Back to the Grindstone

So, I'm back from my vacation to Datona Beach and I feel that I must be the luckiest sucker in the entire world.  From what I understand, the weather here in town was miserable with temperatures rising above 100 degrees.  The whole week we were there the weather was glorious!  75-80 degrees most days with little to no rain until the day we were packing the car to leave.  A tropical storm systm came up from the Gulf of Mexico and mowed through central Florida following us up the coast the whole way home!  Now we're back in town and the weather here has been grand!  I'll never complain about the weather again!

Now that I'm back in town I've started getting back to work.  I'm taking what I learned in the class I attended while at Daytona and applying it to my "course guides" which I've been writing since the end of the school year.  Each course guide will encompas a unit of study for the ProStart class I teach and hopefully make my teaching more fufilling.  The problem is, each course guide I've written so far has taken me approximatley 30+ hours of work.  I'm only on the 3rd one and I'm burning myself out already this summer. (who says techers don't work over the summer?)

Anyway, I've got a lot of exciting new prospects going into next year's teaching and I look forward to giving them a try with the help of my students!

I found out when I got back from Daytona that I was awarded a grant that I applied for before school let out!  I am going to purchase some software that should make the classroom portion of my class more streamlined and enjoyable!  I look forward to seeing how the students enjoy this new addition to our class.

Well, I've spent enough time rambling on, so I'm gonna get back to "Kitchen Safety" and see how far I can get today!

 Me when I wake up in the morning!  Yay!

Talk to you soon!

To all of you out there who are reading and paying attention, I've been in Daytona Beach "Working" for the past few days on refreshing some teaching ideas.  


Aside from fun times on the beach, eating out in some fun restaurants, and relaxing poolside, I am actually attending a conference and enjoying it.  


I'm not much of a sports fan but today, the class I am attending is taking a "field trip" to Daytona Speedway.  I know it sounds a little hokey but visiting a facility that feeds over 70,000 people a day when there are races going on is pretty impressive!  


I'll keep you posted and let you know.

Safe Foods Lesson

Well,
I've been spending some of my days during my summer "break" working on updating some of my teaching resources and I stumbled upon this ServSafe-Souljaboy video that is pretty nifty (that's right! I said nifty. What of it?!)

I'm thinking of showing it during class but have no idea how my students will react to it.  3 years ago, they would have loved it but I have no idea how much the current students will appreciate a Souljaboy reference!
I'm too old to make these kinds of decisions...

Any thoughts?  Any suggestions on what I should use?  Please leave links in the comments if you have any ideas!

Thanks a bunch, and as always "Eat Well"

P.s. - is this shirt school appropriate?
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Summer Reading

I Just downloaded my Kindle edition for "A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook"

Very, very cool!  I'm not just saying that as a big George R.R. Martin fan but as a chef and connoisseur of yummy food!

I can't wait to dive in "fork first" and try some of these awesome imagined foods from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" and developed, tested and tasted by the wonderful ladies at The Inn at the Crossroads

I strongly recommend you check out their blog, like their facebook page, follow them on twitter and show them support so they continue to have the courage to do what I've been threatening to do for years; cook my way through Westeros!

I'll keep you posted, share pictures, and tell you how yummy everything is!

I believe an Adult Evening Class is in the works at James Rumsey Technical Institute!  If you'd be interested, let me know and I'll keep you updated at James Rumsey Technical Institute - ProStart Page