One week into January’s spending freeze, and I’m somehow already broke. I know exactly why, of course– You see, my school district does this thing that I HATE where they pay us much earlier than normal “to help with the Christmas expenses.” Normally, I get paid the last day of each month (as …
Today, my first day back at the school in two and a half weeks, brought comments like the following: “I probably shouldn’t say this, but over the break, you got REALLY pregnant.” (from a fellow teacher) or “Mrs. Meidell, you came back! I thought you would have gone and had your baby!” (from a …
I think I wrote down once that December was a time for excess and that January is a time for paring down. It seems it happens every year—after the decadence of overeating, overspending, and over-receiving, I am ready come the new year for eating healthier, spending less, and downsizing. This month I want …
Until I really discovered blogging, I was an avid journaler. And by “avid,” what I really mean to say is that I at least HAD a current journal at every stage of my life and wrote in it anywhere from a dozen times a year to almost daily. As anyone who’s ever tried to …
(all photos taken on our recent Kanab/Arizona trip, where I crossed two things off my life’s bucket list) Back in the summer, I wrote a post all about how, after a massive life revelation, I was spending far too much time worried about “goals” and not nearly enough time worrying about “habits.” From that time …
Because I’ve got some random photos I need to dump somewhere and a lot of disconnected thoughts running around in my fuzzy little brain, I thought we’d do a Tuesday Tell-All for old times’ sake. *As an early Christmas splurge, Matt and I bought ourselves a new lens for the camera (although, if we’re being …
I am now well into my 3rd year teaching 7th grade, and while this year has been much more smooth-sailing than last year, I still often wonder if when the time comes to look for another teaching job, I should look into teaching an older age group. You see, there’s a reason that teaching …
Even though I’ve kept myself reasonably well-informed this pregnancy (by regularly reading books like What to Expect When You’re Expecting and frequently doing Google searches on questions I have), there have still been several things that have totally surprised me about pregnancy. In no particular order, here are 11 things that I DIDN’T exactly …
