dpp day 10

tonight my thoughts are with the new london board of education. we have a new board lined up, and i pray that the drama becomes less... and the work for the KIDS becomes more.

here's the set up in the middle school library after school.

dpp day 9

well, tonight was the last choir rehearsal of the year. we have our musical this saturday night and sunday morning. the rest of the year we will sing songs from the musical and/or songs we know well. it's a crazy thought that we won't be together again practicing until 2010... and by the end of january we'll be working on easter music!

here is a picture of my beloved choir. we're a big group this year and we sound strong! pastor bruce was praying before dismissing us... and i was of course, not focusing on the prayer, but taking a picture!

dpp day 8

ok... this is the picture i was going to post before the power went out. it's real exciting... totally worth the wait!

when i went back to the middle school yesterday for a parental involvement committee meeting, i looked at my odometer when i pulled into my parking space, and saw 123.4 - so naturally, i took a picture of it :)

ummmmmmm

Literally just signed in on the computer to do my day 8 photo........ and the power went out. The bad weather isn't even here yet! Very bizarre... so I'm going to bed. I'll post days 8 & 9 tomorrow!

dpp day 7

i had great intentions today... but forgot i had my camera so another picture from home will have to do.

i've been wanting a smaller tv (bulk wise) since getting my grandparent's bedroom furniture in july. my old tv took up about half of my grandpa's bureau...

this is a picture of my new 22" tv i bought on black friday!!!

dpp day 6

big time failure today. totally forgot about the daily photo, so you're going to have to settle for a picture of my dog :)

for amanda dishmoney

another hilarious video from last night: (ignore the pig pen basement)

dpp day 5

i give you the griswold... err... muckle family christmas tree.

i went out in the COLD rain this afternoon to the yetter tree farm to get the tree! i saw dave and jordan cook working there (former youth group kids), and they always treat me like gold when i go pick out my tree. i love yetter tree farm... but i love it more when amanda dishmoney is with me :)

sensational six for 12.5.09

six things that made my week:

1. choir practice. i was worried that the musical would bite the big one this year, but after rehearsal on wednesday, i am no longer worried! it's gonna be great :)

2. starbucks coffee. i've finally come to realize that starbucks is better than dunk. i just wish that i had a 'bucks on my way to school. as far as iced coffee, i still prefer dunk... but... 'tis the season for hot coffee.

3. horns for kids. i got 2 FREE instruments from horns for kids. drove to hamden this morning. a trumpet and a clarinet for new london public schools. amazing.

4. had a great observation yesterday. one down, two to go!

5. my dog. she gets so stinking excited when i come home. she's always been like that, but i've really appreciated it this week for some reason.

6. I'M GOING TO GET MY CHRISTMAS TREE TODAY!!!!

dpp day 4

so, this isn't a picture... but a video. briana performs the "quaker hill school" rap. we were down in the basement looking for christmas decorations and got distracted :) i hope you find it as hilarious as i do.

ok, and a picture. bri must have made me video tape her at least 10 times tonight... songs she knew, songs she made up, a magic show and a scary story to name a few. all of them had some sort of crazy dance... where her perfornabces were over, we came upstairs... she sat down to read her care bears book, and next thing i knew, this is what i saw: