As teachers, our busy time comes in streaks: The end of the grading periods, end of the school year, holidays, and the beginning of the school year. So, why not have both Irish Fest AND Iowa State Fair stuff in... Continue Reading →
Learning about Irish Cream Last weekend was the 16th Annual Iowa Irish Fest. The usual suspects were there: The Screaming Orphans, Gaelic Storm, the great food, smiles, laughter, but missing, my daughters. #WHAT Each messaged us, within minutes of each... Continue Reading →
For the past decade, perhaps a little longer, our summers have been dominated with Brown Swiss and cattle shows. When I graduated from college and got married, never did I think that this kind of thing would be in my... Continue Reading →
I remember a couple of times during the Challenge where I'd post "new baby" or "we got a baby' or my favorite, "Out baby is here!". #Ididnotknowyouwereexpecting That's because we are not expecting! 🙂 Our babies these last 10 years... Continue Reading →
Hello blog (and those who read it)! Long time, no words, which is sad because I've had SO MANY words to say since I last wrote. The problem is, many of them have not been appropriate, thus my blog has... Continue Reading →
Sorry, friends, I took a week break after last week's post (on a totally unrelated post, Twitter and preschool are those two places where everyone is your friend). It really got under my skin and I've sat back and just... Continue Reading →
We went to the Brown Swiss Banquet, one more time. We have no animals and our daughters have aged out the whole showing thing. So we went tonight, thus my really late post. After the banquet, we went over to... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday, we finished what may be our last Iowa State Fair experience. There was tension between the groups we'd stalled with for the last three years. My daughter was a cranky about many things. My wife was half a... Continue Reading →
It's 10:15 CST, and this is the view from where I'm sleeping: Yup, it's State Fair time! As my wife is in Italy, my job of "show dad" has expanded to that of "show parent". U made cookies. I made... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 