Elizabeth has recommended I think about purchasing a laptop instead of a new net book. She about has me convinced (not that she’s trying to convince me).

She recently purchased a laptop which is very fast, light and compact.

She paid around $900. My church is buying me a new netbook. I emailed my boss and told her I was thinking of switching from net books to lap tops and maybe the church shouldn’t buy a net book. I ran the idea of them purchasing me a new lap top. Or going in half with me on mine. Or not.

Went to the doctor yesterday for my six month check up. I was actually working on a blog there but somehow didn’t save it. My blood pressure zoomed up but my doctor was convinced that it was just “fear” since my daily readings were much much lower.

Over all she seemed pretty pleased with my health.

Listened to my heart and told me it sounded good (I have some damage in my heart that she found via a sonogram thingo a few years ago).

I have upped my treadmill time goal to 35 minutes of elevated pulse time. This means that I will warm up for 5 minutes, do 35 minutes of elevated pulse and then warm down for 5 minutes.

I changed this because one of my ballet teachers made the comment that 35 minutes were necessary to receive the most cardiovascular benefit. My doctor confirmed it.

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Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban Is Ruled Unconstitutional – NYTimes.com

Getting my Michigan news from New York Times.

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Xi Jinping Offers Few Hints of a Shift in Direction in China – NYTimes.com

Li Keqiang Named China’s Prime Minister – NYTimes.com

Two informative reports about the recent political meeting in China.

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Israeli Attacks Are Test of Loyalty for Egypt’s Morsi – NYTimes.com

I didn’t realize that Egypt had refused Hamas requests to allow them to cross border.

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Killing of Student Further Sullies Kenyan Police – NYTimes.com

Wow. Kenyan police sound corrupt.

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BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay Over $4 Billion – NYTimes.com

Will be interesting to see if this actually plays out.

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Adultery, an Ancient Crime Still on Many Books – NYTimes.com

I learned the etymology of “adultery” from this interesting article.

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Also my boss and her partner gave me a fantabulous gift.

Chris Ware’s new graphic novel. It comes in a beautiful illustrated sturdy box.

Inside are treasures.

This is an amazing generous gift. And I am so flattered that my boss, Jen Adams, and her partner, Beth Trembley, know me well enough to know how much I like stuff like this.

I’m also feeling lucky because yesterday I had a very long satisfying day. It was all stuff I enjoy doing: ballet class, meeting with boss, getting gift from her, practicing organ, preparing for rehearsals, then doing kids choir rehearsal and chamber choir rehearsal.

The kids were lots of fun. I did a ton of prep. I had adapted a song from the St. James curriculum that uses colors to teach the church year. So we started learning that.

We started a new composer: Handel. I made a take home sheet which we read and then we listened to the beginning of “Comfort ye” from Messiah.

I also made a “Cracking the Code” note name worksheet.

Notice I accidentally left out an “n” in (B)(A)njo. Ahem.

Anyway, the other daughter, Sarah, arrives Saturday. Blog posts will probably be sporadic for the next few weeks as I spend time with these two. So that’s what’s going on.