Hooray for spring! 1. I am three days (really? only three days!?) into this no Twitter/Instagram/Facebook thing and it already feels quieter. Over the last year, I have drastically reduced how much time I spend on social media thanks to Hootsuite and lists, but it still became a compulsion to check those sites mindlessly. IRead the whole post >>
Five Things on Friday.
This morning. 1. I’m trying really hard not to complain about the weather, but failing. I even looked up cities within an 7-8 hour drive from here to see if anywhere was going to be sunny or warm this weekend. Sadly, I came up empty-handed. Even North Carolina will be cold and rainy. No spontaneous road trip for us. WompRead the whole post >>
Five Things on Friday – On Email, An Inspirational-Yet-Cheesy Quote, and Lent.
1. Working at a high school is fun for a lot of reasons, but this week it’s fun because 1) it’s Spirit Week, which means themed dress days (Extreme Weather Wednesday! Thrift Store Thursday!) and 2) it keeps me abreast of all the pop culture. Like Macklemore and the Harlem Shake. Do you know about theRead the whole post >>
Seven Quick Takes – On Spring Break, Winter, TV, and Freelancing.
1. We want to go on a road trip for spring break. Okay, well, I really want to go on a road trip for spring break. I’m sure Mike will, too, once I plan it. We’ve never had spring break the same week in all our years of both working at schools, and while that wasRead the whole post >>
Seven Quick Takes.
1. Last night I went to Red and White on Thursday Night, an Arthritis Foundation fundraiser. I won tickets on Rachel’s blog and took my sister as my date since Mike had a late class. It was SO much fun. We ate tons of amazing food like white chocolate cherry bread pudding, sushi, arugula-and-sun-dried-tomato grilledRead the whole post >>