3 lesson day!

I should have had 5 lessons but Elizabeth's uncle is very ill and is in the hospital so I only had 4 lessons.  I hope to see her next week.  Rachel just turned 6 and is doing very well.  She is so tiny and adorable.  I think she such a great kid.  Laith is also doing very well too.  He was absent last week because he was in Mexico.  He is such a cutie too.  Charlie had his lesson and is doing pretty well.  He needed to redo one exercise this week, there was just too many small mistakes, so he is doing it again for next time, which will be in 2 weeks since he will be absent next week.  He is going up north with his girlfriend's family.

Today is a good weather day.  It is not super humid for a change.  I am really liking that.  It is going to be like this for a few days so woo-hoo for that!  This weekend gets pretty hot again, but I will just hide inside like I do during the heat of the summer.

Breanna had a make up lesson this afternoon since she will be absent on Thursday.  She is leaving for the audition of American Idol this afternoon.  I am excited for her.  She is pretty ready.  I think she will be practicing all the way there.  She has her 3 songs that she needs.  Starting tomorrow at 8 am, they will pass out the wrist bands that have the order of the auditions.  She is planning to camp out in line so she will get one right away or as right away as she can do.  Friday at 8 am the auditions start but I think they have to be there by 6 am or something like that.  I do hope she does well.  I am so excited that she is going.

It has been a busy day, I had my hair washed and dried this afternoon too.  I have such a hard time doing it with my shoulder having issues that it is better to go and have someone else doing it.  It really isn't too much money either, only $4 each time so I am able to do this.  I am done teaching for the night and will have dinner shortly.  I have the words for Carson's new song printed and the CD is copied for the young gentleman.  He is such a nice young man.  He usually comes to his lesson earlier than scheduled but I told him that was okay since it is summer and the only other lesson isn't until later in the evening.

I am getting myself ready for the newest Harry Potter movie.  It seems strange to see the last two movies with Mom as I saw the rest with her, but I am planning to see it.  It looks really good.  I have finished the first 2 books again and am on the 3rd book.  I am about 1/3 the way through.  I really love the Harry Potter books.  My absolute favorite books though are the Anne of Green Gables books.  Harry Potter books are the close 2nd favorite books.  I do like the movies although they are NOT enough like the books like I would personally prefer however, they are very good.

I do hope you are having a good day too.

A Monday

Harry Potter number 5 is on family channel right now.  Boy is this movie sooooo different than the book but it is still good.  I am glad I thought to check the family channel to see if was on.  I love Luna.  She is such a great character and the actress who plays her is very pretty too.  The movie is almost over so I did most of it, but that is okay as I can watch it on DVD if I wish to watch what I have missed.

I am feeling a bit better over the big brother situation.  I pray this ends soon.  It is awful to have someone you love that angry at you.  It really is.

I had my Muglia girls this morning for their lessons, all four of them.  I simply adore them.  The girls are all doing so well.  The youngest taking lessons, Sarah, just started a few months ago.  She is doing very well for having lessons once a month and missing last month.  The older three are really playing some hard pieces right now.  I am very happy with their progress.  Bob as usual, had his lesson and did very well.  We worked on the 3rd page of the Clementi Sonatina he is learning.  I am so pleased with how well the students are doing, all of them even my new students.  I have a new student next Monday at 7:30 pm.  She is not from the new company, she found me on the web.  I am so glad I added myself to different directories for lessons.  Most of those ones I am on the vocal lesson directories, there aren't that many for piano right now.  I check every so often.  I have a website that I my friend, Laura created for me.  It is just a one pager, no need for anything to fancy but it works well.  Anyways, the newest student is an adult, which makes me nervous since I have had 8 adults start and quit since January, but she wants to start at the beginning and doesn't mind classical.  Her ultimate goal is gospel music so I am hopeful she stays for a long time.  She sounded very nice over the phone.  She is going to call next Monday to get the address.

