To follow up...

Both of the interviews went really well.  I like the people at one of the schools a lot, but I like the actual buildings at the other campus a lot.  I’m still hoping something turns up in Elk Grove, but it would need to be in the next couple of days or it will be too late!

 

Love you all.

Wishing you the best!

Interviews!

Hello my beautiful friends.

 

How is life for you all?  It’s 7:32 AM on a summer weekday morning and I am already up and at ‘em.  Why, you ask?  I have an interview!!  It’s at 10am, but it’s a 45 minute drive.  The drive is what makes me hesitant.  But it’s a great school district.  I have another interview Friday, and there’s one more school that wants to set one up with me.  Unfortunately, none of these interviews are in my preferred district.  I may for a year or two end up teaching in a place that is less than ideal, but I think I should be able to tough it out for a year, two tops. 

 

In other news, things are good.  I’m going to the HS group today at church.  I talked to John on the phone yesterday. J  I’m a total dork.  I met him once, and in my mind I start playing out all of these things that could someday end up happening.  I don’t know anything about him, not really, anyway.  He’s funny and very easy to talk/banter with.  He’s going to take me out to coffee to discuss my involvement in the high school group.  Don’t worry—even as I try to hold in the reins on my silly mind, I will behave quite properly and professionally.  Well, as professionally as a HS youth worker ought to!

 

Anyway, loves, I should be getting ready for my day.  If you read this before 10am (I’m guessing Hannah’s the only one that’s likely to do so) pray for me!  If you get it after, pray that both the principal and I make a wise decision!

 

I don’t have the blog open; I’m sending this via email.  I don’t remember what all I still need to reply to.

 

I promise I’m not pregnant.  J  Oh, and I’m already done with jury duty.  I was excused from a case that could have taken 2 mos because I need to use this time to find a job.

 

 Hannah, you and Matt are more than welcome to come and stay the night (already cleared it with the parentals)—just give me a heads up when you know when you’ll be here.

 

Val, how’s it going?  Are you getting along with the familia?  Have you been listening to Rush, lately?  What’s he say about the whole “Imperial Domain” stuff going down?

 

Michelle, you should figure out how to post pictures here and send us some shots from Matt and Charity’s wedding.  Just read the how-to.  You may have to click help to get there, or it may be on the right hand side of the blog somewhere.  I’m glad that it was nice!  Was it as hot as you thought it may be?

 

So, ladies, is the consensus that we go ahead with Christology of the Later Fathers?  Or something else?  Just because I’m already reading Christology doesn’t mean that I’m permanently attached to the idea or anything. J

Well, like I said, I should go.

Much love from Sac-town!

-Danielle

Sending Posts Through Email

Hey ladies.

This was sent via email.  How’s it look?

 

Here’s how to post using email.  To get to these screens, you’ll need to sign in at blogger.com and click on Town Square.  Then follow these instructions:

 

The Mail-to-Blogger feature turns any email account into a blog-posting application. In Settings | Email you can create a Mail-to-Blogger address which you will use to send posts via email to your blog:

To post to your blog via email, you need to configure your Mail-to-Blogger email address in Settings | Email:

The format of the email address is username.secretword@blogger.com. Note that this email address must be kept secret. Otherwise, anyone who gets it will be able to post as you.

Also be sure to specify whether or not you prefer your email posts to publish automatically. If this option is not checked, then your posts will be saved on your account but will not appear on your blog until you log in to Blogger.com and publish them yourself.

Once you have saved your Settings, you can send email to your blog. The subjects of your email letters will be the titles of your posts, and the body of the emails will be the posts themselves.

 

To Post Posts

Town Square

My silly silly friends.

To post a post and not a comment:
Either...
1. Go to the blog womenofbiola.blogspot.com
2. Click on the "BlogThis!" button next to the "search" button near the top left of the screen. Sign in. Change the title of the post if you wish, but don't erase the html language.
3. Type your post. Click "Publish" on the top right of the screen.
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or
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1. Go to blogger.com
2. Sign in using your special info.
3. Click on "Town Square" in your dashboard.
4. Click on "Create New Post" near the top left of the screen.

The bonus of doing it the second way is that you can do extra formatting stuff, too.

There may be a third way to post posts too, via email. I haven't gotten this to work yet, so when I do I'll update you.

As far as comments, I don't know how to make them show up on the screen. They don't bother me much as they are, because I have all the posts sent to my email address. Stayed tuned for the next how-to on how to do that. :)
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Love you all ladies. My 'rents are waiting for me to go with them to din-din.

Later. :)

pretty darn sure...

....that i can't answer Michelle's question. I'd have to see the computer, seeing as i had to have danielle the expert blogger queen show me.

work is going much better...i actually got to stick patients today! i know that doesn't SOUND like a lot of fun, but it is so much better than watching someone else for 12 hrs straight. not that i am there for 12 hrs- i have gotten off early a couple times, up to 2 hrs! i had a hard time doing that, integrity issues, but if there isn't anything to do, there just isn't. saturday was a hard day for me. see, they don't really have any expectations of me. normally, this would create an ideal situation. but, if they don't have any expectations, then i can never get better. i could be a complete imbecile and nobody would say anything...they would just think that i was hopelesss...it would not be worth their time to help me get better. i think there cultural issues running through here too...they are almost all Asian and tend not to have "time" to help me learn the system...they work quickly and efficiently, too quickly for me.

but, today is better. my nurse has let me do a lot. hopefully i can start regaining my independence. i have felt like a confused little kid, latetly.

i'd like to announce my official retirement from Marie Callender's. Ah, what a wonderful feeling.

