Sunday, January 17, 2010
Double Duty
142. A husband who takes other people's children home from church and feeds the multitudes so I can have a presidency meeting. When we got back to our house he was doing the dishes, and had dinner ready for us to sit and eat. He made a great dinner, cleaned up, and had other people's children, all without batting an eye. When I asked him about doing it he just said, "Sure." Thanks sweetheart. We feel all loved and everything. You're awesome!
Present and Past Family History
140. Creative Children. All those Christmas presents? Who needs 'em! All we really need is paper, markers and scissors for a really good time. Oh, and I almost forgot tape. Lots and lots of tape. The spy theme lives on!
141. An essay by my grandmother. I was reading through a book of her writing today. It made me laugh.
Our attic and basement and all the nooks and cranies and spaces in between are full of stuff, brimming full. But the one thing we throw away, we need almost immediately.
I had lids of butter tubs piling up all over, so I counted and threw a bunch away. Now we can't find enough lids for those butter tubs. We use them to store meal-sized portions of food in the deep freeze. Some of the lids we have are stretching. I need more lids.
I threw out our old teacher's certificates for the state of Utah. The next year Alpine District offered a raise in pay - another step up on the salary schedule - for those who had taught for fifteen years and had twenty extra hours of college credit. We both qualified. but we had to prove we had been certified teachers for that long. And I had thrown away our old teacher's certificates.
We went to the state board offices to see if we could get copies of the old certificates. This was in the days before duplicators. They had the copies in their files, but could not lend them for us to copy. The district demanded a copy. After about three trips to Salt Lake, we got them to sign a paper, saying we had held teacher's certificates at that time. It worked.
I could go on and on. If you want to know if something is valuable, put it away. You'll never need it again.
141. An essay by my grandmother. I was reading through a book of her writing today. It made me laugh.
L-----'s Law
If you want to know if something is valuable or not, just throw it away. You will need it almost immediately.Our attic and basement and all the nooks and cranies and spaces in between are full of stuff, brimming full. But the one thing we throw away, we need almost immediately.
I had lids of butter tubs piling up all over, so I counted and threw a bunch away. Now we can't find enough lids for those butter tubs. We use them to store meal-sized portions of food in the deep freeze. Some of the lids we have are stretching. I need more lids.
I threw out our old teacher's certificates for the state of Utah. The next year Alpine District offered a raise in pay - another step up on the salary schedule - for those who had taught for fifteen years and had twenty extra hours of college credit. We both qualified. but we had to prove we had been certified teachers for that long. And I had thrown away our old teacher's certificates.
We went to the state board offices to see if we could get copies of the old certificates. This was in the days before duplicators. They had the copies in their files, but could not lend them for us to copy. The district demanded a copy. After about three trips to Salt Lake, we got them to sign a paper, saying we had held teacher's certificates at that time. It worked.
I could go on and on. If you want to know if something is valuable, put it away. You'll never need it again.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Writing Conference
139. trying out a link Susan Uhlig
Went to a writing conference today. They talked about social media, and I learned to put links in. I also learned a heck of a lot about twitter. I might even use it sometime. Anyone out there tweet?
Also, lunch with awesome ladies. One had a great story about how God has been intervening in her life, once she was ready to jump in and follow where He led. Love these great ladies. Being with them makes me happy.
Went to a writing conference today. They talked about social media, and I learned to put links in. I also learned a heck of a lot about twitter. I might even use it sometime. Anyone out there tweet?
Also, lunch with awesome ladies. One had a great story about how God has been intervening in her life, once she was ready to jump in and follow where He led. Love these great ladies. Being with them makes me happy.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Winter Happenings
It's an open secret around here. It has been Gray. And you know what that means. It means I am trying very hard not to grumble at the skies. And working hard to find things that make me smile. At least we have SNOW. Cold with new snow is FUN. Cold (and it has been COLD.) with gray and no snow is NOT SO FUN.
133. Helping bring down Krispy Kreme's profit margin.
Did you know that for every A you get on your report card, Krispy Kreme will give you a doughnut? It's a good thing they limit it to half a dozen per child. If they didn't, kids like mine would run them out of business. We are still having trouble with backwards 2's in Kindergarten. But all things considered, I'd say that's not bad.
