In three more days I will have completed my first year of teaching. Yahoo!! On one hand, I'm totally ready for a break. Momma needs some quiet time. But, on the other hand, I have the teensiest bit of anxiety over my daily routine changing so drastically and so quickly...

It's freaking cold. Isn't it supposed to be May? I stopped by ACE today to look at some plants they had outside, like most humans do in spring, and my teeth were chattering.  Yesterday we had to turn the HEAT on in my apartment because my toes instantly froze solid whe...

Spicy, salty, sour, sweet, crunchy, soft, crispy... there is no flavor you could want for while eating this salad. Warm chickpeas seasoned with cumin and chili pepper piled on baby kale leaves along with crumbly, salty feta cheese and crisp, sweet d'anjou pears. Topped...

It feels like I've been sick for 3/4 of this school year. Not just mildly maybe-it's-allergies sick, but like really, REALLY, sick. On the bright side, my students thoroughly enjoy telling me I look like shit. "Ms. Vargo, you look terrible." "Ms. Vargo, you shouldn't c...

Hi! You can eat dandelions. Isn't that cazy? Not only can you eat the leaves, which I recently saw for sale at Kroger and my eyes bugged out of my head because... why would you pay for dandelion leaves, they're freaking everywhere, but also you can eat the flowers. And...

Real talk: anyone else worry about how prepared you are for a zombie apocalypse? Anyone? You're lying if you say no. Not a day goes by that I lament my lack of survival skillz. I have seriously considered signing up for a bow-hunting class, but then I think that in the...

 Some days, while I'm taking a break from grading papers or lesson planning, I'll get on Pinterest in search of delicious looking food. I love saving yummy looking recipes, but the absolute best is when following a few links leads me to a new (to me) food blog that I c...

Spring break. Ahhhhhhhhh. It couldn't have come a moment too soon and now it is slipping away faster than a politician leaving a motel room. Let's see... what did I accomplish this week. Pay bills: check. Clean apartment: check. Lay on couch in underwear while alternat...

I spent easter with my boyfriend and his extended family this year. It was such a blast! We went to mass, then to Ryan's grandparents for breakfast and an easter egg hunt. It took me wayyyyy too long to find my egg, which was just laying on the ground behind a car tire...

I'm trying to get the hang of posting often but it's harder than I thought it would be. Especially when I am like 7/8 of the way through my first year of teaching. 

But I have been cooking! A lot actually! Just not measuring, writing down recipes, or taking p...