If you had to be trapped inside a movie for 5 days, which movie would you pick?

I would love to be trapped in The Sound of Music. It is one of my all-time favorite movies. I would love to travel to Austria and be one of the VonTrapp children. I would not mind the routines, singing, or field trips. It seemed like lots of fun to hang out with Maria even though we know that Hollywood takes lots of liberties in portraying real life.

From the Mouth of a Seven Year Old

The seven year old sleeps on the bottom bunk, and the ten year old sleeps on the top bunk. The ten year old likes to sit on the bottom bunk to get dressed in the morning. The seven year old does not want her brother to sit on her bed. So, she makes a sign, "No Riley's on Reesie's bed!"

In the shower tonight Reese could hear her brother rough housing with their father. She took the quickest shower tonight in order to be able to go back out and play. She even said, "This is the first time I have dried myself."

Birthday and Cremation Day

Today we chose to spend the day with our sister and celebrate her 53rd birthday. On the other side of the world my family celebrated the life of Mon Chaisurat, my grandmother as she was cremated. Both celebrations are important in the cycle of life. It is important to recognize people during their lives as well as when they have passed on. Our relationships with others make us who we are. In the celebration of a life after death, it is a time for the living to gather and remember the person they have lost. We will see each other again, but it is just as important when the person is living to let them know how they are important to you.

What I Have Learned So Far About Daily Blogging.

Although I have done NaBloPoMo before, I have found that this time it seems to be more difficult for me to post until late at night. I am consistently looking at the clock at around 11pm and realizing that I have not posted yet for today. I do find that I have things to post about or have found the prompts from NaBloPoMo or The Daily Post to be sufficient. I have found before though that if I cannot find inspiration from the prompts, I have tended to give up on that month.

In addition, I started using Momento, an app for the iPhone, to journal about my family for when I have the time to write about it in a scrapbook, then I will have something to refer to. If I would just keep up with my blogging, I would not have the issue of having to journal.

Daily blogging is rewarding. For me it has gotten me away from reading about others and gotten me to concentrate on myself.

Cheering Section

Do you have a mentor? Tell us about him or her. Are you a mentor to someone else? Tell us what that relationship has added to your life.

As a teacher I believe that your fellow teachers serve as your mentors and your support system as we navigate the changes in the education system and the problems that our students bring to school with them. At this point I do not count one person as my mentor, but many people depending on what my needs are at a given time.

I am a mentor to someone else this semester. She is a college student that is getting her first experiences in the classroom. I believe that it has added to my life an appreciation of where I have been and where I am now. Because of time constraints, I do not feel that I have been the best mentor this semester, but I have tried to impart as much knowledge as I possibly can.

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

I was looking for the correct spelling of a friend's last name so I could post it on Facebook as what I am thankful for today. So, once again, thank you Linda Umstattd for your kindness and friendship. May you rest in peace.