Friendship, Homeschooling

Teacher Appreciation

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I FEEL appreciated!!

I FEEL appreciated!!

Today was the last day of our co-op classes. The highly anticipated student government elections went fantastic!! I’ll post pictures tomorrow. David’s campaign was successful and he won the position of Treasurer for next year.

Congratulations, David!!!!

It was an emotional day at co-op as one of my closest friends is facing the transition of her youngest to private high school next year. SOB! We have homeschooled together for many years and I have LOVED sharing this journey with her. This was her last day at co-op. I’m pretty much in denial over what it will be like next year without her there at co-op.

In the meantime some of the students from my class spoiled me with little Teacher Appreciation Gifts! Tim was wiped out from a long day and bad allergies, so I offered to post a picture of my special treats for the Project 365 Blog.

Does that mean he writes tomorrow or I write again? Hmmmm. We’ll see.

Project 365 – Day 107
Kathy

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Sunshine and Voting Booths

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I haven’t been getting much sleep these days. It’s been a full week with Daniel’s Chick-Fil-A dedication dinner on Monday, a homeschool Board meeting on Tuesday, Daniel’s birthday (I never get tired of watching his “NO WAY!” video about the new car – hee hee), and then a busy day of election prep.

Coffee always makes the work more pleasant.

The necessary tools for our work (including coffee).

Tomorrow we have our Student Government elections – I promise I will take a bunch of pictures and post the results!! The kids are giving speeches in the morning, setting up the voting area during second period and voting at lunch. Exciting!

All of which means I had to figure out some sort of voting booth to use. If I had planned ahead, I could have ordered this cardboard voting booth for only $17.

Maybe we'll get these for next year!

Maybe we’ll get these for next year!

But that would have required planning ahead, which is not my greatest strength. Plus, I’m sure the shipping costs would have been prohibitive.

Thankfully I have wonderful friends who are talented and creative. Krystal and Marion came over (one bringing me coffee – yes, I have the best friends EVER!!) and helped me plan out how we could transform some tri-fold display boards into mock voting booths.

Later in the afternoon, another sweet friend invited me to come and work outside on her patio IN THE SUNSHINE! Ahhhh. Not only did Michelle let me fix myself a big mug of coffee, but she proceeded to help me glue/tape paper onto the six display boards.

Coffee and Friends - perfect together!

Coffee and Friends – perfect together!

We used an entire can of spray adhesive, a roll of double-sided table, and nearly a whole container of glue trying to fix up these display boards. Meanwhile the kids decided it was summer and proceeded to have a massive squirt gun war complete with hoses. We are all enjoying these sunny, warm days.

This was BEFORE they got soaking wet fighting the boys!

This was BEFORE they got soaking wet fighting the boys!

And tomorrow we vote! Stay tuned!

Project 365 – Day 106
Kathy

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Excellent Eighteen

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Today, we celebrated Daniel’s birthday. It is hard to believe that my middle boy is legally an adult. I suppose it is about time I made my peace with it, since he has towered over me these last several years.

We bought Daniel an older black VW Jetta Wagon (2003) to celebrate this momentous occasion. He was rather surprised, as you can imagine. After the little Honda was rear-ended and totaled (not Daniel’s fault), I had promised Daniel a share of the insurance money toward a replacement car, with the understanding that he would save a matching amount. But as his birthday approached, Kathy and I determined to surprise him with a car of his own.

Daniel was quick to embrace his surprise birthday gift.

Daniel was quick to embrace his surprise birthday gift.

We’ve had the car for more than a week, craftily parked at our friends’ house. I ran around replacing one of the tires and getting the radio antenna fixed. Then this morning we wrote a birthday message on the car and parked it in the driveway.

Kathy sent Daniel out with some recycling — his reaction was priceless.

We are so proud of Daniel. He is making good choices, being faithful in attendance to his classes at Clover Park Technical College, pursuing his relationship with the Lord and cheerfully helping around the house.

And now he has his own wheels. No more waking up at the crack of dawn to drop me off at the train station. No more sharing a van with Kathy.

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

Project 365, Day 105
Tim

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Eat Mor Chikin

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On Thursday, the Tacoma branch of Chick-Fil-A opens, and our son, Daniel, will be part of the restaurant team. He interviewed a few weeks ago, and was hired on the spot.

Eat Mor Chikin!

Eat Mor Chikin!

I’m quite pleased that he will be working for a company that strives to honor God in the way they do business. In spite of the way that the owners of Chick-Fil-A have been unjustly demonized by the homosexual community, I deeply admire their corporate purpose: “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-Fil-A.”

Dan and Kathy head off to the Dedication Dinner.

Dan and Kathy head off to the Dedication Dinner.

Tonight Kathy and Daniel attended the Dedication Dinner for the store where Daniel will work. They discovered that out of 1600 who applied, only 100 were hired — quite an honor for Daniel to be one of the crew. At the end of the evening, they passed each new employee a baton to symbolize their inclusion in the Chick-Fil-A family.

Dan proudly holds his metal baton -- we expect he will thrive in this new job.

Dan proudly holds his metal baton — we are very thankful for this new opportunity for him!

Please join with us in praying for Daniel and for his employer as they begin the adventure of opening a new restaurant in Tacoma.

Project 365, Day 103
Tim

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