Adteacher

I read another really good blog lately that talked about the importance of "re-charging" to the human lifestyle. It is really amazing to me how often people forget about that aspect of living. How can you do it? Especially at this time of year when it seems everyone is busy and school is either ending for high schoolers or about to begin again for summer college sessions? Well, I have learned the importance of a few key things, and I would like to suggest a few of them for you to consider. Exactly what do I mean by re-charging? Just starting anew. Getting a new wind, finding a way to re-energize. This afternoon, I was tired. It had been a very busy week and I had been working hard to get a lot done in not enough time. The coming week promises to be more of the same, if not more intense. How can you face it if you don't take time for rest and play? The answer, quite simply put, is that you can't. You will struggle through and not be your best - not a good option. E

Today I got sent a copy of a photo of the VERY first group of students who were allowed into the new  "LISD Career + Technology Center East" building from my ace photographer (who happened to be sporting the wide angle lens for his Nikon on the day of our field trip last week.) Thank you, HHS senior Cason Hallock! This really feels very special to me, to get to be the teacher to have the first group of kids to walk through the door of the school. To give you a little further information, one of our seniors, Heather Streater from LHS was the first student into the Graphic Design studio where this photo was taken. That was something that I pointed out to her as we were about to enter the room for the first time, and she was rather honored to be that. Heather is the girl in the front row wearing white pants. Congratulations to these students for having a great tour of the building and a really great field trip all day on our visit to Denton. They came back with some really

Well, I like American Idol. I've watched it religiously since Kelly Clarkson (of Burleson, Texas!) won it the first season. I liked it even during the Ruben Studdard and Fantasia years that followed. I would not buy a record by either of them, haven't bought an album by Kelly Clarkson since her first one, and frankly - I usually don't listen to any of the American Idols too often after they win. I think the spirit of competition that drives the show is what really appeals to me. I just can't stop watching even if I don't like the singers too much when they make commercial pop records after the show ends. I think that there was a singer this season that I will actually be buying a record from, and one whose career I think might have some appeal and some staying power. (Some would say that Carrie Underwood is another, and I would probably have to agree. Not so much on any of the other winners of the past.) The singer I liked so much this season was Crystal Bowersox.

Up till today, my favorite nanny of all time has always been Mary Poppins. You can ask anyone I know, that movie has always been in my top favorites list and I can still sing ALL of the songs from the soundtrack. (Julie Andrews is like a goddess as far as I am concerned.) Well, she is going to have to move aside now, because I have a new favorite nanny. Her name is Katherine Venable, DJCC ad design class of 2006. She recently graduated from the advertising program at the University of North Texas, and next Tuesday she gets on a plane and flies to the UK to begin her internship with Publicis UK in London. This has been a dream of hers for a long time, and she made it come true! I am so incredibly proud of her that I could pop. I can't wait to hear what her future holds, because I think that they will love her at Publicis and she will be offered a position to work in London. It is going to be a challenge for her, because she is going to be a live-in nanny to earn money to pay her way