First Day of Summer School

And it's raining. The girls are bummed out that they can't play out on the playground at school. Miss K is taking three classes, reading, math and an art class. Miss B is taking an reading and writing class that is by invitation only. In other words, her teacher recommended her for this class and had to write a letter for her to register. It's an accelerated reading and writing class, so this is good! The girls are excited to be in summer school and are looking forward to some routine too. Mommy is looking forward some time to do busy work without interruptions! Let Summer school begin!

i'm still up, does it count?

I'm still up, does it count for today? Sunday? I had to get homework submitted and have been diligently working on my Project III for most of the evening. GEEZ! One more project to go and then onward to Leadership and Ethics! WOW! I wonder what the content of that class will be?

Anyway, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all you daddies out there in cyberspace! My girls had a good time with their daddy today! First worship, then a fun lunch, opening silly gifts and a serious one or two! The girls gave mosquito nets in honor of their dad to people Africa. That is worth a few lives and is important for all involved, the receivers as well as the givers! Thanks be to God! It was beautiful and sunny, not to hot, just right for Father's Day!

so many things to talk about - how about shooting stars or satellites?

We had an eventful day. Madison's farmers market, the apple store twice, picked up projects for the kids at Joann's, and purchased the new Andover fabric line, The Very Series from Eric Carle. Lots and lots to discuss. But I will share the end of day. I decided that it was a beautiful night and Fenric (that's the dog) was running around like a crazy dog and needed some exercise. So I put on my running apparel and when I got out my shoes, of course Fenric starts jumping 5 feet off the ground, I donned them, stretched and we ran 2 miles, actually 1.75 miles, but close enough to two. We had a good run, just enough of a breeze, still light out, etc. etc. We get home and are recouperating in the backyard with water and I see a small light traveling at a pretty quick rate of speed moving the sky. I said to the hubby, is that a satellite? of course it's not, it has to be an airplane. No, a satellite, then we say what looked like a very big reflection happen for maybe two seconds and then went back to its initial state while moving through the sky. Very weird. I think it was an alien space ship looking for a friendly place to land and just happened to be flying over our town. It was pretty wierd and it was definitely not a plane. Until the next alien ship siting. . . . .

no hurricanes in the midwest

Today's question was, "Mommy, are there hurricanes here?" The answer, "No honey, we don't have hurricanes in the Midwest." "What about tornadoes" Well, we can have these in the Midwest. Are they different than hurricanes?" On and on. We have had the most wet week week ever that I can remember RIGHT NOW! We were out shopping for siding and windows and we knew there were storms coming from Iowa and Illinois, but boy oh boy were we in for a down pour. I ran barefoot to the car from Lowe's and the girls were excited about the rain. They get excited about the weather when ever it happens! See they are acclimating just fine! Anyway, we drove home and when approaching our town, we heard on the radio that there were lights and trees down in our downtown area and some were without electricity. UGH. So that put the girls on heightened alert! The questions came again. So we had to go to church and pick up a movie we left behind yesterday and we saw some damage. Not as bad as it could have been, but still some big trees down, lights not working, etc. As I write, it is thundering and lightening outside and that just keeps the girls on alert.

There have been many weather related incidents recounted in the news in the past week. I am sorry for the people and the families affected. I remember when we had the flood here in 2008, actually the summer the girls came home, and how many people we knew were affected by that. I'm thankful for the seasons, but well. . . . enough said.

opps again!

NOW is the time that I remember I forgot to post last night/yesterday!

This is hard! Remembering to post everyday! Geez, I need a little understanding. I actually was doing homework and then spent time with my hubby watching the Bonhoffer movie. These are all good things to consume time with too! So please forgive and I'll work harder at my short term memory skills. Promise!

Beautiful Day

Dear Lord,
I give you thanks for a beautiful day filled with sunshine and fresh breezes. I give you thanks for the time spent with family and friends. I give you thanks for the many blessings you give without us even knowing they are given. I give you thanks for the cross. I give you thanks for my loving husband and beautiful daughters. Thank you Lord.

what is about grades

that gets me so weird? In my summer class I have 4 homework assignments and 4 projects. The homework is graded differently than my projects. And some other miscellaneous stuff like quizzes and threaded discussion grades. Anyway, I do fine on my homework and then there are my two projects? Well. . . my first one, I did fine, my second one. . . not so fine. Passed with a "B", but I guess in some regard NOT FINE! I think the nature of the competitiveness in OT school did not assist me in being ok with getting grades less than an A. Imagine less than an A! And then I think, "Who am I competing against?" NO ONE!! I'm in an educational program, have been for about 10 months now! Heck, I'm getting my clinical doctorate!?! What more can I complain about. A "B"! Geez. So tonight I get feedback on my HW 3 & 4 which essentially are parts of the construction for Project 3 and boy oh boy, I'm not getting it. Rubric development, select-response tests, holistic vs. analytic. . . I'm struggling with this weeks (and I guess last weeks) work! Thank God for peer reviews and honest feedback. I'll keep the public posted on my project III grade!! I'm sure you are all just waiting on the seat of your pants to know! HA~