tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:58:28 +0000http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)Blogger1361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7538155228199877750Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-07-02T09:58:28.450-07:00*whew* Now I'm on vacation, or as much on vacation as a I can be when I've got the kids to herd.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/07/and-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1367286805912251175Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +00002008-07-01T22:10:47.332-07:00One assignment and one test left. With any luck, I'll finish them both tomorrow/later today (Wednesday).http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/07/11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-3754067462751268577Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:12:00 +00002008-06-29T21:31:54.669-07:00I'm halfway through my last Learning & the Brain assignment, and have two to go in Educational Psychology. Of course, the two finals are still pending, and DH flies in this Friday. This week is going to be busy. Last week was, too. The weather has been not-beach-day, but not impossible. I worked most days on various things but we went swimming just about every day. Saturday (just yesterday?http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/whered-that-time-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-542730402142671642Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:26:00 +00002008-06-24T21:43:23.044-07:00It was a steamy day, but thunder rumbled constantly, and it seemed it would rain any moment for most of it. Finally the storm broke over us in late afternoon, cooling everything down rapidly but leaving within an hour. After supper, it seemed as if all the drama was over, so I suggested a walk to the beach. The children were excited to get out, especially when they all came running back in, http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/late-save.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-2149319697651097074Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:14:00 +00002008-06-22T21:19:20.383-07:00We went to the beach today, but didn't get to stay: within moments of the completion of my application of sunscreen, a nasty little storm blew through. By the time everyone was huddled in the car, sand-blasted and shivering (the temp must have dropped 10-15 degrees), all the towels and gear stowed, the storm was mostly over. We could've stayed but the lighter-weight peewees voted to go home andhttp://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/rained-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-3070685678191362002Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:36:00 +00002008-06-20T20:40:38.412-07:00Managed to find one still-pink Lady's Slipper orchid in the woods along the Sea Farm Marsh trail today. Nearly all are gone by now, eaten or just dried up and blown away. Next year, we'll have to hit the trails in the first of week of June to see them in abundance.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/sole-survivor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5099406770096912051Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +00002008-06-18T20:56:57.178-07:00Spider, web, trees & sky. Beebe Woods, today.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/best-photo-ever-so-far.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-8849418718238687976Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:12:00 +00002008-06-12T20:51:54.239-07:00This is our last day of "just us" here at Mom's; my brother and his family arrive tomorrow. The kids can't wait to see their cousins again, they've been planning their adventures since we said goodbye at the end of last summer. As for me, I've enjoyed this week beyond reason. I'm not on vacation, yet, but I've taken a few days off from school to work outside. This house has been only http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/workingvacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-8581637108340907262Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:59:00 +00002008-06-12T19:01:30.455-07:00 This pair of mallards lives on my mom's street. Yes, on the street. It's not paved, and there are a couple of little girls who run their hose every day for their paddling pool, so we have near-constant puddles. Apparently, that's good enough for this pair of odd ducks.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/frequent-visitors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1024183993852174834Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +00002008-06-11T07:01:33.715-07:00Blogger won't upload my photos, and I don't want to invest the time to working around it just now. Maybe later.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/frustrations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1859175943724110186Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:06:00 +00002008-06-07T22:11:35.695-07:00Nina wrote today about visiting the beach in Deauville, Normandy, where the season hasn't yet begun, except for certain people... It was great to see the sun today, but now we're bracing for a heat wave.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/wading-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1904106807635038112Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:01:00 +00002008-06-07T22:02:52.166-07:00 Never see one of these out of my window at home.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/bunny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-6211162699220698807Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:59:00 +00002008-06-04T23:05:03.117-07:00It was a long day, but really the best trip ever with the kids. They did their thing, I did mine, it was almost relaxing. Finally got them into bed about an hour or so ago -- we're all too wound up to relax properly. They love this time of year. Me, I would love it more if I had been able to wrap up my classes already. Ah, well. I brought way too much stuff but the weather is iffy here http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/here-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-3424494655245057090Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:19:00 +00002008-06-03T00:25:43.087-07:00Polished off the Educational Psych midterm this evening. *whew* I know I can't get 100%, because I forgot to answer part of one essay question. I did exactly this same thing on my Learning & the Brain exam, except that time, I caught it when I was doing my final review. This time, I didn't: having spent many, many words describing Piaget's four developmental stages, I then neglected to say http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-2097453736339407334Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:57:00 +00002008-06-02T01:07:08.234-07:00When you have three children, you have to schedule regular purges, times when you go through all the books/dvds/video games/board games/toys/clothes/shoes/papers and get rid of everything. OK, not everything, just a lot. I appreciate that as the children get older, they stop acquiring things at the same frantic pace, stepping down to a slightly more manageable rate of accumulation. Even so, ithttp://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/06/semi-annual-event.