words from wendy's world

To the students who were in my classroom between 2013 - 2016: I just want to give you a glimpse of the thoughts I've been having. ...

I love the feeling of a fresh start at the beginning of a new year. Who knows what might happen this year? That thought could be excit...

Here's my list of favorites from the books I read this year. On a scale of 1 - 5, I'd rate most of these as a 4. I might've alre...

It's always fun to reflect over the past year as we look forward to the beginning of a new year. Here's a few of the highlights ...

Today I read two short Christmas stories that made my day off even better! A new one for me was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It's a ...

My weekend at work  I was ready to collapse after working Saturday and Sunday. Weekends can be brutal because there's only a few peopl...

Tina Koehn won the giveaway! Each person's name was written on a piece of paper and carefully mixed up before I closed my eyes and pi...

It's been almost a year since I started blogging. To celebrate, I'm doing a giveaway! The winner will be able to choose between  thi...

This has been a pleasant week - a ten day respite from work and wonderful family time! Every three years the Swarey family has a reunion ...

Friday nights are the best! (If you have the weekend off). It's such a wonderful feeling to know the work week is over and there...

Blog inspirations have been absent lately so I decided to write about some of my favorite beauty products to go along with my posts on  favo...

This week I passed my 3 year work anniversary. Sometimes my job feels humdrum, then other days I'm reminded of all the reasons I love wh...

I love pumpkin season! There's so many delicious recipes to try and pretty pumpkins to pick and decorate with. I always like to do ...

I've been thinking about self care the last while and have more questions than answers. I'd really like to learn more about how to l...

Weather really affects my mood. The end-of-summer feeling is dragging on, and true invigorating fall days are not yet here. It's hard...