Only in Missouri

 would we have six + inches of snow one Sunday and temperatures in the 70's the next Sunday!  And I guess I neglected to mention that all church meetings were cancelled last Sunday because of the snow.  Frigid temperatures lingered all last week until Friday.  And then, it was as if a huge heater kicked on to melt all the snow and ice.  The last three days have been spring like - which I love.  I just don't love cleaning the dog paws (with a bucket and towels) EVERY time they go outside.

It was a really average week.  I finished reading Divergent and now I want to see the movie again.  I watched the movie Belle on Thursday.  It came out in 2014 but hardly anyone has heard of it.  I would describe it as a blend of Pride and Predjudice and Amazing Grace.  Very lovely movie - and based upon a true story.  I highly recommend it.

We had a MMCO (mid-Missouri Community Orchestra) rehearsal Saturday afternoon, then I had a Prairie Strings wedding at Stephen's College chapel (featuring two very long-winded ministers - sigh).  After dinner, I attended a Civic Orchestra concert.  I am currently rehearsing with the stake Easter cantata choir on Tuesday nights so I opted out of this particular performance.   It was the MOCOP: or the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project which featured all new compositions and, wow, I enjoyed every number.

Friday night, Steve and I attended a stake fireside called "Crucial Connections" - it was all about effective communication given by a fellow in the Highlands ward who is a professor of Family Relations at MU.  It was very good but the metal seats got really uncomfortable an hour into the presentation so I was not very attentive the last thirty minutes.  We brought Flat Stanley with us so he could have his picture taken with Darth Vadar!  (actually, the shadow cast by assorted mill work on the stake center building)

 
 

Finally, Happy Birthday to Tamara.  We enjoyed her birthday dinner tonight.  She requested raspberry zinger bars for her cake.