• The Voices Inside My Teacher Brain

    / January 15, 2015 / 14 Comments

    Sometimes when I tell people that I am a middle school teacher, they give me these horrified looks and say something like, “Are you INSANE?”  And I usually just laugh and say something like,…

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  • Remix: A Laugh A Day

    / January 13, 2015 / 8 Comments

    Last night, I was browsing through old blog posts from way back when Bean was born because he has been a total turd this week and I wanted to be reminded of a…

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  • Chores for Little Family Members

    / January 11, 2015 / 6 Comments

    In my house growing up, we did chores as a family every Saturday morning.  I remember it so vividly.  Ginny and I had to clean our rooms, change our bedsheets, and then we…

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  • The Man I Didn’t Marry

    / January 9, 2015 / 23 Comments

    When we were in high school, I loved him because he didn’t care what anyone thought.  He didn’t care what he should or shouldn’t do.  And I loved him for that freedom because…

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  • The Time Out Fail

    / January 6, 2015 / 3 Comments

    This morning, Gracie was in time out for who-knows-what.  We have two designated “time out spots” in our house, which makes it easy to enforce when there is a discipline issue.  The kids…

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  • #oneword2015

    / January 4, 2015 / 11 Comments

    Hello again, imaginary friends! I missed you so while I was away, but I did enjoy a much needed break from my blogging grind stone.  I have been soaking up time away from…

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  • The Love of All Things

    / December 23, 2014 / 12 Comments

    A few months ago, I blogged about two ministers in my church who were diagnosed with breast cancer almost two weeks apart from each other.  This past weekend, one of them preached again for…

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  • Is Anyone Still Here????

    / December 15, 2014 / 11 Comments

    Oh, imaginary friends!  How I have missed you!  Life has taken over in the last few weeks, as I know is prone to happen this time of year.  Between holiday parties, finish up…

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  • The Best Years

    / December 8, 2014 / 9 Comments

    Last week I posted this picture in my post about our Thanksgiving… …and someone commented that they loved my plates. Which made me laugh hysterically for about 20 minutes. And then I called…

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