1. Saturday was warm enough to eat lunch outside.
2. With a piece of cardboard and colored Post-It notes, I put together a tentative lesson plan for the Medieval Mania kid's class I hope to teach this Summer in Littleton. Calligraphy, making a small book, coats of arms, medieval games ending with a tournament where "knights" will duck walk through the lists and try to tip each other over.
3. Heavy winds and rain knocked a neighbor's tree into the electric wires. The wire sparked and the top of the tree caught fire. And we lost electricity at 4 pm. Police and the electric company observed the event and then left! The wind or rain doused the fire. Electric company website stated electricity would be turned on by 9 pm. Tuesday nights we watch Supernatural at 9 pm. and a new episode was to air after a 3 week hiatus. We had cold lamb sandwiches for supper. At 7 pm, some dudes showed up in a bucket truck and cut the tree off the wires. At 8:30 pm, the electric company came back. Didn't think we were going to get our electricity back in time to watch the TV program, but the electricity company came through with 10 minutes to spare.
4. WPI is showing the movie Spartacus (the real one with Kirk Douglas) on Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 2pm. during Gaming Weekend. The Young One said the school had a copy of the film and was going to show it on a big screen. I oohed and ahhed and told her what a great movie it was. She's only seen the bit (and that might have been a spoof) where every one stands up and claims to be Spartacus. She invited me to go with her. Kind of her, but no 20-something wants their ma hanging around with their friends. Still was nice to be asked.
5. There were several days in the Good Things journal that were blank. Most would have been SSDD as Robin suggested. And there would have been so many of them. A month or so ago, I came up with a solution to the blank pages. I decided to write out the lyrics to Harry Chapin's All My Life's A Circle Then I add dangles and bits as inspired by Joanne Fink's Zenspirations. Yesterday, I took the day to fill the blank pages and am now caught up.
How was your week?
Zentangles are addictive! Think the Spartacus spoof was a Monty Python one.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Zentangles are addictive. I think the spoof she would have seen was a Pepsi commercial done a couple of years ago.
DeleteI like your Friday five good things, CJ. You inspire me.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sandra (-:
DeleteSounds like you had a good week! So did I! Went to a BBQ, visited Son2 at his reastaurant and had drinks with his friends. Laughed alot. Went to an "Upcycle" art show. Had lunch at Cheeburger Cheebuger. Yeah, it was a good week. Definitely NOT SSDD. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great week! Do tell about the Upcycle art show
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