For some reason, it struck me that I very rarely clean my yoga mat. And right about now, there are yogis everywhere cringing. So, I decided to a little bit of research and find out the components of mat cleaning spray. I knew from the beginning that essential oils were going to be the disinfecting agent. Interestingly, the sprays I…
Every year, I do many activities with my first grade students based upon The Gingerbread Man story. We read many different gingerbread man books, write about decorating a construction paper gingerbread man, and even perform a gingerbread man readers’ theater for the kindergarten class! But never have I actually made gingerbread cookies with my students (or ever, really)! I thought…
It’s December! I hung up the Christmas lights in my classroom last Tuesday, but I made my class wait until today to turn them on! Since I love Christmas lights, I think it actually may have been more difficult for me to wait than for my students! I am excited to start thinking about Christmas. I love picking out our…
Previously, I wrote a post about homemade facial cleanser using essential oils. To accompany that, I created a facial toner recipe for oily skin. I had purchased some essential oil toner from a company, and I really liked using it! But when I ran out, I decided to look at the ingredients, and figure out my own (much like I…
As probably all of you know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. A day devoted to food, family, and football. But it is really so much more than that. While we should be thankful all year round, it is easy to get caught up in life and forget. And when I say “we,” I can really only speak for myself. I have always…
I recently saw a Facebook post by Pennsylvania DCNR stating that the Ricketts Glen falls trail has been closed for the season, due to ice buildup. The pictures were beautiful! It reminded me that I have not written about a Pennsylvania State Park in quite a while! Ricketts Glen is probably my favorite state park to visit. My family has…
Last fall, my husband, dad, brother, and uncle traveled to Colorado to go elk hunting. My mom, aunt, and I all took turns making a meal for the three of us to alleviate some of the pain of only cooking for one person. When it was my aunt’s turn, she made an open-faced sandwich that she had years ago at…
Almost four weeks ago, I made the decision to start working out every day. A number of things compiled that caused me to make up my mind to make this commitment. And so far, I have done at least one, sometimes two, forms of exercise each day (with the exception of one, when I was so sore from the previous…
I have been waiting for this day for quite some time now…it’s applesauce day! Well, technically yesterday was applesauce day. I had been accumulating apples throughout the week. First from my Nana and Pap’s apple trees, and then from the farmers’ market. My Nana and Pap’s trees produced apples like crazy this year! Which is funny, because last year they…
A few weeks ago, we took a short vacation with some good friends of ours who have a timeshare at Massanutten, Virginia. Since we were staying in a house with a full kitchen, we made many of our meals at home, rather than going to restaurants for the entire trip. The winner of the weekend was definitely this fall medley…