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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Just stuff

Haven't done much worth posting the last few days.  Today hasn't been much better.  Thanks for making me feel a little better for not keeping in better touch with Judy. 

Just came back from a walk around the short block in our neighborhood.  The one thing about spring that I don't like is how dirty everything looks when the snow is finally all gone.  It will be so nice to see the green come through.  Have a couple of crocus coming up so that gives me a good feeling.  It's a start anyway. 

Next week Jack goes off to science camp with the Townview 5th graders again.  I don't know how much longer that will continue.  The teachers that run it are considering retiring or giving it up.  I know he has said when those 3 are done so is he.  He started going when my son Jack was in the 5th grade and has been going every year since.  Since the 5th grade teachers go there is no need for subs, only 1 is needed for a 4th grade teacher who goes,  so it only costs the district for that and gas for the bus.  That is all paid for by the candy sales the kids have so I hope others pick up the slack.  Parent volunteers round out the rest of the chaperone/staff/teachers so there is little cost there.  Reimbursment for gas for the few who haul supplies, also from the Camp fund.  It really would be a shame to see such a wonderful project end.

Well guess I had better go.  Getting time to pick up Nicole and it is granny's nite out.

Have a good evening.

7 comments:

  1. I was looking at the mounds of leaves left unraked by the building maintenance and thinking the same thing, how dull everything looks. I will be glad to see the green grass!
    Have fun at granny's nite out.

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  2. Sorry to put you off dirty ground, but it going to be a beautiful the spring time has coming to your way soon.
    Enjoy been grand ma which I has been all the time:-)

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  3. Granny's night out eh? No dancing on the tables!

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  4. It's really great that Jack volunteers like that. Soon, most school districts will really need more of their community doing that. How sad things are becoming here for our schools. Still some dirty snow banks around here, but at least it's slowly going away.

    You'll see lots of green today!

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  5. That's really the truth about the first warm up of spring making everything kind of a mess. We haven't really had any budding or flowers to speak of yet so it's looking pretty bleak right now. None the less i surely do rejoice over some warmer weather. Sorry to hear about the project being threatened...hopefully they will find a solution to that so it can continue. Blessings my friend, have a good day!

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  6. One volunteer is worth ten pressed men is an old Navy saying, I hope they manage to keep it up.
    We are really coming into spring where I am way down south in UK England Daffodils are everywhere, and the temperature is climbing, slowly but in the right direction, ah! the bliss
    of sunshine.

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  7. Girlfriend..I wish I was along on that Grannie's Night Out.

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