Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Mary Poppins at the CML!



Yay! I have a picture to share! I dressed up for Halloween at the CML since the chumpsters from the University Preschool were coming in. You might wonder if I will EVER wear anything but that Mary Poppins costume! :) I think that after this year it will have to be retired. Even though I think it is a cute costume, I'm getting a little bored with it, and kids don't know who Mary Poppins is anymore anyway! It is always fun to have the kids come in. I got to do 2 storytimes, and the kids were hilariously cute in their costumes. Shortly after they left, I changed into my civilian clothes...it's not so much fun to be dressed up all day at a University! Mostly you just get strange looks! Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 30, 2006

Something to say...

Yeah, I'll probably be posting on here quite often, not necessarily because my life is very exciting, but I do have a lot to say! :) I just found out last week that I am going to be the Interim Head of the CML while my boss acts as an assitant to our Library Dean, who is losing her Associate Dean. It should be a good experience, but they "can't" give me the compensation that I asked for, so I am still on the hunt for a new job. Something that will hopefully pay me what I'm worth considering all of the job experience I have! I know I'm biased, but I think I'm a lot smarter than the majority of the people who work at the Library and are (I just found out) making RIDICULOUS amounts of money! : So maybe today this is more of a rant than a post! :)

Tomorrow we have chumpsters coming in for storytime, so that will be fun. I am going to dress up as Mary Poppins (again). They probably won't have ANY clue who I am, but oh well...it's more about me seeing THEM dressed up than anything!

In a couple of weeks I go to Nashville for the National Teachers of English conference. I had a great experience last year, but I'm sure a lot of that had to do with the fact that I got to hang out with Scott, Margie, and Felix for a week! But I've never been to Nashville, and my Children's Literature professor at UNLV has gotten me invited to some author dinners and receptions, so that should be cool! Although I'm not very good at going to such things by myself, but I'll just have to fake it...put on a different persona for the time being! I should get to see some of the sights as well, but most of it has to do with country music, so I'm sort-of at a loss! I'll let you know what I end up doing, and I'll TRY to take some pictures to share!

Until next time....

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Pittsburgh JOHNSONS

Hi JOHNSONS,

Margie and I thought this would be a good place to provide a single repository of all the slideshows and videos we've (well, she's) created. Before graduation, the University communicated that our accounts would be deactivated 3 months after graduation, but so far mine is still alive. So thanks to the fine folks at Carnegie Mellon , we'll plan on continuing to post more slideshows there until further notice.

Also, Margie is going to send out the last of Felix's "only-child" photos sometime this week, then I'm sure we'll follow that not too much later with pictures of the new baby, who we hope will arrive next weekend.

PHOTOS
Date Sent
Filename (Link)
Sz (MB)

1. Mar 21, 20051.8


2. Apr 25, 2005FelixShow2.pdf
1.1


3. June 6, 20052.0


4. Aug 10, 200514.6


5. Sept 26, 200514.7


6. Nov 11, 200510.5


7. Jan 31, 2006
Winter_Felix.pdf
52.8


8. May 31, 2006Felix_Show_June.pdf3.7

9. Nov 4, 2006 November_2006.pdf3.8

10. Jan 4, 2007

Christmas06.pdf
3.6


PHOTOSHOWS




Date SentFilename (Link)


1. Jan 4, 2007
Holidays 2006



2. Mar 18, 2007
Our Family 2007



3. July 19, 2007
Summer2007



4. Nov 1. 2007
PictureShow4








VIDEOS




Date Sent
Filename (Link)
Sz (MB)


1. Jul 6, 2005crawling 7-4-05.mpg32.0


2. Jul 9, 2005talkingandjumping7-7-05.mpg32.0


3. Nov 24, 2006
Thanksgiving.wmv
16.3


4. Dec 26, 2006
Christmas_daredevil.wmv
11.0


5. Jan 26. 2007Sledding Accident.wmv
3.3


6. July 19. 2007Harmonica Jam SessionYouTube


7. Aug 25, 2007
Alphabet Pasta HeingYouTube

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Happy Birthday!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEITH! We expect a blog about last night's happenings!

Thursday, October 26, 2006



Welcome to the JimmySyme Blog - I thought I would start things off with a few pictures from our trip to Salt Lake City on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. We went to see Barney Live on Tuesday and then Riley went to a Halloween Party with her cousine Kade on Wednesday. No he is not in the KKK, he is supposed to be a ghost. Riley is actually going to be a Princess, but had to borrow the Lion costume since we came ill prepared for the neighborhood Halloween party. I hope everyone enjoys posting to the blog.