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Five on Friday: Teacher Shoutouts And A Happy Tummy

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Happy Friday, friends! This week I’ve been grateful for cool mornings, pumpkin coffee (#noshame), after school naps, and slower days while my students worked independently on a project.  Here are some updates from our week!

1) Teacher of the Month

Time for a not so humble brag…my students voted me for our school’s teacher of the month! It’s silly, but this was super encouraging in a few weeks where I’ve felt kind of overwhelmed with balancing work, life, and blogging.  And when your middle schoolers vote you for teacher of the month and you get a cool trophy, is there any other appropriate response besides taking a selfie? No, ma’am, there is not.  You’re welcome. #lemmetakeaselfie #middleschooler4lyfe

Teacher of the Month Selfie

2) Pot Roast For Days

I’m trying to get better about making big recipes we can eat for leftovers at lunch, especially so my hungry husband isn’t left to scrounge around for lunch and eat random things he finds in the cabinets (or give in to the constant temptations to just order Jimmy John’s). We don’t eat all that much red meat (partially because it’s expensive and partially because beef production isn’t super sustainable for the world we live in) but it is a treat every once in a while! My favorite easy pot roast recipe comes from this cookbook right here.  It requires no browning and limited veggie chopping, so it’s the perfect recipe for this lazy crockpot chef who leaves for work by 6:45 AM and doesn’t want a lot of work in the morning! This cookbook is worth a buy if you’re like me and still like old-school cookbooks most of the time.

Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook

3) Friday Night Lights

Besides Parenthood, this is probably my all-time favorite show when it comes to showing real, authentic (if not sometimes dramatic) relationships where people walk through conflict without giving up on each other.  Seriously…Tami and Coach Taylor are the best and the show brings me to tears all the stinking time.  Coach Taylor is a molder of men who sees potential and casts vision in young men who others have lost hope for and it is a beautiful thing to watch.  We have such good conversations watching this show and I love re-watching the entire series five years after we watched it for the first time! If you’re looking for a new show as the weather gets cold, this is it, people.  Texas forever.

Friday Night Lights

4) Emails, Emails, and More Emails

Holy moly, I have felt overwhelmed by all the blogging emails I’ve had in the best of ways.  I received over 60 Womanly Wednesday guest post submissions and it took lots and lots of time to read through every one, check out people’s blogs to get a feel for their writing and heart, and finally to send emails to every person either asking them to guest post or saying that there just wasn’t space.  It was so hard because I wish I could feature everyone’s stories, but to keep the integrity of the series, I still wanted to leave some spots open for my non-blogging friends and family.  Moral of the story…if you submitted to that series, I am SO grateful, whether or not I will be able to share your story right now.  I’m so encouraged by how many women long to encourage and inspire each other by sharing their struggles!

Womanly Wednesday Mothering Through The Unexpected 2

This week’s Womanly Wednesday post by the lovely Melissa talked how she fought for her son when he was diagnosed with Apraxia, a speech disorder.

5) No more nausea! HIP HIP HURRAY!

I’m almost scared to say this and jinx it, but it’s been almost a week since I’ve felt nauseous! Apparently 16 weeks was the magic mark because I’ve been eating and feeling like a champ this week.  And by eating like a champ I mean eating ALL the time with a raging hunger that cannot be satisfied by any amount of meals or snacks.  Dramatic? Yes, but still completely true.  I go from completely full to STARVING I MUST EAT RIGHT NOW in about three seconds and it has been very confusing after four months of nausea and weird eating habits.This meme below is so true…I got up out of bed at 11:30 PM a few nights ago to eat a couple handfuls of cereal just so I could fall asleep.  Real life, y’all.

Pregnancy Meme

I hope you all had wonderful weeks and are heading into a weekend full of fun and exciting or slow and relaxing things.  Happy Friday!

Head over to  A. Liz Adventures, Fitting It All In, Life in Leggings, Grace and Love Blog, Momfessionals Friday Favorites, and Running 4 Cupcakes for more Friday favorites!
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Comments

  1. Yay!!! You are Teacher of the Month, good for you! I know it is hard work being a teacher and then you blog on top of that! I have no idea how you do it. So glad you are feeling better with the pregnancy. Nausea is not fun. It is great to be able to eat whatever you want and not have to worry about it. Sounds like you have had an incredible week.

    • Thanks, Crystal! 🙂 It’s definitely work but it’s a lot of fun too. It’s been so nice this week to have the nausea gone and be able to eat normal food again! Thanks for stopping by!

  2. Hooray for the end of morning sickness!!
    My favorite crockpot meal for eating on forever is pork roast… I get a big tenderloin, pop it in the crockpot with one small can of chicken broth… in several hours, it’s falling apart. I serve it with mashed potatoes one night, cold on bread another, and shredded and BBQed a third (and sometimes fourth) night!! And Kroger (at least in SW Ohio) has them for about 1/3 price this week! I just got five (because, freezer), and love that I’ll be able to make at least three meals with a $6-7 tenderloin!
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    • Oh my goodness, how yummy and efficient does all of that sound? I’ve never tried doing one crockpot recipe and then using the meat for various recipes. So smart! My husband is such a hungry guy we usually end up eating almost everything I make right away. I’ll have to try that though! Thanks for sharing!

  3. Aw!!! I’m so happy for you Lauren! How encouraging that must be when you felt so overwhelmed. I bet you are just an AWESOME teacher!

    P.S. I am OBSESSED with FNL…especially Coach Taylor. He’s so cute.
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    • Thanks, Chelsea! 🙂 It was a little thing but encouraging for sure. And holy moly yes, FNL is the best! We love Coach Taylor too 🙂

  8. I feel you on the going from full to starving in three seconds! I’m 18 weeks and the same way (but I haven’t been nauseous since week 9, so it’s been going on for me a lot longer). I also go from not being hungry at all to my blood sugar dropping in about 1/2 a second. I can literally be in a patient’s room and all the sudden get shaky and break out in a sweat. It’s awesome. And it’s not even like I go long without eating! That’s awesome about getting teacher of the month! I’m sure you deserve it and it is always nice to feel appreciated when you work so hard for others!
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