Last semester and year I felt as if I had over committed myself to work, school, relationships and extra curricular type things. And at the end of it all I was completely exhausted and my body was worn out. This whole idea to live simple took root around finals week in December when I was in the process of moving downstairs into a...

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During my first semester at ISU I had one of my all time favorite professors, Dr. Horn. He was beyond passionate for his job and teaching us how to be passionate about our jobs. He didn't cherry coat the reality of teaching, nor did he say it would be roses and rainbows, but he did encourage us. He encouraged us to be passionate...

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Yet again, another snow day here in central Illinois. I'm not complaining about that, just about the fact that my university decides to never close, therefore I still have class. sigh. So, since I'm just waiting for the roads to deice I decided to hop on and show you guys what we did last week in After Care! Last week we had a...

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I was inspired by Carly over at The College Prepster to do this fun little post of 20 facts about me that you may not know. So grab a cup of tea and get to know me a little better. 1.. I can not stand chipped nails or naked nails. My finger nails have to be polished at all times. 2.. I love lists. I...

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Can I get a praise God it's the weekend?! Holy moly, this has been a LONG week, but I have a four day weekend thanks to no class today and MLK day Monday! Like usual I'm linking up with Lauren again for another installment of High Five For Friday. So, let's get started! 1. One of my Christmas gifts from Jonny this year...

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How in the world is it already the first weekend of January, well posting weekly activities... This month's theme is winter and snow. Even though I'm sick of this weather, I can't wait to do the rest of the January crafts with my littles!  Wednesday was our first day back to school after some snow days from the cold-pocalyps. We worked on a...

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We survived the cold-pocalyps and the first week back at school for the littles! 1. The beginning of the week was what we call cold-pocalyps, like it with the wind chill it was -45 degrees! Is this real life?! We also got snow, lots of snow. So all in all I was snowed in and even if I wasn't, I would for sure...

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Happy hump day friends! We had an institute day/snow day Monday and snow day yesterday so we finally were back to school today! Which makes for a nice short week to bring us back into school mode. The littles were VERY excited to be in after care (like screeching) - I can't wait to share with y'all what we'll be working on this...

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One of my many goals for 2014 is to read more for pleasure. As a college student once the semester is in full swing I find myself wanting to do anything but read another book. After picking up a few new titles and dusting off the covers of some old ones, I decided to make reading for myself a priority. And we've had...

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Wow, it's Friday already!? Today is a bitter sweet post as it's Jonny's last full day here and school for the littles aka work, starts on Tuesday. But, nonetheless, I'm linking up with Lauren to share my week!  1.  My grandparents were in town for the week of Christmas and a part of this week. We hadn't seen them since last year at Christmas since...

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Happy New Year from my little piece of paradise to you! Jonny has been in town for the past few days so we're having a relaxing night in. I am a very goal orientated person so every new year brings a chance for me to revisit the years goal, see my progress and make new ones for the coming year. I used to...

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