I Just…I Can’t

Disclaimer: Last week was a looooong week.  Now it's Monday and it's beginning to look like this will be another long one.   If one more person asks me to "just find 10 more minutes" in my day, I am going to lose my mind.  Evidently finding...

Read More

And they’re gone…

My Mini Me was built for school.  Sometime in mid-August, we would hear her sigh and say, "I can't wait to go back to school."  We shopped for back to school supplies with a nerdy vigor usually reserved for discovering unknown planets and new life...

Read More

Today I Was Crushing It and Then…

...the "and then" part is going to kill you.  But then you'll be all, "Eh, not so surprising," which is a sad state of affairs but it's what is happening. I was teaching the guided reading lesson to end all guided reading lessons which is saying...

Read More

Introducing Mama Mimi!

image credit: #heatherlcreations Exactly how long can I pin all my lateness, absences, and other assorted flakiness on sleep deprivation and child rearing?  Because Mini Me and Mister Mini may just be to blame for this blog going radio silent for a wee bit...

Read More

My Quest for Zen: A GIVEAWAY

Yes, not only does my quest for Zen continue, but so does this week of giveaways! I mean, Let's see, my quest for Zen started here and then continued on it's journey to here and here among other places. I think it's...

Read More

I Am A Teacher, Hear Me Roar?

Alternative title: Where My Balls At? I know, somewhere Big Mama Mimi is reading that last line, shaking her head and wondering where it all went wrong. Sorry, mom! But hey, sometimes a girl's gotta say what a girl's gotta say.Let me...

Read More