134. Winning Contests Uncontested. The Unnamed oldest won first place for poetry in the SMAC citizenship contest. The theme was Obama's inauguration. She gets to read her poem at a reception. She entered because it was extra credit in English. She was the only poetry entry in her grade at her school. Two of her friends entered the essay category. They got first and second. They were the only two entries in that category from their school. It just goes to show, you can't win what you don't enter.
135. Band and strings concerts. They had a school wide band, strings, choir concert. Great fun. Sue and Lou both played and Sue sang with the choir. They did a great job.
And in slightly older news...
135. Walking out of the mist to rescue the hysterical children. This doesn't look as good here as I imagined it. I saw it actually in slow motion as a movie scene. I might work on it a bit more. To the rescue!...
136. Snow Days. And snow forts. And Tunnels. And sledding on hills with no sleds. And coming in pink cheeked from the cold. And drinking hot chocolate.
137. Drinking hot chocolate. Are you looking at me?
138. Singing in Church. They were asked the same week they sang, and it turned out beautifully. Thanks to Sister G for her great help on the piano.
That's all for now. Got to get back to putting away Christmas. I know I'm late! The house is crazy and I'll be gone most of the day tomorrow. I'm hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.
133. Helping bring down Krispy Kreme's profit margin.
Did you know that for every A you get on your report card, Krispy Kreme will give you a doughnut? It's a good thing they limit it to half a dozen per child. If they didn't, kids like mine would run them out of business. We are still having trouble with backwards 2's in Kindergarten. But all things considered, I'd say that's not bad.
134. Winning Contests Uncontested. The Unnamed oldest won first place for poetry in the SMAC citizenship contest. The theme was Obama's inauguration. She gets to read her poem at a reception. She entered because it was extra credit in English. She was the only poetry entry in her grade at her school. Two of her friends entered the essay category. They got first and second. They were the only two entries in that category from their school. It just goes to show, you can't win what you don't enter.
135. Band and strings concerts. They had a school wide band, strings, choir concert. Great fun. Sue and Lou both played and Sue sang with the choir. They did a great job.
And in slightly older news...
135. Walking out of the mist to rescue the hysterical children. This doesn't look as good here as I imagined it. I saw it actually in slow motion as a movie scene. I might work on it a bit more. To the rescue!...
136. Snow Days. And snow forts. And Tunnels. And sledding on hills with no sleds. And coming in pink cheeked from the cold. And drinking hot chocolate.
137. Drinking hot chocolate. Are you looking at me?
138. Singing in Church. They were asked the same week they sang, and it turned out beautifully. Thanks to Sister G for her great help on the piano.
That's all for now. Got to get back to putting away Christmas. I know I'm late! The house is crazy and I'll be gone most of the day tomorrow. I'm hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Poetry to promote good Karma
129. A Poem. I wrote this one during Nanowrimo. In the middle of the night. At the end of a long day. Today is a snow day. (Even though it hasn't started snowing!!!) I think it'll be fun! After I publish this and get cleaned up, we're off to the library.
Because time cannot eat my lunch without my permission.
I solemnly declare a day of freedom from.
From laundry
From dishes
From carpools
From washing of any kind.
From ought to’s, and should haves, and need to’s, and all those burdens we lay on ourselves with heavy words.
I declare a day of freedom to
To care
And wash
And drive
And clean the world and lives of those I love into a gentle peace of calm and orderly places.
Of light loads and easy roads and hands red with love
A day of I will, I want to, I’m going to, I did.
Because outside, results may be much the same. But inside, I will be much different.
For some reason it's double spaced. I don't know why. It wasn't where I brought it from. I'll have to do a little html investigating to figure out why. Have a great Day! It's still below 10 degrees here!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Photoshop
127. Photoshop. I'm in love. The extended family picture is coming along nicely. There is still a little bit of tweaking to be done, but there are places I can't even see what I've done unless I turn off a layer. Hee Hee! I showed it to Mr. C. He couldn't find the photoshopped stuff either. Then he tried to downplay my magnificent achievement. I wouldn't let him. I rock.
128. Today's photoshop tutorial. How to make fake water. This is what Monticello might look like if it were on the water. (I know, this is very rough, the water color is off, and the ripples are awful. Also, buildings with horizontal lines don't blur well. But it was fun to do. And I learned something.)
128. Today's photoshop tutorial. How to make fake water. This is what Monticello might look like if it were on the water. (I know, this is very rough, the water color is off, and the ripples are awful. Also, buildings with horizontal lines don't blur well. But it was fun to do. And I learned something.)
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