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School starts on Monday?! The summer flew by way too fast, but in the same respect, the sooner school starts the sooner I get to graduate! I met up with my supervising teacher and she is awesome. I have a feeling November is going to come and go way too soon. I wont lie, I am nervous about completing my senior internship. By week 8, I will have 100% teaching responsibility. YIKES. Although I have few assignments, they are lengthy. I think my biggest problem right now is getting used to waking up at the crack of dawn. This morning I woke up at 5:58 AM and I didn't allow myself to fall back asleep. I figured if I wake up that early today and tomorrow, Monday morning won't be so hard. Another issue I run across is the ratio of water I drink to the amount of times I get to use the restroom. I drink a lot of water, like A LOT, and I am in a portable all the way in Ireland. See the problem? Yea, I may want to invest in depends :). Wish me luck on my first day of fourth grade!!

Who doesn't love the dollar section at Target? *raises hand* I know I do. I can't ever walk into  the enticing little section without dropping at least $20.00 on random classroom goodies. Today's trip was brought to you by Starbucks's free drink promo. Naturally, since I was already at Target, I figured browsing wouldn't hurt. Here are my findings:

There were so many Dr. Seuss products to choose from! I was able to snag 2 bulletin board boarders, 2 packs of pencils, 2 packs of book marks, 2 packs of paper cut outs, a white board, a pack of erasers, and 2 packs of certificates!

I thought this sign was pretty awesome, the picture is front and back. I saw a really cute idea on Pintrest of different arrow signs pointing in different directions. The sign was $1.00!

The Adventures of Library Girl

I got this lesson plan book for $1.00!

I also got these books from the dollar section! I love when Target has the classics for just a buck. 

I decided to browse around Michael's today to see if there was anything worth spending money on. I noticed they have a shelf for teachers, welcome banners, behavior charts, etc. I thought it was cute. They didn't really have much, but I did see some cute clearance items.

The flowers were $.50 for a pack of 4 and the owl desk name strips were $1.00. Not sure what I'm going to do with the flowers, but hey for fifty cents a package, I'm sure I'll find something creative to do!

Wheat-free Chocolate Chip Cookies!

So I found out a few months ago that I am allergic to: milk, wheat, and... dust mites. Dust mites? Is that even possible? Yes. But back to milk and wheat. I assumed my life would officially suck. I mean EVERYTHING has either milk or wheat in it. Was I supposed to become one of those people who only eat veggies and meat?! I don't know if you've realized, but I like carbs, like a lot. Surprisingly, on my quest for finding substitutes for milk and wheat, I have found a lot of substitutes and recipes to make all my favorites (like chocolate chip cookies) which taste virtually the same *dances happily*.

And these are my prized wheat-free/dairy-free chocolate chip cookies. The recipe is extremely easy and doesn't take too long to make. Here's the link to the recipe: Rice Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you're anything like me and have to eat wheat/dairy free, here are some other recipes that you might enjoy. 

Wheat and Dairy Free Recipes

On my daily pintrest browsing/teacher blog browsing, I came across this website that offers free downloadables for planning. Its a "Week At Glance" which is perfect for weekly planning!

Click the link below to download the planning sheet!

Week At Glance

You can get other free downloadable printables from this website!

Mommy Tracked

Pintrest DIY Craft Idea Finally Accomplished!

I have had these toilet paper rolls sitting on my window sill for the longest time because I saw an idea on Pintrest that uses them.

Funny thing is, my uncle asked me one day if I was into voodoo because of the way the tops of the toilet paper rolls are folded. The ears make the rolls look like little devil dolls lol. I explained that once painted and drawn on, they would look like this:

I only have 16 more to draw (insert tired face here) but they look so cute! This is my first official Pintrest activity I have completed, besides pinning all the things I want to do! It is super easy and I can't wait to use these bad boys in my future classroom!