Monday, Monday

Well, Monday is finally here, it went well, busy day. Both Gab and I had after school training for our new textbooks for next year. After that I had class tonight, so it made for a long day. We have it again tomorrow, at least I don't have class!

I played in the Sultana Golf tournament this last weekend, it went well. Our team ended up -4 after 18 holes. We finished in the middle of the pack, the winner had a -10. There were some great highlights; Cameron almost had closest to the hole (for a prize), but got beat out right at the end. I putted really well, including a 70 foot birdie, which was pretty awesome. I eventually hit a really bad shot that messed up my wrist and played not so well for the rest of the day. It was alot of fun though!

This last weekend was a lazy weekend, though I needed it. I thought I was getting sick and tried to rest a lot. We went to church, where we were challenged about reaching out to our friends and family about Jesus. So if you are reading this, and want to know more about him, just give us a call.

Well have a good night, and sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite.

Just a heads up

Some of you might not have this, so here ya go....

12838 El Evado Road
Victorville, CA 92392

Gab Cell 760 - 490 - 9087

Dave Cell 760 - 490 - 8581

Have a good night, and God bless you all....

Ludi

The Blazers

I believe that the Blazers are the future of the NBA, sorry Mr. Bell, but it is an easy thing to say. Apparently I am not alone.....here are some other people:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/sfl-flspira20sbapr20,0,368348.column

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/arash_markazi/04/17/blazers/

Here is another link that shows that Portland is moving up on the fan satisfaction ratings. I believe even though the Lakers are in the playoffs that its nice to see Portland rated much higher.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/mag/franchiseRanks?year=2008

Well have a nice day!

Muddy Buddy run

Dave and I have decided to enter into a race called the Muddy Buddy. It's in November in San Dimas (Bill and Ted!). It's a combination run and bike race. One person starts off running while the other bikes to the obstacle and then leaves the bike and runs the next leg to the next obstacle. Once the first runner completes the obstacle, they then bike to the next obstacle. We'll continue to leap frog until the end where we'll meet and crawl through a final obstacle of mud to the end! We've been working at training, which is fun for me since I love running so much! (For those who know me, you know that was sarcastic since I'm not into running.) We're actually doing pretty well with running fairly regularly, despite the busy schedule.


Here's the website for the Muddy Buddy, check it out!
http://www.muddybuddy.com/

Finally Friday

Well its finally Friday, and we are tired. We just got back from bible study, it was good but we didn't have much energy tonight, none of us did. This week marked a few ends, we finished state testing, my class finished chapter 5 (one more chapter to go), and April is almost done.
Tomorrow should be a fun day, I am going with a few friends to participate in a golf tournament. It's a fundraiser for one of our local high schools. We are playing 18 holes, 4 man best ball, starting at 8 in the morning at Hesperia Country Club (more like a run down public course). I don't know if we will win, but I would like to, just me being competitive.
Another thing that I have started lately is playing basketball once a week with some friends from school. Its nice, 3 v 3 or 4 v 4 for a couple hours. This started about a month ago when we decided to take on our 8th grade basketball team. We ended up winning, but it was closer than it should have been. So, with that in mind we have continued to play and get better.
Another thing that Gab and I have decided to do is go on the 8th grade field trip. The school is taking the 8th graders to Knott's Berry Farm and need some chaperones to watch over the kids. The nice thing is, is that we ride down with them on the bus and then we can do whatever we want. It's nice, because a lot of my students will be going, so I can still build that connection. The hard part about the end of the year is that I am finally building some connections with my kids, but in a month or so, they will be gone. I don't know how many times I will get to enjoy their company (for good or bad), but I hope to make it worth it. Well, its 9:30, and I am tired, maybe get some rest.

Testing is Almost Done

Today, Tuesday, is our last day for the state testing. We had 3 tests last week and the final one today. Most of the students are burned out, but our attendance was pretty outstanding, around 98% of the students came to school for this. I promised my students pizza if every student came to every day of testing. Overall they did pretty well but after the first day I didn't have everyone there. We have about a month and a half left of school, we get out at the end of May. Some teachers are counting the days, but I haven't yet, I am waiting until we are below double digits. As for my class, they are doing o.k., just a little lazy with turning in work. We have a chapter 5 test tomorrow and then one more chapter to go before the end of the year.

Our school also received some new gadgets. The company is called TurningPoint and they have this cool program and different receivers like the ones you see the crowd using on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire (I know I do). Well my department head ask me to find out how to use them and then give a presentation to the 8th grade math team. I am excited about this, though I am not sure everyone in our department will do it. I should be ready by tomorrow, which is the presentation.

Another thing that is up in the air is where I will be teaching next year. Right now I am one of the lowest rungs on the ladder and might get moved to another junior high. I like where I am now, but depending on what other people do, I could be moving to our new junior high called Cedar. Its a very nice school, I just like where I am at now.

Well my kids are almost done testing, I better see what they are up too...

The First Day

After seeing the Brown's webblog I decided it would be a good idea to post ourselves (the Ludi's) so people can see what we are doing. I am not really good at emailing people, so I figured if I update this regularly then people can see how we are doing, as well as what. Hopefully I can keep up with this blog.....I will keep ya posted.