DIY Pop Culture Advent Calendar: One of My Favorite Holiday Projects EVER!

I have to give all the credit to my friend Kelly for this one. My friends come up with such fun projects for me to do, and this one was AMAZING. If you’re painting your own advent calendar this year, or just looking for ideas for pop culture Christmas paintings, scroll down to see imagesContinue reading “DIY Pop Culture Advent Calendar: One of My Favorite Holiday Projects EVER!”

Taking Engineering Lessons Home: A SCRUM Task Board for Household Chores

After teaching during COVID, all my task management strategies fell apart. My mental load was overflowing. When my second child was born in 2022, I couldn’t afford to let things continue to get out of hand. It felt like nothing was getting done in the house, the piles of laundry never stopped, and I couldContinue reading “Taking Engineering Lessons Home: A SCRUM Task Board for Household Chores”

The Making of Our 2019 Family Ornament

Every year since we got married, I’ve made an ornament to remember the past year in our family. It took until Christmas Eve for me to finally figure out something to commemorate the year… and it’s silly, but it was a lovely little moment of magic that I’d like to remember forever: Jaya’s first movie, Frozen 2.