Sunday Update

I finished my first week in my new college experience and it was really a lot of fun and I finished way ahead of the time allowed. I was even able to download week 2's information Friday so I have been studying this weekend and should have it accomplished by monday or tuesday at the latest.

The first week was on the computer and it's hardware. The text covered the components that make up the computer such as the motherboard, central possessing unit, expansion slots, memory and all the peripherals that attach and become a part of the computer.

Week 2 is going to be involving software and how to's for launching applications, making and using folders to organize data in a fashion that you will always know where anything is. There is much more detail involved but you can get the idea anyway. I can already see how this is going to help me even with the work I do at my office so it will be beneficial there first.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend and don't forget to visit the blog about the give away scheduled for Labor Day. Just drop by if you haven't and say you want to be included and I will add your name to the list.

Gifts from across the pond

This Monday I was very happy to receive a package from Saskia over in the Netherlands. She is a very sweet lady that has a blog titled Join My Joy and I encourage you to visit her today.

In the package was a variety of items, one being a post card that I failed to see until I had put my camera away. It was beautiful with Roses on it. Pictured below is some fun shapes that are very soft and stick to the window of my office door.

In the next picture is what I really loved as soon as I saw it. The flexible cooking device that gives you shapes like an apple and could even be used to freeze ice in the same shape. Also in the package was a set of colored pencils, some polished stones and a very nice pen that I will enjoy using. If you are seeing this Saskia I do thank you so very much.

Now for everyone in my blog family Linda is wanting me to have a give away just because we want to and to show my appreciation for all the wonderful people I have come to know in the past year. The give away will be a surprise box with a variety of items & will be filled to reflect a male or female winner.

We will do this for Labor Day and will be picking a winner on September 5th. I will be numbering the responses that you want to be included through the 4th of September and should by then know how to use the device that picks a number at random.

I don't have facebook any more so all you have to do is leave a comment that you wish to be included and I will take care of the rest.

Just so you will know school is going very well. I was surprised to find out that my first week has absolutely nothing to do with the books I received. This week was on the computer and the material dealt with the hardware inside your computer, how it is connected to each other and what all elements do. It was very interesting and I had to write a essay on "piracy". Some of the work was due tonight and the rest by sunday night. I had it all turned in last night. I am having fun with this course.

School starts tomorrow and I thought I would give you an idea of what I will be dealing with in my studies. This book is titled "Thinking Critically" by John Chaffee.

Thinking Critically (coming from the preface) is a comprehensive introduction to the cognitive process and helps students developthe higher order thinking abilities needed for academic study and career success.

Basic College Mathmatics by Ignacio Bello, born in Havana, Cuba. When he started teaching math at the University of South Florida he and the students hated the math books that were imposing, mathematically correct but boring. He took the challenge and wrote a math book that is student oriented with interesting applications, many suggested by the students themselves and even entertaining.

I have already gotten deeply into chapter 1 and find it the best math book I have ever seen and know I will enjoy this new challenge.

The Thinking Critically book has chapters titled, Thinking, Thinking Critically, Solving Problems, Perceiving and Believing, Constructing Knowledge, Language and Thought, Forming and Applying Concepts, Relating and Organizing, Thinking Critically About Moral Issues, Constructing Arguments, Reasoning Critically, Thinking Critically, Living Creatively.

So my friends as you can see I will be busy getting into these studies so I will post when I can but it will be limited.