Yea! Today is my first official day of summer break! Yes I admit it, I am doing the happy dance! While I love teaching (I just wrapped up my 17th year of teaching), and I love spending my days with students – especially those 6th graders, I enjoy my down time. Summer for me is a …
Father’s day is right around the corner, and this has me thinking of my dad and of all the important lessons that he has taught me over the years. Lessons that helped shape me into who I am, and lessons that I hope I am passing onto my own children. I grew up in a …
As parents we work hard to always keep our children safe, to keep them healthy and happy. But like so many things in life, that is much easier said than done! Keeping our children safe is a huge job. At times an impossible job. There is so much in life that we do not have …
The time of year where life is beyond full and bursting with activity! I am in the throes of wrapping up another school year. So like last year when I posted Positively Busy – you will not be seeing a whole lot of me on this blog for another week or so. I do have …
I am loving my new cook book, The Healthy Mind by Rebecca Katz with Mat Edelson. So many delicious and good for you recipes. I made these muffins the other day – yum! Savory and full of flavor – I think they would be a great accompaniment to any grilled meat. This was the first …
Memorial day weekend has come and gone, and for that I am grateful. While for many people this past weekend brings an extra day off work giving time for barbecues and family gatherings, and for everyone it brings a time to remember the many men and women that have served our country and paid the …
This weekend my husband and I signed up for the Santa Clara County Parks for Life Challenge! We are so lucky in that our home sits in the middle of six county parks all within 15 minutes of our place! We take advantage of them all the time – from walking our dogs at Harvey …
Grilling season is here! I would love to say that with the start of Memorial Day Weekend that summer is here, but with three more weeks of teaching on my horizon followed by report cards and closing up a classroom for the summer – summer is not yet here. Most definitely though, grilling and barbecue …
Last night was one of those nights that just does not happen enough in my world. All the kids were home for dinner! Yes, unfortunately this is a rarity. With kids scattered across the county – going to school and working, the older ones’ schedules just do not always mesh up. Lucky for me, I was …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CleaningUntangled #CollectiveBias I love the song, Our House, from the Madness. Its lyrics reminds me a lot of our home… “Our house it has a crowd There’s always something happening And it’s usually quite loud Our mum she’s …
