Badge 16 - Go World Wide

This is a badge about building a website. Ok, well I've done that (repeatedly) so my spin on this badge is to revamp my main website and connect all of my other websites and organize my online persona.

To start with I'm collecting my websites - obnoxious isn't it.

http://www.hamres.com
http://www.techiesteaching.com (this was an attempt at playing with Drupal)
http://web.me.com/mhamre/Site/Welcome.html
http://techiesteaching.blogspot.com
http://techiesteaching.pbwiki.com
http://midwestgirlsguide.blogspot.com/
http://lvusdtosa.blogspot.com/
http://welovethecullens.wordpress.com

Plus other social networking sites -
http://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannhamre
http://www.myspace.com/serenitymine
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-Ann/721335847
http://www.twitter.com/mhamre

Photo Posting Sites
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahamre/

(I'm afraid there may be more later...)

Starting Badge 31

I picked Badge 31: Exercise your Options because I've let fitness go for other priorities - school, work, eating :-) Time to prioritize and work on fitness goals. The badge recommends 5-6 days of 30 min ~ cardio, 2 days of 15-20 min ~ strength training, 2 days of 5-10 min ~ stretching. This will be an ongoing badge. Any suggestions on determining when I "get" my badge?

Cardio = ?
Strength = ?
Stretching = touching my toes (without bending at my knees)

The Badges

Ok, so I went through the book to figure out which badges I had already completed and I decided that even if I had "completed" the badge I need to do something intentionally above and beyond to actually get the badge. These are the badges I'll be demonstrating:
1) Connect with your Tribe (Family Rituals)
2) Trace Your Roots (Genealogy)
3) Get Down to the Knitty-Gritty (Knitting)
4) Take a (Really Good) Picture (Photography)
5) Go World Wide (Building a Web Page)
6) Roam Where You Want to (Travel)
7) Find Your Money (Budgeting)
8) Speak Geek (Computer Care)
9)Share What You Know (Teaching)
10)Get Well Read (Book Lover)
11)Know Your Best Cellars (Wine Appreciation)
12)Go Back to School (Continuing Your Education)
13)Organize It (Organizing)

There are 60 badges in all. Two down 58 to go!

Badge 19 - bead it

I had a fabulous time with Nancy, Kim, Susan, Betsy, and Kelly at Friday's Beads and Books party. Everyone can cross off the Beading Badge. I would have liked to have made copies of every project created that night. Betsy's were especially beautiful and I was kicking myself for not taking pictures of everyone's ideas!

The book exchange went well also. I'm excited to start Hunger Games. It will be the highlight of my flight home on Saturday.

Sent the Merit Badge book off with Kim - gotta keep spreading the word! :-) Come on girls. Time to start collecting those badges.

Dreams Coming True

So I got my first online teaching job with California Virtual Academy. I will be teaching high school Web Design and I can't wait! My official start date is Monday. I guess it's time to look for a new badge. :-)

Badge 1 - Dare to Dream

What is your dream?

This was a fun exercise because I enjoyed the trot down memory lane on all of the dreams I have already accomplished. Now I'm finding it a little difficult to write my dreams for the world to see. I guess writing about them makes me a little more accountable than leaving my list in the little flowered notebook next to my bed. I have also discovered that when taken out of my own fantasy my "dreams" sound a little child-like and therefore not something worth pursuing. I find myself fighting the need to "be a responsible adult". So I'm letting myself off of the hook. These are dreams right, and therefore possibilities? I like the sound of possibilities better than dreams. Seems more adult-like.

Dream - my dream is to have flexibility. I want to keep an apartment somewhere, but spend most of the year traveling, staying with friends and family and seeing more of the world. I'm working to find online teaching jobs because I think that would be a great combination of my skill set and my dreams.

Well there it is...please keep your snickers to yourself. :-) There's nothing wrong with a dream.