Whew, I am done with another semester of grad school! :) :) :) I submitted my final exam Wednesday night and my course portfolio this morning. I am so relieved to be done with this class and to have a couple week's off of grad school before going back, especially with the start of school coming and a new grade to learn and prepare for.
This weekend I hope to work on school stuff and card making. Barbara and I went to Hobby Lobby today and I bought paper. LOVE their 50% off sales; I try to only buy my paper when it is on sale if I can. We also went to Wallyworld tonight and I spent money we truly don't have. I feel bad, but I'm "justifying" it to myself- this is the least I've ever spent on supplies! Maybe teaching 3rd grade will be easier on my checkbook. Seriously! I didn't have to stock up on glue sticks- a first in my teaching career!
I'm going to do these organizational binders I've seen online from lots of teachers. I'd been toying with the idea for a while now but with all that went on last year, it just didn't happen. So when I found out another third grade teacher at our school uses them and likes them, I was so excited! I'm going to do "B.E.E Books." The B.E.E stands for Bring Everything Everyday. I will have to post photos after Barbara and I get them all assembled. And that daughter of mine is so sweet!!! Here she is trying to save for college textbooks this semester and for a vehicle at some point, and she bought some of the stuff I needed for the binders as it was kind of expensive and I was going to have to leave some things out. I love that daughter of ours!!!!
So now we are playing on computers and watching one of our favorite movies- "Sense & Sensibility"- while the guys are all at their workplaces tonight. I sure do love "mommy time" as Barbara Rose calls it!!! I love my kids and the unique relationship I have with each one! I am blessed- so very, very blessed!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
FUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a HUGE fan of Donors Choose!!!! Why? Because it has been the source of many, many blessings to my classroom in the two years since I stretched my wings and tried something new. It was two summers ago that I nervously submitted my first proposal. And as of the wee hours of this morning, I have received full funding for 24 grant proposals!!!!! WOOHOO!!!You might remember I wrote a while back about stretching myself and trying to get some technology into my classroom. I was nervous about finding donors for such big-ticket items! High-cost items don't get funded as well. But, I tried anyway.
Folks, I will now be getting ALL of that shortly after school resumes!!!! The short version of how that happened is that "somehow" :) two different times now I've ended up on some complete stranger's giveback/challenge page and people from all over have given to my kids and me. This last one for the mimio pieces, was a HUGE price tag. But once my grant landed on the challenge page, I received the final $886 in funding within just TWELVE hours!!!! I had people give to me from Dublin & London and across our nation. The comments some of them wrote to me were so kind and truly thoughtful. I can't wait to read them to my new students!!!!
And then, as if that weren't HUGE in itself, Duke Energy chose another of my projects to do 1/2 funding for on Friday!!!! That dropped the amount I needed for it to a very reasonable amount, and a parent of one of last year's kinders helped me spread the word and when I woke up this morning it was funded!
I know God can do a lot of things, but it never ceases to humble and amaze me when my heavenly Father takes time out of what He has to do and oversee and drops a blessing in my lap. I always end up crying when He does that. :) I am excited to start school and start learning with my kids. This is definitely going to be a learning year for me- a new grade, new curriculum, grad school (still), and new tech tools... Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? :)
Love to you all!
Bekaboo :)
P.S. I wanted to share some of my hubby's & coworkers' grant requests. If you can give even just $1, they'll be thankful and appreciative. If you feel like you'd like to share their links and pass the info on to your friends/family I know they would say "thank you!" I am no big, famous person, but I can't not share the good things other teachers do too!!!
Rob Thomas (best friend, wonderful husband, devoted father, and teacher extraordinaire!)
Allen Jay Elementary (my school, not a perfect school or even one of those "good" schools, but it is a place filled with kids I ADORE and teachers who work hard to help them learn & grow)
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