67 words

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This LO is pretty recent.
Today I took a typing test courtesy of the Sweet Shoppe Designs-I type 67 words per minute. Not as fast as I used to since I no longer play online games. Above is one of my latest LO's. Two weekends ago we tried fingerpainting with Macy for the first time. She didn't do anything, so Chris and I ended up painting. I am going to try it again this weekend.

Chris is in Portland. He has traveled for work alot this month. He thinks the company might win the bid for the Rose Garden, which means we will be moving to Portland. Chris will go right away, and Macy and I will follow in early June if that is the case. I am split. I want to move because I love the Northwest. My parents are up there, it is healthier, the education system is better, and there is more to do. I don't want to move because we have free childcare (Linda takes care of Macy, and she is great), Chris's family and the kids are down here, and we have some friends. I also love my job. So, I am 50/50. We shall see.

This weekend should be interesting. Macy and I are going to go for a walk tomorrow morning, then Busy Bodies, then groceries. After naptime, we are going to go to Bookman's. Sunday morning we are going to the park. Should be fun. I also have to plan and finish my grant money proposal this weekend (ugh).

Have a good one!

I am having problems posting so this is my short post. I took the Crayola box test and:

64 crayons identified and 33 missed. Horrible! But it was cute and fun!

It's September now, which means that I am about a month into the school year. So far, everything is going well. The kids are great, classes are great, and I feel like I am finally ahead. I am using alot of information from my Thinking Maps training this summer, and when I trained the staff, they really seemed to get alot out of it.

The trip to New York was a blast! The teachers I was with at Columbia were great. We went out and drank alot, we listened to lectures, went on a tour of Harlem and the Lower East side. I ate the best Reuben sandwich EVER and had the best southern food ever. Coming back from Times Square a few of us were hit by a drunk driver in a taxi. Fortunately no one was hurt, but it was still scary. We walked the rest of the way after that. I of course saw the Statue of Liberty and Rockefeller Center. We got lost in Harlem-so much so that I finally had to ask a police officer how to get back to Columbia.

Chris is doing well. He just finished a bid for US Bank to do the Northwestern Region. We will find out in October if he gets it. He has been like a grizzly bear, all stressed out and stuff, so on somedays it hasn't been a whole lot of fun.

Macy is great! She just got over having hand, foot, and mouth disease. She has been sucking her thumb alot lately so she has blisters. She can feed herself with a spoon now, so we don't have to assist her too much anymore. She will pretty much eat most anything still. She is learning more words-today was "raccoon". Mimi is teaching her how to shake hands. She has also been practicing standing on one foot and sticking her face in the water of the bath tub.