Eight days into the new year! Wow, time is flying (as usual) by. I wasn't feeling so good this morning so I didn't go to church. I also had to take a nap this afternoon (late afternoon) and I am still super tired today. I think this is telling me I have enough students and any more will be too much for me. I think it is a big reminder to pace myself better. I don't think I paced myself very well this last week. I will be more mindful of it this week. I really have to be careful of Thursdays as that is a jammed packed day with lessons and choir practice. Thank goodness Friday is a quieter day.
I have been reading a lot of Danielle Steele novels again. I get them at the used bookstore. I also like Bertrice Small, Catherine Coulter, and Katherine Stone. I also have rediscovered Sidney Sheldon. I read a bit every day, some days more than other. I like to read. It is all my mother's fault I like to read. He he he!!! It is thanks to her I can read. Mom's hard work, and trust me, it was very, very hard for me. I remember crying a lot during the first week saying I was too dumb to learn this. I was just stupid. Well, we all know that mom did not think I was stupid. Now it is a breeze and I love it. Mom had problem with reading in that if she sat still too long, she would fall asleep. I took her to Les Miserables years ago and she had a rough time staying awake. I remember bumping her leg a lot. She said she heard everything during the show, she just didn't see everything. This happened a lot when she sat still. We went to a lot of shows together (both theatre and movies) and many a time i had to bump her leg to wake her up. Poor Momma, she just couldn't stay awake a lot of the time. Even when we would watch TV downstairs in the family room with our feet up, she would fall asleep. I can still picture her sitting in her dressing gown with her comforter around her and her feet propped up falling asleep watching TV with her. It makes me smile to think about her. so anyways, I have been reading a lot these days. I have a few new movies that were on sale at Walmart this past week. I got Oliver and Company, Lion King, and Bambi II. I plan to watch them sometime in the future.
I was going to take the Christmas decorations down today but I was so tired I didn't. I will start doing that tomorrow. I am going to ask Charlie or Bob to take down the garland in the dining room and the hallway. I had to get a new Storage Tote for my ornaments. I knew that I would need a new one when I pulled out the new box of Disney ornaments. I love my Disney ornaments. Mom and I were huge Disney Characters fans. We love the animated movies and TV shows. It is funny because when I was a baby (or so I had been told) I was introduced to Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as well Minnie Mouse. I really liked them (we had the plush toys) and wanted to play with them a lot along with my dolls. (I loved my dolls!!) Well, after a bit, Mom got a hold of a Winnie the Pooh stuffed toy. She introduced me to Winnie the Pooh. Much to her surprise, I didn't want anything to do with Mickey and friends anymore. I ONLY wanted Winnie the Pooh! She said she would bring out Mickey or Minnie and I would look at it and say, "Want Pooh." She tried to get me interested in the others, but I just wasn't. Mom only had herself to blame though, after all, she introduced me to Winnie the Pooh. To this day, I am a Winnie the Pooh girl, through and through! When I got really sick and we went to Disney for the first time since I had been super sick, she bought me a new Winnie the Pooh. I thought I was ruining her vacation because I had to go and take a nap in the afternoon everyday. I was so tired. I had to ride in a scooter for the first time ever but Mom said she knew I would need to rest more. That was why we had gotten a 6 day pass instead of 4 days. Mom said I wasn't ruining anything. She didn't mind the extra stuff we had to do. It made me feel good. On the first full day I took a nap, I woke up to see this Winnie the Pooh dressed in an Animal Kingdom Outfit staring at me. It was from Mom. We bought a few other Winnie the Pooh beanies dressed as other characters that trip. We had a great time. It was the 100th birthday of Disney so that was shy we had to go. I mean, we had to celebrate Walt Disney's birthday! Mom and I loved the same rides and the shows. We really had a good time together when we were there. We also went to St. Augustine, Kennedy Space Center, and Key West that trip. It was because I knew Mom would always have a good time at Disney and remember she had a good time that we went so much near the end of her life. Yes, we could have gone other places for vacation, but new things scared her. I didn't think she was as scared being there because she remembered us being there when we were young. Mom always had a smile on her face when we were at Disney. From the moment we woke up and I told her where we were to when we went to bed. She loved Disney. Peter Pan was one of her favorite rides so we always had to go on that one a few times. I LOVE it's a small world. When I was 5, we went to Disney World. Those days there was only the Magic Kingdom. I remember going through it and loving it. I had been told that I wanted to go through it several times until I knew the song by heart. Mom took me while my brothers went with my dad to ride other things. Momma bought me the little 45 record of It's a Small World. I sang it's a small world the entire drive home. All 2 days of it! I think I drove my family crazy by singing it over and over and over. Since I sang all the time, Momma could tune me out, but I am not sure if my brothers were so thrilled with it. It makes me laugh now thinking about it. As soon as Mom learned (from the Disney TV show) that Disney World was open, she made plans for us to go the next summer and we did. Mom and I have both been to Disney World 13 times. Out of the 13 times, 11 times we went together, some with the other parts of family and some with friends. I would like to go again but it won't be for a few years.
