Br.r.r..r..r...It's Cold Outside!

II was able to get some serious organ practice in today.  Hallelujah!  I'm just not that proficient to feel comfortable in this calling.  Really, I'm a novice!  Thankfully the church has great resources and has opened up courses from BYU, and even has provided a 12 week course available via downloading.  All of the material is wonderful...but no substitution for real practice.  So many people assume that because the keyboard is the same, there should be no difficulty transferring pianist skills to the organ.  While I'm no concert pianist, I certainly feel capable to play any hymn on the piano and have accompanied choirs for years, as well as special musical numbers.  But you would never know that if you listened to me on the organ!  Lol. But, with solid practice behind me, I'm much more confident and consistent.  There is just so much to learn!  And, truth be told, I'm enjoying the challenge, but not the stress!  

In two weeks we have ward conference and I would like those hymns to be polished.  But, I would like that to be the case for next week too.  I guess I'll just have to keep working on it.  I would assume that as I master each hymn, it should get easier, and I would hope that, as with the piano, it doesn't take as much work to prepare from week to week.  At least I hope that is the case.

I also got the pellet work all done for Hyrum the Elder's quilt.  Tomorrow I will try to figure out how to put the cuddly fabric on it...and I'm wondering about applying batting too...I'm going to sleep on it. :)

Rich is still struggling somewhat with this darn respiratory recovery.  He's just not got the stamina he had prior.  It doesn't help that the temperatures have been extremely cold.  Yesterday it hit 60 and today our high was 12...that's nearly a 50 degree swing!  However, as cold as it has been here, it is nothing like what Wanda and Robert, and Hannah and Phil have been experiencing...they've been in a deep freeze.  It's 6 degrees here right now but -16 in Blue Mounds?  Needless to say, their schools have been cancelled for today and tomorrow...but then, so have ours! Lol