Special Shout-out Time!
This one goes to Amy at AdventuresinTeaching.net for awarding me the Versatile Blogger Award!  I am very excited to place this on my blog (and even more excited that I'm gaining followers every day)!  Thank you all for staying interested and keep the comments coming.
In keeping with the rules of the Versatile Blogger...here are my 7 random facts.
1.  My husband and I are actually Hatfield and McCoy (not joking).
2.  My father, mother, brother, and myself all have birthdays on major holidays.
3.  My guilty obsession is orange Kool-aid and peanut butter fudge.
4.  Because of #3 I am now addicted to P90x.
5.  I love Big Brother.
6.  I absolutely cannot whistle no matter how hard I try.
7.  I have 6 different colors of contact lenses - just because I think it's fun!







Nominate other bloggers...
1.  Just a Primary Girl
2.  Pocketful of Centers
3.  The Bender Bunch
4.  Leading and Reading
5.  Simply Sweet Teaching

Newby Blog Hop!

1.  What state do you live in?
I live in Florida

2.  What is your current teaching position?
I am a Curriculum Resource Coordinator.

3.  What is your teaching experience?
I have taught all grades K-5. 

4.  When did you start blogging?
I started blogging two weeks ago!

5.  Share a bloggin tip.
Join a newby linky party!!!

More on blog following...

I think the easiest way to keep up with blogs is to install the feed reader gadget on your computer desktop.  It's so simple!
Step 1:  Go to any blog site.
Step 2:  In Internet Explorer you can click on the "tools" and then "feed discovery".  You should see at least 2 choices ATOM or RSS.  I personally prefer ATOM but it really doesn't matter which one you choose but you will want to pick one type and stick with it (otherwise your feeds will wind up in two different places).
Step 3:  Click "Subscribe to this feed".  You should have a feed folder already there (who knew!)
Step 4:  Continue adding feeds for sites you enjoy.
Step 5:  Right click on any blank space on your desktop and select "feed headliner".  This will place the scrolling headliner on your desktop.  Then just select the feed folder you just saved everything in.  This should be fairly simple if you only have the default feed folder you began with.  If you added folders it may be a little trickier.  The headliner will continually update and you can choose options such as number of feeds to show, etc. 
Now just read the headlines as they scroll and if one looks interesting you can click on it directly from the headliner on your desktop!

Happy blog following!

How to follow a blog

Here is a pretty simple guide to blog following.  It gives you several options.  I personally prefer the first method and I do have the follow (or join) button on my blog if you scroll down far enough.

Blog following