I had my new, temporary student this afternoon. Her name is Julian and she is very nice. She is in 11th grade and they are doing "Mulan Jr." I had no idea that Mulan the movie had been made into a stage musical but I now know that they did. We worked on 3 songs that she needs. We will work more on December 3 when she has her second lesson. I really liked this young lady a lot. Camille had her lesson too and she graciously switched her lesson to Sunday next weekend so that I can spend the day with Kathy and family. Her parents are celebrating Thanksgiving on Saturday since Kathy and her family will be at Tony's family's house. I do enjoy spending time with Kathy's parents, because they are so nice and they have known me pretty much as long as Kathy has. I am excited to spend time with Kathy next weekend. It should be a good time.
I am pretty tired tonight, which is a good thing because I do have to get up early for church tomorrow. I don't know which song we are singing or where we are singing, but that is okay, I will find out tomorrow. I also want to get up a bit earlier than I did last week because I need to have breakfast before I go to church. I almost passed out at church and I think it was because I didn't have a good enough breakfast. I will fix that tomorrow morning. As much as I don't like eating right away when I get up, I will need to do this on Sundays so that my tummy is full and no chance of lightheadedness. That is a bad thing. We are under hot lights so it is important that I eat a good meal. I will stop and get my diet coke to bring to church with me. I won't be singing at the other services because I am teaching lessons tomorrow (make ups) so I will need a nap before teaching.
Because I am so tired, I think I will head for bed rather shortly instead of the usual closer to midnight time. I am thankful I am tired now because then I should have a better sheep tonight than I usually do on a Saturday night.
Choir is going well. Sometimes it is hard to focus on a song when we have been rehearsing it for a while, but mostly his timing for working on songs works well with my hard time to concentrate. I don't have to memorize anything because we use the music. This is a good thing as my memory is not good for memorizing anymore. For the rest of the music we sing with the congregation there are words up on screens so that is a good thing. I usually look at the screen to the left of me because it is easier than the one in front of me. I am looking forward to next week with lessons, Thanksgiving Day, Jennie, Kathy and family. Kathy and I are also going to see "Breaking Dawn" on Saturday late afternoon early evening. I need to watch "Eclipse" first though. I think I may re-watch the first and second Twilight movies and then watch "Eclipse". That would get me ready for the new movie. I wonder if the Muglia girls will ever like "Twilight" books or movies. They haven't seen or read them so I am not sure. They make fun of them every so often and when they do I like to point out to them they haven't read them so how would they know what they are like? I figure next summer I will loan them my Twilight books. They will be 15 and 16 years old at that time so plenty old enough to ready the young adult books. I enjoyed them. They are an easy read. Are they as good as Harry Potter? No, but what is as good. Harry Potter books are amazingly written books and nothing can compare except maybe Anne of Green Gables although Anne's action scenes are way different that Harry's. She also doesn't have the good against evil thing but they are still really good books.
I do hope you are having a good day!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Flu shot day 11-18
Wow, the nurse (a new one too!) actually got the test done first poke! I was very nervous about this new nurse to try but she did it. I drank extra water last night that I didn't feel too good when I went to bed. I was so waterlogged but I was determined to not go through another try like Wednesday when they couldn't get anything.
I also got the flu shot. They had run out on Wednesday so I would have had to go back and get it today so it really wasn't a big deal to go back, just a big deal of WHY I had to go back. After the doctor's office my gas light went on. I don't usually let my tank get so low that the light goes on but for some reason this time I did! Oh my! I quickly went to the regular station I go too where they pump the gas for free. The gas is the same price as self serve only they pump the gas for me. Sometimes, my legs are so sore that even standing to get gas is hard. Yeah, it is annoying so I try to frequent the gas station that pumps for me. I made it to the station although it was a bit of a drive from the doctor's office but I made it before I ran out. Whew, what a near miss that was.
I then came home and took a nap. I had to get up super early because they only do the tests before 11 am and the only time they had left was before that. I think I slept for about 2 hours but they were broken up because the phone rang and then I woke up too. My bottom was a bit sore from sitting there for so long too. I had left the door open because I was afraid that I wouldn't hear it if anyone knocked. Unfortunately, it gave me a bit more of a nightmare of someone just walking in and hurting me. It was very freaky. I won't do this again. Next time I take a nap in the living room, I will have the front door shut and locked. What can I say? I get nightmares easy.
Acer did really well for his lesson today. I told him he had a green lesson. His school uses colors to describe behavior. It did look at one point that he wasn't going to listen, but in the end he did. Green is the best behavior color and for him, it was good. He did exactly like I asked. He played his song 2 times in a row like he will at the concert and he sang his singing song with an open mouth so we could hear his voice better. Calli did very well as usual. She will have an extra lesson on Sunday to make up for the one she missed a few weeks ago. I am just nervous that she will not be ready but she is almost ready so I think with the addition of Sunday, she will do just fine. I also told her we wouldn't be grocery shopping until December. She was disappointed but she understands. Emily did very well too. I think the new computer program is really helping. Breanna said she likes it and so does her little nephews. I think that is cute. I am happy that the computer game seems to be perking everyone's interest.
I am watching Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. It is a good one. They are building a house for a woman who runs a local soup kitchen. It is a cool episode. I do like this show. I also really like NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Project Runway, Dance Moms (although it is done for the season) and Law and Order SVU (although I don't always watch this one, it has been known to give me nightmares at times). I watch a lot of HGTV too. I read a bit everyday too. I spend a lot of my time sleeping though. since I have Fibromyalgia, I feel sick everyday, some days more than others but I have a headache every single day, the question always is how bad is it? My tummy also doesn't digest properly. Most people digest their food within 90 minutes of eating. Mine, takes much, much longer. I take some medicine that helps that. I still get tummy upsets and pain a lot. I also have arthritis and asthma. The arthritis is in my lower back, hips, fingers, and feet. It is annoying but generally it is the hips and legs that ache the most. Today, is a normal day, that means that the head hurts but not super bad (like yesterday and the other day), my legs ache if I stand too long or walk too far, and I just don't feel super good, but it isn't extreme today. This is just my normal day. You would never know by looking at me I feel sick and not well. You would never know that I am so exhausted. It is just a normal day for me. I am thankful for these "normal days" when I have them because you never know when you will get a flare. Every day but today I woke with a super bad headache. On one of the days (I don't remember which one) it was one of the worst I have ever had and I thought I would have to go to the ER but then it lessened enough where I could function. I think the hardest thing for me is the lack of concentration skills and memory problems. I have to write things down in my planner or I won't remember. I have to write very specific details too not just general notes. I have gone to the post office without my mail, I have gone to the bank to make a deposit, stood in line only to realize I left the deposit at home because I wrote go to bank but not go to bank and bring deposit. These things are kind of funny now, but at the time when these things happen, it isn't too funny. Mom was a big help too because she helped me keep organized, otherwise, it is hard to think what will happen. I leave my planner out everyday so I know what I am doing next. I look at it all the time. I put it on my computer when I go to bed at night. If I have to get up early, I write why on a post it note and put that note on my clock so when the alarm goes off, I know why I am getting up early and not miss whatever appointment I have.
