Category: find the sunshine

• Batteries and mad scientists

  I hope everyone a good weekend. Mine started a bit rough.. so Friday night we had the Hispanic heritage festival at school. When I went to leave my car wouldn’t start. I was walking back in to the festival to get some help and I stopped Childers on her way out.  I asked her if…

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  September 28, 2026

  find the sunshine, Friends, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, mad scientist ball, my life, science, teacher life

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• Thank you!!

  

  I want to say how extremely grateful I am for every single one of you that voted daily, dealt with my text messages and social media posts, that paid for votes and for all the words of encouragement on my quest to be America’s favorite teacher. I didn’t make it past this round. We fought…

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  May 8, 2026

  Enjoy, find the sunshine, Friends, Good times, Gratitude, Life, mental health, my life, reflection, stories from school, teacher life

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• Advice from someone that is very single

  Happy Friday! I hope that everyone has survived the week! I hate short weeks! They feel longer than regular week and the kids are always CRAZY! Then I don’t know what happened in my classroom but it has turned in to the arctic tundra! One of my kids said “Ms it’s colder than Antartica in…

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  October 17, 2025

  Family, find the sunshine, Friends, Online dating, Oops, People are crazy

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• Double Knots?

  

  Happy Friday! I hope that everyone had a great week! The last couple weeks have been exhausting and this week was the week before spring break that is always exhausting! ! haha I have been working on this blog for DAYS! I have 2 more coming in the next few days… so be ready! A…

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  March 14, 2025

  book talk, find the sunshine, Friends, Gute Survey, haha, Life, life lessons, my life, People are crazy, stories from school, teacher life, Things to Ponder

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• Lazy sumer days

  Happy Wednesday! I hope that everyone is having a great week. The days all kind of merge together when you don’t have anywhere to be. This is the first summer in a couple years that I had NOTHING to do! Like NOTHING! It has been nice. Since my graduation (May 10) I have read 14…

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  June 19, 2024

  book talk, Childhood, consumer reports, Cooking, find the sunshine, Friends, Good times, Gratitude, Life, my life, reflection, Shout out, Summer time, teacher life, TV, Movies, Books

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• Where did May go?!?

  

  Happy Sunday to everyone! I hope that all of have been doing well! It is so hard to believe that May is just about over! It has been a bit of a whirlwind. The month started with my parents coming in to town for a week. During that time I was hooded for my masters…

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  May 26, 2024

  Family, find the sunshine, Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, haha, Life, Month in Review, my life, reflection, science, Shout out, Student life, Summer time, teacher life

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• Mental Health Day

  Happy Friday! I hope that everyone had a great week! I had a couple rough days but I took today off because it was national grilled cheese day! Yes, you read that correctly! I took it off because it was national grilled cheese day! I take the day every year! I don’t do anything I…

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  April 12, 2024

  Adventures, consumer reports, find the sunshine, Good times, Gratitude, haha, Life, life lessons, mental health, my life, reflection, stories from school, Student life, teacher life, Week in Review

  Family, food, grilled cheese, haha, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, national grilled cheese day, pondering, recipe, reflection, review, stories from school, teacher life

• A gateway to science

  Something cool happened today. For those of you that were not in the path from Texas to Maine, yes, there was an eclipse. If you have never seen something like this there are no words to explain how cool it was. This is the first time I have ever seen a total eclipse! It got…

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  April 8, 2024

  Adventures, find the sunshine, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, life lessons, my life, science, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

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• That time Of Year

  Hello! I hope that everyone had a good weekend! Mine was I spent time a lot of time with friends. Lots of food and friends and laughing! It was good! The weather got warmer again. I really miss fall! Really I miss the consistency of it all! I want to wear long sleeves and sweat…

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  November 9, 2023

  Day Zero Project, find the sunshine, Grad School, how-to, Life, life lessons, mental health, movies, my life, reflection, stories from school, teacher life, Things to Ponder

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• Neighbors (pt 2)

  Happy Thursday! Man I tell you these short weeks always feel like a million years long! I swore today was Friday! I kept asking my friends if they needed eclipses glasses for tomorrow instead of Saturday! But I am pretty excited about the eclipse! I have glasses and I am going to do a mini…

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  October 12, 2023

  Adventures, Childhood, find the sunshine, Good times, haha, Life, life lessons, my life

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