THUNDER UP

We're missing basketball!!! We love that basketball!!! They're missing basketball!!!  LET THEM PLAY BASKETBALL!!!


Give me a T
Give me a H
Give me a U
Give me a N
Give me a D
Give me a E
Give me a R


What does that Spell? THUNDER!!!!! 
 

OKC finally gets a good national team going for us and then guess what a lock out! Come on guys hurry up and make amends. We want to THUNDER UP!!! Lets make an agreement!!!

Hunger Games- Book #1

Well, I started the Hunger Games Saturday Night and finished it early this afternoon. (Yes, I did other things in between). If you are a teen or adult looking for a suspenseful story with lots of twists and turns check it out. The writer Suzanne Collins is a great writer and story teller! When I was not reading I was longing to get back to the story. It was definitely one of those books I could not put down!! I cannot wait to get my hands on the second book!


Here's the premise from the back of the book:
"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead" (cont'd)

Three Day Weekend

Hurray for Labor Day!! I admit having an extra day brings joy to my heart! I have been as worn out working in the library as  I was teaching Pre-K. I do enjoy the library a lot.
I got to run some fun errands yesterday. I went to Hastings and rented Soul Surfer. I went to Ross looking for something else and splurged on a Carnival Funnel Cake kit! I went to Hobby Lobby and got my Master's Degree framed and bought a frame for my certificate.  Paul was able to do something interestesting last night. One of our little girl's at church was the flower girl in Hennessey's Homecoming. Her parent asked us if he could drive the convertible she and the crown bearer were in around the track for the homecoming procession. Paul did a great job and the kids were so cute!!! We watched them and got to see part of the homecoming game with friends!! We then got some Sonic drinks with Nate and watched Mystery Science Theater "The Final Sacrifice". (It was definitely guy humor. I think I will let them watch that in the future.)
This morning we had a brunch of funnel cakes. (Healthy I know) They were surprisingly easy to make and tasted excellent!! We both think they tasted better than the fair funnel cakes and that is hard to beat. We now are relaxing in our recliners. We watched American Pickers and now are just playing on our computers. We found football on ESPN 3 and hooked it up to our TV. I am now going to search for the Texas Game.

 

Limeades for Learning progress

Limeades for Learning is going great. Another teacher and I have teamed up with our local Sonic and they are putting information about our grants in customer's bags with their food. We also decided to do a Sticker Contest. This allows the top three students that bring us the most Sonic Stickers to recieve prizes.
We both have over 200 votes and we still have a day or two to vote before the grant is awarded. The first grants will be funded on Monday the 5th. I am hoping we both get funded at the same time!! Thanks for all of the great support!!!!

Library Lessons

Well, I started Library Lessons this week! I had a blast!! I am have definitely stepped into a job I love!! I have learned I need to be more specific on how I have students look for books. My shelves definitely got a little messy so I will do a better job of that next week. I got to know some interesting things about my students and they got to know me. I plan on learning more about the student's reading habit next week and doing some more parts of the book and genre study next week. I must say getting things done is a process. This textbook stuff is craziness, but I think it is almost over. I am loving getting new books out to put on the shelf!! I can't wait to get to do fun things with the kids!!! I will look forward to doing pictures, crafts and games with stories! That will be lots of fun!!

Limeades for Learning Start Voting on Monday August 29th

http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/609849/teacher

 I have posted the grant on Donor's Choose and hope my project will get enough votes to be funded by Sonic! If you would like to view my project please click on the link above.

The voting will begin on August 29th and go through September 30th. The voting will be extended an extra week if we reach 1.5 millions votes! There are three ways to vote.
1. Anyone with a valid email address can go online and vote for their favorite teacher's project once per day.
2. Get two extra votes with any SONIC purchase. Vote codes are provided on the bag sticker.
3. Vote online 10 times and get two extra votes. Vote codes will be sent via email.

First Week in the Library

Great first week in the library! I think I am about as tired as when I was teaching Pre-K! Lots and lots of textbooks and teacher's manuals to check out! I was able to get to some of our brand new books! Can't wait to read them to the students!! I am excited to start library lessons on Monday! I can't wait to start introducing students to the library, get to know the students and read them some fun books!!  

Limeades for Learning is Coming Soon!!!

http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/609849/teacher

I had the priviledge of getting to write a grant for the library this week! I have posted the grant on Donor's Choose and hope my project will get enough votes to be funded by Sonic! If you would like to view my project please click on the link above.

The voting will begin on August 29th and go through September 30th. The voting will be extended an extra week if we reach 1.5 millions votes! There are three ways to vote.
1. Anyone with a valid email address can go online and vote for their favorite teacher's project once per day.
2. Get two extra votes with any SONIC purchase. Vote codes are provided on the bag sticker.
3. Vote online 10 times and get two extra votes. Vote codes will be sent via email.

Can't wait to get started!

Anniversary Date

Paul and I celebrated our Four Year Anniversary yesterday! We decided to go on a little adventure and go to places we had never been before. We first made a stop at The Little Shoppe of Games. They had the biggest selections of board games that Paul loves that we have ever seen!

We then went to Ingrid's Kitchen, German Restaurant and Bakery! I think it is the best food I have had at a restaurant! I ordered Wiener Schnitzel dinner, it came with sauerkraut, red cabbage, and German potato salad, and bread. Paul had Bratwurst and Schnitzel with the same sizes. I had a eclair that was amazing! Paul had a cannoli. We took home a delicious Black Forest Cake. 

We went to find the B&B Windsor Theater. Before our movie we drove around 23rd street and saw what was near by. We saw an interesting used book store and costume shop. We decided to see Zookeeper! It was very funny! We were two of four people in the theater. It was a neat theater it reminded me of what it might have been like to go to the theater back in the 50s.
Paul surprised me this morning with Breakfast in Bed. He served me chocolate cake from the German Bakery.  

Life after NO HOMEWORK

Well, I thought it would be calmer after finishing the Master's, but I must say I think I have been just about as busy. We have enjoyed getting together with Paul's parents this past weekend. We had a great time seeing Captain America and watching VBS and vacation videos. Cynthia made us a delicious dinner and allowed me to relax and finish reading A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers! Thanks Mom #2!
We also got to see Luke and his apartment on Monday. He has a really nice apartment. We ate a Eskimo Joe's with him and Cynthia.  
We had an evening to ourselves Monday night and watched some CSI! Thank you Kamry for the videos. On Monday, Caleb and Megan came to visit! We has a great time catching up, eating great food (Yay Carbonara!) We played Settler's of Catan, Harry Potter Clue, and Star Wars Trouble! Megan and I had a great time going Thrift Store and Merrifield's! We also went to get our nails done and shopped at Staples today!
Megan game me a great idea of doing Dr. Seuss theme in the Library. I am planning on using  that theme on the Everybody reader section of the walls. Still looking for some themes for the older age part of the library so if anyone has an idea feel free to give me a comment!
I am looking forward to eating ice cream with Kamry and  lunch with some of the Enid Elementary Librarians tomorrow! Exciting and blessed time in both of our lives!!