As some of you might know my current calling is Activity Days Leader and I have 27 girls in all (don't get me started). I just wanted to share some sites that you might love AND help out with your current calling whatever that may be. I've become a recent follower myself and thought I should share.
1.) Sugardoodle: First of all I am sure a lot of you have already found or seen Sugardoodle and if you haven't it's probably most widely used for a broad spectrum of callings. You can find everything, music, clip art, handouts, activities for everything from scouts, activity days, sunday school, young men/women, and relief society. Yup, almost everything. Not my favorite site due to format, but it's a collaborative site so many postings and handouts from many different people.
2.) LDS Activity Day Ideas: A good comprehensive blog for activity days. What is nice is that activity ideas are broken down into categories, arts and crafts, family history, etc.
3.) Wendy's Activities**: My personal favorite! Wendy just started this blog so the down side is that it really doesn't have a lot of content yet, but wow! what she has is great. I love her style and that she goes all out. This site would be perfect for small groups (making all the handouts and crafts for 27 girls would be horrendous!) I could do anything with a nice small group of girls.
4.) Emma's Place: Another one of my favorite sites and on the top for most useful. Emma's Place has the most amazing helps and handouts for lessons, enrichment and even visiting teaching messages. Downloads are super easy and fast! All the work is done and you just need to print!
5.) LDS Nursery : Color pages, crafts and ideas. Church babies! OK, so this site really isn't helpful to me right now, I just think that they have the cutest and most adorable coloring pages and would really be helpful if you are in primary or nursery.
6.) A Pleasant Sunday: Just another cool site that is great for families and awesome ideas. I don't have children, but this would probably be up on the top of most useful when I do.
So that's pretty much it for my list, but don't worry it doesn't end there for cute fun stuff to look at and use. Once you plug into one of these sites look for links from their blog (blog stalking) to find some other random fun stuff like Hot Pink Pansy, LDS Primary Posters (helps for singing leaders) , and Family Home Evening Planner. Have fun, hopefully this is useful!
3.28.2010
Pneumonia
Last Wednesday Drew began to feel very ill. He began with feeling very tired, fatigued, a cough that turned into a high fever, aches, and chills. I felt so bad for him, but for the most part I thought he just had the flu and needed fluid and rest. I was so thankful that Drew did not have any work (he had already worked his max hours Mon, Tues, and Wed) and no school because of spring break. I know that Drew thought this was a huge bummer, but I couldn't think of a better time to get sick. You can stay home with time to recuperate without worrying about school or work. I went Thursday and Friday and when I would come home his condition was not getting better and he had such a high fever. His fever broke Saturday morning... I thought this was great, he's getting better. No dice. Later that day his fever returned and he was taking so much medicine with no results. Same thing happened on Sunday. We finally came to the realization that this wasn't going to go away without some help and we decided to take Drew to the student health center. We would have gone earlier, but the health center was closed over the weekend, just bad timing :( On Monday Drew did not sleep all that night, his fever never broke and by this time he had had a fever for 4-5 days. I dropped him off before work at 7:45am. I made it to work just in time and I went and picked him back up at 9:30am when Lisa could take over the front desk for me. While the doctor was not able to do any official tests they started Drew on antibiotics for Pneumonia. He also got some codeine and an inhaler. After reading about Pneumonia here all of his symptoms were spot on. He still did not go to classes or work for the next week, but he is much much better although he still has a lingering cough.
I really wish we could have gotten him to the doctor on Friday afternoon and maybe he wouldn't have been sick for so long. Anyhow... the most frustrating and sad part of this ordeal is how much I wanted to baby and take care of Drew, but he really did not want much. He was so fatigued and had absolutely no appetite. I was trying to make meals and soup, but when Drew is sick he really just wants nothing and he seriously did not eat for a week. All he could keep down was a banana a day. I am such the opposite when I am sick because I want to be babied. And now I realize why I don't get babied when I am sick because Drew is just the opposite. Anyway, I am just glad that he is interacting with his environment again!
By the way, we finally bought a new laptop! We've had the money set aside for some time we just didn't find a deal we liked. Our last laptop lasted almost 4 1/2 years! That's pretty good in my book! Also, our taxes are officially done and I'm starting to realize (after two years of owing the government money) that you don't get refunds without children.
I really wish we could have gotten him to the doctor on Friday afternoon and maybe he wouldn't have been sick for so long. Anyhow... the most frustrating and sad part of this ordeal is how much I wanted to baby and take care of Drew, but he really did not want much. He was so fatigued and had absolutely no appetite. I was trying to make meals and soup, but when Drew is sick he really just wants nothing and he seriously did not eat for a week. All he could keep down was a banana a day. I am such the opposite when I am sick because I want to be babied. And now I realize why I don't get babied when I am sick because Drew is just the opposite. Anyway, I am just glad that he is interacting with his environment again!
By the way, we finally bought a new laptop! We've had the money set aside for some time we just didn't find a deal we liked. Our last laptop lasted almost 4 1/2 years! That's pretty good in my book! Also, our taxes are officially done and I'm starting to realize (after two years of owing the government money) that you don't get refunds without children.
3.20.2010
Spring
It's the first day of spring
I am so happy!
I've finally shaken my winter blues
First fishing of the year earlier this week
We didn't get a single bite, but met up with friends
Drew is sicker than a dog
Poor Guy
He's looking a bit better
Fever broke
I'm trying to tend to a reluctant patient
Wish we were outside enjoying the beautiful 71 degree weather!
I am so excited for spring and summer to finally be here!
I am so happy!
I've finally shaken my winter blues
First fishing of the year earlier this week
We didn't get a single bite, but met up with friends
Drew is sicker than a dog
Poor Guy
He's looking a bit better
Fever broke
I'm trying to tend to a reluctant patient
Wish we were outside enjoying the beautiful 71 degree weather!
I am so excited for spring and summer to finally be here!
3.02.2010
Economy Blues
Drew and I received some bad news today which really made us re-evaluate our future. As most of you may know Drew is working on his Masters in Counseling Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. As Nevada has continued to attempt to create solutions for the present budget crisis they have continued to cut education funds. Nevada is currently 49th in the nation for education (or some such abhorrent figure).
When Drew went to class today he was met with some very disgruntled professors who spared no emotion in telling everyone that the whole CEP (Counseling & Educational Psychology) program is being cut. The professors were so upset they told the students the news and sent everyone home. They just didn't have the energy to lecture. I know that other college departments are being cut, but we are particularly frustrated with the news since Drew is projected to graduate as of May 2011. The program/department will cease to exist June 2011. We are hopeful that he will be one of the lucky ones to finish his degree. This mainly depends on the professors continuing the classes required for him to graduate. However, many of his classmates are not as far along as he is and will never finish a degree they have invested several semesters in. There will be no reimbursement for these students, their graduate credits will not transfer, the program will simply cease to exist.
Drew is very mad, and I am as well. We really feel that we made the right decision in coming to Nevada for graduate studies, but with the present cuts and situations in Nevada I keep doubting our judgment. All in all, we have felt right about being in the region, but Nevada's priority on education and UNR's standards of excellence is becoming a common source of frustration (even before this news).
This also affects our future. While we once spoke of settling down in Nevada Drew is sure that as soon as he receives his graduate degree (existing courses pending) that we will look to get out of Nevada as soon as possible. Nevada just seems to be this sinkhole...lacking in educational excellence and jobs. I know everywhere is suffering, but some states are doing worse than others. Nevada, I believe, is one of those states since the majority of income comes from the casinos and gambling.
We will sorely miss being so close to family and the amazing people here if we move away from Nevada, but we'll just have to see where the opportunities take us.
Drew will literally be the LAST generation of students in Educational Counseling Psychology to graduate from Nevada. And just as in the movie, The Last of Mohicans, he is a dying breed.
When Drew went to class today he was met with some very disgruntled professors who spared no emotion in telling everyone that the whole CEP (Counseling & Educational Psychology) program is being cut. The professors were so upset they told the students the news and sent everyone home. They just didn't have the energy to lecture. I know that other college departments are being cut, but we are particularly frustrated with the news since Drew is projected to graduate as of May 2011. The program/department will cease to exist June 2011. We are hopeful that he will be one of the lucky ones to finish his degree. This mainly depends on the professors continuing the classes required for him to graduate. However, many of his classmates are not as far along as he is and will never finish a degree they have invested several semesters in. There will be no reimbursement for these students, their graduate credits will not transfer, the program will simply cease to exist.
Drew is very mad, and I am as well. We really feel that we made the right decision in coming to Nevada for graduate studies, but with the present cuts and situations in Nevada I keep doubting our judgment. All in all, we have felt right about being in the region, but Nevada's priority on education and UNR's standards of excellence is becoming a common source of frustration (even before this news).
This also affects our future. While we once spoke of settling down in Nevada Drew is sure that as soon as he receives his graduate degree (existing courses pending) that we will look to get out of Nevada as soon as possible. Nevada just seems to be this sinkhole...lacking in educational excellence and jobs. I know everywhere is suffering, but some states are doing worse than others. Nevada, I believe, is one of those states since the majority of income comes from the casinos and gambling.
We will sorely miss being so close to family and the amazing people here if we move away from Nevada, but we'll just have to see where the opportunities take us.
Drew will literally be the LAST generation of students in Educational Counseling Psychology to graduate from Nevada. And just as in the movie, The Last of Mohicans, he is a dying breed.
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