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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: November 20, 2016

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For Today… November 20, 2016

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Looking out my window… dark. It was chilly today with some scattered showers and temperatures in the 40’s Fahrenheit. I am really hoping my boots arrive from L.L. Bean before the snow comes!

I am thinking… about some of the political news and how to deal with it appropriately.

I am thankful… for the chance to spend time with my brother and sister-in-law later this week when they come up for Thanksgiving. There will be football involved as the Apple Cup is happening on Friday and there are some inter-family rivalries between the UW and WSU. My cousin Sarah is the president of the WSU Marching Band and my parents are UW alums so Facebook should be really fun this week!

One of my favorite things… Daniel calmly curled up asleep. I’m enjoying the quiet time to blog before I go back to sleep.

I am wearing… my Online Debate Team shirt and black capri sweats. (In other words, my jammies.) Church clothes from this morning were the usual shirt from Old Navy (charcoal today) with my black slacks and cardigan from Kohl’s. When I got home, I switched out the slacks and cardigan for jeans and a light grey hoodie.

I am creating… Excel files for my Practical Accounting homework and Access forms for my online class. Whee!

I am watching… The Big Bang Theory re-runs.

I am hoping… the advising thing I have to attend tomorrow isn’t a brain-numbing waste of my time. I’m going because it’s a hoop I have to jump through in order to register for classes but I’m not happy about being forced to do it.

I am learning… about employer taxes.

In my kitchen… we chose to just get some pizza for Sunday dinner tonight with my aunt, my uncle, and my grandmother.

In the school room… Daniel’s speech is exploding.

Post Script… someone shared this 12-step program for responding to president-elect Trump.

Shared Quote… I wrote one of my college admissions essays on this fragment of an Enya song:

My life flows on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentation
I hear the sweet though far off hymn
That hails a new creation
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing
It finds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from singing
— “How Can I Keep From Singing”

A moment from my day… I love this Audrey Assad cover of “How Can I Keep From Singing”.

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7 Quick Takes: Dead Exhausted Edition

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7 Quick Takes

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Dead exhausted. My sleep debt now is substantial enough that I’m spending any spare time trying to catch up. Daniel is having sleep issues and that’s meaning that I’m up at weird hours during the night and it’s really messing with me. It’s bad enough that I skipped Mary’s Guild yesterday morning to nap and that’s usually the highlight of my week!

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Political and faith links. Here are two wonderful pieces courtesy of my friend Laura of Coptic Dad and Mom. She didn’t write the first one but she did write the second one.

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*facepalm* Just a head’s up from a conversation I had today with a classmate: clean water is a necessity, not a privilege afforded to the victors of a war. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has a right to object to the pipeline being routed through their land because of the risk to their water supply… just as the people in Bismarck had a right to object to it going near their reservoir. The rights of the white people in Bismarck do not supersede the rights of the Sioux.

Also, interrupt my conversation with a remark like that again and you *WILL* feel my wrath, you weapons-grade spoon!

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Mad computer skillz. The program I use for assessments for my online class and my laptop do not get along so I usually go do assessments at school in the computer lab. Well… in the process of doing my 15-minute assessment, I froze three of the computers in the lab and my professor’s computer. We finally pieced a score together for me, but I.T. will have to update the Adobe Acrobat plugin on Chrome on every computer in the lab now because the failure of the Acrobat plugin trips up the program I use for my assessments. (Granted, the program is already pretty catty so it’s not like it takes much to piss it off and make it lock-up a computer.)

While we were waiting for tech support to try and fix things, I showed her the Excel spreadsheet form I had created last night which involved a bunch of things we learned in Excel this quarter. She was impressed.

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Mad tenor skillz. The high schooler who sings tenor was on his own last night (not that he needs another person — dude can cantor and hold the men together) and wasn’t feeling good so I sang a little bit of tenor with him on one of our pieces. Apparently, he was pretty impressed that the lower part of my range is tenor quality. I’ll be switching to tenor for part of our anthem on Sunday to give him and his dad (the other tenor) some support on a note that requires helium for them to hit with any measurable volume.

