Snow Day, yea!
Peter and I both had off from work today because of the snow - our first, and maybe only, snow day of 2008. I seem to recall a few years ago, having some snow days as late as March, but lately it seems like snow days have already come and gone by now. We had a nice lunch today at Olive Garden - Calamari, Soup, Salad, and Bread Sticks, yummy! Afterwards we had a chance to do a little free reading at our local library, also known as Borders Bookstore, haha, and now we're home for the night watching BBC. It makes Peter laugh hysterically when I say "BBC" with my fake British accent.
Vacation News...
There's just one month left until our vacation to Prague - I'm really starting to get excited! I've finally gotten all of my hoped for camera accessories...
I picked up the two SanDisk cards at Costco this past week for great prices. It was around $60 for both. The Cybershot battery was a little pricier than I would have liked but mine is dead, and the lens - well I've been wanting that for what feels like FOREVER, and it is pretty much the cheapest, decent lens out there.
Dissertation Update
I developed a pilot program of my suggested staff technology professional development plan for my School district. Wow, that sounds like a mouthful. The course is a hybrid professional development experience - only two meetings in person, the rest online through Blackboard - and it will run for six weeks. It begins this Monday. The focus is using Podcasting in the Classroom. Teachers will learn what Podcasts are, how to use them in the classroom, and how to create their own. I am extremely excited about this! I will be working all weekend to get the Blackboard course up and running. This is totally a geeky dream come true for me!
I also need to get back to writing my dissertation. I need to add additional material to my Chapters 1 and 2, and write Chapter 3.
Etc..
I baked a homemade Cherry Pie tonight for Peter. Ok, I should be honest. I used pre-made pie crust from Acme and dumped this in:
It's from a company called Chukar Cherries. Definitely pricey for pie filling - but I have a feeling it will be awesome! We first had Chukar Cherries when we were out in Seattle in the Spring of 2004. It's making the house smell so good - so that counts as homemade to me! I'm not really a pie person and I think I'll try a bit.