It worked this time! I'm not sure what I did different... Here's a "hello" from Quincy and Zoeie.

Kathy

Finally Time to Post

I'm like Jennifer and trying to figure this out. Hope all are doing well out there. I'm in St. Louis this week and actually have a "planning day" on Friday. Last week, I received a special "gift from God" b/c my school had an "ice day" and I was frozen in my motel room for the day. It was wonderful and I actually got caught up on some of my site notebooks. It was almost like the blessing of a snow day when teaching--nothing really can compare to that though!

OK... I have a picture of Zoeie (little girl we keep when we are home) and Quincy (with her full winter coat on) that was taken a couple of years ago. I'm going to try to add it to the blog and we'll see what happens. It's not a great picture of Quincy since she is so hairy--I'll try to find another one later.

Hope everyone is doing OK out there and be safe in traveling the latter part of the week--calling for snow it seems.

Kathy

Having trouble with picture. When you see it, I finally figured it out! :)

Tah Dah for Doo Doo!

Baby Hailey and Jennifer share the same sentiments about accomplishing something new, although I don't think either one of them is clueless...

Right now I have my night and day mixed up, which sometimes happens when I'm traveling...I came back to my hotel room this afternoon, utterly exhausted from a half day of coaching and a half day of collaboration. I stretched out with the intention of watching the evening news, and I ended up sleeping the evening away. So, here I am, wide awake but thinking I might try to finish The Glass Castle . The narrative is nothing special, but the story is compelling, and I picked it up because my teachers in St. Louis were using it in the classroom. I finished reading Middlesex over Christmas. The writing was amazing, though the story was bizarre, interesting, but bizarre.

So that's it. I guess we're all about good books. Any recommendations?

No Clue

Well, I signed up but have no clue what to do from here. I read Barb's messages and felt pretty impressed with myself that i could even do that. I was more impressed with the pictures and will have to figure that out sometime soon. Hope you had a good week.

Jennifer

Traveling Time: Anybody Encountered This Sign?

As I write this post, I'm settling into Cuba and watching the weather report. It looks as if January weather may be surfacing. I LOVE snow, but I HATE driving in it. We'll see...

Since our meetings last week, I've intended to spend a few minutes in front of the computer to put this weblog together for us, and so my apologies if you were wondering what happened to me. I got my son to the radiologist for tests (which turned out to be fine), got him packed up and off to school, and then I jumped back into my own schools. I felt rusty after such a nice break, but I know part of that is being new, too.

It seems like such a long time since I sat in my own classroom...In putting together this weblog tonight, I started looking back through some of my old stuff. (That's the interesting thing about weblogs. It all stays right there -unless you delete- and you can look over all the old posts in reverse chronological order.) I found this old post written by my friend Katiedog (hummm...) last fall when I was thinking how much I missed corresponding on the blog with my students. I thought I'd go ahead and cut and paste it on here. Besides, I'm dying to see Kathy's horse, and I'm hoping this will be the inspiration to initiate that!

Well, my friends, stay safe. Be prepared to be annoyed!

Welcome From Katie!

Barb is out on a training trip to Fort Zumwalt, and she misses connecting with her friends, so here I am, sitting at her computer, creating a blog spot for Barb and her trainer friends. It's pretty easy. This blog has great potential for us to share ideas.

I've been blogging with Barb for the last three years as she looked for ways to find opportunitites for her students to go beyond the classroom and outside the confinement of the bell schedule. We discovered so much more than we ever imagined.

Barb and I are "newbies" in the blogging world. I know there is a lot you can tell us...about literacy...strategies...professional development...driving directions...workshop ideas...coaching challenges...links to articles and research...and other sage advice drawn from your personal and professional experiences.

So...here it is! Happy blogging!