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Category Archives: The Virus
Where did I put My Cup of Sugar?
My typical is the silly and uplifting snippets from life: quirky things my kids say, the cute antics of our fuzzy orange cat James, hikes and meals enjoyed by family and friends. It is the lemonade from the lemons of … Continue reading
Posted in My WordPress Therapy Couch, Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Blogging, Children, COVID, Depression, Family, Kids, Lemonade, Life, Mental Health, Pandemic, Teaching, Writing
12 Comments
Pandemic Teaching (again)
We are two weeks into our new school year. The boys are in person this year as they are vaccinated. They also ride the city bus to and from school, a new experience they have already mastered. I am so … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, Little Feet, The Virus
Tagged Back to School, COVID, Family, Kids, Lena Horne, Parenting, Teaching, Third Grade
5 Comments
Practice Thanksgiving 2020
This year the table is set for four, not eighteen or twenty or whatever ridiculous amount of place settings we try to squeeze in. Our moms, the boys grandmas, will not be joining us. No neighbors or friends will be … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, The Virus
Tagged COVID can't stop us this, Creme brulee, Family, Food, Practice Thanksgiving, Traditions
11 Comments
Long Days
Oops. Apparently almost a month has gone by. As you know, I have been remote teaching my amazing, wonderful class of cheerful third graders. It is a lot of work and makes for long days on a computer. My typical … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged COVID-19, In person learning, Life, Pets, Remote teaching, Teaching, Third Grade
4 Comments
Dining by Rapid Automatic Gunfire
There are many reasons I am looking forward to the school year starting back up, even if it will be done remotely. I am excited for Cody to start high school. I am glad Carter got his first choices of … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet, The Virus
Tagged cats, Fortnite, Humor, Kids, NPR, Parenting, Pets, School, Teaching, Video Games
9 Comments
Order
Order. In our classroom (I say “our” because it is both mine and my students’) there is an order and a calm that comes with knowing. In the first week of school, my students and I discuss why we are … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged Bitmoji, Bitmoji Classroom, COVID-19, Life, School, Stress, Teaching, Virtual Learning
23 Comments
Quarantine Conversations with Husband
Yesterday I used the last Q-tip in the package. (This is only a noteworthy feat due to the fact that the package is a Costco sized package and contained 625 Q-tips. In addition to this, it is one of three … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Costco, Humor, Husband, Life, Marriage, Q-tips, Quarantine, Quarantine Conversations
8 Comments
Wood Grain Paths
What do you see when you look at this? I used to just see a hard wood floor, one that typically needs cleaning. A hard wood floor that I try my best to keep dry when both two footed and … Continue reading
Eating (with) Grandma
Late last week as I was rummaging around in our freezer, I came across some leftover Practice Thanksgiving turkey. I really need to clean out my freezer more often. (If you are unfamiliar with our family created holiday, you can … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, The Virus
Tagged cats, Cooking, Cooking with Cats, Food, Humor, Kids, Parenting, Pets, Practice Thanksgiving, The things kids say, Traditions, will this be a new tradition?
8 Comments
Making the News and Reopening Schools
When the state that you live in makes the national news, especially in these times, you can be pretty confident that it is not a good thing. This along with a virtual town hall hosted by my school district’s superintendent … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged Anxiety, Arizona, Baby Yoda, Back to School, COVID-19, Kids, Parenting, Schools, Teaching
8 Comments