Let's Get Acquainted AND Tried It Tuesday!!

I'm linking up with Latoya from Flying Into First Grade for her weekly "Let's Get Acquainted" linky party! This week's topic... Stranded on an island- What three things would you have with you? Fun!! If I were stranded on Key West, I'd be a happy camper... not sure about being stranded anywhere else though. Gilligan's Island didn't look too terrible!=)

First up is my family. I couldn't live without them! 

Next is a fishing pole. I'd rather fish for food than hunt for it. 

Finally, I'd need some sunscreen. Although I do tan pretty well, I also burn really easily if I don't use some kind of protection. 

Make sure you check out Flying Into First Grade's linky to see what other bloggers would bring with them! 

I'm also linking up with our friend Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper for her "Tried It Tuesday" linky! 

So, it's no secret {at least in my house} that I'm NOT the greatest cook. I really don't enjoy cooking, at all. Unfortunately, my husband works a lot of nights so I'm left to cook for Makenzie and myself a LOT. Ugh... what's a girl to do? Fortunately, I have a Pinterest board with LOTS of different yummy recipes!! Here are two of my favorites that I've "tried" a whole bunch of times. They're both super easy, and even not so gifted chefs, such as myself can easily make them!! =) 

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These ham and cheese sliders are TO DIE FOR!! I made them the other night {for the millionth time}, and I had a few leftover, so I'm going to reheat them for dinner tonight! I LOVE the poppy seed- mustard sauce that's drizzled over the top, and the melted Swiss cheese inside is soooooo stringy and yummy!! This recipe calls for 24 white dinner rolls, but for a family of three it's a bit much, so we just buy 8 potato rolls {hamburger buns}, use less ham, and less Swiss cheese, and it works just as great. I also don't use miracle whip... I just stick to plain mayonnaise. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this recipe!!  You have to check out this super cute food blog {The Girl Who Ate Everything} while you're looking at this recipe too... she has SOOOOOO many delicious recipes!! 

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My next awesome Pinterest find is this chicken, broccoli, cheese, and stuffing foil-pack dinner.  You wrap all of the ingredients up in a tin foil packet and bake! That's it!! It's super easy to make and even easier to clean up! I follow the exact recipe and it's delicious!! Makenzie even eats it, and she's wicked picky! I have to go food shopping tomorrow, so this stuff is definitely on my list of things to buy!! 

Not too much teachery stuff going on in this post, but everyone needs a teacher break now and then. Make sure you link up with Holly and Latoya!! 

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things... Let's Get Acquainted!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens... these are a few of my favorite things! That's one of my all time favorite musical movies. =)

I'm linking up with Latoya from Flying Into Fist Grade for her fun "Let's Get Acquainted" Linky Party  to share a few of my favorite things!  =) I'm a little late this week, but as the saying goes... better late than never! =)
Make sure you link up with Latoya if you haven't already!

Here a few of my favorite things...

I love target! It's a one stop shopping experience!! In my opinion {at least here in Orlando}, it's so much more pleasant and MUCH cleaner than those other one stop shopping places that have the word "mart" in them. I love that most of them in the area have a Starbucks so I can walk around with a Peppermint Mocha Frappucino! I also love the dollar spot! I <3 Target!

So... I know this isn't a "show", but I can't narrow down my favorite show on this network since I love so many of them! On the weekends, I've got HGTV on almost all day long! A few of my favs are Property Brothers and Income Property. I also like House Hunters even though it's staged. 

By far, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Sundae from Friendly's is my ALL TIME favorite sweet treat! I grew up loving it, and when I first moved to Florida I was a server at Friendly's and would indulge in them every once in a while. Haven't had one in a while though... I may have to head over to I Drive, to find the only Friendly's left in Orlando and get my sweet treat fix. 

 I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE authentic NY Pizza from my hometown, or probably most "real" pizza places from Long Island. The pizza here in Florida is just OK. It's not great, but I'll eat it. I'm pretty much a self proclaimed pizza snob. I will not buy pizza from those "chains", unless they have a really good deal for multiple pies for my class pizza parties. I'm such a snob. ;-)

I love the Cheesecake Factory. Their food is delicious, and their Adam's Peanut Butter Fudge Ripple cheesecake is to die for! Luckily, we have a Cheesecake Factory pretty close to our house! =) 

Make sure you link up with Flying Into First Grade to share some of your favs!!  