Anyways, this is getting rather long and I have noticed that Blogspot cuts out parts of your post if it is too long. I do hope you had a good day and will have a wonderful night!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Saturday Already???? 1-7
It is hard for me to believe, but it is true, it is Saturday already!!! For some reason this week has been so exhausting for me. I am not sure why. It could be so many things that I can't even guess so I won't.
I made a few phone calls for judges today. I left 2 messages and I spoke to 2 teachers who are interested in judging for us! Yeah, now I need a few more. Ugh. I have most of the vocal judges at this time, I believe. I will totally look at my chart tomorrow when my head seems a bit more clear. I hope the 2 that I left messages for will be able to judge for us otherwise I am out of options. I have no more options of what to do. I have exhausted my supply of judges and where to find judges. This is a very hard job and I will never do it again. I just won't. It is too stressful. Next year, I will be doing the program though so I won't have to do the judges. I love doing programs. I really do. I have a lot of fun with it.
I am not doing a whole lot this evening. I am pretty exhausted this week for some reason, much more than usual. I have had more issues with night sweats this week too. I am not sure what is going on, but something is. I hope it clears up and goes back to the regular exhaustion and not this new more exhaustion.
Katie had her lesson this afternoon. The new student, adult male, didn't show up. Somehow, I was not surprised. I really wasn't. I had a feeling he wouldn't be showing up. I have this happen a lot with new adult students. Either they don't show up or don't last very long. I am thankful Rick is back and interested in his lessons. He is coming tomorrow for his lesson. That will be fun. I will have to think of something new for him in his Broadway book and his Young Singer Book. Classical is a piece of cake to come up with something new. I know the songs so well in the book, but I haven't had much male singers that I don't know the Broadway book as well or the Young Singer book. Camille had her lesson too. She is doing very well. She really is. I think she was a bit nervous when her Dad came in because she was playing softer than usual. He usually sits in the car and talks on the phone. He only came in at the end of the lesson. I really like this young lady. She is quite a neat person. She is quite talented too. I am planning to move her to the Snell books at the end of the books she is in right now. I think the Snell books would be best for her. I really do. I also need to pull out some movie music for her. i need to do that for everyone. I will work on it tomorrow when I am finished with Rick's lesson.
I ordered two Christmas Felt Ornament Kits from my favorite craft store, Mary Maxim. They have a store in Port Huron, but I just don't have a lot of time to go and see what they have. I also ordered another of the kit I was working on when they were donated. I didn't think I would ever be able to finish them or see that kit again. I am glad I looked on Amazon. That is where I found it.
I also found on Amazon the ultimate editions of Harry Potter Movies. I hope to be able to purchase one a month until I have them all. Right now there are only up to movie 6 which isn't surprising since movie 7A and 7B were just released on DVD/Blue Ray. I expect that soon they will be available. I am saving up for a Blue Ray player for the downstairs. I will keep the DVD player upstairs in the dining room and watch the Blue Rays downstairs. I have to work on clearing the table tomorrow after Rick's lessons. I also have a pile of papers on a couple of boxes too. I have a few boxes of tools to go through and put the tools in the new tool box. The rest of the stuff is either good or to be thrown out. I will put the good stuff in the furnace room with the other tools and storage stuff. I will also take down the Christmas decorations tomorrow too if I feel up to it. I am not feeling so good tonight. I don't really know why. Silly fibro, anything can happen and usually does.
I hope you are having a good day. The weather is very warm for January. I am not minding it at all. I know the cold is coming but I will enjoy the warm will I can.
