I tried the 3 brick break again yesterday. It didn't go well. I just went into the parking lot to do it and I don't think I was really prepared. I thought maybe not thinking about it would help, but it didn't. I ended up hitting way off center. I have it on video though, so I can see the problem. I didn't try it more than once this time. I'll start actually spending some time practicing and then take care of it.

The counters are in and they look really good. Next up is painting, although it'll probably be a few weeks before we get around to that.

School started last week...so far so good. Week number 2 starts tomorrow. Olympics end tonight, so I can start getting to bed earlier.

The CTC school picnic went pretty well this weekend. The setup was good, food was good. I felt like we lost a little control when it came to the games with the kids. There was a lot of running around and yelling and shrieking. I'm not a big fan of people shrieking right next to me because they won a three leg race. Maybe if we had a more organized pregame plan for the games we may have been able to reign it in a bit more. For some reason I had envisioned more adults participating with their kids in the race type things, but game time turned into keeping the kids occupied while adults were eating. In the end it seemed to work. The sidewalk chalk we bought was the best idea. I think we can just give the kids chalk and water balloons and they'd be entertained.

The demos all looked good and everyone seemed to have fun, so I think it qualifies as a success.

We have the new cabinets in and they have measured for the counter tops. Those will be installed on the 15th. Then we just have to paint. We're going to wait on deciding anything about color until the counters are in.

School starts on the 18th, so I'm now in the process of planing everything and getting lessons ready to go. I'm getting all the notes for CP transferred into powerpoints since I now have the smart board to work with. I also have day by day plans for the first semester for AP and CP. Environmental science will have some advanced planning take place before school starts (probably).