A day off

Today's a holiday - I work tomorrow and then have Wednesday off. Sounds good to me. I slept in until 5:55 (as usual) this morning, then woke up, rolled over and went back to sleep until nearly 8. Then I picked up a book and remained in bed until I finished it. Very nice.

It's now nearly noon. I've practiced piano for an hour. I think I'll do some sewing this afternoon. After all, my brother has twins that I haven't even seen yet, and I must need to make them baby quilts, as I have for the other 20+ nieces and nephews I have. Maybe I'll see if I can get to S'toon and visit them Wednesday.

My Latest Trick

I'm supposed to be working on sight reading right now for piano. My teacher has loaned me one of her books (actually from when she was a child) of really easy hymns to sight read through. They're about a grade 2/3 level. There's very few of them I don't know, so that even makes it easier to sight read. So... I've upped the bar a little. I either have to sight read them with the metronome (which means I don't fudge the timing) or I have to sight read them and transpose them up or down a step or two.

Can I do it yet? Not well. We're working on it. It'll come.

Seek and Ye Shall Find

Well, Ruth walked into my apartment and said, "Here it is!" It was right there - I must have been blind. That's the way it goes somedays.

Daylight Savings Time

For the rest of the world (not including Saskatchewan), today was the start of daylight savings time. I have never understood this. This is partially because I grew up in Saskatchewan where we didn't change time twice a year. It is also partly because in the NWT, one hour's difference makes no difference when you lose 6 minutes of daylight everyday. Daylight savings time still means that you're getting up and going to bed in the dark.

So, why does cutting one end off a blanket and sewing it onto the other end, make the blanket any longer?

Where oh where?

Last Sunday the sermon went on extra long, so we didn't really have much time for Sunday school. Ruth and I co-teach the 8-11 year olds. Because there wasn't much time, we did an activity instead of the regular Bible story. Then we rushed out right after service to go to Kennedy for Grandpa McMillan's funeral.

I usually prepare Saturday for Sunday's class. However, because I had prepared last week, I didn't worry about preparing yesterday. I got up, went to get my materials.... where are my materials? I've searched the apartment over and can't find them. I phoned Ruth and she checked her car and house. Not there.

So, Ruth and I winged it this Sunday. This gives me a week to find when I put them.

Non-fiction

I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's books. I just finished Blink. I think of the three books I've read that he's written, I have enjoyed The Tipping Point the best. However, I can safely say that I've enjoyed all three. He has another one out: What the Dog Saw. I'll have to wait until it comes into the library though.

What's Blink about? It's about snap judgements and when that's a good thing and when it's a bad thing. It includes the accounts of many psychological experiments. With The Tipping Point I was able to see an immediate application to many aspects of my life. I can't say that with Blink, but I think I need to read it over several more times first.

Snow!

I looked out my window and what did I see?

I know that's a Cradle Roll song, but it popped into my head as soon as I looked out the window this morning. Everything's covered with a beautiful blanket of fresh white snow.

It will turn slushy and grey soon, but it's sooo beautiful right now. I'm very thankful that I can walk through it to work. (And also that I don't have to drive in it.)