Start your engines...Tried it Tuesday

Woohoo...Tuesday!

Time to link up with my sweet friend Holly

from Fourth Grade Flipper for 

Tried it Tuesday.

Tried it Awesomeness #1: My first NASCAR race

Four years ago when Jerm and I got together, he MADE me

pick a Nascar driver. 

I looked at him sideways as he pulled up all the drivers for

me to check out.  

I knew NOTHIN' about Nascar...so....

I did what any smart girl would do,

I picked my favorite number.

#11-Denny Hamlin.

Denny tore it up (that's a good thing) the year 

I started watchin'...on the T.V.

I'm a great cheerleader from the couch.

I couldn't avoid the great outdoors forever though.

This past weekend, nine of us headed off to 

Talladega Superspeedway to 

watch the race.

Let me just scream...

SO MUCH FUN!

Tailgatin' at 8:30 a.m. makes for a VERY long day!

You can get a really nice suntan though.

Goin' with buddies is a fabulous idea.  Sissy-in-law selfies.

The best part of all.  

MY DRIVER WON!!!!!!!!!!

I was FLIPPIN' OUT...one of the coolest

things I've gotten to witness.

Even though I had the time of my life,

I said I can't ever go back.

How do you top your driver winnin' 

the first race you go to?

You can't.

Tried it Awesomeness #2: B.B.F. Award

Do you know my sweet friend Brooke from Smarter Balanced Teacher?

She gave me an award.  

Not just any award, but the coolest award of all time...

"The Best Blogging Friend Award" and I was blown away!

She made this for ME...M-E!

(Read why here)

Is that seriously not the sweetest thing?

Brooke...you ROCK and I HEART you!

Since Brooke tagged me...I get to tag someone else.

This was a really tough decision for me

because I love all my bloggy buddies and want them

by my side in real life at all times.

EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.

That's not how this works though.

I have to choose one.

So, here goes...

my B.B.F. this time goes to...

Erin aka Miss Lifesaver

Erin and I have talked about EVERYTHING

under the sun!

She just gets me and I love her dearly.

We have some of the funniest and some of the 

most serious conversations.

We email, we text, we Facebook, etc.

It honestly feels like we have been friends forever.

So...Erin...TAG...you're it. 

Your turn to choose someone else.

Before I go...did you have a chance to check out 

my May Currently?

I chose Cassie from Funky in Fourth 

for my "Surprise" section.

Cassie is havin' her very first ever Rafflecopter giveaway.

Be sure to go give Cassie some love.

I'm sure you've heard there is a TpT sale goin' on.

Thank you to Hello Literacy Designs for the cute graphic.

I'm havin' a sale in my store and so is Double Trouble.

Teachers do ROCK!

Happy Tuesday, friends!