Cleaning the old notebook

I’m in the process of starting a new notebook for work, which means that I have to go through and copy over the info that I need to keep. These are assorted things that I found in the process and wanted to save for whatever reason. If you’re not entertained by the list, try the Bush Speechmaker instead.

• “Teaching you how to rest and teach you how to achieve a sense of proportion.”
• “It’s easier to leave than be left behind.”
• multimodal literacies. what tools count for whom, for what purposes. how children & adults interpret, navigate, and produce meaning about themselves and others w/ digital multimodal text.
• Sausage Bacon Bites
  Line dish with foil. Cut bacon in thirds. Wrap around little smokies. Smother in brown sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

So that’s how today started. Every machine I touched crashed. I never really did get anything concrete done. Had a few meetings. Crashed machines. Talked to IT folks about crashed machines. Finally gave up and came home early. I’m sure it’s all related to the fact that Snuffles has gone home to Virginia :(

So the weeping began about 11 AM, when my sister and Snuffles the poodle loaded into the car and started the trek back to Virginia.

My house is very empty, and there is no one at my back door. :(

Just a pic of The Mystery Machine for Beastie, the world’s best lover of Scooby Snacks.

Error! Error!

Whoever came up with this obviously got something wrong…

Today’s Horoscope
Whoever said that it’s impossible to have it all clearly never met you. As one of the most can-do signs in the zodiac, you’re able to set your sights on a goal and get there. Your trick? You never let yourself get overwhelmed.

Herewith are assorted poodle pictures. When there’s a poodle in the house, you have to do what the poodle wants you to do. It doesn’t matter if you had plans of your own. Poodles decide for you. Mostly, they apparently want to have their ears rubbed and for you to give them whatever it is that you are eating.

I’ve also snuck in a picture of my new USB lava lamp :) A birthday present from my sister and niece and nephew.

Today we did get some things done in spite of poodle interruptions. Most importantly, I got a new chair to sit on at the desk. My old one was (1) dirty and resisting cleaning, and (2) no longer letting me adjust it. It had one height setting, the lowest one. This new one seems to have better back support, though it doesn’t tilt back like the old one. I think it will work however, and it wasn’t very expensive.

We also got some pillows and such stuff to try to adjust my bed further. I’m supposed to be sleeping with the head of the bed raised 8 inches because of the acid reflux. I’ve put wedge pillows between the mattress and box springs. That seems to be working, but my sister is going to help me put some non-slip padding between the two so that the wedge pillows quit sliding the bed down. Going to try to fit the pillows in better and make things more stable. The pillows made all the difference for my sleeping without problems, so I need a more permanent solution.

I did actually open a lesson plan today, but I never got anything done on it. I blame the poodle.

Despite the fact that I just got flowers last week for Stanley’s memorial, my mom sent flowers and a stuffed teddy today for my birthday. :)

My sister and one of her poodles, Snuffles, have arrived for a birthday visit. I’ve been older for an hour and two minutes. Snuffles, named after Sirius Black’s alias, is shown here attempting to camouflage into the couch.

He keeps checking me out in the living room, even though Kerri is in bed. You can never tell when I might get out a steak or open the doggie treats. Earlier this evening, he was outside chasing bugs. I’m not sure what he planned to do with them when he caught them.

On a work note, I sent out the ReadWriteThink content report, listing the latest three lessons. We now have 11 of our 60 needed for the year. I’m editing one on the Holocaust, and I’m writing one of my own on Reading and Writing in the Digital Age, which asks students to widen their definition of “text.”

Also learned that the member price for my Kit will be $47.95. That seems like a good price for the packet of info. It could easily be a course packet for a grad class or methods class, so it seems about right to me. We’ll see what happens when it hits the online store later this month. Reviews aren’t back from the reviewers, so I guess I get to spend the weekend goofin’ off rather than revising. I’m taking Friday and Monday off to be with my sister. :)

“Google Lets Surfers Sift Through Blogs” from The Washington Post

Apparently Google wasn’t searching enough things so now they’re searching blogs too. Of course, you could find blogs in the regular search. I’m guessing the idea is that they help you limit the hits that are returned. I’d just like to know how they’re defining a blog and whether they’re going to be able to filter out the spam blogs (splogs).