Five for Friday {Linky Party.. June 14th}

Happy Friday! This week has flown by and reminds me that this time last week I was enjoying my last day on the beach. Oh the life …

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I enjoyed last week at the beach.

Eating, sleeping, reading..  were the 3 major weekly activities.

We did do a little shopping.. I did not buy any of this.

But, it was so tempting.

 

We also played several games of Mexican Train Dominos.

 

And, we were entertained 3 mornings by the Blue Angels. They are stationed about an hour away from where we stay at the beach and they were practicing. What fun!

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A couple of months ago a friend recommended this series of books to me. Then I had someone else ask me before I went on vacation if I had read them. So, I grabbed them up to take to the beach.

I have read a few Karen Kingsbury books in the past. Our local {really small} library usually carries all of her books and through out the years I have read a few. I really like her. She is a Christian writer.

This Redemption Series was really good. There are 5 books in this series. I read all five last week at the beach. They were easy, quick books but really good. I enjoyed all of them.

After the Redemption Series comes the First Born Series then the Sunrise Series. 

Have I lost you?

I just started the first book in the First Born Series. I read five book last week and I have read about five chapters in ONE book this week. Yikes! My reading time at home does not even compare to the time I had on the beach.

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I have been working on new teacher postcard designs this week. I got the new designs listed on my DBP website yesterday afternoon. All the designs can be personalized with the wording of your choice.

Website Link:

Doodle Bugs Paper: Personalized Teacher Postcards

These are also great personalized with just a name so you can use them all year.

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Next up on the Doodle Bugs Paper to-do list are new notebook designs. I have “retired” all my old designs and I am in the process of working on new designs. They will be coming soon!

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I promise I have also been working on some school stuff.. but not as much as I normally do. I do have a looooong to-do list that I want to do do this summer. Here are two projects in the works.

I am working on a large short vowel pack- it will be all black and white {to save on ink}. I am really looking forward to using this myself when school starts.

And, I am *almost* finished with a fun Months of the Year unit.

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Have a great Friday & weekend!

Superheros and Snakes

 

My Superhero Class Theme set has had a little makeover! If you purchased it last year you can download it again and get the new version! Or you can click below if you would like to read/see more and possibly buy it.

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I spent the morning helping out with a little art class at our local library. We made these super simple but cute snakes.

Enjoy your afternoon!

xoxo, kacey

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Five for Friday {Linky Party.. June 7}

 

I won’t be posting my five for the week.. but please link up and share your blog post below. I am soaking up my last day on the beach!

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. May 31}

 

Hello Friday!

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My mind is centered on the BEACH! I leave tomorrow.. and getting ready to go on vacation is as time consuming as preparing for a substitute! Seriously, my to do list is loooong!

The stuff gathering to be packed is getting ridiculous.

My sister sent me this little comic strip years ago. It hangs on the bulletin board in my office.

And, it is so true. We definitely either need a flatbed trailer or a cargo plane to get there!

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I was up this morning at 7 am baking cookies to take with us. I unwrapped 36 Reese’s peanut butter cups and didn’t eat a single one. That in itself is a miracle. I ♥ peanut butter!

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I have my stack of books and my kindle charged up ready to go! Sleep, eat, read.. those are the three most important things for this week! I look forward to it each year.

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My Doodle Bugs Paper website got a little makeover this week! I am just tickled to death with the results! Hop on over and take a peek!

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I wanted to update you on the Oklahoma fundraiser that a group of us did last week. I cannot take any credit for any of the hard work that went into this successful fundraiser. Ashley was the workhorse behind the whole thing.

I was just one of the 25 teachers who donated a product for the fundraiser. We were thrilled when Ashley made the announcement that our final total was $29,394.00.. and 100% of the profit went directly to the American Red Cross to help the Moore Oklahoma tornado victims. Thank you to anyone who donated and helped us raise money.

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Share your Five things from today or this week and link up below!

Enjoy your weekend!

Five for Friday {Linky Party .. May 24th}

Many of you are wrapping up your school year.. and many of you still have a few days or weeks left! But, I have wrapped up my first week of SUMMER VACATION! I have enjoyed every single minute of it.. and looking forward to the rest of my break!

Join the “Five for Friday” linky party by blogging your five random things from this week or today and add your blog link at the bottom of this post.

Here are my “five”…

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A group of teachers across the country have joined up and are hosting a HUGE fundraiser for the Oklahoma tornado victims. 100% of the profit will go to the Oklahoma Red Cross. The fundraiser will probably be shut down sometimes today {Friday} so hurry if you would like to donate.

With a $25 donation you get over $250 worth of teacher downloads. Click the picture above to read more and donate. Last night, we were only a few dollars away from $15,000!! WOW!

Big thanks to Ashley for hosting and organizing this fundraiser!

 

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The biggest blessing of having a summer break is having the opportunity to work on my Doodle Bugs Paper orders during normal hours and not before or after school or over the weekend. I have been working on orders every day and also have some new products & designs I want to add to the site.

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I usually go work in my classroom on Wednesday mornings during the summer. My cleaning lady comes on Wednesday mornings and I try to get out of her way {before she puts me to work!!!}.

I did pop into my classroom this week and worked about an hour. I filled up one trash can with junk. Mostly kid stuff that I knew had to be thrown away but did not want to take the chance of doing while their little eyes were watching. You know… those piles, piles of love notes and pictures! And some work that I refused to grade the last week of school! I also went through some teacher resource books and got them back semi-organized.

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I have a website- www.ilovedoodlebugs.com that has links to all my social media spots and stores. It needed a makeover and I am trying to get it looking better. I cannot for the life of me get the color codes to match and a few things are off-centered.. so it is still a work in progress. But, I have been working on it this week.

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Last year I made a superhero theme set and it only had little boy superheros. I had several request to add girl superheros so I revised the set and it is really cute! I just might use these for the beginning of school myself!

What “theme” do you have in mind for next year? Or, are you even thinking about that… yet!?!?

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Summer Lovin’

I know most of the world is not out for summer break yet.. and I don’t mean to “rub it in” but I am loving every minute of mine. I got out Thursday afternoon and I have enjoyed the last three days.

I love a Sunday afternoon that doesn’t require lesson planning and getting ready for Monday morning!

First stop- the library. I have a kindle but there is nothing like a real book in your hands. I stopped in our local library Friday morning and picked up a few books. I need some book suggestions. No murder mysteries, historical fiction or sci-fi stuff.

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Years ago a good teacher friend told me her “secret” to not wasting a summer day!

Make a daily and weekly five list and stick to it.

Each day list five things you need to get done that day.

Also make a weekly list of five things that doesn’t matter what day you get them done but you know sometimes this week you have to do them.

There is nothing I love more than a to-do list I can mark off.

You can click the picture above to download my to-do list form.

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I have started working a little bit on designing some new stuff. I just redid my superhero classroom theme pack. If you have all ready purchased it- you can download it again for all the new additions. I might just have a superhero theme next year!!!