Deer in the Snow

I finished up Prehistory and got an A for the course!  It's on to finishing up New Testament class after the move.  I've been keeping up with my homework OK.  Next week is gonna be tough.  I'm switching to cable from DSL, as Qwest doesn't have fiber-optic cables to the south end of town.  I should be running mucho errands today, but it is 26 F out, so I may run just a few of them.  Mom and my brother are coming over for chicken salad sandwiches and homemade chicken noodle soup at noon.  I've had the heat running a lot lately.  My last electric bill here is going to be a big one.  There were a couple deer sitting in the snow (just a little of that) in the backyard this morning, but they scampered off.  They seem quite contented.  Thanksgiving is this week.  I'm making deviled eggs for dinner that day.  I'll be offline next week for at least 2 days, maybe longer.  C'est la vie!

Cherries on Top

I'm roasting a chicken.  I can smell it.  Not done yet.  I'm gonna make mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing to go with it.  Things are going pretty good.  I don't think I have enough boxes for the move.  I can get more on Saturday night at the liquor store.  I might buy a couple more of those plastic totes too.  Just depends.  I'm gonna watch Fringe tonight.  Love that show!  I made a really good cake, fudge cake with fudge frosting, cherry pie filling mixed in and on top.  Here's a picture:

Made one for my family as well.  All for now!

Deer in the Backyard

Doe a deer, a female deer!  There were three does in my backyard this morning.  And I got pictures!  Mom is coming over for lunch today.  I hope she is in a better mood.  I'm in a great mood!  We are definitely moving.  I packed up some clothes and movies last night.  I will work on my bedroom some more today.  The post office is closed for Veteran's Day, I'm sure.  I am taking my car in next Wednesday for a transmission service.  I gotta get my Runes stuff back from Star.  She was going to help me write up stuff for my Rune poetry book, but fell in love instead.  C'est la vie!  Runes 5 starts a week late, next week, so that's OK.  Went to Bible Study last night and prayed for my stubborn family.  It's raining today.  I wonder if we'll get deer in the middle part of town.  Probably.  They are everywhere!

Progress

I'm almost finished with Prehistory class!!!  I've just got to finish the poem I wrote last night and finish my process notes.  I turn those in with the photos of the Stonehenge model I built yesterday and voila!  I'm done!  Yay!!  The model didn't turn out quite the way I envisioned it, but what does? 

Watched Iron Man 2 with Reggie last night.  Pretty good movie.  I'll give it to my brother to watch today. 

My family is moving into a rented house together.  Mom is really stressing about it.  Me not so much.  We had a spaghetti feed at church on Saturday night.  It went pretty well considering the weather.


What's next?  Four craft and writing projects for the New Testament class.  Hmmmmmm....!  I'll have to do some studying about that.

"reality continues to ruin my life"

I found that cross-stitched on one of my Flickr groups.  I figured out tonight I have to take 10 more classes plus do a Master's Thesis to get my Master's Degree in Interfaith.  Four of those are creative approaches to traditional religions, the rest are regular classes, all general electives except for one.  I'm finishing up one class right now or it'd be 11 classes.  I'm closest to getting my Divination Certificate, but even that will be awhile.  Almost 3 more years for Ancient Rites, Shamanism.  I haven't made any progress on Modern Rituals, Shamanism, for months now.  And here I am gleefully considering getting my MFA. :) I don't think I'll be applying for that until I finish something!  I feel kind of pathetic.  People are always asking when I'm going to get my degree or what am I gonna do with it. When is anybody's guess. Frame it and hang it on the wall!  This is all happening, or not happening, depending on your POV, because I take whatever I'm interested in.  Actually, I take "degree" programs in what I'm interested in.  And also because I pace myself and don't take 5 classes at once.  Well, I sorta am taking 5 classes at once, but not really...  Ancient Rites, I Ching, Runes, Prehistory, (Modern Rituals).  More like 4.  I must be nuts!  Oh yeah...

Play Month

I don't want to jinx myself, but I've been posting every week for the 52 Weeks of Creative on Flickr.  That's 10 weeks in a row!  I gave up goal-setting awhile ago and am working on a Happiness Project.  I started in July with Energy, August was Spirituality, September was School and October's was Writing. Well, I tried to do all the activities for each month and it finally piled up on me in October.  So the Writing month was pretty much a bust.  November's subject is Play and so far is much easier, as you can probably guess!  I'm already in a much better mood so maybe this project is finally working.  I'm just going to do one subject a month and not try to do all of them. 

On a more somber note, I will probably be moving with my family or getting an apartment soon.  I'm not really sure what's going to happen.  I already went through this once when my mobile home was up for sale, but nothing happened. We'll see!