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  Happy Wednesday, Y'all

Oops. Wednesday ended up being busy/crazy and I didn’t leave work ‘til 6:50pm. Thus, I’ll now say…

Happy Thursday, Y’all 

Anywho…

Today I'm joining Anne from In Residence for her monthly link-up, where we share what's currently going on in our lives. And each month, Anne gives us a list of prompts to use to guide our posts. 

February's prompts are...

  * loving * making * taking * wanting * wondering *

I'm currently loving this recipe for stuffed peppers that a friend shared with me. It was super easy, delicious, and inexpensive. And since I made them in the instant pot, they took no time at all. So it was a total win! And one I'll definitely be making again.

I'm currently making up my mind on what my Word of the Year will be. I've written a blog post on this for the past few years. Instead of a traditional New Year's Resolution, I pray about, and choose a word to focus on for the year ahead. Last year's word was grace. And this year? This year, I have a few ideas that keep floating around in my head. So, I'm still praying about which would be best...

I'm currently taking the time on the weekends to meal prep. It makes my life so much easier. Especially on those nights when I get home far later than I’d prefer (which seem to happen far more often here lately than one would hope)…

I'm currently wanting to brag on our school’s 10th graders. I’ve enjoyed working with them on their big class fundraiser. And we still have another week and a half to go… They’re such hard workers and definitely have made my lunchtimes and times after school the past week and a half far less boring :)

I'm currently wondering a lot. But I'll keep most of those wonderings to myself :)

And since it's my blog and I can, here are a few more...

I'm currently planning to do some baking and Valentines prepping with some of our 10th graders this weekend. Well, actually, I'll be mostly supervising. They'll be doing the bulk of the baking. But still... :)

I'm currently feeling like the cat in the image below.

I'm currently buying nothing. But for the past few weekends, I've been stocking up on items for our 10th graders to sell as part of our big fundraiser. And between all we’ve bought, my classroom is full. Candy and sodas and toys and more… 

I'm currently missing my mama and wishing she didn't live so far away at the moment. 

And that's about it for me at the moment.

So what about you?

What are you currently up to?

Smiling

Happy Tuesday, Y'all

Today I'm taking a look at some of the things which have made me smile recently. Things, which may be seemingly little... Yet, they're awesome, all the same.



Things like...

Cookies full of joy :)

A token of appreciation from my principal

A weekend full of softball 

A dinner out with friends

A sweet memory of my dad

One of my guys finding out he'll be an uncle :)

 
A colorful bug sort

 A tasty dessert

A delicious home-cooked meal

Conversations with students

Sermons from back home



Health and Safety



Self-Confidence and a renewed love of my frizzy hair :)



There are so many things/moments that bring a smile to my face each day. In the mist of busy, sometimes stressful, days, I want to do a better job of focusing on those seemingly little, smile producing moments.

So what about you?

What's made you smile recently?

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I started my monthly Growing in Gratitude posts, as part of the link-up fun, hosted by Julie from Fall into Life, where bloggers would share a bit of gratitude each month. Julie stopped hosting the link-up last summer. But I decided to keep posting a monthly gratitude-themed post. After all, there's always something for which we can be grateful. Right? :)

And, in case you missed last month's post..

You can click below to read it.

January - A Year of Gratitude

February - Gratitude for My Mama