I was inspired by my college friend and blogger Jeannie to record the books I read this year. I will say her list allows for varied taste. Mine on the other hand lacks variety due to my current status as a graduate student. I did start several books that fall into the inspirational, self-help, or fiction category but none I completely finished...so I have my first resolution for the new year...to read more fiction!
I already have one completed for 2009 and historical fiction ever! Don't get too excited I read it for an upcoming project I am was working on for a 4th grade teacher. Hey but it still counts! It is called A Day in the Blizzard by Marietta D. Moskin. It gives a detailed account of the locations the main character travels during the blizzard of 1888. Check out the Google Map I made for our students to follow as we read the story.
Book List 2008 Non-Fiction
The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle
Making Money Teaching Online - Danielle Babb
Historical & Philosophical Foundations of Education - Gutek
Taking Sides - Clashing Views on Educational Issues - Noll
Techtactics - Thorsen
The Leadership Challenge: Kouzes & Posner
Leadership: A Communication Perspective- Heckman & Johnson
Kingdom Education: God's Plan for Educating Future Generations - Shultz
The Motivational Breakthrough - Richard Lavoie
Writing a Winning Thesis of Dissertation- Glatthorn & Joyner
Instructional Supervision: A guide to Practice -Wiles & Bondi
Fundamental Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences - Howell
Fundamental Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences - Howell
Fundamental Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences - Howell
(I read it 3 times & it is going on the list 3 times)
In addition to books I have read several status updates, countless journal articles, a bazillion blackboard discussion board posts, and an infinite number of blog posts/ articles that come through my Google Reader. As you can see this very well defines the reason I haven't the time to read much fiction. I cant' image going one day without the written word. Words are my friend! So keep reading!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
YIKES! It's been Three Months Since I Last Blogged!
I know. I know. It has been way too long since I last posted. I can sum up the reason in on word...FACEBOOK! It is so much easier to update a status rather that rant and rave in a blog. But I am not willing to let go of the practice of blogging, mainly because I can link my blog to the news reader on Facebook . So now the challenge is to make the effort to write more than a quick status update. I have lots of topics of late that would make good entries but I don't want to overwhelm my readers with a mile long post, so I will keep it to what has been on my mind as of late. My Daughter.
See most of the blogs I read are those of women my age that have school age children on down. And let's face it from the ages of zero to ten and 364 days old what they do and say falls into the categories of amazing, funny, smart, insightful, sweet, loving, etc, etc. As mothers we can't wait to share their actions with the world, we love them, we are proud of them and we want the people in our lives who love our children to share in our joy. If blogging would have been "all the rage" in Emily's early years, my readers would honestly have just gotten sick of all the many stories I could have told of her greatness....HAAHHA!
But as I entered the blogosphere, Emily was knee deep into her teenage years, nope let me restate that, she dove in head first and was dragging Chuck and I behind her through the muck and mire like an unwanted flotation device that she wished she could abandon! At times, Chuck and I could hardly raise our head to get a breath, we felt as though we would just drown, but we held on for dear life. Honestly, I just did not feel right about writing about the turmoil, for fear that it would scare the pants off all my friends who have yet to discover such bliss. I guess I took the position, "If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all!" (Well, at least on my blog.) But through it all we loved her, showed concern for her actions, prayed for her, had others pray for us, and presented a united front as parents (Chuck, BTW is the best tag-team partner anyone could have!)
In this world there are many parents that will face much harder circumstances than myself, and I am sure there are those near-perfect parents that will never endure the circumstances I faced because they did in fact raise "perfect children", but if I may offer some advice. If you are one of those "near perfect parents" out there and you have one of those "near perfect" children hit adolescence and seem to lose their mind. DON'T be afraid to talk about there actions then, too. Even though I did not write about it on my blog...I was an open book to my work friends, and church family. And a good number of those folks had lived through the teenage years with there children. They gave us support, lifted us in prayer, and were honest about the actions of their children. This was important because it helped us to realize that sometimes the actions of a child are NOT a direct reflection of their parents. They are teenagers making their own choices...knowing full well they are wrong!
I can't say with 100% assurance that we don't have obstacles to face in the future where Emily is concerned,but I can honestly say I am really enjoying my my daughter and thankful for her presence in my life everyday... regardless of the DRAMA she can sometimes bring along... :-) So pardon me while I tell you all about all the "CUTE" things she has done lately...
See most of the blogs I read are those of women my age that have school age children on down. And let's face it from the ages of zero to ten and 364 days old what they do and say falls into the categories of amazing, funny, smart, insightful, sweet, loving, etc, etc. As mothers we can't wait to share their actions with the world, we love them, we are proud of them and we want the people in our lives who love our children to share in our joy. If blogging would have been "all the rage" in Emily's early years, my readers would honestly have just gotten sick of all the many stories I could have told of her greatness....HAAHHA!
