Anya’s better! The fevers are gone. However, she stayed home following typical school guidelines of not attending school for 24 hours after a fever to be clear of being contagious. It also means that she can do the dishes and help with the laundry!
We tried out the bread machine!
The instruction panel is in Norsk, so with the help of Google translate, we figured out our settings. The result is not beautiful, but tastes good. If you have tips how to get the loaf out with two fixed paddles in the bottom, just let me know.
Shopping for groceries this year seems less expensive. Actually, it is! The dollar is really strong right now.
In January 31, 2013, $1 = 5.46 Norwegian Kroner. Today, the markets closed at $1 = NOK 7.81. In other words, I can buy 43% more groceries for the same dollar! No wonder my Scandinavian students were complaining this past semester, as they were trying to buy things in the USA. So, if you want to do international travel, now is a great time to get more bang for your buck.
There was more Hebrew study for me today, working from Van der Merwe, Christo et al. A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. This is a more technical grammar than what I use when I teach beginning Hebrew, so it has more explanation of the rationale for vowel changes, but as a reference grammar, it does not lay it out in a friendly and instructional format. However, I’m using this one, as it is in my Logos software, and thus, nothing more that I had to carry.
What I re-learned today:
- autochthonous:
2: formed or originating in the place where found<autochthonous rock> <an autochthonous infection>— au·toch·tho·nous·ly adverb
More of my favorite things:
- Washing machines! When we lived in Africa for 3 years, clothes were washed by hand by our helper, Diana. However, with machines, which provide pretty clean clothes with little effort, the economic impact on society is huge! See Hans Rosling’s argument that the washing machine is the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine
(Oh, and front loading washing machines are great!)