Golden Apple

Each year the San Juan School District hosts a banquet for their teachers of the year. Mark was selected as Albert R. Lyman Middle School Teacher of the Year. At this banquet all the honored teachers are given a plaque and thanked for their efforts in education in the district. At the end of the banquet, a San Juan School District Teacher of the Year is then announced and given a "Golden Apple" award.

The San Juan School District Teacher of the Year is Mark!!!!!

We were both surprised, I had no idea (yes, there are things which go on in the county of which I know nothing about!) Mark was so honored and touched by the award. It was so very special. I would just have to say myself, there is something very special about a person who works with 12-14 year old children for over 20 years and not only lives to tell the story, but loves those students as well. I'm so proud to call him my own!

Time - How do you do it all?

So, here it is nearly one month since I last posted - and why has it been so long you ask? Time, that elusive, sneaky, frustrating, limited, unlimited stuff that somehow I just can't seem to manage!!!! Why can't I find time to clean up my yard for spring, plant my seedlings in the house, work on baby quilts, work at work, go visiting teaching, do family history, read a book, watch a movie, visit my grandchildren, visit my neighbors, visit the sick and the lonely, go to the temple, sew, organize my house, well clean my house first and then organize it, write another play, finish writing a book I started 5 years ago, even install a piece of software on my computer!*!*!*!* Its all about TIME and I just don't know how to manage it well. I chase my tail and that's where I go - around in circles. Ah, that I could better figure out how to use that precious stuff called time!