Is this cheating?

Pink :: Sorry I didn't call today

Not sure where the day went. I'll try and catch you tomorrow.

Now I'm not sure if this is cheating on my "a post every day" pledge but I'm going to do it anyway.
You know I have a personal blog.
A personal blog that I PAY for. (I love you Typepad)
A personal blog that I have not posted to since NOVEMBER!!!
Yeah that one.
Brilliant I know. So much for being financially frugal. Paying for something that I don't use. Sounds just like my gym membership. Ha! I guess I have this "fantasy me" that really does things like post my family's wonderful memories for extended family members and exercises to keep in shape.

Oh well. I digress.

Still awake? Okay, so today in my email I start getting emails that people were posting comments on that blog. For a post I did in August. I checked my stats and my visitor count was sky high. What the?? Checked around and found out Tip Junkie had used my Meet the Teacher idea on her blog post about gifts for teachers and linked to mine. So funny. I am totally flattered she thought the idea worthy of notice but it was such a surprise that people were looking at my little lost forlorn blog. I wished I could have spruced the place up a bit. Changed the NOVEMBER header at least.

So I figured I should repost it here too for those looking for Teacher Ideas.  Remember this?

From my blog, and I quote:

It's just a bunch of #2 pencils around a Crystal Light canister thingy {you could use a OJ can too}. We used 3 white rubberbands to hold them in place and a piece of cardboard taped on the bottom to hold them up. You could glue them on but I like the idea of the teacher being able to use the pencils for her class when the flowers fade away. The flowers were beautiful. But I did not know that these particular red sunflowers where dyed red. The water was so pink and turned everything pink. So glad I used a disposable vase. Just thought I'd let you know if you plan on using them in a clear vase. You have to like pink & red together. {i'm personally not a huge fan}

Thanks Tip Junkie for making my original idea even better! Had not thought of it as being just as great for the last day of school as the first day.

Oh, here's another thing I just gave Little Think's teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou Illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

Darling book about a kindergarten teacher who gets a packet of seeds from the principal at the beginning of the year and how she helps each little plant to grow.

"Some of the plants grow quickly, pushing upward, eager, impatient. Some grow more slowly, unfolding themselves bit by bit...A few are like wildflowers and will grow anywhere you put the. And some need gentle care, a special watching-over."

Does that not sound like a Kindergarten Teacher?

I found this book at a discount book seller for $2.50 months ago. Amazon has it here. But the best part is, after I bought it, I read the dust jacket about the author. She wrote this for her daughter's Kindergarten teacher. A teacher At my elementary school that I went to growing up in Ohio. What are the odds of that? Originally I wanted to design a seed packet with Little Think's face on it to put in as a bookplate but I ran out of time.

Boy, this is a long, rambling post. Must be the Diet Dr. P that I consumed while watching "Taken" earlier this evening. My heart is just pounding after that movie. Little Think is NEVER traveling to Europe!!!

I'll stop talking now. It's 11:59 CT. :: Think

Comments

[Allison]

That is SO awesome you were on Tip Junkie!! I'm so proud!! :) I love that pencil idea and that book looks so cute! How funny that it was written for a teacher at your elementary...small world huh!! :)

[Jennifer]

The book arrived today (bought it on ebay for $1 + shipping) and it is adorable! I am thinking of using it as the theme for the end of year teacher luncheon. Any ideas for how to incorporate it into invites, centerpieces, decor and menu?

Thanks for being so clever and sharing it with those who are less clever!

[michelle]

I don't remember that post, it really IS clever!

By the way, I went to your old blog today just to see if you were still posting there and it said it was gone...

[Kaitlynn]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pencil vase with the big fat flowers! Beautiful! I'm constantly looking for original ideas for our teachers. Thanks for sharing!

[Christian Louboutin Outlet]

agreed! The pretty, the pretty! I want to read all these books now.