I love this part of the movie when Sirius says to Mr. Malfoy, get away from my Godson.  I don't like the part though where Sirius dies.  Dumbledore has arrived and he and Voldermort are dueling.  This is such a good movie.  I wished I had seen the entire thing.  I may have to put the DVD in tonight after lovely Emily's lesson.  Fudge just arrived and noticed that Voldermort is actually back.  Took him so long to figure it out.  Harry tried to tell him at the end of the last school year but he didn't want to believe it.

I do hope you are having a good day.  So far it has been alright.  It could be better, but I can't change that at this point.

A fresh week

It is Sunday and the start of another week.  I do hope this week is better because, well, to put it bluntly, last week totally sucked, completely sucked.  I am trying to get a hold of my younger brother to see if perhaps he can help with the property taxes.  I think I will have enough by the deadline in a few months, but I am not sure.  I have buckled down to really put every penny I can towards the property taxes.  I should be able to make another payment either this week or next depending on what bills come in since it is the beginning of the 2nd week so that is good.  I am learning to be like my lovely mother, she was very good at money, she was thrifty and knew how to save when she wanted something or needed something.  I am not like that, money slides out of my hands to trivial stuff quickly.  I am learning to be thrifty like Mom.  She was just so good at so much stuff that I need to learn.  I will learn this though, I am determined.

It has been a decent day.  Rick's lesson went really well.  I am very pleased with how well he is doing with his music.  His range is started to expand, which is awesome.  He did really well on "If I Loved You" at the end with those high notes.  He is a bass and the range in that song is very wide.  He has a few other musical theatre songs too plus a few classical pieces.  I am really happy that he is continuing lessons.  He is anxious to be in the summer concert, which I am not sure when that will be yet.  I do hope to have the date soon because August is next month.

Tomorrow I get my Muglia girls for the first time in 2 months.  I am very excited about seeing them.  I have pulled the music I needed for them and it is at the front door waiting to be taken to them.  I am anxious to see what they think of the music I have picked out for them.  The pretty much love so much music that I have yet to actually pull something that they didn't really like.  That is a good type student to have.  Young Sarah, the 6th Muglia and the 4th girl, is just beginning and doing super well.  I was nervous about having a beginner only have 1 lesson a month, but since she practices so well and she has 3 older sisters if she has problems, that it is going really well too.  I just love Sarah.  She is so adorable and such an enthusiastic student.  I also found a book I forgot I had that Carson will do well with.  They are Broadway songs that I think he will really like.  I just have to copy the CD for him before Wednesday.  I am planning to copy it tonight or tomorrow.  Either way I have the music waiting to go.  I have to type out the words for him.  He also likes to know how many words are in the song so I know put that on the bottom of the song for him.  I don't know why he wants to know, but that is okay.  I will put it down.  It is easy because word counts words for you as you go along.

I called Tillie today and let her know that I will not be coming to the family BBQ on Saturday.  I just don't have the money.  I really don't.  It comes down to choices, either I spend the money on gas and the tunnel plus the dish to pass or I pay bills.  I had to choose the bills.  Summer months are just very tight for me so I have to be careful of what I spend my money on.  So far, I am doing very well with it.  I am pleased with my efforts.  I do know that I am planning a trip to Canada this summer for the day but that will be in August when my Momma's gravestone is placed.  I need to see it.  I will meet Andrew there that day so I am saving my gas money for that trip between this month and next.

Anyways, it has been a decent day so far.  I had a really good lesson, I took a nap, and now I am watching some TV.  I picked out some new music for my girls.  I also even put away the book that I didn't need after I pulled it.  I didn't put it on a pile, I put it away.  That is good for me.

I do hope today is good for you too.

