Why am I up past midnight on a school night? Santa Brought Me an Instant Pot! AND... I've been going through a new cookbook. Yawn... on a happy note, I know what we're having for dinner tomorrow tonight. Zzzzz.... #lovestreganona #mynewinstantpot   ... Keep Reading...

Oh, how I love my Kindle app! I'm so excited about JoJo Moyes' new book, Still Me. (This is #3 in the Me Before You series.) It's coming out on January 30, 2018, and I've already put in my request for a snow day. (Let's go, weatherman! I've got my ice cubes, backward pjs, and spoon all ready to go!) The reviews tell me that our dear main character, Louisa Clark, is starting to feel like her old cheerful, quirky self again in book 3... and I am so ready to visit this old friend. So, my pre-order is done... now, all I need is the snow day! Isn't it fun to have something to look forward to?!     ... Keep Reading...

Happy New Year! I hope 2018 brings faith, good health, lots of love, and plenty of grace to you and yours. Here's to sharing many beautiful books with great kids!   ... Keep Reading...

I read the cutest story from a teacher friend on Facebook this week. Teacher friend was busy in another room when she heard her precious, little 3-year-old granddaughter call out from the living room... "JESUS!" Teacher friend calls back immediately -- "Madison, we do NOT use Jesus' name that way!" Madison chimes back meekly, "Okay, but baby Jesus just fell out of his manger onto the floor, and the angel was checking on him!" Teacher friend calls back, "Oh. Carry on!" Ahhh... the innocence and imagination of our littles ones! Gotta love 'em -- AND this wonderful season of life!! --------------------------------------------------- I'm excited to post another old favorite/spruced-up-new project on Teachers Pay Teachers today. It's my other Big6 PowerPoint lesson in storytelling mode. I included the slide-by-slide script again -- AND -- because it's Christmas, I also tucked in six easy-prep library centers as well. I'm loving the cover photo from Adobe Stock combined with ... Keep Reading...

Well, this blog and my little TpT store have taken off like a pack of tired turtles, BUT... it's O.K.A.Y.! A little progress is better than none. I have eight products in my store as of tonight... and I feel so happy, you would think I had 88 products ready to go! (I do have 5 more that are close! YAY!) I think I needed this creative outlet in my life. It feels good, and I'm leaving the outcome (and any possible income) up to my heavenly Father. I'm just re-creating lessons that I love and makin' 'em prettier before posting! HA! Love me some clipart, fonts, and stock photos! I decided to make a leap tonight and actually post something on Facebook about the TpT CyberMonday/Tuesday sale... and I even invited a few friends to take a look. Baby steps. Baby steps are good. We had a great Thanksgiving -- peaceful, fun, yummy -- hope you did, too! John took us to see some good movies, and we helped him become a Star Wars Jedi via a new augmented reality device that was pretty cool. Zman ... Keep Reading...