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Some music for this week. I heard this tonight and it’s resonating with me. Enjoy!

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Cold weather. It’s supposed to get down to freezing temperatures tonight!!! I am so excited!!! I’m kind of hoping that the snow doesn’t fly until my boots arrive but I’m looking forward to my first winter in six years where I get to experience four distinct seasons.

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: November 13, 2016

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For Today… November 13, 2016

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Looking out my window… grey and rainy. It’s quite delightful, actually.

I am thinking… about the news that Donald Trump named a white supremacist as his counselor and chief strategist. This jerk and his followers attacked Kristen of Rage Against the Minivan, doxxed her, and sent some of the most vulgar tweets I have ever read. I was one of the people going through her Twitter account and reporting this profoundly sick people to Twitter for harassment. We’re talking tweets about nasty things these men wanted to do to her daughters, calling Kristen and her family sickening names, and a whole lot of things that will require me to take more Ativan if I speak of further.

I am thankful… for IRIS being inundated with calls asking how to help out with their immigration and refugee services. (I know someone who works with them and she reported this on Facebook.) It’s good to know that not all of the country have lost their minds.

One of my favorite things… worship today at St. Paul’s. I love being part of a community that is so alive.

I am wearing… a charcoal shirt from Old Navy and black jeans from Fred Meyer. Church clothes were the shirt with black slacks and a black cardigan from Kohl’s.

I am creating… a chapter outline for my Practical Accounting class and a blog post about political stuff.

I am listening to… chamber music on one of the Dish Network channels.

I am hoping… Trump finds better advisors than his current band of jokers.

I am learning… about employer earnings and deductions.

In my kitchen… Dad made garlic shrimp pasta for Sunday dinner.

In the school room… Daniel came home smelling like Old Spice because they were doing OT stuff with shaving cream on Friday.

Post Script… Do me a favor and read the following links and tell me if I’m overreacting to Trump being elected: this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. Keep in mind that this is just the tip of the iceberg as to what I’ve seen on Twitter and Facebook.

Shared Quote…

“Empathy challenge: Imagine if we’d just elected a man who said he’d shut down churches and force Christians to register with the government.” — Rachel Held Evans

A moment from my day… One of the many Joe Biden memes going around.

*snickers*

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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: November 6, 2016

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For Today… November 6, 2016

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Looking out my window… sunny and quite nice. Weather.Com is saying temps are around 51F but it feels warmer than that. There’s definitely rain offshore and we were supposed to get hammered on Election Day, but it’s starting to look like the rain is holding off until Wednesday.

I am thinking… about my Accounting test tomorrow and what subjects I need to brush up on tonight after dinner.

I am thankful… for whoever found my pocketbook and turned it in at Haggen on Friday. It’s good to know that there are honest people out there.

One of my favorite things… the view of evergreen forests from my bedroom window.

I am wearing… a v-neck shirt and jeans. Church clothes were a dress, camisole, cardigan, tights, and my black flats.

I am creating… Access queries. Fun.

I am reading… Trump fans’ erroneous thoughts on President Obama defending an pro-Trump protestor at a rally. Whether or not you like him or agree with him, you have to acknowledge that Obama is a class act and so incredibly different from the degenerate nominated by the Republicans to replace him. He told the crowd that they needed to respect the protestor because he was veteran, elderly, and we live in a country where we value free speech.

I am hoping… Hillary wins on Tuesday. I’m not a fan of hers but the alternative of Trump as president makes me nauseated.

I am learning… how to perform queries in Microsoft Access.

In my kitchen… Dad is making something for Sunday dinner.

In the school room… Daniel is saying more and more words. It’s like someone turned on a faucet in the speech section of his brain.

Post Script… The Cubs set a record for the 7th largest gathering in human history. (My friend’s son described it as “the zombie apocalypse with Cubs fans”.) Beat that, Cleveland!

Shared Quote… “The American ideal is not that we all agree with each other, or even like each other, every minute of the day. It is rather that we will respect each other’s rights, especially the right to be different, and that, at the end of the day, we will understand that we are one people, one country, and one community and that our well-being is inextricably bound up with the well-being of each and every one of our fellow citizens.” – Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D.

