2014 and freebies!

Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope you're all enjoying it thus far! I have two words for you that I'm very excited about:  QUAD CORE!!  Lame, I know - I don't get out much - lol!  I woke up on Christmas morning and found Santa had left me this little baby:

I had so many computer troubles last year, my clip art, documents, pictures etc were all housed on four 32GB pen drives and two external hard drives, as my poor dual core just couldn't cope any more!  I had removed every program that I wasn't using and was really fed up switching pen drives in and out to get what I needed.  I spent 3 whole days in my pyjamas putting everything known to man on this new laptop and I still have about 700gb free - oh joy!!  Windows 8.1 is not so bad once you get your head around it and I'm totally addicted to playing with my new baby!  I splashed out and bought several new programs, so it will be bread and water for the rest of this month! We all know that this time of year is a time for reflection, a time to put our house in order, so to speak.  I know my own faults so well, no self-discipline, world's worst procrastinator, always late for everything (I don't know how my hubs puts up with me!), housework shy (lol!) and on the list goes.....Every year I resolve to change this, but have finally realised I'm setting myself up to fail - I just can't change my character.  I get stressed trying to be the person I think I should be instead of enjoying the person I am.  This year I made one resolution only, well two, but intertwined.....lose weight, exercise more to try to stabilise my health issues.  I didn't wait until the new year to start this, it has been an ongoing process for a couple of months.  I am determined, by summer, that I won't be embarrassed to wear summer clothes any more!!  Yesterday I stepped on the scales and found I have now lost 20lbs - I have amazed myself - haha!  Ideally I would like to lose another 20lbs.  I feel the benefits already, I can bend down (and get back up again!) without my back hurting, I can paint my toenails, in fact I can even see my feet - woohoo!  The second stage is stepping up the exercise.   Just this week I booked an appointment with a 'Well Woman' clinic to have a once over and see if I need to make any other lifestyle changes.  My parents both had heart attacks - my Dad died at 44 from his, so it's really time to take stock, especially because I spend so much time sitting at the computer since I joined TpT - so it's onwards and upwards with the "Bloggy Butt Take-down" - are you on the same journey?  What do you plan to change this year?  I love the opportunity to start afresh and want to keep trying new things both personally and professionally.  I start school on Monday and I'm already getting that feeling of dread in terms of what stress lies ahead for me - I know many teachers experience this.  I dearly love teaching my little firsties, but sadly teaching is about so much more than this and it's the 'rest of it' that many of us struggle to cope with.  The night owl in me can't make myself go in any earlier, so I plan to stop being the last person standing every day.  The days are on the turn and I want to be home to go to the beach with Blue.  I'm going to stop working through my breaks and actually take them.

  

Some new products to present:

                        

Some freebies for you!  Hope you find something useful!

                                  

Here's to a fabulous 2014!  Let me know what you're up to!

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'The Best Year Yet' Blog Hop and Giveaway!

So here we are looking 2014 right in the eye. Have you decided on a New Year's Resolution yet? Is it to get in better shape? To de-stress your life? To amp up your teaching game? Well, whatever it is, we're here to help you...although we all think you're perfect just the way you are!

I have teamed up with several fabulous teacher bloggers to bring you:   'The Best Year Yet' Blog Hop and Giveaway!

From New Year's Eve until January 2, you can hop around our blogs and grab a FREEBIE from each of us. Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter at The Teaching Tribune for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes. 

Today I am offering the product below as my freebie.  Simply click on the picture to take you to my store to download it. 

While you're at my store you may also want to check out these products, just perfect for those first few weeks back at school.  

And for TpT sellers out there you may be interested in my snowflake graphic bundle:

Be sure to continue the circle on the blog hop by clicking the button below. 

Just in case the link in the pic doesn't work for you, you can hop over to {Teach with Laughter here}. We truly hope that 2014 is your best year yet and that it brings you good health, happiness and many other good things. As an added bonus and to welcome the new year with a great start, I am throwing a sale - 20% off during this fun blog hop.  Just click on the pic below to see if you can find something that may be of use to you as you start the next round of planning!

   

Have fun!

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2014 Resolutions Link-up

2013 has definitely been a big struggle for me personally and professionally.  I'm hoping 2013 will see out what has been an awful year for so many reasons.  I'm sure if I really thought about it, I could tell you lots of wonderful things that have happened........but I'm ready to look forward and leap into 2014 with a more positive attitude!   Here's to 2014 and a new outlook, with better things to come!  Cheers! Brandi over at A Peach for the Teach is hosting a linky to help inspire us all to make positive changes in 2014, so why not join in and start thinking about those changes already!

Here are some of my thoughts below:

Hop on over to Brandi's blog and check out the other participants in the linky - you may be inspired to make some positive changes too! Also - please check back tomorrow - a group of wonderful friends are celebrating a year together with a little bit of fun!  Lots of things for you to get involved in tomorrow, so don't miss it! I wanted to leave 2013 and welcome 2014 with a bang, so I am throwing a 20% sale for the duration of our special celebrations.  Just click on the pic to check out my store!

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