A Harry Potter Afternoon

I slept in, mostly dozing for a while before I finally got out of bed.  I didn't really feel like so I didn't get up very early.  I am just feeling worse than usual, mental stress more than physical these last few days.  I do hope I improve in the next few days because I have many lessons to teach this week and I must be on my toes to do it.  The quick gist is that I managed to anger my older brother so much that he is not speaking to me at all.  I don't know if he will ever speak to me again.  I really don't.  It has upset me because I can't even explain why I chose to make the decision I made and I think he thinks I did it to upset him, which I didn't.  I really had no choice.  I truly didn't and if I could explain, maybe he would be less mad, at least I would know that I told him the truth about why I did what I did.    I just feel so alone right now with him so angry at me.  I already feel like an outcast in my family, he was the only one I felt really was on my side and supported me and now this.  I am truly alone in the family or at least that is how I am currently feeling right now.  It may not be rational, but it is what I am feeling these days since the terrible phone call a few days ago.  Maybe it won't be so painful in the next few days.  I can only hope although I don't have much of that either right now.

I am watching the 3rd Harry Potter movie.  In preparation of the newest and last Harry Potter movie, the family channel is doing a Harry Potter movie marathon.  I missed the first two.  I don't know when they played the first two, but I only missed the first few minutes of the movie.  I caught it as they were on the train to school with the Dementors were about to get on the train and go into the car where Harry and crew were.  At least I have a good evening ahead of me.  Lots of Harry Potter!  Something decent for this horrible week.

I don't have any lessons today.  I have a lesson tomorrow so I am thankful for that.  It will be a busy few days with Monday being one of the busiest.  I have my lovely Muglia girls on Monday.  I am very excited about it.  I haven't seen  them in 2 months because their dear mother became so ill right after the baby was born.  She is, thankfully, healing and slowly getting better.  I am so glad about that.  Anyways, I have 17 lovely lessons this week and I am so thankful for that.  At least I still have teaching, I have something.

A Calm Day

I didn't have any lessons today.  I was so tired.  It has been an absolutely horrible week with the exception of lessons.  They all went well, but the rest of the week is horrible.  It all starts and ends with family.  You know, the people who can make you super happy and super mad in less than a few minutes.  I don't expect it to blow over anytime soon, but there isn't anything I can do about it.

I also am not going to the family BBQ next weekend because I just don't have the money for the gas or the tunnel.  I really don't.  Not to mention I don't have the money to bring a dish since it is a potluck.  I just don't have it.  I have to count every bit of money and need it too pay the property tax.  I know that if I buckle down I will have everything I need to pay the taxes by the deadline in 2012.  I have made a start of a payment plan and I am happy about that.  The county doesn't do payment plans, but they accept payments any time no matter the size so I have my own private payment plan that should work if I am diligent with saving money.  I can do this.  I hope to have my 2 students who quit for the summer back in the fall plus 1 or 2 new ones for the fall too.  That will definitely allow me to pay the house bills and the taxes much easier.  I can only hope.

I don't have any lessons tomorrow either.  I don't have any plans for the day right now outside a few house chores to do.  I am going to rest for most of the day probably.  I have had a bad headache for about 4 days now.  I do hope it goes back to the normal headache tomorrow.  I don't like this at all.  It makes me even more tired than I already am especially with the week I have had.  I hope next week is a bit better.  Boy, I really miss my mother tonight.  She is so needed with the bad week I have had.

what can I say?

