Here’s the Latest!
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Planning Birthdays
I start planning for birthdays a couple of months beforehand. First, I figure out the date of the party (my husband likes to have the party the Saturday AFTER the actual birthday). I usually send family a save-the-date text. Then, I book the space and any other rentals. This year our girl wanted an inflatable…
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Building Positive Relationships While Teaching Virtuallly
It’s important to build positive relationships while teaching, but especially important while teaching virtually. Host a Zoom Coffee at the beginning of the semester. Tell students to bring your favorite (school appropriate) beverage and be prepared to introduce yourself. Use the time to briefly go over the course, your syllabus/ pacing guide, and expectations. You…
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Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle
Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle was a great read! Definitely read this book in print, because the illustrations are wonderful. They were drawn by John Ingle, Sheila’s husband. Fearless Martha begins with a brief forward, and ends with a glossary explaining colonial-era words the reader may not be familiar with. Set during the American Revolution,…
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A Historical Fiction Book to Read in the Spring
A spring historical fiction book that sticks out to me is The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley. This is a worthy WWII historical fiction novel intertwined with a present-day storyline. Let me know what you think!
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If You Get Behind in Your Online Class, here are the two steps you need to take.
Sometimes when students get behind in their online classes, they become overwhelmed and stop working. They just give up. One student told me, “I feel like just doing an assignment won’t make a difference in my grade.” While one assignment may not make much of a difference, getting started will break the ice and help…
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My Reading Life Lately and a TBR Spreadsheet
Right now I’m listening to All My Knotted Up Life by Beth Moore. Beth Moore narrates the audiobook, and reads section based on the earlier years in a more Arkansas twang, depicting how she would have sounded in that time. I love that. This seems to be a huge two weeks in publishing- Embers in…
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Tracking Reading and TBR
I’ve been feeling the strong urge to re-organize my physical TBR (to be read), and I’m sure my husband would be glad to not have towering stacks of TBR books to trip over. We’re not even going to talk about the Kindle TBR…because I don’t even know. Any thoughts on organizing ebook TBR? I also…
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The Elusive Self Care
For me, self care has looked different in different seasons. When I was pregnant, laying down on the couch with my feet up (and usually napping) after school was the best way to care for myself. In Other Seasons… It’s the Little Things Be kind to yourself <3 Plan your self care ahead of time,…
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House + Love = Home by Jenny Marrs and Christmas traditions
Design books are not what I typically read, but House + Love = Home by Jenny Marrs was so much more than that. It’s an encouragement to live life intentionally, focusing on your family’s values and priorities. Not wasting time on things outside of those. We are in the midst of a bathroom overhaul (two…
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2024 Goals
My 2024 Goals are: I’ve divided the year into chunks. I like Sarah Hart-Unger’s quintile system. Her life looks different when her kids are home from school, so she divides the year into seasons of life, or the school calendar. Read more about her system here. I am not using traditional quarters of the year,…