Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is having a happy holiday this weekend.  Since most people are busy with their families (including myself) I decided to postpone tonight's Dare to Share party.  We will be back next week for Dare to Share #500!  Wow, I can't believe I have been doing the party for this long. It will also be fitting to end the year on such an impressive number. I...

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Dare to Share #499

Whew, we made it to our much needed Christmas break.  The last few weeks have not been the easiest.  We have several people (teachers and students) out with Covid, and concerns for  safety. In the last few weeks there have been copycat threats made at several districts in our state. Thankfully we have not had a legitimate threat at ours. Some of our teachers live in other districts,...

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More Unusual Last Minute Gift Ideas

 If you saw my post last week Great Last Minute Christmas Gifts, you know I talked about a really fun place to visit in the Cincinnati area called Jungle Jims.  We went back this past weekend to both of their  locations.  I took more pictures and found several more great gift ideas that I definitely want to share.  Jungle Jims is an International Market that...

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Dare to Share #498

 It is Friday night, and you know what that means.. It is time to Dare to Share! Well we made it through another week of school.  There is only one more week until Christmas break.  The kids are already bouncing off the walls, I can only imagine what it will be like next week. It should be very interesting because we have a different Christmas dress up day everyday. I actually...

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Great Last Minute Gift Ideas

 There is a store that we like to visit when we are in the Cincinnati area called Jungle Jims International Market.  The store is HUGE.  It is over 200,000 square feet and has over 180,000 products.  You can find almost every single food product you think of in this store. They also have a lot of fun interactive displays to keep you entertained.  When we went a few weeks...

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Woodland Christmas DIYS

I have four basic themes that I like to use when I decorate for Christmas.  They are the themes that I seem to gravitate to year after year.  They are gingerbread, red trucks, gnomes and woodland animals. Some of my favorite Christmas decorations were from a few years ago when I had a Woodland Christmas Theme.  The ornaments I either made, bought on clearance or from the Dollar...

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