Tuesday the 3rd: Piano and stuff

 Trying to show my sister how I organize my books and piano stuff. I know it doesn't look organized! But all my piano books are mostly on the lower two shelves to the left; the books I play every day are on top; my church binders are to the right.

 

 

Monday the 2nd: Saint of the Week

 *Luke 2:22-24 tells us about the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the feast for today. This was traditionally Candlemas, a day to bless the candles to be used for sacred purposes for the rest of the year, and a traditional day to enter the Church. Here we see Mary and Anna blessing the child and the couple, recognizing Jesus the Light coming back to the Temple.

(picture:  http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/iconentrance.jpg) 

 

 

Friday the 30th: More Food

 *For Christmas my Husband bought chocolate from 3 fancy places so we could compare.

*Before the snow day I made a lemon sweet potato chicken soup that we ate on for days. It had such a nice broth and was filling but delightful. 

 

 

Thursday the 29th: Food of the Week

 *Tomorrow we're having braised white beans and fennel, but with celery and fennel seed because fennel is really hard to find. I will probably have the husband pick up something as a supplement.

*Tonight is buttermilk poached chicken and salad. Even though it's a slightly long ingredient list I can make the dressing while the chicken is poaching. 

*Last night we had lasagna that I made just after Christmas. It was so nice after a long day to have a really good supper.

*Tuesday the Son made udon noodle bowls. He really liked them; they were okay to me? Just not quite my thing.

*Monday I made turkey biscuit potpie. It's really simple even with a little zhushing, and there was only one serving leftover, and it's already gone.

*Sunday we had Thai chicken stir fry from Cook's Illustrated. We didn't have quite enough basil, but the sauce is so potent it's still quite good. I made it with rice. 

Wednesday the 28th: Music of the Week

 *I have 3 Masses at 3 parishes this weekend, so I'm working through that pile of music.

*For "fun" I'm still working on Vittoria's Toccata, FFIX music, and G minor Hanon 4 octave scale.

*For work I've added Ad Astra from the fall, Vive La Compagnie arranged by John Leavitt, and Hold Fast to Dreams by Susan LaBarr.

*We are less than a month from Barbershop Explosion which starts off our "concert/festival" season for third quarter; we don't have one big event but many many smaller events. 

Tuesday the 27th: Icy day Cooking

 We had a snow day on Monday and ice and snow all weekend, so I baked. Bottom picture is Cherry-Apricot Breakfast bread; middle is angel food cake; top is meringues with leftover egg whites. I used up half of the egg whites in my freezer.

Monday the 26th: Saint of the Week

 Today is the memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus. It's also the beginning of Catholic Schools Week, and we're beginning with a snow day. I personally feel it's the best way to start this week. I'm grateful for the day off!

Timothy saw Paul in Ephesus and converted; he is mentioned in 11 of the 14 Paul-written epistles, in 6 as co-sender. Titus was bishop of Crete and also friend and disciple of Paul; Paul wrote the Letter to Titus to him; he was eulogized by John Chrysostom and Jerome when he died in 105.

 (From Pinterest traced to https://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k27/jakyl32/365%20Rosaries%20YEAR%202-%20january/126timtitus2.jpg)