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Season Five Episode 112 Summer Health Series Accepting and Planning for the Unexpected This season in life is a strange one.  Hard.  Uneasy.  Worrying.  Troubled.  I find that it’s not as predictable as the life I had become used to.   Even if things appear certain, they’re not.  One of the things that throws me off more than anything else is uncertainty.  I love control (or the feeling that I have it anyway).  I like predictability.  I like being able to plan out how I want to start the school year - using long term goals, breaking them down to monthly, weekly, and daily assignments in my classes.  It’s a struggle for me to even know where to begin.  And that’s been eating at me.  As music educators, making music and bringing musical experiences to our kids is the best thing ever.  Hearing them sing.  Watching them grow as musicians.  Moving together.  Playing instruments together.  It is truly killing me to know that singing won’t be the same.  Or even present at all.  That instru

Season Five Episode 111 Summer Health Series Have To/Get To: Thanks Andy Speer Each morning this summer I wake up - put on my running clothes - stretch and head out the door.  It’s too hot in Texas to wait until later in the day so I make it a priority to move first thing in the morning before the day gets away from me.  The past three months I have used the Peloton app for workouts and I absolutely love it.  It’s truly like having a friend there and a trainer and lots of choices for what I want to do including short workouts, run/walk, bootcamp, yoga, stretching, biking, and more.  Peloton is definitely more than a bike - in fact I don’t own their bike.  I have friends who have one and love it, but you don’t have to buy one to get a great workout because there’s so much content in other areas.  I know this sounds like a Peloton ad - it is and it isn’t.  I just love the app and what it has done for me.  When you find something that works, do it.  And this is what has been working fo

Season Five Episode 110 Summer Health Series Cooking the Magnolia Table Cookbooks Show Notes:  Magnolia Table Cookbook Volume 1 Magnolia Table Cookbook Volume 2 FIVE STAR DISHES Breads 1 - Braided Loaf from Book 2 Breakfast 1 - Blueberry Sweet Rolls with Lemon Glaze from Book 2 2 - Best Ever Fluffy Pancakes from Book 1 3 - Jojo’s Biscuits from Book 1 Salad 1 - Brussels Sprouts Salad from Book 1 Dinner 1 - Chicken Spaghetti from Book 1 2 - Honey Garlic Chicken with Pineapple from Book 2 Desserts 1 - Chocolate Cola Cake with Chocolate Cola Buttercream from Book 1 2 - Lemon Pie from Book 1 3 - Chocolate Souffles from Book 2 MISHAPS Cheesecake for Riley’s birthday - springform pan covered in tin foil Chicken with Julia - realizing that the animal chicken is also the food chicken Halving the recipe for the brussels sprouts salad, but keeping the dressing the same… tasted delicious HOW COOKING HAS TAUGHT ME TO TRUST THE PROCESS Curious as to if anything would turn out right - if the ingredi