Today the temperature in Minnesota hovered around 20 degrees. The sun poked it’s head out of the clouds, giving Ace the perfect, warm, sun-streaked napping spot in the living room. It almost felt as though it was spring; for a second, I forgot about snow on the ground! Welcoming March tomorrow can’t come soon enough….
Archives for February 2015
change what you can, accept the rest
Most of us have our issues: always late, picky eaters, over analyze, overweight, underweight, never stop worrying, etc… My issue is anxiety. Writing about my anxiety is personal, even though I won’t go quite as in-depth as I probably should; it is hard for me to admit I have a problem, that is at times, out…
wordless wednesday
dealin’
why did you come back?
It’s back. I don’t know why it decided to slowly creep back into my life, but the past two days, it’s made itself pretty comfortable. It’s made sleep impossible, it’s completely taken away my concentration, it takes the fun out of work, it portrays hills as mountains, & makes me a monster. I can’t relax…
a letter to me
Time is a crazy thing. It moves swiftly, without warning. It creates things, like gray hair & wrinkles. It gobbles up memories & can cause regret. This week I had the privilege of attending my little sister’s Senior Night for high school basketball, [I’m unsure where time went! For starters, I can’t believe she is…
wordless wednesday
spaghetti squash burrito bowls
it’s happening..
Does that logo mean anything to you? For most, it probably doesn’t, but for me, it shortens my breath, gives me arm pimples -overheard in the hallway this morning from a 5th grader, referencing goosebumps- and creates an excitement that I can’t even begin to describe. I AM GOING TO SEE BON IVER- LIVE –…
wordless wednesday
nonfiction connections
Teaching Tip: Building background for low readers Last week my seventh graders started to learn about the Civil War in American History. I LOVE discussing historical topics, {in college, my minor was originally 5 -8 Social Studies, but I switched a semester in to 5-8 Communication/Language Arts; it was a better fit}, and I especially…
a thank you
wordless wednesday
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