i’m sorry to say…but this has been a SLOW week for my poor journal.  i don’t know what happened.  the week kinda just got away from me!  how?!  all of a sudden, even though the week was slllooooooooow, it was wednesday and i had hardly hung out with WTJ at all!  the good news is that i didn’t forget it entirely, so i do have a few things to report!  here’s whats up: this page said to close the book… Read more »

so.  as you know, i have made a goal for myself to read 52 books in 2018.  i totally envy people who are super fast readers and can just fly through book, however, that is NOT me.  but that’s OKAY!  i am reading way more than i used to and i am very happy with my progress so far!!  i have kept up to my goal so far and i would say that i’ve even managed to stay A BIT… Read more »

or…wreck it SATURDAY as it seems this week…SORRY!  so here’s what’s been happening this week…lots of fun to make up for how long it took me to post: it seems that my journal is beginning to draw a bit of a crowd! → masa helped me with a few more things this week — including the COVER! → then i asked tomas to help me one day after school because he was waiting for his sister.  so we got into… Read more »

the thing is…i think i have an addiction…TO READING.  like i don’t know if that’s a real thing…but i think it might be.  and i think i have it. i have always loved reading and it started at a young age.  i was three when i learned (thanks, angela!!) and so i was reading before i even started school.  i loved the library in elementary school.  i spent a lot of time there.  and then worked at the public library… Read more »

so this journal has only recently even come across my radar, but i promptly found one of my own and got started right away!!  if you’ve never heard of ‘wreck this journal‘, you NEED to!  go to the link now and read up or BUY up!!  cause i think you’ll be obsessed, like i am!! my plan is to work on wrecking my journal with my friends or students (depending on the activity) and to document it all with photos… Read more »

the first week back at work after a holiday is always difficult.  no matter what your job is or how long the vacation is.  it’s hard.  we have all been there.  and this week was NO exception.  it was SO hard to get out of bed in the morning this week.  and i’ve felt exhausted no matter how much sleep i get.  HOWEVER, i’ve also found myself in many situations this week where i’ve felt SO LUCKY to live and… Read more »

^^ WE FOUND KEN DOLLS!!!  you may remember…the struggle was REAL! here’s a look at what we got up to for the rest of our time in warsaw!  it was a really great vacation with the PERFECT amount of GOING and the perfect amount of RELAXING!  for a closer look, don’t forget to click on the pictures! and that is it!  that’s warsaw!  i am so glad we went!  i would definitely go visit other parts of poland but as… Read more »

HEY Y’ALL!  if you haven’t seen the EPIC video that my bestie made for the new year, you MUST check it out!!!!!  here we are, DANCING into 2018!!  LET’S DANCE!!!!

now that we are home and i am reflecting on our holiday, there are some things i thought you should know.  i feel that you may really appreciate some of the “quirks” (shall we say) and what travelling with the parkinsons + an abbott entails exactly 🙂 phil LOVES to do laundry.  he does it daily.  it’s a good thing we stayed in an airbnb with a washing machine.  he claims none of the laundry is his.  but he definitely… Read more »

i was doing some reading about resolutions and i’ve never really been a fan of them to be honest.  i think that people often make resolutions but then are unable to follow through.  i think GOALS sounds more positive and more attainable for some reason.  so, no resolutions for this girl, but here are some GOALS that i will set for the new year (based on a list that i found interesting on pinterest).   a bad habit i’m going… Read more »