The sun is making golden rectangles on my unvacuumed carpet in front of me and I’m wearing my Manitobah slippers (they’re from a past Pincher Creek class I taught:) while I’m curled under my favorite cozy blanket. Our heater kicked the bucket last night so I’m making the most of our freezing house and doing low activity things like blogging. I did some shopping this afternoon and made baked chimichangas and mexican rice for an easy supper. Morgan had no school today for Easter break so he worked for Miningers, and has school board meeting tonight.

Friday morning we left early and drove to Chicago in our trusty Buick to spend a couple days on Morgan’s Easter break. We started our weekend at the Museum of Science and Industry which I found out is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World Exposition. We spent a good part of the afternoon wandering thru model railroads, storm experiments, human body exhibits, and the U-505 submarine, one of four surviving U-boats in the world, and the only one preserved that you can tour. Because we’ve traveled to multiple concentration camps and also to Normandy, it was amazing to be able to explore this U-boat. Morgan laid in one of the sleeping bunks and we wondered how people his height fared long-term because it was about 1.5 feet short of what he needed.

I also enjoyed the human body exhibits. The one that was hardest for me were the real fetuses starting from 28 days old to 9 months and the miracle that a baby is. It made me sad. All in all a very interesting day and we left with full brains. We stopped a couple times for Chicago dogs, a hot dog in a sesame bun with mustard, onion, celery seed, dill pickle spear, sport peppers, and tomato wedges. Oh my. So different from the LA dogs of California but so good.

One night we had tacos for supper and another night we had deep dish pizza from Giordano’s. We spent time at a couple coffee shops, my favorites being Standing Passengers which kind of had 80’s vibes and another called Caravanserai that had Mexico inspired murals and drinks. Would highly recommend both. Sunday we went to the Art Institute of Chicago. Ah. I absolutely love art museums. I was so excited. Morgan was too. I think. Something you need to remember is that art museums aren’t just an abstract marker painting on a wall where you stand and think “I could do better than that.” They are full of artifacts, statues, furniture, pottery, and paintings dating from 5000 BC (when I was in school it was just BC, Before Christ, but now you will see at museums for “religious neutrality” they now use the term BCE, Before Common Era. ridiculous.) to paintings from today. It’s a giant history book and I can literally hardly even deal with my excitement. Some highlights of the Art Institute- some are famous, most are just my favorites, and all of them have a link under the picture that you SHOULD follow to learn something new.

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https://www.artic.edu/artworks/21023/buddha-shakyamuni-seated-in-meditation-dhyanamudra

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/121767/head-of-an-official

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/94841/the-song-of-the-lark

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14620/cliff-walk-at-pourville

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4783/poppy-field-giverny

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/807/necklace-with-pendant

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/64479/rainy-day

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/127874/model-of-a-river-boat

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144965/bust-of-anne-marie-louise-thomas-de-domangeville-de-serilly-comtesse-de-pange

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6565/american-gothic

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/28560/the-bedroom

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Last week was full of fun little things. Saturday we spent the day driving around Detroit on the tract route with Brandon&Natalie. We stopped at Eastern Market for kombucha on our way into town. The route went thru Mexicotown so we had delicious Mexican food for lunch and got to see a part of Detroit we hadn’t been to. Later in the day we drove around Belle Isle and then rode the people mover train around downtown. Super fun day with lots of good chats. Monday we dropped tax stuff off and in the evening went to Uncle Gregs with the family for Grandma Joyce’s birthday. Tuesday I went to the Crib Caddy sewing day which involves anyone who wants to come from all 3 congregations so that was lovely visiting with friends and pinning pockets for a couple hours. Wednesday night was supper and games at Jeff&Dot’s with Brian&Mauries family and Roxanne. Thursday morning I was invited to Lorna’s for morning coffee with some girls which was a boost to my week. I do love friends and their inspirations and thoughts. In the evening we went to Tyson&Alyssas and sat around the fire even tho it was only 38* and talked.

This week we have a relaxing week and our high point was going to be tract packing but sadly even that has fallen thru so we will maybe have some company if our heater gets fixed. We are hoping to start cleaning and working in the bus an evening or two this week. I’m trying to start packing things I don’t need out anymore like winter clothes. Who knows but with Michigan weather I could still need them on play day in May:(

Some things I’m thinking on this week.

• how to keep in touch with old friends better.
• do I NEED new moccasins??
• stuffed mushrooms. must find mom’s recipe.
• girls Bible study mornings. I need your thoughts on this. how does it work at your cogregation? do you get together with inspiration? a book?
• meal ideas please.

if you have any ideas on above thoughts, please message me. (989 five three four 6178) also, feel free to share these posts with a friend. have a lovely week darlings. xoxo cheyenne linn