Wednesday, December 31, 2008

755: Autumn's Gift

EngineRed CarnationWelcome Home Reception

At around 2:00 in the morning, I stagger back into my home for the first time in weeks... Immediately I am overwhelmed with the absence of everything I left behind... It's all gone... The only thing left in the living room is an empty coffee table, resting on a perfectly clean carpet... No laptop, no piles of movies, no silver ware, no toasters, even the couch cushions are missing...

I just sigh as I put down my bags and think, well we needed a new couch anyway....

But no, upstairs is the rest of the joke...
Autumn cleaned the house from top to bottom, including removing all the wine stains from my carpet and doing all of my laundry... And then in an absolute haze I start opening the wrapping of all the gifts that are strewn across my bed.
In the end I got just what I wanted, even though they were mostly things I already owned...

It was cracking me up the whole time to one by one find all my favorite things... She wrapped my laptop, digital cameras, silver ware, toilet paper, tylenol, perfume, books, jewelry, toaster, cranberry pyrex, games, and even my wallet...

So in a funny way, it was a great way to look back and be thankful for the things I have had all along as well as the gift of having people in my life that take the time to crack me up at three in the morning and know what I needed most, which was a clean start to a new year and new purse to hide all the receipts.

Awesome thing to come home to, and I am still finding all the things she has meticulously hid around the house...

Friday, December 19, 2008

Monday, December 08, 2008

What I Do


This is me teaching a class of first graders how to podcast.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Thursday, December 04, 2008


Tech Services



My day,
The usual... teachin the chillins, helping teachers do state testing, doing a district training downtown, doing video for a concert, getting ready for the next round of grading, cleaning the classroom, returning broken things, and helping to answer the range of questions that cross my way...

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Let's Reminisce: Great Dinner Parties

Dinner: 2
This is that famous shot of a shameless water plug...
The spectacular meal consisted only of zucchini and potatoes... and high quality water...
That was my only contribution to the meal, and I took my job seriously... Pouring over 9 glasses and having an extra pitcher on hand just in case...
It was a pretty comical scene to view. And to top that off, I spent the entire meal pushing everyone to drink more to further validate my efforts...
At any rate, a good time had by all...

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

My Thanksgiving

Autumn by the BayFast Times in Morton Washington
I will fill this in later... Just got tired...
Getting so old.