Brie from Breezy Special Ed  and Hailey from  The Autism Tank   both nominated me for the Liebster award! Thanks girls, and sorry it's taken me so long to accept! :) Here are the rules: 1. Post 11 random things about yourself. 2. Answer the questions that the nominator set for you. 3. Create 11 questions for the people you nominate. 4. Choose blogs with fewer than 200 followers to nominate and link them in your post. 5. You cannot “tag back” the other blog, but leave a comment on this post with the URL of your Liebster post so I can learn more about you & see who you nominate. 11 Random Things about myself  1. I am originally from Cleveland, Ohio 2. I just got 3 different personalized bags from Thirty-One and I am obsessed! 3. I love cream cheese  jalapeno  poppers, vanilla bean ice cream, and tacos 4. Martha Stewart is my organizational, entertaining, cooking, and decorating idol 5. I love Big Bang Theory-- Sheldon and Amy c......

I want to give a special THANK YOU to Karlie over at We are ALL Special! for my newest blogging award! Karlie is a fellow SpEd with a fabulous blog so I highly recommend everyone heads over to check it out! Here are the seven rules to follow when receiving this award: Thank the blogger who nominated you.  Include a link to their blog.   Include the award image in your post.   Give 7 random facts about yourself.   Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.   When nominating, include a link to their blog.   Let other bloggers know they've been nominated.      Here are the 7 random facts about me... I love to cook! However, I really only cook during the summer because I am never home during the school year.  This is the first summer I have taken "off" since I was 15 and I am going crazy! I don't know what to do with myself! I am almost always the last person to leave school... I am a perfectionist (not a workaholic co......

I was super excited this afternoon when I logged on and saw that Lacey over at  Challenges Make Life Interesting  gave me my first blog award! Thanks, Lacey! I am thrilled to have new followers and I am glad to see others appreciate what I have to share about my classroom and teaching experiences. Now this award has some rules: 1.  Follow the person who gave you the award. 2.  Link back to the person who gave you the award. 3.  Pass the award on to 15 new bloggers. Since I am new to the blogging world I tried to find some newbies out there and also share some of my favorite blogs I have found along the way. Most of them are teaching blogs and some are blogs from friends that I love to read. Here is my list: Extra Special Teaching Carried Away in Kindergarten Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade Tidbits Life in Special Education Keeping it True in K-1-2 Love 4 Special Ed How Long is this Hall? Ms. Rachel's Room Class Full of "Special"......