Why do I blog?
Frame by: http://onceuponaportable.blogspot.com/ I blog because I have a story of which to make others aware. I blog because I have a poem that I want to share. I blog because of a speechy idea…
Personal
Confessions of a Former Coupon Queen
I was a Coupon Queen. Not just a queen. THE queen. For several years, it was a part of my identify. I took pride in knowing that I got the best deals around. Period. I…
Why (I think) I am a better mom because I work.
As Iย listen to my nine-year old make music on our kitchen containers instead of doing his multiplication homework (not joking), I also think about how my work relates to my family. And why I…
Ironically, I now realize that have social skills issues too.
It seems strange to me now, as I approach 40 soon, that I am just realizing I have a lot of social issues to deal with too. When I first started working with children with…
Progress Report on 2012 Reading Goal
Progress Report: Super Woman has met and surpassed her goal of 50 books read or listened to during 2012. She read or listened to 55 books this last year, and monitored her progress and ratings…
My Best Reads of 2013
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Unlike last year, I did not meet my reading goal this year. Alas, I only finished 40 out of my goal of 50 books visually or audibly…
All I wanted was to be like Katniss
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. My son and I are taking an archery class. Me, because I really want to be like Katniss from The Hunger Games. My son because he idolizes Hawk Eye…
Thoughts with crutches
I’ve been hopping around for a week and a half now and am trying to compile my thoughts about having a broken foot. I’ll be sporting a fab cast until at least 8/1 Primarily, what…
Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse…
I was dancing (aka raising the roof) with students in the hall to “Celebration” on the last 5 minutes of the last day of school. I jumped backwards onto a coat rack, felt a pop,…
Confessions
Photo by Chris Nixon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sansbury/6112158484/ Sometimes I get tired of telling kids to stop picking their nose/teeth/private parts and just try to look the other way. I fast forward through the slow bits of p90x…
Goals for 2011
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. These are not New Year’s Resolutions. I have a New Year’s Resolution. It’s a longstanding one that I’ve only somewhat been able to keep over the years: I…
Books I read in 2010
Yet again I have failed miserably in my quest to read a book a week (on average). You know…like I did pre-children! My favorites: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: Potentially life changing autobiographical…
Turned
ย I am an Ivy League Grad turned Special Educator. I am a prep school student turned couponer extraordinaire. I am an athlete turned caregiver. I am a healthy daughter turned adoptive mother. I am…
Coastal Girl
I’m a coastal girl. I’ve always been a coastal girl. Of the 14 colleges I applied to, all but one were on a coast (and that one I applied to only because I had a…