The Elferings

meeting of the minds, hearts and souls (usually)

New Routines and Baby Update

| August 29, 2007

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Back to School (aka Work)

| August 29, 2007

This week is workshop week at school – that means teachers are back in full force. It also means for me about 30 more people needing lots of different things from me. I am also still waiting for about 20 more computers to arrive so I can get new teachers trained before the first day [...]

Training Camp 2007

| August 22, 2007

Just when we thought training camp would always be the same… This year, we didn’t go as a family – too many scheduling conflicts to deal with made it impossible. But Jane and I still had an itch to go, if even for a couple of days. Our plan was to go Monday and Tuesday [...]

Perfect Day at the Pool

| August 17, 2007

It took a while to get this post up. I was trying to learn how to embed the video, tried a few plug-ins, and had multiple problems with FTP and my server in the process. Anyway, this is actually video from August 12, 2007 (happy anniversary, Begalkes). We spent the day at the Edina pool [...]

Work Before Play

| August 9, 2007

Today, CJ, Jeremy and Mathew helped me with a dreaded task: hauling old computers out to Stillwater where they accept them as free donations. This allows the school to dispose of old computers without having to pay per-pound at a public recycle site. They were an enormous help, especially since I’m supposed to be staying [...]

1st Trimester Report Card

| August 8, 2007

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Jeremy Converted Me!

| August 3, 2007

I wouldn’t go so far as to say I am now solely a “Mac User,” but I guess I’m pretty close at this point, considering I’ve saved my money to buy, yes, a Mac! I had actually saved the money by last spring from my “second job” cantoring for funerals, but I had to spend [...]

Test Results

| August 3, 2007

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