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Since my job change (details here) I feel like my routine has been non-existent. I love spontaneous, but there are some parts of a routine I crave.  I used to have a 2.8 mile drive to work which has turned into 30 miles. The commute has become manageable and it’s not bad….as long as I’m…

Last year during the Christmas season I realized how often I engaged in conversation with strangers while WAITing in lines.  I don’t typically do that, but taking time to say Merry Christmas would lead to a few extra sentences with a clerk or because lines were longer with others while WAITing. Then the new year…

Let’s be honest, oftentimes WAIT brings about a negative connotation, but not all WAITing is hard, unless you’re WAITing for the long awaited return of Bluebell….Honestly August 31 should have been a Texas holiday! Hallelujah for the return of Homemade Vanilla. Maybe there’s something you’re counting down to…vacation, wedding, baby arrival, new house, graduation, a…

(As I mentioned last week, (click here) I’m taking a break from “WAIT”  on Sundays and catching up on what’s been going on.) October….we’ve had a couple of peeks into cooler weather and promise of fall like temps coming to Texas, but not quite yet as there were still people in the swimming pool yesterday!…

Today marks 9 years since my sweet friend Amy met Jesus.  I wrote last year about losing 2 of my best friends, a significant part of my story (click here to read). Grief is tough to navigate, no matter what you’re grieving. It might not be death, but it is loss of something.  No timeline…

Happy Friday! Anybody been WAITing for the weekend?  Maybe you’ve had the best week ever (or not, a la E!’s former Best Week Ever) but either way there’s something about making it to Friday at 5pm and the collective weekend exhale.  A couple of days with a different agenda, maybe full of family activities, football…

I’m attending an Educational Leadership conference this week and today our speaker posted this quote during his presentation….  It caught me for a few minutes, so I started lettering and thinking about nothing related to the conference (OF COURSE I was still listening), but how many times have I WAITed for some other conditions and…

In a world of connected technology, a little red circle with a number on it is always an excuse to check our phones…we have a notification, it needs immediate response. Someone has maybe “liked” something we have posted or maybe they have called, texted or emailed. When I was in High School the equivalent would…

“Do you have my grade?”  If there is a question I (or any teacher) was most often asked while teaching it was this one and often within minutes of turning in an assignment, completing a test or presentation. “No. I don’t have your grade.” I was pretty good at keeping up with grades and posting…

A week ago I spent the day working with friends at a Cafe during Texas Antiques Week and was headed home late afternoon.  My plan was to be home in time to get to the grocery store and do a few things around the house. Until I went to my car and it wouldn’t start….in…