We are getting down to the wire folks! It’s getting real! If you haven’t already, check out my blog posts about wedding planning through the rest of our engagement before reading on to see what we did this past month.
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4 Months ’til the Wedding
The change from 5 months until the wedding to 4 months until the wedding made everything seem so much more real! It seemed like the wedding was suddenly so much closer! If you haven’t already, make sure you check out my wedding planning posts from every other month of our engagement so far.
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Teacher Toolbox Upgrade
One very popular item all over “teachergram” is the teacher toolbox. It’s a basic toolbox you can buy on Amazon that teachers customize to reflect their personalities and fill with all their essentials. It was one of the first items I added to my Amazon Wishlist and I was so excited when my friend Taylor bought it for me! Read on to see how I upgraded my teacher toolbox to fit perfectly with my classroom theme.
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Discussing 9/11 with 5th Graders
The week before 9/11, I was looking around online for lessons or activities to do with my students to teach them about the tragic event. It’s important to me that we discuss it and that they know about it. However, none of the things I was seeing on Pinterest or Teachers Pay Teachers felt right. I didn’t want to do a craft or make them use their reading strategies to answer questions. I just wanted them to understand all the aspects that make 9/11 so important.
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Invisible String
So Taylor Swift recently came out with her new album folklore and on that album there’s a song called invisible string. The song talks about how fate leads you to the person you’re supposed to be with when you don’t even realize it. Then looking back, you realize how each minute event in your life was pivotal or things wouldn’t have turned out the same way. This had me thinking about the crazy minute events that led to Jared and me meeting and if one thing had been different, we probably never would have met. So here’s the story of the invisible string tying us together.
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5 Months ’til the Wedding
August was a sweet month of wedding planning! Read on to see what planning we did with 5 months until the wedding. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my posts on the pre-planning I did before we were engaged, and the planning we did 9 months, 8 months, 7 months, and 6 months before the wedding. Enjoy!
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First Week of School as a Teacher – EVER!
What a whirlwind! With things changing seemingly every minute, I somehow not only survived my first week of school as a teacher EVER – I thrived! Read on to find out how it all went!
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6 Months ’til the Wedding
Even though I was in the Keys for the first half of this month, we still checked a few things off our wedding to-do list! If you haven’t yet, check out my posts on wedding planning I did before we were even engaged, 9 months before the wedding, 8 months before the wedding, and 7 months before the wedding.
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7 Months ’til the Wedding
This month was pretty light on planning since a) I have most of the big stuff done and b) we went to the Keys mid-June for a monthlong vacation. Before we left, here is the wedding planning I got done with 7 months to go before the wedding!
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8 Months ’til the Wedding
2 months down, 7 to go – woohoo! If you haven’t already, check out the pre-planning I did before we were even engaged (lol) and the planning I did the month after we got engaged. This was definitely a slower month for planning since I went full force right out of the gate, but this month had some of the most exciting moments yet that made everything seem so real!
We’re FINALLY Engaged!!!
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Confessions of a Pageant Girl
When I think back on my 14 years doing pageants, I realized I have quite a few stories to tell for those looking to pull back the curtain on what pageantry is really like. Let me debunk a few rumors right away. Yes, we get spray tans. Yes, we use butt glue. Yes, we contour our abs for swimsuit. So, here’s my behind the scenes look at my time competing in pageants. Continue reading
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