Weekend accomplishments
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pegkerrI feel quite good about this weekend.
I went to take pictures at our dojo's belt tests Saturday morning. Sensei looked at me in some puzzlement. "Aren't you testing today?"
I stared at him. "I missed last Thursday's class because I was busy getting Fiona off to Mexico."
"Well, you're definitely ready. I'd intended for you to test today."
I felt a little surge of pride--and disappointment. "Um, nobody told me I'm supposed to test." It was too late to go home and get my gear and kit.
"Well, we're doing a makeup test, next Saturday morning at 9:15. You can do it then."
Sweet. I test next week for my brown stripe belt.
I spent Saturday cleaning up financial paperwork off the floor and filing it. I put away--in order--the CDs stacked on my desk and cleaned off all the other paperwork. I can actually see the top of my desk for the first time in months, and just walking into my office makes me feel a lot less crazy.
Delia and I watched Jane Austen movies as she beaded and I soulcollaged. No new cards yet, just cutting out images. I got a little frustrated sorting through them last night--I have lots of images, but a new card hasn't coalesced yet. Soon, I hope. i did figure out what one of my companion animals is, though, for my second chakra. No, I'm not going to tell you--wait until the card is done. I asked Rob to hook the scanner up again so I can scan and display the cards I've made so far. My latest is my Jane Austen card (for the Community suit) and I like it very well indeed.
Today, after church, Delia and I went to the co-op and got lots of vegetarian options (thanks for your suggestions, everyone!) Seitan and edamame and tofu and hummus and pita and quinoa. I made quinoa timbales tonight, a recipe I got from the Vegan Lunchbox cookbook [note: this is from the first edition of the cookbook, which is sold out, but a new edition is coming out next June]. Expect a picture of my lunch tomorrow.
Then today I sat down and input two and a half months of Quicken and reconciled two months of my checkbook. And paid bills. And did laundry. That felt very good.
Delia has asked me to post these two pictures so you can see what she accomplished this weekend, too.
Before picture:
After picture:
*Sigh* We didn't get the books back to the library. And I still have to get the pictures from the belt test off to the webmaster. Oh, well. Can't do everything, but we did accomplish quite a lot.
Got a call from Fiona on my sister's cell phone, so I did get to wish her a happy birthday. When she called me, at about 6:30, they were going through customs--that would be a bit of a wait--and then they were about 1/2 hour after that to get to the orphanage. They should roll in late tonight.
I went to take pictures at our dojo's belt tests Saturday morning. Sensei looked at me in some puzzlement. "Aren't you testing today?"
I stared at him. "I missed last Thursday's class because I was busy getting Fiona off to Mexico."
"Well, you're definitely ready. I'd intended for you to test today."
I felt a little surge of pride--and disappointment. "Um, nobody told me I'm supposed to test." It was too late to go home and get my gear and kit.
"Well, we're doing a makeup test, next Saturday morning at 9:15. You can do it then."
Sweet. I test next week for my brown stripe belt.
I spent Saturday cleaning up financial paperwork off the floor and filing it. I put away--in order--the CDs stacked on my desk and cleaned off all the other paperwork. I can actually see the top of my desk for the first time in months, and just walking into my office makes me feel a lot less crazy.
Delia and I watched Jane Austen movies as she beaded and I soulcollaged. No new cards yet, just cutting out images. I got a little frustrated sorting through them last night--I have lots of images, but a new card hasn't coalesced yet. Soon, I hope. i did figure out what one of my companion animals is, though, for my second chakra. No, I'm not going to tell you--wait until the card is done. I asked Rob to hook the scanner up again so I can scan and display the cards I've made so far. My latest is my Jane Austen card (for the Community suit) and I like it very well indeed.
Today, after church, Delia and I went to the co-op and got lots of vegetarian options (thanks for your suggestions, everyone!) Seitan and edamame and tofu and hummus and pita and quinoa. I made quinoa timbales tonight, a recipe I got from the Vegan Lunchbox cookbook [note: this is from the first edition of the cookbook, which is sold out, but a new edition is coming out next June]. Expect a picture of my lunch tomorrow.
Then today I sat down and input two and a half months of Quicken and reconciled two months of my checkbook. And paid bills. And did laundry. That felt very good.
Delia has asked me to post these two pictures so you can see what she accomplished this weekend, too.
Before picture:
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| Delia's side of the girls' bedroom, before |
After picture:
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| Delia's side of the girls' bedroom, after |
*Sigh* We didn't get the books back to the library. And I still have to get the pictures from the belt test off to the webmaster. Oh, well. Can't do everything, but we did accomplish quite a lot.
Got a call from Fiona on my sister's cell phone, so I did get to wish her a happy birthday. When she called me, at about 6:30, they were going through customs--that would be a bit of a wait--and then they were about 1/2 hour after that to get to the orphanage. They should roll in late tonight.
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Date: 2008-03-31 04:17 am (UTC)She should be very proud of herself.
I hope she's willing to eat that yummy stuff!
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Date: 2008-03-31 06:03 am (UTC)Also, I've run across something I think you might want to take a look at. I've been reading The Kabbalah Handbook: A concise encyclopedia of terms and concepts in Jewish mysticism and found the section on the ten sephirot (different aspects of nodes on the Tree of Life).
If you're interested the book's available through the public library. The author is Gabriella Samuel.
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Date: 2008-03-31 02:35 pm (UTC)No. Tell!
And I'll check out the book. Thanks!
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Date: 2008-04-01 03:49 pm (UTC)Well, I ended up with a committee; a female beaver, a male otter, and a raven, so I decided to figure out what they meant. The otter and beaver were easy to understand, but when I "turned" to the raven it said, "Hey, I'm an archetype, so you'll never be able to "get" me, idiot."
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Date: 2008-04-01 03:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 10:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 11:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 01:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 02:06 pm (UTC)Beginners' belts:
White
Gold
Green stripe
Intermediate belts (sparring begins)
Green
Purple stripe
Purple
Blue stripe [begin training with bo]
Blue
Red Stripe
Advanced belts
Red [this is my present belt]
Brown stripe
Brown [this is the belt where you begin to be called with the honoric "Mr." or "Ms." before your name]
Black stripe
Double black stripe [training begins for black belt screening--this is where Delia is now]
Black belt, first degree [begin training with kamas and Japanese swords]
(and then the black belts go up by various degrees after that.)
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Date: 2008-03-31 03:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 03:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-31 06:30 pm (UTC)I wonder what Delia will think of them. Or whether she will refuse to eat them because of the dried apricots, no matter how finely I chopped them.