Dear Husband saw an ad for a sale on some of the Great Courses and decided to buy several of them.\u00a0 He has very eclectic tastes.\u00a0 He chose a class on the Hubble telescope, one on Math, two on gardening, one on cooking and a lengthy series on the Dead Sea Scrolls.\u00a0 This evening we watched the first\u00a0 4 lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls.\u00a0 It’s fascinating, but I think I need to watch the lessons during the morning, or earlier in the evening.\u00a0 By the time it gets close to bedtime, I find it more difficult to follow some of the points.<\/p>\n
I think we may watch the cooking series together.\u00a0 I find these classes are promoting some discussion between us.\u00a0 Occasionally, it’s a simple matter of not having heard something, or of having heard it wrong, but more often it’s discussion of a concept that is new to one of us.\u00a0 I learned a lot of baking technique in my 20s, and then set it aside when a doctor told me to stop baking to make it easier to loose weight.\u00a0 I tend to be a cook who follows recipes, while DH is more likely to take ingredients that please him and put something together.\u00a0 He makes something we call “slumgullion,”\u00a0 (beef chop suey), that is different each time he makes it, and usually very tasty.\u00a0 I wish he could recreate some of the versions, but he doesn’t work from a recipe, and he doesn’t take notes on what he’s doing.\u00a0 This course may help us blend our talents.\u00a0 I may become a free spirit in the kitchen, and DH may be encouraged to keep track of his inventions!<\/p>\n
While DH is busy with courses that don’t interest me, I have several classes from Craftsey on how to machine quilt using a regular sewing machine.\u00a0 I’ve finished one of the courses and started a second.\u00a0 I plan to go back to the beginning of the second course and start over.\u00a0 Too much time has passed since I first started it.<\/p>\n
And, I have too many quilting projects underway.\u00a0\u00a0I have two baby quilts to quilt for family members, and at least five large quilts cut out and calling to me to finish them.\u00a0 It’s almost time for Scraps on a Mission to start, and I have two laps quilts underway for them.\u00a0 I don’t have any difficulty at all finding ways to fill my time.\u00a0 Don’t you feel sorry for people who are bored, or those who can’t find something that interests them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Husband saw an ad for a sale on some of the Great Courses and decided to buy several of them.\u00a0 He has very eclectic tastes.\u00a0 He chose a class on the Hubble telescope, one on Math, two on gardening, … Continue reading