Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Optimism

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Shoes

Last night after dinner we headed out to Safeway – where all the cool kids go after dinner on a Monday night – to pick up a couple items.  (This is very atypical for us but considering it is winter … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Double Standard of Belief (or What to Wear to a Hanukkah Party)

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Shoes

My parents were both raised to believe in God.  Both of them, somewhere along the way, chose to stop. I was raised to notice and believe in the wholeness and beauty of nature.  That was our belief system, although at … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

And the Stockings were Sorted

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Shoes

My school district closes for the entire week of Thanksgiving.  Cody and Carter’s school, however, is open Monday and Tuesday.  This means that I had two days off with no kids around the house.  Very nice. I did the typical … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Fall Break and Flamingos

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Shoes

It is fall break. Let me restate that.  It is my fall break. I teach in a different school district than the one Cody and Carter go to.  All of our holidays and breaks throughout the school year just happen … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Overwhelmed

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Shoes

Summertime is rapidly slipping away.  I start back to work in 12 days.  In 17 days it is Meet the Teacher Night and the students start back to school two days after that. I feel unprepared on so many levels. … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a Teacher, Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Better than Nagging

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Shoes

Husband is a pile maker.  I do not blame him for this because I know his mom and his dad and they are both pile makers too.  It is simply a matter of genetics.  And I knew about it and … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Family Growth

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Shoes

We have two new additions to our family – one perhaps more exciting than the other but both mention worthy.  First I would like you to meet Invincible Dave. Dave is a metal desk of the metal furniture company, Invincible.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Moving x 2

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Shoes

Sorry for my silence as of late.  The school year ended, and while I could blame my blogging silence on moving not only my classroom but moving our entire lives into our new house, that would not be entirely true. … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a Teacher, Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Confusion and Delay

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Shoes

It has been a long time since Cody and Carter liked Thomas the Train but the expression “confusion and delay” has continued on as part of our household vernacular.  On the Island of Sodor, whenever there was a mix up … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts, Sniffles & Seizures | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Skating Backwards

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Shoes

Last weekend we attended a birthday party for a girl in Cody’s third grade class.  Cody has spoken of this girl, who I shall refer to as Bea, for quite some time.  They play together at recess and spend time … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment