With a couple of weeks of school under our belt, we are back and ready to talk about a childhood favorite: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Thankfully, we don't live on the prairie, but we sure love reading about it! Her new novel Pioneer Girl is not s

Be Mostly Happy

Aug 16th, 2014 39m 40s

We try to keep it light this week, but recent events in Ferguson, Missouri bring us down a bit. Topics include the importance of Twitter to report real news, Pharrell Williams, and upcoming movies that we are excited about.

Happy New (School) Year!

Aug 10th, 2014 27m 33s

It's that time of year again. Classrooms are freshly dusted and new posters are laminated. It's the beginning of August and it's back to school season. For teachers and parents, it's the most wonderful time of the year.For us, a new school

Back to School

Aug 1st, 2014 1h 4m

We know it’s a little early, but since teachers start back to school next week, we had a few things we needed to discuss. This week we give you the first Sassy Schoolmarm list. Our list consists of 5 things that we think will be important to

Be Kind, Y'all.

Jul 27th, 2014 52m 44s

For episode 7, the ladies discuss the Jonathan Hopper novel This Is Where I Leave You. They also discuss a recent visit to a local food truck, an article in the Washington Post by Amy Joyce "Are You Raising Nice Kids?", and take the "Who's Yo

#WeLoveWeirdAlYankovic

Jul 18th, 2014 47m 22s

The ladies took a week off, but are back with a vengeance. This week's episode covers Weird Al's new single "Word Crimes", several different mini book reviews, Little Free Libraries, and Jennifer changed her Facebook profile page and is now co

Firecracker

Jul 4th, 2014 51m 2s

In this week's episode, Jennifer and Sara discuss The Little Friend, We Were Liars, and All the Light We Cannot See. The ladies also discuss a recent tragedy in their community and talk about how teachers deal with the loss of a student. Mus

Me, me, me!

Jun 27th, 2014 40m 49s

In the 4th episode the ladies discuss ways to enjoy a little "me" time. They also discuss the YA novel Eleanor and Park, chalk paint, and a new Article of the Week.

Cruel Summer

Jun 20th, 2014 40m 53s

Two sassy rural school teachers discuss how to overcome the perils of summer. This week's episode covers Melissa Fenton's "10 Ways to Give Your Kids an Honest to Goodness 70's Summer." We also talk about tracking your teenager via iPhone whi

Pepperidge Farm Bread

Jun 13th, 2014 39m 50s

In this week's episode we discuss more summer reading and film, touch on kids and technology, introduce our first Article of the Week, and Sara finally learns how to use mascara. Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Little Fr