I've finished!!

Howdy all! I've completed the 23 Things sponsored by Wayne County RESA. There have been loads of things that I've learned that I can and will apply to this blog. Some great sites that I've learned about include: Zamzar, Flickr, Wikispaces, some image generators, RSS feeds, Bloglines, deli.cio.us, and many others. I've learned how to embed videos into my blogs and posts, I've created a blog and wikispace to use at school, I've built a network of educational websites that allows teachers to share sites - not just teachers from a building or department but from around the world. I've also learned about podcasting and hope to attempt some over the summer.

By completing the course I'll win a $15 gift card but am hoping to get a larger award from a random drawing of people who have completed the process. I've checked others' blogs and there are many who aren't close to being finished...hopefully they'll be able to catch up and complete the neat things that are out here in Web 2.0.

Well, just a few more performances and we can wrap up this school year! Then it's on to camping and visiting the kids in N.C. and KY! Look out girls, here we come!

23 Things

Hello there,

I've been taking an online class about the internet, blogs, wikis, etc. so that's where I've been lately.

Choir Corner Blog will take you to my new site and you can see what I've been upto.

More to come!

Do You Need a Dresser?

I forgot to include this great photo in the last post. If you don't know, High Point is the furniture capitol of the U.S. Most of the largest US furniture manufacturers are located in North Carolina. One of the "sites" to see is the Dresser Bldg, located in downtown High Point. Here are Michelle and Rhonda, trying to put away the clean socks!

How I Spent My Spring Break

Rhonda and I spent four wonderful days and nights visiting Michelle in High Point, NC over spring break. The weather was great, with temps in the mid 60s to mid 70s and sunny.

Some of the highlights included a trip to Old Salem to see some 17th and 18th century buildings and furniture from that part of the country. We also had a great lunch in the Tavern.

The following day we spent with Michelle at the NC Zoo. This is a great place with two main sections: North America and Africa. Both sections had large exhibits and the animals were well taken care of.

We can highly recommend visiting one or both of these tremendous venues!

a Weigh I go

About 8 weeks ago I started with Weight Watchers to try and shed some pounds that have been adding up, little by little, and sometimes all at once.

So far, so good! I'm down a bit over 16 pounds in these first 8 weeks. I'm shooting for my 10% loss, or a total of 24 pounds. That means I need to lose an average of 2 pounds per week for the next four weeks. We'll see if I can manage to keep going in the right direction (even after a visit to see Michelle in March) and the Easter holiday.