It's GOOD to be GREEN

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give."
Winston Churchill

To My Wee Lad and Lassies:
(Maeg, Flannery, and Taylor, my children)

Beannachtai na Feile Padraig
(Happy St. Patrick's Day!)

Grace in Small Things: 22/365

1. I haven't eaten anything from the "10 Worst Foods of 2009 list
2. Clever items for the office
3. I can call Cathy and still raise a tiny bit of mischief, even if it's only for 5 minutes (which it almost always is... just 5 minutes every week or so)
4. My search for vintage fabric yielded such great results (pricey, but great; no buying, just looking)
5. My trip to my parents will be filled with good deeds and lots and lots of patience (a few cocktails on the veranda won't hurt, either)

Grace in Small Things: 21/365

1. I have a roof over my head, food in the fridge, and a job
2. I also have friends and family that I love!
3. Sunshine, after lots and lots of rain (glad to have the rain, glad to have it sunny!)
4. My Starbucks connection that brought me Starbucks today, unsolicited! (Remember, I'm not buying Starbucks anymore, but if I get it for free, yeah!)
5. One of my favorite days, St. Patrick's Day, is coming soon! Yeah for all things green!

Grace in Small Things: 20/365

1. My appointment with the vampire (every 56 days)
2. Every drop the vampire gets from me goes to babies born prematurely!(I'm CMV negative, which very few adults are)
3. P.F. Chang's
4. Downtown San Jose in the evening
5. Sweet Soleil gelato and frozen yogurt

nComputing - the power of n

I was watching this tech program over the weekend on NBC and one of the topics covered was n Computing. The rest of the world probably knows and uses this all the time, but it was news to me! With this small device that costs very little, you can hook up many stations (without separate towers), add a monitor and a keyboard, and presto! Computing for many, for very little money! Using only one PC, and sharing the resources on that PC, allows many users to complete their computing work at a fraction of the cost. It's being used a lot in schools globally. It's different than cloud computing, which allows access via the Internet.

Grace in Small Things: 19/365

1. Using my fashionable and practical rain boots week after week! It's still raining!
2. Learning about nComputing
3. Less really is more
4. My friend brought me Starbucks at work (I'm trying to kick the Starbucks habit)
5. The daffodils are coming up all over!

Love the Delicious!

I was so excited today! As I was explaining and demonstrating assistive technology to my students in class, I forgot to include some websites for assistance and freebies. Viola! I logged onto my delicious bookmarking website, and lo and behold, there everything was, right at my fingertips! It was so great! I am definitely hooked! No more trying to remember this or that website. Nope! Not anymore. I am a fan! (The website I was going to search for was 101 Helpful Websites for Every Learner) Yeah!

Grace in Small Things: 18/365

1. The Farmer's Market, with all the great smells, sights, and sounds
2. My car doesn't smell anymore because I left all the veggies in a closed, warm car for so long
3. Taylor, for his patience in teaching me about things tech related
4. John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
5. Again, celebrating my mistakes