Good morning!
As I sit here and look out the window, winter is back! Yesterday was a pretty windy day and by afternoon the winds were fierce! I got home from church with one of my sons about 3:15 or so and as we pulled into the driveway, we saw part of our fence get blown over! I ran inside and got Steven then we went out to look. The wind was gusting in all directions, it seemed, so the fence sections kept getting pushed one way then the other. It looks like the posts weren't set properly (I think not deep enough, seems no gravel for drainage because the posts looked rotted in the area where they broke, and I doubt they were set in cement) so we ended up bracing them and hoping for the best. As of this morning, they are still upright, though at crazy angles. Then at some point in the evening, rain started falling, which then changed to snow. So I am looking at about 3 inches of snow outside. Today will be cold but by tomorrow temperatures will be heading upward, peaking at about 60 by Saturday, so that snow isn't going to last very long.
Last night was great. For the past 2 months I have been involved with a local religious music group, preparing to perform an oratorio called "Lamb of God". It is a musical composition about the last week of Jesus Christ's life, as told from the perspectives of Peter, James, John, Mary of Bethany, her sister Martha, Mary of Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Judas Iscariot. I am part of a group of Deaf people who will be performing in American Sign Language. The choir, orchestra and ASL group have all been practicing separately, then last Sunday we came together for the first time, and we had another group practice last night. It was great. We have our first performances this coming Saturday, then two more next Saturday the 18th. I'm excited!
I have nothing scheduled today beyond the school runs so I plan to give my house a good once-over. I've also got laundry to do and bread to make. I plan to spend about an hour or so each day this week reviewing my parts of Lamb of God so I can be as prepared as possible.
Not quite sure what dinner will be--my schedule says spaghetti but I think Steven made that for dinner last night. I'll ask him when he gets up.
Have a great day!
Merilee
