First Day...

First day of school went well....30 fifth grade bodies take up ALOT of room! OMG! There is one student who will drive me batty and a few others who may help him....Generally a great group of kids....1/3 I know, having taught them in 3rd...It'll be an interesting year....and it was SWELTERING, I tells ya' SWELTERING in the classroom ( I was dripping by 8:00)....and it will only get worse the next couple of days.....Came home, made a sandwich...too hot to cook and took a nap...caught up on blogs....waiting for the Closer...5:45 am is too early for man or beast!!!!

Tomorrow lets see if we can actually get some academics in before our brains FRY in the SWELTERING weather....no we have no a/c and are upstairs facing WEST, so we get SUN full on ALL DAY until after 12:00...we are in school from 8:00 until 2:50...

Did I mention it was SWELTERING in my classroom today with 30 FIFTH grade bodies...

This post made me thirsty....gonna go hunt some ice tea down....

Luscious Yarn

This is the lovely Malabrigo that I won from Yarn on the House. It is lovely stuff. The colors are just right for me (I said that as Golem in my head) It is the new line Rios and is 100% Merino. It's very soft..210 yarns, I'm thinking a fall hat......It's been sitting on my dining room table for a couple of days and I just unburied it....

Balloons

The Hubs and I went to a hot air balloon festival today. This festival used to be held in my town, but was moved to the next town several years ago. I hadn't been since they moved. I didn't realize the Hubs had never been, he really enjoyed it! Picture heavy post....okay I tried loading the videos, but keep getting error messages, so gonna have a link to photobucket...
Video 1
Video 2

The videos show the balloons being raised and how surrounded we were by them...



The Hubs and the Hubs and my shadows on the balloon...

Flash Your Stash Friday

There is a meme over at TamisAmis (which by the way we have discovered we have alot in common besides our name, yes my name is Tammy - not Gracey)

Since it is "Flash Your Stash" I had to join this meme (although I still don't know what that word stands for)

This was my last purchase from this summer's LYS' hopping:

Another trip from this summer:

The majority of the summer trips:

Most of my stash is kept in tubs in three locations:
The storage bin (although two of these tubs have migrated back to the house)
The apartment: There is more that cannot be seen in the picture, to the left about 16 more tubs...

And there are a few more tubs in the basement, that did not make it to storage yet.
Sorry some of the pictures are dark, the lighting in our apartment sucks...

Well that's my stash....I know it is quite large. I have achieved SABLE (Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy) several times over...can't help it...hmmm, now where are those coupons for Michael's and AC Moore...I do need a few colors for some ami's I am making....

Room is Practically Done...

My room is almost done, well it's done, but there is always something one can work on...

I'm trying to work out how to do an introduction activity. We have students coming to our school from two other schools. Plus it's 5th grade and I've had at least 11 of the students previously...so can't do my usual stuff...

So I'm thinking a puzzle....I'm going to write directions on a paper, cut it into 6 pieces. Have them chose from 3 piles (two piles labeled with last year's teacher names and 1 other school) Then they have to put puzzle together and do the activity on the front....This will also be their seating group for the day. Then change it up the next day...hmmm....have to think of a different activity...oh I know....factors...two people will have factors and they have to find the product....hmmm...or one group of 3 be the multiplication problem and other group be the division problem....lots to think about!

Anonymous Comments

Just and FYI, cuz I'm too tired for anything else. I will not approve any anonymous comments, as I'm getting spammed by them at the moment...Oh, headache coming on....

It Has Begun....

Well I've had two days full of professional development. Convocation on Monday was torteous to say the least...

Tomorrow I have a half day of professional development on our new math program and the other half of the day going over state test scores.

I am pretty much done in my room, but there is always something that can be done...

Today left early to go to the dentist...I could have gone back, but came home and slept for 2 hours instead....

Now to catch up on reading blogs.....