Exodus Puzzle

Finished the puzzle today!  Mom put in the last piece, and as you can see above, we’ve got a completed jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of Exodus!  It’s a pretty cool puzzle with lots of frogs, locusts, the basket at the beginning, the Nile turning to blood, the parting of the Red Sea, hail and fire from the sky, lots of Egyptians, chariots, and the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai.  It’s much more fun putting it together piece by piece, as you discover the little things along the way.  Fun puzzle, and of course it goes with our theme lately.

 

So today was the first work and school day after Daylight Saving Time, and that means all the kids were wiped out.  They weren’t alone.  We were too.  Maddie noticed that with the kids today at Chestatee, and it was kind of funny.  She was also learning to instruct again at taekwondo, remembering (at least internally) to treat certain students as if they were seven years old!  She’s doing well though.

 

I was out getting ready for Pi Day.  At home we’ve elevated the status of Pie Day to something much greater than other dates, and simultaneously elevated the desire to have a homemade Key Lime Pie on that day.  After watching Loki, season two, we wanted to try a Key Lime Pie.  We did that at the Marvel restaurant, and that was really good.  We’ll try it again this week, because I got the gluten-free crust, a dozen eggs, the Key Lime juice, the sweetened condensed milk, the cool whip, and of course the limes themselves.  Can’t wait!

 

So Mom has been super busy lately.  She’s just sewing, sewing, and more sewing.  But she did take a break to watch “Monk” with us” tonight, at least one episode where the three of us sat down for a break before bed.  Maddie had some history homework to do tonight, and we are still feeling the effects – slightly – of that time shift.  So tonight we got to bed and read a few more chapters from our Kingdom Keepers book, one where we get to see a grown up Charlene attack someone with a croquet mallet, which is definitely a highlight of the book so far.  Anyway, we said ours prayers afterwards, and got to sleep once the Plush Entourage was all tucked in.

 

It's been a quiet day.  I was out blowing leaves earlier – it’s a big project though, one that will take another two times I think.  Lots to remove.  Also, I did another 5K, although somewhat inadvertently.  I say that because I was under the impression on the treadmill that I’d be just going down a mountain that we’d climbed over the past three sessions with the iFit program.  That’s Mt. Baldy, by the way.  Anyway, this time, we basically covered the entire distance traveled in those first three walks uphill, and ran for a good bit of it.  The end result was over 5K, and much of it was run… phew!  Pretty good workout!  I checked my heart rate and all that afterwards, and the results were super encouraging.  I’ve been walking and building up to run again, and this was a good moment.  

 

The sea monkeys are still hanging in there, by the way.  We’ve nearly reached the one-year mark, and I think there are three adults still in there, maybe two.  Look, I’m just happy they’ve lived this long.  That’s surpassing any expectations I’ve ever had.  There are lots of little ones in there too, though no in-betweeners – I’m not sure what’s happening there, as I was hoping to see some “teenagers!”  We’ll see as the weeks go on.  

 

Outside, the birds, squirrels and chipmunks are still visiting.  The cat is still around too, and we have to sort of gently persuade him to go away so everyone else can visit.  There’s an increase of coyotes around here, so I’m happy to see the cat is okay.  I’ve seen a few crossing the street, and one by the church.  It’s quite a shock to see, because you’re just not expecting to see a large dog like that – and they’re pretty smart too.  All this time they’ve been in the woods, biding their time, waiting for their next big move, completely unbeknownst to us.  We’d better be ready for them when they strike!

 

Okay, that’s an exaggeration.  The point is, there are certain creatures out there that are quite surprising.  Anyway, we said our prayers tonight as I said earlier.  And after that, it was time for a good night’s rest.