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Today, I took a shower. It was a major event and one that I shan’t likely repeat anytime soon. First of all, my leg must remain straight at all times.  I have an incision on my quad muscle and it cannot … Continue reading →

I had knee surgery #7 on Thursday.  I am thinking I should have been given a punch card at some point.  One of these is bound to be free at some point, right?  This was my 3rd ACL and it … Continue reading →

It was a day. Today, I had to get the chrome book cart and get my first graders all logged in to aforementioned chrome books, help them navigate the tricky Interwebs, and take an online math diagnostic test. The horror. … Continue reading →

I really love buying books for my classroom.  It is a problem.  But it makes me SO happy.  Teaching is a strange profession.  We all spend so much of our own money on our classrooms.  I am feeling all book-happy because … Continue reading →

Last weekend, the whole fam went camping for Labor Day weekend.  As per the usual custom.  I try to tell all the people who are my kin that camping over Labor Day is a treacherous thought to a teacher, but … Continue reading →

The girls just wrapped up their first week of school.  Daisy Mae (right) is now in 7th and Sweet Pea is in 8th.  Which means this is the last year I can say, “I don’t have a high schooler.”  How … Continue reading →

This is what happens when you put your husband in charge of purchasing the wedding card for his brother’s upcoming nuptials. Helpful. We have just returned from our road trip to see the marriage of David’s brother, Alex.  Alex married … Continue reading →

Where has summer gone?  I started the summer sure I was going to work with my kids on their book learnin’, organize my house, lose weight (ha!), read, and blog at least once a week.  Things did not happen the … Continue reading →