Mondays–V6E23–Zooming By

The days and weeks just seem to zoom by and before I know it, another week has passed. I wrote once about the mantra I had come up with for my life where every day I need to 1) clean something; 2) make something; 3) fix something; 4) read something; and 5) be thankful. I still try to do those things each day with the assumption that doing those things will mean I haven’t wasted a day of my life. Now, though, I’ve added: 6) Do something special (at least once a month–if not more often).

So, over the past several weeks, I’ve:

Gone to a Cardinal Baseball game:

The Great Hunter and I went to the St. Louis Science Center to the Omnimax Theater:

Attended my grandson’s baseball game (only me, the Great Hunter doesn’t care for baseball (how unAmerican!): And visited my old stomping grounds, the St. Charles County Government Complex, to take a skills test for a possible seasonal clerk job:

This building was designed in 1898 by prominent architect Jerome B. Legg, who also designed County Courthouses in the Missouri counties of Ste. Genevieve, Gasconade, Mississippi and St. Francois. They were all brick buildings. The stone for this building was quarried on site, and is the only one Legg built with stone. It is considered his best effort. This Courthouse building was started in February 1900 and occupied in April 1903. A dedication was to have been held in June 1903, but a major flood of the Missouri River that year canceled the dedication. The Courthouse was finished in 1905, but the official dedication wasn’t held until Oct. 31, 1913. The total cost of this structure, including land, was $94,582.87.

New(er) County Administration Building with County Jail in background. The current St. Charles County Department of Corrections (SCCDOC) facility was built in 1989 and has the capacity of 592 prisoners. It is a maximum security second generation jail. Current population distribution consists of inmates awaiting trial, committed/sentenced, state prisoners, and holds for other jurisdictions including local municipalities as well as federal inmates.

So, add in a little yard work and some work on a quilts I’m making for my bonus-son for Christmas and an embroidered block quilt I’m making for myself, I’d say it’s been a good week or two. Thank you Lord!