Anyways, I do hope you are having a good day. I am going to watch some TV and then read.
I also got the flu shot. They had run out on Wednesday so I would have had to go back and get it today so it really wasn't a big deal to go back, just a big deal of WHY I had to go back. After the doctor's office my gas light went on. I don't usually let my tank get so low that the light goes on but for some reason this time I did! Oh my! I quickly went to the regular station I go too where they pump the gas for free. The gas is the same price as self serve only they pump the gas for me. Sometimes, my legs are so sore that even standing to get gas is hard. Yeah, it is annoying so I try to frequent the gas station that pumps for me. I made it to the station although it was a bit of a drive from the doctor's office but I made it before I ran out. Whew, what a near miss that was.
I then came home and took a nap. I had to get up super early because they only do the tests before 11 am and the only time they had left was before that. I think I slept for about 2 hours but they were broken up because the phone rang and then I woke up too. My bottom was a bit sore from sitting there for so long too. I had left the door open because I was afraid that I wouldn't hear it if anyone knocked. Unfortunately, it gave me a bit more of a nightmare of someone just walking in and hurting me. It was very freaky. I won't do this again. Next time I take a nap in the living room, I will have the front door shut and locked. What can I say? I get nightmares easy.
Acer did really well for his lesson today. I told him he had a green lesson. His school uses colors to describe behavior. It did look at one point that he wasn't going to listen, but in the end he did. Green is the best behavior color and for him, it was good. He did exactly like I asked. He played his song 2 times in a row like he will at the concert and he sang his singing song with an open mouth so we could hear his voice better. Calli did very well as usual. She will have an extra lesson on Sunday to make up for the one she missed a few weeks ago. I am just nervous that she will not be ready but she is almost ready so I think with the addition of Sunday, she will do just fine. I also told her we wouldn't be grocery shopping until December. She was disappointed but she understands. Emily did very well too. I think the new computer program is really helping. Breanna said she likes it and so does her little nephews. I think that is cute. I am happy that the computer game seems to be perking everyone's interest.
I am watching Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. It is a good one. They are building a house for a woman who runs a local soup kitchen. It is a cool episode. I do like this show. I also really like NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Project Runway, Dance Moms (although it is done for the season) and Law and Order SVU (although I don't always watch this one, it has been known to give me nightmares at times). I watch a lot of HGTV too. I read a bit everyday too. I spend a lot of my time sleeping though. since I have Fibromyalgia, I feel sick everyday, some days more than others but I have a headache every single day, the question always is how bad is it? My tummy also doesn't digest properly. Most people digest their food within 90 minutes of eating. Mine, takes much, much longer. I take some medicine that helps that. I still get tummy upsets and pain a lot. I also have arthritis and asthma. The arthritis is in my lower back, hips, fingers, and feet. It is annoying but generally it is the hips and legs that ache the most. Today, is a normal day, that means that the head hurts but not super bad (like yesterday and the other day), my legs ache if I stand too long or walk too far, and I just don't feel super good, but it isn't extreme today. This is just my normal day. You would never know by looking at me I feel sick and not well. You would never know that I am so exhausted. It is just a normal day for me. I am thankful for these "normal days" when I have them because you never know when you will get a flare. Every day but today I woke with a super bad headache. On one of the days (I don't remember which one) it was one of the worst I have ever had and I thought I would have to go to the ER but then it lessened enough where I could function. I think the hardest thing for me is the lack of concentration skills and memory problems. I have to write things down in my planner or I won't remember. I have to write very specific details too not just general notes. I have gone to the post office without my mail, I have gone to the bank to make a deposit, stood in line only to realize I left the deposit at home because I wrote go to bank but not go to bank and bring deposit. These things are kind of funny now, but at the time when these things happen, it isn't too funny. Mom was a big help too because she helped me keep organized, otherwise, it is hard to think what will happen. I leave my planner out everyday so I know what I am doing next. I look at it all the time. I put it on my computer when I go to bed at night. If I have to get up early, I write why on a post it note and put that note on my clock so when the alarm goes off, I know why I am getting up early and not miss whatever appointment I have.
Anyways, I do hope you are having a good day. I am going to watch some TV and then read.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
not the best day 11-17
I woke up this morning with a doozy of a headache. I know all this week I have been waking up with them, but today was the worst! I also had plans for 7 lessons, yes, straight through from 2:15 to 6:00 and then from 6:30 to 7:00. I took my morning medication and some Advil and well, it worked, my head improved enough to teach well. I enjoy my students, but I am exhausted tonight. I am thankful I have that many today but I am also thankful I don't have that many every day. I love my students. I think I say that a lot. Hm, well, it is true. My student, Beth, auditioned for Jekyll and Hyde for her local community theatre. She didn't hear anything back so we thought she didn't get a part. Well, Tuesday she received a message asking why she has missed 2 rehearsals! They had casted her right away but somehow in the shuffle of things, she didn't get notified! I am so glad she is in! She has worked very hard on singing and is at the point where her voice is about to change. It is very exciting when it gets to that point. I am anxious to hear how Tuesday and this coming Saturday went when she has her lesson on Sunday. It is an usual day for her to have a lesson this week, but with parent/teacher conferences, she needed to reschedule her lesson. I am just thankful that we can reschedule instead of cancel lessons. It really is a good thing. Now next Thursday, me 3 online company students will not have lessons, but my other three have rescheduled.
