Workout Review: 10 Minute Abs and Obliques Workout

Hello Lovelies! I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. I hope you were able to get outside, visit with friends and relax. I hosted my daughter’s birthday party at a lake. She had fun. Her friends had fun. It was a good experience, but I’m ready for some normal. Unfortunately, normal days where I can … Continue reading Workout Review: 10 Minute Abs and Obliques Workout →

Book Review: The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

I like calendars. I have a wall calendar in the dining room. I have a planner on my desk. I also have the calendar on my phone. I seriously have calendars everywhere, but I never update them with the right stuff. Case in point: April 25 was my middle child’s 20th birthday; not listed on … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths →

Pan-Seared Salmon with Guacamole

The other day a friend of mine posted that she had sent her husband to Sam’s Club to buy salmon. She was shocked that a 3.5 lb fillet cost $42. I definitely didn’t want to pay that much for fish, but damn it looked good. Thank goodness Aldi sells the same size salmon fillet for … Continue reading Pan-Seared Salmon with Guacamole →

Book Review: Lady Be Good

I received an email the other day that the cost of my KindleUnlimited was going up by $2 a month. I’m not really surprised, but it definitely means I need to read more and justify the expense. Of course that doesn’t happen when I flip through my library and realize I have paid for books … Continue reading Book Review: Lady Be Good →

Banana Nut Muffins

Yesterday evening was spent primarily in the kitchen. I find that cooking together improves math (fractions) and reading skills. So we made a batch of Banana Nut Muffins. Pros: The muffins came out super moist and smelled amazing. Cons: They aren’t quite sweet enough for my daughter, but that could have been because one of … Continue reading Banana Nut Muffins →

Sour Cream – Mango Pancakes with Candied Pecans

It was a breakfast for dinner night at our house tonight. I had originally planned to make these pancakes last weekend, but we had a wedding to go to Saturday and I had a migraine on Sunday. I threatened to make them without the girls until they countered with plans to mutiny. If you’re like … Continue reading Sour Cream – Mango Pancakes with Candied Pecans →

Book Review: After You’ve Gone by Jeffrey Lent

I am way behind on my 2023 reading goals. Maybe it’s because I started the year depressed and uninspired. Maybe it’s because I haven’t found a new series to love. Or maybe it’s because every time I start to read I get caught in a game of “Look at this!” That has been my experience … Continue reading Book Review: After You’ve Gone by Jeffrey Lent →

The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies

In school, we learned about great American Inventors. We learned about Henry Ford inventing the Model A. We learned about the Wright brothers and their airplanes. We even learned about Thomas Edison and electricity. There was no mention of Ruth Wakefield, who in the late 1930s introduced the world to Chocolate Chip Cookies. There are … Continue reading The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies →

Sight Words: The

Hannah’s teacher keeps telling me that they don’t do spelling tests and that memorizing words doesn’t teach kids how to read. Ok??? Then what exactly are sight words? I bought the Scholastic sight word workbook and we are going to see if it helps. Day #1 - THE. She traced it 4 times, wrote it … Continue reading Sight Words: The →

Astronauts Are Sleeping

Lesson plans and first grade learning has been at the forefront of my mind lately. I’m sure it’s because we recently made the difficult decision to have Hannah repeat the first grade. Her hearing issues have made it difficult for her to sound out words because she doesn’t hear the sounds the same way we … Continue reading Astronauts Are Sleeping →