a grateful heart

 

hello! hope your week is going well… i have missed you all this week. i started my ninth year teaching middle school monday and it’s been long days and exhausted evenings {plus, our girls fantasy football draft last night! my family does one, too. so fun. who is excited for football season?} the start of the school year has gone well so far and i know i have so much to be grateful for this year. i woke up monday morning early to a ‘thank you letter’ from a student i worked with a lot last year {and didn’t see this coming} but it was so sweet and included a post-it note wall she created over the summer, in honor of my class. {i write a post-it note in their ‘daybooks’ every friday}

 it truly melted my heart. 

{a photo from the draft last night – wearing my vintage cincinnati tee while it still fits- go bengals!}

this week my heart is grateful:

– for cooking dinner with mr. monaco 

{looking for non-processed, yummy meals- any good websites?}

– for the nail polish, funny bunny {a white/nude gel}

– for consignment sales – i love looking for cute bargains for baby boy and found 29 pieces of clothes for under $100 last saturday {and had so much fun doing it!} 

– for a crisp feeling in the air this morning {it’s been awhile down here in the south!} 

– feeling baby boy kick in the evenings

– for citrus 

– for the coffee house channel on xm