Katy Dickinson

SMUM Book Club

This blog is the start of a new book club at SMUM Studio 17 (Santa Maria Urban Ministry). Each of the older children in the after school homework program has the opportunity to check out a book from Studio 17's book shelf, read it, then give me an oral report. Prizes are offered! Credit will be given for each book read before Christmas break. Prizes to be paid in a Target gift card.

The books we are starting with are:

• James Howe The Bunnicula Collection
  reader: Abigail - started 6 Nov
• Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time
  reader: Stephanie - started 6 Nov
• C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  reader: Jose - started 6 Nov
• Christopher Paolini Eragon
  reader: Robert - started 6 Nov
• Tamora Pierce Alanna
  reader: Leslie - started 6 Nov
• Tamora Pierce First Test
  reader: Jocelyn - started 6 Nov
• Louis Sachar Holes
  reader: Carlos - started 6 Nov

Some of the SMUM Studio 17 girls and I were playing with the Make Your Own Kaleidoscope software toy. Here are the pictures they made with images of themselves:

Images Copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Posted at 05:00PM Nov 06, 2008 by katysblog in Church  |  Comments[1]

Caboose Almost Signed Off

The San Jose city inspector came today and signed off on everything for WP668, our backyard caboose, except one wire. This is frustrating because the last city inspector checked that same electrical box and did not say there were any problems. To pass this last inspection requirement, John has to pull an existing set of wires out of the underground conduit, add a neutral ground wire to the bundle, then pull the set back into place. This new wire is in addition to the existing grounding rods. WP668 today:

Images Copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Posted at 02:21PM Nov 06, 2008 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  |