WW: The Orpheum Theater {Linky}

I've been super duper busy with midterms. I had to rewrite my exams because the students have newer systems, so we can't use the online testing system we were using. Lots of work!

Anyhow...a few weeks back we went to The Orpheum Theater here in Omaha, Nebraska. It's such a beautiful building! I took my students there because they were working on a Theatrical Campaign.

Outside:

I had to pull out the fisheye lens:

Chandelier:

The wiring in their main chandelier dates from 1927. It weighs 1,500 pounds and it's 16-feet tall by eight-feet wide.

Stage:

Back Stage:

Off Stage:

Steps:

Bubble Lights:

Henry Fonda Room:

Henry Fonda is from Omaha, so he has a room dedicated to him. After this I went home, and put On the Golden Pond on hold at the library. The kids thought it was boring, but I love rewatching it! Travis enjoyed seeing it for the first time.

The Lion King Mask:

Drinking Fountain:

Do you like visiting theaters? We had this one to ourselves! 

Stackable Two Name Rings are Personable @centimegift #mothersday

There are key times to get jewelry: Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Christmas. Valentine's Day just got over with, and the next jewelry giving holiday is Mother's Day.

I'm super excited to share with you Stackable Name Rings. 

Picking it Out:

I knew what ring I wanted as soon as I spotted it. They have initial rings, name rings where the whole name is cut out, and the one I picked out. I really love the way Mica and Isaak both look, so I wanted them both on a ring spelled out.

If you have more kids, you do need to buy more rings. I suppose they could give options for different kids 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. They are stackable. So people like my sister that has tons of kids, does have options to buy more rings. It would be hard if you have an odd number of kids. You can stack different colors, which is cool.

Finishing Colors:

They have Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold and Rose Gold. I went with what I wear the most: Sterling Sliver.

Sizes:

They range from 3-14. They even have 1/2 sizes. I actually have a pretty small ring size, normally. I went up, for a different finger. The one I got was slightly too big (my own fault), but what's great is with the kind of ring I picked, I can squeeze it slightly to get a better fit.

Gift:

I just got it on Friday. Boy am I in love with it! It came in a cute Centime package. Perfect for a Mom gift, on Mother's Day!

The ring I got was $28.05, so if you have to get more because you or your Mom has more kids it's not super expensive.

If I got my Mom one, I'd get her two rings. I had a sister pass away before I was born, so it would be Lisa, Angela, Alissa and Terra.

The ring its self had a plastic protector on it. It was super easy to take off.

Names:

I always worry about places spelling the boy's names wrong. They didn't! Mica gets Micah and Isaak gets Isaac. I even get Alyssa for Alissa. It's understandable. I kind of take pride that my boys names just look cool spelled out. 

They did a great job! The names are pretty small, but I can read them.

I have them on the same hand as I do their birthstones: Emerald and Paridot. 

Would you choose to get stackable initials or names?

Centime Personalized Jewelry has other rings to choose from. They even have gifts for guys to check out! 

Disclaimer: I got this ring for free, in exchange for an honest review. Centime Personalized Jewelry and Gifts did not tell me what to say. All opinions are my own. 

Random Tid Bits

1. All day yesterday I had a PMS headache. I so wanted to sneak a Ibuprofen, but I'd be thrown into an asthma attack + a sneezing fit. No can take! I do have to say that it's great I haven't had a headache in a long time. Something I used to live with daily. 


2. I've been getting a kick out of looking up Garbage Pail Kids + People's names I know. I never found humor in this when I was a kid, but now I do.
   
   
   Of course they spelled my name wrong, but oh well.
   
   
   
   
   
   Travis had two that I found, and they both had to do with poop. Personally I like, "Tracking Travis" the best!
   
   
   
   Top commenter goes to Theresa! Sorry also spelled wrong.
   
   


3. I've been worried about my nephew Emerson. He has a brand new type of seizure. I feel for my sister. She's the one that takes care of him the most. I took the photo off her facebook page. He has mittens because he constantly chews on his hands, which isn't good.
   
   

   

   
   
4. Mica wanted to watch Super Size Me 2. Now none of us are craving chicken. I had to remind my boys that Super Size Me (the original) had them not wanting beef, for awhile. Milk kind of goes with that as well. Also all kinds of crap is sprayed on our veggies and fruit. Before too long we won't have anything to eat. Are there certain foods you won't eat?


5. Isaak's mouth has been sore all week. He had braces added to his molars. It's worse than when he got braces to begin with. 

Homework Assignment #violin

Isaak was saying something about creating a video last week, for Strings class.

The trouble was...his teacher didn't exactly explain how to upload the video. Isaak logged into where he thought he was supposed to put it. It didn't work. His Home Room | Social Studies teacher tried to help him. She couldn't figure it out either.

On Tuesday I mentioned he should stay after to figure it out. If that teacher wasn't able to help, he got behind in Social Studies, so he could pay that teacher a visit.

He got his answers in class. He found out he had to go somewhere entirely different, than where he was at in Office365.

I recorded him last night. I put the video in, only to find out that it was too big of a file, and needed to be compressed. I don't do a whole lot of video editing. I was trying to compress it in iMovie, which I'm sure one can do. I just don't know how. Finally I just opened it in Quicktime, and it had the option to save down in file size. I was thinking it would have been easier to import it in YouTube, if they didn't have to make an account, and all the privacy stuff to work around.

I started thinking: 

How would the average parent help their kid with this? What if they don't know how to get a video from their phone or camera into Office365? What if a kid/parent doesn't have a phone, or camera to record on? What if they don't know how to compress a video, if it's too large? What if a kid doesn't have a parent that's there, for them? 

I know it's not my problem, but I keep thinking about it.

It took 5 runs, but here's Isaak's video:

All said and done, I think it's a cool assignment. Kids and adult should record what they are doing, to watch themselves. That helps them to improve. I was trying to work the kinks out in my mind, to help with technical errors. Maybe a side teacher could take them one by one out to an office room where they record their thing. Then they could show the student how to upload it. At least for the first time. 

Isaak's really looking forward to being done with Strings. He enjoyed it in Elementary School. The teacher he has now basically started them over, for any new kid that is just starting Strings. Isaak's like, "I know how to play the scale, and we've been doing that for 1/2 a semester!" He enjoyed Piano so much more because it was new, and moved along. I'm not so sure his current Piano teacher enjoys how he started learning. She doesn't like the idea of memorizing songs, but instead learning the notes. I get it, but Piano class in school was a short class. In school he was just giving them a flavor of playing the piano, to see if they'd like it. Isaak did, that's why we moved him to lessons. Now he's learning how to read notes more. 

Isaak has to pick one of the following to focus on next year in school: Drama, Art, Strings, Band, Chorus, or World Studies. He's picking Art, but staying in private Piano Lessons. 

Did you play an instrument in school? Do you still play it?

WW: Tape Portrait {Linky}

Do you ever wonder what it would take to get facebook to not recognize you?

Maybe some tape? Ok...maybe lots of tape.

It didn't work. It still recognized me. It wanted to tag me, or the friend that comments the most on my photos - my friend from Kansas City Monica. 

Truth be told this happened on Valentines Day. A student was doing the same. I couldn't be a party pooper, and joined in. 

I shot a selfie, and sent it to my husband saying, "Are you ready for a hawt date?" Then I sent it to my sisters, and mom, which all responded with, "Why?" I responded back with, "Why not?" I'm my Father's daughter. He's much more crazy, but guess what? He knows how to have fun!