I've had much to do lately. More than usual.
Since one of the music teachers had a severe accident last summer I've been filling in her position almost constantly since the beginning of the school year. I had October off. I took other jobs that month.
The students have settled in to being naughty more regularly, and it's a challenge to keep them motivated and in line every single day. A substitute does not have the same authority that a teacher has. We do not threaten to alter a grade...
The plans have mostly been made up as I go.
It's been challenging.
After school I scoot over to the hotel (not stopping) and work until 11 pm. I try to read a textbook at the hotel, but lately my brain is overtaxed and I'm just tired.
This old lady has to snatch a few minutes here and there to get her studying done and her papers written!
Add to that the winterizing of a country home, family needs, and health things-----I eat about two real meals a week!
I've tried to keep Sundays free, so I can get to the jail, and to church, and to the nursing home...
Today I decided to turn down three subbing jobs AND I was not scheduled at the hotel.
It was time to give a report on stuff here on the blog to my favorite readers.
I want to invite you to the Minnetonka Chorale Society's Christmas Concert on December 15 at 3:00 pm. I have a solo, the alto air in Benjamin Britton's Ceremony of Carols. Come and enjoy an afternoon of gorgeous music! I will post the invitation next. I'm going to have to fit in some practice time because the old English language is REALLY hard. (I keep slipping into German pronunciation!). The intervals are also pretty tricky in the solo. I'll have to go over it a zillion times before the concert. Our director is working with me, but it's still a challenge.
Thankfully I can practice while I fold laundry at the hotel.
We had a real cold snap a couple of weeks ago, accompanied by a little snow. Temps have warmed up some, so I've been getting the plastic sheeting up on the porch screens. This is a time-consuming fall project that is incredibly beneficial to keeping the house warmer all winter. It's just so hard to get it done in the fall. So many other things happening.
My husband has been playing mechanic on the mower, Cheri's car, and Ed's car. He's not finished yet. Still so much to fix. Day by day...
Ed has had some severe back pain. He carries a heavy back pack to the U every day, and now, after 3 months of it, he is finding it's not working. He's missing class to see the chiropractor today. Something had to give.
Cheri is doing well at school and her new job. All is well. I think. She weaves through each day with all of her interests and obligations.
Margaret is back home. Finally. She's full steam ahead with Caribou Coffee again. They are so thrilled to have her back! She is on a panel discussion this weekend at Midwest Mountaineering featuring the Pacific Crest Trail. She's excited to be a part of it.
I've had some truly fascinating things happen because of my Masters in Public Administration. For one of my projects I had to contact a government official about Strategic Planning. It was very educational for me, and I have a much more comprehensive view about how our local county government works. Our county has a budget that is bigger than the budgets of entire states. There are 12 states with smaller budgets. The official was very kind and spent over an hour talking to me and answering my questions.
I wrote one paper already, but another project is due stemming off of this interview....
It is very interesting.
Because I am interested in spiritual matters and politics those subjects are never far from my thoughts. This whole impeachment scam brought to mind the inquiries about Obama and his birth certificate questions, his transcripts, etc. Politics is truly tit for tat. Trump needs to expect that he will be investigated until the cows come home.
I think that what sticks in the craw of normal voters is that injustices happen and they are politically ignored (the uranium thing, Benghazi, Hunter Biden...) and then the other side is implicated for like crimes and misdemeanors-----every malfeasance SHOULD be addressed, but some are prosecuted and some are ignored depending upon how much POLITICAL power one has. It's such a double standard.
Also, the media is so one-sided that you cannot trust any one source. You must compare several sources, and who has the time for that? I certainly don't!
I get my news from Twitter these days. I get a far more comprehensive view from reading everyone's reactionary tweets than from any News source. If a news source is biased, which it has been proven to be, I take the news with a grain of salt.
I'd rather hear something straight and make my own opinion.
These hearings give plenty of material for that, but I'm just limited with my time to listen or watch. I'd prefer giving a trusted, like-minded, and intelligent source the time to process the information for me.
The sheep are separating from the goats.
There's the spiritual side of it.
Have you read Jonathan Cahn's book yet? How about Carl Teichrib's book? Have you read Johanna Michaelson's book, "The Beautiful Side of Evil?"
Get reading. You need some perspective on what is REALLY going on in the world.
Satan is a nice looking guy dressed up in light. You and I are probably being deceived about something even now. Politics are his stomping grounds.
God is greater. He's greater than all of this, and HIS purposes are being worked out minute by minute, faster and faster these days as the Rapture nears. It won't be long until we'll be leaving here...
The God that made the love of a sweet and loyal dog cares about you. He loves you. I've had these sweet moments lately with Corwyn and her adoration. I've never met a human as forgiving as a dog. It's true. I love my humans, but they all have a sin nature and they can easily get frustrated with me. I am rather annoying. My dogs have always just loved me.
God made them that way, and His love is greater. My little human brain can't comprehend God's love. I know it is great, because of the loving way He made creation, the love he put in animals' souls, and the sweetness of His own forgiveness of our sins.
My humans all need to experience this! I need to remember it daily!
I could write pages more. There are things happening right now that I hope to write about someday future if I get a chance. They are still too fresh in my mind to write about now, and some things need time to process and heal.
Life is interesting. We're not dying of boredom at Corgi Hollows.
Exactly the opposite.
