13 Posts for 2013
2012, wow. What a year! Strange, thrilling, maddening, challenging, frustrating, and elating… and all in just 366 days. I can’t say that I’m excited that 2012 is over, but I can’t say that I’m sad to see it go. 2012 will always be the year that John proposed. But it will also always be the […]
Crowdsourcing a Care Package
Jo, I am eighteen years old and falling in love with my coast guard boyfriend. He has been underway once since we’ve been together or official as some would say. And he will be going underway once again in [the spring]…I want to send him sort of a care package. But since I cannot send […]
A Box in Time for Boxing Day!
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were so wonderful! I hope that you enjoyed them, surrounded by family and delicious food, too! Now, as I struggle to stay awake on Christmas Day night while I wait for John to hop online, I’m finally able to publish a post about the Christmas Eve care package I sent […]
Ornament Round-Up
Welcome to my Countdown to Christmas Series. To start at the beginning, click here. I sent my deployed fiance a box with a paper, pin-up Christmas tree and 24 small packages, one for each day until Christmas. Daily (or nearly daily) I will be blogging about the day’s surprise! Merry Christmas Eve! Today is also […]
Boxes of Comfort and Joy
Today begins something that teachers and students all over America have been dreaming about since (at least) Thanksgiving– Christmas Break! To celebrate, a story about my students! This fall, one of my dear friends and co-workers, Fitz asked me if I would want to work on a project for John’s command. Of course, I would! […]
This Earns Me Coal for Christmas
Welcome to my Countdown to Christmas Series. To start at the beginning, click here. I sent my deployed fiance a box with a paper, pin-up Christmas tree and 24 small packages, one for each day until Christmas. Daily (or nearly daily) I will be blogging about the day’s surprise! Let me begin this post with […]
Skating Through December
Welcome to my Countdown to Christmas Series. To start at the beginning, click here. I sent my deployed fiance a box with a paper, pin-up Christmas tree and 24 small packages, one for each day until Christmas. Daily (or nearly daily) I will be blogging about the day’s surprise! A few posts ago, I alluded […]
DIY Star Ornament
Welcome to my Countdown to Christmas Series. To start at the beginning, click here. I sent my deployed fiance a box with a paper, pin-up Christmas tree and 24 small packages, one for each day until Christmas. Daily (or nearly daily) I will be blogging about the day’s surprise! Happy December 18! Today, there’s no […]
DIY Letter Ornament
Welcome to my Countdown to Christmas Series. To start at the beginning, click here. I sent my deployed fiance a box with a paper, pin-up Christmas tree and 24 small packages, one for each day until Christmas. Daily (or nearly daily) I will be blogging about the day’s surprise! Whenever my students complain about writing […]
I Did Not Want to Write This
Today, I was going to post another template for one of John’s Christmas ornaments. And then, yesterday, Sandy Hook happened. If you don’t want to read my thoughts about this unconscionable horror, I understand. It is hard to read about and watch, as we are a nation of saturation and sensationalism. In fact, I really […]