A moment from my day… This fits my twisted sense of humor.

This fits my twisted sense of humor.

Closing Notes: An ear worm for you!

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{five favourites}: Miscellanea (LXXIX)

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#5Faves

One

The resident I saw last Thursday. I had to go in for asthma/bronchitis issues and got a resident who listened to me and didn’t tell me just to suck it up. I just sent her a thank-you email because I felt like she took my concerns seriously.

Two

My Accounting class. I’m doing extra problems in each chapter for *FUN*. That is crazy!!!

Three

The band NEEDTOBREATHE. I am in love with their songs “Brother” and “Testify”. “Washed By the Water” is also pretty awesome.

Four

The weather lately. It’s been beautiful and rainy. I am in heaven.

Five

My grey kitty Homer. Someone is being a needeh kitteh and is wanting to come and sit on my chest. He’s also my homework buddy.

Go love up Bonnie, DeBalino, and the others.

The Simple Woman’s Daybook: October 30, 2016

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Looking out my window… a little cloudy and chilly. It hasn’t even broken 50F yet today!

I am thinking… about what to blog on for today in the Write 31 Days challenge.

I am thankful… for a few minutes of quiet after getting home from church. Mom took Daniel to Fred Meyer and they aren’t back yet.

One of my favorite things… good choral music. We sang this for the Offertory this morning.

I am wearing… an indigo shirt and jeans. For church, I switched out my jeans for my black paisley skirt.

I am creating… Access databases.

I am listening to… various songs by NEEDTOBREATHE.

I am hoping… the Cubs win the next three World Series games. I hate all Cleveland sports teams and am wondering what deal they made with Satan for two of their teams to be doing as well as they are this year. (Usually, their teams are a joke.)

I am learning… about how to journalize and post closing entries in Practical Accounting.

In my kitchen… not sure if we’re having “family dinner” tonight with just the four of us but I’m kind of hoping we are.

In the school room… Daniel continues to do really well with his program.

Post Script… it’s Reformation Sunday today so I’m sharing the Reformation Polka.

Shared Quote…

Spider fun!

A moment from my day… My latest addiction:

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7 Quick Takes: Five Day Weekend!

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7 Quick Takes

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Halloween costumes. I couldn’t find kitty ears and a tail anywhere else so I finally broke down and went to a Spirit Halloween superstore. I was able to find a tail and ears without a problem as well as a black hooded cape for Daniel. I’m trying to figure out what he should be. Ideas?

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Checking out the feline angle. I think this is further proof that cats exist in a liquid state.

What acute kitty!

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Some Halloween grammar Nazi fun. I think this is a lovely illustration of a common grammar mistake.

Some good old-fashioned fun with grammar.

— 4 —

Almost done. I only have 5 posts left for the Write 31 Days challenge. I’m glad I was able to go all month this year (I had to bail after 17 days last year because of my unplanned move to northern California) though I’m also kind of glad that it’s ending because it’s been hard at times to find time to write on days when I have a fair amount of homework.

If you haven’t read any of the entries, go here.

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Update on the mutant death virus. I’m definitely better than last week but all the crud in my chest has exacerbated my asthma enough that I went to see the doctor this morning to see if we could formulate a plan to keep me out of the ER. She took one listen to my lungs and announced that she would be putting me on a Z-pack and that I would need to be taking my inhaler every 4-6 hours for the next week. (Yay inhaler shakes!)

Prayers for healing of this mutant death virus would be appreciated. Please and thank you!

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More adventures with my “pretty notebook”. Various people commented that I needed psychiatric help when they saw how detailed and colorful my Chapter 4 outline was for my Accounting class. Well… it paid off for me because I had to miss class last Thursday due to illness but had no problems doing the homework because I had drawn all of the necessary diagrams in my notebook. 😀 I also managed to put together an Excel worksheet for three of the problems with formulas that could be copied across multiple columns. #winning

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Double rainbows. The storms we had on Tuesday and Wednesday brought some amazingly brilliant double rainbows. It’s been fabulous. 🙂

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