A Nickel's Worth of News

It has been truly a lovely, wonderful holiday season this year!  We started the holidays off in Iowa for my stepmother's graduatio...

As I try to become increasingly tech savvy, I blog to you for the first time on my iPad via wi-fi from the Clarion Inn in Mason City. It is...

I was beginning to feel a little guilty not posting since September. Life has been nothing short of exhaustion this fall. The school year ...

I teach special education.  As a teacher, Mondays are tough.  As a special education teacher, Mondays are typically tougher.  My father and ...

I usually try to make my blog a very happy place.  Running, cooking, and blogging bring such joy to my life.  I guess that might be why I...

    Does the play on words make you want to start singing "Gettin' Jiggy With It" or what?  For some reason, I couldn't ke...

  As a child growing up in Iowa, I looked forward to the summer sweet corn season all year long.  We would eat corn on the cob until we were...