Award Explosion Over Here!!!!

I am so excited this morning I can hardly stand it!  I was nominated for two blog awards....that's right TWO!  I feel like I won the lottery....would it be wrong to wake the kids to share my exciting news....some how I don't think they would find it nearly as exciting as I do! Do you like how I titled this post Award Explosion....because it's the 4th, and there are explosives on the 4th.....yeah, I know.....I'm the queen of Dorksville :)

Thanks to Steph at The Quirky Apple for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award. If you haven't checked out her blog you just have to....it is so stinkin' awesome!!!

There are only 3 rules to follow once you've received this award :)
1. Follow the person who gave you the award
2. Link back to the person that gave you the award
3. Pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.

There you have it! Here are the stupendous bloggers I'm passing this award on to:
1. I Love My Classroom
2. A Pirates Life for Us
3 .Twins Teaching and Tacos
4. Sixth Grade Science Rocks
5. Your Smarticles
6. The Hip Teacher
7. When I grow Up
8. {6th Grade} All-Stars
9. Wee Wise Ones
10. Fun is Found in Fourth
11. Tales from Second
12. Every New Beginning
13. Just Wild About Teaching
15. Teaching Special Kids


A big thanks also goes out to Teaching Joys for the nomination for the Versatile Blogger award. Another fabulously amazing blog that you just must visit!

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.

2. Include a link to their site.

3. Include the award image in your post.

4. Give 7 random facts about yourself.

5. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.

6. When nominating, include a link to their site

7. Let the other bloggers know they've been nominated. 

  Here are my 7 Random Facts :)

1. I loved gymnastics as a child and can still do a front hand spring (I'm over 40 people...that's huge!)

2. I have a Pinterest addiction

3. I've recently gotten back into running and am loving it!

4. I've bungie jumped and would do it again in a heart beat!

5. When I have time I love to read garbage.....mindless literature makes me all happy inside.....no, I do not encourage this from my students :)

6. In high school I went to a Poison concert (just dated myself there) and got to appear in the music video for the opening band Britny Fox the song was Save the Weak.  If you record the video (or watch the video here) and then pause it at a certain spot you can see my head as the camera scans the audience.....I'm famous you guys!!!!

7. I'm a business owner.  My friend and I opened up Little Britches Consignment Sales (a semi-annual consignment sale) in our community about 10 years ago.....it is the perfect second job for a teacher!!

And my nominations are......

1. Sixth Grade Science Rocks

2. Fun is Found in Fourth 

3. When I grow Up

4. Will Grade for Coffee

5. Every New Beginning

6. The Second Grade Superkids

7. Mrs. Bi-Polar Pirate

8. Organized Teacher Addict

9. Mrs. Shelton's Kindergarten

10. Spotted in First Grade

11. Grade 2.0 with Mrs. Adcock

12. Queen with Class

13. First Grade is "Toad"-ally Awesome

14. Keeping up with the Class

15. Fifth Grade Fancy

Wow, that was a long post!  Hope everyone has a safe 4th of July filled with lots of explosives and bbq!!