Complete...but much to do.

Summer reading has come to a close in my book, although we are still collecting slips and handing out prizes till August 2. Oh well. The Big stuff is over and we are liking the fact that we can recollect our thoughts and go through the department and clean up and get it ready for Fall. I am not sure how Megan and Amber feel about Summer Reading Ending, but I am HAPPY!

I am trying hard to work on a proposal for a conference a co-worker and I want to attend and present at in May 2009. I know planning way ahead but they need to be in by August 15th. I am all ready, just waiting on my proof readers to give the OK to submit!

Miss Marianne is coming home tonight from New Hampshire and will be home till August 9th. She is staying with Miss Lauren who had a knee replacement on Monday and seems to be doing well when I talked to her last evening. Please keep her in your prayers.

Like all teachers, I am starting to look ahead and plan some things. I know that I will be student teaching, but all in all I will have charge of the classroom 4 weeks into the semester and that will last for about 9 to 10 weeks till I start to be an assistant to the head teacher. I have lots of ideas and have contacted my teacher and the principal already to let them know my start date and all the necessary information needed. Granted, in between planning school lessons I will also be working and trying to keep house chores and things up as well. I look at it this way, it's only 14 weeks and then I might have a life, till I find that right teaching job.

Not much else is happening. Looking forward to a nice weekend and to making some anniversary cards for some friends that ordered them from me. Of course mom and grandma will be there in toe helping to design and assemble them. I am also enjoying book series that is called Yada Yada Prayer Group, by Neta Jackson. It is a great series about a group of ladies that met at a Women's conference and have developed this prayer group, attend each other churches, hold prayer meetings and gathering for their families at their homes and so much more. The series is really good and brings to perspective how lucky we are to have safe neighborhoods, happy families, and healthy families. Looking for a good book to read....check it out. Book 1 is great but, book 2 is better yet. I personally can't wait to get through all 6 of them....sometime soon.

#1 YYPG—is about grace (“I’m just a sinner, saved by grace”)
#2 YYPG Gets Down—is about forgiveness
#3 YYPG Gets Real—is about redemption
#4 YYPG Gets Tough—is about spiritual warfare
#5 YYPG Gets Caught—is about truth & freedom
#6 YYPG Gets Rolling—is about letting go and reaching out

Sorry that there are no kidisms....have not heard much this week or last. Hopefully I will get some. I will have to have Miss Amber and Miss Megan listen in for some so I can post them next time.

Until then....

Change in plans...

this past weekend I received my scores from ETS, which is where the Praxis tests come from. I needed a 160 to pass my Special Education test so that I can teach children with disabilities as well as typical students. I have had to change my plans due to the fact that I scored a 149. This was the fourth time I took the test and let me say that it was really hard. I took it with two other Walsh students who have also taken the test that many times and they did not pass...So my questioning is that why are the schools not teaching to the Praxis standards like the rest of the Praxis tests that we all have to take and have passed.

After talking with my parents I have decided to keep my focus on what I really want and look for a job in Early Childhood after I complete this upcoming semester. Then I will look to see what I can take to help me pass the Special Education Praxis. I will wait and see what is to come and take care of it when the time comes.

Tonight is the last movie night and the last week for programming for Summer Reading. We, all the librarians at Plain Community Branch is ready for a break.

Until later this week.......Stay cool

A bird...A plane....a Combine???

That is how I started my day with a combine in my way. Dad and Grandpa were harvesting the wheat last night and apparently stopped and parked the combine right in the middle of the driveway so that I could not get out. They of course did not think about Lynne having to get out of the driveway in the morning. Oh well with a phone call to grandpa asking how to get around it without driving in the fields...I was able to get to work with 5 minutes to spare!

Our friends from Illinois left for home on Monday about 5am. That was a fun time.. Grandpa and Grandma were the ones to see them off. We had a great time with them and enjoyed their company as usual. My grandparents are planning on heading that direction this fall , sometime in September after they( Frank and Alice) get home from Alaska in Sept. from their fishing trip. We are always anxious to read their emails and see pics of them fishing on the lodge website.

