Y_Odgers

Just my two cents...I live with 2 teachers and am myself a teaching assistant. The absolute best gift a teacher can receive is gift certificates to anywhere. We eat, shop, and watch movies just like the rest of you. But most of all we spend our money on the children when the state wont pay for it. I'm NOT complaining about spending personal money because this is something I like to do when I can. Sometimes that $40 dollars on craft stuff is nothing when I can see the kids excited about making something for mom or dad. Just think of it this way, exactly how many coffee mugs do you think we get a year at Christmas or Teachers Appreciation day and multiply by how many student in all our classes by how many years we've been teaching. It comes up to A LOT:eek: ! Please don't get me wrong I appreciated any momento a child and his/her family gives to me because afterall its the thought that counts. The gift certificates are just a thought though and you may even spend less. :)

Last year was my first year sitting at the best buy I got there about 8pm on thanksgiving and was the 2nd person in line. It was cold but fun we had football games going on in the parking lot and lots of stories being told. And the benefit of a porta potty but no food of drink. We brought our own but some hot chocolate or donuts would have been great. We even had employees from best buy sitting out in the cold with us. At about an hour before opening we had some idiots try to form another line...htat didnt last long. 45 minutes till opening I had a guy try to buy my spot. 30 minutes till opening they handed out tickets for the good stuff and the local media interviewed us. At 15 minutes until opening Chickfila showed up....yea I'm going to get out of line to go get food:eek: ...HA not on your life! Store finally opens I get stuff and am out by 610am. The whole process was smooth and a lot of fun. I have a bunch of friends who are going with me this year. I just wish chickfila would have shown up earlier or some donuts would have been availiable.

I have asked all of my family and friends to go with me to camp out at the BB for BF and all of them have said Im crazy. I may have to guilt the hubby (who is very anti-BF) into going and standing with me. Or else he may never get to use the compuer I am buying. .