Our Good Life

You know how people will tell you how wonderful something is, and you hear that same thing over and over, then when you…

This week I wanted to make some ice cream because it is on my summer bucket list.  This orange ice cream has caught my …

Part of the fun of summer is planning and going on a summer road trip.  With everyone so involved with so many things t…

Today I hosted our first New Town Book Club meeting at our cottage.  I miss my Jefferson City Book Clubs very much.  I …

This is the first summer since 2009 where I have had a summer to read things besides textbooks!  I have had a blast rem…

When Bob and I made the decision to move to the St. Louis area last year, we knew we didn't want to buy a house whi…

June 18, 1977 I married Robert Joseph Steffes, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health.  We h…

The thing about the DESE's professional development is that they do it up right.  Today we were the recipients of t…

Today our agenda was intense.  We heard an hour of Common Core, now called the Missouri Learning Standards.  These are …

Today I joined colleagues from around the state in The Leadership Academy, a professional development opportunity ran b…

Back in the day, when I was a young mother and wife, I was in charge of the cooking and grocery shopping.  Bob did all …

One of the many items on my list this summer is to give some of my Pinterest pins a trial run.  I pin a lot, probably a…