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I Am So Glad Last Week  Is OVER Disney Mural Progress Update- Picture taken by Blue My "Famous Last Words" for the  previous week is an elaborate array of expletives and on exhausted, "I made it!" Come to think of it, I've probably quit college a couple of times already this semester; something  always seems to help pull me through though. I  can't have my girls thinking that it's okay to be giving  up on their goals and such, right?  Outside of school, my eldest has a newly and first, very wiggly tooth. It is quite the subject of conversation for our weekend.  My youngest Emmy,  was having such a rough time with this terrible cough, poor baby. One of the rough parts of being a parent is having to sit back and watch your kiddo struggle with  something that you can't just fix; it is such a bummer and breaks my heart. This coming weekend, we have a Girl Scouts camping trip at an alpaca farm. That sounds super fun and I know Lissy...

http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/2016/05/ english-it-takes-time-for-potential-to.html It is so very easy to get  discouraged with  all the hustle and bustle that life can throw one's way. The reminder to warmly encourage those challenges, as well as allowing  myself  time to prosper is such a sigh of relief. Link: Sprouts: Learning With Passion and Enthusiasm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JawhTCCbVZM&vl=en As the weeks go buy, I would  like to explore this more. I understand that it is likely that I  can absorb information and learn better when I am filled with excitement and passion for said project//objective; The problem here is with finding that "joy" when I am down- depression sure can kick focus and productivity on it's tuckus. What I found interesting about the video linked above, when we are expecting something good to happen, we can pay attention easier and with excitement and/or anticipation. (The purchases of "nice" things fe...

Why Feedback Is So Important: What I love the most about this assignment is how  feedback is placed in a positive and constructive light. There is so much that I run into, that it seems when someone asks me for feedback or what I think of something they've  done, what they are really asking is, "Can you praise me on my efforts and please don't say anything needs fixings- tell me its perfect! " I was sincerely just thinking about that that this afternoon  when I'd  made composition feedback for some artists that I work with musically: It is such a bummer that so many artists get defensive or defeated when you offer critiques. Feedback Gallery: Link:https://canvas.ou.edu/courses/59823/external_tools/6248 What I appreciate most from the feedback gallery are these specific bullets: Point out anything confusing Suggest ways to expand Be  specific on what to fix and why -Feed4Ward- https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/feedforward/ I also really enjoye...

Brainstorming Project Topics:      When going through the lists pf possible topics that I could use for my storybook, these four stuck out to me the most and quickly: death stories, love stories, women of the epics, and my favorite- dharma.  http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2017/08/project- idea-death-stories.html Death Stories:  The appeal of writing up a storybook that can capture the attention of readers seems important and intriguing. I do not have much knowledge of a majority of these topics, but I would like to learn and am willing to do so. Paying attention to the dramatics of perishing, as well as the consequences of this, are so very interesting. I wonder what makes//encourages//inspires people to act in certain fashions; I hop that the search through all these stories can help do that also. Yama, the Hindu God of death is certainly a good starting place and wildly fascinating.  Link(1): http://iereadingguides.blogspot...

Shiva catches Ganga as she descends http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/pde-ramayana-story-of-ganga.html Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913). [300 words] Notes: Rama Avatar of Vishnu http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/pde-ramayana-rama-avatar-of-vishnu.html King Dasharatha is sad because he has no sons, though he did have daughters from his three wives.  The brahmas advise that he perform a sacrifice, a horse that is let out to wander and upon its return will be the offering to Vishnu who may grant the king sons of his own.  Vishnu separates himself into four pieces and becomes the four sons of King Dasharatha, Rama the most beloved of all and bearing the  greatest resemblance to Vishnu.  austerity- Sternness and qualities of severity. (In this telling it seems to have sexual implications, though I am unsure of how.)  Rama elicits the breeze to blow once the breeze witnesses his beauty, relieving him and ...