Meal Planning 101

Meal planning will save you from this: It’s 5PM. I’m hungry. I don’t know what I want to eat so I go to the store. Or worse yet, I get “a little” takeout that turns into everyone piling on something until the bill comes to $50. Not that there’s anything wrong with...

Caprese: Italy’s Gift to the World

Caprese salad is an in-season blessing. If I could pick one gift from Italy, it would be this. You can keep your Renaissance paintings you just give me this salad. This is one of the few recipes where fresh is essential. You can make this with cheap mozzarella or out...

Why You Need A Digital Planner (Free template)

Do you have a digital lesson plan book? If not, read on. I have a stack of unused paper teacher books. You may, too–the green attendance “Roster” book, and the lesson plan book. I’m sad when I get them because I won’t use them, and...

FREE Columbus Day Lessons…

FREE COLUMBUS DAY LESSON PLANS FOR YOUR LONG WEEKEND “1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” That’s the fact. Kids everywhere will come home with weekly readers discussing Columbus Day. I remember my son’s when he was much younger....

How to Survive on $350,000 a Year

I keep seeing versions of this MarketWatch article come across my feed. Take a quick look. It shows how difficult it is for this “middle class” family to live on $350K/year. $350,000 is approximately 4-10 years of the average teacher salary (depending on...