Thursday, June 28, 2007
Suprise Success
Where have I been since I moved, putting the finishing touches and implementation into a surprise 60th birthday party for my mother. Thanks to my aunt K and mom's HS friend CT, the party went very successfully. Thanks to all of my friends who have listened to me stress about this for weeks now and try to finish summer school. All the stress and work paid off on Saturday night. Here are a few stories from the past few weeks (if you started reading early, you might need to go back there are now 5 posts to read top to bottom about this):
Mom Plans Own Party
Party plans were going smoothly except for making sure both my brother and father where going to be off from work, without telling them about the surprise. No, I did not trust my brother or father in keeping a secret, and the party would be the best success if it was a surprise. It is very difficult to surprise my mother and she actually likes to be surprised. Though I was not sure if she would like this big of a surprise.
Then my mom got a bright idea that she would put together who own birthday party. Apparently it is her friend CW fault for asking what they were going to do for her birthday. Mom didn't like the breakfast after church idea, so once she found out what time my brother was getting off work, she decided to invite family and friends to dinner with us. I received a call from my father saying, "just wanted to let you know that mom is planning to invite about 20 people to dinner with us Saturday night. Is there anything I should know or do?" I was in shock and not sure what to say or do. I eventually said "okay, sounds good, I'll talk to you later." Then I began frantically calling K and CT to see what they knew and what the plan was going to be. Luckily, mom after thinking decided not to call everyone herself and CT and K called friends and family, respectively. This reduced people being caught off guard when mom called. Most of the family had excuses for not joining us for dinner and most of the friends just came on out knowing the rest of the story.
The thing is it was not just for people to come out for dinner but afterwards everyone was going to go to our house for homemade ice cream and cake. Thankfully, we hadn't ordered the cake yet so we halved our cake and with some investigative work at SAMs Club, my aunt made sure that one cake was vanilla and one chocolate and changed our icing color to match the one my parents ordered.
The party was still ago with a little extra partying before. The next question would dinner last long enough but not too long. More to come on that later.
Then my mom got a bright idea that she would put together who own birthday party. Apparently it is her friend CW fault for asking what they were going to do for her birthday. Mom didn't like the breakfast after church idea, so once she found out what time my brother was getting off work, she decided to invite family and friends to dinner with us. I received a call from my father saying, "just wanted to let you know that mom is planning to invite about 20 people to dinner with us Saturday night. Is there anything I should know or do?" I was in shock and not sure what to say or do. I eventually said "okay, sounds good, I'll talk to you later." Then I began frantically calling K and CT to see what they knew and what the plan was going to be. Luckily, mom after thinking decided not to call everyone herself and CT and K called friends and family, respectively. This reduced people being caught off guard when mom called. Most of the family had excuses for not joining us for dinner and most of the friends just came on out knowing the rest of the story.
The thing is it was not just for people to come out for dinner but afterwards everyone was going to go to our house for homemade ice cream and cake. Thankfully, we hadn't ordered the cake yet so we halved our cake and with some investigative work at SAMs Club, my aunt made sure that one cake was vanilla and one chocolate and changed our icing color to match the one my parents ordered.
The party was still ago with a little extra partying before. The next question would dinner last long enough but not too long. More to come on that later.
Hiding Out in Paducah for 40+ Hours
To pull off this party, I had to arrive at my aunts early to prepare all of the food. So Thursday around 5 pm, I departed Louisville, grabbing a few last decorations, and driving to Paducah. I arrived at my aunts around 7:30 pm CST and proceeded to go hide my car in my aunts friends garage until Saturday. While we were out, we headed over to another aunts to pick up votive candles and a big bowl for fruit. The rest of the night was spent playing cards with my mom's two sisters and a cousin. We stayed up until 1 or 2 in the morning. I am too old for this thats for sure.
Friday morning we arose by 9 to start preparing food. While I was in the shower, one of only 2 aunts that I had not seen yet came over with the youngest granddaughter. She was out delivering tables to the family from a yard sale. She had just left my mothers, probably a good thing she made that stop before seeing me.
