger Award.

Thanks, Nicole~



Nicole is a relative of a former student I taught in kindergarten many years ago back home.  The mother of that sweet little boy,Josef, posted a link to Nicole's blog post on Facebook one night.  Out of curiosity, I decided to see what pencil skirts and noodle necklaces were all about. The day I clicked on that the post in Facebook, I became addicted to her blog.  She's a down to Earth gal who has great stories to share of being in the workplace and the memories she is making with her two kids and her hubby. Be sure to check her out....like NOW (lol)!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday afternoon~ 

Promoting Socialization and Togetherness in the Workplace

On Friday, the social committee of our school hosted a Pie-Fest.  Our committee is always brainstorming ways to bring the staff together to socialize and build camaraderie (comradery) and possibly talk about something other than "school stuff."  I'm not sure how it is in your workplace, but our lounge is hardly utilized for "lounging."  No resting here. It's usually just a quick stop to refrigerate your lunch, or heat your lunch in the microwave, or take a two second bathroom break.  I'm serious about the two seconds. You may pass someone coming or going, but hardly anyone ever sits at the table to enjoy the company of their coworkers.

The Pie-Fest was a success.  Staff members actually took a wide variety of pie samples, sat down at the tables and couches and enjoyed "non school related" conversation.  I heard conversations about football, spouses and kids going to college, and the upcoming holidays.  I actually heard laughing and saw lots of smiling faces.

Mission Accomplished.

Enjoy these photos of the various pies.  No drooling please-lol.

We had five categories: store bought, homemade, meat, veggie, and surprise.  I entered the store bought category.  I have a valid excuse.  I made the ribbons  for each category so my energies were diverted in a different direction.

The Homemade Pie Table

 

This pie was absolutely delicious- apple and cranberry! It got my vote.

 

Very creative apple and worm.  We hated to cut it.

Disappointed that it only received a third place ribbon.

 

Pecan

Peach Cobbler

 

 

My entry- I love lemon meringue pie!

 

This pie won third place in the store bought category.

 

This store bought pecan pie deserved best presentation in its' category.

 

 

Chicken Pot Pie- This didn't last long at all.

 

These were the ribbons I made using my Cricut (Locker Talk and Paper Doll Dress Up.)  I personally think the ribbons turned out GREAT~

 

 

 

 

What are some activities or events that seem to be a success in your workplace in promoting motivation, socialization, and togetherness?

 

Just a few more hours to enter the Halloween Bookmark Giveaway. Super Duper Easy!

Click {HERE} to enter.



BOO!

 

by Mrs. Lundquist at

 



 This is part of an October Linky by Tori at Tori's Teacher Tips

 

I usually avoid the "tag" games.  It seriously wears we out trying to answer all the questions and then attempting to find 5-10 blogs who have not been "tagged."  I've turned down three awards in the last few months due to the "sweat" that goes into it.

But this ONE is unique. 
 
It's a LINKY PARTY for sharing October Goodies.
 

If you've been booed, copy and paste the above pic and these "rules" into your post.

1. Give a shout out to the blogger who booed you and link back to their site!

2. Share 3-5 October activities, books, products (yours or someone else),

or freebie(s) that you love!

3. Share the Boo love with 5 bloggers- make sure you check this link to make sure you don't boo someone again:
http://toristeachertips.blogspot.com/2012/10/ive-been-booed-fun-october-linky.html

And don't forget to tell them that they have been BOOED!

4. Link up {here} so that others can find you and read about your October ideas! And while you are there... check out the other great blogs!

 

Here Goes:

 

 

You can find these Halloween Treats at Casey's (Second Grade Math Maniac) TPT Store.

 

 

Arrg! You can find this at Jenn's TPT Store (Hello Mrs. Sykes).

  And this from The Glyph Girls!

 

 

I am Booing the following blogs.  (I don't want to hex myself by not following the rules.)

          

        

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.
I will be posting Win It Wednesday soon.
So come back now, you hear? 

Celebrating Milestones with CAS Cards

Many of you are celebrating the end to a school year. Congrats to you for another wonderful year of making a difference in the lives of children.

I'm not there yet.I have five weeks left. 24 more days. So when my time comes, I'll toot my horn. In the meantime, I would like to share with you three simple cards I made for Grannie's birthday, my brother's birthday, and a graduation card for the son of a family friend.

Enjoy~

After I made the Grad Card, I felt the urge to add dashed lines.

I'm sure you'll agree that the dashed lines just do a little extra for the card.

A Special Thanks to those who have and continue to serve in our military.

And the nominees are...and a GIVEAWAY!

Yesterday I was awarded the Top Ten Award.  Again, THANKS Jenn!

 

Today I am nominating these Fan-Tabulous blogs to receive this SPECTACULAR award. (Get it? Fan-I'm a fan of these blogs-LOL!)

 

• Wendy with Cricut Your Classroom
• First Grade Parade
• Fabulous in First
• Hilary at Rockin'Teacher Materials
• Tiffany, Rayann, and Holly at The Lemonade Stand
• First Grade Teaching
• Sarah at First Grader...at Last!
• Brooke at Primary Perspective
• Deanna at Mrs. Jump's Class
• Chantelle  at The Teaching Bug

 

I also want you to click on over to Second Grade Math Maniac for Casey's great giveaway.

 

 

 

Tootles~

My First "Grammy" and a Contractions FREEBIE~

My teammate and fellow blogger, Jennifer, over at Hello Mrs. Sykes has awarded me, Me, ME with my first award. No Kidding!  Not just any award! A Top 10 Award~



Wow!  I am speechless, honored, and SUPER EXCITED.  Blogging is new to me and I absolutely love it.

A component of receiving this award is to nominate 10 others.  Because I am so

 ch-cho-chok-choke-choked-

up tonight, I will list my top 10 on tomorrow's post.

In the meantime, admire my award and download this Contractions Freebie:-)




Contraction Freebie Download

 


Tootles~