Vegas Baby...

Happy Birthday Mom

I hope you and the girls have a good time in Vegas.

Remember that all important piece of advice...

What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas...

Except for Kathlene, I want all the sordid details.

Just try to keep her out of the Bars and Strip clubs...

Buenos Dias...

Good Morning,


Here I am at work waiting for the opening bell to ring. I looked out the bay window as the sun was rising, and this is what I saw @ 5:59AM.

FINI, FINETO,FERDIG,完成,終了... DONE!

Just some news to help keep everyone informed. As I mentioned before Kathlene has been working extra hard this year teaching full time and taking classes at night to get a Special Education Credential. If you would like to catch up and read the previous post here is the link, click here.

On Thursday Kathlene had finished her last class for the Special Education Credential. She received a 100% on her final and a 100% in the class. The student teaching portion of this term was a joke. 

The person that came to observe Kathlene in the “student teaching” class was in her class room for four sessions. Each session was ½ hour long and the instructor doubled those sessions up to make them an hour a piece. All in all, the observer/instructor spent two hours observing Kathlene’s student teaching, which took place in Kathlene’s own 3rd grade SDC class.

On Saturday May 31, 2008, Karla and I attended Kathlene’s credential ceremony. I got to see Kathlene strut across the stage to receive her credential. Of course this was after some miscommunication and incorrect pronunciation of Katharine Linderwhoven. Kathlene assumed they announced her name wrong and proceeded across the stage. After some discussion Kathlene set them straight, afterwards they correctly announced her name.

After the ceremony we joined the rest of the graduates and ate the most expensive piece of cake I have ever tasted. I figured that this slice of cake cost Kathlene and me between $12,000 and $14,000 give or take a $100.00 or so. Oh well you have to spend money to make money.
After all the fanfare Kathlene, Karla and I joined Krista and had a “celibatetory” meal at P.F. Chang’s. If you didn’t get that ask Kathlene…

In retrospect it is worth every penny spent and we would do it again. With this credential Kathlene will always be employable. Even if the Govenator decided to cut the budget and eliminated 50% of school spending, they will always need Special Education teachers.

Please join with me in congratulating Kathlene on a job well done. Kathlene gets a Gold Star this time.