It was a rain day today, or at least, it began that way. When Justin should have already left for work, I heard in my waking moments his laugh wafting down the hallway. I scooted (that is exactly what I do!) off to his room, concerned that he was late for work. Nope, he was not going to work today, but he was up and dressed for a day at home. Because it was so dark out yet, I could not see how gloomy and stormy it was at present, and was going to be. His boss had already given him the heads' up on the nasty weather coming our way, and sure enough, he was right!
Justin was laughing at his early morning radio show on The Blaze. Tonight he reported to me that a tweet he had sent to this humorous morning team was re-tweeted several times by others. He is famous in the world of tweeters! In the Twitter world, that is significant.
Around 7:30 a.m., to the sound of falling rain, Justin came to my door and asked me if I would like some homemade pancakes for breakfast. Sure! Normally not a breakfast eater, I was pleased to be served 'breakfast on belly', as we used to call it when the kids were little. Perfectly shaped pancakes plus two sausages, which were located in my freezer. I have never been able to master round pancakes and beige ones, instead of burnt ones!
Since today was an in-the-house day, I was able to catch up on some reading, the best article being sent to me by my friend, Mo. She is a teacher, extremely frustrated by the new education program instituted by our State and County School Boards, called Common Core. Many folks know nothing about this program, good or bad, but those of us who are following this know it is not good. During the summer I tried to warn her but she was not to be dissuaded---she was ready to go!
At first she was enthusiastic about this new uniformity of instruction, etc. but it didn't take but a few weeks for it all to become perfectly clear---disaster!! More questions than answers, and certainly no grades. Every paper is considered good whether the student grasps the concepts or not. This week the administration was having meetings where the teachers can come and present their grievances.
Today she sent me an article telling how the Governor has withdrawn our State from the government program overseeing our education, to get us out from under the control of our schools. What a relief!!!
Another article I read was about evangelicalism, written by a theologian in 1984. It has proved to be prophetic, how some in the church are denying the efficacy of the Scriptures, saying the historical portions of the Bible don't add up. So, is it God's Word, or is it not, if you don't believe it is inerrant?? Very interesting article. A friend had posted about a book she was reading and that's how I got taken to this article.
Our congregation is being visited yet again by our 'mentor' the first week in October so the Elders are cramming through a book they were assigned to read before he gets here. In fact, they were to discuss it tonight at their meeting but several had not delved as deeply into it as they should have for discussion. They confessed this to me so I am not speculating. I hope they got some good reading time in after our building committee meeting last night!
Not only did I get breakfast served to me, but Justin also presented me with a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. He knew I was busy reading, and writing, today! About midmorning, I went to the kitchen to cut up some chicken breasts and put them in my new steamer/slow cooker with bbq sauce to cook all day.
Since it was new, I was not sure about the settings, and found out the one I chose brought the sauce to a boil, cooking the chicken very quickly. Justin turned it down but I guess the damage was done---the chicken chunks were on the dry side. Nuts! I have decided to mulch them tomorrow and make chicken salad out of it. And hope it tastes okay. Hate to waste such nice chicken breasts, you know?
