Title: MatchedAuthor: Ally Condie# of Pages: 400 (although the actual story is a little less than that—I’m just too lazy to get out my own copy and look it up) I don’t know how it’s possible, but the idea of a teen dystopian novel just never seems to get old for me, especially when there’s …
Ferocious Flirt #5 & #6
Even though I’m not too great at doing this ferocious-flirt-a-day business, I did try out a couple new ideas, in between preparing for my first observation over at the middle school and keeping up with my church responsibilities. Since I’m too lazy to go and find the book, I’ll just summarize. Ferocious Flirt #5: Send …
Mid-Week Boost: Finding Joy
Today I’m excited to introduce you to one of my new favorite bloggers: Jodie from jodienoted! I found Jodie’s blog a few months ago and just fell in love with her positive outlook on life, her thought-provoking personal stories, and her beautiful craft ideas. Go check her out–you won’t be sorry! From the moment Torrie …
Tell-All Tuesday
*I’ve always thought that I have pretty great luck in life. Apparently that all changed this week. My car sputtered and slowly died this morning while I was still 4 blocks away from the school, I had a minor panic attack while giving plasma last night that required them to put an oxygen mask on …
Ferocious Flirt #2, #3, & #4
I love poetry–I have scads of poetry anthologies tucked away in bookshelves all over the house. For this reason, Flirt #2 was particularly easy to pull off: When writing a love letter . . . “steal from the best! Use freely from the bard, the lyrics to romantic love songs, and poems.” On Thursday night, …
Marathon Training, Week Five
Matt and I have now been officially training for over a month, and over that period of time, I’ve learned quite a bit about my running self. Each day before I’m due for my run, there is inevitably The Stall. You fellow exercisers know what I’m talking about—the moment where you know you need to …
Teaching Update
I’ve finally gotten around to updating my teaching blog with a couple more posts. This time, I weighed in on parent-teacher conferences and funny student remarks. Check it out here: http://didacticdithering.blogspot.com/ Cartoon via cartoonstock.com
Ferocious Flirt #1
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I decided to whip out Ferocious Flirting (this cute little book we got at our wedding that’s full of little ideas to make your marriage wonderful) and start trying out some of the suggestions. I always try to serve Matt every opportunity I get, but this book gave …
