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Time is going by so quickly.
I am not updating like I said I would.
Coming Soon....
-Weekly prompt response
- Lesson plan ideas/strategies by category based on Writing Project Presentations and discussions (this is a big task)
- Everyone's essential question from Writing Project in a blog with a synopsis of the "solution"
- Mentor texts - suggested text and description of each text.


In the meantime this is what has been happening ---------------
- I travelled to Nebraska to visit family
- Went camping at a lake with friends on the 3rd
- My home town put on a decent firework display
- My nephew has learned what it means to tickle someone (he is 2)
- My nephew spotted a coyote in the distance - young eyes!
- I bought a CD (first one in years!) because the radio stations up there are so terrible...
- That CD is stuck in my brothers pickup CD player
- Playing Blitz is more fun than I ever thought it could be.
- I learned if you don't know how to an answer "on a scale to 1 to 10" question with doctors, "Just say 8"
- I bought children's CD's for my classroom at goodwill
- My mom and I sang kids songs for an hour from Hastings, NE back to Superior, NE
- I miss children's songs!
- My mom bought about 50 books for my classroom library for 50 cents each (awesome donor to students education)
- Dirt track races become more interesting when it rained that day
- It is impossible not to run into cars when it has raced
- My 15 year old cousin can not drive well and I fully understand why my mom hated me when I was learning to drive.
- Pit crew guys really don't know what to do when something happens, they just put on an awesome show!
- Lea, at La Trap Nails in KCMO, does AWESOME work!
- State Line Nissan sucks - don't go there! McCarthy here I come!
- Always ask to see your cars tires when getting an oil change and watch for the wear on them yourself, you can't rely on anyone!
- 220.00 on bad service can make you say dumb things.....
-"I maybe 23 and a female, but I'm not a damn yuppie" did come out of my mouth this week....
- The closer you drive to St. Louis, the faster people drive, but they still aren't terrible drivers.
- When the speed limit says 60, and most people are driving 80, you speed.
- The Busch Stadium is DOWN TOWN...
- The arch isn't as big as the post cards make it seem.
- The Mississippi River smells like Brush Creek
- Italian Ice Cream is the best ice cream
- The Drury Inn in is pretty spectacular, never would have thought it was this nice
- Science teachers are not boring
- Having a hotel room to yourself is not nearly as fun as sharing
- The Old Spaghetti Factory is a great place!

That is all for now - very random - but nice for me to reflect on. Real Writing to come this week!