I have had five teaching jobs during my career. This is what I looked like in the first one at the Ohio State University School. Notice the old fashioned way of checking out materials. The picture came from the yearbook called The Scarleteer. The other person in the photo was Mel Busbin, the head librarian. I was his assistant. I only taught at this school one year, but I enjoyed it immensely.

Dance Music and a Couple More Rules

We sang one of my favorite hymns in church last Sunday. It was "Lord of the Dance." It brought back memories of when Becky B and Katherine sang it one summer Sunday many years ago. I also enjoyed "Tu Has Venido a la Orilla." Everyone else was singing it in English, but I love to sing hymns in Spanish when given the opportunity by having the translation in the hymnal.

Six More Personal Teaching Rules

• Arrive at school at least 1/2 hour early. That way if I am running late, I'm still early.
  
• Avoid giving detentions or sending people to the office.
  
• Skip the blue jeans on dress down Fridays. Tennis shoes and khakis are fine.
• Go to school everyday except when truly sick or my family needs me, but
  
• Figure out ways to go to professional meetings, trainings, etc. on school time.
• Don't Lose the keys.

I broke a rule today.

I have a set of rules for teaching school. They are probably unique to me, as I have never seen them written down anywhere. I might elaborate on some of the others one day. One of my rules is no tears at school. When I read Elizabeth's blog about Gracie growing up, some random tears slid down my cheeks. Fortunately, there were not many people in the library because it was my lunch time. That was very touching, and I think it should be published somewhere for lots of people to read.
On a lighter note, I have a new favorite TV show. It is Dancing with the Stars. It is really fun to watch celebrities dancing with professional dancers in a competition.

I started this blog to answer some questions. All of a sudden I realized - what could I possibly say of interest on a regular basis? I don't usually even comment on blogs. I just send emails to the blogger. However, the DJ on my morning radio station (91.5) was talking about the winter of 1977 this morning. I have lots to say about that.
We had a five month old baby that January. Lily is about that age now. Okay -it was Marie. You can figure out how old she is. Sorry about that. The temperature that month remained double digits below zero several times. I don't remember the exact day of the blizzard, but it was really something. The wind made incredible noises. Elizabeth had a special bear named Peter. We coined the phrase "Peter's Uncle" to keep her from being afraid. She certainly was not afraid of Peter and the thought of his uncle coming for a visit seemed to do the trick. Our dog, Karla, would not go outside by herself. After putting on multiple layers, Richard took her out. He came back in the house with a bloody nose. That's how strange the air pressure was that day. Needless to say, we all stayed in other than that. Our weatherman on Channel 3, Wally Kinnan, had warned us before the blizzard to go out for milk - which we did.
The other winter I really remember was in 1952. I grew up in the Ohio snow belt, although I never realized we had more snow than just about anyone else in the state. We had a two week vacation from school. It was great. Now if I have one snow day, it seems like a miracle.
Suzy - you made a comment on this blog. Are you the Suzy who has made friends with all of my daughters? I hope I get to meet you in person sometime.
Bec - Laura Root does not have a blog yet. I think she might be talked into it, though. Actually, I don't think any of the people I tagged have one - yet.

I had to start a blog because Ben tagged me and I had no place to be it. So here goes with my information:

Four Jobs I've had in my life:
Physician's assistant
Library page
Bow marker for the Columbus Symphony
Librarian

Four Movies I could watch over and over and have:
It's a Mad Mad World
Sound of Music
Music Man
Princess Bride

Four places I have lived:
Jefferson, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Washington Court House, Ohio
Stow, Ohio

Four TV shows I love to watch:
Desperate Housewives
Oprah
OSU Football
5:00 AM News

Four Places I have been on vacation:
New York City, New York
Oahu, Hawaii
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nevada City, California

Four Websites I visit daily:
Any Day a Beautiful Change
{Swoop and a Dart}
Day in the Life
Tallmadge City Schools

Four Favorite Foods:
Oatmeal
Blueberries
Bread
Bananas

Four Places I would rather be: (In alphabetical order)
Colorado Springs
Cuyahoga Falls
Largo
Torrance

Four People I am going to tag:
Anne Droste
Kay Hastings
Laura Root
Ron Watson