Work is busy as usual. Today we are having a guy come by the name of Duane Able to draw cartoons for the kids and show them how to draw them as well. Wonder if I will get a super hero from Miss Megan this year????? Amber and I have been working on the weeding list so that Megan can make the final decision on what to keep and not to keep. I will be working on a proposal tomorrow with a co-worker downtown to present at a conference next May . Keep your fingers crossed that it will be a go and we can present and represent the library.
No results yet from my Praxis, Hopefully next weeks post or later this week I can tell you yeah or nay!

Till then, enjoy the beautiful weather.

Fishing, riding, playing

that is what my week has consisted of thus far. I am afraid to know what this weekend will bring. Last week friends of our family came in from Illinois and we have been spending as much quality time with them as possible. On Sunday we went fishing and enjoy being by the pond. We caught lots of fish , 30 bluegill to be exact and about 8 bass. That night we cleaned the fish and are getting ready to have a fish fry this Friday at Grandpa's with everyone.

We have been playing the game corn hole that Matt got for Christmas this year and well that is a fun game. We are getting good at it, but would not want to be in a competition anytime soon. HA.

I have been busy playing tennis, played singles last night at the high school and lost 4-6 and then turned around and won 6-4. I was very tired today from that and am feeling it in my legs. I have also been riding my bike and working up to riding a little more each day, but with the hills on my road, that is a workout. Hope I will be able to build us enough esteem and ride in to the high school and back one night.

I am looking forward to going to Nancy's on Saturday morning with my mom to make a project with stamping supplies that is called Jacob's Ladder. Then I will be able to pick out photos to put on it...may turn out to be a pretty neat gift for someone. Then Sat night I am going to a Graduation party at my cousins for my cousin that lives in Hungry and graduated high school but he and his sister are camp counselors at Camp Carl this summer. Their mother is coming in tomorrow, dad could not get away from work to do so. also this weekend is when Bryan and Robin are coming home from Costa Rica. They have been there for 2 years. It will be good to see them and have them back home for good.

Keep your fingers crossed, my Praxis score will be coming the first of next week. I know mine are crossed.

Till Next time.....

The results are in..

from Columbus that is! We had a full weekend with the Special Olympics and everything that goes with it. The entire team did fairly well. I am not sure how all the trackers, bowlers, and weightlifters did, but the tennis team came home with.... two forth place ribbons, three fifth place ribbons, a silver in unified doubles, a bronze in singles (which was a first medal for the young man and his first year at tennis), a bronze in doubles. Matthew ended being the in top division this year, so the game were much different and he had to really work for the placements that he got. Matthew was please with himself and walked away proud because he knew he was in a harder division.

The weekend all in all was nice, despite sleeping in a hot dorm on the back side of the OSU campus and it is not close to anything. Thank goodness Wayne was there to transport us around because if we had to walk the kids would have been to tired to compete in anything.

Monday was back to work and back to daily schedules. Tuesday evening was fun for us all in the Lashley and Lingenhoel homes. My Grandparents won a ride on the Goodyear blimp last year and they finally got around to going on it. Well they called and said they you can bring two other persons with you, so Matt and I got to go on the ride as well, but when we got there my parents were able to go as well because the lift was good and it was a clear day. We actually were able to see Cleveland from way up there, that was neat. I wish that I had a digi camera then I would post picture for you to see. It was a trip that I will never forget.

Did you know that one you are up in the air 1000 feet and with 6 people and the pilot you only weigh 50 pounds?
Did you know that they take off and land on one tire?
Did you know that they only way the drive the blimp is by a wheel that looks like at wheelchair wheel?

Yep, I learned a lot.

This weekend the family is having friends in from Illinois so we are excited about that, it's been a year since we have seen them. They will be here through the 4th and beyond a week yet.

Have a safe 4th of July.