I made a few phone calls for judges today. I left 2 messages and I spoke to 2 teachers who are interested in judging for us! Yeah, now I need a few more. Ugh. I have most of the vocal judges at this time, I believe. I will totally look at my chart tomorrow when my head seems a bit more clear. I hope the 2 that I left messages for will be able to judge for us otherwise I am out of options. I have no more options of what to do. I have exhausted my supply of judges and where to find judges. This is a very hard job and I will never do it again. I just won't. It is too stressful. Next year, I will be doing the program though so I won't have to do the judges. I love doing programs. I really do. I have a lot of fun with it.
I am not doing a whole lot this evening. I am pretty exhausted this week for some reason, much more than usual. I have had more issues with night sweats this week too. I am not sure what is going on, but something is. I hope it clears up and goes back to the regular exhaustion and not this new more exhaustion.
Katie had her lesson this afternoon. The new student, adult male, didn't show up. Somehow, I was not surprised. I really wasn't. I had a feeling he wouldn't be showing up. I have this happen a lot with new adult students. Either they don't show up or don't last very long. I am thankful Rick is back and interested in his lessons. He is coming tomorrow for his lesson. That will be fun. I will have to think of something new for him in his Broadway book and his Young Singer Book. Classical is a piece of cake to come up with something new. I know the songs so well in the book, but I haven't had much male singers that I don't know the Broadway book as well or the Young Singer book. Camille had her lesson too. She is doing very well. She really is. I think she was a bit nervous when her Dad came in because she was playing softer than usual. He usually sits in the car and talks on the phone. He only came in at the end of the lesson. I really like this young lady. She is quite a neat person. She is quite talented too. I am planning to move her to the Snell books at the end of the books she is in right now. I think the Snell books would be best for her. I really do. I also need to pull out some movie music for her. i need to do that for everyone. I will work on it tomorrow when I am finished with Rick's lesson.
I ordered two Christmas Felt Ornament Kits from my favorite craft store, Mary Maxim. They have a store in Port Huron, but I just don't have a lot of time to go and see what they have. I also ordered another of the kit I was working on when they were donated. I didn't think I would ever be able to finish them or see that kit again. I am glad I looked on Amazon. That is where I found it.
I also found on Amazon the ultimate editions of Harry Potter Movies. I hope to be able to purchase one a month until I have them all. Right now there are only up to movie 6 which isn't surprising since movie 7A and 7B were just released on DVD/Blue Ray. I expect that soon they will be available. I am saving up for a Blue Ray player for the downstairs. I will keep the DVD player upstairs in the dining room and watch the Blue Rays downstairs. I have to work on clearing the table tomorrow after Rick's lessons. I also have a pile of papers on a couple of boxes too. I have a few boxes of tools to go through and put the tools in the new tool box. The rest of the stuff is either good or to be thrown out. I will put the good stuff in the furnace room with the other tools and storage stuff. I will also take down the Christmas decorations tomorrow too if I feel up to it. I am not feeling so good tonight. I don't really know why. Silly fibro, anything can happen and usually does.
I hope you are having a good day. The weather is very warm for January. I am not minding it at all. I know the cold is coming but I will enjoy the warm will I can.
Friday, January 6, 2012
It's Friday! 1-6 - the 12th day of Christmas
It is the traditional 12th day of Christmas. In the past, this was a very important day in the year. Families would give gifts on this day not Christmas. Christmas was for going to church and being with family. 12th night was for the gift giving and partying. when I was small, I learned about 12th night from my mom. I learned even more by reading about it. We have a tradition in our house (more of Mom's tradition, rather than mine) that you start the year with a clean house, debt free, and grudge free. It seemed that the day or two after Christmas all the Christmas decorations would be down and put away. Mine are still up. this is a Scottish tradition. My Mom's side of the family came to Canada from Scotland, the Hebrides (I am not sure how to spell it). They were tailors. My father's side of the family were from England, immigrated from Scotland. We think that my mother's family may have moved to Scotland from Ireland at one time. My father's family were Merchant Mariners, otherwise known as pirates. Yup, I am from pirate stock. I come from tailors and pirates, a rather odd combination, but that is the way it is. One year, in the future, I want to have a 12th night party. If I had the house in order, I would have done this tonight, but I am not ready for entertaining on a bigger scale. Okay, I am not ready at all right now. Give me a few more months to get the house more in order and then we will talk.
