Today my brain is rambly-scrambly and tired. State testing, house woes (Et tu, water heater?), children running amuck... however! Less tha...

The dogs are on my very last nerve tonight, so I grumble at Daisy and say, "I wish you were a robot monkey instead of a dog!" ...

Today was the first day of our state writing test, or STAAR. We've spent nearly 8 months together -- reading, writing, thinking, questio...

A month in reverse... Easter celebrated with family, A beautiful finished harlequin floor, Lunch with friends and a reminder to make ...

Today I went to lunch with some friends I rarely get to see. We spent a few hours on the patio of a local Mexican restaurant, gabbing and la...

Have I mentioned lately how much 2013 has been rawking my socks off? I mean, let's get serious for a minute: Completion of saving...

in·ev·i·ta·ble    /inˈevitəbəl/ Adjective Certain to happen; unavoidable "What are you doing today to make your dreams i...

Yes . What an incredibly powerful word. Recently, I was presented with an opportunity that my typical anti-risk sensors would have screa...

Up late. Worked hard. Cried - joy, not sorrow. Learned much. Laughed more. Helped friends. Sleep now.

But what about the floor? This floor is how I spent most of my day. Still unfinished, but nearly done. And I love it. I love that aft...

Faith. I'm practicing it in great, leaping bounds these days. Faith that my children have enough sense in their sort-of-adult brai...

Today I planned to roll the netbook cart into my classroom, collect several final drafts from my writers, and let them blog and interact o...

Today is a day filled with possibility. (And so is tomorrow, if I choose to focus on the positive.) Today Dos took off his bandages and ...

I've found (often) that when I struggle to find something to write about, the truth is the problem doesn't really lie in finding a w...

Dos rests on the couch, his bandaged leg propped up on two pillows borrowed from my bed. An ice pack slips from his knee, landing beside the...

I should be sleeping, but tonight is the night before the morning of Dos' surgery. We talked on the phone, and the boy is as re...

You started with this: I'm a completely move-in ready room! But thought to yourselves, "Selves? Could this be better ?" ...

Things you learn when redoing your floors: 1. You are much more OCD than you even realized. 2. It's okay to let the perfectionism go ...

Today, we ramble (otherwise known as: today we procrastinate because the writing of my current work in progress is not exactly what one mig...

I would like to say that I'm enjoying watching my kids grow up. But honestly, I can't pin down a word that wholly describes what i...