Can't believe how fast time flies-July 4th on Monday!
Will be halfway through my KSU degree program after tomorrow's deadlines for the last two assignments are completed. The end is in sight and the light is shining. It has been a wonderful and overwhelming year with one more to go. I have learned so much and am looking forward to the other classes ahead, even though I am so tired of this computer.
Having high school friends over with some families. I hope it goes well and isn't raining as the weather certainly isn't looking perfect. It will be nice to see them and hopefully play some euchre-which I haven't played in eons. Supposed to be good weather so the kids will use the pool!
Need to clean desperately so many things. I told Darin the main project would be the basement and now that we can see the floors or much more important the counters, the basement is going to get started next week. Good luck with that:)
Friday, July 1, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Two more days!
Good golly! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. When I read through the last post, it was February. Now June, the weather is finally cooperating. April and May were some of the coldest and very wet spring months ever! Planting didn't start until May 20th and we finished June 6th. The guys were working twenty hour days for a week and then it rained and was cold some more. Darin is still spraying, but at least the planting is done. Sweet corn is around the perimeter of our house with field corn in the actual fields around the houses this year. PRIVACY!
The masters courses are going fairly well and this time next year I should be completely done and graduated with a degree. I have learned so much and I truly think that this was the right school for me at the right time with the right online program. It has me invigorated, excited, and enthused about teaching music in the future. I am hoping to incorporate alot of the information, especially from these last few classes.
Zane and the cousins are really going to East next year. I am not happy about it, but am glad that I know some of the teachers that will look out for him. Connie will need to take care of things as it takes too long for me to go there from West or North. We have tried to present things in a good light and hopefully all will go well for the next school year. I will truly miss having Zane, Grant, and Brooke at North. However, I always said if I wanted to teach my own child, I would have homeschooled, so in that aspect I am glad that it won't happen. Zane should be OK, it just might take some time. We will see.
Looking forward to the summer to have time to adequately get started on the capstone project and work on the annotated bibliography for this current class. I am really far behind on that especially, although I do have some of the information.
Still need to do grades today and get my purchase orders completed before Tuesday!!
The masters courses are going fairly well and this time next year I should be completely done and graduated with a degree. I have learned so much and I truly think that this was the right school for me at the right time with the right online program. It has me invigorated, excited, and enthused about teaching music in the future. I am hoping to incorporate alot of the information, especially from these last few classes.
Zane and the cousins are really going to East next year. I am not happy about it, but am glad that I know some of the teachers that will look out for him. Connie will need to take care of things as it takes too long for me to go there from West or North. We have tried to present things in a good light and hopefully all will go well for the next school year. I will truly miss having Zane, Grant, and Brooke at North. However, I always said if I wanted to teach my own child, I would have homeschooled, so in that aspect I am glad that it won't happen. Zane should be OK, it just might take some time. We will see.
Looking forward to the summer to have time to adequately get started on the capstone project and work on the annotated bibliography for this current class. I am really far behind on that especially, although I do have some of the information.
Still need to do grades today and get my purchase orders completed before Tuesday!!
Friday, February 11, 2011
H-E-double toothpicks!
Even though it has been FRIDGID outside with temperatures of 0, it has been a week under pressure! It seems like everything is going down the drain, for everyone. Almost bad news, becomes worse news, which then becomes unbearable. It isn't just one person I know but several, including in my own family.
I have to be careful what I say about Kasich as Darin's family is rather protective. The man is a moron and even if he actually does balance the state of Ohio's finances, he is going to run the rest of us out of the state, a job, or both. I am nervous about my teaching career especially when I have started on my masters, but it will be what it will be.
