I have been playing with Photoshop. Here was some of my creations.

Weekend

Frank and I painted our living room this weekend. We worked together and got it done it one day, we make a great team. It was actually not as bad as we had made it out to be.

Yes I know, I do pick great colors. And to brag a little I also made those curtains. I actually made 10 of them. It got a little old by the time I was finished.

Frustration

I am glad I have this blog because I need to vent. I am working on my Masters in Reading. Last semester I had 12 hours of classes that I really enjoyed. All the material actually helped me in my teaching and was very beneficial. So far this semester only one of my courses is worthwhile. As far as the other two, I either know what they are teaching me, or I can't see how it would EVER matter. I feel like I am wasting time and energy, and MONEY!! I almost forgot that I am paying good money for these classes.
I know FSU's graduate program is new and they are working out the kinks, but some of these courses are just ridiculous.
Another thing that irks me is that I want to have a 4.0. I plan on going on to get my doctorate and a 4.0 should make a good impression on getting accepted. With these courses I am not "feeling" the assignments therefore, I am not putting forth my best effort. I know this is my fault and I need to straighten up.
I guess I will just keep telling myself "Just do it, do it right, get the A and forget it"
It's still early, maybe it will turn around.

ZUMBA

I went to my first Zumba class tonight! It was really fun. I love dancing as a form of excercise. I still know all the moves to Sweatin to the oldies. If you havne't tried Zumba you should.. This is a YouTube clip from the Today Show on Zumba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Hxw_Jf2B4

Photostory

I made a photostory for my graduate class. I used Microsoft Photostory 3 software. It was really easy to use, and free. I can think of a lot of ways to use it in my class. I had to publish it to YouTube. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKKhEv8jkg.

Another Try

I am giving blogging another try. One of my graduate courses requires me to use blogspot. I figured if I have to check it each day then I may have better luck writing on this one each day.

What has been going on lately:

The Spring semester has started and I am taking three online courses. So far it is going well, it is a lot of work but all the snow days have helped!

I have started to exercise regularly in preparation for summer. I already bought my bathing suit so that is good motivation. I got Sweatin' to the Oldies DVD too! Yay! I love dancing away the pounds. I am going to try to do some form of cardio every other day and then focus on different body parts the other days. I am going to eat how I always do, just making sure I don't over eat. This worked for me last year and I think it will be even better this year. If I could just stay with it all year round it would be better. Maybe an indoor pool is what I really need.

Frank and I had to get a new computer. Our old one crashed a couple months back and we lost everything. It was starting to do some of the same things it did before it crashed again so we had to make the tough decision to spend the money on a new one before we lost all our files AGAIN. I drove to Pittsburgh to pick up the new computer Saturday, and I got to see my family briefly. The new computer is really nice. I forgot how fast computers can be. And I can do more than one thing at a time.

I think I am finally getting over my cold/flu mixture. My noise is still running, but I don't feel like my head is going to explode anymore. I really need to start taking more vitamins.

Well that is all for now. I bestbe getting to bed. I have some unfinished projects I want to get done tomorrow since we have another snow day! I don't know how I will deal when winter is over and we have to work five whole days in a row!