Category Archives: adventure

Thursday’s camp update

Friday, June 29, 2012, @ 12:46 pmadventure, country, Family, Life in General, Reading, Scouting, teaching, travel, Weather, Writingchildren, education, Family, great days, hard work, history, making the days count, reading, scouting, Summer Vacation, weather, writingClay

Troop 35 begins Thursday with the Flag Ceremony

I have been blogging all week from Troop 35’s spot on the web – Wheaton Troop 35 dot org, chronicling the troop’s adventures for the folks back home. I have been writing and I’ve had help with the photos from the other assistant scoutmasters. It is great to be part of such a wonderful team, I know the scouts can feel it, too. Below is today’s post to save you time. Today is truly gonna be a great day. Making the Days Count from Scout Camp, one day at a time! Continue reading Thursday’s camp update →

Summer Camp 2012 update

Monday, June 25, 2012, @ 11:50 pmadventure, country, Family, Reading, Scouting, teaching, Weather, Writingchildren, great days, hard work, history, making the days count, patriotism, reading, scouting, seventh grade, sports, Summer Vacation, teaching, weather, writingClay

leaves_of_three — Leaves of three, leave it be – poison ivy!

I am at summer camp with the Boy Scouts this week. We are at camp Tesomas in northern Wisconsin, not far from the UP (Upper Peninsula) and it is truly the north woods. It is good to get away; no, it is wonderful to be a boy all over again. This place takes me back in time, when I could play, and run, and swim, and fish, and just be outside.

I missed my Monday post, and Sunday post, too. I am blogging, but at a different location – I posted a short MtDC (Making the Days Count) with pictures this morning at the troop site – it is Wheaton Troop 35, please follow the link. The past two years I blogged and shared MtDC with the parents, this year I am blogging at the troop site. I had hoped to be able to do both the troop site and blog here, too – but I am realizing that it is difficult to keep up, so I’ll do what I can and keep you updated, via short posts with a link to see the troop post. Continue reading Summer Camp 2012 update →

Feet dragging and other time wasters!

Saturday, June 23, 2012, @ 8:28 amadventure, Family, jobs, Reading, Scouting, teaching, travel, Weather, WritingCamp Tesomas, Family, great days, making the days count, reading, scout camp, scouting, summer camp, Summer Vacation, teaching, weather, writingClay

I have been dragging my feet, to those who know me well, it isn’t a surprise at all; however, to those who don’t it is perplexing and perhaps even frustrating, and to those who know me well it is frustrating and they’re resigned to the fact that it is just the way I am. It is the day before camp and I need to pack and finish a multitude of other need to do tasks and all through the house…. Continue reading Feet dragging and other time wasters! →

Summer Doldrums

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, @ 7:30 amadventure, Family, jobs, Reading, Scouting, teaching, Writingchildren, education, exercise, Family, fitness, Guys Read, hard work, making the days count, reading, scouting, Summer Vacation, teaching, weather, writingClay

The doldrums, it is the time after school has let loose and the time for camp and action. I started writing a post Saturday morning, but didn’t finish, Father’s day came and went, then Monday, too. It seems as if I am busier now than when school was in session. Trying to keep my focus has been a challenge. I find myself drifting when I should be sailing strong. Continue reading Summer Doldrums →

Flawless upgrades

Friday, June 15, 2012, @ 11:25 amadventure, Family, history, Life in General, Reading, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Weather, Writingchildren, education, Family, great days, hard work, making the days count, reading, Summer Vacation, teaching, writingClay

the trumpet flower vine surrounds the deck

So far, summer has been everything I have asked for, but I have yet to tackle the most pressing things on my agenda. Yesterday, I upgraded the web in my home. It went flawlessly, because I read the directions and followed them to a ‘T’ and the outcome was what I wanted – expanded wireless service at home and being able to be on the net on the deck. Continue reading Flawless upgrades →

Alice’s Dairy Bar

Friday, June 8, 2012, @ 7:21 amadventure, Family, Life in General, Reading, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Writingchildren, eating, Family, great days, making the days count, Poultry Days, reading, Summer Vacation, teaching, writingClay

It has been a week of summer so far, six days; some short, some long, but six days nonetheless. The kid’s summer started Wednesday afternoon and Thursday we headed off to visit grandma and grandpa in Ohio. Continue reading Alice’s Dairy Bar →

Next stop, High School

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, @ 11:37 amadventure, Family, history, Life in General, Reading, Scouting, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Writingchildren, Dulles Jr. High Class of 1976, Family, great days, hard work, making the days count, reading, scouting, seventh grade, Sugar land Junior High Class of 1976, Summer Vacation, writingClay

I remember it like it was yesterday. I can close my eyes and see my classmates around me crossing the stage as we waited in the lunchroom for the ceremony to be over so we could bust out the door and summer could start. That was thirty-six years ago and last night I sat in the gym watching the same event from my parent’s eyes, except I wasn’t crossing the stage, William was. Continue reading Next stop, High School →

Summer Reading

Monday, June 4, 2012, @ 10:12 amadventure, Family, food, history, jobs, Reading, teaching, Writingchildren, education, Family, Good Reads, Guys Read, hard work, making the days count, reading, scouting, seventh grade, Summer Vacation, writingClay

Books can really slow me down. I have been on a tear to read adolescent literature since moving to Language Arts a few years ago. Before then I read books about social studies – books for big people, such as The History of the World in Six Glasses or Salt: A World History and it would take me all summer or a semester to read them. Now, I read, on average, a book every two weeks, not bad. However, I have a more ambitious summer goal – to read twenty books. That is a book every four days, and that means I am going to be reading a lot! I know I am going to make somebody unhappy! Continue reading Summer Reading →

What now?

Saturday, June 2, 2012, @ 9:58 amadventure, Cooking, Family, food, history, Life in General, Reading, teaching, Writingchildren, eating, education, Family, great days, hard work, humor, making the days count, Paris, reading, restaurants, seventh grade, Summer Vacation, teaching, VdF, VdF Woodfield Mall, Vie de France, writingClay

Several years ago, I left a job after over twelve years. I remember that first day after I resigned, I decided to take a week off and wait for my new job to begin. I was uncomfortable, bitter, and out of sorts – feeling as though I had lost something, but not knowing exactly what it was. I had a similar feeling yesterday at the end of the day. Friday was a short day, but it counted as a workday and an attendance day for the students. I was finished with all of my duties as a teacher, cleaned my room, filed my grades and I was on my way home. I was exhausted and spent. The previous weeks had been frenetic at work and I had put off things at home to finish things at school, and vice versa. I was mess. Continue reading What now? →

Memorial Day 2012

Monday, May 28, 2012, @ 9:00 amadventure, country, Family, history, Life in General, racing, Reading, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Writingchildren, education, Family, great days, hard work, Indy 500, making the days count, Memorial Day, teaching, WWIIClay

It is a beautiful morning and I’m sitting on the deck and enjoying hearing the birds chirp and call each other, the wind rustle the leaves, and watching Ivy inspect the yard to keep us safe from critters of all sorts. It has been a delightful time though I’ve frittered away some prime writing time by thinking, reading, and looking back. Yesterday, William and I went to the Indy 500. It is a family tradition – started by Beth through Beth’s dad, and continued through her brother, Tim. I’ve been going since 1991, and William, since 2004. It was a great race but an even greater day – father and son together enjoying time together and a tradition they share. It was a good time. But, I want to write about today and what it means. Continue reading Memorial Day 2012 →