I have a busy day tomorrow. Julian, my temporary student, is coming for not only her regular lesson, but for a make up lesson too so she will be here for about 1 1/2 hours. It should be fun. My Katie is going to have her lesson tomorrow as well as Rick! Rick has been away for 2 months and I am so glad he is getting back into singing. I am really glad about that. I wasn't sure if he would come back or not. I am glad he did. I really am. I was going to give him a call when he called that day. I will also be going through papers on the dining room table this weekend. I have some photo albums that need to be put away. Some of them will go upstairs to Mom's room. I still think of that room as hers. I know it is a guest room now. I don't want to move into it, although I know I could. I happen to really like my room a lot. Yes, there is more room in that room, but I really like how my room is the coldest in the upstairs. Because I have a problem with night sweats, having the colder room is best. Mom's room gets to hot at times so I will stay in my room. My old room, the other guest room, is actually going to become an office for me. This will be too cool. I will have a music storage room downstairs and a have an awesome office upstairs. Right now there is Mom's filing cabinet and her army stuff on the table in it. There are some boxes up there too that eventually I will need to go through.
I went and got my hair done tonight. My shoulder hasn't been very good lately so I have had to go back to the hairdressers to wash and dry it. I am growing my hair out again so that I can donate the hair. I have done this before. this will be the 3rd time I have done this. I don't want to have super short hair so I will grow it out longer than usual so I can still put my hair up. I like ponytails and where my hair up in one almost everyday. I just really like it.
I am having trouble getting judges for piano for competition. It is driving me crazy. I know Diane and Georgette are getting very worried as competition is in 7 weeks. Well, I am doing the best that I can do. All the entry forms are due next Tuesday. I have 2 and possibly 3 going. I haven't heard from the one since October so I am not sure if she is still going or not. I am not happy that I haven't seen her since then, but there isn't anything I can do about it. Since I haven't seen her since then, I don't know if she is going.
I am glad that it is Friday. It was a good day. All the students did very well and are improving. Emily and I tried something rather new for her. I had her learn one hand at a time instead of doing both hands at the same time. This would make sure she knew both hands before she put them together. Acer students did very well and are improving. Emily and I tried something rather new for her. I had her learn one hand at a time instead of doing both hands at the same time. This would make sure she knew both hands before she put them together. Acer finished one of his songs for piano. Calli is learning 2 songs for voice. I totally forgot she was learning the Italian one! Yeah, that was not good but fortunately she just kind of laughed and reminded me of it. I have not so good Brain Fog tonight. I have a couple of relatives who joke about having Brain Fog but I don't find it amusing. It is very real and happens a lot to me. That they joke around about it makes me not want to be with them too much. I don't make fun of them with their illnesses or symptoms, but they seem to think it is okay to laugh at mine. This is another reason I don't hang out too often with many relatives. There are only a few relatives I want to be around at this point. Unfortunately, the ones I want to live very far away now so I don't get to see them to often but I enjoy being with them when I do see them. Speaking of relatives, my cousin, Samantha turned 23 a couple of days ago (on the 3rd to be exact!). I remember her from when she was small. When I was healthier, I would take her and her older sister, Celia, camping. I really loved being with them and now they are both grown up and in Celia's case, she has 2 children of her own. Samantha graduated last June and is now working. It seems like yesterday she was toddling around with me. I have many really good memories of the two of them.
I am heading to bed soon. I hope your day was good too.
I have a busy day tomorrow. Julian, my temporary student, is coming for not only her regular lesson, but for a make up lesson too so she will be here for about 1 1/2 hours. It should be fun. My Katie is going to have her lesson tomorrow as well as Rick! Rick has been away for 2 months and I am so glad he is getting back into singing. I am really glad about that. I wasn't sure if he would come back or not. I am glad he did. I really am. I was going to give him a call when he called that day. I will also be going through papers on the dining room table this weekend. I have some photo albums that need to be put away. Some of them will go upstairs to Mom's room. I still think of that room as hers. I know it is a guest room now. I don't want to move into it, although I know I could. I happen to really like my room a lot. Yes, there is more room in that room, but I really like how my room is the coldest in the upstairs. Because I have a problem with night sweats, having the colder room is best. Mom's room gets to hot at times so I will stay in my room. My old room, the other guest room, is actually going to become an office for me. This will be too cool. I will have a music storage room downstairs and a have an awesome office upstairs. Right now there is Mom's filing cabinet and her army stuff on the table in it. There are some boxes up there too that eventually I will need to go through.
