chores

When I was a  "real teacher" The month of January was my least favorite. Today I spent time doing laundry, making vegetable soup and reading:

• The first three chapters of 1st Kings
• Eva Braun by Heike Gortemaker (on my iPad)
• The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley (also on my iPad)

I want to try to make it completely thought the Bible this year.

braille

This morning I helped the Braille ladies from church put together an eighteen page book entitled Alone, Alive, Fulfilled. It is a rainy day here so walking is out of the picture anyway. My job was to work on the assembly line sandwiching the braille plates between sheets of cardboard. We started at nine and worked till eleven making 34 books suitable for second-graders. These books will be shipped to a little town in California and then distributed to blind schools throughout the world.
I also decided to make a big pot of vegetable soup, the rainy day just calls for it!

mall walking

I had some business across town this morning so I decided to stop at our little mall and do some walking. We are very fortunate that our mall is still open as little malls all over have closed up due to the economy.



A lot of the walkers stash their jackets and scarves here on this bench in the Sears wing. I prefer to keep mine in my car and make a mad dash for the door in the Dillards wing. I was able to score a new pair of walking shoes that were marked down from $110 to $35. They are the Ecco brand.

The Senior Center in the Dillards wing was the busiest place by far. They were serving vegetable soup and believe me, it smelled delish!!