Prayers welcomed.

Hey everyone. Okay... so I don't know how to really even put this. I have typed 3 ways to get started... and it all sounds silly. So I will just put it out there. If you are a praying person, we need your prayers.

The boyfriends dad has been battling colon cancer for some time now. Right now he is going through chemo. I am assuming that he was actually on his way home from chemo yesterday when he ran out of gas. While trying to push his car some police officers stopped and helped him. They were pushing his car, he was steering. In the middle of steering, he suffered what we now know was a massive heart attack. The police stopped what they were doing and called the ambulance. In the ambulance, he went unresponsive two times and they had to use the paddles to bring him back. He has been in a medically induced coma since yesterday afternoon. Tonight they brought him out of the coma but he is still unresponsive. The boyfriend just got a phone call from his uncle saying that we need to be at the hospital at 9 in the morning to make a decision on rather or not to essentially "pull the plug" or not.

I can't imagine making this decision. I don't know what I would do. I know before my own father passed away this past September and I found out that he was "do not resuscitate" I was angry and sad at this decision... even though I knew that is what my father wanted.  So please just pray for guidance and reassurance. Please pray that whatever he chooses will not haunt him.

The list continues to grow!

Okay... so here is the deal! After realizing that I wasn't going to be getting a job here in Rutherford or Wilson Co... and deciding to return to Montgomery Co. I have been SUPER DUPER busy. Now that I know for sure that I will be teaching Kindergarten again this year I have been crazy busy making lots of things that I should-a...would-a spent the entire summer making. Here is the list that I have been working on.... as it continues to grow!

1. Alphabet Cards
2. Number Cards
3. Behavior Chart
4. Rules
5. Door Decoration -- just gotta print, laminate and cut!
6. Buntings
7. Birthday Chart
8. Center Rotation Chart
9. Crate Seats
10. Table management boards
11.  Teacher Toolbox -- bought the toolbox today.
12. Teacher Planner-- ALMOST! just gotta bind!
13. Paint my student mailboxes.
14. Back to school student presents.- Already bought... just gotta put together!
15. Table Numbers
16. Pencil Holders/cans
17. 1st Day of school "Kindergarten frame"

I'm sure there are other things that I'm missing. So here is my plan:
Tomorrow: glue down my birthday chart and center chart and find somewhere in town to laminate it (while I am there I might as well get my teacher planner bound.); go get laminate and print and laminate door decoration; spray paint teacher toolbox.
Saturday: create my crate seats; paint and cutesify my student mailboxes.
Sunday: take seats out of the van and head to the storage unit to pack my van full of my teacher stuff.
Monday: head to Montgomery Co. to begin working in classroom. This will give me 5 days... well 4 because you can't count Staff Development day. Lets just say I am totally not looking forward to spending $150 in gas next week. Oh yea! In addition to setting up my classroom next week... The boyfriend and I will be looking for an apartment to live in so that we can move to Clarksville QUICKLY!

There is just so much to do! But I really think I can get it done! As long as I stick to my plan (or stay a little ahead of it).

So as school approaches I am left with a few jitterbugs! I thought I'd share them with you as part of Fierce in Fourth very first blog hop!

1) Will I REALLY get everything I need to finish, finished? And even if I do, will my team and my classroom parents and my new students like it? Will it all turn out looking cute? Or will it look bad? I really liked my ladybug theme last year... but I got tired of all the RED and BLACK! So I decided to spruce it up and make it BRIGHTER!
2) Will the first day be a success? Will I get everything I need done? OR will I run out of time? We are going to only 1 week of testing this year instead of 2 weeks... therefore, I have LESS time to get all of the testing done!
3)Will I remember what to do? When we are doing the first day orientation, will I stumble through my words? Or will I remember what to say? (Going back to the Tell Me More, Tell Me More linky-- when I'm nervous, I stutter.) Will the parents look at me and think that because I am so young, that I have no clue what I am doing??

So what are your jitters? What are you nervous about?

Tell Me More, Tell Me More!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Sunday afternoon! I'm enjoying lounging around the house. Last night the boyfriend and I went out on a full-fledged date (by this I mean we actually went to dinner and a movie)! We have not done this in quite a while because of money but we decided to treat ourselves!

We went to Uncle Buds Catfish House for dinner because the boyfriend has been wanting catfish for some time now. This is a resturaunt I grew up loving to eat at! I loved the decor of the place and the food... but last night told me that either 1) I've changed my taste in fine dining or 2) the food was never that good to begin with. I'm gonna go with #1... now granted this is not the same Uncle Buds that I grew up going to... so maybe this one is ran differently... who knows?!

Afterwards we went and saw The Dark Night! What a great movie!! The movie "started" at 10:15 and we didn't get out of the theater until 1:15. It was a great movie! I definitely recommend going to see it!

Okay now for the linky! This one is from one of my favorite 2nd grade bloggers, Amy Lemons from Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons.



Tell Me More, Tell Me More! Thank you Mrs. Lemons for inviting us to share a few random things about me! The boyfriend will tell you that I am very personable.... with anyone!


1) I had to join this linky because it reminded me of one of my favorite movies!

 2) My favorite color has always been blue. But when I was younger I associated blue with "boys" and thought that I should have a "girl favorite color" so I told everyone it was pink. Now, I do love pink, but my favorite color has and always will be blue.