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-8703278181499009510Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:49:00 +00002008-05-31T22:06:50.524-07:00The sound that life is making as it zooms by. Most of last week felt slow, actually. Friday was the last day of school and everyone was a bit crazy because of it. It still hasn't really sunk in. I have my own schoolwork to finish up, plus packing and all that: leaving on Wednesday. We'll manage, somehow or other, we always do. It doesn't seem quite real, though. There will be time for morehttp://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/swoosh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-8206517775314273270Fri, 23 May 2008 04:19:00 +00002008-05-22T21:31:37.245-07:00 I've always loved watercolors. Today's art lesson, (well) after Winslow Homer. Watching 20 second graders painting boats, seas, and skies, I couldn't resist. Maybe I feel lighter because I've managed to slog through so much work, but I think the painting helped, a little.http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/art-therapy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-4822214493360167506Fri, 23 May 2008 04:01:00 +00002008-05-22T21:05:13.836-07:00A series of late-night work/study sessions bring me to this moment, where I am happy to cross the following items off my to-do list: - the practicum report (all 3 parts) for Classroom Management - lesson 3 of Educational Psychology - all of the assignments and tests for Learning & the Brain That means all I have left is 2 assignments in Ed Psych, plus the mid-term, which is totally do-able inhttp://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/panic-averted-for-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-4847901174320982654Wed, 21 May 2008 07:16:00 +00002008-05-21T00:24:38.916-07:00Time, that is. I'm studying for my Learning & the Brain mid-term; I'll probably take it tomorrow or Thursday. I think my own brain is going to explode. The heat here is oppressive, like mid-July, 105+ degrees, humidity on top of it all... it makes me want to run away. At least we're doing some inside recesses so I don't have to spend all that much time out in it, and outside PE has been http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/going-going.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-737705010303756535Wed, 14 May 2008 07:29:00 +00002008-05-14T00:59:38.373-07:00teaching certificationThings to get done before we leave for vacation -- and this is just the stuff for school: Learning and the Brain Lesson 3, which requires me to read an entire (albeit short) book, and view a DVD which I do not yet have, and the accompanying assignment Lesson 3 quiz, which goes through the (short) book in exquisite detail; it's longer than the midterm I took last night. Lesson 4, reading from http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/to-do-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1595824349234047437Wed, 14 May 2008 07:03:00 +00002008-05-14T00:12:27.488-07:00teachingthycaEvery week in my class, one student is selected as the "superstar." The superstar gets to sit in a special chair. Every day after morning meeting, the superstar gets to share some things about him or herself, or read from a favorite book. On Friday, the kids all write letters to their superstar classmate, and read each one aloud. Last week, we ran out of students, so this week, as the newest http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/didnt-tell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-6574669272886666686Mon, 12 May 2008 08:03:00 +00002008-05-12T01:09:00.218-07:00A productive day always helps. By way of procrastinating on school work, I got all sorts of house stuff done today. And then after dinner, I buckled down and turned in an assignment in each of my three classes. I was slightly mortified when I got an email from one of my instructors asking me to please not submit a slew of assignments before the midterm. I replied with an apologetic and http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7206559203973239177Sun, 11 May 2008 07:35:00 +00002008-05-11T00:44:00.091-07:00I was supposed to take a mid-term eight days ago. Oops. I didn't realize it because I went a week without logging into my school homepage. Part of that was because I was just fried from work and other stuff going on, and part of that was because my laptop battery was dead and I couldn't juice it up because I left my power cord at my speech therapist's office, and I didn't have a chance to go http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/messed-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-8079176647576574170Sun, 04 May 2008 08:25:00 +00002008-05-04T01:44:03.709-07:00I had my talk with the administration, and they said some nice-sounding, even fair-sounding, things, things which may even be true. Still, if you were going to invite someone to a meeting on Thursday, wouldn't you notify them of the meeting some time before Thursday? My favorite part of the meeting: Admin: You should talk to me before you get upset. Me: I am talking to you. I pushed this a bithttp://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/05/catching-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-75974429569528457Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:18:00 +00002008-04-26T02:33:46.537-07:00The new job was supposed to be easy -- second grade teacher's aide. That lasted a couple of weeks, then I got thrown the curveball of the one-one-one work, which was supposed to end today. Today, of course, I hear my one-on-one kid is going back to his original classroom, and I'm going with him, and that class's aide will be moving into my classroom. This is wrong on so many levels that I http://www.farscapeweekly.com/weblog/2008/04/bait-switch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)