Teen Sunday - THIS SUNDAY

Students, Parents, and ALL OTHERS,

This is a reminder that THIS SUNDAY is TEEN SUNDAY.
Please meet at the church at 10AM to help by participating in the
service. We will be:
Ushering
Greeting
Singing (all teens singing You Are My King (Amazing Love))
Support
Power Point (computer work)

James is doing scripture reading
Oliva is singing a solo

Meet at the church at 10AM to get prepared, pray, and practice.
The service begins at 10:40 AM
Following the service we will have a cookout (hotdogs and the
like) on the lawn by the FLC (Family Life Center). Family is
welcome to join us.

Be on the look out for my phone call... I will be calling you to
get your support... Thanks...

--
Tim Smith
tim@fortmillnaz.org
803-371-8581

20070319 - 1:26PM - Filters!! AUGH!

So the district put in a new filter... and it really filtered
EVERYTHING out... I can't access ANYTHING ANY MORE! It is so crazy
to try and get "real" information from the "real" world when you
live behind a firewall!! none the less...

Hey this week is only a four day week...

20070315 - 10:30AM - NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS

I just finished teaching my first class, and now I am working with
a bunch of numbers. A lot of numbers. I am coding into the
computer tracking system a whole bunch of new equipment we got. It
is not fun stuff, but part of "the job." And I won't be "teaching"
a class again till 2:30PM. I know a long period of entering
numbers, numbers, numbers.

20070314 - 10:28AM - Hot Day in Here

Where I work I don't get air conditioning. I open the windows and
it is a nice cross brezze, but that doens't last all day. By the
end of the day I would say my room is a good 85+ degrees! So I
have a hot day ahead, it is going to be 82 here in this area...
means Hot day in this room...

20070308 - 11:00AM - Pcitures, Pictures, Pictures

I have been taking pictures like crazy today! Why? Oh for the year
book, nothing like leaving pages to the last minute! So off to
more pictures to take...

20070307 - 9:23AM - 4 What?

A meeting today at 7:30AM... Can you believe that... So I made it
(we made it, mom here too) by 7:35AM and then took two donuts.
Then about 8AM I took another donut. And yes, then 9AM I took
another dount. Yup, yup, that makes 4 donuts. Boy I think that
eating right just went out the door!

20070306 - 1:54PM - Slooowww Day

Today seems to be going quite slow. I don't know why. I even had
more classes today then any other day of the week, and yet it is
dragging. Maybe it is the whole spring thing? I have been working
on sub plans that I will be using in a couple of weeks. Getting
subs lined up and all that fun stuff. The District is sending us
away to a training, I am looking forward to it. It too will be
busy though...

20070306 - 9:02AM - Lions, Tigers, And Bears!

Oh, my far to long it has been, far to busy too. Been teaching,
yes indeed, been teaching a new program and filling these minds
with much information. They have plenty of questions, and we but
can't help give them the right info! At anyrate, teaching a new
search engine these days call NetTrekker, pretty cool, really
easy, and fun too!

20070302 - 11:46AM - Email Fun

Don't you love it when your friends leave their emails open... you
write an email in their name... yeah that makes for good
fridays...

20070227 - 11:07 AM - Pita

Yes I am still eating penut butter sandwiches, but today it is a
pita penut butter sandwich. I am looking forward to it. Man it has
been busy, but it is one of those busy of so many little things
you don't feel like you have accomplished much at all. I don't
like that. I like accomplishing things... Pita in 35 minutes!

20070222 - 9:00 AM - GREAT DAY! Becomes "OK" Day!

Yes, a great day was planned... I mean a really great day. Only
teaching for about an hour. Then off to a meeting with friends,
and then a late lunch. Well, sadly, the "friend" part disappeared.
I am bummed about that. That is what makes the GREAT day an "OK"
day. I mean don't get me wrong, OK is OK, it just isn't great. Who
likes to eat lunch alone?

20070221 - 10:52 AM - Caffateria Apple

So I am a little hungry. I needed a snack. I didn't bring a snack.
I know the caffateria has "good" snacks. So I went down and saw
that they have apples. So I bought one and ate it. Boy it was nice
to have an apple to curb the hunger until 12:30PM. That is when
lunch is today... 12:30PM. I have been busy this morning and not
able to get all that I would like done... Off I go...

20070216 - 10:00 AM - Son here

I have my oldest son with me at work today, my middle child was
not happy about that. But South Carolina does not have school
today and we North Carolina (where I work) does. So I broguht him
along. I teach first and second grade today so he will fit right
in. And of course I had to pick up donuts for him today (I took a
few for myself too).

20070215 - 1:23PM - This Place Is Crazy!!

A friend of mine likes to walk in here (my room) and say "THIS
PLACE IS CRAZY!" So, he is not here today, and I have to admit
that he is missing out on one of the craziest days. We got
aqusations flying, people screaming at eachother... oh the work
place... and it isn't even the WOMEN that are doing it!!

20070214 - 11:43AM - Valentines @ School

Oh, I am sure you remember the day, maybe you got some goodies, or
you might have been the one left out!! But all I can say is the
kidos are all syched up and crazy. They are all talking about
thier PARTIES that they are going to have at the end of the day...
wild... wild bunch...