On a positive note, Darin, Mary and Tom, and myself, are going out to eat at White Castle in Westerville for Valentine's Day. I made the reservations for four and we were the last folks to make it at that location. I found out that they have hired a piano player to play live music there and it usually is a full house. I am looking forward to it, although surprisingly, Darin is shocked that I would want to go to White Castle on Valentine's Day. I thought it would be a nice way to visit with Tom and Mary and enjoy a "cheap" meal. Plus, we all like the menu. I am hoping Darin will have a good time regardless:)
Just a note about Elsie. Janice called and said Elsie had a stroke on Monday and that they have been up here since Tuesday helping Elsie recover and be advocates for her at the hospital. She is at Mt. Carmel East, which is where Dad usually goes, and they seem to like it. Elsie appears to be recovering nicely and is going to the same rehab that Edna is at in Canal. They are going to get her settled in tomorrow and then plan on coming up one weekend a month from now on. Bob also came in from CA. Dennis and Janice are leaving on Monday, but Cathy will be coming up next weekend by herself to see Elsie.
I have to be careful what I say about Kasich as Darin's family is rather protective. The man is a moron and even if he actually does balance the state of Ohio's finances, he is going to run the rest of us out of the state, a job, or both. I am nervous about my teaching career especially when I have started on my masters, but it will be what it will be.
On a positive note, Darin, Mary and Tom, and myself, are going out to eat at White Castle in Westerville for Valentine's Day. I made the reservations for four and we were the last folks to make it at that location. I found out that they have hired a piano player to play live music there and it usually is a full house. I am looking forward to it, although surprisingly, Darin is shocked that I would want to go to White Castle on Valentine's Day. I thought it would be a nice way to visit with Tom and Mary and enjoy a "cheap" meal. Plus, we all like the menu. I am hoping Darin will have a good time regardless:)
Just a note about Elsie. Janice called and said Elsie had a stroke on Monday and that they have been up here since Tuesday helping Elsie recover and be advocates for her at the hospital. She is at Mt. Carmel East, which is where Dad usually goes, and they seem to like it. Elsie appears to be recovering nicely and is going to the same rehab that Edna is at in Canal. They are going to get her settled in tomorrow and then plan on coming up one weekend a month from now on. Bob also came in from CA. Dennis and Janice are leaving on Monday, but Cathy will be coming up next weekend by herself to see Elsie.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Music analysis . . . or psycho analysis?
This class is going to kill me. It is so far above me and the things that I use with my teaching. BrianH, thankfully, is tutoring/coaching me. We met yesterday and he went over some of my harmonic progressions and form analysis just so I could check where I was and if I was heading in the right direction. I believe it truly helped, although I don't know what I received on my test from last night. We will see if I moved up at all:)
It also helped to sign onto WIMBA and meet during the professor's office hours. I had difficulties and telephoned in first, but someone said to bypass the set up wizard and they were right! I was able to enter the room and use the headset and ask him questions and listen to others questions. He also headed us on the right direction for the scores and helped with some questions that may or may not be on the test. I really feel like I might have recevied a decent grade.
Zane is pushing buttons left and right. He wouldn't eat his corn last night, so he lost ice cream priviledges for a week. That means until next Sunday, January 30th! Maybe it will sink in about eating vegetables and that they are different than fruit. We have to start getting him to eat less sweets anyway, so this is a good start even if it was a "punishment."
We started back with his tutor and I am so thankful. Darin and I just don't see eye to eye on his education and having Zane see a tutor has really helped, not just my sanity, but his retention as he is doing academically better. Grades go out next week and I am hoping they are better. His teacher is taking him to the IAT meeting either this week or next and I am curious about their recommendations.
Darin goes Thursday for his carpal tunnel surgery. I will need to take a half day and since we had a day off for snow, it works out great as I won't miss any of the classes I need to teach for the concerts in March! Just need to remember to put in the paperwork and I MUST FINISH GRADE CARDS TODAY so I have time to study for next week's test and essay!
I also need to exercise and clean the house so it is somewhat presentable!
It also helped to sign onto WIMBA and meet during the professor's office hours. I had difficulties and telephoned in first, but someone said to bypass the set up wizard and they were right! I was able to enter the room and use the headset and ask him questions and listen to others questions. He also headed us on the right direction for the scores and helped with some questions that may or may not be on the test. I really feel like I might have recevied a decent grade.
