The blogosphere has been overflowing with “year in review” posts—-people reflecting on new houses bought, babies born, college graduations attended, trips to Europe, yada yada yada. I’m usually not one to participate in such posts—I mean, even just reading about some people’s years makes me feel a little inadequate because we haven’t exactly reached some …
As the excited buzzing of a new year approaches, new resolutions are being made left and right everywhere I look (mostly, it seems, due to overindulgence by the population at large over the long holiday). And while I myself am gearing up for a new year filled with new goals, I can’t very well move forward …
Here we are, mere days away from the end of the year, and I’m still tying up the last of my organization project for the year. I would have posted on today’s subject (photos) about 2-3 weeks ago, but you’ll see later on in the post why I waited. For basically my whole life (well, …
I’d planned to do a big, fancy-pants write-up of our Christmas this year (honestly, more for my sake than for anyone else’s), but then I got knocked flat on my back by the flu, which meant that I spent Christmas hacking it up and the day after Christmas barely able to move, watching old seasons …
Here’s the card I actually managed to print and send out to a few people this year. (Note to self: next year, I definitely need to print out more copies.) This was the first year in history that I actually followed through with my goal to do the “Christmas card thing,” and I have to …
I’ve mentioned this on here before, but Matt and I do Christmas a little strangely—since we typically spend Christmas Day not at home (instead, we’re down in Bountiful with our parents and siblings), we always do “our” Christmas for each other a few days before the actual holiday. This year, our Christmas hit especially early—Saturday …
One nice thing about a blog is that I get to control the content. And in particular, the nice thing about a blog is that I get to control what pictures of myself are released into the wild of the World Wide Web for all the universe to see. It’s not like a driver’s license …
(Picture taken today at our “candy bomber” activity at the school, which was inspired by the famous Gail Halvorson) It is hardly a secret that the age group I teach is often referred to as “difficult” or “awkward.” Whenever I tell someone that I teach 7th graders, I usually get a reaction like the following: …
