We pulled out some prepared pork from the freezer and some frozen wild rice, primarily because I've got quite a bit of broccoli and cauliflower in the fridge that needs to be used. But it made for an easy dinner.
I'm trying to figure out how to assign handbells for the next term and beg the various subs I know to play with us. I was 1 person short in handbells this year, which we've covered often by using our church music director. Then I got a "Happy New Year" message from the strongest ringer in the bunch (the one who plays with 2 and sometimes 3 groups and doesn't care where she rings and can pick up the 8 1/4 lb bell like a toy, but can also easily ring four-in-hand with the little bells). She said, in essence, sports are very important to me and I've got an opportunity to play volleyball at the same time as your rehearsal; so goodbye! That leaves me with 9 ringers - if they are all there and I need 11 to cover a basic 3 octaves of bells. We've got almost 5 and the same of chimes. I've sent out an SOS to those on my sub list. January looks OK, probably February too. March, I'm down to 7 to start with. Will probably have to look at different music.