After she left, it was time to start preparing food. I cut several big blocks of cheese until my right pointer finger was numb. I just didn't realize how much damage that I was doing to my finger. I then proceed to cut carrots, which my cousin was afraid I was going to cut my fingers off how I was doing it. I think it was actually safer than the other way because laying the carrots flat meant they could roll, but oh well. I did not cut my fingers or hand during the process so all is good. My aunt was making all the different vegetable and fruit dips. I then took over and worked on a dip or two myself while she did some chopping.
The next secret mission was to get a hair cut. Thanks to my friend RP, I actually had a good cover story for getting my hair cut. I was in a hair salon on Wednesday with RP to get her hair cut. But really I went home to my beautician and got a haircut. I will not spoil the surprise of how short it is just yet :-P We survived the trip to the beautician, who knew that it was all a surprise.
::::Side Story:::: So when I got home on Saturday, I asked my father if he noticed anything different. After mumbling and having no clue what I was talking about, he decided that my hair was LONGER. He just saw me in May. I informed him that it was not longer but shorter.
It was then back to the house to finish preparing food about all we had left was cutting veggies, making ham sandwiches, and preparing the croissants to be made up on Saturday morning. Saturday night, we enjoyed my favorite Chinese in town and played cards again until 1 or 2 in the morning.
Saturday, my aunt woke me at 7:30 am to get moving. We went and packed the beverages into the car and headed over to the KC Hall. Snag number two....we originally had the KC Hall from 8 am until 1 am, but they needed it for a funeral meal Saturday morning. This meant we were not able to get in until about 2 pm to start decorating and preparing the food trays and such. I therefore could not be at the KC Hall to decorate because I had to get home sometime on Saturday before my mother killed me for not coming in and staying too long. She already was not the most excited about the fact that I wasn't coming in until Saturday anyway.
We checked out the KC Hall and I gave my aunt ideas of what I think it should look like, though I was not overly worried with the people that were coming to help out. I knew they had good tastes and it would look just fine when it was all done.
Then it was back to my aunts to finish fixing up the sandwiches and making sure everything was together and ready to head to the KC Hall. Next secret mission was making sure mom thought I was leaving from Louisville. So about 10:30 am EST, I called to tell her that I was headed out and got a lot of grief for sleeping in and not moving too early. Though since it is normal for me not to move fast especially on a Saturday it was not a total shock, thankfully she was busy preparing for her ice cream and cake party to really worry about me the rest of the trip. I was prepared to tell her where I was on my journey if she did call though, but I didn't have to this time.
Friday morning we arose by 9 to start preparing food. While I was in the shower, one of only 2 aunts that I had not seen yet came over with the youngest granddaughter. She was out delivering tables to the family from a yard sale. She had just left my mothers, probably a good thing she made that stop before seeing me.
After she left, it was time to start preparing food. I cut several big blocks of cheese until my right pointer finger was numb. I just didn't realize how much damage that I was doing to my finger. I then proceed to cut carrots, which my cousin was afraid I was going to cut my fingers off how I was doing it. I think it was actually safer than the other way because laying the carrots flat meant they could roll, but oh well. I did not cut my fingers or hand during the process so all is good. My aunt was making all the different vegetable and fruit dips. I then took over and worked on a dip or two myself while she did some chopping.
The next secret mission was to get a hair cut. Thanks to my friend RP, I actually had a good cover story for getting my hair cut. I was in a hair salon on Wednesday with RP to get her hair cut. But really I went home to my beautician and got a haircut. I will not spoil the surprise of how short it is just yet :-P We survived the trip to the beautician, who knew that it was all a surprise.
::::Side Story:::: So when I got home on Saturday, I asked my father if he noticed anything different. After mumbling and having no clue what I was talking about, he decided that my hair was LONGER. He just saw me in May. I informed him that it was not longer but shorter.
It was then back to the house to finish preparing food about all we had left was cutting veggies, making ham sandwiches, and preparing the croissants to be made up on Saturday morning. Saturday night, we enjoyed my favorite Chinese in town and played cards again until 1 or 2 in the morning.
