The Water Project While trolling the internet to find a Service Learning Project for my class I came across The Water Project and it caught my eye. According to the CDC, 780 million people do not have access to clean water, that breaks down to 1 in 9. One out of every 5 deaths for children under the age of …
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge (Fitchburg Mass) Despite a rocky start to vacation (read about it here) we made it to Great Wolf Lodge. I was blessed with a gift card to Great Wolf Lodge by my students from last year. This is the first time we have had a chance to go. My mother, Little Girl, a friend and I loaded …
Vacation….day one…
Vacation. Day one. Captain’s log day one… Small human woke up with fever. Child has made a nest in the captain’ss bed. Displaying flu symptoms warned about on last day of school. Small human friends are great carriers of flu. Small human shouting out demands from said nest. Adult male also showing signs of sickness. He has retreated to his …
Happy One Year Adoption…
Happy One Year Adoption Day! Hard to believe it has been one year since we stood before a judge and declared we will be your forever parents. What a year it has been. This was one of the happiest days of my life. You made me a mom! I am so proud of who you are becoming. You are strong. …
Is DoorDash any good…
What is DoorDash? DoorDash is an “on demand” food delivery app currently operating in about 300 cities across 32 major markets in the U.S. and Canada, giving the consumer the ability to choose from a wide variety of local restaurants based on their location. How does it work? There are two ways to access DoorDash. The first is via their app …
College Life vs. Adult Life…
College life vs. Adult life There comes a time in life where you look around and think…wow….I am an adult. I am the most adult in any given situation. You look to find someone more adultinger than you and find none. You. Are. It. This got me thinking about my carefree college days. How life was so different then. Dare I …
Cyber bullying…
Cyber Bullying…It is on the rise Sadly, I heard about a young boy, only 12, who took his own life yesterday. His reason…he was being bullied online. At only 12 years of age. TWELVE! Do you get the picture here? When I was 12 I was playing kick the can and reading Teen Bop crushing on the latest heartthrob. Now …
When life hands you dried blueberries…
When life hands you dried blueberries and other anecdotes from parenthood! The promise… Standing in the grocery aisle and your child promises to eat the dried blueberries. The expensive, flown here on the wings of a unicorn, dried blueberries! “But mom, I promise!” “Remember you said you want me to eat more fruits and veggies!” You go against your better judgment …
Winter is here…
Winter is here… Winter is here…all at once. No, really! I live in New England and we are bracing for a storm measured in feet, not inches! Yes…feet! In true New England format, people go CRAZY when a big storm is coming. All day my newsfeed on social media was being blown up by funny means. Now that …
SEO for a dummy like me…
SEO? What? According to Moz, the definition of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a marketing discipline focused on growing visibility in organic (non-paid) search engine results. In simplest terms, SEO is the way your page is set up so search engines can validate and recommend it. Why is this important? Your site needs to be properly set up to help …