Busy Winter- Buying a House!

Back corner of the house. See all the chipping paint?

Fireplace in what will be the music room/library

Byzantine Beginnings has had to go on the back burner for a little while and I probably won't have a lot of time to devote to it until the summer.  My St. Stephen's Course questions arrived almost two weeks ago and I have until March 1st to write 7 papers for a total of 32+ pages. 

 In addition to all this we are buying a house (God willing)!  We will hopefully close on February 28th and then I will have tons of work to do because it is a 3000 sq. ft. fixer upper.  Let's just say that there is a paint sprayer and an extension ladder in my future since I hope to do all the painting that I can manage.  Plus there is all the packing and unpacking.  My parents will be coming to help which I am really grateful for.  

I am still having lessons with my two students, but they have been canceled a lot due to school cancellations.  I am also continuing to have lesson with Nick and Stephen and am working on things more in my head now since I don't have time to devote to work on the computer.   Also, I had been chanting ison for about a year, but in December Stephen said that I could start chanting the melody.  That has been really helpful.  I usually practice the music ahead of time but we often chant at lightening speed!  Over time I know that it will get easier as I become more familiar with the hymns.  

I have been working on the Nightly Ni and hope to post the first draft soon.  I also hope to get the Ni Pa Vou cards and Greek Letter cards sent out to the new printers in the next few weeks so that I can see how they look.  My other goal for this busy time period is to take some videos of the games during my lessons so that I can put them up on the website.  It won't take a lot of extra time but will be very helpful to people trying out the games.  Written explanations are so much harder to follow.