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Reviewing 2009: family, housework, research, and travel.

My plans for sabbatical, AY2010-11: my proposal, links to grant applications, family travel, and more.

Odds and ends for an Autumn Sunday: pumpkins in a tree, running a 5K, Amelia nearly walking and talking, getting a jump on Spring courses, writing my application for sabbatical leave.

I recently made an Expedia account. One hiccup:

Um… so, make it match the drivers license… as long as it’s 2-25 characters! In that case, tough tiddlywinks, I guess.

A quick post to point out Erin’s pictures from Southern Illinois, the last of my four recent trips. If you live close by, and have never spent any time in the Shawnee National Forest, you should check it out. Not drop-your-jaw amazing like Point Reyes, or consistently beautiful like the south shore of Lake Superior, [...]

Recent trip #3: Educause Midwest 2009. With Richard Chamberlain and Rebecca Fauvie, I presented on Western’s response to the IITAA, summarizing a lot of my release-time work to improve web accessibility at WIU. We had pretty good attendance and good questions. I was pleased with the session.
I stayed at Club Quarters, which worked out well: [...]

Recent trip #2: a family affair, in Florida.

Recent trip #1: to San Francisco for CCCC 2009. I booked a quick trip: Wed PM to Sat noon. On the one hand, I wish I’d stayed Saturday night. On the other, I didn’t want to be away from the girls any longer than I had to, and with more travel coming up, it was [...]

Lately I’ve been traveling a lot: to San Francisco for CCCC 2009 (Mar 11-14); to Florida to visit family (Mar 16-20); to Chicago for Educause Midwest 2009 (Mar 23-25). And I’ve got more travel to come: a trip to Southern Illinois to do some hiking with my brother, his wife, and our girls, and two [...]

Let’s review:

Jan 5: Madelyn starts the Big Girl sleep plan. I’m happy to say this continues; the Bee is pretty easy to put to bed now.
Feb 21: I get an awful flu bug, missing classes and losing eight pounds in less than a week.
Mar 10: A misstep down the stairs, and I [...]