Learning to create an App

Why? I couldn't actually tell you except that I've always wanted to have a classroom app with all of our stuff in it. The kids could take pictures of their work and upload it into the app and then I'd never have to hunt down missing work again. Not sure what the assignment was? Just … Continue reading Learning to create an App →

My writing

I regularly post in one of my blogs, I have three and while you found this one for whatever reason I love the others just as much. I keep one for my thoughts called timetostopandthink.com, one about my teaching experiences called 180-days-of-teaching.com, and I also have a website where I have started to collect my … Continue reading My writing →

Vision Boards

When I was teaching 8th grade years ago I decided at the end of the year, on one of the last days of school, to give the students a way to focus on their expectations for high school and remember the dreams they had when things got overwhelming. I hadn't thought about it for years … Continue reading Vision Boards →

Kirigami

Kirigami is like Origami except that instead of just folding the paper you also cut it. It's essentially the grownup version of folding a white sheet of paper in school and cutting out a snowflake. My attempts at kirigami were frustrating and funny but eventually turned out ok. It's clearly not going to become my … Continue reading Kirigami →

Art Journaling

I got an art journaling kit from Let's Make Art recently and after trying to copy some of their suggestions I decided to make some pages of my own. For the sake of privacy I shot pictures of them before I added anything personal but you can see where I've made space to write lists … Continue reading Art Journaling →

Self care

I am not a 'get your nails done' kind of girl. But when I was trying to figure out an easy way to do something nice for myself. I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of $1.00 and $2.00 nail polish bottles and went to town. I sparkled and got all glittery … Continue reading Self care →

EFT or Tapping

Isolation and anxiousness are easy to fall into in current times. What better way to address both than Emotional Freedom Techniques, otherwise known as Tapping. This is an excellent video to start your understanding of what tapping is and how to do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAclBdj20ZU Tapping is an easy way to internalize new messages and change … Continue reading EFT or Tapping →

Cooking with Friends

In the time of Covid almost everything has gone virtual. That includes time spent with friends.

Making Art to Heal…in just 45 Minutes

You know what cortisol is? Because I've heard it in meetings about hyper sensitivity and in ads about stress and weight gain and even in medical shows when they inevitably tell someone their cortisol levels are high. But I didn't really understand what it was or why it was important. So when I saw that … Continue reading Making Art to Heal…in just 45 Minutes →

Chakra Clearing

The seven chakras for beginners is a good clear resource that is a good place to start if you don't know what chakras are or if you have heard of them before but you want a little more information. If you are an aficionado of chakra work or chakras in general or more specifically chakra clearings … Continue reading Chakra Clearing →