Saturday, my aunt woke me at 7:30 am to get moving. We went and packed the beverages into the car and headed over to the KC Hall. Snag number two....we originally had the KC Hall from 8 am until 1 am, but they needed it for a funeral meal Saturday morning. This meant we were not able to get in until about 2 pm to start decorating and preparing the food trays and such. I therefore could not be at the KC Hall to decorate because I had to get home sometime on Saturday before my mother killed me for not coming in and staying too long. She already was not the most excited about the fact that I wasn't coming in until Saturday anyway.
We checked out the KC Hall and I gave my aunt ideas of what I think it should look like, though I was not overly worried with the people that were coming to help out. I knew they had good tastes and it would look just fine when it was all done.
Then it was back to my aunts to finish fixing up the sandwiches and making sure everything was together and ready to head to the KC Hall. Next secret mission was making sure mom thought I was leaving from Louisville. So about 10:30 am EST, I called to tell her that I was headed out and got a lot of grief for sleeping in and not moving too early. Though since it is normal for me not to move fast especially on a Saturday it was not a total shock, thankfully she was busy preparing for her ice cream and cake party to really worry about me the rest of the trip. I was prepared to tell her where I was on my journey if she did call though, but I didn't have to this time.
"Arrival" in Paducah
It was officially time to arrive home so after a shower. I packed up my belongings again and headed to get my car out of hiding. I took the back way over to the interstate, back to usual way that I go home, and on to the house. I arrived perfectly on time 3 hours after my "departure" from Louisville.
I walked in the door and upstairs to my room to drop stuff off. I knew at that moment mom had new clue about another party. The house was freshly vacuumed. There was candy dishes throughout the downstairs filled with nuts, M & M's, and other goodies. The cake had not arrived yet though, so I had to make a quick phone call to let the surprise cake getter that they couldn't go yet to pick up our cake. Dad left shortly thereafter and thankfully talked mom out of buying more fruit for her party. While dad was gone, my already warn out hands and arms were back to work stirring up the fixins for homemade ice cream while mom cut up the peaches.
The first batch of homemade ice cream went into the maker, and the all clear sign was sent to the party decorators to get the other cake. Two batches of ice cream were made, peach and banana.
Then it was time to get ready and head over to the Olive Garden to save tables for 22 people. I had the privilege of reserving the tables shortly after 4. Wow, now that was an experience in itself. The lady was not very cordial with me. I was unsure if we would or wouldn't have tables by 5 for 22 people. But after sitting there for awhile I decided that they were trying to clear out the back room for us. It was about 5:15 or so before we were seated, which ended up a good thing.
I walked in the door and upstairs to my room to drop stuff off. I knew at that moment mom had new clue about another party. The house was freshly vacuumed. There was candy dishes throughout the downstairs filled with nuts, M & M's, and other goodies. The cake had not arrived yet though, so I had to make a quick phone call to let the surprise cake getter that they couldn't go yet to pick up our cake. Dad left shortly thereafter and thankfully talked mom out of buying more fruit for her party. While dad was gone, my already warn out hands and arms were back to work stirring up the fixins for homemade ice cream while mom cut up the peaches.
The first batch of homemade ice cream went into the maker, and the all clear sign was sent to the party decorators to get the other cake. Two batches of ice cream were made, peach and banana.
Then it was time to get ready and head over to the Olive Garden to save tables for 22 people. I had the privilege of reserving the tables shortly after 4. Wow, now that was an experience in itself. The lady was not very cordial with me. I was unsure if we would or wouldn't have tables by 5 for 22 people. But after sitting there for awhile I decided that they were trying to clear out the back room for us. It was about 5:15 or so before we were seated, which ended up a good thing.
Birthday Dinner - Mom's Plan
Olive Garden was infiltrated with 20 people to celebrate a 60th Birthday. Three people in the room had no clue what was happening next, while the rest of the party new that there was another party to follow at the KC Hall.
