Drinking all the cups of coffee. Sharing all the drops of bliss. Creator of a cozy home & mama village.
Wind whips snow drifts haphazardly around manicured bushes and barren tree branches. The world is blanketed in white, and still the white keeps falling, coating, piling. Denver, Colorado, don't hold your breath, but we are apparently in for the "storm of the season." Just days ago I came from mountains of snow - literally -... Continue Reading →
An interesting phenomenon occurs every week. Monday. I have no scientific explanation for the lethargic zombie that seems to walk in my shoes and attempt to teach on Mondays. As one teacher in my building keeps posted on her door throughout the school year, "I am confusing myself with my own confusion." Apt description for... Continue Reading →
Somehow I feel very proud of myself. Breathing a sigh of relief, I pause to reflect... I survived - my students survived - Day 2 of the 2012-2013 school year. While that feels like an incredible accomplishment right now, I know we are just on the brink of the next ten months of lectures, practice,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday marked the first day of teacher in-service. As I listened to the state of Faith Christian Academy and analyzed test score averages, the situation seemed almost surreal. Are we all really doing this again? Apparently, the answer is yes, because today is Day 2. I'm celebrating with two bowls of cereal on the side... Continue Reading →
I hope that every teacher in the Denver metro area that follows my blog is NOT reading this post right now. That's right, I'm hoping for a low readership for a while. It's 6:33 a.m., and I'm not parking near the glass doors of my school. Sleepy faces are not greeting me. Rather, I'm staring... Continue Reading →
A four day school week, thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, produced tired teachers and unstructured students. There were moments I felt like a main character from Dr. Seuss land, complete with random hair tufts protruding and backwards speech flowing. Take these moments for example . . . What do you do when you... Continue Reading →
Sipping my raspberry black tea this morning and hoping my wet hair dries by the fireplace before I have to go get dressed for work. My cat bats at my robe tie, as I quickly catch up on the Facebook happenin's and my email's inbox. Including drive time and awkward in-between errand time, I was at... Continue Reading →
I caught myself about to write "Eat Chocolate" on my to-do list today just so I could cross off something that I was sure to accomplish. Instead, I've opted to consume large amounts of Craisin Walnut Bread, Pumpkin Pie, and Vanilla Ice Cream tonight. The idea of exercising quickly fell by the wayside as I... Continue Reading →
I'm brushing my teeth and stewing in discontent and frustration. Blemishes from too much chocolate and too much stress pockmark my reflection. Harsher blemishes from sarcasm and the three-ring circus we call "middle school" pockmark my soul. In the midst of my grumbling scrubbing, a still, small whisper breaks through my revere. "What about giving thanks? What... Continue Reading →
I've had it. For those concerned that this blog has turned into nothing but gratitude fluff and cotton candy sweetness, you will rejoice to hear that tonight's reflections were first steeped in sarcasm. A lot of sarcasm. The gingersnap and vanilla ice cream BEFORE dinner didn't even do much more than increase my awareness of all the... Continue Reading →