{Thanks to Ashley Hughes for the CUTE paper and Stars!}

Check out Keeping It Kool in Kinderland's amazing 375+ giveaway!! It's super Kool!! 

Let's Get Acquainted... NOUNS! And some giveaways

Happy Monday!! I'm usually not a fan of Mondays, but I'm LOVING this Spring-break-Monday! I'm also LOVING Flying Into First Grade's weekly Let's Get Acquainted linky parties! I think everyone else is too! They're a big hit!!

This week's theme is the noun game! You have to name your favorite person, place, thing, and animal! Here are mine! 

This was pretty hard 'cause I have LOTS of favorite people, but my MOST favorite of all is my baby girl, Makenzie!! She is truly the light of my life. She's the kindest, sweetest, most loving, and most hilarious little girl I know. I'm so blessed to be her mommy. This is a picture from the first day of pre-k this year. I can't believe how much she's grown in these last 8 months! I also can't believe i'm signing her up for Kindergarten next week! Waaaahhhh.... I wish she would stop growing up. We have a "boo-hoo" breakfast at our school every first day of school for our kinder mommies and daddies. I get it now... {tear}

This was a LOT easier! My all time favorite place is Key West, Fl! It's SO much fun!! My husband and I decided that we'd probably have the MOST fun on our honeymoon if we just drove down there... and we DID! I hope we're able to go back this Summer. It's been 6 years since we've been there, so I think it's time!

Hello my name is Jackie, and I have a technology addiction. If I'm not on my laptop, I'm on my iPhone. God help us all if I ever get the iPad that I want! 

This pup is my old dog, Cassi. She passed away in November of 2010 at the age of 14. She was the quirkiest dog ever, but she was SOOOO sweet, and she was my first baby. She was originally my sister's dog. My sis got her the day I graduated from high school, and she was hers until she went to college. My mom couldn't bring her to her new condo when she moved, so I brought Cassi down to Florida with me when I moved here. We haven't had the heart to get a new dog yet, even though Makenzie asks us almost everyday. Maybe one day soon. 

Now for some giveaways... check them out by clicking on each picture... they're all awesome! 

  

 

Hope you liked my "nouns" and all of those giveaways!! I'm off to do something springy... maybe rake up some leaves from this past winter, or work on my 3rd grade number of the day packet. =)  Enjoy your day!! 

Let the truth be told and a 1,000 follower giveaway!

Hey Friends!!
I'm on Spring Break and I've been busy doing family things, but I wanted to let you all know the truth from the Let's Get Acquainted post from the other day and let you know about an AMAZING giveaway!
Let's recap...

1. I LOVE to scuba dive! I dive as much as I can. My favorite dive spots are in the Florida Keys!! My husband and I went scuba diving 3 out of the 6 days on our honeymoon. =) 

2. When I was in high school, I was in an award winning show choir. I also sang a solo to "What a Feeling" by Donna Summer. My show choir was kinda like Glee... but BETTER! =)

3.  When I was little, my grandparents used to take care of me for the whole entire Summer. They lived in Montauk, NY, all the way at the end of Long Island. I spent every day at the beach, and loved every second of it! 

Number 1 is the lie!! I've always wanted to try scuba diving, but haven't had the chance yet. I did go snorkeling a few times in the keys, but I definitely didn't dive too far down! 

Number 2 is so true! I thought it was better than glee... our dancing was way more intricate and there were 27 of us completely in sync. My sister was also in the same show choir when she was in high school too... SHOCKER! 

Number 3 is also true... I stayed every summer with my grandparents,{Mema and Pepa} from the time I was about 6 until I was 16. I'm so grateful for the time spent with them. There isn't one day that goes by that I don't think of them and miss them. 

SO... if you picked number 1, you were CORRECT!! There were five of you who were right, but our winner is Marissa from Wild About 1st Grade!! Congratulations, Marissa!! Stop by our store, and let me know which item you'd like! You can email me at sisterteachers@gmail.com

Do you follow Mr. Greg from Smedley's Smorgasboard of Kindergarten? If you don't already, you MUST go check him out!! He is a phenomenal teacher in Nashville with Amazing ideas and CRAZY hats! I smile every time I read his posts. His kiddos are so engaged in everything that they learn. Mr. Greg is having a HUGE GLITTERY 1,000 follower giveaway with TONS of amazing prizes from SOOOO many amazing bloggers! We're a part of it, so go check it out and enter today!! =) 

I'm off  to The Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament with my family for some more Spring Break FUN!! 

