Explore the Life of Danna

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I am posting this for my class. We are exploring the need to learn technology to teach in today's classrooms. It has been expressed that we need to keep up with the technology available to include it in the classroom. Students will remain stimulated if the technology is there for them to learn from. We should incorporate the use of blogs and myspace in the classroom to promote new literacies. Do you agree with this philosophy?

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 8:40 PM 1 comments

She's Back!!!

So, I thought to myself - "Boy, I havn't blogged in a really long time". So, here it is folks. I changed the outlook of my blog and am trying to start my blogging addiction again. I really do enjoy it.

My life as a married woman - It is hard work being married, not a lot of people tell you that, but I love it. It helps that I am married to the greatest man alive (today he is anyway, ask me last week when we were fighting and it would have been another story). He is working out at a friends house pretty often and I am cooking weight watchers all the time. He said something about a double chin in the wedding photos that he didnt like - I don't know what he is talking about. But, I am proud of his effort.

Thought I would comment to a few of my fellow bloggers:

I am proud of Nate B. for his great effort in paying off his debt. How did you do that so fast anyway? I would like to know the trick.

Chestnut, where are pictures of us on your blog, I know you got em.

TerrBear, can I have my pillow back? Just kidding, well I do want it back, but you know.

I am happy for the texas couple expecting a bundle later this year. How exciting! You are starting a new generation in our family.

See you all next post! hopefully sooner than this one came.

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 12:11 PM 12 comments

So, I'm Married

It was a beautiful wedding (thanks to my creative family, especially mom), and the reception was a blast. I am still putting away the gifts and seems I will be doing that for awhile. The honeymoon is over, so now what? I love being married and all, but wow what a change from the frantic life of a bride to the new life of a wife. It is refreshing to be able to relax a little without the constant feeling that something has to be done right that moment. Don't get me wrong, I am still a very busy person, but just not as busy as I was. Thank you to everyone who helped make my wedding day so great!!

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 7:26 AM 3 comments

3 more days!

I only have to survive 3 more days of the planning and preparations for the wedding! I am so ready for the day to be here that it seems to be really hard to concentrate on anything else, like say work. Yeah, I should have taken the whole week off probably, but I didnt, so here I am. And, of all things I have a cold now. I am taking every kind of vitamin I can get my hands on because no one likes a bride with a runny red nose! I will just tell everyone I have been crying I guess, but you really know the truth, don't tell anyone ok! Hope to see some of you there - Saturday 5:30 pm.

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 2:06 PM 1 comments

Here's to you Dad

My dad called me last night and he was so excited that I had mentioned him in one of my posts. Well, I had to delete my previous posts and start over because the spacing was all off and it did not look very good. I guess I do have a little perfectionist in me. So, this is for you dad - I love you and you are the greatest guy in my life. I love Jamey, but you are the one who taught me what I know today about so many things. You are the one who took the time to teach me to ride a horse and a bicycle. You are the one who I always knew I could go to if I needed some help - and I know I still can. Yes, there will be a new man in my life in less than 3 weeks to take care of me and fix things for me, but I will always need you too. There are just some things that only a Dad can do for his daughter and no one can replace that!

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 6:47 AM 6 comments

Friend or just a blogger?

I occurs to me that some of you spend a lot of time fixing up your blogs. Don't get me wrong here I think it is great. They are so creative and expressive. I am blown away by some of the detail in them. Did you notice that I changed my templete? I am new to this and not very good yet. Although I have been shown how I still dont know how to post pictures or links to my site. But one of these days I will sit down and make it a point to learn to do those things. So, it isnt that I don't like your blogs I just don't know how to link to them. Last night I was talking with some friends about how we do not always put into our relationships what we should. We were relating it to the story of David and Jonathan, Saul's son. Jonathan loved David so much that he would give anything up for him. He was so emotional about his friendship with David that they wept together and he saved his life from his father on several occasions. It really made me think about the effort that I put into my friendships. so, are you a Jonathan to your friends? I think that blogging is a great way to stay in touch with your friends, but it seems to be on the surface most of the time. Are you talking to people outside of the blogging world?

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 6:33 AM 0 comments

New website

http://www.dannarae.zoomshare.com/0.html Everyone visit me at my new website. I am trying it out for work. We are trying to find the best ways to set up blogs and webpages. So far I enjoy blogger better than zoomshare, but maybe some of you who are more experienced at blogging could try an account there and let me know what you think. By the way, you may have noticed that I deleted all previous posts from this site. I was having trouble with spacing because I can not figure out how to post pictures. I didnt think that it looked very attractive, so I started over. Enjoy!

posted by Mrs. Patrick @ 8:53 AM 0 comments