I need more time in the day!

I have discovered the site site bizspeaking. Of course I had to create an account http://bizspeaking.com/u/mhaynes2009 Shopping online is much more fun than shopping in person. No lines, no screaming children, no one gets in my personal space, I can go to a bunch of stores in a few minutes and no screaming children! I cannot keep finding interesting sites like this. I do not have enough time in my day to check them all out.

Another Big Change

Another big change in my life happened last March. I had been having a lot of stomach problems. After going to the dr. several times and being told that nothing was wrong I decided to try fixing things myself. My dr. offered me some medicine to take away my stomach pain. I did not think that this was addressing the problem. I started about by taking wheat out of my diet. No change. Then I stopped eating dairy. (Shhhhh, I live in Wisconsin this is almost like treason!) My stomach problems got a little better. Then I stopped eating dairy and milk. Magic! My stomach problems stopped. Becoming a quasi-vegetarian has been an interesting challenge. Eating in restaurants is difficult. I eat a lot of boring salad when in restaurants. This is one of the many downsides to living in a small town. I have had more of a reason to try out new recipes. Some of my vegetarian recipes were great and some......well.....I ended up having a PB&J for that meal. The most surprising thing about becoming vegetarian is the reaction I get from other people. I do not bring it up but when I go out with others and just order a salad they are always questions. Many people look at me like I have gone crazy. One woman asked me "Do you do that for health reasons or do not not like to kill the poor little animals." The last part was said in a baby voice. Yikes, what a rude response. The best part about this big change is that I have lost 20 pounds without really trying. YEA!!

School starts again on Tuesday. I think that I am ready. I think..... I have a small kindergarten class this year. I am so excited that we have smart boards this year. My new favorite website is smart exchange http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0 There are so many lessons already made up. They can also be modified to fit your needs. I love technology!! The older teachers in our building are freaking out about the new technology. We also have a new math program and a new phonics program this year. Lots of changes but this is good. I am hoping that our district will be making some positive changes in terms of grades and reputation. My other fave sites are http://www.theeducationcenter.com/tec/ http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ What are some of your fave educational sites? What else is going on in my life? I had a busy summer! We went to St. Lucia to celebrate our 4th anniversary. I added new items to my etsy site. The 2 new coffee shops in town needed to be checked out. I read a lot of books (I think the last count was 23) I also started geocaching. For my birthday my husband is getting me a GPS or geocaching. This site explains geocaching http://www.geocaching.com/

Another cute shop

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44446703/spring-original-hand-wave-table-runner

Pretty table runner to dress up your table.

Fun new shop

Here is a fun new shop on etsy that I found. JMEbeads.etsy.com
This one was my favorite listing. The daisies are so cute! Check out this shop for adorable jewelry.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/53666810/daisy-flower-hair-pins

Finally!

Finally an organization that is will to address the problem of overpopulation! http://www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com/

More garden flowers