February 6

Cathryne and I went down to Austin to the Texas Computer Education Association early Wednesday morning. I was to present a series of student websites that I had done at school with the 6th graders. Since we got to Austin around 10:30 we ended upparking at the Chase Building about 7 blocks from the Convention Center. That parking spot ended up costing us $18. Shame on Chase! The presentations went fine until the last 5 minutes of the last presentation Thursday. The company wanted me to show how to use their program, WebBlender, so I thought it would be great to use the audience and add one or two to the program and link them together with some graphics. No one told me they were using a different version of the program so it was pretty funny putting in not one picture of an apple but a whole folder. They were gracious about the flub and the audience just laughed knowingly. Thank goodness for techy teachers who just roll with the punches.
We spent hours at the vendors listening to their spiels and Cathryne and I won a couple of software programs. She managed to talk Epson into sending her a specialist to work with her on grants and I got one to give me a whole typing book; much like the ones we used in typing class.
Two days of workshops and vendors left us on overload so we ate at the Mongolian Grill (my favorite restaurant anywhere!) and drove on in. It's such fun looking at all the computer and tech things we'll never get, but winning all the software and seeing all the new things is so worthwhile. Now I hope I can get the school to purchase a couple of things like a new typing program and some Elmo's.
I came home to the same mess from the floors, but the service came to "roter rooter" out the ducts and it smells nicer now. I encourage everyone to clean out their ducts before they get so nasty!
Today was a rather tired day at school. The cleaning service is supposed to come on Sunday. Everything we own is in the living room I think as we can't even use the towels in the hall closet as they are covered with dust. I'll pull out everything in the closet tomorrow and throw away everything we haven't used in 10 years!
I tried to work on the March SAL but my stitches seem to have taken a rather nasty turn so I'll have to frog and restitch. I guess stitching in a moving car isn't the best thing to do. I'd like to have some more 18ct Aida to change the colors each month.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON in Ft. Lewis. We miss him everyday that he is gone. I just wish we could see him more often.

Also Happy Birthday to my little step-great granddaughter in Ft. Worth. She is now 2 and such a delightful little girl. To her I am GG, to me she is a love. How can one love a little munchkin so much???