The accommodations were not very good. They didn't slide any of the tables together so there was pockets of people sitting around all in the same room but still. Mom and dad were sitting at a table with several of the other women. A group of men set at one table and then there was a couple other tables of people. I set so that I could get take pictures.
The service on the other hand was a bit too speedy. We were eating shortly after 6 and the party wasn't suppose to start at the KC Hall until 7 pm. So after dinner, we had the waiters send Happy Birthday to her, and a couple of the ladies went out to their cars to get their birthday gifts to slow down the departure process.
The best gift was a hula hoop, which my mother graciously got out in the middle of the floor and showed us her ability to hula hoop, around her waist, arm, and neck. She didn't do too bad for being almost 60 (her birthday technically wasn't until Sunday). We proceed to open gifts and tell stories in order to keep the party going as close to seven as possible.
Another secret mission, half the cake was at the house and needed to get to the KC Hall. So my cousin and brother headed out to go "see my cousin's dog", not sure how that story went over but it did. They went and got the cake at which time my brother found out that he was headed to a party at the KC Hall and not staying at the house for ice cream and cake.
The accommodations were not very good. They didn't slide any of the tables together so there was pockets of people sitting around all in the same room but still. Mom and dad were sitting at a table with several of the other women. A group of men set at one table and then there was a couple other tables of people. I set so that I could get take pictures.
The service on the other hand was a bit too speedy. We were eating shortly after 6 and the party wasn't suppose to start at the KC Hall until 7 pm. So after dinner, we had the waiters send Happy Birthday to her, and a couple of the ladies went out to their cars to get their birthday gifts to slow down the departure process.
The best gift was a hula hoop, which my mother graciously got out in the middle of the floor and showed us her ability to hula hoop, around her waist, arm, and neck. She didn't do too bad for being almost 60 (her birthday technically wasn't until Sunday). We proceed to open gifts and tell stories in order to keep the party going as close to seven as possible.
Another secret mission, half the cake was at the house and needed to get to the KC Hall. So my cousin and brother headed out to go "see my cousin's dog", not sure how that story went over but it did. They went and got the cake at which time my brother found out that he was headed to a party at the KC Hall and not staying at the house for ice cream and cake.
SURPRISE
As we departed the Olive Garden, I took my mother and told her she was going with me for a minute. I had something to show her and that dad new we would be to the house in a bit. At the same time, dad back in the restaurant was getting told that he was not going back to the house but instead he was to go to the KC Hall for a surprise.
Once in the car, I pulled out a blindfold and made sure mom was nicely blindfolded in the passenger seat. This was CT's idea and it work out wonderfully. Except for the fact that my mother has a great sense of direction.
We departed the Olive Garden parking lot and headed back to the house. She continued to tell me exactly where I was and I got a bit flustered unsure of how to get her lost. We first were going to my brother's new place which was interesting because I had no clue where he lived. Then after a few more turns, we were off to Kay's. Another turn, we were in front of the mall and headed to Earline's. I gave and decided to get on the interstate so that I could get to an area that I wouldn't get lost and hopefully could get her lost. On the interstate, we were then headed to Matt and Renee's new house. I got off the interstate and we had bought funeral plots, then it was a new house, then she decided I was buying time and we would eventually head back to the house.
Finally, I hit Lone Oak Rd at the hospital and got her lost. There was a couple spots we could have turned and she wasn't sure which one. I thought I was caught though as I went under the railroad tracks on Jackson a train was just getting ready to go over the tracks. I think I escaped that find though barely. When I finally turned again, she was lost enough and so was I that she didn't know for sure where she was.
After a few twists and turns, trying to remember myself where the KC Hall was. I made it to the Hall and parked on the street because everything else looked full and I wanted no more chances of her figuring out where I was. I got her out of the car still blindfolded and had her walk towards the door.
Well the train that I narrowly escaped earlier was now outside the KC Hall. She was still confused enough that she didn't pick up on where we were. She was greatly terrified after a decent walk that I was going to leave her at the train tracks or take her over them. I didn't quite understand that since there was a train going by.
