It's here. My 8th summer "vacation". I've wrote before about how teaching affords you that new year feeling every single year. New students, new strategies, new supplies (!). That feeling will never wear off. Another feeling that will never fade - the excitement of summer. 8ish weeks of almost not stepping foot inside the walls of a classroom. My last day was one...
It was my first Christmas as a Chaney! I'm a big fan of the Christmas season - I don't think I go overboard but I love just about all of it. It starts with the radio station that switches to all Christmas songs right before Thanksgiving. You just can't be in a bad mood while listening to a Mariah Carey chart topper. Perfect...
It's been over a year since I've last posted. It's not that I didn't have anything to say. There has been plenty going on. I often would think to myself, "This would make a great post." But I just never sat down to write. To document. To release all the thoughts that consume me on a daily basis. I'm still reading blogs on a...
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Well it's been awhile... But I've been away for a good reason and I'm back to share all the good news. We're getting married! That's right. After 8.5 years, Chris completely surprised me with a proposal on a rainy Monday evening before I went to 6th grade camp. While it sounds totally random, we we're supposed to have pictures taken in Forest Park...
August is a shopping month for me. Every year I try not to go crazy but there is just something about August that makes me go a bit wild in the shopping department. It is just so easy to find great deals and use all of my birthday coupons that just makes me so happy. I put together a little birthday board to...
Alright! I'm getting my butt in gear for September - workout gear that is! Stephanie, Steph, and Ashley have created the goal setting link up starting this month and I'm going to do my best to participate. The challenge for September is fitness which is ever so perfect for me because Chris and I are having pictures taken in October and I'd like...