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Guess what, guys . . . today is the last day of February! We did it!  1. February actually seemed to go really quickly this year, because I had a big event to plan for school. This was the event that held me back from taking the Development job for as long as I did . . . because it involved me getting up in front of 100 people to give a speech about our spring fundraiser. But it was more than just a speech, and I spent many  hours preparing this week. One of the main things I've been working on for a couple of weeks is creating raffle baskets as prizes. The idea is that for each $100 a family raises, they get a ticket to put in the raffle basket of their choice. So I tried to create some variety, and I'm pretty proud of the end results! Thank you, Pinterest! I made this myself, and it was actually pretty easy! 2. Thursday afternoon was the school-wide pep rally. Every year we play a life sized matching game which requires me to squat down and place the cards, then squat up and...
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The Saturday 7

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One more week of February, people! We're almost through!  1. I can't really complain about February after this week. We had a rare edition of "false spring" that gave me the boost I need to make it through a few more weeks of winter. Temps in the 50s and 60s! I went days without wearing my coat! Levi and Lena spent hours riding their bikes and playing driveway basketball. It was glorious!  2. But I'm getting ahead of myself. A quick recap of the week I skipped . . . Lena had three away games, but I missed two of them because I had Development-related meetings. Levi had his Valentine's Day party on Tuesday. He got all creative with his box this year. The kid has a lot of big dreams, but gets frustrated with the execution of them. He very often expects me to figure it out for him, but I have zero engineering/mechanical ability, so he had to lower his expectations. Lol. It still ended up pretty cool. He drew the wolf on cardboard, I cut it out and helped him glue...
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We did it! We made it through the first week of February! Only three more to go! 1. I've been thinking a lot about success lately. Especially a Christian view of success. Working at a school has opened my eyes to the priorities some parents have about their children's education - namely that a high quality education is sacrosanct. And I can't help but wonder why. Why does your child need the absolute best of the best, top-notch education? To get into the best college? Why? To get the best job? Why? To make a lot of money and be happy? Maybe I'm just a country bumpkin, but that seems so futile to me. Don't get me wrong. I believe in quality education. I think we should be good stewards of the brains and abilities God has given us. But I think, just like anything else, we can idolize our pursuit of education as a means to success. Really, I think we tend to idolize success in general. Is that what God has called us to? Wealth, privilege, and comfort? I've been mor...
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The Saturday 7

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We did it. We made it through January - the second worst month. Unfortunately, that means we're plunging headlong into the worst month: February. Don't worry. You can count on me to bring the optimism and cheer! #sarcasm 1. We only had one snow day this week! When I checked the weather on Monday night, it estimated that we'd receive 1-3 inches of snow overnight, so imagine my surprise when I woke up to a school closing alert and 8 inches of snow! Libby dropped her kids off at my house on the way to work, and the boys actually spent an hour outside in the frozen tundra! I eventually made them come in because the wind-chill was below zero, and facebook was all aflutter about how quickly one can get frostbite in those conditions.  2. Despite the snow day, Lena still had her basketball game that night. The roads weren't great, but that's just become the norm since temps barely made it to 20 degrees all week. Even if the plows remove the snow, the salt/sand is ineffectiv...
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