Grace in Small Things: 17/365

1. The day off work!
2. I can do my homework in my p.j.'s!
3. Nasreen, for her patience with all my questions!
4. Janet, for following my blog (almost everything I have learned about blogging has come from following her blog!)
5. I had the nerve and guts to say what I needed to say yesterday

Thank you, Janet, for your help! I hope that you don't mind that I, due to lack of creativity, unlike YOU, have incorporated some of your stylish and clever ideas into my blog. I actually credited you in my old blog, Irish Eyes of Green, but had to start a new blog for a technology class I am taking. I appreciate your wit, sense of style, ab fab creativity, writing style and intellectual interests!

Grace in Small Things: 16/365

1. Payday, coming this Friday
2. A day spent learning instead of teaching
3. Yoga, even when I don't think I want to do yoga
4. A clear mind (every now and again)
5. A very well developed sense of humor about most things

Grace in Small Things: 15/365

1. Students stopping by to tell me what's working!
2. Seeing a handsome, friendly, intelligent instructor that I have a little, itty bitty crush on
3. Knowing that my crushes (I currently have two) are innocent and harmless because I would never act on them (I think these guys are married; not sure, but pretty sure)
4. My imagination
5. My restraint

Happy Monday!

I was looking on Google images for some pictures of angry people for a presentation I am developing for a retreat, and I found some very silly pictures, and some very, very angry looking people. I'll let YOU decide for yourself how you would label these images.

Grace in Small Things: 14/365

1. The ability to laugh at myself
2. The really crisp, juicy apple I had today at lunch
3. Taylor, for his calm demeanor
4. Maria Elena, for her caring, her humor and her questions
5. I am a passionate person

Grace in Small Things: 13/365

1. Rain, again!
2. Mr. Handyman
3. My very first cup of coffee in the morning
4. Weekend naps, especially immediately after lunch
5. Margaritas, for no reason at all

Grace in Small Things: 12/365

1. Public transportation (took BART to Oakland for a conference and lived to tell about it)
2. Homemade chili in the slow cooker/crockpot
3. All the donations made to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's name
4. Sarah Palin is NOT the V.P.
5. Tina Fey for all things related to Sarah Palin

Grace in Small Things: 11/365

1. Yesterday is over
2. Bright sunshiny day
3. Old photos to remind me of how lucky I am
4. All my kids have terrific senses of humor
5. Stuart Smalley

When I want to be thoroughly entertained, I watch this Miss Capucine video. This is my absolute favorite! Miss Capucine reminds me of my oldest daughter, Maeg, when she was little. It's long, but lovely and oh, so exciting! Have a look:


Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo. Feel free to donate to Edurelief at http://www.edurelief.org/. Capucine has been very successful in her philanthropic efforts, and the magnets are adorable!

Grace in Small Things: 10/365

1. My daughter, Maeg, is independent, strong, and willfull (o.k., stubborn)
2. Today is her wedding day (it's already tomorrow in Indonesia), and she will be supported, loved, and cherished by her husband's extended family
3. Mostly I'm sad that I can't be there to witness this rite of passage for my oldest daughter (I know things on Grace in Small Things are supposed to be positive things we are grateful for, but I can't help myself)
4. My other adult children are still in the U.S. and not getting married today
5. My parents, elderly and ill as they are, are just as much in shock and awe as I am

Grace in Small Things: 09/365

1. Skype, so I can speak with Maeg
2. The day off!
3. Walnuts and cashews
4. A warm, cherry fire in the fireplace
5. Cheryl, for checking in with me

Grace in Small Things: 08/365

1. More rain
2. My spiffy rainboots from Target
3. My dreams (that will surely help me with my feelings about Maeg getting married next week)
4. Hershey's kisses
5. Miss Kitty and Gizmo, for being so fluffy and funny and warm

Grace in Small Things: 07/365

1. Miss Flannels, who has such a way with words!
2. Maeg, who is so very far away, in body, heart, mind, and soul
3. Red velvet cupcakes
4. Rain
5. Blustery days like today

Grace in Small Things: 06/365

1. Saturday mornings
2. Bonnie, who adds a dash of reality to my day
3. Freshly made homemade blueberry scones
4. The newspaper, read leisurely over a cup of coffee
5. Little Johnny

Grace in Small Things: 05/365

1. Homemade chocolate chip cookies
2. I will never have another day exactly like yesterday
3. My new dean, Tammeil
4. Laughing really hard
5. My friend Cathy at work, who helps me with #4 on a daily basis

So, here's a very dated video of my son Taylor's first love, his car (it has now gone to the big junkyard in the sky). Although the car remains dear to all of our hearts (especially Flannery, who never could figure out how to drive a stick), Taylor has moved on to another car (really spiffy '94 Camaro) and numerous girlfriends (in other words, girls have replaced cars as recipients of his affection). Here it is in all its glory:





Grace in Small Things: 04/365
(I started GIST on my other blog; hence, this post starts with day #4)
(The point of GIST is to post 5 things every day that I enjoy/am grateful for, no matter how small and insignificant they may be to anyone else)

1. The class I teach on Mondays ( I LOVE teaching)
2. Blueberries
3. Pineapple
4. Apples
5. Temps in the 60's and 70's

The Joy of Learning

Welcome to my new blog for class! I enjoying reading some blogs, and I would like to be a creative blogger. Stay tuned!