The Wing Man

My kids love when the Ice Cream Man comes down the street.   They can hear the music from The Funky Freezer from two towns away.  Well, tonight my wife and I got just as excited as they do when we saw the "Wing Man" go driving by the house.  We saw a truck pulling a trailer with a shed on it that advertised hot wings.  I'm assuming that it is for home parties.  We felt like the kids chasing down the Wing Man.

Is the Glass Half Full or....

....half empty.  What kind of person are you when it comes to tough times.  How many times have you been in a situation where you felt it was hopeless, or did you use the challenge that was in front of you as motivation to do something you didn't think you could accomplish.

One of my all time favorite  movie clips is from Apollo 13 where Mission Control learns that, after mechanical breakdown, the Apollo 13 space craft will not have enough oxygen to return to earth.  Immediately some people begin talking about how it will be the biggest disaster in NASA history, but Gene Krantz, played by Ed Harris, sees the glass as half full not empty.  He challenges the engineers and scientists to basically find a way to put a square peg in a round hole.





In the second clip, when the challenge is laid out of what they have to do, not one person says it can't be done.  They jump in looking at the materials they have to get the job done!

1000 and Counting

I've had over 1000 people view my blog...2 visitors were actually from India.  Probably spammers.  The blog has been a great way for me to get quick bits of information out, and allow people to see the great things happening at our school.

If you have any suggestions for additions or what you would like to see on the blog...please leave me a comment or send me an email directly.

Want to wish a happy, happy, birthday to Mr. Noaker.  He was 30 years old yesterday...I wonder if he got to go kayaking at all.

Back to Work

Well vacation is over and I'm back to work. Today all of the administrators are at the Carriage House for a retreat.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Hot Day Cool Treat

So what do you do after a hot round of putt-putt? You go get some ice cream.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Owwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

Okay, one would think that after 35 years of getting sunburned, I would know how to correctly apply sunscreen.  Well, think again.  Somehow I managed to miss one spot on my arm and it's blazing right now!!!

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for...

I love ice cream. Seriously, if someone told me I could no longer have ice cream, I would probably go nuts! What's your favorite flavor?

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

The Beach is On

We made it to the beach. Jack was in the water for 5 minutes before he was spitting out a mouthful of sand. I guarantee he'll be down again. I'll make sure to snag a picture.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Philly Cheesesteak

So what do we do after the game? We head over to Pat's to get a Philly Cheesesteak. I'll eat one for Mr. Turbitt. Jaime's getting ready to eat her first cheesesteak...with no cheese and ketchup only.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Man U

Vacation starts with a stop in Philly to see Manchester United play the Philadelphia Union. I'm here with Jaime, cousin Brie and Uncle Paul.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

I'm Still Around

Just want to reassure everyone that I'm not lost.  I haven't posted in a few days.  Loading up the whole clan in the old family truckster to head to the beach tomorrow.  I took some pictures of the Middle School that I wanted to post last week.  I'll take some new ones and post them all when I return next week.

Jimmy V Foundation Auction

Today, ESPN is hosting the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research online auction.  If you've never heard Jim Valvano's speech from the 1993 ESPY Awards, you have to watch it now.

You can bid on items by going to the Ebay page right here.

A Great Big Hole

Look at the hole outside of my house.  It goes down at least 10+ feet.  We have to get parts of our sewer line replaced.  The line just happens to run directly under a tree and the walk up to our house.  Something tells me this isn't going to be good.

Don't forget to check out the updates to the Middle School at the Milton Area School District web page.  We're getting paint up on some of the walls.  We'll be in by August 30th, no problem!!

The Dutch

"There's only two things I can't stand in this world.  People who are intolerant of other people's cultures...and the Dutch."  Anyone know what movie this quote comes from?  Click here to find out.

Just in case you didn't hear or for some reason are not following the World Cup, the Dutch beat Uruguay yesterday 3-2 and put them in the World Cup Final for the first time since 1978.  This sets up some interesting match ups.  In the other semi-final, Spain plays Germany.  The Netherlands has played some epic matches with Germany, including the 1974 World Cup final game won by West Germany, and if Spain wins, the final match will have two world powers who have never won the tournament.  Either way, it will be a great final.

Watching Brazil vs. Holland

Joey and I are watching the Samba Boys take on the Dutch. As you can see Joey's loving the game.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

The New 7 Orange Pod

The walls in the 7 Orange Pod are going up as I write this.  This has been a truly amazing process so far.  As of right now the concrete walls are up in the old 7 Black area and should be up in the 7 Orange area by the end of the day.  I haven't ventured up stairs to see what is going on there.  I hope your summer is going well.  You can see more updated pictures every Friday on the school district web page.  Click here to get there.

I found a bunch of pictures from the school year.  I'm going to make a video when I get a little time.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School