This. I woke up at 5 am. After sleeping 12 hours. I was absolute toast last night. End of the school year is a strange creature. Since I was up so early, but not quite early enough to catch my CrossFit…

A few years ago, I wrote a post talking about the current “Dirty Dozen” which is the top 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residue. A lot of people have an interest in choosing pesticide-free organic foods, but cannot…

I’m up early because I’m way too excited about things going on lately. I had a great weekend overall and I have one more full week of teaching left before a CRAZY summer. What’s on my mind this morning? 1. Running….

With summer in full swing and vacation plans finalized, all that is left to do is enjoy the last days of school and sip some tea on the back porch. But I didn’t want ordinary iced tea. What I was really…

If I could name a favorite dish that I love lately, it would be ground beef stir fry. On a weekend during your food prep time, heat a big pan. Grab some ground beef (or pork or whatever). Add some garlic….

Tonight was our Kindergarten awards night. We handed out certificates to students in crispy dresses, pleated pants (or the one pair of pants that still fit) and too-tight shoes, and washed hair and faces. They sang some of their favorite songs…

What happens when I’m tired but I’m hungry and yet I have a metric ton of salad greens from the market in my fridge? This. Breakfast over greens. I made this a few weeks ago and decided this was a good…

I had another half day planning meeting, this time for Kindergarten to plan stuff for next year. It’s a good thing we were close to bathrooms. Taking a class through a donut factory wasn’t a good idea. I didn’t sleep much…

…..because we want to get a brief glimpse of hell.     Let me say up front that field trips stress me out like very few things do. The gazillion things that COULD go wrong, either have or will happen while…

This is going to be a very eventful week. No time for dilly-dallying unless you count sitting in a room trying to conjure up money from non-existent sources. Half-day work meeting to create a new budget for school funds.   Yeah,…