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Healthy Lifestyle Journey – Part II

Posted in Family, Fitness, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 6 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just  quick preface – I started this post on November 3, 2008.  I added to it last on July 6, 2009.  I have decided I need to publish it and then work through the rest of the journey as time allows.  Reasoning is two fold:  (1)it will make the post shorter than if I do [...]

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A Relaxing Sunday – Service Review!!

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , on 6 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Everyone is familiar with Sunday being a day of rest.  My week had been rather full so I was definitely thinking that yesterday was going to be a day of rest.  Little did I know when the day started that I was going to not only have a restful day but also a relaxing massage.
I [...]

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It’s Over!

Posted in Family, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged on 30 June 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yes, there are still parties to come.  For the most part, though, it is OVER!!!
Ben’s graduation was last Friday.  His graduation party was last night.  I may be exhausted but it is a happy exhaustion.  Below are pics – well, not of the party as I never picked the camera up once people started showing [...]

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Graduation 2009

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 27 June 2009 | 1 Comment »

Maine-Endwell Central School District graduated the Class of 2009 last night.  The past week has been a blur of activity for the senior class as they have gone from prom to senior trips – two day trips – to senior awards night to graduation.
Last evening we heard from five members of the Class of 2009 [...]

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Summer Cookout Season Upon Us

Posted in Family, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 24 June 2009 | 2 Comments »

With the summer solstice having passed this weekend, summer is truly upon us.  Here in upstate NY, we are actually getting warm weather and maybe even summer weather by the week’s end.  So begins the huge summer cookout season.  While my summer cookout season began with a wonderful picnic on Memorial Day weekend, I am [...]

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Teaching to the Test

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , on 2 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There has always been debate within many communities that linking teacher pay to student assessments – generally speaking, standardized tests – is a flawed assessment for the teacher.  I am beginning to truly believe this to be the case.
NYS recently released state math assessment scores for grades 3-8.  While NYS implemented statewide assessments in certain [...]

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Parenting Long Distance

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged on 27 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know that most of my friends think parenting is something you do with young children.  By the time you send them off to college, the job is done.  Well, I have found out otherwise.  Actually, I always thought otherwise.
 
I have one child who goes to school at the University at Buffalo.  I love the [...]

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Memorial Day Parade – Maine, NY

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , on 27 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Every year the hamlet of Maine, in upstate New York, holds a Memorial Day parade that begins at Maine Memorial Elementary and ends the Maine Cemetery.  The parade is a little over a mile and a quarter and includes Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, fire departments and the Maine Community Band.  At the cemetery, there is [...]

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The Dollar Flip Flop

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 27 May 2009 | 2 Comments »

No, I am not talking about a political change of mind.  I am talking about those staples of summer that you see on almost every teen foot going – the flip flop.

Last Saturday, Old Navy had a dollar flip flop sale.  There were a few perimeters – only five pairs per person, only solid colored [...]

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Awards Time – BCC Foundation Student Awards

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , , on 13 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This time of year not only do April showers bring May flowers, they also bring May awards ceremonies.  June ceremonies, too, come with time and are more geared to the high school population.

So my first stop on the awards circuit was the BCC Foundation 2008-2009 Student Awards REcognition Reception.  The reception and awards ceremony started [...]

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