"Princess and Daughter of the King"

Recently, my dear friend Bishop Hutchinson passed away, 9/15/2017 and I will sorely miss him. His wife was with him at the Hospice unit but he was there less than a day.  He will be missed by so many and his vision for the Navajo Nation will continue, I believe, through his wife and members of his church.  I've known him for almost 20 years and been his liaison when he began his work at St Michaels with Summit Training Post. He endeavored to help, teach and prepare the natives and lay ministers and pastors to be better servants of the Lord.  Please watch the following slide show that I put together of the many years I was involved with his ministry. http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4455354e7a55354d7a493d0d0a&blogview=true

School started two weeks ago. I have the responsibility to teach music to K-8th Grade. Wow. It is a handful. There are almost 100 kids enrolled but I don't think I have that many.  When my principal asked me to come back, I decided to teach American Music History, songs of various periods of our history and theory.  While teaching isn't that difficult but trying to keep the songs at the various age levels can be. I use a lot of help from websites and videos in my curriculum and go according to the main outline I put together before school started.  I'd like to be able to bring not only songs at different time periods, but Christian songs that could be used in our Chapel time and the programs throughout the year. I even made up a song about Adam and Eve using the old song "Are You Sleeping". I think the kids like it.  I spend a lot of time preparing for the lessons, usually 5 or 6 hours. I believe it's important to be prepared and ready for each cl...

Free slideshow made with Smilebox This is a slideshow highlighting some of the events that took place at the Woman of God day. It was held at the Knox Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. Terry and I a couple of weeks earlier just returned from a visit to his son and family in Texas.  I was totally surprised to be honored there with 11 other women. 

Recently, I put together a slide presentation for my Elementary and Middle School Choir. It shows the various areas we will hear samples from and learn songs that will fit the eras and genres. I will be preparing the kids for several programs this year and next.  http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4455314e6a67304e6a673d0d0a&blogview=true 

I really believe this song speaks volumes. Nothing, no nothing is impossible with God. Im...means not and Posse....means wisdom. Do you want wisdom in your life? Know the Word, Know the Lord and His mind and heart. You too can have the wisdom of God. Open your heart and hear His voice calling. He loves you and wants nothing more than that you would succeed and have an enormous, huge active and vigorous life. 

Check out the makeup cases that are magnetic. The products are the same but given a new look.

Here is the Easter Program I produced for Payson Christian School 4/13/2017. Kids from Kindergarten through 6th grade sang several songs. Mrs Tan introduced winners of the art show. http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4455794f4463314f44633d0d0a&blogview=true

http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4451354e546b354f54513d0d0a&blogview=true This was a video I put together of the songs our Payson Junior Choir did for the Thanksgiving Program.  We worked a great deal to perform for the Veteran's Day program, then the Thanksgiving and recently helped with the Christmas program that Mrs. Sterner helped to produce. The Christmas program went well but I didn't have any of the songs recorded.

Create a photo slideshow This was what the middle school choir did for our Veteran's Day program. There were several representatives from various armed forces. The kids did a great job. This was my first time leading choir for middle school kids.

The following link is a video I presented to the class Music Helps for Class Time Since my last post, I've been working in a new position. Instead of worship leading, I'm working with Middle School age 6th and 7th grades as a choir director. My class is small, 14 students, but that leaves more for a personal approach.  The class is pretty structured and I've put together a curriculum that has kept them busy. We started out the semester with music history and I used an online free course. Lately, though, that same link is no longer available. I used a place called music history lessons which was made on weebly. One day, as usual, I would go to the link but received an error report. I'm thinking they must be revising the link. Anyway, we began our history from the year 0 to 450 A.D and proceeded to the current era. I found the "Odes Project" cd that recorded music to several hymns written during the 3rd and 4th century and taught them one of t...

This is a wonderful view of Arizona back in the 1930's.  So many changes have occurred these many years. Still Arizona is my home and will be for the rest of my life. I really love the natural beauty here.

http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4451794d7a4d774d7a493d0d0a&blogview=true These flowers are from my garden. The very first roses in this slide show are those my sister sent to me when I turned 70. I really enjoy gardening. It's a big responsibility to get up early, water and make sure everything has enough moisture.

  This was a dance I presented at our Easter "Passion" program in 2013.

Unbelievably, I will be turning 70 this month. I've enjoyed my life with the Lord   for over 50 years. I've been married, had children and have now six grandchildren. I've traveled many times with my kids, lived on two reservations, moved over 30 times in my married life and now happy and content in a place that my dad would call "God's country". I had a knack for selling and loved meeting new people. I started as a teen selling "Vanda" cosmetics, then a pre-paid insurance program, then Amway where my former husband and I sold mostly laundry soap and a coffee service. We excelled in it but later ended up moving again. To help with our finances, I went to school and received an Associates Degree in Graphic Design but had no place to use what I learned. We ended up in Holbrook, Arizona and not finding work there, I used my education to make business cards, forms and ads. Now that I'm in a place where older, retired and semi-retired peo...

The following link takes you to the parade held in Payson, Arizona before Christmas. I went by myself since my hubby was not feeling well. I took my campstool and wore my long coat. It was very cold, probably in the 30's but I was warm. There were several large fires in drums along the route for those who needed hands warmed. http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e444d324f544d304d44553d0d0a&blogview=true

I've been working over a month now. I was checking my care.com site and there was work involving taking care of a 75 year old woman. It involves preparing food, making up her bed, changing her depends which could sometimes be messy (the bad part). I also play games like Scrabble and 500 Rummy. I also do dishes and laundry and right now my hand is sore probably due to folding clothes.  One day I went in and the dishes were piled up and the laundry included about six loads. I would say it's been beneficial in having a good relationship with a lovely Christian woman and being able to share some of my pictures and music with her. She enjoys being entertained. She asks for very little and probably would like to get out of the house once in a while. Her daughter teaches at a Christian Elementary school and her son-in-law is a cook at a Christian camp.  I do wish I could work at a desk but for now I'm thankful to the Lord for the work I do have. I'm so used to shufflin...

It's been very difficult to find work in Payson. I'm thinking it's because of my age. I may be past retirement but I can and want to work. I'm experienced in office work, management and have done tutoring, substituting in the schools, worked in a law office for three years and a collector for various businesses for 8 years. I had two interviews recently, one at Payson High School and the other at Head Start. The interviews went well, I thought but maybe they are looking for someone younger. I can't help but think there just isn't a job here for me.  I'll go to the DES office if it would help but they don't have any jobs for me either. I could talk to someone even if it would help me not give up.  I wrote a letter to the Payson Roundup editor about how hard it was finding a job and two days later I was called for interviews. Was it the letter to the editor? I wonder. Over this past year, I've applied online to various job sites and we...

Create a slideshow We went fishing and camping a few days at Knoll Lake north of Payson, Arizona. We only caught two small trout but the scenery was great. We came back home by way of the Colonel Crook or Rim Road 300. It's high atop the Mogollon Rim. We saw some beautiful views.