Almost lunch time, 45 minutes to go...

20070212 - 8:45 AM - Off And Running

Why is it on Mondays, everything seems more tired? I mean I got a
good nights sleep last night, but I feel tired. At any rate today
is shaping up to be a good day. I will be in the GYM for a couple
of hours today working with the Music Lady. Of course those are
the two classes that I enjoy... oh well... OH GREAT... A FIRE
SIREN JUST WENT OFF.... gota go...

20070209 - 11:57 AM - Real Fire/Say What?

so what do you do? Real Fire siren and out you go? 33 degrees
outside. Nobody has jackets, are we supose to get them? 30 minutes
outside. Crazy day so far... Lets be glad it is a friday...

20070207 - 1:06 PM - Smelly Cat (Smelly Kids)

Boy those teachers are really running these kids around. And they
are SMELLY, I mean really really bad, because it is stinking up my
whole room. It is the not taken a bath type smelly, dirty
smelly...

Smelly Kids
Smelly Kids
Where are they running you...

20070206 - 8:53 AM - BLOCKED? Not Yet!

Working at a school district puts you (the worker) behind a
firewall. Now I am all for that! There are MANY things that need
to be filter out of the way of the children and teens that attend
public school. I just wish they would allow some things to go
through!

Last night I got addicted to a new website
(http://outofthesilent.flixster.com/) called Flixster. One of the
teens I work with at church had a link to it... and yeah... it is
not blocked YET. So I might get some flixing intoday... oh too
many addictions...

20070205 - 10:32 AM - Cold/Tired

It is another cold run today. I mean drive. And I am a little
wiped out. But feeling groovy. The students are working away on
tests again. It sure is taking a long time to get them tested.
Been working on changing backgrounds, and getting ink to teachers.
It seems a lot of my time is getting ink to teachers...

20070202 - 11:33 AM - WIRE (Muisc Days)

So I am listening to WIRE by Third Day. I listen to music all day.
Usually it is "meditative" like ENYA and the like so that will
compliment the days work. Well, I just happen to leave this album
playing (very low mind you) and a girl in the back of the room (by
my desk, in First Grade), is just singing right along. It is very
cool. Sing girl, Sing! Her parents must listen to this album a
lot... She is getting a little loud now... it is funny...

20070202 - 9:48 AM - It Feels Like A Monday

Yes, no worries today. We all had to go to work and school. I hope
my son made it. It was a two hour delay for him. I am never sure
if he makes it or not. At anyrate it feels like a Monday.

Boy having that day off on a Thursday sure makes it hard to come
in. But I am getting the job done. It is a Friday. That is a good
thing. I set up a new background on the computers today for a
special thing happening here. The kids found that too be funny.
And now I have to move on without my co-worker here. There is one
who makes the day a little more fun... but alas he is home, sick,
today...

20070201 - 12:08 PM - SNOW DAY!!!

Yes, no school today, it was a snow day... So I don't have any
work to report on... I am working on "work" just not work "work."
Alright maybe tomarrow?? Maybe not... It the roads are too icy
they may cancel tomarrow too...

20070131 - 1:13 PM - Lunch Over/ Penut Butter

Yes another penut butter sandwich, but it was a bad morning.
Without even thinking I took TWO, yes count them TWO donuts when
offered. I didn't even realize till after I had them that I had
eaten them... Taht is bad... No more donuts... Lunch is over...
now a K/1 class... oh boy... kinder next again...

20070131 - 11:08 AM - Ink/Orchard/Busy

although this morning I have no students until 11AM I have been
busy changing ink cartridges, going to meetings, and fixing our
local program (ORAHCRD, a great program by the way). There hasn't
been much time for "fun" but non the less it is work. So a brief
moment in the waiting for classes to work, and then it will be 1
hour 30 minutes till lunch...

20070130 - 2:04 PM - I Got To Pee

A techer came, so I took advantage of them and went to the
restroom, thanks for worrying about me...

20070130 - 1:34 PM - I Have To Pee

All the classes I teach are back to back. That means that I have
no time between classes to do anything. Like pee. Right now my
blatter is full. It is 1:30 PM, I can't leave the room until 3:15
PM. That means I have two hours to hold it. It is going to be a
long two hours...

20070130 - 11:57 AM - The Lunch Stop

Nobody gets a lunch break. But right in the middle of the day I do
get a planning period. So it is kind of like a lunch break. I
plan. So off to plan I do... Now what to plan is another story. I
ate my standwich of penut butter. It was good... I hope it
staisfies through the rest of the day.

20070130 - 10:39 AM - EC and Time

I didn't even get a chance to go to this website yesterday. I have
been trying to make sure when I get home to spend the family time
that need wiht the family. So I am not sure how yesterdays posts
went. I have the EC group right now (only three of them) requires
a little less time of mine. But I have been fixing laptops,
wirless carts, and printers all morning... busy it has been...

20070129 - 2:41 PM - Kinder

Have I mentioned how difficult kindergarden can be. Well, I have
to remind myself to take a chill pill sometimes when it comes to
good ole' kinder...