So I am now planning for the empty playground. I guess this is the first step in preparation for the empty nest. My youngst is off to kindergarten in August. I attended my first PTO meeting this week, we have kindergarten orientation on Friday and my daydreams are currently filled with “spare time activities”!

I have already been encouraged to be on the PTO team with friends who also feel they ’should’ do it. I opted for the least instructive position as the Vice President, hoping that it would not require consistent work such as the secretary or the treasurer.

Oops…. then i suggested that we did a website. Well, everyone else in the county has a website…we are so technologically disadvantaged! Well the PTO will be no more. The school with staff salary cut backs and all well that is another story all together… there goes the computer lab! But I digress.

I am now the responsible volunteer to get the PTO on the internet. So I was shopping around for a inexpensive (read ‘cheap’) site with easy templates because I know just enough about blogs and websites to be dangerous! I found WestHost and until the end of May they are running a special.

A friend pointed me in their direction and she is happy with their service and has only great things to say about their customer service. I shall keep you posted with the experience. I am sure there will be plenty of gaffs to post on this blog!! None shorter than, “I can’t believe I got myself involved!”