It hasn't been the best of days.  I hope tomorrow is better.  I did have 3 lessons, Breanna, Calli, and Acer and that was good.  They are all doing rather well.  Breanna has picked her songs to sing for her audition and she will have 1 more lesson before she leaves on Tuesday instead of Thursday.  I am excited for her to go and audition.  I hope she really enjoys the experience.  That is one of my goals for her, to enjoy the experience.  I have other ones too, but that is an important goal.  I really hope she does well and sings wonderfully.  This is one of her dreams so I can only hope she rocks the house.  Calli and Acer are both working very hard on the Italian song "Caro Mio Ben".  We fixed one of their small mistakes today.  They forgot a small section of the song.  No problem, we fixed it.  Calli is doing really well with her other music too and so is Acer.  He learned the entire Indian Drum song.  He is so cute as he plays it.  We are working on proper fingering for him, but he still doesn't like using his thumbs when he plays.  He will, he would just prefer to use other fingers instead.  Hey, he is 6 and plays wonderfully.  He figured out a song off of one of his xylophone toys and did it perfectly, black keys and all.  I was happy about that.  He is such a creative young man that he is so fun to work with.  Calli is a lot of fun too, we have many giggles together.  She works so hard that it is wonderful to see.  She always practices and works so hard at both piano and voice.  Between the 2 of them, it is hard to say who works the hardest and it shows.  The progress Calli has made this past year is amazing.  It really is.  She is already singing Italian Art songs and has a 3 1/2 octave range.  She is 11, yes 11.  It is an amazing range.  I have never worked with an 11 year old who has that great of a range.  The change between her chest and head voice is so smooth too.  Her voice is very mature for her age, it is very strong and pretty.  Music will take both kids very far, that is for sure and then add Breanna to that makes me a very happy teacher.

Other than the lessons, the day is rather dull.  I have 2 days coming up that has no lessons.  I don't know what I will get done or if I will get anything done.  I will see how I feel when I get up tomorrow.  I am not making any set plans.  I will play the next few days by ear and see how they go.  I may go and see Donna, but I don't know.  I will see.

Midweek!

It Wednesday already.  I had 3 lessons and paid a few bills.  I need to pay two more bills right away and then the rest can wait a few days.  I mailed 3 bills this afternoon.  My bank account hates me right now as usual when I am paying bills.  At least this month I did NOT have to borrow anything for the house payment.  I am very happy about that.  Thankfully, I was able to re-arrange the order of the bills.  I am happy with what I did.  I did get a few new students at the end of last month so that will help a lot.  This week I have 1 student who is absent, he is in Mexico with his Mom on vacation.  He is one of my new little guys.

Bob had his lesson today.  His Mother-in-law is still hanging on.  She is coming home from the hospital this week.  She is now a Hospice patient too.  I think Bob said she is about 93 years old.  Wow, I can't even imagine.

Carson had his lesson.  We worked on a couple of newer songs and one new one, Country Gardens.  I love that song.  He is doing pretty well.  I have pulled out a couple of CDs for him, I just need to pull out the books that go with the CDs.  I will be doing that this Friday and Saturday.

Beth had her lesson too.  We started sight reading and she did very well.  I went over reading notes and key signatures with her.  She seems to understand it pretty well.  I was happy with that.  I just wish Rick was a bit more enthused with sight reading, but he isn't so we won't do it.  Beth is doing very well with her music.  We worked a bit on interpretation this week and last.  She seems to be doing very well with it.  Since she wants to be in community theatre, I figured it is very important to work on this too.

The day started off okay, but ended up really bad.  I can't even talk about it right now.  I am just too upset.  I hope it will be better tomorrow.

where did the weekend go?

all of a sudden, it is Tuesday!  What happened to my 3 day weekend?  I vaguely remember having 2 lessons on Sunday but that is about it.  I had grand plans for the weekend reorganizing my music and teaching CDs, plus my room, yeah, nothing really happened.  I was tired on Saturday so I went to the bookstore and got some new to me books.  I ended up going to bed rather early.  I just couldn't stay awake.  I don't remember too much about Sunday, but I think I went to bed rather early that day to or I took a nap, I can't remember which.  Yesterday, I had a bad headache (still have it today, just slightly better than yesterday) and pretty much slept all day and night.  i got up, took some medicine, went back to bed, got up, got some lunch, took some pain medicine, went back to bed, got up again, read for a bit, and went back to bed again.  I pretty much spent all day in bed.  My head was just so bad and I was very, very tired.  So, so much for getting things done.  I will do them another time.  I think this weekend, when I am not teaching, I will do a little bit at a time instead of all of it at the same time.  Maybe then, i will get it done.  I certainly hope so.  I have music in small piles all over the table in the office.  It needs to be cleaned up so that I can put the office in order.