I went and got my hair done tonight. My shoulder hasn't been very good lately so I have had to go back to the hairdressers to wash and dry it. I am growing my hair out again so that I can donate the hair. I have done this before. this will be the 3rd time I have done this. I don't want to have super short hair so I will grow it out longer than usual so I can still put my hair up. I like ponytails and where my hair up in one almost everyday. I just really like it.
I am having trouble getting judges for piano for competition. It is driving me crazy. I know Diane and Georgette are getting very worried as competition is in 7 weeks. Well, I am doing the best that I can do. All the entry forms are due next Tuesday. I have 2 and possibly 3 going. I haven't heard from the one since October so I am not sure if she is still going or not. I am not happy that I haven't seen her since then, but there isn't anything I can do about it. Since I haven't seen her since then, I don't know if she is going.
I am glad that it is Friday. It was a good day. All the students did very well and are improving. Emily and I tried something rather new for her. I had her learn one hand at a time instead of doing both hands at the same time. This would make sure she knew both hands before she put them together. Acer students did very well and are improving. Emily and I tried something rather new for her. I had her learn one hand at a time instead of doing both hands at the same time. This would make sure she knew both hands before she put them together. Acer finished one of his songs for piano. Calli is learning 2 songs for voice. I totally forgot she was learning the Italian one! Yeah, that was not good but fortunately she just kind of laughed and reminded me of it. I have not so good Brain Fog tonight. I have a couple of relatives who joke about having Brain Fog but I don't find it amusing. It is very real and happens a lot to me. That they joke around about it makes me not want to be with them too much. I don't make fun of them with their illnesses or symptoms, but they seem to think it is okay to laugh at mine. This is another reason I don't hang out too often with many relatives. There are only a few relatives I want to be around at this point. Unfortunately, the ones I want to live very far away now so I don't get to see them to often but I enjoy being with them when I do see them. Speaking of relatives, my cousin, Samantha turned 23 a couple of days ago (on the 3rd to be exact!). I remember her from when she was small. When I was healthier, I would take her and her older sister, Celia, camping. I really loved being with them and now they are both grown up and in Celia's case, she has 2 children of her own. Samantha graduated last June and is now working. It seems like yesterday she was toddling around with me. I have many really good memories of the two of them.
I am heading to bed soon. I hope your day was good too.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Thursday 1-5
It was a rather busy day. I had a few lessons then it was a fast dinner followed by choir practice. We met a bit earlier than usual and we ended earlier too. We had a sub director tonight so maybe that was why. It was fun no matter how early we ended. Carolyn, my neighbor, was also there as well as our friend, Audrey. She is about 28 to 30 years old and is starting culinary school in about 2 weeks. Carolyn is 16 and is a wonderful young lady. I like everyone I have met in choir. One of the men, Mark - I think that is his name, has a granddaughter who has had the same operation I had! She is 11 and has scoliosis just like me and just like me, the curve was too far to have a brace, surgery was the only option. It has been 3 weeks since she had the surgery and she is up and doing pretty well. I was very pleased to hear that. I hope this first year goes quickly for her because a year of no twisting at the waist is very difficult, I know, I have been there. I had a difficult time with it, but I did survive.
I watched Project Runway All Stars and it was interesting. Now 24 hour catwalk is on. It is another weird fashion competition. This one has 4 contestants and 2 of them get the chance to make an ENTIRE collection in 24 hours. I just would not be able to do that. then again, I can't draw. I can take a dress from a picture in a magazine and create something close to it. I have done that for some of my friends for homecoming and prom. Now that I have a sewing room, I will hopefully start sewing again. In a few weeks I will go to the Mary Maxim store to pick up a few kits. I can't this week because I have to pay the mortgage and a few other bills. Sometime in the next month or two I will go.
Tomorrow I have Calli, Acer, and Emily. Calli is working on Minuet in G by Bach. Acer is working on a song called "Om Pa Pa". It is from the Alfred Basic Piano Series level 1B. He is working pretty hard right now trying to use his thumbs more often and not sliding his fingers from one key to the next. I am happy with what he is doing. Emily is doing alright. She is having trouble memorizing her notes. If I start her on the proper sentence, she can read her notes, but if I don't, she isn't sure what to do. I had hoped that at this point she would know her notes better. I have to think of something new to do with her to help her.
