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 …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Okay, I know I said I wasn’t going to try to talk about student teaching so much, but my paper load is seriously becoming kind of unbearable. And now I finally know what all my English teachers were talking about…I’ve spent over 6 hours in the last two days going over one-page rough drafts, and …
Marathon Training, Week Four
People who deserve extra blessings: people who shovel not only their driveways, but their sidewalks as well (oh, I just want to hug you all!), people who actually slow down and move slightly over when they see you running, and people who have control over their dogs (or, if they don’t, that at least have …
Restaurant-Quality Garlic Beef Enchiladas
When we went down to a single income a few years back (so I could stay home with our kids), one of the first things to be cut from our budget was eating out. Before, Friday night was our “night on the town,” and I used to love looking forward to a hot, delicious meal …
Tuesday Tell-All
*I feel like the only thing I’m ever going to have to write about anymore will be stuff about teaching. But that’s what my teaching blog is for. So I’ll do my best to think of other things going on in my life. Ummm…. *So Matt and I really never see each other. Take yesterday, …