I had 4 lessons today.  3 were regularly scheduled lessons and 1 was a make up from yesterday.  Laith was absent today.  He is in Mexico with his Mom.  I do hope they are having a good time.  I have been to Mexico a couple of times, both times on a cruise ship.  The first time, the stopover was in Cozumel.  That was a nifty city and I enjoyed my time.  The second time, Mom and I went to 3 other places on the west side of Mexico, the names escape me right now.  Mom and I had a really good time.  I really liked going on vacation with Mom because she was so much fun.  Much more fun than going with some of my friends at the time, except Kathy.  Kathy and I always have a good time together.  Mom and I had so much in common with our likes and our dislikes that going on vacation together was always fun.  Mom would stay up a bit later than me planning our adventures for the next day.  Sometimes she was so intent on making sure I saw everything I wanted that she wouldn't tell me about what she wanted to see.  I would have to say, Momma what do you want to see?  I made sure she saw what she wanted.  I think one of the best vacations (it is hard to choose as they all were wonderful) was going to Prince Edward Island.  I loved that place so much.  It is where the author of Anne of Green Gables is from and where Anne of Green Gables takes place.  We had so much fun there.  Of course, by the time we got to Anne's land, I was already broke.  We were at the beautiful house that was a childhood home of Lucy Maud Montgomery.  Her great grand nephew was the curator and he told us story after story about his aunt.  Mom and I loved every minute of it.  The pictures he had and just everything was great.  We spent about 6 hours there.  I saw 2 lovely books I wanted but I was broke so Mom said, they will be your Christmas present.  Hey, I was all for it!  The funny thing was, but the time Christmas came, she had forgotten about them.  I didn't but I didn't want to say anything right then and there.  Fortunately, a few days later she found them in her closet and then I got them.  One was an Anne of Green Gables Christmas Treasury book (it isn't published anymore either) and the other was one of her journals.  Both are really good books.  I also have a Little Women treasury book and a different Anne of Green Gables treasury book.

It has been a pretty good day despite the bigger than usual headache.  I do hope you are having a good day too.

the 3rd

Tomorrow is July the 4th.  I plan to work around the house.  I had 2 lessons today, one earlier in the afternoon, Rick, and then Katie's this evening.  I made the mistake of procrastinating about going to Walmart to pick up my prescription.  They are only open until 6 on Sundays I got there at 6:20.  Oops, I don't know if they will be open tomorrow or not but I will check by calling ahead before I leave so I don't go for no reason.  I already picked up the milk that I needed and the grapes.  I was out of both.  I did pick up a chocolate chip cookie, one of those big ones that was decorated for the 4th.  I don't particularly like it. I thought I would, but I don't.  I will be giving the rest of it to some of the students this week.  I am not going to finish it.  i was disappointed because it was $8.00 but I know I won't buy it again!  That is for sure!

I tried to call Abigail again to wish her a happy birthday.  She turned 12 yesterday.  I got Richard's machine again.  That is all I ever get.  I mean, doesn't he ever answer his phone?  I am at the point where I am just not going to call him at all ever again.  That is how I feel because he hasn't answered the phone in months, nor does he call back.  The last time he did was over the lawsuit from the store which he can't totally blame me as he was in it just like me.  He knew what was going on with the store, I held nothing back from him.  There was no surprises at all.  I know there is a family member who seems to think I blindsided him, well, I didn't.  He got weekly, twice weekly, emails, phone calls, visits, I mean, I was in constant contact with him.  So the last time I actually talked to him in person was in April when he called to completely yell at me and I mean yell.  I was holding my phone away from my ear and I could still hear him and I am 50% deaf in both ears.  However, before that was the same thing, he never answered the phone.  I have been at the point where I don't want to call him because I know he isn't going to answer me.  He also doesn't answer emails very often.  If he does, maybe one word answers.  Nothing like you would expect so I don't know.  I am tired of always doing the calling and getting the answering machine.  It really bothers me today and it has for a few months now.  At least last year I got to speak to Abigail personally on her birthday.  Come to think of it, I left 8 messages for William at his birthday and didn't get to speak to him at all.  I just don't know what to do with my older brother.