I am tired now as it is getting a bit late. I will be heading to bed shortly. I look forward to my students tomorrow. I also am going to be working on getting rid of the boxes in the kitchen. I have two boxes that have my stuffed animals in them. I will be bringing them upstairs tomorrow. I have another box in the garage to bring in and unwrap everything. There are a few things that will go in my room and the rest in my mother's room. I have a few picture frames that need pictures in it.
It has been a nice day, a bit of a bad headache this afternoon and night, but not super duper bad, just a bit bad. I hope yours has been a good one.
I watched Project Runway All Stars and it was interesting. Now 24 hour catwalk is on. It is another weird fashion competition. This one has 4 contestants and 2 of them get the chance to make an ENTIRE collection in 24 hours. I just would not be able to do that. then again, I can't draw. I can take a dress from a picture in a magazine and create something close to it. I have done that for some of my friends for homecoming and prom. Now that I have a sewing room, I will hopefully start sewing again. In a few weeks I will go to the Mary Maxim store to pick up a few kits. I can't this week because I have to pay the mortgage and a few other bills. Sometime in the next month or two I will go.
Tomorrow I have Calli, Acer, and Emily. Calli is working on Minuet in G by Bach. Acer is working on a song called "Om Pa Pa". It is from the Alfred Basic Piano Series level 1B. He is working pretty hard right now trying to use his thumbs more often and not sliding his fingers from one key to the next. I am happy with what he is doing. Emily is doing alright. She is having trouble memorizing her notes. If I start her on the proper sentence, she can read her notes, but if I don't, she isn't sure what to do. I had hoped that at this point she would know her notes better. I have to think of something new to do with her to help her.
I am tired now as it is getting a bit late. I will be heading to bed shortly. I look forward to my students tomorrow. I also am going to be working on getting rid of the boxes in the kitchen. I have two boxes that have my stuffed animals in them. I will be bringing them upstairs tomorrow. I have another box in the garage to bring in and unwrap everything. There are a few things that will go in my room and the rest in my mother's room. I have a few picture frames that need pictures in it.
It has been a nice day, a bit of a bad headache this afternoon and night, but not super duper bad, just a bit bad. I hope yours has been a good one.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wednesday - mid week 1-4
The New year is 4 days old today. I am simply exhausted tonight. I am done teaching for the evening and I am now relaxing in the dining room watching TV. I think I will definitely be heading to bed early tonight. I have choir practice tomorrow night. I haven't been in a couple of weeks because of Christmas and new years but I will be there tomorrow and at church on Sunday. I wonder what we will be singing. I shall find out tomorrow. I wonder if Katie will be able to be there. I guess I will find that out tomorrow too.
Other than a few lessons, I can't say I did a whole lot. My new little ones did so well. The 3 of them split an hour so that leaves 20 minutes each which is working really well for them. Two of them are only 4 and they are doing so well with only 2 lessons! If only my other 4 year old would too. I am not sure of him. he and his brother (who is 5) are having a difficult time with finger numbers. The older one is doing alright with some notes, but I am not sure how he will do when he starts reading notes. The problem is that they don't practice at home and at this age, that is not recommended because eventually it is going to get too hard. I am worried about them. I am not sure they are going to last too long without starting to practice.
I don't have too many plans for the weekend except for going through some paperwork on the table. I have to mail a paper to the IRS for the store. They LOST the one I sent. I sent 2 papers at the same time and they got the first one, but somehow lost the 2nd. I have no idea how that happens, but it did. Then I found out that I should have sent them separately. Oh my. What can I say? I get so confused with the IRS. I haven't heard back from the IRS lawyer over Mom's tax issues either. I need to email him tomorrow because it has been almost 10 months since this started. Wow, that is a long time but I guess the IRS moves slowly.
I asked the girls (Muglia's) if they could come over and help me file the music that is in piles in my office. Julie and I are going to take the bed out of the one room and make it my office. The downstairs office will be just where I store music and a few other things. I like that idea a lot although I will need another lamp for upstairs. Originally, the upstairs room was an office for Mom and I but then Andrew moved back in and he needed the room to sleep in. I will have one guest room and then my room plus an office.
