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Of Buckets and Bridges
In the interest of trying to write more often, I’ve decided to try out Word Press’s “Daily Prompt.” Today’s prompt is “What’s the 11th item on your bucket list?” I was tempted to skip this because I don’t really have an official bucket list. (Was that even a thing before that movie came out?) As …
It’s My Blog-iversary!
I wrote my first blog post one year ago today. I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like lately, because second grade is taking up a lot of my time. I’m not actually in second grade, I’m teaching it. I haven’t been a classroom teacher for five years, but I’m loving it. I’m already sad …
Reasons to Workout Before the Kids Wake Up
When we’re all getting ready for school in the morning, it’s easier to workout before the kids get up. Now that we’re all on summer break, I don’t always get up and going before they do. But working out with the kids watching is very demoralizing. “Mom, how come you don’t look like them?” (Referring …
February Digest
February came and went in a flash. I began the month firmly in the grip of a very nasty three-week head cold. I was trying not to miss school because I had just missed two days staying home with my sick daughter, but I finally had to give in. On a Thursday evening, I came …
What’s the Opposite of ‘Ode’?
A few weeks ago, I wrote an ‘Ode to a Snow Day.’ I looked up googled the word ode before I wrote it, to make sure I was using it correctly. I found that it is a poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject. I also found: an ode is …
Get Them to Do it For You
Remember when our parents didn’t need remote controls because they had us to change the channels for them? Well, as I was working on one of S’s dresses today, and I had to pick out the topstitching I was doing because the bobbin ran out in the middle of the front of the dress, I …
January in Review
I’ve been at this blog for a little over a month now. I set some goals for myself, so how did I do? Originally, I thought this post would be a blow-by-blow account of whether or not I met my goals, but even I didn’t want to read that. If you do want to see …
Grammar Police
Since I am a teacher, my husband likes to accuse me of constantly correcting him. Which I don’t. At least, I don’t mean to. And since I know how much it annoys him, I try to keep from correcting him unless it’s important, like something he’s asked me to proofread for work. But sometimes, no …
(Don’t) Look at Me!
Attention-starved I’m not. If I could have figured out how to have a wedding without being the center of attention, I would have done it. When I was in 4-H and took sewing projects, at the end of the summer we had to participate in the Fashion Review and model our outfits. Are you kidding …
Hello, 2012!
Wow, another year gone already! Time flies when you’re having fun. Or getting old. Or something like that. Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and it’s time to crystallize my vague goals and get them down on “paper” and start holding myself accountable, so here goes. Organizing my home: This has to …
Therewith to be Content 