Teenagers are the best

Today is the last day of summer school! It’s been a long month, but also so good to be with students again. T-minus 2 hours until my 4 weeks of summer starts and I can’t wait!! You will be able to find me at the lake when I’m not traveling with my daughter 💕

How are people affording groceries? I know I’m lucky to not live paycheck to paycheck. But my grocery bill has at least tripled and I’m buying the same things. This cannot keep up.

Now that I am making sourdough regularly…my diet is now at a minimum 70% bread 😂😂😂

What does it say that I wonder if I annoy my Alexa when I keep asking how much time is left on my timer?? 😂😂😂

This about sums up education in 2025

Some residents of my house have forgotten who pays the bills and buys the food.

This poem came up in my FB memories from 8 years ago. Seems like the perfect time to share it again. youtu.be/8KEU74cnU8g

I still am so confounded by people who question global warming when temperatures are abnormally cold. How are we so far into the conversation and people don’t know that global warming doesn’t mean everything gets warmer—but means more extreme weather. It’s not that complicated to understand. Ugh

I love a 3-day weekend. Allows me a day to just be and not put any pressure on myself “to get things done.” 😂Full disclosure—now that one teen is away and the other self-sufficient—I haven’t much felt the push “to get things done”😂

My state is so...I don't have words. My state has a history of ignoring its voters. Here is how it goes--voters vote for something that our majority red state government doesn't like, so they go around voters to make the rules they want. Happened with guns and now www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

And my standup freezer is no longer freezing….so much wasted food. I’m so sad.

Oh…boys. Son leaves to go back to college in about 3 hours He hasn’t packed anything—still has clothes in the dryer He has to go pick up his car because they ubered home last night. He need to shower and fill up his gas tank I’m trying to stay relaxed 😂😂

Noah leaves to go back to college tomorrow. I’ll miss having him around. Not that I saw him a lot, but it was nice to get filled in on all the happenings. But I’ll have fewer dirty dishes, so I guess that’s a plus.

Groceries are so damn expensive.

Hey @feelinmyshelf.bsky.social I was thinking of you today as I found the bookmark that was gift with my feelingmyshelf book exchange-what feels like a lifetime ago. It made me smile and miss you all so much from a wonderful little slice of that other site so many years ago 😘 Hope you are well

My MIL is safe and she was just outside the evacuation zone for the Eaton fire but we know people who were ot as lucky the best way to help get money to the people who need it is to give directly to the families who lost their homes. If you want to help… open.substack.com/pub/personal...

I still hate typos in Bluesky…maybe one day I will pay enough attention to my posts to catch the typos/autocorrections one day.

Drove by our old house today and my son was a bit put off by the relaxation that someone else was living there. He wished no one was living there and they certainly better not change/ruin anything. It was so sweet. Teen boys can be so stoic—so I like this glimpse of his emotion ☺️

2025 Book Thread Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.

The Monday Times’ Crossword makes me feel so smart 🤣🤣🤣

Reading Martyr by Kaveh Akbar has made me miss my #TheBookChat family @lyricalswordz.bsky.social @joelrgarza.bsky.social Martyr would have made for a great chat ☺️

My top 10 reads of the year!

A fire and serial killer shows on TV. Great way to spend a cold and snowy Saturday.

Holding those who have lost so much in my heart today.

Pretty sunset tonight

Feeling spoiled and grown up. The TV I have wanted for 3 years…is finally mine. The Samsung Frame. So I can now have beautiful art displayed when I’m not watching TV. Need to get a frame attachment so it looks like “art”. But I still love it.

The district I teach in starts HS US history with Reconstruction and I’m just floored. I just…like what??

OMG—this book…

Enjoying a mild fall day. Just the sounds of birds and the steady hum of the highway in the distance. And a good book. I’d only Sunday could last longer…

Some beautiful words from a student Shared with/permission

I’ve made it through the first week of teaching. 5 completely different preps—but the last period today I had no idea what I had done with which class anymore 😂😂😂 Need to make sure I take better notes and update my plans as things change.

Happy Sunday

This wee my local writing project site did its annual advanced institute for TCs and I got so much work done this week and reconnected w/great folks. And we ended yesterday with a catered lunch and yoga. Feeling almost ready…

Looking forward to this project being finished (almost 2 years later) so we can start enjoying it again.

Teen girls love Times Square…it’s my own personal hell. So many people…

I leave for a quick trip to NYC tomorrow with my daughter and her friend. I have not even started to think about packing...as I get older my packing anxiety has gone away. Throw a few things in a suitcase and go...