We got about 5 feet from the door. I pulled her glasses off her head and tried to get the blindfold off, but she backed away from the door and so everyone inside could hear her said "I'm not going in there" and backed away from the door. Everyone inside started singing Happy Birthday and I got the blindfold off so that she could see the party waiting her inside.
She was 100% shocked and the place was full of people from her brothers and sisters to my dad's sisters, HS friends, friends from the telephone company, church friends, nieces and nephews, and even a few grand-nieces. My dad's sister from St Louis was in as well. (Which was another item that luckily did not register for my mom, as they saw her car when they went to dinner. Apparently they wondered why she was in town again after just being in town last weekend for father's day, but luckily nothing was put together in terms of a celebration for mom, so we escaped that one.)
Once in the car, I pulled out a blindfold and made sure mom was nicely blindfolded in the passenger seat. This was CT's idea and it work out wonderfully. Except for the fact that my mother has a great sense of direction.
We departed the Olive Garden parking lot and headed back to the house. She continued to tell me exactly where I was and I got a bit flustered unsure of how to get her lost. We first were going to my brother's new place which was interesting because I had no clue where he lived. Then after a few more turns, we were off to Kay's. Another turn, we were in front of the mall and headed to Earline's. I gave and decided to get on the interstate so that I could get to an area that I wouldn't get lost and hopefully could get her lost. On the interstate, we were then headed to Matt and Renee's new house. I got off the interstate and we had bought funeral plots, then it was a new house, then she decided I was buying time and we would eventually head back to the house.
Finally, I hit Lone Oak Rd at the hospital and got her lost. There was a couple spots we could have turned and she wasn't sure which one. I thought I was caught though as I went under the railroad tracks on Jackson a train was just getting ready to go over the tracks. I think I escaped that find though barely. When I finally turned again, she was lost enough and so was I that she didn't know for sure where she was.
After a few twists and turns, trying to remember myself where the KC Hall was. I made it to the Hall and parked on the street because everything else looked full and I wanted no more chances of her figuring out where I was. I got her out of the car still blindfolded and had her walk towards the door.
Well the train that I narrowly escaped earlier was now outside the KC Hall. She was still confused enough that she didn't pick up on where we were. She was greatly terrified after a decent walk that I was going to leave her at the train tracks or take her over them. I didn't quite understand that since there was a train going by.
We got about 5 feet from the door. I pulled her glasses off her head and tried to get the blindfold off, but she backed away from the door and so everyone inside could hear her said "I'm not going in there" and backed away from the door. Everyone inside started singing Happy Birthday and I got the blindfold off so that she could see the party waiting her inside.
She was 100% shocked and the place was full of people from her brothers and sisters to my dad's sisters, HS friends, friends from the telephone company, church friends, nieces and nephews, and even a few grand-nieces. My dad's sister from St Louis was in as well. (Which was another item that luckily did not register for my mom, as they saw her car when they went to dinner. Apparently they wondered why she was in town again after just being in town last weekend for father's day, but luckily nothing was put together in terms of a celebration for mom, so we escaped that one.)
Ready to Roller Skate
Roller skating is coming back to Lexington in a couple weeks. If you haven't roller skated lately, it is actually a blast once you get a hang of it and good exercise. Check out previous post about my last roller skating experience.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Last Couple of Weeks
Since most of you are probably tired of reading about sports and taking random quizzes, I thought I would actually share what has been going on lately.
As posted below, I just finished summer class and moved to Louisville. Prior to that, I have been taking class, autocrossing, going to weddings, and just preparing for the 2nd half of the summer.
Weekend prior to this, I went to South Bend, Indiana for a wedding of a graduate friend. It amazes me how the majority of travel in Indiana seems to be on 2-lane or 4-lane split roads, but not major interstates or parkways. The drive to South Bend actually was not all that bad. There were a couple slow parts as you traversed through towns and then the random stoplight on the 4-lane divided highway. While in South Bend, another grad friend and I took a ride around the Notre Dame campus, as it was right by the hotel. It was a very pretty campus with lots of green space and trees. It was very hard to traverse around campus because it seemed to have lots of gated access. The buildings all looked very nice and not too old either. I am sure that is not the case.
