Weathering the cold pretty well here. It wasn’t windy today, and the sun was bright, so the cold temps, although waaay below my comfort zone, were bearable. I would have preferred to hunker down for the evening, but we had church so I did get out once after dark and I was glad to be home! I guess I weather the extremes by staying indoors and being thankful for good heat (and good ac in the summer!)
I just saw a video clip of Lake Michigan – so neat, the water was just rolling because of the extreme cold air hitting the right-at freezing water.
I had never heard of setting train tracks on fire,
blessed! WOW!
Oh – I have now watched ALL the Marie Kondo episodes! I LOVED them. I do NOT want to pile ALL my clothes on the bed and ALL my books in the middle of the living room. That is just too extreme for me, and DH would have a fit… but I did enjoy watching all the shows. Ddil said she was put off a little by so much Japanese and subtitles, but I find Marie very calming, and I loved that. “Greeting the house” sounds a little wee bit supernatural to me, but I may just be being silly.
Confirming
Rose’s answer re: teacher pay… exactly the same deal here in Alabama. Pay for 185 days, divided by 12 months. (I think teachers here work 185 days.) Before my time, teachers here did without checks during the summer months, and were eligible for unemployment benefits, (I think!) Sometimes, non-tenured coaches here have been released from their contracts for the summer months – in an effort to save money, or in hopes of finding someone to replace them, whatever – and then rehired in the fall. Fortunately, this never happened to dh. Another interesting note. When you are first hired, most likely during the summer, your contract here does not begin until Sept. 1… soooo… you get no check until Sept. 30! That’s a shock, too.
Well, WTG,
Harmony! And congrats on getting $$ back!
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Harriet))) That is ridiculous… relatives visiting and spreading germs all around, especially if they had any knowledge that HRH was in his current situation – I mean that should have put two and two together and thought about the fact that dstepson and his family needed to stay healthy to help y’all out. Shaking my head…