A couple weeks ago, you may remember that I made 100 cupcakes for the A to Z Literacy benefit. What you may not know though, is that I donated two dozen custom cupcakes to the highest bidder in a silent auction! They sold for $40, and I spoke with the buyer later that week. She [...]
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Today was full of pleasant surprises. The coffee shop where I get my morning coffee and sometimes breakfast changed their wraps on their breakfast wraps from a tomato-basil one to a whole wheat one. It was amazing. I walked into school and my friend Wendy handed me a cupcake, because it was “cupcake day”. I [...]
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Many months ago, in what feels like another lifetime at this point, I got an email from my friend Mal. You may remember her as the person who started the A to Z Literacy Movement, and I talked about her throughout September when every one of your clicks was a donation to A to Z. [...]
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It was the phone call students (and teachers) around the country live for. As I left school yesterday, the caller ID flashed with my district’s phone number, and the recording said “Due to severe winter weather conditions, all schools in our district will be closed on Wednesday, February 2.” I believe the first word out [...]
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I’ve been hassling the heck out of the staff at my school. For nearly two months, there was a weekly Monday morning email that I’d write to my staff saying something to the effect of “Blah blah blah Project Food Blog blah blah visit my post blah blah vote please!” And week after week, they, [...]
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What happens when you mix one amazing FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences) Teacher, one cupcake-obsessed Spanish teacher, 14 kids, and one afternoon? The first meeting of our school’s cupcake club, that’s what! We made apple-spice cupcakes (from a mix, we were short on time!) frosted with Pioneer Woman’s “Best Frosting Ever” and decorated to look [...]
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