3) I love me some scarves!!! Everytime I go to any store that has scarves I end up spending several minutes looking at them before telling myself that I don't really need to spend money on them! One day though, when I can financially can afford it, I will have a closet full of scarves!

4) I started my college career as a theater major. I was going to be a drama teacher! While I was out shopping one day I found the manuscript and soundtrack to the movie Grease. It was going to be the very first theater production that my class did! I was certain of it! A semester into college though, I realized that I loved working with younger kids and decided to pursue a bachelors in K-6 education instead.

5) I went to college at Austin Peay State University!

6) While in college I made one of the best decisions I have ever made and joined the best sorority in the word! Alpha Sigma Alpha! Although I am not a very active alum, it created an experience in college that I never will forget!

 Oh and did I mention that I was a Pike (Pi Kappa Alpha) Girl?! I loved the Pikes just as much as I loved my sisters!

7) T G I was a Pike Girl! Because otherwise I would have never met the boyfriend. No, he wasn't a Pike. But his cousins were! So had I not been a Pike Girl I would have never been on the porch that October morning to RE-MEET him! What do I mean RE-MEET? Well 5 years before when I was a freshman in HIGH SCHOOL he was the quiet, mysterious boy behind me in Spanish class... that one day vanished moved away without even saying "goodbye".

8) The boyfriend and I have been dating for 4 years on September 17th! I'm expecting to hoping I see some bling in the near future (there has been lots of talk of this)! We (and I do mean WE) have settled and started gathering ideas for a fall wedding. But there has to be an engagement before we will actually start putting money into the wedding.

9) My FAVORITE place to shop for clothes is Ross and Kohls! I love their clothes! While I'm at Kohls, however, I ALWAYS end up buying at least one of the Kohls Cares for Kids books that they have! Its too good of a deal to forgo!

and to make it an even ten....

10) (Jennifer this one should make you and your momma happy!) I will be moving back to Clarksville and teaching a 3rd year at my current school! I'm excited about this... but not looking forward to driving 3 hours a day for the first month of teaching! I'm gonna be EXHAUSTED and broke!

Well there you have it! 10 Random Facts about me! I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a little bit better! I will be back tomorrow with some school stuff! I promise!

Now go on over and link up so that I can find out some interesting facts about you!

Blog Hopping

Okay.... technically a "newbie" is someone who has just started tinkering or working in a type of technology. Since I started back in Feb (although my blog says September... I consider Feb to be when I really got into blogging!) I guess technically I am not a newbie.

But I saw a great linky and I really wanted to join! So... I did. I hope that's okay?!

PLUS by me joining up maybe some of the real "newbies" out there will see this AWESOME linky party and will join up to spread the news about your blog!

But first! In order to join you have to answer a few questions about yourself.

1.)  What state are you in?
Tennessee

2.)  What is your current teaching position?
I have been teaching kindergarten for the past 2 years.

3.)  What is your teaching experience??
I have taught kindergarten for 2 years, I student taught in kindergarten and 4th grade, in college I did a year of pre-school teaching, and in high school I worked with small groups in 3rd grade.

4.)  When did you start blogging?
I "officially" started blogging in Feb of 2012. (so maybe since I have only been blogging 5 months, I am actually a "newbie.")

5.)  Share some blogging tips or a resource.
Interact with other bloggers! Leave comments. Get involved in the blogging community! You can build so many amazing relationships through blogging!

Off to hop and through and meet some new bloggy friends!

My new classroom decor and a FREEBIE!

I am so excited! I finally got my BRIGHTS Classroom Decor Packet done! It technically has been done but I hadn't been able to turn it into a PDF correctly! So last night around midnight when I finally got it fixed I couldn't have been happier!

It is 116 pages of classroom decor! I love it and can't wait to print it all off and put it into my classroom! I'm headed to Wal-Mart right now to get some card stock and laminate!

 The packet is a zip which includes 2 seperate documents. In the Alphabet and Numbers documents you will find full size alphabet cards that feature the uppercase and lowercase letter as well as a picture (ie. Aa=apple). You will also get full size number cards (0-20) that have the numeral, number word, and matching ten frame!

 You will get matching nametags in all 4 colors! Each name tag features the alphabet, number 0-20, and shapes (diamond, rectangle, circle, square, triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, and star)! You will also get 3 different types of lables, square and rectangle, and then the fun star ones!

 You will get a set of calendar cards, these also come with "No School Today," "Half Day," "Test Today," and 2 "Happy Birthday" cards. You also get a set of days of the week cards and Yesterday was, Today is, and Tomorrow will be posters!

 You will get Star Student poster with a place for the students picture (wallet size) and pre-made star labels and blank star labels. You get 4 hall passes: nurse, hall, and a girl/boy bathroom pass!

 Lastly you will get a Word Wall banner and word wall label cards!

You can get all of this for just $8.00! Oh, and if you check out the preview you will get your FREE matching Center Signs! Click here to head on over to my TPT page and pick up your very own copy!

Oh... and P.S. Kinder Alphabet is having a Back to School giveaway! Click here to go check it out! The Resource(ful) Room is also having a HUGE giveaway! Check it out here! Falling Into First is having a 300 and Thirty-One Giveaway! Check it out here!