Whats Next Stacy

This is Next…

So, in the 3 or so months since I last posted, I have figured out What’s Next…

My epiphany was the mid-term elections…weird, I know, but non-the-less, that’s what got me thinking.  Then, I started digging.  Then, I started doing.

Before I could look back, I was officially signed up for 3 teaching recertification classes and a social studies content test.  When done with the classes, I am once…

Parents Unite Against the dreaded Party Bag

So for years I have been planning birthday parties for my kids.  I’ve really had a fun time stretching my creative side with ideas to have what I hope ends up being a very memorable time for everyone.  The parties that stick out for me have been the garden party with painted pots and a plant that was placed in the pot, the mystery party, and the spend the night with furniture moved so a 6 person…

8 Beers That You Should Stop Drinking Immediately!!!

Stacy:

This is an area I had never thought to be discriminating with other than because of taste! I’m happy to see several of the beers I do like listed in the healthy and even organic category. Time to go watch some college football :-)

Originally posted on Be Like Water:

Many of us choose what we eat very carefully, or at least dedicate our minimum attention to it. But when it comes to drinks,…

Hind-sight is 20/20 & a Hot Tub Time Machine

I was reading a post on another blog I follow about a mom who gained national attention when she said she wished she had continued to work instead of staying home with her children. It certainly got me thinking about my decision to stay home.  Hind-sight is 20/20, right?

If I had a hot tub time machine and could go back 18 years, would I change that decision?  That’s a tough one.

I could have…

Grey or gray, it’s still a Catch 22

Did you read Catch 22?  I have to admit I started to read it several years ago and just could not get into it.  Snooze city.  I was so disappointed…how could a book that has become part of the English vernacular be soooo boring?  Catch 22…a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule. My Catch 22 is having healthy hair like I…

Their Cups Runnith Over, but Mine is MIA

What’s Next?  Curing my family of multiple cup useage.  How did this get on my radar?  When I went to get a water bottle ready to take to the gym today and there weren’t any water bottles in the cupboard.  Normally, I would be really upset but, clever me, I’ve been tracking the disappearance of these water bottles over the past week…patiently waiting to strike and teach a lesson.

I begin to…

Mementos of my Mischief

I’ve decided the internet is like Candy Crush…so addictive hours can go by before you look up.  I am endeavoring to streamline my searches but it’s so easy to keep clicking!!  In the month since starting this blog, I have discovered several sites I think will help me run my life a little more smoothly and some that need to work the kinks out before I’ll spend any more time on them.  Here are a…

Dammit Jim, I’m a Doctor

If I had a truth serum to give to anyone, who would it be?  My mind immediately starts running through all of my closest family & friends.  My husband?  Nah.  High School Daughters?  Has potential.  Friends?  No, I think I’d rather not know about the white rock in the front yard.

After all this thinking, I found that the questions I have are for the government.  Specifically, what really happened…

He Gets That From Me

Originally posted on WhatsNextStacy:

This week, I had a stop and take a breath moment.  Luckily, I took that breath before I completely ruined soccer for my 8 year old son.  Knowing what it takes to be able to play sports in school anymore, I feel compelled to push him to do better & be stronger.

My journey to the edge started a couple of weekends ago when his team got pummeled in two games.…

He Gets That From Me

This week, I had a stop and take a breath moment.  Luckily, I took that breath before I completely ruined soccer for my 8 year old son.  Knowing what it takes to be able to play sports in school anymore, I feel compelled to push him to do better & be stronger.

My journey to the edge started a couple of weekends ago when his team got pummeled in two games. It lead me to wonder what I could be…

Rusted

College Application Strategies: What I will do differently with kids 2 and 3

My ongoing What’s Next is the college application process.  Now that we have our oldest in Beta, we are ready for the launch of College Strategy version 2.0 for our middle kiddo.  I’m sure by the time the youngest is coming up through the ranks, we will be on 3.0 if not totally abandoning and rebooting for a completely new program.

Anyway, here are some guidelines for our version 2.0

Five Pillars