Zane is pushing buttons left and right. He wouldn't eat his corn last night, so he lost ice cream priviledges for a week. That means until next Sunday, January 30th! Maybe it will sink in about eating vegetables and that they are different than fruit. We have to start getting him to eat less sweets anyway, so this is a good start even if it was a "punishment."
We started back with his tutor and I am so thankful. Darin and I just don't see eye to eye on his education and having Zane see a tutor has really helped, not just my sanity, but his retention as he is doing academically better. Grades go out next week and I am hoping they are better. His teacher is taking him to the IAT meeting either this week or next and I am curious about their recommendations.
Darin goes Thursday for his carpal tunnel surgery. I will need to take a half day and since we had a day off for snow, it works out great as I won't miss any of the classes I need to teach for the concerts in March! Just need to remember to put in the paperwork and I MUST FINISH GRADE CARDS TODAY so I have time to study for next week's test and essay!
I also need to exercise and clean the house so it is somewhat presentable!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Where did 2010 go?
How is it that the older you get the faster time goes? It seems like it was just the beginning of 2010 with all the possibilites and excitement that a new year projects. Now it is almost all said and done and 2011 is luming!
Christmas 2010 was amazing, although yours truly was quite the grumpy hum-bug Christmas day . . . but of course I wasn't ready to rise at 4AM. Unfortunately, Zane was and we did, but not without complaint. It was a good morning, once I got my act together, but even though I am an early bird, I am not that early of a bird!
Looking forward to starting school again in January, but I think it will be a difficult course. Music theory holds a lot of black and white answers, so I will either do well or extremely poorly. I ordered the textbook today off of Amazon and am hoping it will arrive before the end of the week, but probably early next week. I finished the first semester with an A-/A, so I am thinking at least a gpa of 3.8, but again, I need to see how to know from KSU.
Zane is doing fairly well, with ocassional bouts of whininess and backtalk. I need to learn how to use humor to difuse the situation. Am not good at reverse pyschology. Hopefully, this is just another phase.
Christina came and spent the afternoon with Moxie and had lunch with us. Took Moxie for a walk (brrr-brisk wind) and played cards. Two handed euchre and Darin joined us for hearts. Quite FUN! Haven't played cards since I started dating Darin.
Christmas 2010 was amazing, although yours truly was quite the grumpy hum-bug Christmas day . . . but of course I wasn't ready to rise at 4AM. Unfortunately, Zane was and we did, but not without complaint. It was a good morning, once I got my act together, but even though I am an early bird, I am not that early of a bird!
Looking forward to starting school again in January, but I think it will be a difficult course. Music theory holds a lot of black and white answers, so I will either do well or extremely poorly. I ordered the textbook today off of Amazon and am hoping it will arrive before the end of the week, but probably early next week. I finished the first semester with an A-/A, so I am thinking at least a gpa of 3.8, but again, I need to see how to know from KSU.
Zane is doing fairly well, with ocassional bouts of whininess and backtalk. I need to learn how to use humor to difuse the situation. Am not good at reverse pyschology. Hopefully, this is just another phase.
Christina came and spent the afternoon with Moxie and had lunch with us. Took Moxie for a walk (brrr-brisk wind) and played cards. Two handed euchre and Darin joined us for hearts. Quite FUN! Haven't played cards since I started dating Darin.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sad News Continued
Well, we found out earlier this week that Euna Vay passed away. Cancer is a terrible disease. Travis was able to come home before she died and Amanda has been here for a week. I am sure it has been difficult for Lacey and Terry, but at least she isn't in pain anymore. What a fighter!
After eating lunch with Dad and Carolyn, we drove to Canal Winchester to visit with Mike and Sara, Dennis and Janice, and Elsie. Edna has gone back to the rehabilitation center and appears to have dementia. Sometimes she is lucid and sometimes she is in another time and place. The boys have grown so much and are full of energy. Mike is the spitting image of Jeremy. Except Jeremy has hair. Mike is slowly losing his. Darin had thoughtfully gotten directions from Canal to Circleville so we didn't have to go back around the highways. We just drove on 674 basically to CR 188 into town. It was about a twenty minute plus drive, but so easier than back tracking on the interstates to the funeral home.
