A birthday is the 1st day of another 365 day journey around the sun.  Enjoy the trip! As I look back on the past year of my life – #22 – I again realize I am blessed.  At this rate, #23 is going to be pretty great.  Yes, it’s been quite some time since my last update…

Yes, I’ve made it to Christmas break…and I’m home in Minnesota!  The last few weeks have flown by – lesson planning, grading papers, and parent-teacher conferences have kept me busy.  Throw in a winter storm too – Becca absolutely loved that!  Of course, we still had school, so my normally 15 minute drive to work…

Glitter, challenges, flashing lights, tears, and purple hair – yes, that’s pretty much been a summary of the past week.  This entire experience, but especially this past week has been very intense…to say the least.  Every single day, I am reminded of how blessed I truly am – I’m happy and healthy, I have wonderful…

It was a beautiful fall day here in Michigan (with the exception of a few rain showers) and I can’t help but think about how lucky and blessed I am.  We’re now over half done with the month of October - time is sure flying by.  My kids are still as amazing as ever, I love…

I love the TWINS!  Yes, I should be lesson planning and correcting, but I’m not – I’m watching the TWINS!  My kids hear all about them most days & my room is decorated with Joe Mauer & TWINS posters – tomorrow, I’ll be wearing a TWINS shirt to school, even if it doesn’t match. I…

Tuesday is gone…just 3 more days this week – then it’s the weekend & CROCKETT football!  Yes, I love my HS football team – pretty much each & every student of mine that plays football has made sure to tell me they saw me at the game last Friday & checked to see if I’ll…

Yep, the answer to the bonus question on my first period Geometry quiz on Friday was been & dairy.  Stemming from a life lesson in class the day before, my bonus question was “what two types of cattle are there?”  Until Thursday, many of my students didn’t know there was a difference between beef cattle…

Yes, this is the hardest job I’ll ever love.  I’ve only finished this first day of week one, but I’m already exhausted – at least this week is pretty much completely planned.  I just have a few copies left to make and a few things to enter into the grade book and then I’ll be…

Yes, I LOVE hall duty.  I may be 6 inches shorter than most of the kids at Crockett, but there’s something I love about telling them to “hurry up & get to class” or “take that hat off – that’s not part of the dress code” – yep, I’m that teacher now.  Someone please tell…

Yes, it must be love because getting up at 6:03am everyday to get ready for work doesn’t even phase me.  Coming from a person who is not a “morning person” at all, this is a huge victory!  Yep, I’m on the road to work by 6:50am every morning – arriving about 7:10, which gives me…