I didn't go to choir practice tonight because I still have a bit of the bad headache. Not like this morning, but I am exhausted and am ready to go to bed shortly. I have to get my blood test tomorrow. I had to reschedule because they couldn't get any blood out of me. It really stinks but I shall pray that tomorrow it will work fine. I also need the flu shot too. As much as I didn't want to have to go back, at least they should have some flu shot left when I go.
I am going to read for a few now. I do hope you are having a good day!
I didn't go to choir practice tonight because I still have a bit of the bad headache. Not like this morning, but I am exhausted and am ready to go to bed shortly. I have to get my blood test tomorrow. I had to reschedule because they couldn't get any blood out of me. It really stinks but I shall pray that tomorrow it will work fine. I also need the flu shot too. As much as I didn't want to have to go back, at least they should have some flu shot left when I go.
I am going to read for a few now. I do hope you are having a good day!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
mid week 11-16
I went to get my blood test this afternoon. I also hoped to get the flu shot. They ran out of the flu shot last night and more was coming in some time today. After 3 pokes, the nurse still could not get my blood. That was a big time fail. I have to go back on Friday for another try and I have to be there earlier than usual. Ugh. So yeah, I am so not very happy about that but I have to have the blood test so I will just deal with and and come home to take a nap when I am done. Naps rule in this house, for me anyway.
I woke up before the alarm went off. I think I slept pretty well last night for a change. I was so tired last night when I went to bed that I didn't even read and I am reading a really good book right now. I was a bit tired this afternoon so I thought I would take a nap before Allison's lesson. She was the only lesson today. Natalie will have a make up tomorrow since she couldn't make it tonight. Natalie is such a nice young lady. She sings really nice too. She was having trouble with one of the songs but I have a tape recorder that we will tape us singing it and she can borrow it to practice at home.
I was thinking about my Momma today before the doctor appointment. It has almost been 13 months since she passed away. I was thinking about her last few years. In 2008, after we lost the store, she was still pretty independent and could do lots of stuff for herself. I would not let her be by herself too long though because I was afraid she would get lost. She liked to be with me most of the time. She had been coming to the store with me for the last 2 1/2 years. I didn't mind because she loved being there a lot. After we lost the store, I was deeply upset over it. I had worked so hard only to lose it. I would say that for a few months, I didn't emerge from my room to often except for teaching. Mom could get herself up in the morning and eat breakfast. She would watch the weather channel (for some reason she loved the weather channel) and wait for me to get my lazy butt up. We would go to Tim Horton's for lunch and have a nice time. I would teach a few lessons during the week but mostly we hung out together. Mom and I spent a lot of time at the movies summer of 2009. I think we went to the movies about every week. We saw so many good movies and a few duds. We would also go to Olive Garden at least once a month. Mom and I love that restaurant. It wasn't until about November 2009 that she started being less independent. In December 2009, I had to start gating her up the stairs because she would go out of the house looking for me and get lost. Fortunately, I have really good neighbors and they found Mom right away and brought her back home. Kathy was getting rid of her baby gates but she hadn't yet. I called her to find out where to buy them and how much they might be. She gave me her gates. I drove to and from K-zoo in one day for those. I was glad that I got to keep her and take care of her. So, anyways, I was just thinking about her today a little more than usual. The 18th is coming up and that is a day I dislike since she passed away on the 18th of October. Some days it seems like forever ago that I last saw her and other times it feels like yesterday. It is weird this mourning thing. Some days I feel like I wading through mud that won't let me walk and other days, not so much mud to walk it.
I hope you are having a good day.
I woke up before the alarm went off. I think I slept pretty well last night for a change. I was so tired last night when I went to bed that I didn't even read and I am reading a really good book right now. I was a bit tired this afternoon so I thought I would take a nap before Allison's lesson. She was the only lesson today. Natalie will have a make up tomorrow since she couldn't make it tonight. Natalie is such a nice young lady. She sings really nice too. She was having trouble with one of the songs but I have a tape recorder that we will tape us singing it and she can borrow it to practice at home.
I was thinking about my Momma today before the doctor appointment. It has almost been 13 months since she passed away. I was thinking about her last few years. In 2008, after we lost the store, she was still pretty independent and could do lots of stuff for herself. I would not let her be by herself too long though because I was afraid she would get lost. She liked to be with me most of the time. She had been coming to the store with me for the last 2 1/2 years. I didn't mind because she loved being there a lot. After we lost the store, I was deeply upset over it. I had worked so hard only to lose it. I would say that for a few months, I didn't emerge from my room to often except for teaching. Mom could get herself up in the morning and eat breakfast. She would watch the weather channel (for some reason she loved the weather channel) and wait for me to get my lazy butt up. We would go to Tim Horton's for lunch and have a nice time. I would teach a few lessons during the week but mostly we hung out together. Mom and I spent a lot of time at the movies summer of 2009. I think we went to the movies about every week. We saw so many good movies and a few duds. We would also go to Olive Garden at least once a month. Mom and I love that restaurant. It wasn't until about November 2009 that she started being less independent. In December 2009, I had to start gating her up the stairs because she would go out of the house looking for me and get lost. Fortunately, I have really good neighbors and they found Mom right away and brought her back home. Kathy was getting rid of her baby gates but she hadn't yet. I called her to find out where to buy them and how much they might be. She gave me her gates. I drove to and from K-zoo in one day for those. I was glad that I got to keep her and take care of her. So, anyways, I was just thinking about her today a little more than usual. The 18th is coming up and that is a day I dislike since she passed away on the 18th of October. Some days it seems like forever ago that I last saw her and other times it feels like yesterday. It is weird this mourning thing. Some days I feel like I wading through mud that won't let me walk and other days, not so much mud to walk it.
