Posted in Counseling, School, School Counseling on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I heard an informative piece on NPR today as I drove to work. The story interviewed a pre-school teacher on how she got her students to not only wash their hands, but wash them long enough. She suggest the ABC song. This should take 20 seconds, the prescribe lenght of time it takes to really [...]
Posted in School, School Counseling on April 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I find that I go through my day and deal pretty well with the ever changing surprises, interruptions, changes in plans and side trips an elementary school counselor would expect. I think my ability to adjust and go with the flow holds pretty true for life in general. I guess it is in my nature. [...]
Posted in Cooking, NIH, melanoma on April 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There is a long standing family joke about this coffeecake. First off it is fabulous, moist and Bob’s favorite. The joke is that When Bob says, “Honey will you make dessert tonight?” The kids would all groan, because they had long given up on the hope that Dad wanting dessert might mean brownies or pie or [...]
Posted in NCI, NIH, melanoma on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
sunset
We arrived home last night around 9:00 p.m. and are both back in full swing. There is sand in my shoes and my hair still feels like straw. We both also have a few spots of sunburn where we didn’t slather enough sunblock to protect us from the strong tropical sun. But they are warm [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Greetings from St Maarten/St Martin. (You have to spell it twice. Once for the Dutch and once for the French side.) Can you smell the sun block and rum drinks with umbrellas over the net because I reek. Particularly of sun block, of which we do not seem to be able to put enough on. [...]
Posted in Cancer, Chemo, melanoma on April 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mine was a little better than this.
Remember your science fair project? Mine proposed that plants prefer classical music to hard rock and responded by growing lush and happy. Not a very original project and I don’t believe any ribbons were rewarded on that fascinating scientific investigation. (sigh)
As I write this we are gathering our supplies for [...]
Posted in Cancer, Chemo, melanoma on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bob is off to the NIH in Maryland on Monday for his sit down with several doctors and their Melanoma Clinical Trials. It’s an odd little practice, this clinical trial search thing. It’s sort of like speed dating without the speed. There is the part where everyone looks at each other’s information. Everyone sizes each other up, and [...]