It's a season, right?
Since one of the music teachers had a severe accident last summer I've been filling in her position almost constantly since the beginning of the school year. I had October off. I took other jobs that month.
The students have settled in to being naughty more regularly, and it's a challenge to keep them motivated and in line every single day. A substitute does not have the same authority that a teacher has. We do not threaten to alter a grade...
The plans have mostly been made up as I go.
It's been challenging.
After school I scoot over to the hotel (not stopping) and work until 11 pm. I try to read a textbook at the hotel, but lately my brain is overtaxed and I'm just tired.
This old lady has to snatch a few minutes here and there to get her studying done and her papers written!
Add to that the winterizing of a country home, family needs, and health things-----I eat about two real meals a week!
I've tried to keep Sundays free, so I can get to the jail, and to church, and to the nursing home...
Today I decided to turn down three subbing jobs AND I was not scheduled at the hotel.
It was time to give a report on stuff here on the blog to my favorite readers.
I want to invite you to the Minnetonka Chorale Society's Christmas Concert on December 15 at 3:00 pm. I have a solo, the alto air in Benjamin Britton's Ceremony of Carols. Come and enjoy an afternoon of gorgeous music! I will post the invitation next. I'm going to have to fit in some practice time because the old English language is REALLY hard. (I keep slipping into German pronunciation!). The intervals are also pretty tricky in the solo. I'll have to go over it a zillion times before the concert. Our director is working with me, but it's still a challenge.
Thankfully I can practice while I fold laundry at the hotel.
We had a real cold snap a couple of weeks ago, accompanied by a little snow. Temps have warmed up some, so I've been getting the plastic sheeting up on the porch screens. This is a time-consuming fall project that is incredibly beneficial to keeping the house warmer all winter. It's just so hard to get it done in the fall. So many other things happening.
My husband has been playing mechanic on the mower, Cheri's car, and Ed's car. He's not finished yet. Still so much to fix. Day by day...
Ed has had some severe back pain. He carries a heavy back pack to the U every day, and now, after 3 months of it, he is finding it's not working. He's missing class to see the chiropractor today. Something had to give.
Cheri is doing well at school and her new job. All is well. I think. She weaves through each day with all of her interests and obligations.
Margaret is back home. Finally. She's full steam ahead with Caribou Coffee again. They are so thrilled to have her back! She is on a panel discussion this weekend at Midwest Mountaineering featuring the Pacific Crest Trail. She's excited to be a part of it.
I've had some truly fascinating things happen because of my Masters in Public Administration. For one of my projects I had to contact a government official about Strategic Planning. It was very educational for me, and I have a much more comprehensive view about how our local county government works. Our county has a budget that is bigger than the budgets of entire states. There are 12 states with smaller budgets. The official was very kind and spent over an hour talking to me and answering my questions.
I wrote one paper already, but another project is due stemming off of this interview....
It is very interesting.
Because I am interested in spiritual matters and politics those subjects are never far from my thoughts. This whole impeachment scam brought to mind the inquiries about Obama and his birth certificate questions, his transcripts, etc. Politics is truly tit for tat. Trump needs to expect that he will be investigated until the cows come home.
I think that what sticks in the craw of normal voters is that injustices happen and they are politically ignored (the uranium thing, Benghazi, Hunter Biden...) and then the other side is implicated for like crimes and misdemeanors-----every malfeasance SHOULD be addressed, but some are prosecuted and some are ignored depending upon how much POLITICAL power one has. It's such a double standard.
Also, the media is so one-sided that you cannot trust any one source. You must compare several sources, and who has the time for that? I certainly don't!
I get my news from Twitter these days. I get a far more comprehensive view from reading everyone's reactionary tweets than from any News source. If a news source is biased, which it has been proven to be, I take the news with a grain of salt.
I'd rather hear something straight and make my own opinion.
These hearings give plenty of material for that, but I'm just limited with my time to listen or watch. I'd prefer giving a trusted, like-minded, and intelligent source the time to process the information for me.
The sheep are separating from the goats.
There's the spiritual side of it.
Have you read Jonathan Cahn's book yet? How about Carl Teichrib's book? Have you read Johanna Michaelson's book, "The Beautiful Side of Evil?"
Get reading. You need some perspective on what is REALLY going on in the world.
Satan is a nice looking guy dressed up in light. You and I are probably being deceived about something even now. Politics are his stomping grounds.
God is greater. He's greater than all of this, and HIS purposes are being worked out minute by minute, faster and faster these days as the Rapture nears. It won't be long until we'll be leaving here...
The God that made the love of a sweet and loyal dog cares about you. He loves you. I've had these sweet moments lately with Corwyn and her adoration. I've never met a human as forgiving as a dog. It's true. I love my humans, but they all have a sin nature and they can easily get frustrated with me. I am rather annoying. My dogs have always just loved me.
God made them that way, and His love is greater. My little human brain can't comprehend God's love. I know it is great, because of the loving way He made creation, the love he put in animals' souls, and the sweetness of His own forgiveness of our sins.
My humans all need to experience this! I need to remember it daily!
I could write pages more. There are things happening right now that I hope to write about someday future if I get a chance. They are still too fresh in my mind to write about now, and some things need time to process and heal.
Life is interesting. We're not dying of boredom at Corgi Hollows.
Exactly the opposite.
It's a season, right?
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