And then life happened…

I hang my head in shame as I come to you to ask for your mercy.  Last week I realized I missed both a Twitter and Facebook contest in April AND May.  Not to mention, June’s contest is coming up next week.  Awesomeness.

So to rectify the situation, and to show my sincere appreciation for your continued support, y’all have a change to win 1 of 3 different Deluxe designs next week. 

• The first design will go to the winner of the originally scheduled contest next week.  Its taking place on Monday, June 24th @ 6:00pm (MST) over on Munchkin Land Designs’ Facebook page.
  
• The second design will go to the winner of a Twitter contest taking place an hour later.  Just to reiterate, it’ll be Monday, June 24th @ 7:00pm (MST) over on Munchkin Land Designs’ Twitter page.
  
• And lastly, everyone who plays in either (or both) contests, will be entered into a drawing for the last Deluxe blog design. 

However, I want to give those of you who won’t be able to play next Monday an opportunity to enter too.  So if you’ll leave a comment on this post, letting me know how you found Munchkin Land Designs or your favorite design from the updated Design Gallery, I’ll also include you in the drawing for the third Deluxe blog design.

And again, thank you for your patience and grace!  Its been a crazy couple of months and well, life gets in the way sometimes.  Ha!

Looking forward to contesting with y’all next week!  See you then!

BOTW, Life in Middle School

I’ve had the pleasure of working with numerous teachers on building sites for their classrooms.  And as a parent, I would absolutely LOVE it if my children’s teachers had a blog.  I think its an incredible communication tool.  I was delighted to work with Lauren and bring her ideas to life.  Click on over and check out her site!

Lauren, Life in Middle School

Explain the meaning behind the name of your blog.
Life in Middle School basically stands for my crazy life as a Middle School teacher. It's always a very "special" age for kids... they're not super small and cute like in elementary school, while not closing in on adulthood like High School.

How long have you been blogging? Why did you start blogging?
I've been blogging since September of 2011. I had been transferred from my Middle School, which was my home away from home. I was feeling lonely and disconnected from my teaching friends, so I reached out to the blogging community! It's been great to share and learn so many things from my online teaching friends. Luckily, I've been transferred back to my original Middle School, so I have the best of both worlds!

What do you love most blogging?
I love that blogging inspires me to go above and beyond in my classroom! There are so many ideas, tips and tricks... you can stay busy for hours changing things and improving your classroom.

What's the most surprising thing you've discovered since you began blogging?
I guess that I have followers!! (heehee!) I honestly started blogging to get some of my ideas out on "paper" and it's been just a wonderful surprise to have people follow my website. I'm still small in the "educational" blogging community, but I enjoy that there's a lot of room to grow and learn.

What is the one thing you want others to know about yourself, or your blog?
For my blog... I'd like people to know that it's an open place for ideas. I'm very open to new ideas and I love hearing from my followers!  For me? I'm a hockey fan and finally, finally FINALLY... my long suffering LA Kings have finally won the Stanley Cup! I've been playing hockey my entire life and I met my husband on the hockey rink. We're just a hockey family! :)