Ms Dancy's 2010-2010 Pit-Crew

Today was the first day of school! As usual I did not sleep well last night- I still get those first day jitters even though this is my 5th year of teaching! As you can tell it looks like I have a great bunch of students to work with- 19 in all! Our school wide theme is "The Ultimate Pit-Crew...celebrating the small things." So here is my pit-crew. With the "racing" theme I told my students our class motto would be "Success is a journey, not a destination."

Beach week 2010 - fun in the sun

Mom and I headed for the beach last Saturday. Sadly this was my first trip to the beach this summer- as I was bogged down with grad school and the Tech Camp. Mom and I spent the week at Holden with my grandparents. My 2nd family as a few miles south of the border at North Myrtle- so of course that meant I had to make a few day trips to them. Emerald came down Tuesday afternoon to join in the fun. What a fun week we had playing in the sand, jumping waves, soaking up the sun, eating ourselves happy and most importantly enjoying each others company.

Happy Birthday Ernie!

Erin is the king of pranks- so it was only fitting that he be pranked for his birthday. I think it's safe to say we pulled one over on him! Last week Dad had to replace a toilet at home- for most of the week the toilet has sat at the end of the driveway waiting to be picked up. The bright idea popped into my head- how great would it be to put this toilet on Erin's front porch. What made it even better was that Erin literally just moved into this house last weekend. So- with a little scheming my bright idea became a reality. I called Jan on my way home yesterday afternoon- she told me he was working until 8, so we only had a few hours to work with. To add excitement to our adventure the weather was not very cooperative. At just the time we needed to leave my house with the toilet in tow- a summer storm blew in. I'm talking torrential downpour with hurricane like winds!!! Jan and I didn't let this stand in our way! We put on her raincoats and went about our business!

Notice the "2" and "4" balloons = Erin's 24th birthday.... details details

Tootsie Rolls look an awful lot like turds...

You will notice all the writing covering the toilet- each phrase was an inside joke.

I was expecting a phone call the minute Erin got home. However- because of his oblivious one-track mind he walked right past the toilet without noticing it. When he finally saw it- he just laughed... although I think he did have to do a double-take at the tootsie-roll turds!