Aww

Madrigals

Madrigals performing at the Mid-Illini Madeigal Sing on Nov. 24th.

I love my school district

What's that? Why, yes, we did get a Tai Chi instructor for our
institute day.

Halloween in Performing Arts class

Haiku

Wolf and hologram
On the set of CNN
Beam me up, Scotty

Lady in red suit
Refused to answer questions
Sarah Palin sucks

Barack Obama
Makes us believe in ourselves
Saying "Yes We Can"

Go band!

First playoff game vs Champaign Central. Sarah was rooting for the
other team. She was sorely disappointed. :)

World, meet half of Sarah's brake roter

The other half is on the ground.

Sarah vs the sleepy toys

Sleepy toys win!

Cookout tomorrow

Work, work, work! Too much to do, too little time! Gotta get the
bathroom finished, lawn mowed, dishes cleaned!

Side note: picture of Adam from last year. Hi, Adam!

The folks at Mona's in Toluca

Three Peas in a Pod

Sarah, Rachel, and Grandma Ann

I have good suckups

My treble choir ladies are also coolio.

Ahhh. . . Quittin time!

I Made This!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ERADFFEJ <eradffej@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Subject: I Made This!
To: Jeffrey Dare <jwdare@gmail.com>


I helped push all this debris, flotsam, and jetsam out from Mom and Dad's slip at the marina. All this from one slip. Not pictured is the picnic table that ended up next to the CarolLee in the water. At least no one was hurt in the big flood. Cheers!

Our First Metamora home game

Sarah on the field at our first home football game. She's carrying
Morgan, who belongs to Chris, the marching band director.

Update

We were without our accompanist all week (big trip to Disney), so it
was a good time for robe fittings. My iPhone thinks our robes are
orange, but I promise you, they're red. Sarah and I decided to stay in
instead of go to the game, since it's raining. Go Redbirds, and happy
Friday!

I'm in jail.

No, seriously. Woodford county public safety facility, where someone
was just brought in under arrest. Not me, luckily. I'm just here so
they can take my fingerprints to make sure I'm not a criminal.

Things are going great! We're definitely into the swing of things
here, and things are zipping along. Sarah and I decided to go camping
this weekend, and on Oct. 11th, we're having a cookout for friends and
famly.

Cheers!

Progress Report

Went to see the folks and future sister-in-law at the CarolLee. Good
to see them. Yesterday we started to paint the bathroom. It took us
about half an hour to find a wallpaper border we both liked. (Sarah
says an hour). We finally chose some nice colors, and put down our
first coat of primer today. Pictures to come.

We are, of course, wishing we had a second shower - we had to make do
with washclothes, and we'll have to go to the gym to shower tomorrow
morning.

Cheers!

Congrats, Tyler and Jennie!!

Engaged 8-22-08. To check out the bling on that ice, see Photos section.

She's legal! Stay off the streets!

School year update!

Whew! Whirlwind of activity in the choir room makes it so busy, I have
to talk to myself between periods to get everything done. Between
frantically making copies for a one hundred person choir, and figuring
out what the heck I'm doing for the beginning acting class, I haven't
even had time to breathe. The students are great, and very helpful, as
is the accompanist and the rest of the music department. I'm really
looking forward to this year!

Two days down, 178 to to!

Dear Family

Dear family,
It has recently come to my attention that certain family pictures in
my posession, and displayed publicly, are terribly out of date. Please
remit non-former-girlfriend-containing, non-grainy-from-the-90s family
photos to me, your brother and son, posthaste.

Your loving jeff,
Jeff

Fun at the hospital

Waiting for Sarah to come back from a scan.

State of my universe

1. The unpacking process has been very slow. There are still furniture pieces and boxes in the garage. We did finally get the heavy sleeper couch moved into the office where it fits *perfectly* on the wall near the door.

1.5. Yardwork is beastly. I finally bought a used lawnmower from a guy in Marquette Heights. Sarah started the lawn, I took a short turn, and then she finished it. It started out at jungle length, and took about 2 1/2 hours to finish. Sarah's hands really hurt after she finished, and she had a blister or two to show for it.

2. I meet the core members of my choirs tomorrow during a Madrigal Dinner summer rehearsal. Someone decided it was a good idea to start singing Christmas music in August.

3. I've been working hard at getting my office at school in order. I'm a folder, paperclip, electronic labeler, and Post-It fiend!

4. Bought and set up an Airport Express with Airtunes for my office and classroom, which means I am able to surf the web on my laptop wirelessly, and play music wirelessly from my laptop through the classroom speakers. Another cool alternative is to plug my laptop into the sound system and control iTunes using the Remote application on my iPhone. I totally excel at using technology to improve my instruction!

5. Sarah and I visited my folks at the CarolLee. Beautiful day! Had dinner at the Captain's Cove.

My life in boxes

Rockin The Suburbs

Well, Champaign, actually. Sarah has a final Girl Scout meeting tonight. Then we finish cleaning up the apartment, attend a wedding, and turn in our keys. We're planning to go to a new restaurant in Urbana tonight called 88 Broadway. Dueling Pianos!!

Sarah's site

Just added a link in the sidebar to Sarah's Yummy News. I helped her set up a blog and website just like this one.

Also added an email subscription box above the google ads, so you can receive email updates whenever I update the page!

I'll have new house pictures and school updates really soon!

Back in Champaign

Packing! Moving Sunday.
It was great to see all the folks this weekend. It seems like they really liked having Sarah there as well. See you next time! Photos to follow.

Rockin It Up In Washington

Cleaning, dusting, networking, gaming, fighting, etc.

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Trying things out! I'm visiting Tyler in Lafayette, IN for his b-day.

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Full Update

1. Job:
In May, I interviewed for and accepted a position at Metamora Township HS in Metamora, IL:
Metamora HS
MTHS Fine Arts

2. Home
Sarah and are moving to Washington, IL (about ten minutes from the high school). We'll be moving mid-late July.
Map of Washington, IL

3. Website
Now that we're in the interim between finding a new home and actually moving in, I have a bit of time to work on the Corner. I'm about to work on updating the links on the left.
Also, I'm working on a great slideshow to put at the top of the main page.
Old links for reference:
Champaign Central Choirs
Petting Zoo Productions

New house photos

Check out the photos section for photos of our new house in
Washington, Il. The image quality isn't that good since I pulled the
stills off a low-quality video I took of the place. More photos/video
to come. Our move will be around July 26th. Cheers!

Happy New Year 2008

Happy Birthday, Grandma!