Welcome to our 31st week of Happies and Crappies link up day! We wouldn’t have been around for so long if it wasn’t for you awesome ladies linking up, so we really appreciate you!
1. Happies and Crappies link up will be posted EVERY Friday at Midnight CST . Happies and Crappies link up was created so you could write about the happies (good) and crappies (bad) from your week!
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3. Please follow your hosts. We won’t make it mandatory, but we appreciate the love.
4. If you tweet about your post, feel free to tag myself, Sarah, and use the hashtag #HappiesandCrappies
HAPPIES
1. I seriously love my first grade team. We are such a fun and hilarious group and I am loving getting to know my coworkers this week. They’re definitely making me feel less anxious about everything. I mean- school starts in a week and a half! Eek!
2. My mother-in-law has made us dinner twice this week. It’s made a very tired Stephanie very happy. She also gave us $10 to go get some ice cream at Sonic this week (yet- we have not used it. grr).
3. I get to be reunited with two of my favorite blogger besties- Neely and Amber!
Sunday is Mathew’s birthday and Mathew specifically asked if we could invite Neely, Amber, and their guys to the Rangers game on Saturday to celebrate! I’m so excited to see the girls. I haven’t seen them since our weekend in the big D which has been far too long if you ask me. Mathew and I are spending the night at Amber’s and I’m excited to meet the Instagram famous Binky (Amber’s dog)! He’s so cute and needs to be Pearl’s boyfriend haha.
4. We watched the Duck Dynasty season premiere and I just cried at how sweet Phil and Kay’s “vows” were to each other. I know a little bit about Phil’s back story because we gave my father-in-law a book called “Happy, Happy, Happy” that Phil wrote. He had a pretty troubled life back in the day, and I’m just so glad to see how God changed his life.
5. Tonight we start Mathew’s birthday festivities. We’re going out to dinner with our friends. I haven’t really seen our friends in a while, so I’m glad we’re going to get to spend some time with them. I’m hoping I will have enough energy after dinner to suggest something fun like bowling. We’ll see though!
6. One of the 2nd grade teachers gave me a box full of books that were too low for her grade level. Books are like gold to teachers, so this made me SO happy. I’ve been feeling like I don’t have enough books and I really haven’t been able to buy more (I want to wait for the huge Friends of the Library sale later this semester) so this was seriously awesome.
7. I got to spend some time with Paige at Diamondback’s (a local restaurant) yesterday. I’m so sad we hadn’t gotten together other than twice EVER, and now she’s leaving town. We had a great time chatting, and she actually let me reminisce about my Memaw and how she’d make me homemade flour tortillas after school with Velveeta as a kid. If you’re not following Paige, please do. She and her boyfriend are super cute too- see?
CRAPPIES
1. Remember that “Making Time For Yourself” post? I still haven’t done ANY of those things. Mainly because I can’t afford them. Sigh. Luckily, I have an appointment next week on Saturday to get my hair cut. I may just sneak in that mani/pedi too while I’m at it.
2. I haven’t done laundry in like 2 weeks. Granted, I have enough clothes to last me that long, but I’m gettin’ down to the clothes that I don’t even like wearing (which I should probably get rid of, huh?)
3. I’m on overload with information about work with all the training this week. I definitely need to sleep in this weekend at least a little!
Southern Angel says
Our kids have been in school for over a week and already my boys brought home a stomach bug to share and knock out 2 days this week.. sighs…
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Courtney @ What's Up With the Wilhelms says
I have loved hearing about your first days working. I am so happy you are loving your teaching team. I cannot wait to see what this year brings!
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Emmy says
School already started for us two weeks ago- I think you teachers are amazing, I just don’t think I could do it! That picture from Blissdom is awesome- all such beautiful ladies!
I have never seen Duck Dynasty.
Thanks for hosting a fun linky.
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Kristine @the foley fam says
YAY for birthdays and all the fun festivities that come with it!! How sweet is your MIL? Love that!
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Michelle @ Our Three Peas says
That is awesome about the books! When I was student teaching, I had two different teachers I knew retire and give me their collections- it was amazing! Even though I’m currently staying home with the babies, I saved ALL my books, I have like 8 huge totes of them! Scholastic bonus points is a great way to get books too, when you start teaching 🙂
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Meegan says
Can’t wait to hear about your first class. Remember to use all the Mom’s to help you in the classroom. Pick a good room mom because she will make your life a lot easier this year.
Jamie @ You Gotta Have Hart says
I almost forgot about Duck Dynasty this week and JUST happened to turn on the TV just minutes before it came on (thank goodness my fiance caught the little countdown timer). It was a great show– they crack me up. A couple weeks ago my fiance did a job locally for some of the Roberson’s close friends and they gave him some Duck Commander stuff. It’s just been lying around but he insisted we wear the hats while watching the show but wouldn’t sit still for a photo in fear that I would blog about it! I’ve seen the book a couple places but though it would be more of a joke than something serious. What kind of stuff did Phil go through?
I hope you have a great weekend!!
Jamie @ You Gotta Have Hart says
Awww.. I just read about the book on Amazon and I will be buying it ASAP! Well, I put it in my phone’s notes section with the three other books I’m dying to read. This one sounds like a winner! Thanks for sharing!
Natashalh says
What a super busy week! I have two full days of training at grad school before I even being my student teaching stuff and I’m preparing for the information overload! It’s awesome that you got a bunch of books. Super cool! Thanks for hosing yet another week!
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Brittney @ True Vintage Love says
That is so awesome that all of ya’ll teachers are close and helping each other! I just remember teachers in my hometown were always so mean to each other and talked about each other to the STUDENTS! It’s great to see that ya’ll are actually friends!
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Carly says
Yay for free books, have a great weekend!
Carly
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Kelly says
I am jealous of this bloggy meet-up, I want to have another one!
xx
Kelly
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Bri @ My Life As says
So glad that you have an awesome team at work!! That can make or break your experience. I totally cried during Phil & Kay’s vows too.
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