Lots of horse clubbers, including Terri and Jack. Zane starts tutoring with her on Monday, and I need to verify the time again. Quite the steady turnout for Euna Vay. It was long calling hours for her, but it appears that everyone they knew came to pay their respects. It was neat to see her photo albums from different times in her life that I certainly didn't know about. She was a sharpshooter at OSU when she was in college. It appears that she could have been Olympic material, but got married instead. I don't think she would have changed a thing. She was quite the woman of the sixties too-long hair, skinny as a rail, and quite beautiful! Darin was really torn up about her loss. It is amazing how people surprise you sometimes.
What a sad month for two families . . . the holidays will be difficult for them.
I need to send Paul and Theresa's kids a sympathy card today!
After eating lunch with Dad and Carolyn, we drove to Canal Winchester to visit with Mike and Sara, Dennis and Janice, and Elsie. Edna has gone back to the rehabilitation center and appears to have dementia. Sometimes she is lucid and sometimes she is in another time and place. The boys have grown so much and are full of energy. Mike is the spitting image of Jeremy. Except Jeremy has hair. Mike is slowly losing his. Darin had thoughtfully gotten directions from Canal to Circleville so we didn't have to go back around the highways. We just drove on 674 basically to CR 188 into town. It was about a twenty minute plus drive, but so easier than back tracking on the interstates to the funeral home.
Lots of horse clubbers, including Terri and Jack. Zane starts tutoring with her on Monday, and I need to verify the time again. Quite the steady turnout for Euna Vay. It was long calling hours for her, but it appears that everyone they knew came to pay their respects. It was neat to see her photo albums from different times in her life that I certainly didn't know about. She was a sharpshooter at OSU when she was in college. It appears that she could have been Olympic material, but got married instead. I don't think she would have changed a thing. She was quite the woman of the sixties too-long hair, skinny as a rail, and quite beautiful! Darin was really torn up about her loss. It is amazing how people surprise you sometimes.
What a sad month for two families . . . the holidays will be difficult for them.
I need to send Paul and Theresa's kids a sympathy card today!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Sad News-Hectic Week
P/T conferences were Monday. Zane and I had both stayed home the previous Friday since we both were not feeling well. I think we needed some down time to recouperate. Darin took Zane to Pam's for tutoring and I called to check and see how things went. He told me Paul Cousino had left a message on the answering machine. I immediately thought that something had happened to Theresa, but could only wait until I got home after the long day and evening. After doing some more school work, it dawned on me that I could look up Theresa and her phone number on the internet which I proceeded to do. At the same moment that Theresa's obitutary came up, Darin called back saying that he just got off the phone with Paul. Paul had called back and let Darin know some of the details of Theresa's passing. It has been a complete SHOCK.
I called Susan when I got home and let her know and she said that she had bad news as well. Ric had bladder cancer. On Tuesday, I called Paul back after dinner and talked with him myself. It was complications from the liver cancer, as toxins were emitting from her liver into her kidneys. She died of kidney failure on Thursday, October 21, 2010. I called Doug that evening to let him know too. Although it was sad news, we were able to catch up a little and he said he would pass along the news to Terri and maybe Boyd.
Called Susan back after school on Wednesday and even though they didn't get an actual diagnosis of which stage Ric is in, they were able to blast the kidney stones he had been having difficulty with, which led to the finding of his bladder tumor, which was already taken out during the first hospital visit in October.
Thursday, Zane's school called just as I was getting my first class saying he was ill, but no fever. Called the teacher to let her know what was going on, called Darin and said for him to see what Zane wanted to do, and Darin went and got him for the day. It was also Gary's big bash, so I really didn't believe Zane, but he laid down for several hours and really didn't eat much. I had a student who threw up after lunch all over my carpet, and then we had a lockdown on top of everything else. At least I didn't have to stay for P/T conferences that night.
