About

I’m a Hillsdale College graduate, and a Spanish, Latin, and English teacher. In spring 2010, I student-taught Spanish and Latin to high school and middle school students. In July 2010, I left home to teach English in Valparaíso, Chile for 5 months. In December, I traveled to the south of Chile to see the glaciers, penguins, and green hills of Patagonia for two weeks.

Here are some things I like, and I’ll try to add to this every once in a while:

Ice Cream
Teddy Bears
Mugs of Tea
Mugs of Soda
My family
My friends
Golden Retrievers
Mariachi music
Christmas lights (all year)
Kingston Trio
Relient K
Maroon 5
Plain White T’s
Capital Lights
Civil Twilight
Collective Soul
Burn Notice
Psych
Pride & Prejudice (TV series)
Louisa May Alcott’s books
Mountains of all sizes
Leaves in the fall
Fresh snowfall
Calling most any container a pot
Lost despite the confusion
Charlie Pace
Desmond Hume
Peace and Harmony among friends
Tall, dark handsome men
Goofing off with the kids I babysit or younger siblings
Pretty notepads
Fire
Candles
Tea in my “No Coffee, No Workee” mug
Pictures found after a friend hijacked my camera
Ballparks
Luna moths
Rearranging furniture to relieve stress
Fresh berries in my backyard
Puree de papas
Completos
Cerro Alegre
Dogs
Mis alumnos
Chilenismos
Frugelé
Valparaíso, Chile
Puerto Natales, Chile
Ancud, Chiloe, Chile

I would love to know more about my readers, especially if I haven’t met you in person, so leave a random comment about yourself below!