Blogtagged January 1, 2007
Posted by Joseph Papaleo in Colleagues, General, Paul Harrington, Tom Barrett, blogs.trackback
I’ve had a complete break from blogging after finishing work for the year. To my surprise, I’ve been blogtagged – twice! By Paul Harrington and Tom Barrett. Thanks!
OK – 5 things about me
- I “worked” as a volunteer for 7 years with an organization called Camp Challenge – later renamed Challenge Cancer Support Network many years ago. It was a support group for kids and their siblings with Cancer or hematological diseases. Lost many friends, but made one great friend. My wife Christine. We first met while she was a “camper” and then she returned a few years later as a leader. Many years later, we started going out and what do you know, we got married.
- We have 4 children – Jeremy 9, Claire 8, Olivia 4 and Zoe 2. Each is unique and I love them all very much.
- For Olivia’s birth, Christine went into a very quick labour. Realising we were not going to get to the hospital in time, I called the ambulance. While on the phone, Christine’s waters broke and I ended up “catching” Olivia in the bathroom. We have a recording of the phone conversation of Olivia’s birth which I’ll play at her 21st Birthday.
- I am highly allergic to Nuts and Sesame Seeds. My allergies started with walnuts and Sesame Seeds when I was about 8 years old and as I got older, I became allergic to other nuts. Of course, back then, no-one had any idea and so I continued to eat nuts that I wasn’t allergic to. But then I became allergic to them. Most people allergic to nuts are allergic to peanuts, but I’m not. But to be on the safe side, I’ve been told not to eat them anymore. Oh, how I long to eat Crunchy Nut Breakfast cereal again (remember me Tom next time you indulge!) I now carry an epipen (adrenaline) in case of accidental ingestation – my throat may swell, causing my airway to block – don’t really want to think about it at all.
- I love painting walls. Give me a room to paint during the holidays and I’m happy. I actually find it therapeutic – a chance to slow down, a chance to think, time to reflect on life, listen to the radio, etc. The satisfaciton when the job is done is great. And these holidays (we have our 6 weeks off now), I hope to get as much of our renovations done as possible on our newly acquired home.
5 people to tag -
- Mario Papaleo (my brother who is new to blogging, so it will give him some time to practice.
- Gary Chapman (Work colleague)
- Paul Kelly (Work colleague)
- Rosa Ochoa (I just discovered her blog – an Australian teacher)
- SoulCradler (I just discovered her blog – a new Australian teacher)
Great to see you are back with us Joseph – hope all is well and you had a good Christmas. My son George was born at home too – but we had planned that, I love the fact that he sleeps about 2 metres from where he was delivered!
Hope to hear more from you soon.
Tom
A pleasant surprise to get blogtagged while on holidays in Spain. I´ll write my 5 things as soon as I can borrow a computer for a while, but I don´t think it´ll be as interesting as yours, Joseph.
Hello Joseph
I’m a year 5 teacher who works with Tom Barrett at Priestsic and we are currently all caught up in the blogging revolution that is happening at our school. Our class blog is priestsic5 and the children have been so excited by it. I helped Year 4 set up their blog priestsic4 and I know how thrilled they were to receive a comment from yourself all the way in Australia – so was I as Geelong was a place I spent a few days in while I was travelling 2 years ago – my friend and I stayed with Rowan Klingberg who is a teacher at Newcomb Secondary and I think it is a great part of the world. I’m really eager to make the most of our class blog and looking to do some collaborative work in the future so would appreciate any ideas or avenues you could suggest to explore further.
Regards,
Pete O’Brien