April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Develop what?

    This is that most wonderful part of year–the school year, that is–that warms the heart of many an educator: the week of staff development before school starts.   Whether you have five days or just half a day without students, you can bet your Smartboard that every minute will be filled with engaging instruction–i.e., lectures…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: *Psycho theme playing. . .*

    Imagine the theme music from the movie “Psycho“–you know. . .the part where What’s His Face in his mother’s dressshows up in Janet Leigh‘s motel bathroomand slashes her to death witha butcher knife. . . Okay, I admit it isn’t quite that bad. . . but my house has some pretty scary places. My daughter…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY ON SATURDAY: Glorious Rainy Day. . .

    Today I got to actually live a dream:  a Colorado-like summer day in the middle of a Texas August!  And I wasn’t dreaming!  Clouds began to build early in the day, and it became overcast and surprisingly cool, so I grabbed a magazine and decided to get some use out of the front porch swing.…

  • THRIFTY HUNTER THURSDAY: "Please release me, let me go. . ."

    Elvis’s words were never more appropriate than when you release your arrow with your bow.  I can hear my pretty pink zebra arrow singing these words as I close in on my target. . .I know, I am dating myself severely.  My mother was/is a HUGE Elvis fan, so I know lots of his song…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Save On, Mama!

    When my daughter finally realized that she needed to relinquish wedding planning to someone else, ME, I began scouring the internet for everything from flowers to reception ideas to tent rentals. You might recall that I was singing the praises of Oriental Trading for wedding supplies in a recent post (read that blog post here).  Well,…