Pirate Fest-new camera

Temp and I went to the Pirate Fest today with some friends. I took some pics with our new Canon Powershot G9 and am happy with the results!Templeton making new friends on the bench.
Pirate on a computer?!
buddies Emily, Elizabeth and me
Reenactment time
This is Sophie, she is our new friend Matt's dog. She was a cutie, but don't mess with her, she knows how to use a canon!

school bell award

my first teaching award! for my grant work and "dedication & commitment" to teaching

**picture taken with cell phone, pretty bizarre huh?

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Happy Anniversary To Us!

Today marks the 7th Anniversary of me and Sal being together. I always find this day special because for 21 years, I HATED cats, despised them, never wanted to be near them. Back in 2001, I was living in a house of 5 girls (one being Rachel), and they all moved out for the summer. I was in this house with no one. My co-worker comes into work and says she is moving, and she can't bring her cat. (Big deal right). Well, no one was interested. I started feeling bad. She said that he would probably be put-down if someone didn't take him. I started thinking about how lonely I was and decided to take him. His name at the time was Jean Baptiste Moeller. They called him "Moe". It didn't fit his personality to me, so I wanted to name him after an artist. Salvador Dali!
I had a rough couple of months of him being out of control-and me not knowing how to raise a cat. A broken TV, broken lamp, broken blinds, a night waking up with him caught in a tapestry of Salvador Dali on my wall!!!, and many, many scratches--we made it work. I love this guy so much. Anyone who knows me knows this already. I can't imagine life without the little guy. So I dedicate this post to him!

The picture is our first week together.

Perspective Lesson

So I decided to stray from the typical "draw a street scene in perspective lesson" that everyone does, and decided to ask the kids to come up with a word that relates to them in some way. Draw it in perspective, then illustrate it so the pictures interact with the word. I was pleased with the results.

So funny, check out the cat workout

still shot of raccoon

raccoon video

this raccoon was out on the roof-early evening. it was fun watching him try to escape