I was in Ryan’s room this morning looking for his graphing calculator (that’s my next blog entry!), when I discovered a piece of paper that, apparently Ryan needs to fill out. It was titled, Whitney High Track and Field Goal Sheet. Very cool. His track coaches are making the athletes think about and write down their goals for the season. The first goal was pre-determined by the coaches: to have fun. Nice. Then, athletes need to write their individual goals and…
I was so excited this morning after reading an article in the business section of the Sacramento Bee. It was describing how Wal-Mart is having a positive impact on the environmental practices of companies it does business with, particularly in China. Apparently, if you want to partner with Wal-Mart, you’re going to have to be eco-friendly. Nice. I was excited because Nathan owns a share of Wal-Mart and when a company does good things, it usually ends up being reflected in the…
I was in Beverly’s the other day buying scraps of fabric for the Money Jars I will be having kids make at an upcoming book signing. I totally lucked out on the fabric scraps! The day before, I had gone in to purchase the fabric and was told that I could save a lot of money by waiting until the next day where I could fill a bag with as much fabric scrap as I wanted for only $2. So,…
I hung out in a second grade classroom last week to talk about saving money and then have the students make their own Money Jar. It was a fun lesson and the Money Jars turned out unbelievable. Kids and their creativity never ceases to amaze me. While we were discussing money issues, I asked the students how they got money. Of course, the usual answers came up…allowance, chores, birthday money. Then one little guy raised his hand and volunteered, “You have to spend…
Nathan and I were driving to a doctor’s appointment yesterday, chit-chatting about this and that, when he started to chuckle. “Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell you about (Mike) yesterday.” Nathan has been going through golf try-outs for the high school team. Yesterday was the last day of try-outs and I’m pretty confident that he will make the team. And (Mike) will, too, but not because of his attitude. Golf has a way of turning mild-mannered people into cranky two-year olds. I’ve seen…