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The same year I started teaching, a beloved English teacher of mine retired. She told me that four decades in the classroom went so fast. My grandmother said the same about forty years of marriage, and how she wished she had written more down.

As I embarked on a rather unexpected English/Language Arts career, I began blogging about my new teaching experiences. I became hELArious Lizzy. My Hubster, and eventually our two children Spartacus and Little Miss, are along for this wonderful adventure that I share in these pages. Thank you for joining me on this journey of teaching, motherhood, wife-ry, Lutheranism, and everything in between!

This current version of this website is a work in progress; keep checking back as I add more and build my internet life!

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Day 1: Intro to Remote Learning

My children’s preschool teachers are AMAZING. They created bags of activities, recorded themselves reading books for circle time and hosting Jesus time, and they joined the pastor to record a chapel message. I WISH I were half that put together as a remote-learning teacher! Hubster teaches three section of junior World Religions, and three sections of sophomore Epistles. I have…
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Day 0: Remote Learning

It has been a long time since I’ve blogged. Our third child, some postpartum anxiety, and hubster’s new job(s) have made the last nine months CRAZY. Even crazier? This switch to remote learning in response to the coronavirus in the U.S. New blog series = what the heck this might look like… Coronavirus & Getting Out of the Pool I…
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“We can do hard things” – the Power of a Growth Mindset

As part of my AP English summer assignment, I ask my students to write me an introductory letter describing what they hope to achieve by taking AP English. Some are brutally honest: “It’s for my Honors diploma.” Some are flattering: “I’ve heard you’re a great teacher and I had to take your class because I’d love it!” But the most common…
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Spring Break Craft: Wine Cork Flag

Spring break this year wasn’t glamorous. One kid got the flu, the other got annual shots, I got a cold, and of course it was a drill weekend for Hubster (It’s ALWAYS a drill weekend, it seems). Also it snowed. At any rate, there wasn’t a lot of extra time for sleep, projects, or even a ton of relaxing. Still,…
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What to do after a car accident

Life101 Adulting Series Let’s assume you didn’t read my 3 tips for winter driving post, and you slid into another car on your way to work this morning. What should you do if you’re in a fender bender? Lucky for you I’ve been in several car accidents — none of which were my fault!! — so I can give you…
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How to Drive in the Winter: 3 Quick Tips

Life101 Adulting Series We had our first major snowfall this past week in Indiana, and my high school students, like every other driver on the road, freaked out. Because driving in the winter can be scary, and maybe something will go wrong. How should you drive in slippery conditions? Winter Drive Tip One: Just Drive SLOWER I know you’re running…
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Day 7: Falling Like Dominoes

As the coronavirus totals exponentially increase, it feels like dominoes falling that no one can stop…so we played with dominoes.

Day 4: Puppet Theater

This week Spartacus’ preschool class had been scheduled for a field trip to a puppet show at the library. Obviously the libraries are all now closed, and he was super bummed to miss out. SO we made our own puppet theater! Puppet Theater We told the story of the Good Samaritan for Jesus time. The sad set-upon Jewish traveler was…
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Day 3: Ode to the Poop Game

Today, while I put Scoober Doo down for a nap, the other two got out their current favorite board game and played all by themselves (success!). They call it “The Poop Game” but its official name is “Chickapiglets.”

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