{"id":650,"date":"2010-01-24T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T21:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/24\/a-short-somewhat-informational-few-paragraphs-about-what-has-been-going-on-at-the-stapleton-mansion-or-just-catching-up-whichever-you-prefer.\/"},"modified":"2013-03-23T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T14:31:51","slug":"a-short-somewhat-informational-few-paragraphs-about-what-has-been-going-on-at-the-stapleton-mansion-or-just-catching-up-whichever-you-prefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2010\/01\/24\/a-short-somewhat-informational-few-paragraphs-about-what-has-been-going-on-at-the-stapleton-mansion-or-just-catching-up-whichever-you-prefer\/","title":{"rendered":"A short somewhat informational few paragraphs about what has been going on at the Stapleton Mansion or Just Catching Up whichever you prefer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers<\/p>\n<p>As usual I have let the blog do way to long without a lengthy entry.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope you are finding my weekly twitter digests filling in the gaps and seeing what we have been up to.\u00c2\u00a0 Since the last lengthy entry was on October\u00c2\u00a0 11th lets see what we have been into.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of October, November, and the first half of December was filled with nothing but business travel.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess continued to teach and learn the ropes at Huntington High School.\u00c2\u00a0 She really loves her kids and her job; I am happy she gets to use her gifts everyday.\u00c2\u00a0 At Christmas I took 13 days off and had a good time enjoying all the new AV gear that I got for Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess and I bought a HDTV &amp; Blu-Ray player for our Christmas present to each other.\u00c2\u00a0 To which I spent my vacation time fully enjoying.\u00c2\u00a0 (I never really get to just veg)<\/p>\n<p>Also for Christmas I got my Direct TV HD-DVR and my long-awaited <a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/browse\/home\/shop_ipod\/family\/apple_tv?afid=p219|GOUS&amp;cid=OAS-US-KWG-AppleTV-US\">AppleTV <\/a>which gives me access to the 2 terabytes worth of video I have in iTunes.\u00c2\u00a0 You see I have been working for the last 2 years to get all my DVD&#8217;s into and electronic easy to move format.\u00c2\u00a0 To that end every DVD and former VHS tape that I own is now in iTunes its like my own little Video on Demand system.\u00c2\u00a0 This makes up my media utopia of having everything at my fingers tips wherever and whenever I want it.\u00c2\u00a0 Good geek stuff!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas 2009 Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:fb53f6a3-671d-4fac-8fea-4ae44350fb5b\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-650 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0061.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0061-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0017.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0017-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0032.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0032-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0046.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0046-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0056.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0056-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0039.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0039-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0003.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0012.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0044.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0044-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0059.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0059-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That brings us to the end of my vacation and Jess\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christmas break.<\/p>\n<p>Jess did not work too much of her first week back to school due to the weather.\u00c2\u00a0 So she was home when her Reduction in Force (RIF) letter came from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabellcountyschools.com\/\">CCBOE<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabellcountyschools.com\/\">.<\/a> She was understandably upset but upon further investigation this is just one of those things that you go through in teaching.\u00c2\u00a0 She will almost definitely have a job next year maybe even in the same room.\u00c2\u00a0 Keeping the same room would really be great for her she loves her kids.\u00c2\u00a0 Since they can stay with her for many years up until age 21 the relationship is quite a bit different the normal student teacher relationship.\u00c2\u00a0 She can conceivably have the same kids all day everyday for up to 7 years.<\/p>\n<p>That pretty much brings us up to the end of January.\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry to be so boring but just telling you about working everyday would not be to thrilling.\u00c2\u00a0 We hope that this posting finds you and yours doing well.\u00c2\u00a0 Until the next update that&#8217;s the news and I am outta here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers As usual I have let the blog do way to long without a lengthy entry.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope you are finding my weekly twitter digests filling in the gaps and seeing what we have been up to.\u00c2\u00a0 Since the last lengthy entry was on October\u00c2\u00a0 11th lets see what &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2010\/01\/24\/a-short-somewhat-informational-few-paragraphs-about-what-has-been-going-on-at-the-stapleton-mansion-or-just-catching-up-whichever-you-prefer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A short somewhat informational few paragraphs about what has been going on at the Stapleton Mansion or Just Catching Up whichever you 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