Friday, Zane went to school, but Grant didn't. We rushed to get him to Pam's for an evening of pizza and fun while Darin and I went to the Lane Family Oncology Center in Hilliard in honor of Karen and John. I was so pleased to see Jennifer who is expecting a boy next week. Dan was so proud! I felt like I put my foot in my mouth as MaryJo looked so nice when I asked her if she was dating yet. Three years is not enough for some and I think I offended her. I feel terrible, but she is always so gracious and just overlooked it. Zane woke up at 3AM with a terrible nightmare about werewolves. Darin put him back to sleep, but I stayed up and worked on some KSU stuff and saw that Karen's second marriage is a nice step for her again. She has moved back to Dublin and built a house in Murfield so her husband can golf and has also played with her son. It was a beautiful building that I am sure will assist many ill women who have cancer. Such a nice evening in general even though it was hectic.
Have managed to submit my paper and post one discussion, with one to go. Been cleaning in between and working on the annotated bibliography. I think I am about halfway through. I might actually get done before it is due tomorrow night! Went through Zane's bookbag and dug out his homework papers and found a 90% on his recent reading unit test!!! Sent Pam and email and told Zane what a good job he did. He suggested going out for pizza with his coupon he got for doing all his reading minutes last month. Looks like we are having Pizza Hut tonight! Darin and Carolyn were pleased as well.
I called Susan when I got home and let her know and she said that she had bad news as well. Ric had bladder cancer. On Tuesday, I called Paul back after dinner and talked with him myself. It was complications from the liver cancer, as toxins were emitting from her liver into her kidneys. She died of kidney failure on Thursday, October 21, 2010. I called Doug that evening to let him know too. Although it was sad news, we were able to catch up a little and he said he would pass along the news to Terri and maybe Boyd.
Called Susan back after school on Wednesday and even though they didn't get an actual diagnosis of which stage Ric is in, they were able to blast the kidney stones he had been having difficulty with, which led to the finding of his bladder tumor, which was already taken out during the first hospital visit in October.
Thursday, Zane's school called just as I was getting my first class saying he was ill, but no fever. Called the teacher to let her know what was going on, called Darin and said for him to see what Zane wanted to do, and Darin went and got him for the day. It was also Gary's big bash, so I really didn't believe Zane, but he laid down for several hours and really didn't eat much. I had a student who threw up after lunch all over my carpet, and then we had a lockdown on top of everything else. At least I didn't have to stay for P/T conferences that night.
Friday, Zane went to school, but Grant didn't. We rushed to get him to Pam's for an evening of pizza and fun while Darin and I went to the Lane Family Oncology Center in Hilliard in honor of Karen and John. I was so pleased to see Jennifer who is expecting a boy next week. Dan was so proud! I felt like I put my foot in my mouth as MaryJo looked so nice when I asked her if she was dating yet. Three years is not enough for some and I think I offended her. I feel terrible, but she is always so gracious and just overlooked it. Zane woke up at 3AM with a terrible nightmare about werewolves. Darin put him back to sleep, but I stayed up and worked on some KSU stuff and saw that Karen's second marriage is a nice step for her again. She has moved back to Dublin and built a house in Murfield so her husband can golf and has also played with her son. It was a beautiful building that I am sure will assist many ill women who have cancer. Such a nice evening in general even though it was hectic.
Have managed to submit my paper and post one discussion, with one to go. Been cleaning in between and working on the annotated bibliography. I think I am about halfway through. I might actually get done before it is due tomorrow night! Went through Zane's bookbag and dug out his homework papers and found a 90% on his recent reading unit test!!! Sent Pam and email and told Zane what a good job he did. He suggested going out for pizza with his coupon he got for doing all his reading minutes last month. Looks like we are having Pizza Hut tonight! Darin and Carolyn were pleased as well.
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