Rick start some sight-singing today, but i don't  think he is too thrilled with it.  We talked a bit about key signatures and how to figure them out and he was like, why?  what difference does it make?  We only ended singing one of the exercises, not 4 like I had planned.  I don't know if I will do this again with him, I will decide that next week.  I am going to introduce sight-singing to Beth.  I think she will be interested because it will help her with auditioning for musicals like she likes to do.  She didn't get in the chorus of Music Man.  I was disappointed too.  She worked so hard for that audition but they had her try out with a part she didn't know she was trying out for.  The director said for her to try out for the next one and keep working so that is awesome.  She is working very hard on improving her voice.  She practices a lot so that the next play, she will get in.  Katie is excited because she has her first German song.  German is not a language I am very comfortable teaching, but fortunately, she is pretty fluent so between the two of us, she will do well.  I am excited for her because she gets so happy with these type things.  She will be emailing me with her schedule for the next two weeks to plan her next lesson.

I am watching a program about Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.  It is very interesting.  I think I will plan on watching it from now on.

I am hoping tomorrow to finish the putting away of music and the CDs but I will be happy with putting in a dent in the job.  I may wake up and go and see Donna tomorrow.  I don't know.  I will see what tomorrow brings.
I have a bit of a bad headache tonight.  I don't know why but it is here again.  There are fireworks going on in the neighborhood right now.  It scared me the first time as I didn't realize it was fireworks time again.  We usually hear them starting on July 1 to about July 5.  Usually around midnight they stop lighting them off.

I hope you are having a good weekend.  It has been a pretty good day with 2 lessons for the day and reading some new-to-me books.

It's a Hot One Today!

It is probably not as hot as some people, but for me it is hot and very humid.  The sky is getting blacker now though as we are expecting a thunderstorm.  It has now started to rain and it is very windy.  The rain is coming down sideways right now.  I was going to go out, but I changed my mind when I saw the sky a while ago.  It is not necessarily super necessary to go right now.  I have enough milk for tomorrow morning's cereal plus I have a loaf of bread with lunch meat too so I am really all set.  I just wanted to see what special treats they had made for July the 4th.  I didn't want anything big, just something small like a small piece of cake.  They sell them by the piece at the grocery store.  I know I don't really need it, but I wanted it.  I am hoping by tomorrow I won't want it since I didn't go and get it.  You see, in order to get cookies, cake, and stuff like that I have to go out and get it because I don't keep this type stuff at home.  I also have run out of fruit so I need to get some more for tomorrow and this week.  I am really liking eating fruit everyday.  I was nervous of it because of my tummy issues but with the reglan that helps digest my food, I can handle fruit again!  I am very excited about that.  I haven't been able to eat fruit since the early 90s.

I didn't get too much done today as I was very tired and I was reading a bit too.  I did go to the used bookstore like I planned and then I came back to take a bit of a nap, which lasted 2 hours.  Then I got some dinner, just a small one as I wasn't very hungry, only a little bit hungry.  Tomorrow I have 2 lessons so that will be fun.  I will be sorting the music tonight and tomorrow to put away.  I will also be putting my new breadbox in its place tonight in the kitchen.  I do need to go and get my hair done tomorrow.  They are open on Sunday this month so that is good.  After the lessons I will go.  I should have done it yesterday but I don't remember why I didn't get it done.  I know why I didn't get it done today as I took a nap instead.  I was just so tired.  I am so tired on days I don't teach or I teach only 1 lesson.  It is more exhausting to look at a day without a lot of plans than one that has 4 or 3 lessons.