Michelle, thanks for updating us...i will eagerly await your additional contributions to our blog. its just not complete without you! and thanks for telling us about the wedding. if they post pictures, let us know!

Danielle, what can i say. i worry about you...pregnancy? principles hitting on you? do i need to come up there?? speaking of, i think we'll come and stay a night if thats okay, but i don't think we can make it for River Rafting cuz matt wants to travel weekends. we'll see

Val, um, ditto on Michelle's questions, i guess. i don't know how to change comments.


okay, i'm out!

Hannah

SOMETHING IMPORTANT!

I just received this email from Charity (although we had all ready talked about it some). It is forwarded from her sister:

Hello to all of you who have been so faithfully praying for me!!!!Thanks so much for all your prayers, they have paid off.After school ended there were about 2 weeks where things were not lookinggood at all. I got a lot worse. Most of my days were spent in bed andwas denied 4 times by different insurance companies. But in the last weekGod has been answering prayer like crazy. We found an insurance companythat will cover the surgery and to top things off......The doc told me aweek ago that if I lost 4 more pounds then they were putting me in thehospital hooked up to a feeding tube. Since that day I haven't lost apound, in fact, I have been able to eat more then I have in a long time. 2 days ago I had another cat scan. I told my family that after everystorm there is always a rainbow and for some reason I felt like mine wascoming. Sure enough, results came in this morning and my pancreas hasshrunk to half the size that it was and I am off the "at risk of death"list. Although the damage is done and I might not ever be able to win anyhot dog eating contests again, I am not in nearly as much pain and havewhat seems like TONS of ENERGY!!! (I have actually started runningagain!!!!) Doctors are still planning on doing surgery but the chance ofme actually making it out alive are way better. I want to thank all ofyou for your constant prayer, support and encouragement. You have no ideahow much it means to me. I wish that I could give every single one of youa big hug, but I guess I'll have to wait till I see you. Thank you Godfor rainbows and thank you for the people that help make them possible!!!I love you all!!!!



From Smitty: As a side note, don't stop praying for their family...they are still not doing all that great.

La de da

I post a lot too. There are only four of us. We should all post a lot. It'll be like being bubbsaholics, only better.

I had an informal interview thingy today. It went well. The principal hugged me on my way out. :) The catch is it's a weird position. In a low achieving school that they're trying to improve. I'd have the same kids for three hours in the morning, and another set for two hours after lunch. I'd be doing both history and English. And did I mention it's seventh graders? The job will be officially posted next Friday; I'm scrambling to make sure all my other apps are in and clear because I would really prefer to work in a different district, if possible. But, as the saying goes, a bird in hand is better than two in the bush, so if this position is offered me and I have nothing else, then I may take it. Pray that I know what to do when the time comes!!

And yes, I think we should all post our thoughts about the reading here, once we've decided what it is. Oooh, I know. We should read Chaucer followed by the Shephard of Hermas. That way everyone would get to reread the best books ever. :)

Much love!

i post a lot

i feel like i post a lot now. am i just that boring?? is my life that needy? yes, it is...i need you guys. its like getting new email everyday, in'it?

Two days

Town Square

So ladies, how's it going? Everyone surviving?

I'm spending the week before jury duty hanging out with old friends. I'm nervous that things will be weird, though...and I'm sure they will but then time will pass and they'll be fine.

We have generic Tivo here now. I can rewind live tv. :) That's about the most exciting thing I've come across since being home.

Michelle, Val, how's the rearranging coming?
Hannah, how was hanging with Glo? How's Matchu?

I'm starting to read (reread, I guess) the Christology of the Later Fathers--Athanasius, especially. I'm only through the intro, which I didn't read before. I was thinking though, it could be cool if we all read something together. Maybe not at a set pace, because I know we're busy, but it would be fun to be able to discuss something. Interested, anyone?

Also, I'm a lame-o. I don't have ya'll's addresses. Can you bubbs them to me?

Love ya much!
XOXO

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

my little heart is shriveling in pain and torture at the thought of you all leaving....= (

last night it finally seemed real...thank goodness we were all standing in front of the Regal Cinemans or i'm not sure our goodbyes would have ended up so short. did anyone else cry after leaving?

Shallow Posts, con't

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Oh baby, oh baby! 

One hot mama. 

It gets even better. 

True Beauty 

i updated MY profile!

...and its WAY better than valieries...

and look, i figured out how to blog too! i am so glad i was able to take this precious time off work to do so. k, gotta go!

Upcoming Events

Posting this here so no one forgets... :)

6/3-4 Jen's bachelorette party

6/5 Val becomes a godmother

6/10 Jen's wedding

6/12 Trip to Disneyland

6/17 Danielle's last day of student teaching

6/18 Pack. Go to the Grove?

6/19-20 Clean, Clean, Clean!

6/21 Pack up and Go!

Can we keep the schedule updated here with other events? When are we going to see Hitch? I wouldn't mind seeing the Pacifier sometime, too! :)