From the Outside Looking In…

Yes, today is my birthday!  I am so grateful to have the opportunity to celebrate my 25th birthday once again. 
I have received so many good wishes from people in person, over the phone, and over facebook.  I am so thankful for all of the people in my life who have taken the time [...]

Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time!  I was in the mall yesterday, shopping and walking, when I saw him…Santa!  Yes, in addition to the holiday music already playing in each store, Santa was there for what I can only assume would be early-bird photos?  I haven’t really had much time to [...]

It is a rainy Sunday here in the DC area, a rainy weekend to be exact. I am ok with that, I like the rain – and since it is basically keeping me indoors for much of the day I am taking this opportunity to move some furniture around the house and repurpose some [...]

but no BOOM. Just the ticking of the clock as it strikes 3:09am. I am sick.
Illness has been going around school since the first day, mostly colds and sniffles, but now more serious illnesses like strep throat and high fevers shared by both student and staff. I left school [...]

Well, after a month’s hiatus, I am back.  The last month has been filled with preparations for school.  I have been interviewing, hiring, ordering and sorting through textbook orders, setting up teacher professional days and the list of tasks goes on and on.  I do have to admit that I wanted to blog many times [...]

The last few weeks I have been really enjoying the concept of the show Chopped on The Food Network.  If you are not familiar with the program, four chefs of various skills and experience compete in a “mystery ingredient box” battle over a three course meal.  Each meal has a mystery box that contains ingredients [...]

Don’t strive for perfection…its too expensive!

With an eventful weekend behind us, Memorial Day itself is already starting out as a reflective and relaxing day to ease me back into the work week.  I just finished a cup of coffee after sharing homemade waffles with LC in the dining room.  As he folds laundry (both mine and his!) we have HGTV [...]

I am procrastinating this rainy Sunday.  I have already made the scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast and this morning I put chopped olives and mozzarella cheese in the eggs!  What a nice start to the day with a sprinkle of salsa on the eggs.  So, that took up some time as the coffee [...]

Is this what it feels like to blog?  It has been a while since I last blogged because life has been so busy lately at home and at work that I have often gone right to bed after arriving home from work.  Well, that is only after I get a few moments of television watching [...]