The sky is lightening up again.  The rain is over for now and the sun is trying to come back out.  I don't know if we will get anymore rain or not but I am safe inside if we do.  I have started my list of what is going to donate next week so I am slowly getting done what needs to get done.  I just remembered to add something else to the donate list.  I am going to call them on Tuesday to schedule the pickup, hopefully on Friday since I don't have any lessons on that day.  My Friday lessons will be on Thursday because they are going out of town for a vacation.  I do hope they have fun.

Today is my niece, Abigail's 12th birthday!  She was born in the morning and I saw her in the evening the day she was born.  She was so small!  I guess she was regular size but to me she looked so small.  She was such a cutie!  She still is.  Abigail likes to swim and do crafts.  Next year, she will be in 7th grade already.  That is so hard to believe as time as gone so fast.  I haven't been able to talk to her for a while.  I left messages yesterday on both her mom's and dad's phone.  I also emailed Richard a message for her too.  I hope she gets them all.  I really wanted to talk to her but I do know how hard it is to get a hold of everyone in that family.  I don't know Abigail's phone number either.  Both she and William have phones but I don't have their numbers.  Maybe Richard will give them to me so I can call them directly.  Who knows?  I don't.

I do hope you are having a good day.  It has been a bit of a boring day to me but tomorrow will be better.

expect the unexpected

Acer and Calli had their lessons today.  Acer has informed me that he is finished with "Candle on the Water" and was ready to start his Italian song like Calli.  Calli just started Italian classical music two weeks ago with "Caro Mio Ben".  She is doing very well with it.  So I smiled and pulled out the Italian book and Acer sang "Caro Mio Ben" and he did a really good job with it.  I long ago realized that Acer would be full of surprises and just go with the flow.  When you have a student like him, regular standard lessons don't always work.  He is an on the go guy with perfect pitch.  Yes, I said perfect pitch.  The young man can tell you any note you play and he is always, always right.  He can take any pitch and tell you what note it is.  He will be right too.  I have witnessed it.  It is amazing.  Calli does very well too, but she being a bit older, likes the structure of regular lessons.  Today we finished Brailling out the "Feed the Birds" Song.  She is 2/3 finished learning the "Caro Mio Ben" song.  I do hope Acer doesn't want to sing "Caro" for the summer concert as Rick has already called it.  I may have to start a different Italian song with Acer.  I am going to be pulling out the Easy solos for the beginning singer books for him.  He learned a new hand position today in piano.  I am very pleased with how they are doing.  Most of my students try really hard to do their best so I am happy with all of them.  I can't wait for the 11th when I see the Muglia girls for the first time in about 2 months.  I will also be able to finally meet Thomas!  He is smiling now!  I will be going to see Harry Potter with the girls in a few weeks.  I am not sure when yet, but we will work it out.  The girls and I are all Harry Potter fans!  The girls have practically memorized every line in all the movies so far.  It is quite cute to see.  I wonder if they will ever make a Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit Game.  I had heard years ago that they were going to but I don't know if they did.

I am going to go to bed after the season finale of "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" show.  It is so good.  I love the glimpse of the Gypsy lifestyle you get with it.  I was surprised at how strictly the girls are raised, that was surprising.  It was also surprising how they don't emphasize education for the girls.  The show takes place in Great Britain, but I think they are going to create one for the USA.  That would be interesting too and to compare to it.

I was so tired today that I didn't go and get my hair done like I usually do.  My shoulder has been doing pretty well lately so I thought I would try to do it myself and see how it works.  I will see how it is going tomorrow.  I have no lessons tomorrow so I have a lot of things I want to get done.

I do hope it is a good day for you and have a good day tomorrow!