Leaders surround me...

What a mind boggling two weeks I just experienced. I can't believe that I actually have been graced with such an honor and privilege. To be working along side the masters of literacy is truly a blessing. All of you gals are one of a kind and I hope that with time I will get to know each of you a little bit more. Thanks for making me feel welcomed and wanted....Until next time Live life, laugh often, love much

Am I a Blogger yet?

Am I a Blogger yet?

I'm feeling bold and fearless as I give this blogging thing a try. I'm too involved in how to blog to give much thought to the content of this post. (Is "post" the correct term?)

If this works, next time I'll give more thought to the content of my post.

Ann

Sleep Perchance to Dream ~Shakespeare

I've been trying to find time to paint that phrase (or use "wall words")on the wall over Hailey's crib in my spare bedroom, which is her room away from home... In fact, I've been thinking about all the small remodeling projects I thought I was ready to tear into as soon as I found a break in the MRI action...I have a couple of pieces of furniture I want to recover...mulch to spread when the blisters subside...closets to clean and organize...a hole in the garage ceiling from when I fell through last fall...windows I'm having installed finally in the whole house...and great trinkets and treasures waiting for me at the flea markets...daily writing I promised myself I'd find time for...

But the truth is that this picture represents what I'm doing right now (well, besides blogging), and I may not be able to get up off the couch (Katie, too) for some time. Gosh, what a month, what a year...and I'm grateful for every day!

I hope all of you can take some time for yourselves...and maybe you'll blog about it. What a joy it has been working with you this year. Who knows...maybe you'll take Mr. Shakespeare's advice and sleep to catch a dream or two...

Here's a copy of Day 1 Upfront--half-day for K-3.

Authors, Authors Everywhere: What a Month!

Video: MRI KWR Workshop

Finally unpacked from an incredible, wonderful, but hectic week, I'm facing the attack of garden weeds. Gosh, it seems like everything is growing so well this year...including the weeds and my reading list... So...I'm procrastinating from yard work to take a peak at our blog and to post something I've been meaning to get to: our slide show from Katie Wood Ray's visit. Not thinking about copyright infringements (yes, I should have known), I originally had the pictures set to Eric Clapton's "Change the World," so it has taken me a bit of time to find something good but harmless.

So...my summer leisure - ha - will be spent with weeds and yard work...and finishing up the books in my "to read" stack.