Last week on #WanderlustWednesday , I shared how The Husband and I prepared for our first overnight backpacking trip. This week, we'r...

Go check out Crystal's blog! Dear Reader, as you know (if you have been paying close attention), The Husband and I have been meticu...

No Fear. Anyone remember this logo? I'd like to throw out a call to action that as educators, we live in a No Fear Zone - no mat...

This post started here , moved forward here , and has landed rather quietly on the doorstep of today's Slice of Life post. I hadn't ...

"I'll probably vomit, you know.” I say this to my husband, avoiding eye contact. I had just shared my student’s comments about ...

Today I (finally) picked up a copy of Wonder  by R.J. Palacio . There's been such a buzz about it online recently that I've been...

This year I keep hearing the same things over again: Standards have changed! The new STAAR test is more rigorous! Writing must happen acr...

I really have to wonder who the heck came up with the whole "sharing is caring" slogan.  Definitely not the emotionally stunted pe...

I'm driving to work. I'm in bed late at night, laptop open, working on a school project. Sitting on the couch, watching some mindl...

Although I'm not particularly happy with the template, at least I'm up and running. This was a main goal of mine for the year -- to...