Going Yankee

Tonight I am going to see the Yankees with my friend Ron Berler. We will be taking the train into NY. This will be my first trip to the new Yankee Stadium.   Cleveland Indians are in NY to take on the Yankees. Update - Last night the Yankees won 6 to 4 on Derek Jetter's birthday. Stadium looks great and we met a passionate Yankee fan (Ray) who was 72 years old . Enjoyed the night! The Red Sox also gained a victory over Toronto.  

Honoring Aaron

Yesterday one of my teachers Melania Smith came to me to ask a question. It seems that she wanted to do a scholarship for a young person in college and she would like to honor our son Aaron. I told her if was a wonderful thing that she was doing to help someone else as well as to honor the name of our son. A $500 scholarship will be presented to Randall Austin. Randall is a great young man who works with our after school program. Randall is in college and he did some observations in our art room and fifth grade this past school year. I noticed that Randall came in early quite often and he would be helping in the afternoon art classes. A great choice for the scholarship!

Some Final Valentine’s Day Resources

Some Final Valentine’s Day Resources

Someday Isle!

I want to lose weight!
I want to complete my evaluations!
I want to be happy in retirement!
I want to spend more time with family and friends!
Each of the above are things that I promise myself that I will do. However, I always seem to have some excuse or reason for not accomplishing these objectives.
I need to answer the following riddle: Three frogs are sitting on a lily pad. One decides to jump off. How many frogs remain on the lily pad?
Answer: three - Deciding to jump off and actually doing it are two completely different things. One must have the desire to action.

Falcon Video

To watch the falcons live go to: http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php


If you're interested in the peregrine falcon, scientists are studying peregrines that nest on a skyscraper .
Falcons like to return to the same nest every year, and there has been a nest on the 12th floor ledge of a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio since 1991. This year the female bird is "SW" and the male is "Boomer". If they keep control of their nestsite (peregrines are fierce and will fight for their territory), they will raise a family during the spring. Thanks to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, there are "FalconCams" that broadcast live from the nestsite.
Female perches on the "FalconCam"

Nestbox is on the right in the background
"Home sweet home"

The nestbox is located on the 12th floor ledge of "Tower City"
in downtown Cleveland, Ohio (see red label)
The first photo is courtesy of Scott Wright, who monitors the Terminal Tower nestsite. The photo of Tower City is courtesy of falcon fan Tony Rinicella.
There is a lot to learn about these rare birds, and as young scientists, you can study their behavior right along with the wildlife biologists.

Surgery

Linda ,had a right knee replacement on Tuesday. She came home today and is resting in our livingroom. The first two days were very hard on her because of the pain medicine did not agreed with her stomach. She is much better but it is a long and slow recovery. I am staying with her until January 17th to help her in her rehab as well as being her legs for things she needs. Linda previously (about two years ago) had a partial on her left knee but sadly she will have to have that knee replaced probably next year. Linda is very tough and she will push herself in strengthening her knee.
Update: January 15th - Linda is doing very well in her recovery. She does her exercises and she is walking with the help of a cane. She will have her stitches out in two days. I will be going back to CT tomorrow and Linda will be getting help from friends and family but will also be on her own.
Update -Linda worked extremely hard to get flexibility in her knee. She is doing very well and is thinking about having the other knee done within the coming year.

Yearbook Rediscovered 2011

In my high school yearbook (1965) John Mickola wrote the Latin phrase below with a Ha!Ha! you'll never know. Well it took 46 years but I finally have the solution.
gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo: The drop hollows out the stone by frequent dropping, not by force; constant persistence gains the end.
Interestingly, my methods of getting things done follows the path of planting seeds to an idea and then watering the idea until it grows.I recognize that one of my gifts is the ability to make people change their ways but I do not use force but time. John Mickola's quote came very true in how my success in my career has taken place.