The weekend before that I came to Louisville for a wedding of previous co-workers from SHPS. It was a beautiful outdoors ceremony at Locust Grove with a very romantic and wonderful reception to follow. It was great to meet up with some old co-workers and enjoy a wonderful evening.
Since early May, I have completed now in 3 autocross events. After the second one, I was ready to hang my head in shame and go running off. I don't know that I have ever performed so poorly as I did at UK that day. Thankfully yesterday, I was able to redeem myself a little bit. I definitely was more aggressive and tried some new techniques. The biggest change was working on left foot breaking so that I could accelerate as I let off the break instead of only being able to do one or the either. It is amazing the amount of control you have over your car in that situation. At the same time, it can be easy to get confused especially as you are initially learning and hit the gas with your right and lets hope breaking with your left, when you really want to be breaking and not hitting the gas. That happened once yesterday and sent me into a wall of cones, or well lets just say did not assist in preventing me from going into the wall of cones. The wall of cones were history long before I hit the gas with the right foot instead of breaking more. It was a lot of fun and thankfully, the last run was a clean and fast run. I was actually rather afraid that I had taken out the last cone of the last slalom, but when I looked back in my rearview mirror it was still standing. After the event, I was talking with one of the guys and he said there was not one run that I did not hit that last cone in the slalom, usually on the top with the side of the car, but thankfully, I only knocked it over once on my second best run of the day :-(. Nonetheless, I still took out 6 cones yesterday to make the total for the year to be 11. I am fairly certain that is more cones than I have taken out in the previous three years of racing.
Those are the quick highlights from the past month and half. A tons of other things have happened but I will not bore you with all of that.
As posted below, I just finished summer class and moved to Louisville. Prior to that, I have been taking class, autocrossing, going to weddings, and just preparing for the 2nd half of the summer.
Weekend prior to this, I went to South Bend, Indiana for a wedding of a graduate friend. It amazes me how the majority of travel in Indiana seems to be on 2-lane or 4-lane split roads, but not major interstates or parkways. The drive to South Bend actually was not all that bad. There were a couple slow parts as you traversed through towns and then the random stoplight on the 4-lane divided highway. While in South Bend, another grad friend and I took a ride around the Notre Dame campus, as it was right by the hotel. It was a very pretty campus with lots of green space and trees. It was very hard to traverse around campus because it seemed to have lots of gated access. The buildings all looked very nice and not too old either. I am sure that is not the case.
The weekend before that I came to Louisville for a wedding of previous co-workers from SHPS. It was a beautiful outdoors ceremony at Locust Grove with a very romantic and wonderful reception to follow. It was great to meet up with some old co-workers and enjoy a wonderful evening.
Since early May, I have completed now in 3 autocross events. After the second one, I was ready to hang my head in shame and go running off. I don't know that I have ever performed so poorly as I did at UK that day. Thankfully yesterday, I was able to redeem myself a little bit. I definitely was more aggressive and tried some new techniques. The biggest change was working on left foot breaking so that I could accelerate as I let off the break instead of only being able to do one or the either. It is amazing the amount of control you have over your car in that situation. At the same time, it can be easy to get confused especially as you are initially learning and hit the gas with your right and lets hope breaking with your left, when you really want to be breaking and not hitting the gas. That happened once yesterday and sent me into a wall of cones, or well lets just say did not assist in preventing me from going into the wall of cones. The wall of cones were history long before I hit the gas with the right foot instead of breaking more. It was a lot of fun and thankfully, the last run was a clean and fast run. I was actually rather afraid that I had taken out the last cone of the last slalom, but when I looked back in my rearview mirror it was still standing. After the event, I was talking with one of the guys and he said there was not one run that I did not hit that last cone in the slalom, usually on the top with the side of the car, but thankfully, I only knocked it over once on my second best run of the day :-(. Nonetheless, I still took out 6 cones yesterday to make the total for the year to be 11. I am fairly certain that is more cones than I have taken out in the previous three years of racing.