I hope you are having a good day.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles Night 11-15
Tuesdays are good nights for TV for me because my favorite shows are on. I don't watch a whole lot of shows, but I will admit to being crazy about NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles. they are action packed and the good guys always win! Sometimes it is a bit gross with the bodies, but I don't look when it is like that. Since I can't stand the sight of blood, I usually just listen to the scenes that are in the autopsy room. I like how the teams work with each other and the characters are so interesting to me. All in all, I am glad I started watching them even though at first I stuck my nose up in the air with them. I was annoyed because they took the place of JAG for a few weeks and I loved JAG. As a matter of fact, I have all 10 season of JAG. I think because we were an army family that I can identify with the families who have members serving the military. Now, Mom was in the reserves, which I know is a bit different, but it still means we were a military family. While there were definite things I disliked intensely about Mom being in the Army, overall, I was very proud of her. She accomplished a lot and without her and women like her, the women of today would not be at the ranks and jobs that they are in. Mom was a pioneer. She broke glass ceilings. Mom was also very brave and courageous however, she was very shy about talking about her accomplishments. She was a very humble woman. I love that about her (one of a million or so reasons I adored my mother!) Anyways, Mom always said that she was born too soon. I can only imagine what she could accomplish if she was born 40 years later. However, I am rather glad she was born when she was since I would not be me if she wasn't.
Today the tummy is a bit better than yesterday. Most of the time I ignore the pain and the upset tummy. I just go and take my tummy medicine and pain medicine but sometimes it is difficult to ignore such things. Last night was one of them. I think at this point, I am so used to pain that I don't always feel it. I know it is there, but I can ignore it at times unless I get up (then my hips cry and my legs) or I move wrong and it twinges the pain. I think because I don't teach or work full time and I have time to make sure I rest it makes a difference. I don't anticipate actually ever being able to work full time or teach full time again. The last time I tried that I was in and out of the hospital so much that I knew the ER doctors and nurses and they knew me on sight. Not really a recommended thing. I have been in the ER in the last year, but it isn't as much as it used to be so that is good. I have better medicine now, I think, at least for the moment.
Anyways, I am going to make some dinner now. I am going to have pasta and veggies. I forgot to take the chicken out to thaw so no chicken tonight. I don't mind, I like pasta and veggies without meat too.
Try to have a good night!
Today the tummy is a bit better than yesterday. Most of the time I ignore the pain and the upset tummy. I just go and take my tummy medicine and pain medicine but sometimes it is difficult to ignore such things. Last night was one of them. I think at this point, I am so used to pain that I don't always feel it. I know it is there, but I can ignore it at times unless I get up (then my hips cry and my legs) or I move wrong and it twinges the pain. I think because I don't teach or work full time and I have time to make sure I rest it makes a difference. I don't anticipate actually ever being able to work full time or teach full time again. The last time I tried that I was in and out of the hospital so much that I knew the ER doctors and nurses and they knew me on sight. Not really a recommended thing. I have been in the ER in the last year, but it isn't as much as it used to be so that is good. I have better medicine now, I think, at least for the moment.
Anyways, I am going to make some dinner now. I am going to have pasta and veggies. I forgot to take the chicken out to thaw so no chicken tonight. I don't mind, I like pasta and veggies without meat too.
Try to have a good night!
Monday, November 14, 2011
the Beginning of another week! 11-14
It is the start of another week! 3 weeks from yesterday will be the Christmas Concert. I am looking forward to it. My girls had their lessons this afternoon. They are pretty much ready for the concert. Lydia and Sarah are very ready. Hannah is almost ready and the same with Natalie. Natalie has one of her songs down pat and almost the second one. Both girls should be as ready as their sisters by the concert. I am pretty certain about that. Bob is almost ready too. Isaac is nervous about the concert so he isn't sure he wants to be in it. I told him to worry about it in two weeks and if still didn't want to do it, he didn't have too. He didn't practice this week so that is what he is worried about. He did pick one piano song and played it pretty well. We talked about looking at practicing a different way. He likes to play the piano and really that is all that practicing is. He was like, good point. So let's hope he plays his piano more this week than last week. He is also doing very well with his vocal songs too. I did let Isaac know that he was learning the Christmas music whether or not he would be in the concert. He said okay no problem. Isaac is such a nice young man. His grandparents live down the street from me so after his lesson he walked down to their house to have dinner with them.
After my lessons, I went to Walmart for some tummy medicine and milk. I also got the Christmas Table Cloth, Christmas cookie cutters, pop, and a few other necessities. I almost walked out without the Mylanta. That would have been bad because my tummy has not been so good these last few days.
I have a new young man tomorrow from the online company. He is 5 and will be starting piano. I am excited about this. This leaves 2 students tomorrow. Charlie has marching band practice tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Day parade. This is his last Thanksgiving Day parade as he is a senior in high school this year. Aaiyanna and Samuel, the new young man, will have their lessons tomorrow. I have to copy some sight reading music for Aaiyanna. I had copied some a few weeks ago, but she has lost them. Now that she has her binder, she can put it in the binder. I do hope that the new CDs I burned for her work. The only other option is to loan her the originals and have her parents burn them on CDs. I don't particularly like loaning original CDs out because if I don't get them back, I have to buy both the book and the CD again.
I haven't started the ornaments for the students yet. I have 3 weeks to do this. I will be starting tomorrow evening after i clear the table so I can start cutting them out. I have to figure out how many I need. I am also going to be making some for Kathy's kids since I am already making some, what is a few more? There is like 4 seams and top stitching for each one. Not too hard for me to make. I have made them before. I just need to get some red fabric paint since the paint I have is not fabric paint and the fabric paint I had is very old, if I even have it anymore, which I sincerely doubt. I am not going to bother to look for it because I think I did get rid of it a while ago. It costs about $1 so I will just pick some up in the next few days. I have the ribbon for the hanging of the ornament and the jingle bells although I am not sure I am going to put the jingle bells on it. We shall see. I will see what looks the best on ornament. I am excited about starting them. I probably should have started them a few weeks ago, but I do know how easy they are to make so I kept procrastinating. I will stop procrastinating this week though since the concert is in one day less than 3 weeks.
I am not feeling super well today. I can't pin point it exactly, I just don't feel too hot. I don't think I am coming down with anything, just the usual fibro feeling bad. Sometimes, fibro sucks at times, well, okay, it sucks all the time if the truth be told.
Despite the not feeling so hot, it was a decent day. I hope yours was good too.
After my lessons, I went to Walmart for some tummy medicine and milk. I also got the Christmas Table Cloth, Christmas cookie cutters, pop, and a few other necessities. I almost walked out without the Mylanta. That would have been bad because my tummy has not been so good these last few days.
