Today technology is great!

catch me on another day, and I might not thinks so, but after about 45 minutes of tweaking I finally got video up on the class blog. I wanted to run a test video, before I did anything with anyone else, so I put up a little clip of me doing one of the song/poems that we do each day before snack. I completely DREAD being in front of the camera and it will likely be the only time you will see me in a video (I much prefer the behind-the-scenes stuff), so enjoy it while it's there. You can check it out here.

These days I've been starting to think about all the useful things that I can do with the video capabilities in the classroom. I could put together a clip on our coming to school routines (hanging up jacket, signing in with clothespin, washing hands and starting the journaling), so that when we have new students they could watch the videos with their parents to know what to expect.

Speaking of new students, my 3AM class got a new student (first new one all year in that class) and in the interesting thing is that he is from England - that means that in my 3AM class I now have *3* students from England and in my 3PM class I have *3* students who are from India. Weird, huh?

Interesting Sunday

Okay, so now looking back on the past two months (blog-wise, at least), I feel like I'm more interesting when I blog more (November = daily blogging; December = occasional blogging). Now, I realize that really, I'm not any different of a person in either month, but having taken the opportunity and time to write something - anything, seems to give a setting or backdrop for my mind. I'm probably not making much sense but the ending thought is that I'm going to try and blog more regularly. We'll see how it goes. :)

One interesting thing happened today - I had lunch with Barbara, the interim pastor at our church along with Ned, who is the current VP of the church and soon-to-be President of the Prudential Board at church. We discussed the idea of me taking on the VP position at church. This would be essentially a two year commitment (one year as VP and one as P). I've decided that since the timing works out well for me (having just retired from my API position and my LLL administrative role), I'm going to do it.

All of that has made me think about how much I really like my church and why. I think that really the crux of it comes down to the fact that it is a such a warm and welcoming congregation. People need not be perfect to be welcome there. I find that reassuring, especially in taking on a such a highly-visible position, *I* don't have to be perfect. (Some readers here know that I am far, far, far from perfect, despite my goodie-two-shoes impressions.) Many churches only want people who are *good* and don't make mistakes. I like that my church allows for people to be human -- no, not only allows, but accepts that people are human and will make mistakes. There is no need to go confessing to anyone about one's shortcomings - they are just between you and the Powers That Be (whoever that is for you) and that's ok.

Now to try and remove a nasty splinter that Sean has - hopefully a warm soak will make it easier to remove and he won't be screaming bloody murder for the rest of the night.