Playing with the Bible puzzle

Chris and Will are slugging around in the kitchen this morning, with evidently no urgency whatsoever about school starting back today. Chris has a teacher workday and no meetings til noon, so in protest at the shortness of the holiday, I think, he’s been rather leisurely this morning. William could’ve gone back to school yesterday, but it just seemed mean to send him instead of letting us all enjoy one last day off together. I still have a strong feeling of new new New Year, starting over, beginning again, a new season coming, a new semester starting, new toys still to play with, and why start school earlier than you have to when there is still fun to be had?


As you can see, Chris and Will found a use for the Books of the Bible puzzle, although probably not what was intended by its Maker. Still, it probably would’ve ended up in the attic otherwise (and may yet), so I guess it could be worse.

I spent a good part of yesterday enjoying my last day of no work—I drew for a little while, which I almost never do anymore, and read a little, and folded a swan from my Origami Page-a-Day calendar, one of my Santa presents. I buy all the Santa presents, including my own, which actually is pretty nice, since I get to buy something weird for myself I otherwise wouldn’t (although I must say it was very exciting to have a surprise in my stocking this year!). I ordered this calendar thinking I could have a little Zen moment at work every afternoon when I’m starting to get really brain dead, but it looks a lot more complicated than I thought. I didn’t get off on the best foot either. I stupidly started the calendar out the first day trying to fold the sheet with the instructions on it instead of the blank page before I was intended to use. So I folded a little, then opened it up to read the next step, then folded a little more. My Simple Sail Boat turned out badly, let’s just say, but I wound up with a respectable swan on my January 2 attempt and learned an important lesson in the process: Fold not tomorrow’s origami today.


I will work on my syllabi for a while, then wake up my even more sluggish Laura-Girl, and teach her how to sew. She wants to learn to make something like these Ugly Dolls. Should be simple enough and a nice way for us to spend time together, she said optimistically. Tune in for the grisly details later.