Five for Friday: July 31st

Holy moly!!!! I can't believe I am seriously experiencing the last Friday of my summer!!! WHAT?!

I mean, if I didn't have Five for Friday I seriously might be delusional as to what day of the week it is. Time to get ready to get back into action! Let's get started...

So last week I told you I was off to this "drive through zoo." Ok...seriously, there are no words for this place. NO WORDS. So you drive up to this place in the middle of the country, and BAM, there are wild animals EVERYWHERE. IN. THE. WILD. You pay $9 and off you go! We got some food treats the guy told us to just beware of the zebras. So off we go, windows fully rolled down, ready to see some animals. These animals came CHARGING our car. Heads in the car and we were surrounded within seconds. Due to the shock, food went flying and it took a few minutes to get the windows rolled up. Pigs, zebras, water buffalo, cows, emus, donkeys, peacocks, camels... All I can say is WOW. If you are ever in East TN, you must experience this place!

Cleaning. Lots and lots of cleaning this week! Knowing that the next two weeks are super busy for the hubby I... it was necessary! It is amazing how incredibly clean you feel after you deep clean your carpets! Before the deep cleaning madness began we did go on date night though! We went to an oyster bar and it was terrific! 

I went back to school to meet with my team and get a few things done. I was totally all into changing my room and going for a sports theme this year...until I hung my new border. I hated the change and hanging border usually gives me such joy that I knew this was a big reg flag. So, I went back to my old polka dot theme and did some sprucing up! Here is sneak peak of my job chart. I am trying to do a clip chart this year for my jobs. I will post more pictures very soon!

Get up to 28% off of my store next week!!! Who doesn't love a back to school sale?!?

Lastly, I am teaming up with my sweet friend Paige from Our Elementary Lives for an instagram linky! Yes...we are so into the back to school craziness, however we think it is important to enjoy our summer memories too! So lets all take a minute and enjoy each others summer fun! The image we are using is below. Check my instagram to see my summer memories! :) Repost and #teachersummerdays

Have a fabulous weekend friends!!! Cheers!

Five for Friday: July 24th

 

Woah, seriously!? It is FRIDAY?! ... This one went by really fast! Only one more week for me before I am fully BACK IN SCHOOL! Craziness, but I am making sure that I make the most out these last few days (Hence, no blog posts, oops!).

The hubby and I headed to the movies this weekend because it literally rained constantly! We saw the much anticipated Trainwreck and it didn't disappoint! My husband said "Do you want to go see that Lebron James movie?" Haha! Sorry babe, it is a romantic comedy but at least Lebron is in it. Good date night movie or girls night out though. We had fun!

On Monday me and some friends headed out to do a paddle board fitness class! It was so fun and much harder than I expected. We did a lot of core work and then would paddle for cardio in between sets. Needless to say, I felt like it was a good work out and we had a beautiful view. It was well worth the groupon and I would do it again! I am so lucky to have such amazing teacher friends to hang with in the summer! ...well all year, but you know what I mean!

Since we had such a good work out and summer is winding down, we decided we needed to stop at the beer market afterwards. I am sure you will be shocked to hear...IT RAINED. AGAIN. Don't worry though, it didn't ruin our good time!

I did stop and think about school for a minute this week! Last year our team became photo booth obsessed. We did one for western day, 101 day, and many more. Our parents LOVED these pictures! So naturally, I decided we had to have a back to school photo booth! That inspired materials for our open house photo booth and I also created photo booths for second-fifth grade as well. I thought this could also make a cute beginning of the year gift for parents too! Below is an example of what the set up could look like!

Grab yours here!

So my sweet friend Darby that I work with has a little boy and twin girls. We decided to we were going to take them to Jump Jam (indoor trampoline park) this week. When we arrived they were closed for a field trip!! It was raining (shocker) so we didn't have many options and ended up at the Chick-fil-a play place! My other friend brought her nephew and we had a blast with the little ones!

I don't have pictures for my number five because it is the adventure that is on the books for today! We are heading out to a drive through safari zoo! I will definitely post about this next week because I am guaranteeing some CRAZY pictures.  I am a little nervous to roll through this place in my car but YOLO! Afterwards we are heading to the pool! One of our teacher friends has to go back Monday so we are having an early end of summer celebration with her! 

Enjoy your weekend friends! Cheers!

Five for Friday: July 17th

Wow! Here we are again! What a week it is has been! As summer slips by it seems easier to slow down and really enjoy every little last bit left! Here we go...

