I know, I know, this recipe title is eight hundred (read: six) words long. Forgive me, bloggers, for I have sinned. I used to be a devoted recipe follower, mostly because I got my start in baking. Failure to follow the ingredients list resulted in one very sad red velvet cake early in my baking… Continue reading chocolate protein banana coconut baked oatmeal
I never got into the habit of wearing perfume. Like many middle schoolers of a certain age bracket, I was traumatized by terrible-smelling “body spray” that promised to make me smell like gardenias, or maybe rain, but instead made me smell like a piece of dollar store bubblegum being slowly roasted over a trash fire.… Continue reading perfume reviews by a non-perfume wearer
It took a long time to come around to the idea that my future self will still be me, and I can do things right now that will help my future self. I’m still not particularly wonderful at long-term planning, but I’ve picked up a few small habits that have paid off in greater peace… Continue reading presents to my future self
Like many others before me, I am attempting this newfangled thing called bullet journaling. Others have explained it much better than I could, so I’ll let the blog posts and YouTube videos speak for themselves. Two months into bullet journaling, I have some thoughts on it: It’s great for remembering the little things I put… Continue reading bullet journaling: two months in
If I sat down with someone who wanted to start making meals instead of relying on takeout and the frozen section of the grocery store, here are nine tips I’d pass on.
From left to right: Ming, Ali, Nayely, and Lucky. We have established that I am a sucker for holiday-themed nail polishes, right? I did some major color swapping for this month’s Julep box, based on the theory that Easter will be here before my April box. Then I threw in a glittery green polish, because… Continue reading Julep March Box + 1 More
Believe it or not, it took me two years to achieve this state of organization! Alternate title for this post: Slowly, Slowly Organized the Sloth. I have a vision of what the perfect teacher was like as a student. She kept all of her papers neatly organized. She highlighted and took notes and never doodled… Continue reading Classroom Organization for the Disorganized
Image courtesy of Wikipedia. A few years after the Spice Girls spiced up my life, TLC came along to continue my feminist education. Since “No Scrubs” was everywhere, the TLC album I selected in the record store was FanMail. In retrospect, FanMail was vastly inappropriate for a middle schooler, but as I’ve found is usually… Continue reading Albums I Have Loved: TLC, FanMail
Part of a series in which I flesh out an imaginary town in Connecticut. Weird things happen there, not that the residents would ever acknowledge anything out of the ordinary. The Union Jack Coffee Shop is at the end of one of the few quaint streets left in downtown Unity. Which quaint street is a… Continue reading Unity: The Union Jack Coffee Shop
I have been amazed by my class lately. Lessons that would have been a disaster five months ago are going off without a hitch, or at least with only one or two minor ones. We’re studying coral reefs for our science expo, and my first graders are listening to tough informational texts, asking great questions,… Continue reading Rounding a Bend
Birthday Pen 