Colleen Rustad http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/ iUpload Customer Conversation System en-us support@iupload.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 180 Colleen Rustad http://www.iupload.com/Asset/iu_images/logos/pp_logo_sm.gif http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/ <![CDATA["Pressed Rose" by Any Other Name Would Just Be Pink]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2394971

It's so much more intriguing to paint a room when the color is called "Spiny Sea Urchin" instead of "Pale Green."

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2394971 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:10:09 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2394971 <![CDATA[Lashing Out At Perfect Beauty]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2392123

A woman's search for perfection might start with her eyelashes...

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2392123 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:17:37 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2392123 <![CDATA[Forty Lashes]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2389516 If I were to make an assumption about what issue consumes the minds of women based on the TV commercials during "Dancing with the Stars," "So You Think You Can Dance," and "What Not to Wear"...

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2389516 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:52:24 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2389516 <![CDATA[Celebrating the Transition from Child to Young Adult]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2386824

As a school board member, Steve was asked to give the sixth grade promotion speech at Cinnabar. He asked if I would write it and I was delighted to. Although moving from sixth grade to seventh grade happens automatically, the end of elementary school signifies a major transition in a student's life ...

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2386824 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:18:42 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2386824 <![CDATA[The University of Uncertainty]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2383714 When it comes to sending your child to college, it's a different world than when I was 18.

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2383714 Sun, 31 May 2009 19:32:21 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2383714 <![CDATA[A School is More Than Meets the API]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2381548

One test score doesn't define who a student is. And an API score shouldn't be the only factor that defines the quality of a school.

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2381548 Sun, 24 May 2009 16:36:09 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2381548 <![CDATA[Everyday Should Be Teacher Appreciation Day]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2378581

Once again, I was reminded of how much teachers and school administrators do that is above and beyond the call of duty.

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2378581 Sun, 17 May 2009 21:16:27 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2378581 <![CDATA[Working 9 to 5: May Not Be What Moms Want]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2375121 An column in the Wall Street Journal points out that most moms aren't craving more hours on the job.

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2375121 Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:45 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2375121 <![CDATA[Westside Band Festival: Music to My Ears]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2371843

The energy in the Petaluma High gym was contagious...in the best possible way.

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2371843 Sun, 03 May 2009 20:38:30 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2371843 <![CDATA[Clothes Encounter of the Best Kind]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2368847

Shopping is work. Thankfully I've got help from my daughter and "What Not To Wear."

]]> http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2368847 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:35:48 EDT undisclosed@petaluma360.com (colleen-rustad) http://colleen-rustad.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=2368847