Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

Age, weight, and fall decorating

I know, what do those three things have in common? Well, read below . . .

Here's what 54 looks like:

Not bad, I think. (Dave took this picture of me on Nov. 12th, the day after my birthday.) You can't really tell from the picture, but I am letting my hair go gray, so that's definitely a hint that I'm getting older. But I think it's not too bad for a fifty-four year old!

And those of you who know me well can see that I have recently lost weight. How much? A lot. In fact, while decorating for fall, I realized I had lost the equivalent of three of these:

Yes, I've lost the weight of three (of this size) pumpkins. Feels pretty good. For a fifty-four year old! : )

Scarecrow cuteness

For the Fall Festival at school, each teacher was asked to create a scarecrow, to be raffled off to raise money for the PTA. I must say, I was so happy about the way my scarecrow turned out! I had seen one like it in a magazine a few years ago that was made with a real pumpkin. I used one of those fake ones you get at places like Michaels. The one in the magazine had sticks for hair, but I used some cute fall 'pics' that I found (on sale) at Michaels. And special thanks to my hubby Dave, who let me use of his old shirts for the scarecrow . . . just the right color for a fall scarecrow!

Quotes

Saw this quote in a Character Counts! mailing that I got today and thought it was a good one:

"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers." ~Martin Luther King, Jr., minister, civil rights leader (1929 - 1968)

Then, in the same mailing, was this wonderful quote, which I just had to share as well:

"You can live life as if nothing is a miracle; you can live life as if everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist (1879 - 1955)


(Didn't know Einstein was that deep!) : )

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That time of year

Yep, it's that time of year . . . Back to School!
I survived the first two days!
I have 33 students in my 5th grade classroom this year.
I think it'll be a great year --- if I can get used to waking up at 5:00 AM again!

Halloween in August

You've probably heard of Christmas in July.
Well, now I give you Halloween in August.
My good friend AJ sent me a box of goodies with some of her
handcrafted Halloween decorations.
LOVE THEM!!!
They are so cute, I can't seem to put them away.
Oh well, October is only two months away.
I think they'll stay where they are until then.
(Unless Dave totally loses it before then; he's not that into keeping Halloween decorations up for a couple of months --- obviously a character flaw of his!)

AJ has a store in Oregon, which she is in the process of closing.
BUT, I think she'll be selling more of her items on-line in the future.
When she gets it going, I'll link to her new site.
Such cute stuff!

Love it!!
Happy Halloween! (a little early)