Today’s tour stop is at my friend Susan J. Reinhardt’s blog, Christian Writer/Reader Connection. I had the most fabulous time at the David Crowder Band concert tonight and will let the pictures speak for themselves as I have to be up in five hours to leave for the OCW one-day conference. It was a fun, […]
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A Beautiful Bouquet
Subbing the whole day before the signing proved interesting. I used quite a bit of my voice up during the two classes of adorable kindergartners, but it did keep me from getting too nervous or excited. After school, and my friendly school secretary shooing me out the door as quickly as possible, I ran home […]
Weekend Update with Christina Berry
I subbed on Friday as the junior and senior high shop teacher and really enjoyed it. The only time I had a problem was in one period over a cell phone. And do you know what bothers me the most about the interaction? Not that I held my ground and called him on his actions, […]
Twelve Days to Go!!!
Less than two weeks … I was sprawled on a beach blanket today at the Oregon Coast (Rockaway Beach) pondering the fast approaching release date and how having a book out will change my life. And then I realized– I could be at the same beach in twelve days and absolutely no one will care […]
Single Mom’s Success Story
I was scared, sick, and feeling sorry for myself. But I did it anyway! At the beginning of summer, I signed the kids up for the county library’s reading program. One of the many, many benefits was free tickets to a Timbers game for the kids and a reduced price for accompanying adults. Turned out […]
Take a Deep Breath
I can’t remember the last time I didn’t feel behind … the last time I didn’t need to run faster, stay up later, get more done, prioritize better. Just like that commercial where the digital images stay frozen in someone’s camera, mine stay frozen on my hard drive, calling out to be labeled, cropped or […]
Tappin’ Into My Heart
“All I want are a couple days off!” So shout the tappers in Andrea’s dance. 🙂 The whole class did a great job and I was SO proud of Andrea. The day of rehearsal, she put her class’s music on in her room and ran through the dance for an hour to refresh her muscle […]
Eaten Alive!
Yesterday we took a trip with friends out to Scoggins Creek off Hagg Lake. Got there early afternoon and stayed ’til almost dusk. We had ten kids altogether, which made for fun wading, splashing, falling in, and tree climbing. One of the funniest moments was when Sandy ran into the deepest part of the creek […]
Summer Days
Love, love, love summer. Love not having to wrap up in layers to keep warm. Love the smell of cut grass. Love getting in a hot car. Love sleeping in. The official start to our summers is always the teachers’ can-can as the buses pull away from the elementary school. Then Grandma takes the kids […]
Think You Know My Occupation?
One of the best–by which I mean least favorite–part of the end of the year is getting back the broken crayons, the three colored pencils left in the pack, the one-tree’s-worth of old papers, … But I found this gem in the April 15th entry of Joshua’s journal: My mom is a writr She finisht […]