April Coker, Author

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  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Yo, Tony!

    It seems there may be at least one “civilian” out there who knows what it is like to teach public school.  Plenty of people–government officials, community members, parents, the President–think they know what schools and teachers need, but few have actually ventured into the classroom to see for themselves.     You gotta hand it…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: Idiom idiosyncrasies

    In our home we tend to laugh a lot, especially when the kids and their significant others are home.  We figured out a long time ago that it is much better and healthier to laugh than it is to grumble or complain or cry, so we try to laugh instead.  And believe me, there is…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY: No Electronics!

    We got a lot of rain yesterday–rain along with thunder and lightning and much cooler temperatures.  It is SO welcome after a long hot summer, which really was not near as hot as last summer, but hot enough.  But this week the Lord blessed us with a slow moving cold front and there is another…

  • Thrifty Hunter Thursday: Practice, practice, practice. . .

    )   My husband keeps telling me that I need to practice if I am ever going to get a deer with my bow.  I have been resisting because of the incessant Texas heat, or because I’m not dressed, or because it’s the wrong time of day, or because I’m not in the mood, etc.,…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY:

    I must confess. I did very little wedding planning during August.    I don’t know why.  I guess because we have bought, ordered, and altered the dress, tasted and paid for the cake, ordered and received the Save the Dates and invitations, mailed the Save the Dates, reserved the tent, arch, and chairs, lined up…