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It’s Good to Take a Break from Yourself
I am not a big music person. Chris is, so I tend to just listen to whatever he is listening to (mostly because he hijacks the music and I have no choice). But…
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The Sneaky Entrepreneur
I picked Bean and Gracie up from their aftercare program yesterday afternoon and one of the teachers pulled me aside. “Um… Mrs. Brown… Michael has been making rainbow loom bracelets for all the…
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Playing (with the) Opossum
Opossums have always held a special place in my heart. When I was growing up, my grandma lived with us for most of my childhood. I can remember anytime we had been out…
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Girls Weekend in the Hahhhhhhmptons
This past weekend, my two best girlfriends and I met at JFK, rented a car, and drove to the Hamptons for a much needed girls weekend. We rented the most beautiful waterfront house…
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Girls Weekend Kick Off
This afternoon I had a PTA board meeting and I had to tell them about the Box Tops Crisis of 2018. Everyone was super nice about it and everything, but I still felt…
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A BOX TOPS CRISIS! and other suburban moments.
First of all, all day long I thought it was Wednesday until about 4:00 when another teacher said something about how excited she was that tomorrow was Wednesday and I was like, *record…
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Chores for Elementary Aged Children
I started to write this post and it reminded me of a little spelling test Gracie took a few months ago in which she forgot a very important letter in one of her…
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…And here I am!
So, today at 9:00am, I was sitting in my classroom at my desk, grading papers and waiting for the school day to start at 9:30, when my phone rings. It’s my kids’ school…
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Fall, You’re Late to the Party
I love seeing people’s pictures of fall on my Instagram and Facebook feeds. I obsess over chunky, soft sweaters, warm, leather boots, orange and red foliage, and even Starbucks cups filled with pumpkin…
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Go, Go, Go, STOP.
Oh, friends. What a wonderful problem I am having right now. ClassMax is doing so incredibly well. So much better, so much earlier than we expected. Which is AMAZING and we are so…