First of all, THANK YOU so much to everyone that participated in my giveaway. A big thanks to Two Little Birds Design Shop, Whatnotsandstuff, Monograms by Mallory, and Make it Personal by Mary Margaret! They donated some amazing items and I hope you have had a chance to check out their super cute stores! 

Also, THANK YOU to everyone who entered the giveaway! I could not be more surprised, excited, and blown away! I am so happy that so many participated and said such wonderful and kind things! This is an amazing community and I am happy to be apart of it! So here it is...

In celebration of my all my new followers and friends I am also having a FLASH FRIDAY sale! Woohoo! Again, THANK YOU for being so fabulous and wonderful!

Check it out!!

I also joined periscope this week! YIKES! I joined and thought I was going to start scoping (is that what we call it?!) immediately...um yeah, NO! Haha, I have been observing and I am definitely going to do it at some point. I think my goal is going to be Monday afternoon/night. I seriously have no idea what I will talk about or share but YOLO! Might as well, right? What have your periscope experiences been? Help a frantic, scared, scoper out people!

So I had a new experience this week...I did hot yoga! A studio here is doing free outdoor sessions this summer at local parks. I am a Barre3 girl myself so I thought "I know how to do yoga, right?" Yeah...a little different but I still liked it! I don't know if I really would want to go to a studio and sweat for 90 minutes but it was a new experience! 

We also had a view of the lake! 

Lastly, I finally got a new planner! I have been weighing the pros and cons of Erin Condren and Plum Papers ALL summer. However, I simply don't ever keep up with a planner so I couldn't justify it. I do my lessons online and keep up with most things on my computer so it was a no go. However, I used to be able to do everything without really writing down dates and now I am finding that is not really happening as well. So I went to Target and found this little beauty...

It has a monthly calendar, daily notes, and a to-do list section. If I use this baby like crazy this year then I will totally invest in a fancy planner next year! So here is to a year of complete organization and writing it ALL down, to-do lists and all! :)

I also bought the washi tape to make it all cutesy! I bought three different colors...pink for school events, teal for personal events, and orange for football (its serious in the south y'all)! The only thing I am not digging about the washi tape is my sharpie pens don't write on top of it?! What is this about planner people? Oh and I LOVE the gold stickers I found. Those are for birthdays and special dates! Let me know your planner tips and tricks!

Have a GREAT weekend! Thanks for stopping by! Cheers! 

Five for Friday and a SURPRISE!

Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching is one of my favorite link ups! This week I have been working on a surprise and thought this would be the perfect time to reveal it!

This is my very first giveaway!!!! With the summer slipping by, I thought we may need some cutesy teacher stuff to motivate us to have a wonderful, fresh, new year! So... happy almost new year teacher friends! I am going to use my 5 to highlight my favorite Etsy shops I am teaming up with for the giveaway! Yippee! Register after #5!

The first giveaway item you can win is this ADORABLE clipboard from Mallory at Monograms by Mallory! 

Click here to see it in her store!

Mallory is a second grade teacher who also has an Etsy shop on the side! She is super sweet and said she can make this design on a t-shirt too! She also has these cute cups for sale along with baby onesies and tanks!

Visit Mallory's Facebook page to see more of her products!   

The next giveaway item is this SUPER CUTE tee from Mary at Make It Personal By MM!

See it in her store!

Mary is so sweet and she has so many cute things in her store! There are tons of cute monogram tees along with ones that have cute phrases. This one is a personal favorite...

Because it definitely is! Click here to purchase this one!

Visit Mary on Facebook or Instagram!

Giveaway #3 is from Lynsey at Two Little Birds DS! Check out this CUTESY coffee mug!

Check it out here!

Lynsey has so many cute mugs in her store! I mean lets be honest...who gets up and teaches without a cup of coffee? If you don't need coffee, I need to know your secret power. PLEASE tell me how to survive without it! I also think it helps when your coffee mug has a fun phrase!  I love this mug from her store too...

Check out all of her cute coffee mugs in her store or on Instagram!

Finally, you can also win this AMAZING coaster set from Bethany at Whatnotsandstuff!

Check it out here!

Bethany touched my heart with these! So sweet and we all know that we need these little reminders from time to time! I love it! Bethany's shop also has some other really cute stuff! From coasters to wreaths, its worth a look friends! Check out this wreath from her store...

Purchase it here!

Visit Bethany's store for more cute creations! 

ENTER and SHARE! This giveaway will end next Friday, July 17th! You can get up to three entries for these four items on the entry form below! Have a fantastic week friends! Good luck & cheers!  
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