My first Linky Party

Thanks to Grade 3 is the Place For Me, I'm joining my first Linky Party:

Here's the low down:
1. What state you are in?
2. Your current teaching position
3. Your teaching experience
4. When you started blogging
5. Share a blogging tip/resource
Since I'm a newbie, I thought I'd share in my first blog hop! Even though it's a couple of weeks late, I'm just excited to get to know some other blogging teachers. Here's a little about me:

1. I was born, raised, and still proud to live in Texas!
2. This will be my 5th year to teach 2nd grade...love it!
3. I have taught 2 years of 3rd and a semester of kinder, where I took over a position mid year.
4. I started blogging this week! Talk about newbie!
5. Blogging tip? Wish I had something really clever to share, but I'm fumbling through this whole boggy world and not too sure of what I'm doing. My advice...read and learn from others who know what they are doing. Everyone is so gracious to share their advice!