I have a new young man tomorrow from the online company. He is 5 and will be starting piano. I am excited about this. This leaves 2 students tomorrow. Charlie has marching band practice tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Day parade. This is his last Thanksgiving Day parade as he is a senior in high school this year. Aaiyanna and Samuel, the new young man, will have their lessons tomorrow. I have to copy some sight reading music for Aaiyanna. I had copied some a few weeks ago, but she has lost them. Now that she has her binder, she can put it in the binder. I do hope that the new CDs I burned for her work. The only other option is to loan her the originals and have her parents burn them on CDs. I don't particularly like loaning original CDs out because if I don't get them back, I have to buy both the book and the CD again.
I haven't started the ornaments for the students yet. I have 3 weeks to do this. I will be starting tomorrow evening after i clear the table so I can start cutting them out. I have to figure out how many I need. I am also going to be making some for Kathy's kids since I am already making some, what is a few more? There is like 4 seams and top stitching for each one. Not too hard for me to make. I have made them before. I just need to get some red fabric paint since the paint I have is not fabric paint and the fabric paint I had is very old, if I even have it anymore, which I sincerely doubt. I am not going to bother to look for it because I think I did get rid of it a while ago. It costs about $1 so I will just pick some up in the next few days. I have the ribbon for the hanging of the ornament and the jingle bells although I am not sure I am going to put the jingle bells on it. We shall see. I will see what looks the best on ornament. I am excited about starting them. I probably should have started them a few weeks ago, but I do know how easy they are to make so I kept procrastinating. I will stop procrastinating this week though since the concert is in one day less than 3 weeks.
I am not feeling super well today. I can't pin point it exactly, I just don't feel too hot. I don't think I am coming down with anything, just the usual fibro feeling bad. Sometimes, fibro sucks at times, well, okay, it sucks all the time if the truth be told.
Despite the not feeling so hot, it was a decent day. I hope yours was good too.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sunday 11-13
We are almost in the middle of November. Wow, how quick did this happen. Tomorrow I have my girls, Bob, and Isaac. I am rather exhausted today. I made it to church though! Unfortunately, I didn't eat a good enough breakfast so I started to get light headed with the lights by the time we sang our song right before the sermon. I ended up mouthing some of the words. It was a great song too. I hope no one noticed that I didn't sing near the end. I wasn't sure I would survive at that point. Finally we were done and we could leave the stage for our seats in the congregation. I grabbed my coat and went to sit down. We had a guest minister speaker today. It was missions weekend. He was very interesting and it was a good sermon. I am pretty okay now although I still feel lightheaded at times. I have been having problems with lightheadedness for a good 2 months now. I don't really know why. I have been to the ER about this and there was no conclusive answer. I truly do not believe it is from dehydration because I have since made sure that I am drinking enough water. There are days I feel almost waterlogged from drinking so much water and that doesn't seem like it that good.
I am watching Harry Potter number 4, "Goblet of Fire" and Cedric has just been killed. Ever since Momma passed away I tear up (sometimes even cry) whenever anyone dies whether it is one of my friends' family and friends or even TV and movies. I teared up when Cedric was killed and I have seen this enough to know that it happens. I also have read all the books. Still, anyone dying makes me tear up and sometimes cry. My cousin just lost her father and she wrote today in her face book that it was time to process and move on. It has been one week since her father was killed. When one of my face book friends lost her mother a week later she wrote on face book, time to get back to happiness. I don't understand how they can so easily go back to the way it was. How does one process and move on so fast? Is it because they have families themselves to take care of? I am still processing and moving on. I can't say I am back to happiness. I have better days than I did last year at this time, but there are still days where I miss her so much. Is it because I took care of her and we were together all the time for the last 5 years? I don't know. I just know that a week after I lost Mom, I was still in shock. Maybe they are still and just don't realize it. The mysteries of mourning still confuse me. I get told I am in a depression, yet I don't think I am. Yes, I am sad at times. I say I am in mourning, not a depression as if to mourn in these days and times is a bad thing. I don't think so but in this world it seems at times that mourning is not acceptable, you have to process and move on immediately and not allow yourself to feel the emotions that go with losing a family member or a friend. That is how it seems in my family. I remember calling Richard (back when he would actually speak to me) and I was crying. He was all "you aren't crying are you?" like it was a horrible thing. I quickly stopped and realized that he doesn't feel the same way I do. I thought he did, but he had moved on from missing Mom if he ever missed her at all. I don't think I will ever understand this world that we live in. My friends who have lost their mothers and were close to them says that the second year is easier. So far it is a bit. Last year at this time my chest felt like bricks on it and I don't have that feeling too much anymore. However, I do miss her as much as I first did when she died. I don't know, I certainly can't say I have all the answers.
I am glad that I made it to church after missing it last week. It starts the week off right somehow to me, despite how early I have to get up. I actually didn't yawn during church, just on the way home where I took a nap right after. I slept for about 3 1/2 hours before Beth had her lesson.
I do hope you had a good day.
I am watching Harry Potter number 4, "Goblet of Fire" and Cedric has just been killed. Ever since Momma passed away I tear up (sometimes even cry) whenever anyone dies whether it is one of my friends' family and friends or even TV and movies. I teared up when Cedric was killed and I have seen this enough to know that it happens. I also have read all the books. Still, anyone dying makes me tear up and sometimes cry. My cousin just lost her father and she wrote today in her face book that it was time to process and move on. It has been one week since her father was killed. When one of my face book friends lost her mother a week later she wrote on face book, time to get back to happiness. I don't understand how they can so easily go back to the way it was. How does one process and move on so fast? Is it because they have families themselves to take care of? I am still processing and moving on. I can't say I am back to happiness. I have better days than I did last year at this time, but there are still days where I miss her so much. Is it because I took care of her and we were together all the time for the last 5 years? I don't know. I just know that a week after I lost Mom, I was still in shock. Maybe they are still and just don't realize it. The mysteries of mourning still confuse me. I get told I am in a depression, yet I don't think I am. Yes, I am sad at times. I say I am in mourning, not a depression as if to mourn in these days and times is a bad thing. I don't think so but in this world it seems at times that mourning is not acceptable, you have to process and move on immediately and not allow yourself to feel the emotions that go with losing a family member or a friend. That is how it seems in my family. I remember calling Richard (back when he would actually speak to me) and I was crying. He was all "you aren't crying are you?" like it was a horrible thing. I quickly stopped and realized that he doesn't feel the same way I do. I thought he did, but he had moved on from missing Mom if he ever missed her at all. I don't think I will ever understand this world that we live in. My friends who have lost their mothers and were close to them says that the second year is easier. So far it is a bit. Last year at this time my chest felt like bricks on it and I don't have that feeling too much anymore. However, I do miss her as much as I first did when she died. I don't know, I certainly can't say I have all the answers.
