Flu Shot, Shopping, and Beautiful Music. 12 October 2016

I knew I would be having a cash outlay for my flu shot, but did not think I would buy several birthday and Christmas gifts today.  That was the result of a trip to Deseret Book! Three of the four books I bought I had planned to get anyway--just not quite yet.  But it is good to have that taken care of already.

I did not sleep well last night, so I am pleased that I still did OK during my shift at the Library, since this was my late day.

I got to talk with my Sweetheart in the morning for a while, and then this evening, so I am doing well on that score.

At Choir practice this afternoon, our conductor was a bit frazzled by our slowness in singing several pieces, but we all enjoyed the new piece we just got today:  The Ukrainian Bell Carol.  I have loved that piece since the very first time I heard it, many decades ago.  And to get to sing it now in the choir is just a real treat!  I actually like the alto part best, because we get the sing the sustained Dings and Dongs--so much fun!

We are also practicing one of my favorite hymns:  If You Could Hie to Kolob.  For any of you who might not be Mormon, I think you would really enjoy listening the the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing this piece.  It is easily found on YouTube. Wonderful piece.


I had a bit of an "Oh, dear!" moment when I came back to the apartment for supper.  My iPad was not in my purse.  I was pretty sure I would find it in the Training Room at the Library, because my usual routine had been interrupted when a missionary actually came and asked for help with a Case Study just as I was preparing to go to afternoon prayer meeting.  Sure enough, when I returned for the evening, there it was, safe and sound.

During the evening I worked on another in-service PowerPoint, this one on how to use the Snipping
Tool.  I learned by looking for an image of the Snipping Tool to include, that I could use PrintScreen when I needed a screenshot of a drop-down menu.  I ended up using that trick several times this evening--especially after I apparently forgot to save the changes in the PowerPoint, and had to redo several slides.

This evening my Sweetheart sent me a video of another beautiful song:  A Time for Us, from Romeo and Juliet. I really enjoyed being reminded of this lovely piece.  Of course, the two of us apply it to ourselves, but it is quite wonderful in its own right. I actually went looking for its origins, as it has a classical music feel to it.  The composer scored 150+ films, but also wrote orchestral music--beginning at age 11! Such beautiful music there is in this world--one more gift from our loving Heavenly Father.