21,721 steps and 10 locations in 1 day
We left the hotel on their shuttle bus at 10 am. We returned on the 6:15 shuttle. In between that we visited 6 memorials, 1 monument, 1 castle, 1 garden, and 1 sculpture garden. We…
Let’s stuff 6 people, luggage, and a lot of snacks in a van
It's April vacation week. A few months ago we discussed I conned my family into planning a trip to the Smithsonian. After endless planning, researching, polling, shopping, and packing; we packed up the van and…
Subbing Calculus
I sub, and I really enjoy it. The kids are usually great, and I just have to follow the lesson plan. If I'm not sure on something there is usually a teacher edition of the…
Family food
This morning a friend posted on Facebook about craving some childhood foods her grandmother used to make. Which of course made me think of food. It had started a discussion in the comments about foods…
Teacher workshop day 3/17/17
Happy St. Patrick's Day! It was a teacher workshop day so no school for 3 of the kiddos. To celebrate 2 of them got up super early and played games on the Wii, 1 was…
I love my washing machine
I love my washing machine. You don't realize how much you need, function, or love an appliance until you don't have it. That's the case with my washing machine. Last month it started to make…
Snowmageddon
Last month I wrote about snow. I was making fun of people comparing the forecast last month to the Blizzard of '78. Today I'm the one complaining about the forecast, and I'm using terms like…
Cooking eggs
A few weeks ago a friend posted a pic of his new egg cooker on Facebook. It was the oddest looking thing and the product video made me think it was vomiting the egg out.…
2016 Recap
Despite my best intentions, I did not get caught up on blogging during school vacation week. In hindsight I have to wonder,.. why on earth do I think I will get work done or caught…