I am glad that I made it to church after missing it last week. It starts the week off right somehow to me, despite how early I have to get up. I actually didn't yawn during church, just on the way home where I took a nap right after. I slept for about 3 1/2 hours before Beth had her lesson.
I do hope you had a good day.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Another lovely day in November - the weather is beautiful
It is so nice outside today. Unlike yesterday, which was rather cold, today is more fall like than winter. It is definitely nice and warm. I didn't really need my winter coat on but since I didn't know it was so nice out, I had it on. I love my winter jacket. It was a beautiful Christmas present last year from my dear friends, the Emertons, Lily's family. Camille had her lesson today. Her uncle brought her. She is doing so well and I think when we are done with this level, we may switch to something different. I am still not sure though. She is doing so well with switching her hands around that I fear that the level 2 book will be too easy for her. We shall see. She is such a lovely young lady. Last Tuesday was her middle sister's birthday, she turned 5 and this Tuesday will be the youngest sister's birthday, she turns 4. Camille is the oldest.
Not too much going on today. Some weird pains on and off in my back and my chest. I am not sure why but it comes and goes so I am not too worried at this point about it. I am rather exhausted this afternoon. Much more so than normal. I do hope this means I will sleep better tonight because Church is in the morning! I am ready to sing tomorrow. I love singing in the choir. I can't stand during the music part of the service because my legs ache so much, so I lean on a stool. It is a high stool so I can't really sit down too well. By the end of the music part my legs are actually usually numb but they wake up quickly when i start walking. I would like a better stool, but this will work for now. Carolyn will not be singing tomorrow because she has been absent from choir practice for a couple of weeks. She has had volleyball games at the same time as practice. It is kind of hard to be in two places at once! I just love Carolyn, she is such a nice young lady. She sings rather well too. It is nice to be in a choir full of good singers. Most of them are very good, which is really nice. It means we can do some harder music and really get some good stuff.
I need to clear off the table today. I plan to move all the music into the living room for now because during Christmas and New Years, I will have it put away and then the living room and the dining room will be beautiful. I also need to go through the boxes of tools behind me and put them in my lovely new tool box that Heather B-T and family gave me. I was so excited since my has long since disappeared along with many of the tools mom and I had. It is quite frustrating to have tools disappear from the furnace room and garage. These tools will stay for a long while since I am in charge now. This being responsible and being a grown up can be hard work! I really want the new Harry Potter movie but I cannot get it until the monthly bills are paid. It is so tempting to go and charge it but I won't. The credit cards are for emergency only and that is how they should be for me. I have used them a bit and discovered I was using them a bit too much because they were in my wallet so I took them out. Now, I don't have the temptation. I am thankful for that!
I do need to go to the music store Monday or Tuesday for my new little guy on Tuesday. He is scheduled the one lesson but then the rest are unscheduled, which is weird to me. Is he going to change his time every week? Or is this a trial lesson to see if he likes it? Either way, I will teach the lesson and we shall see how the little guy does. I only have a couple of lessons on Monday this week, Bob and Isaac. I don't think I have the girls this week but I shall find out shortly. I have messaged them to find out. I know Laura has it on the calendar. So whenever she has me scheduled works for me! I just love my girls. Well, truth be know, I love all my students. I have the best. I may not have as many as I used too (oh my goodness! I wouldn't be able to do that) but I have really good ones now.
I do hope you are having a good day. I hope this random pain goes away. It comes and goes whenever and I have had it since yesterday. The joys of fibro! My hands aren't are sore as they were yesterday as it is nicer out right now! Enjoy your day!
Not too much going on today. Some weird pains on and off in my back and my chest. I am not sure why but it comes and goes so I am not too worried at this point about it. I am rather exhausted this afternoon. Much more so than normal. I do hope this means I will sleep better tonight because Church is in the morning! I am ready to sing tomorrow. I love singing in the choir. I can't stand during the music part of the service because my legs ache so much, so I lean on a stool. It is a high stool so I can't really sit down too well. By the end of the music part my legs are actually usually numb but they wake up quickly when i start walking. I would like a better stool, but this will work for now. Carolyn will not be singing tomorrow because she has been absent from choir practice for a couple of weeks. She has had volleyball games at the same time as practice. It is kind of hard to be in two places at once! I just love Carolyn, she is such a nice young lady. She sings rather well too. It is nice to be in a choir full of good singers. Most of them are very good, which is really nice. It means we can do some harder music and really get some good stuff.
I need to clear off the table today. I plan to move all the music into the living room for now because during Christmas and New Years, I will have it put away and then the living room and the dining room will be beautiful. I also need to go through the boxes of tools behind me and put them in my lovely new tool box that Heather B-T and family gave me. I was so excited since my has long since disappeared along with many of the tools mom and I had. It is quite frustrating to have tools disappear from the furnace room and garage. These tools will stay for a long while since I am in charge now. This being responsible and being a grown up can be hard work! I really want the new Harry Potter movie but I cannot get it until the monthly bills are paid. It is so tempting to go and charge it but I won't. The credit cards are for emergency only and that is how they should be for me. I have used them a bit and discovered I was using them a bit too much because they were in my wallet so I took them out. Now, I don't have the temptation. I am thankful for that!
I do need to go to the music store Monday or Tuesday for my new little guy on Tuesday. He is scheduled the one lesson but then the rest are unscheduled, which is weird to me. Is he going to change his time every week? Or is this a trial lesson to see if he likes it? Either way, I will teach the lesson and we shall see how the little guy does. I only have a couple of lessons on Monday this week, Bob and Isaac. I don't think I have the girls this week but I shall find out shortly. I have messaged them to find out. I know Laura has it on the calendar. So whenever she has me scheduled works for me! I just love my girls. Well, truth be know, I love all my students. I have the best. I may not have as many as I used too (oh my goodness! I wouldn't be able to do that) but I have really good ones now.
