Monster in the Closet!

The child opened his mouth to scream but no sound would come. "Run! Run!" he shouted in his mind, but his legs would not take him from this living nightmare. He raised his head to look at this creature square in the eye. Looking back at him with one, yellow blood-shot eye was the most hideous thing he could have ever dreamed up. The heavy breath smelled of burning tire rubber and a greenish glob of goo fell from its mouth and plopped to the floor nearly landing on the poor boy still unable to move a muscle. The boy blinked his eyes as if trying to wake himself up or in utter disbelief of what he was witnessing. There before him stood the massive beast that took up the entire walk-in closet. It was hunched over and yet its head still brushed the ceiling. The fur was matted and tangled which covered its body adding to the beast's size and fierceness. The boy could have sworn the creature was a hint of purple. "What a strange pretty color for such a frightening beast," the boy thought and then almost laughed at himself for thinking such thoughts as he was most likely about to get eaten. The creature grimaced at him as if it read the boy's mind and showed off its razor sharp teeth and extended its enormous bat-like wings. As the creature bent down to sniff the boy, its one crooked horn that was sitting right on top of its long, hairy snout barely brushed up against his right cheek. He shuddered at being this close. The creature blew a puff of air through its nose that caused the hair to stand up on the now near catatonic child's neck. At any moment he was half expecting to get cooked by flames, although he didn't know if this was a fire breathing dragon or not. "It didn't look like any dragon in the picture books but what else could have wings, sharp teeth and nasty smelling breath," he asked himself. The creature then sat back on its hind legs. "What is it going to do?" the boy trembled in terror. It then lifted its back leg and scratched its head like a cat. It was at that moment the boy was able to get a good look at the pointed claws that could slice him in half with one swipe. He was doomed to some deathly fate he was sure.

It's been a long time!

I knew I'd have trouble keeping up with blogging. Too much other things to do and not enough time in the day! Ramsey's graduation party was a success :) He had many friends and family show up. Prom was also a fun time for him so we're winding down his Senior year. The big day is May 30th and I'm sure I'll shed a tear or two.

PICS!!!!!

Big Sigh of Relief

http://questgarden.com/87/68/1/090930074200/

The elusive WebQuest is complete! Long story short, I had to RE-CREATE the entire thing. Blech. But let me tell you, it's a load off my mind for it to be finished.

I thought I'd have some down time this weekend, but looks like I've got assigments piling up. So I have to be responsible and find playing time later.

My Life.

Great News. Good News. Bad News.

What do you want to hear first?!

Bad News. My website that I've been working on for my final project is down/broken whatever. I'm not sure what my next move is. I want my students to begin working on it tomorrow.

Good News. Ramsey went to the Homecoming dance last night and had a great time. Brittany was home for the weekend and played with Kailey and Emily. My 5th grade field trip to Fort Osage went well. The students asked great questions.

GREAT News. I just got my final divorce papers in the mail. I've just shed 275 pounds and am officially single again. Look out world!!!

I'm STILL here!

Last weekend we celebrated Kailey's 6th birthday! She had it all lined out as to what we were to do and the order in which we were to do it. My favorite part was when we each had to tell our favorite Kailey story.

School is in full swing and the students LOVE the projector. We haven't started our blog yet, but we WILL. I promise! Right now our technology has been getting in the computer lab and working on FASTT MATH. After practicing facts is when I want them to get on the blog. They did take my survey and loved it, so I need to get more of the surveys incorporated into my lessons.

STILL working on my webquest. I've tried several websites to work on, yet I can't seem to navigate them easily. So much for a Master's in Technology! I won't give up though.

YIPPEE!!!!

I was able to log into my blog on the first try!

So my projector AND Airliner is up and running! I don't know what I did without them. The kids are fascinated and totallly engrossed in learning. We've gotten through one big experiment (3 questions to discover) and the Airliner was a HUGE help. Much better than the overhead. Now I just have to be even more prepared and scan everything that I need to show.

Right now my WebQuest is at a stand still. I'm searching for more websites to use.

3 day weekend - here I come :)