A cute, colorful, and practical way to organize board configurations in an elementary music classroom Y’all… this is my 27th year of teaching. Twenty-seven years! So, needless to say, this is not my first rodeo. But if there is one thing I have learned over all these years, it’s that…
Summer Memories & New Beginnings
Wrapping Up Summer Before My 27th Year of Teaching Summer is officially coming to an end, y’all. And tomorrow? It’s back to the real world…work. I honestly don’t know how summer break always manages to fly by so fast. One minute I’m celebrating the last day of school, and the…
Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Beef Pasta
The Easy Crockpot Dinner You’ll Want on Repeat This School Year Summer is winding down, and you know what that means…the alarm clocks are about to start going off way too early, backpacks will be packed, after-school activities will fill the calendar, and somehow everyone still expects dinner every single…
Cobb Salad Charcuterie Board: A Fun Twist on the Traditional Charcuterie Board
How to Create an Easy Salad Board Everyone Will Love Y’all… I love a good charcuterie board! There is just something about a beautiful spread of delicious little bites that makes any gathering feel extra special. Over the years, I have eaten and made my fair share of charcuterie boards,…
Skip the Packets! 3 Homemade Seasoning Mixes You’ll Use Every Week
DIY Taco Seasoning, Homemade Chili Seasoning, and Our Favorite Chicken Seasoning Recipe Have you ever actually read the ingredients on the back of one of those little seasoning packets? Okay… let me rephrase that. Have you ever actually understood the ingredients on the back of one of those seasoning packets?…
Our Anniversary Love Story: When the California Computer Geek Asked Me to Marry Him
How My Husband And I Met: Part 4 Well, y’all… we’ve made it to the final chapter! If you’ve missed the first three parts of our anniversary series, you’ll definitely want to go back and read those first. Find them here: ❤️Part 1, ❤️Part 2, ❤️Part 3. But here’s the…
Our Anniversary Love Story: The Day I Drove to Austin for a California Computer Geek
How My Husband and I Met: Part 3 Y’all… if you’ve been following along with our anniversary series, and our long-distance relationship then you know exactly where we left off. If you haven’t read Parts 1 and Parts 2 yet, go catch up first! The short version is that a…
Our Anniversary Love Story: The Day the California Computer Geek Finally Called
How My Husband and I Met: Part 2 Y’all, if you read last week’s anniversary post, you know that’s where I left you hanging. A chance message on a free dating site had turned into emails with a cute guy from California named Edward. What started as a simple introduction…
Our Anniversary Love Story: The Night a California Computer Geek Sent an Email
How My Husband and I Met: Part 1 Y’all… this is the month that my sweet husband and I celebrate our anniversary! Since June is all about us, I thought it would be fun to spend the month sharing stories from the very beginning of our relationship. I absolutely love…
School’s Out, Summer’s Here, and We Survived Another Year!
Wrapping Up Another School Year and Welcoming Summer Break School is out, y’all. We made it through another year! As I packed up my classroom and turned off the lights for the last time this school year, the end of the year is always a challenge for music teachers. it…