I do hope you are having a good day. I hope this random pain goes away. It comes and goes whenever and I have had it since yesterday. The joys of fibro! My hands aren't are sore as they were yesterday as it is nicer out right now! Enjoy your day!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
When I was a little girl, my biggest fear was that the USA and Canada would get in a war and we would be put in a concentration camp. I had just learned about them in history and was so stunned that people would treat others this way. My mother served in the Canadian Army Reserves. She was a major, but we live over in USA so she would go across the border every week two and three times to go to the reserves. I would cry and be upset after she left. After a few weeks of this our babysitter told Mom about this so Mom asked me what was wrong. I told her about my fears. She calmly explained that would never happen as both countries are allies and friends. My mom also explained to me that she was a teacher so she would never go where the fighting would be. She would just train them, not fight with them. It makes me think about the families who have members fighting. I know what my fear was like, I can't even imagine what their everyday is like, especially the children. How do you explain something like this to your children? How? I think about this a lot, not just on days like today that are set aside to honor them. They deserve more than that because if it wasn't for our soldiers, both past and present, we would not be able to have the freedom that we have. Many of us live in countries that are free and we have no idea what it is like to live in countries that you have no freedom. I can't even imagine living somewhere where you can't say what you want or do what you want. We can go to the store and buy whatever we want. Most of the time, we have enough food, shelter, and clothes. Can you imagine those that live in countries where there are food lines and when you finally get in the store, there is no food left? I can't. I can't imagine living in a country where women are not allowed to drive, vote, be in company in public of men without their husbands or father, where girls are not allowed to go to school? It completely baffles me about these things. How can people treat people they way they do? Yes, in this country there are people who are not nice and treat others poorly. We have choices and rights that so many don't have. I have always been proud of the country I was born in and the country I was raised in, however, I am more American than Canadian. We were raised to be American. We went to American Schools and lived there. Mom wanted us to know about both countries, the one of our birth and the one we were raised in. I decided when I was 18 not to become an American not because I don't love the USA, I do but because I wanted my children to be the first Americans in our family. To me, that was the American Dream, coming from another country and having your children be the first Americans. I have since changed my mind. I want to be able to vote. Yes, I also have made this decision because I can't have children so they won't be the first Americans, but the right to vote has been a dream of mine for several years now. I am working on saving the money to pay the fees. (It is now really expensive to become an American, about $400 plus other fees.) In a few years, I will be an American. It will be an exciting day when that happens.
We should be thankful for those who serve our countries everyday, not just on days designated to remembering or honoring them. I know I am. My mother ended up serving 31 years. I have always been proud of my Mom being in the Armed Service (even when we had to wait for what seemed like hours for her to get out of the officers' mess after parades or special events). She joined the Air Force at 18 and then when her time was up she joined the Army Reserves. We were an Army family. At times, it seems like we still are.
We should be thankful for those who serve our countries everyday, not just on days designated to remembering or honoring them. I know I am. My mother ended up serving 31 years. I have always been proud of my Mom being in the Armed Service (even when we had to wait for what seemed like hours for her to get out of the officers' mess after parades or special events). She joined the Air Force at 18 and then when her time was up she joined the Army Reserves. We were an Army family. At times, it seems like we still are.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Choir Practice Day
Thursday is choir practice. I am getting my own folder number next week! I have the new person number right now so I get my own number now. It is a cool thing. We worked really hard tonight on 3 pieces that we are going to sing in the next three weeks. The choir stood quite a bit of the time. I don't because I can't stand very long. In church I sit on a stool because I can't stand for all that time. I don't think I could even stand long enough to sing the song. It just hurts to much.
My bad headache that I have had most of the day is a bit better, but not too much yet. I do hope that by morning it is down to its normal headache. I am not as tired as usual right now but I am sure shortly I will be. I tried to take a nap this evening because I was so tired, but I couldn't sleep. This was in between teaching and choir. I had my three B's today: Breanna, Brianne, and Brooke. All 3 are doing so well. Brooke has one of her Christmas songs almost down pat and close to the second. Brianne is struggling a bit with hers. We may have to edit her songs a bit. Both are 4 pages and difficult left hands. We will see how she is doing next week. We have reschedule Brianne and Brooke's lessons for Thanksgiving Day. Breanna is checking her schedule for a reschedule that week too. Breanna has switched one of her vocal pieces for Christmas. She is trying to learn the guitar part but we have a CD if she doesn't. Her piano is doing very well today. I loaned her the new theory game CD for the computer. She and I tried it while she was here for her lesson. She loved it. Breanna also thinks her nephews are going to like it too. I think so. They always want to be with her and do what she is doing. Breanna got a new piano this past weekend. She got a Yamaha baby grand piano. It is beautiful and she loves it. I would too but there is no room in my living room for a baby grand. I like the pianos that I have so I am satisfied. I am glad she loves it and wants to practice more. She is a good musician.
I have not cleared the table like I wanted to this week. Hayley is supposed to stop by tomorrow before I go to tea with Wendy. I am so glad to see Hayley, but I also am glad to see Wendy. Then I will have a couple of lessons before resting for the rest of the night. I only have Camille on Saturday and Beth on Sunday after the after church nap. I am going to use Sunday and Saturday for resting a lot since I have been so extra tired this week. I will also do a bit of housework. I have to clean the bathrooms. That doesn't take too long and I rest in between the bathrooms. I did part of the downstairs bathroom this evening. I will do the other part on Saturday and the other bathroom then too. I will clear the music off the dining room table on Sunday now that I don't need it anymore. I will put the original CDs in the living room so I will have them when I make the CD for the concert. This makes it easier for Bill who runs the sound.
I am watching Project Accessory and it is kind of interesting. Some of the designs these people come up is crazy, simply crazy. I wouldn't wear most of them. This one model's hair was so insane. It was a mohawk type thing. Who would wear their hair like that. One has a belt on the model hung down between her legs. It was insane. Just simply insane. There are some that are nice.
