The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
Ahhhh! It's the last week of school here and I am so happy to see the finish line. 4 more days and summer begins! The teen finished up last week and he had a great sophomore year. Even though he had a turn with the "the illness that shall not be View Post
Hello hello! I'm finally getting a chance to check in here on the blog and give the updates from the past few weeks. I have 25 working days until school is out and I am so excited for summer! I dug out and freshened up our View Post
Mother's Day is just around the corner and this free printable Mother's Day word search is perfect if you are looking for a fun activity to do in your classroom or just for fun at home. This Mother's Day word search isn't View Post
Ahh, Spring Break. You were SO good to us! A week off from work was exactly what I needed! We've had a very productive week here at home, so I thought I'd share the Spring Break Recap for this year. As soon as Friday afternoon quitting time View Post
We've had a lazy, restful weekend, which is exactly what our household needed. Hubby's back has been hurting him, I'm having phantom shingles-like pain in my right side, and the teen has had a busy week at school. I did all of the deep cleaning View Post
We spent the weekend celebrating our boy's 17th birthday. I'm still not quite sure how in the world he is 17 already. It just seems like yesterday we were bringing home this tiny little bundle of joy on Valentine's Day. When I tell you the Lord View Post
Today the teen (I really need to stop calling him "the kid") and I finally ventured out of the house to do a few errands. The first stop was to see my mama. I am so thankful that I only live about three or four blocks away from my mama. It was a View Post
Good Sunday morning! We woke up to a very, very light dusting of snow here. I think we actually got more a week or so ago than this. Still, it was pretty to watch it fall for a little bit. I used to love snow days until about 5 years ago. The View Post
Week 1 of 2022 started off with a light dusting of snow. It was extremely pretty coming down, but I was not ready for the bitter cold it brought with it. The snow didn't last long at all, but the cold sure did! It made for some good, cozy View Post
2022 finds me grateful to see a new year. Welcoming in 2022 was a quiet affair around our home. I had plans to cook, but decided closer to dinner that Chinese sounded great, so that's what we did instead. Bonus for not having to clean up the View Post
I had big plans for our holiday season. I couldn't wait to be on Christmas break from work so I could spend it baking, cleaning, and soaking up all the holiday goodness with my family. However, the best-laid plans and all that. More on that to View Post
