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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Back to School Sale info and a freebie!

I'm sure you are all aware by now that TpT is having a mega back to school sale on Sunday and Monday.  I just missed this one last year, so I'm really excited to be taking part in it!  Everything in my store is 20% off, plus TpT's added discount, you get 28% discount in total!!  Remember too, that you have your credits to use if you've been leaving feedback!  My wishlist is overloaded and I'm on the look-out for some new 1st grade resources to add to my growing files - I love starting off the new year with something fresh!  My sale will continue through until Monday (without TpT's discount, so 20% off only), as I am never sure of the time differences and the cut-off.  It may also help those coming late to the party!!

I have an extra reason to be excited about tomorrow, but can't divulge that info until a certain something is published.  Some of you may already know.  Let's just say I feel very honored and blessed right now! Anyhoo, I've put together some pics of 'stuff' you may be interested in....

I hope you find something useful for your classroom!  As an added bonus I am doing buy 2, get 1 free!  See below for details.

Now to a little freebie for you!  If you read my blog post yesterday {here}, you will know that I did a room reveal.  As part of that, I showed a pic of my birthday board.  The birthday balloons are made of colored zebra print and I thought someone out there might find them useful for their classroom.  Just click on the pic below to grab your Google Doc freebie!

Wishing you all loads of fun at the sale!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Back to School Exclusive: July22nd

Just in case you missed my post yesterday - we went live with our new collaborative blog:
The Teaching Tribune

Our plan is to bring you tips, tricks and resources for PreK-5th grade all in one place!  This week we are posting all about getting the classroom organized at the beginning of the school year.  For the blog launch we are having a 'freebie' hop around all 20 blogs. You will also have the opportunity of winning an amazing prize every day for 10 days!  (There will be a new rafflecopter posted every day).

  Here is a summary of what's happening:

Just click on my stop button below to see all the details of what to do if you want to take part:

Have fun!!

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