My bad headache that I have had most of the day is a bit better, but not too much yet. I do hope that by morning it is down to its normal headache. I am not as tired as usual right now but I am sure shortly I will be. I tried to take a nap this evening because I was so tired, but I couldn't sleep. This was in between teaching and choir. I had my three B's today: Breanna, Brianne, and Brooke. All 3 are doing so well. Brooke has one of her Christmas songs almost down pat and close to the second. Brianne is struggling a bit with hers. We may have to edit her songs a bit. Both are 4 pages and difficult left hands. We will see how she is doing next week. We have reschedule Brianne and Brooke's lessons for Thanksgiving Day. Breanna is checking her schedule for a reschedule that week too. Breanna has switched one of her vocal pieces for Christmas. She is trying to learn the guitar part but we have a CD if she doesn't. Her piano is doing very well today. I loaned her the new theory game CD for the computer. She and I tried it while she was here for her lesson. She loved it. Breanna also thinks her nephews are going to like it too. I think so. They always want to be with her and do what she is doing. Breanna got a new piano this past weekend. She got a Yamaha baby grand piano. It is beautiful and she loves it. I would too but there is no room in my living room for a baby grand. I like the pianos that I have so I am satisfied. I am glad she loves it and wants to practice more. She is a good musician.
I have not cleared the table like I wanted to this week. Hayley is supposed to stop by tomorrow before I go to tea with Wendy. I am so glad to see Hayley, but I also am glad to see Wendy. Then I will have a couple of lessons before resting for the rest of the night. I only have Camille on Saturday and Beth on Sunday after the after church nap. I am going to use Sunday and Saturday for resting a lot since I have been so extra tired this week. I will also do a bit of housework. I have to clean the bathrooms. That doesn't take too long and I rest in between the bathrooms. I did part of the downstairs bathroom this evening. I will do the other part on Saturday and the other bathroom then too. I will clear the music off the dining room table on Sunday now that I don't need it anymore. I will put the original CDs in the living room so I will have them when I make the CD for the concert. This makes it easier for Bill who runs the sound.
I am watching Project Accessory and it is kind of interesting. Some of the designs these people come up is crazy, simply crazy. I wouldn't wear most of them. This one model's hair was so insane. It was a mohawk type thing. Who would wear their hair like that. One has a belt on the model hung down between her legs. It was insane. Just simply insane. There are some that are nice.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday 11-9-11
2 more days until Harry Potter comes out on DVD! Yes, this IS cause for celebration! It really is! I, personally, can't wait. I know, I know, many of you are shaking your head, you already knew this. I can't wait to see it again with seeing number 7 part 1 right before it. That is the plan for Friday, as long as everything works out well.
I met Jennie for lunch today at Applebee's. It was so much fun. I got to read some of the stuff that people wrote at the reunion. The memory papers were great! We chatted for about 2 hours before we had to leave. It was also cool because Jennie's husband, Bill gave her a gift card for Applebee's so that paid our lunch. Talk about generous! It was just a nice lunch. I was late for it though. I knew yesterday I needed to get gas. I planned to get the gas after Aaiynna's lesson. Somehow it slipped my mind. I also didn't plan to get up early enough to get gas and be on time so I was late by about 10 or so minutes. I had run out of the house without my coat too so while getting gas, I froze and got wet since it was raining! Not how I planned to arrive! I will plan better next time!
After lunch, I came home and took a bit of a rest in the living room before Rachel's lesson. I was a bit tired so I figured it was a good time to take a bit of a rest so I went in the living room and propped up my feet on the stool. I slept for about an hour. Rachel arrived for her lesson and she is doing so well with her Christmas Songs. She did picked out 2 more for fun. We immediately went into the dining room to copy the music for her. She then went and got 2 of the page savers then put the new music in them. She giggled when we discussed the hand position. Rachel is learning several new hand positions and is really doing very well. I love when she giggles though. Children have the sweetest giggles and Rachel is no exception. Her giggle just send happiness to my soul so to hear the giggle at the new hand positions. Allison had her lesson right after. She was early, which was perfectly fine for me. Allison is also doing very well with her Christmas music. I remembered to copy her second page of sight reading just in time for her lesson. Allison is doing very well with her Christmas music too. Her voice is getting ready to change and I can hear it. It is exciting when the voice changes, it really is.
I have a bit of a bad headache this evening. I took some pain meds so I am hoping it will go down to the normal headache. With the rain and the changing of the weather, it is not surprising that I ache a bit more than normal and have a bigger headache tonight. I just hope it goes back to the normal pain by bedtime or morning.
Despite the extra pain this afternoon, it was a good day. I hope yours was too.
I met Jennie for lunch today at Applebee's. It was so much fun. I got to read some of the stuff that people wrote at the reunion. The memory papers were great! We chatted for about 2 hours before we had to leave. It was also cool because Jennie's husband, Bill gave her a gift card for Applebee's so that paid our lunch. Talk about generous! It was just a nice lunch. I was late for it though. I knew yesterday I needed to get gas. I planned to get the gas after Aaiynna's lesson. Somehow it slipped my mind. I also didn't plan to get up early enough to get gas and be on time so I was late by about 10 or so minutes. I had run out of the house without my coat too so while getting gas, I froze and got wet since it was raining! Not how I planned to arrive! I will plan better next time!
After lunch, I came home and took a bit of a rest in the living room before Rachel's lesson. I was a bit tired so I figured it was a good time to take a bit of a rest so I went in the living room and propped up my feet on the stool. I slept for about an hour. Rachel arrived for her lesson and she is doing so well with her Christmas Songs. She did picked out 2 more for fun. We immediately went into the dining room to copy the music for her. She then went and got 2 of the page savers then put the new music in them. She giggled when we discussed the hand position. Rachel is learning several new hand positions and is really doing very well. I love when she giggles though. Children have the sweetest giggles and Rachel is no exception. Her giggle just send happiness to my soul so to hear the giggle at the new hand positions. Allison had her lesson right after. She was early, which was perfectly fine for me. Allison is also doing very well with her Christmas music. I remembered to copy her second page of sight reading just in time for her lesson. Allison is doing very well with her Christmas music too. Her voice is getting ready to change and I can hear it. It is exciting when the voice changes, it really is.
I have a bit of a bad headache this evening. I took some pain meds so I am hoping it will go down to the normal headache. With the rain and the changing of the weather, it is not surprising that I ache a bit more than normal and have a bigger headache tonight. I just hope it goes back to the normal pain by bedtime or morning.
Despite the extra pain this afternoon, it was a good day. I hope yours was too.
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