Those are the quick highlights from the past month and half. A tons of other things have happened but I will not bore you with all of that.
Where am I? What am I doing?
These may be questions you are asking or maybe not. Some of these questions, I am still asking myself truthfully, but here is what I do know.
Currently, I am in Louisville and will be stationed here for the next couple of months. Yes, I have escaped Hoosier land for the time being and will be enjoying some wonderful time with family and friends in the great Commonwealth.
I return to Louisville to complete an internship at Bellarmine University. I will be working on a couple leadership initiatives, which shall conclude with a leadership conference proposal for next spring. Besides the internship, which provides housing in the dorm on campus, I am still trying to outline what the rest of the summer is going to consist of. Hopefully, by the first of next week, I will be settled in at Bellarmine and have an update on a couple other possible summer items. So look for more to come next week or the end of this week.
Summer school went well and I actually did not procrastinate up to the last minute on trying to complete the paper. It was for the most part complete by the Friday prior to it being doing on Thursday. It just needed some slight tweaking and review.
With the completion of that class, I now have 14 hrs of class to complete in order to receive a masters degree. It is hard to believe this time last year, I was turning in my resignation at work and preparing to move to Indiana. Now a year later, I am over half-way through the coursework and well on my way to a masters in Higher Education Student Affairs. Who knows what will come next. You will just have to stay posted to find out.
Currently, I am in Louisville and will be stationed here for the next couple of months. Yes, I have escaped Hoosier land for the time being and will be enjoying some wonderful time with family and friends in the great Commonwealth.
I return to Louisville to complete an internship at Bellarmine University. I will be working on a couple leadership initiatives, which shall conclude with a leadership conference proposal for next spring. Besides the internship, which provides housing in the dorm on campus, I am still trying to outline what the rest of the summer is going to consist of. Hopefully, by the first of next week, I will be settled in at Bellarmine and have an update on a couple other possible summer items. So look for more to come next week or the end of this week.
Summer school went well and I actually did not procrastinate up to the last minute on trying to complete the paper. It was for the most part complete by the Friday prior to it being doing on Thursday. It just needed some slight tweaking and review.
With the completion of that class, I now have 14 hrs of class to complete in order to receive a masters degree. It is hard to believe this time last year, I was turning in my resignation at work and preparing to move to Indiana. Now a year later, I am over half-way through the coursework and well on my way to a masters in Higher Education Student Affairs. Who knows what will come next. You will just have to stay posted to find out.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Earnhardt Jr joins Hendrick Motorsports
Gordon and Earnhardt fans alike today are dealing with how to react to the announcement that Earnhardt Jr is joining the Hendrick family. Fans for these two drivers are probably the most against one another and now they join the same larger family.
I wish Earnhardt Jr the best and hope that this move will be beneficial to his career.
Check out SI article.
I wish Earnhardt Jr the best and hope that this move will be beneficial to his career.
Check out SI article.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Stop the real time blogging
Louisville Courier Journal reporter was removed from the NCAA Baseball tournament for blogging the game real time. What do you think?
Louisville's New Archbishop Named
Scanning through the feeds, I found the above article about the naming of a new Archbishop for the Diocese of Louisville. The Archdiocese of Louisville also includes the Diocese of Owensboro, Covington, and Lexington.
Church Teachings: Marriage
Thanks to kasclar for doing some legwork about the Catholic Church and teachings on marriage. In reading over the information, I felt that some of you may be interested as well. It also relates to a conversation back in mid-April on Chris's site about Baptism.
kasclar maybe next week's topic could be on Baptism and the Catholic Church's teaching on who can perform a Baptism.
kasclar maybe next week's topic could be on Baptism and the Catholic Church's teaching on who can perform a Baptism.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Computer Woes Again :-(
Any suggestions on what might be the problem:
The keyboard has been continuously deciding it does not want to work anymore. Then all of a sudden it starts working to just five minutes later stop again. Then I finally got it working but it was in a permanent state of Shift key down. Numbers were symbols and the number pad wouldn't work at all. I rebooted the machine and the keyboard refused to work. I have since opened up the computer and tried to remove as much of the dust that I possibly can. Currently, it is working but that does not mean a whole lot. Seems similar to problems from almost 2 years ago though currently it is only the keyboard acting up.
