Paradise Found!

Jennie and I did lunch at "The Daily Grind" in Imlay City today. It was delicious as usual. Then, we went on a quest to find the small town of Lum. Lum was "ho-hum", but on the way back, we found another slice of paradise. I assume this is Mitchell Lake, since it was on Mitchell Lake Road, but no matter what lake it is, it's very picturesque.

Fall...A Few of My Favorite Things

There are really so many things to love about fall already. But....for the record. My top 3 are:

-CIDER

-DONUTS

-APPLE PIE

Shopping @ Somerset

For some reason, I was at The Somerset Collection this week. Ah, I had to drop a video project off in Troy. Anyway, I took the opportunity to snap this photo from the 2nd floor--on my way to the 3rd floor food court (no wonder I've gained weight!)

Bless You Boys!

The Tigs took a big step towards becoming World Series Champions tonight. In a bottom of the 9th Magglio Ordonez home run, the Detroit Tigers broke their 3-3 stalemate with the A's and won 6-3.

I am at WDIV tonight enjoying the atmosphere of the league champs as the town celebrates the win. We did our normal 6pm newscast and then waited for the final hit--the 3 run homer--before hitting the airwaves to do some post-game coverage. Things were rocky, but that's what makes live television great. It was so loud that the reporters really had a hard time hearing what I was trying to tell them.

I think I heard that World Series game tickets go on sale Monday morning and you can bet that I'm going to try (at least for an hour or so) to get my hands on a pair. I think that would be a unique experience.

Go Tigers!

The White Stuff

October 12, 2006. The first snow of the year.

And the snow kept falling

Well, this will be a good tire test for the Saab!

An inch of snow?

Not quite, but the ground was covered quite nicely. Still snowing this evening (11:55pm)

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There's a Nip in the Air

How approproiate that on the evening of my first day back to school, the thermometer reads in the mid-60s. Definitely a fall evening here in Lapeer County!

"Crim de la Crim"

I am not what you call a motivated runner. This is ironic considering my father has literally run around the world...almost twice!! He's been running since he was 28.

I like to run, I just have a hard time getting in to that mental frame of mind I need to be in. I easily distract myself with thoughts of the other things I need to accomplish during the next hour, day, week and year. I'm hoping to work on this problem.

Anyway, Jennie convinced me that I needed to sign up for the Crim this year. The Crim is a festival or races held every August in Flint, MI. I agreed to do the 5K. My goal was to break 30 minutes, which I am happy to report I did! My time this year was 29:48--a goal to beat for the next one. Jennie did awesome...beat me by almost a minute!

End of Summer Nearing

Although Summer officially continues for a few more weeks, the end of summer is nearer for me. I have already started teaching at St. Clair County Community College two days a week and Lapeer ETC starts this week with two days of professional development before students arrive the day after Labor Day.

I'd say on a scale of 1-10, I'm at about a 7 for my Interactive Media class. I moved classes this year and I still have a lot of work to do before day 1 of class. This is my main concern.

I feel pretty good about everything else. The curriculum is coming along--since this is only year two, I've got more work to do again this year. We hired a paraprofessional to help with class. She has lab experience and will be a much needed asset to the program. My goal is to make IM the premier digital media class in the state. Then, I'll work on the country.

I'm thinking about putting in a proposal to speak at MACUL this year on how to start a successful digital media program. We'll see!