December rolls on. This is normally the most-jazzed month for me. I start preparing for Christmas magic in August with the first fall decorations. August is the official kick-off to the year-end holiday season. The first pumpkin spice leads into the first peppermint mocha. This year is definitely different. This blog has been shoved in …
The 2020 Thanksgiving is a lot different this year. There was definitely pie. I made pumpkin pie for the first time in a few years. Most years, I’m all about a pecan (puh-cahn) pie. We kept things small this year. One side of the family went camping so we all celebrated dinner outside in the …
I love this time of year! Even with the current state of the world, I have to find the good things. The solid things. The sweet things in life right now. I can honestly say, I am ready to turn the page of 2020 on this blog. It is limping along for various reasons. The …
Where did October go?? I may have started my fall decorating a few weeks..months…ago, but I still have a lot of things left on my list for fall. Finally, lets get this out of the way. I started looking for pumpkin spiced coffee in late July. I decorated the house (a new tradition in no …
We are in very strange times. Living through a pandemic is not how I imagined spending my days in 2020. I remember that fond day back when I posted my plans for 2020. Now I just read that and laugh. For more hilarious times, I check back through my state-of-the-blog where I give some insight …
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Do you want to be a morning runner? Do you know people who seem to thrive in the morning? They wake up loaded with rocket fuel and just tackle the day before the day can tackle them? Do you wish you could be half that perky? I have a secret. I once was a morning …
Today, at 2:30pm, I hugged my students goodbye and told them I would see them in one week/10 sleeps. At 5:00pm tonight, I learned that I will have to break that promise. Our Governor gave a press-conference to announce we had our first case of Covid-19 and schools will be closed until April 6th. A …
Once again, back at the doctor for another allergy-induced sinus infection. This one hit fast and hard and seemed to invade my lungs, too. And, since the apple-a-day didn’t keep the doctor away, the apple bowl is getting repurposed. This is the last week before spring break! I am ready for a week to heal …
What a great weekend! This is the first full week of March and that means a big birthday is coming up for me. With each new year added to my life, I often seem to get more introspective. I look back at the past year and look ahead at the new one beginning. I have …
I have so much going on lately with tons of reading, highlighting, and drafts for National Boards. Coffee is my constant. Day or night. Is it possible for some people to have some biological barrier to caffeine? I can drink it at 11pm and fall asleep with the cup in my hand. In fact, nothing …
As the title hints, this is all about my little corner of the interwebs. This post has noting to do with family, job, puppy, running, etc. I have tried to get all this put into words for the past couple of months and I keep getting stuck. That could also be a perfect metaphor for …
Relentless adjectiveUS /rɪˈlent·ləs/ continuing in a determined way without any interruption This is going to be a big year. I have made some big commitments to cross off by December 31st. Taking on all of these will require a big head change and major heart change. National Board Certified Teacher For some strange reason, in my 21st year of teaching, …
Magic Cookie Bars are the cornerstone of my cooking traditions. Traditions run far and wide in my family. And some date back to my infant days such as Black Friday shopping, some came along when my sister did like the Christmas pajamas, and some are new this year like going to a concert …
I’m still alive after a whirlwind August that involved lots of wet shoelace tying, paper filing, bus tag cutting, and general back-to-school chaos. While the weather around here still screams “SUMMER FOREVER!!”, the calendar says I can finally show the world my fall decor that has been up so long, it now needs dusting. The …
June flew by while on the road out west. July flew by while enjoying a few days of downtime with Atlas. And before my school bag was even unpacked, it’s time to pack it back up again. School starts in a few days. As you can see my room is not quite ready. I have …
This is one story I never thought I would have to tell. But after a few days, I’m now fully educated on dog snake bite treatment. My little running partner is on the sidelines for a few days while he recovers from a case of being too curious about some hiding places in our yard. …
I’ll start with my May review. Basically May was a Vegas trip and the end of the school year. I don’t want to look back at 10 years of blogging and look at all the Mays, but I bet they are skimpy and pitiful and reek of survival mode. As my momma said, June is …
Just like with most surprise life events, a sudden dog illness is never easy and rarely quick. We have had Atlas for almost a year, and he is such a huge part of our life. But what happens when dogs get sick, and stay sick, with no rhyme or reason? Three weeks later, here are …
I’m taking down that cool little announcement board that displays my hopes and dreams for April. They didn’t happen. Long story short, we had a puppy issue. Atlas got very sick all of a sudden, and we had a 3-week discovery to try to figure out what happened and what’s next. During those 3 weeks, …