Linking up with Love!

Hi!

I'm linking up with Tessa from Tales Outside the Classroom for her Valentine's linky! This linky is all about who and what you love!

 

Always first on my list is my wonderful family! My husband is always so supportive and loving in my endeavors and I'm crazy about him these two little nuts we have! Ella is a little mother and such a good big sister! Luke is into EVERYthing and loves a good car or train, he's such a boy!

 {Valentine card template from Walmart}

Second- I LOVE my job! I love my littles and their bright smiles and the progress we see from beginning to end! I love seeing the lights go on and the aha! moments. I love all their hugs and the sweet letters! I especially love those little challenges... you know the ones!

 {sweet picture from one of my kiddos!}

Something else I've been LOVING lately is the deals website "Very Jane." Almost everything on the site is from etsy and is SO SO cute! Click on the picture to check it out!

I'm also loving the mild weather we've been having lately! It's been SO nice outside! We've been able to go to the park after school and play outside! We usually have pretty cold winters here (for Texas) and I am a WIMP! I reeeeallllly dislike the cold! And waiting outside with kids after school? Hasn't been bad at all!

Lastly, I LOVE LOVE blogging and all the wonderful people I have "met" because of it! I have become a much stronger teacher because of it and seriously have made the best of friends online! I love creating resources for my own classroom and knowing that I am "in" other classrooms all around the world! How cool is that?! I've truly been blessed by TpT and all the other fabulous bloggers I happily call my friends!

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Resolutions

Happy New Year's Eve!

I'm linking up with my blogging buddy Jen over at The Teacher's Cauldron!

So let's talk resolutions... I usually don't make any. Not that I'm against them or anything, I'm just horrible at sticking to them! ha! You've got to be dedicated! So now you all {my fabulous followers} can hold me accountable!

1) My personal resolution- to keep our house clean and de-clutter a LOT! See...we are putting our house up on the market this year- hopefully in early Spring so I realllllllly do not have a lot of time to do this! I want everything in my house to go from this:

 

{kid's bathroom cabinets before- how embarrassing!!}

To this:

 {kid's bathroom cabinets after}

I worked on those cabinets this summer and I was really proud of them...then, I stopped! ahhh! The one HUGE gripe we have about our current house is there is NO storage- we have 2 hall closets that are teeny tiny. One holds coats and a lot of seasonal decorations, and the other holds suitcases. Now that people are going to be opening the closets and everything in between- they've GOT to be more organized. My whole classroom is SUPER organized and neat... I don't know why I struggle with my house! So, resolution number 1. You've got to stay on me, people!

2) And for my blogging resolution, I want to post at least twice a week. I LOVE blogging. I love sharing things we do in the classroom and the community and support that you all provide professionally for me! So, I want to be a little more consistent with my blogging. Probably once during the week and once on the weekend. I can do that, right?!

So head on over to Jen's blog and read up on what everyone else is committing to this year!

Have a Happy New Year!

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12 in 12

I"m linking up with my fabulous blogging friends Hadar and Kristin for their 12 in '12 linky!

 

 So here goes...my favorite things in 2012!

12. Favorite movie you watched:

Everyone's been saying Hunger Games here... but I wasn't a huge fan of it. I know! Shame on me! I LOVE the books but the movie just wasn't as good... and I haven't even seen the last Twilight yet, but I just know its going to be a fave... my best friend is in PA school and when she comes home for Christmas we're going to see it together.. it's kind of a thing for us- we've seen all the movies together and got each other onto the books when they first came out!

 

11. Favorite TV series:

Absolutely Modern Family! This is largely in part of Phil Dunphy... he reminds me of my husband- that goofy, funny, impulsive and lovable guy!! Just love him! {I know you wanted to see a picture!}

 

10. Favorite restaurant:

 

mmmm...Chuy's! And it's a fave because we just got one here in Lubbock! I always loved to visit when we were in Austin, but now it's even better that there's one close to home! Plus, who doesn't need a good excuse for happy hour?!

9. Favorite new thing you tried:

 

Absolutely blogging!! I've "met" so many wonderful wonderful people and networked and learned and have definitely become a better teacher because of it!

8. Favorite gift you got:

 ok, so this one wasn't in '12, but it was just about a year ago. My sweet hubby surprised me with a car! Exactly the one I wanted! I had NO clue! {and for no special occasion... he's good like that ;}

7. Favorite thing you pinned:

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6. Favorite blog post:

ANY of my "Monday Made Its!" I loved with a capital "L" cranking out these posts every week this summer! I got a lot accomplished and my creative juices were flowing like crazy! 

5. Best accomplishment:

Definitely putting myself out there in blog-land! 

 

4. Favorite picture:

This one's not that "great" but it is so funny! Our best friends have twins and for their first birthday they did a "moustache" themed party- SO fun! I'm sure Luke will love this one when he's grown!

 

3. Favorite memory:

Alderson family vacay 2012! We rented a house close to the river and hung out by the pool the whole time! Jamie {my sister in law holding nephew Davis in front} is one of my best friends and I could talk to her for a million hours without running out of things to say! {she's a sped teacher}

2. Goal for 2013:

eesh... work out more! I'm good at it during summer, but then school comes along and my schedule gets all wacky!

 

1. One Little Word:

Faith

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