In years past, I will admit to having been a big of a Scroogette when it came to some things about Christmas, such as Walmart playing Christmas music soon after Halloween or hearing the song “Holly Jolly Christmas” over and over again on the radio. And while I’ll admit that I still don’t particularly love …
This Being the Reason I Need a Break
Have you been on a middle school bus lately? It’s LOUD. And HOT. And it smells slightly like corn chips and wet snow boots. Trust me, I know–I had to spend over an hour on one today, just me and 68 kids. The entire way back to the school, they were yelling (I won’t even …
What’s Your Reading Comfort Zone?
In trying to keep up on my professional skills, I’ve started reading Nancie Atwell’s In the Middle, which is basically a how-to guide for teaching middle schoolers. Something she talks about in that book is your “reading territories,” which is nothing more or less than those genres or types of books or authors that you …
Here’s What’s Cooking . . . Pepperoni Pan Pizza
Despite my best intentions, Matt and I don’t *always* eat super healthy. My very favorite non-healthy thing to make is a slightly modified version of this amazing recipe for pepperoni pizza that I got from Taste of Home’s Prize-Winning Recipes 2007 (aff link). What I particularly like about it is that it includes a recipe …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Good news, friends: I found the David Archuleta c.d. last night while rooting through that messy closet again. And guess what else I found? A little gem of a book (made by the American Girl company, who else?) that I had filled out in 4th grade. Check out my life aspiration (above). Pretty good, eh? Eh? *Matt …
Recall of Worst Housewife of the Year Award?
SO, a couple weekends back, I ran across this book on organizing during one of my escape trips to Barnes & Noble (you’d be surprised at how often those trips seem to happen). I felt so inspired that I ended up ordering the book from Amazon a few days later and, in my frenzy of excitement …
Holiday Card Rejects
Even though these are the pictures that didn’t make the cut to put on our Christmas card (which may or may not be a theoretical concept as of now–it all depends on how my energy levels are feeling in about a week), I still liked ’em enough to share. Funny story: we had originally planned …
Procrastination Inventory
This trimester, I started teaching a Study Skills class, which is a fancy name for a class where I basically babysit all the kids who aren’t doing their work. I am trying to teach them some life skills too though (in addition to just making them do their homework every day), and this week we’ve …