National Running Day and my 100th Post!

It's National Running Day!  What a great reason to make yourself go run today!  A cool website called RunNow is trying to log a million miles today in honor and remembrance of the Boston Marathon tragedy.  It's easy to join in on the fun, and it's really fun to see how all of the states rank.  Poor Indiana isn't the worst, but certainly can't compete with California and Texas!

I logged 2.3 miles (I know...a very strange number!) after work today and the weather was gorgeous!  I really couldn't have asked for a better day to run.  My run wasn't to train for anything or to set a personal record, but it actually felt better than most of the runs I did while training for the Mini!  Isn't it funny how when you set yourself up to do something in particular it can sometimes get in the way?  It's even motivating to just go out and run on a whim.  I didn't have my watch charged, so I used the MapMyRun app on my phone and only had it set up to give me updates at each mile.  The best part was that I had no idea when it would pipe into my head phones, and then I was surprised at the stats it was giving me too!  When these types of runs come along, they are motivating and keep you going.  It was a welcome run to start off my summer.

Ahhhh...and even better than that...tomorrow is my last "official" work day until July 15th, and did I mention the weather is beautiful!?!?  I got to hang out on my back porch after my run, look at the flowers, and just enjoy being at home.  

My 100th Post
Holy smokes!  100 Posts!  That doesn't even seem feasible!  Well anyway, it has come, and in honor of you all who have stuck with me, just joined me, or befriended out of courtesy, I'm throwing a sale just for you!!!  Click on the link below and enjoy 20% off my entire store through Saturday!

You can start your work on organizing Data Binders or Reader's Workshop activities or fun math review games.  Get them printed, copied, 3-hole punch, laminated, whatever you need to do and be ready for the fall!!

Gotta run and enjoy the rest of my evening watching the CMT Awards with the hubs!

Followin' Up and Linkin' Up!

Last night, I promised to take some pictures of my kids' 100th Day Newsletter.  I love the picture this one did of her gravestone in 100 years!  This student said, "I made it night time so it would be scary, because if I'm alive then, I'll probably be scary!" Ha...love these kids!

Love that this girl decided she would definitely need a walker in 100 years.  

I chose this last one because I would love for this kid to be a rocker with this electric guitar someday!  Selfishly, I would hope for some free concert tickets!

Finally, I'm linkin' up with HappyDally for her picture book giveaway!  She wants to know what our favorite picture books are! I had to pick two, but for very different reasons.  

My students' pick: They absolutely love this book, and would be okay with me sharing pictures from it on a daily basis.  I couldn't leave it out! 

My personal pick: This book reminds me of my grandma and my brother.  My grandma passed away when I was little, but the only gift I remember getting from her was this book.  The best part was sitting on a big, brown, leather chair and her reading it to me.  I can still picture that spot in my head.  Secondly, my big brother (and by big, I mean 20 years older than me) would always read Dr. Seuss books to my sister and me.  Instead of reading it and enjoying pictures, he would read it flawlessly as fast as he could.  Have you ever tried it?  Impossible!  I still don't know how he read Dr. Seuss so fast!

Check out her giveaway and link up here!