The Budget Meeting The meeting with our builder went better than I expected. It was a long meeting with lots of discussion about possibilities for reducing costs. It was obvious that he had given a lot of thought to what could be done to stay in our budget. You can read about our budget concerns … Continue reading
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Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget
or A CEO’s Taste on a Teacher’s Budget Let’s build a House I’m Starting to Blush This is kind of an embarrassing post. So, why write it? Truthfully, I’m writing this potentially embarrassing post because I believe others may find themselves in the same situation. Now. that I have your attention … Continue reading
Collector of Quotes
I’ve become a collector of quotes. It wasn’t a conscious decision — just something that gradually happened. As a teacher, I used quotes as writing prompts, inspirational messages and even decorations. I displayed posters, banners and calendars with educational or motivational quotes around my classroom (and later the library). I kept a list of … Continue reading
The Dream Continues: Researching, Planning, and Waiting … Building a New Home
The dream of our new home continues while we wait on the second version of our home design plans. The first draft didn’t fulfill the vision we had for a light filled, open floor plan. Having never gone through the process of building a home, we really didn’t know what to expect. Evidently, it’s normal … Continue reading
How a Want-A-Be, Untalented Musician Enjoys Music (part 2)
Originally posted on Searching For the Half-Full Glass:
You might think I got the title of this blog post mixed up. I didn’t. It’s how I think – I’m a want-a-be, but untalented musician. I enjoy music; but I don’t make music. One of the ways that I enjoy music is by attending concerts. Over…
How a Want-a-be, Untalented Musician Enjoys Music (Part 1)
Originally posted on Searching For the Half-Full Glass:
Music is one of the joys of my life. I enjoy listening to all types of music, attending concerts and singing in the shower. Unfortunately, I’ve learned through the years that I just don’t have any real musical talent. I have no musicality, I can’t play an…
And the waiting begins…
The idea of building our next home still feels like a dream. Especially since we’re in that waiting mode — the one that’s so hard for some of us (me) because it requires patience. We’re waiting to close on our lot; we’re waiting to finalize the floor plan; we’re waiting for the next meeting with … Continue reading
Living in my Dreams (Or Let’s Build a House)
For the last several years, my husband and I have been looking for our next home — our “phase three” home. (I’m borrowing “phase three” from the TV show Soul Man. Maybe I’ll write about those phases some other time.) We’ve looked at many areas within the Dallas/Fort Worth area; but we just couldn’t find … Continue reading
Other Possible Reasons for the Half-Empty Glass
Originally posted on Searching For the Half-Full Glass:
September 15, 2009 As an educator of 20 years, I have experienced many different changes in the “Education World”. Everyone wants to fix the “problem” of education, so we are trained in the new methodologies before we’ve even gotten comfortable with the old methods. When I went…
Jacob’s “Bike”
Here’s a photoshop photo that I worked on today. Pops was standing in the back holding onto Jackson. I decided to to cut out everything but the boys and add the background. It took me much longer than what I thought it would. It was such a cute thing because the pedal would fall off … Continue reading
Rainy Day Reflections 