Any assistance is appreciated.
The keyboard has been continuously deciding it does not want to work anymore. Then all of a sudden it starts working to just five minutes later stop again. Then I finally got it working but it was in a permanent state of Shift key down. Numbers were symbols and the number pad wouldn't work at all. I rebooted the machine and the keyboard refused to work. I have since opened up the computer and tried to remove as much of the dust that I possibly can. Currently, it is working but that does not mean a whole lot. Seems similar to problems from almost 2 years ago though currently it is only the keyboard acting up.
Any assistance is appreciated.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Price is Right
Another sign of the times and change in history, Bob Barker has taped his last Price is Right. I don't know about you, but I definitely watched a many Price is Right shows as a child and some thereafter. He will definitely be a missed icon in the game show world.
Speaking of game shows: What were some of your favorite TV game shows over the years? Don't be afraid to admit you watched a many of them. I remember racing to turn on the TV at my grandparents as a young child to catch some of our favorite shows after school. Well, the actual racing to the television set was to see who got control of the TV for that afternoon, but it often landed on USA Today (I believe is what aired most of the shows back then.)
Press Your Luck (No Whammies!!)
Price Is Right
Let's Make a Deal
Family Feud
Wheel of Fortune
I might come up with some more later, but there is the start of my list.
Speaking of game shows: What were some of your favorite TV game shows over the years? Don't be afraid to admit you watched a many of them. I remember racing to turn on the TV at my grandparents as a young child to catch some of our favorite shows after school. Well, the actual racing to the television set was to see who got control of the TV for that afternoon, but it often landed on USA Today (I believe is what aired most of the shows back then.)
Press Your Luck (No Whammies!!)
Price Is Right
Let's Make a Deal
Family Feud
Wheel of Fortune
I might come up with some more later, but there is the start of my list.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Pac-Man Receives Face Lift
After 26 years, Pac-Man has a new set of mazes. What are your reactions?
Did you know that Pac-Man was created in 1981? Pac-Man seems like such an ancient game and one that I thought was around prior to me though maybe not by much. I guess I was wrong it I was actually around before it though not by much.
Did you know that Pac-Man was created in 1981? Pac-Man seems like such an ancient game and one that I thought was around prior to me though maybe not by much. I guess I was wrong it I was actually around before it though not by much.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Reactions to $5/Gallon
Are you ready to pay $5 for a gallon of milk? You just thought gas was expensive, but if you are a big dairy eater, the cost of gas may cause even more pain in your pocket book than the gas itself.
How much milk do you drink in a week? I have friends who can drink a couple gallons a week. I probably drink a gallon a week but overtime that becomes a gallon a month because I go shopping so infrequently. Cheese on the other hand is a large staple in my refrigerator and is enjoyed on a quite frequent basis.
How much milk do you drink in a week? I have friends who can drink a couple gallons a week. I probably drink a gallon a week but overtime that becomes a gallon a month because I go shopping so infrequently. Cheese on the other hand is a large staple in my refrigerator and is enjoyed on a quite frequent basis.
Donovan's may not be leaving Florida
This story gets more interesting by the day. The morning news reports that Donovan is looking to back out of the Magic deal and return to Florida. Florida's meeting with ex-assistant coach, Anthony Grant, did not happen as originally planned for this weekend. He has not been offered a job.
Chris you might get to see UK beat Florida under Donovan's reign this year after all. Definitely an interesting change of events, we will just have to wait and see what happens.
Chris you might get to see UK beat Florida under Donovan's reign this year after all. Definitely an interesting change of events, we will just have to wait and see what happens.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
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