-Jackie- 

Let's Get Acquainted... two truths and a lie edition!

click the picture to link up with Latoya! 

I'm linking up with Latoya from Flying into First Grade again for the next FUN edition of her Let's Get Acquainted Linky Party! This week's topic is: 2 truths and a lie! Your job is to figure out which is the lie. =) I'll let you know later on this week!! 

1. I LOVE to scuba dive! I dive as much as I can. My favorite dive spots are in the Florida Keys!! My husband and I went scuba diving 3 out of the 6 days on our honeymoon. =) 

2. When I was in high school, I was in an award winning show choir. I also sang a solo to "What a Feeling" by Donna Summer. My show choir was kinda like Glee... but BETTER! =)

3.  When I was little, my grandparents used to take care of me for the whole entire Summer. They lived in Montauk, NY, all the way at the end of Long Island. I spent every day at the beach, and loved every second of it! 

Which one do you think is a lie?? Let me know... I'll chose one random person who is correct to receive an item from our TPT store!!  Please leave your email address.  =) Jackie

Let's Get Acquainted and Five for Friday!

Happy Friday!!!!
It's been a LONG week, but I'm SOOO happy it's the weekend!! Only 4 more days 'till Spring Break too!! Yahoo!!
I'm combining two fabulous linky parties this week for an extra special Friday post! I'm linking up with Latoya from Flying Into First Grade for her Let's get Acquainted Linky and Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five For Friday linky!

Ok... so the rules for this week's Let's Get Acquainted linky are to share 3 things about yourself that you like or like to do using your initials. As always, the rules for Five for Friday are to tell about five random things from the week. I'm going to combine them! 
My initials are J.P.S. {they have been all of my life... I didn't have to change them when I got married!}. 

1. J- I've mentioned before that J is a hard letter to think of, but I picked JEWELRY! I really like jewelry... I have some OK jewelry and a few nice pieces, but I wish I had more really NICE jewelry. I am fortunate that my Aunt Gen is a super talented jewelry maker, so I have some really personal and special pieces in my collection. She made me a beautiful bracelet for my wedding, and last weekend she gave me this really beautiful tree of life necklace.  I LOVE it!! 

2. P- My husband and I are HUGE Patriots fans!!  We LOVE football!! We count down 'till the season starts and are always SOOOO sad when it ends! We're obsessed. We totally go all out by wearing our Pats gear each week. This week the Pats let Wes Wekler go to the Broncos, so I'm pretty sad about that, but on the bright side we still have Tom Brady and I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Tom Brady! If Makenzie was a boy, we planned on naming her Brady. If we have another child he OR she will be named Brady. =)  Here's a picture of our sweet girl during the 2011 season... she still had such a baby face and really curly hair! She loves being our little cheerleader. GO PATS!!! 

3. S- Sorority   I'm a sorority girl! I had the BEST time in college in my sorority, Delta Phi Epsilon. I joined as a freshman, and it was the best decision I made in my four years there.  I still have contact with most of my sisters and hope to reunite with them for an alumni weekend some day soon!  My sister, Danielle is also a "Deepher"... she's a legacy. =) She does everything I do. ;-) 

4. Do you follow Gina from Beach Sand and Lesson plans? She's amazing!! It's her birthday WEEK, so she's having an AWESOME week-long Birthday Bash giveaway!! It begins tomorrow, and she's featuring us on Sunday!! Head on over there to check it out!!  

5. I actually WON a giveaway!!! I enter so many of them, that it was only a matter of time, right?? I feel like I hit the JACKPOT of all giveaways!!  Thank you so much, Stacia and Amanda from Collaboration Cuties for having such great giveaway!! I'm such a LUCKY girl!!! I can't wait to print out all of my new winnings!! 

I think it's off to "milk and cookies" for my sister and I. Makenzie is with her Nana and Grandad for the weekend, so it's time for Mommy and Auntie to have some FUN!! 

-Jackie-