I'm a tad behind on #ThankfulNovember, so let's play catch up. I slept in and had a nap today, so forgive me in advance for the long post (and wedding day teasers)!
To recap, I've already expressed appreciation for good substitute teachers, personal days, Amazon shopping deals, early voting opportunities, daylight savings time, sleep, field trips, chaperones, crafty friends, good friends, and DIY projects.
I've got a good dozen other days to catalog, so here goes nothing:
(As a side note, I give shout outs to some products and people below. I was not paid for my opinions, I just give them freely whether or not I'm asked. These are not paid endorsements.)
1) My hair dresser and friend Chelsea. Not only did she create my gorgeous wedding updo, but she gave into my desires and hacked off six inches a week later. She's amazingly reasonable and if you're in the Las Vegas area, go visit her at {The Salon at Lakeside}. They even have groupons available!
2) My wedding coordinator, Lyndsey. I'm not quite done processing the wedding and the frustrating parts, but she was amazing from start to finish. Again, if you're in Las Vegas and looking for an event space, {Wedgewood at Stallion Mountain} was simply amazing.
3) The school district. It's rare for me to praise CCSD considering the shenanigans that have been pulled, but the adjusted contract means I have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. Hallelujah!
4) Etsy sellers. There are many things I'm quite crafty at. Printing thank you cards, etching glass beer mugs, coffee mugs, and making custom stamps are not in that category.
We ordered our bridal shower thank yous, bridal party thank yous, wedding thank you cards, and other stationary from {MarryGrams}.
Our groomsmen gifts were etched beer mugs from {BlackRockEngraving}. He was amazingly helpful and from my hometown, which was a fun bonus. I thanked him (Ben) on his Facebook business page and he responded immediately, inquiring about the wedding and reminding me to tell my momma if she wants to open an Etsy shop (to sell her quilts), he'll help her. What a stand up guy!
Look how great those mugs look (I assume they were full at one point):
We thanked our make up gurus with these cute mugs from {All That Glitter}. These mugs were packed full of chocolate and a Sephora gift card, because that's the way to their hearts.
Lastly, our awesome self-inking stamp from {Pretty Sweet Party} has been such a blessing as I'm doing all our wedding thank you cards. Ours looks like this:
But ya know, with our info on it.
I am a firm believer in supporting small businesses which is why I'm so thankful to these Etsy shops for providing what I needed for my wedding. It feels nice to support Ben (BlackRock) or Leslie (All That Glitter) rather than some mega corporation.
5) Small businesses. I have 3 ({Jamberry}, {Younique}, and {Teachers Pay Teachers}). Together, they help subsidize the insultingly low paycheck I get for teaching three dozen ten year olds each day.
As a thank you to my loyal readers and followers, everything will be at least 20% off in my TpT sale from Black Friday until Cyber Monday.
Happy shopping!
6) I'm thankful that so many of our friends and family members were able to celebrate with us at our wedding a few weeks ago. It was awesome to be surrounded by the people who made us who we are and share our vows in front of friends and family.
7) I'm thankful that we got to spend time with my family after the wedding. My mom and aunts hosted a brunch the Saturday after the wedding and then we all went out to dinner. They did tourist-y things in between while I napped. It was nice to get to squeeze in some extra bonding time because we don't see them often enough!
8) I'm thankful for close friends, both literally and figuratively. Our power went out on Friday morning, impacting nearly 15,000 residents in our neighborhood. Luckily Mrs. H wasn't impacted and let me come over and get ready for work because the flashlight feature on my cellphone simply wasn't cutting it.
9) I'm thankful for my students. Not only were they (mostly) well behaved for their substitute teacher, but I walked back in last Wednesday to this:
Cue all the awws. One of my students also got me a glittery Batman mug and chocolate. She definitely knows the way to my heart!
10) I'm also thankful for the new store {Boxed Lunch} and it's amazing assortment of all sorts of fandom things I didn't know I needed (like my new Ravenclaw sweater). However, they donate food to kids with each purchase, so I don't really feel bad about my impulse shopping. Plus it was buy one item, get something else 30% off...which is how we ended up with vanilla mango beard oil for B. He is quite excited about it.
11) Obama and Biden memes.
I'm not ready to accept what's happening politically in our country. Tears were shed. I'm #stillwithher. However, these are giving me some hope in the time of darkness...especially when they're Harry Potter themed.
12) I'm grateful that our teacher gradebook is online. I graded seven different assignments today (thirty five of each). I also watched six episodes of Gilmore Girls, took a nap, and walked the pup because balance is important. I'm grateful that I could enter all these grades at home and it's one less thing to deal with next Monday morning.
13) I'm thankful for opportunities. With the Read by 3 state grant, I sold my preps to work on professional development and mentor new teachers (and various other tasks). It's been an adjustment period for sure, but I'm really loving mentoring and working with new teachers. We unfortunately had one resign due to personal reasons and I wish her the best on her next adventure, but I'm choosing to look at the positives. I get to sit in on interviews tomorrow to hire a new teacher. I've never done that before and I think it's kind of nifty! I'm optimistic we'll find someone to fit into our school community (meaning they must love potlucks, because we do those often!)
I'm thankful that tomorrow I get to sleep in, have a grading party at Panera planned (with gift cards, so I'm not spending money), and visit the post office to drop off our wedding thank you cards and my dress to be cleaned/preserved.
What are you thankful for?
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