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Stephanie is a wife and mom to three girls. She’s from New Jersey and is a high school English and Theater teacher. She finished her MA in English literature in January 2017. Since then, she’s been looking for something to fulfill her. She toyed with starting a blog but didn’t really have the guts to do it on her own.
She loves health and fitness, shopping, Starbucks, and a good Pinot noir.
What we’re thankful for… Waterproof mattress protectors… My son was sick this week. He got sick in his bed. We woke up at 3am and had to do the whole clean up routine. He even needed a shower. It was bad. The one saving grace, his waterproof mattress pad. For that, today, I am so…
Disclaimer: If my child received one, I would probably cry and take pictures, too. BUT, to view this in an unbiased way, I have to ask…why are we giving children rewards for DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANYWAY? With my older daughter in school, I am beginning to see that children receive…
What we’re reading… Any and all articles about Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods. Seriously, I just can’t stop following this debacle. Did they? Didn’t they? I don’t know for sure, but I want allllllll the details. My main two sources of info on this rapidly unfolding sitch have been Betches and Comment By Celebs. What…
A hot topic I keep seeing pop-up across the Internet centers on sensitivity in the classroom. As an educator, I find the line between being tough and being sensitive to a students’ circumstances to be a fine one. There are clear cases where a teacher must be sensitive. For example, if a student has a…
7 Things I’ve Learned about Parenting (and myself), as my daughter turns 7… My first born baby turned 7 years old on January 13th. It is only fitting that I reflect, specifically on her “lucky” number 7 birthday, as she was born on a Friday, the 13th. I’ve learned a lot about parenting between my…
We’ve had quite the year! We launched Ur Basic Mom just one year ago as a collaborative blog about the daily struggles and laughs in momming. Since then, we’ve grown to a team of 20 and we’ve had posts shared all over the country. Our incredible reach and impact is a real testament to both…
Tomorrow, we celebrate Thanksgiving. We will likely gather around a table filled with food, surrounded by our large extended family, immediate family, or friends who’ve become family. So, what better time to reflect on all of the things for which we are grateful. We asked out contributors to share a little bit about what they…
Oftentimes, my students teach me life lessons that they don’t even realize. To give a little background, I am a high school English and Theater teacher. I teach mostly senior level English, but I am also lucky to teach a Speech and Drama elective. I love this elective because it offers a chance for the…
The Best Kinds of Friends I’ve seen and shared the meme, which reads “A true friend is the one you can go months without talking to and when you reconnect nothing has changed.” Living in different areas of New Jersey and making friends with people from all over the state throughout my life, I’ve found…
I signed up to be my daughter’s CCD/Faith Formation teacher for this year. This will be her first year in a program such as this since she is entering 1st grade. The idea of being a catechist was initially appealing to me because my mother was my CCD teacher growing up, and I loved it…