Author: aencoker

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Wedding on the brain. . .

    Right now all I can think of is my daughter’s upcoming wedding on Saturday.  I can’t imagine how I would be handling the preparations and pressure if I was still teaching.  I wonder if I would have been able to take this week off.  There are so many last minute details I can’t imagine how…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: It figures. . .

    . . .that I would come down with a cold the week before Natalie’s wedding.  What’s worse is that she has one as well.  She had hers first so I guess I caught it from her.  I would feel even more awful if I had given mine to her!  So she and I have been…

  • THRIFTY RANDOM HUNTING FRIDAY: Can I do that?

    I skipped blogging last night in favor of going to bed early after an all-day last minute wedding shopping day, so I will do my best to combine the two today!  If you don’t mind. . .or if you do. . .A couple of days ago hubby and I grabbed our hunting rifles and headed…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Suspense builds. . .

    Yes, the suspense is building.  Will Natalie and Bryan REALLY tie the knot in less than two weeks?  Will all the friends and relatives who returned their RSVP cards REALLY show up?  Will the weather be beautiful as we are hoping?  Will there be enough food, music, favors, flowers, etc.?  Will Mama Wedding Planner be…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Teaching is spooky these days!

    Tomorrow is Halloween and the natives (students) are getting restless.  I know this because I spent many a Halloween doing my best to keep my young charges busy as they squirmed like they had ants in their pants.  And they were teenagers!   Before standardized testing and its ensuing universal lesson plans where all the…