But as I entered the blogosphere, Emily was knee deep into her teenage years, nope let me restate that, she dove in head first and was dragging Chuck and I behind her through the muck and mire like an unwanted flotation device that she wished she could abandon! At times, Chuck and I could hardly raise our head to get a breath, we felt as though we would just drown, but we held on for dear life. Honestly, I just did not feel right about writing about the turmoil, for fear that it would scare the pants off all my friends who have yet to discover such bliss. I guess I took the position, "If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all!" (Well, at least on my blog.) But through it all we loved her, showed concern for her actions, prayed for her, had others pray for us, and presented a united front as parents (Chuck, BTW is the best tag-team partner anyone could have!)
In this world there are many parents that will face much harder circumstances than myself, and I am sure there are those near-perfect parents that will never endure the circumstances I faced because they did in fact raise "perfect children", but if I may offer some advice. If you are one of those "near perfect parents" out there and you have one of those "near perfect" children hit adolescence and seem to lose their mind. DON'T be afraid to talk about there actions then, too. Even though I did not write about it on my blog...I was an open book to my work friends, and church family. And a good number of those folks had lived through the teenage years with there children. They gave us support, lifted us in prayer, and were honest about the actions of their children. This was important because it helped us to realize that sometimes the actions of a child are NOT a direct reflection of their parents. They are teenagers making their own choices...knowing full well they are wrong!
I can't say with 100% assurance that we don't have obstacles to face in the future where Emily is concerned,but I can honestly say I am really enjoying my my daughter and thankful for her presence in my life everyday... regardless of the DRAMA she can sometimes bring along... :-) So pardon me while I tell you all about all the "CUTE" things she has done lately...
- She is an independent thinker.
- She likes to talk politics with her daddy.
- She is a girl with STYLE... She took her clothes she no longer wanted and sold them to Plato's Closet/Consignment Shop for $50 and then went to Goodwill to shop.
- She is accepting of others and has a heart for the underdog.
- She is a responsible student.
- She starts her first job next week.
- She bought her own car.
- She talks about what she might want to do as a future career.
- She TALKS TO HER PARENTS...even about boys that like her or boys she might like.
- She makes time to watch a favorite TV show with MOM ...and we have even included Chuck into the fun!
- She still calls me Mommy.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Vegas VayCay: Part I
Sunday 7/27/08
4:30 PM_ It’s official! Vacation has begun. It started today with getting ready on the home front to leave. We sure will miss the kitties, but I am glad they have each other. We decided to leave earlier than expected so we could stop and get some lunch. It only took us two hours to arrive at
Sunday 7/27/08
9:45 PM_ We arrived in
SO I am back... 1hour and 40 minutes to go! Emily is people watchin’ and messing with her split ends. Chuck is reading a book, I know shocking! And I am blogging, reading my articles and fleshing out that outline, all while listening to one of my many playlists. Ah technology, its great if you want everyone around you to leave you alone, but even this lover of everything techno can see how it keeps us from connecting face 2 face with those around us.
Monday 7/28/08
We got here early this morning around 1AM and to our hotel/room by 2AM. SO it was brush your teeth and say good night! It is now 8ish Vegas time and my sleeping beauties are still sleeping. I am a morning is every timezone, so I am itchin’ to get going!Got the computer working…with some troubleshooting involved…seems to be the story of my life. Getting ready to call my Grandma and set a plan for later this evening. We are going to explore “The Strip” today. More updates later!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Prom 2008
My little peep went off to her first prom tonight! She attended with a friend of hers. Ironically, he attended W. Elementary School when I was a teacher there. He is a very nice young man. Oh where does the time go!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Holy Antler Sheds! I am a Mythbuster!
He he he he! I just won a bet I made with Chuck! It all started as we were watching Mythbusters. They were working on a myth that involved a moose. The cast was making observations of a real moose for part of their experiment, but the moose did not have its antlers. SO, I happened to say something about... maybe it sheds its antlers...like a deer. Well, Chuck immediately questioned this statement as if it were not true. I replied, "Yeah, a buck will shed its antlers." Now Chuck is a questioner , and not a hunter,and totally did not believe my statement. He immediately went to the computer. I stopped him and said, WAIT let's bet! We set the terms of our wager, which will NOT be documented on this blog because trust me it would definitely fall in the category of "too much information." For any hunters out in the blogosphere...you know where this is going! I was right! Antlers are the fastest growing tissue in the animal kingdom.
I just had to celebrate this moment with a blog entry, because these moments are few and far between! Special thanks to GOOGLE!
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