I am not feeling very well tonight. My concentration seems to be not so good tonight. I have this problem a lot. I get Brain Fog so easy. It is almost time for bed. I hope I am not so tired tomorrow. We shall see!
I hope your day has been good too.
Other than a few lessons, I can't say I did a whole lot. My new little ones did so well. The 3 of them split an hour so that leaves 20 minutes each which is working really well for them. Two of them are only 4 and they are doing so well with only 2 lessons! If only my other 4 year old would too. I am not sure of him. he and his brother (who is 5) are having a difficult time with finger numbers. The older one is doing alright with some notes, but I am not sure how he will do when he starts reading notes. The problem is that they don't practice at home and at this age, that is not recommended because eventually it is going to get too hard. I am worried about them. I am not sure they are going to last too long without starting to practice.
I don't have too many plans for the weekend except for going through some paperwork on the table. I have to mail a paper to the IRS for the store. They LOST the one I sent. I sent 2 papers at the same time and they got the first one, but somehow lost the 2nd. I have no idea how that happens, but it did. Then I found out that I should have sent them separately. Oh my. What can I say? I get so confused with the IRS. I haven't heard back from the IRS lawyer over Mom's tax issues either. I need to email him tomorrow because it has been almost 10 months since this started. Wow, that is a long time but I guess the IRS moves slowly.
I asked the girls (Muglia's) if they could come over and help me file the music that is in piles in my office. Julie and I are going to take the bed out of the one room and make it my office. The downstairs office will be just where I store music and a few other things. I like that idea a lot although I will need another lamp for upstairs. Originally, the upstairs room was an office for Mom and I but then Andrew moved back in and he needed the room to sleep in. I will have one guest room and then my room plus an office.
I am not feeling very well tonight. My concentration seems to be not so good tonight. I have this problem a lot. I get Brain Fog so easy. It is almost time for bed. I hope I am not so tired tomorrow. We shall see!
I hope your day has been good too.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Tuesday, 1-3
It was a rather busy day today. I had to go and pick up some music for my students. While I was there I had to order some music because they were out. I don't need them until next week, but I had hoped to have it all in order by this weekend. I do hope the music comes in soon. After teaching, I went to a meeting with the subdivision. I am on the board of directors of my homeowners association. It is fun and I get to see my neighbors. I had no idea where the house was tonight though so I had to call my other neighbor. I had the address, but I couldn't see the addresses at night. I did find it though thanks to Barbara Jean. She was walking over to the house and I could see her. Silly me! Next month the meeting is at my house. I don't usually volunteer but the house is coming along so well that I am proud to have my neighbors come over. I will put the leaves in the dining room table to have enough seats for everyone. I think there are 2 folding chairs in the furnace room. I know I have two more. I am hoping that the dining room chairs are fixed by then. I just thought about that. That is another 3 chairs. I should have enough by then. We did decide to have a block party this year. We even picked a date for it and a back up date incase of rain. I haven't been to a block party since I was a child. I was never really interested as a young adult, but I think it would be fun this year.
I have another busy day tomorrow. I am looking forward to being busier than I used to be. I have plenty of time to rest included though so I pace myself very well. So far, it is working out quite well. I have my lessons with rests in between. Yes, it takes up potential lesson time, but since I only teach a few, it is okay. I am not going to fill that time up anyway so it works out for me. I am almost up to my limit of what I can take for teaching. I won't go over it because that would be too much for me. I get exhausted so quickly and then I don't feel very well either so that would be bad. Once that cycle starts, oh my, then the ER visits kick in. I am just not going to go there this year if I can help it. i don't want to get into that crash and burn cycle again. I really don't. It is such a hard thing to deal with when it happens.
I am watching Extreme Couponing All Stars. It is insane. They take two extreme couponer and have them compete against each other. They have 30 minutes to shop and whoever has the highest percent of savings wins. I am amused by these shows for some reason. At least these shows benefit the food banks so that is really good. I don't usual have good luck with many coupons because quite often the sale prices are often lower than what I have for a coupon. They can even pre-order the items. Usually, the coupon shopper takes almost all day to shop and go through the check out. I have even watched episodes where they have to break up their order into 35 little orders. I don't know why, but they are entertaining to me.
Anyways, some shows are just crazy and entertaining all at the same time. I often have the TV on at night while I am on the computer. I don't know if I can just sit and watch TV and not do anything. i plan to get a couple of sewing projects in order for next Christmas. I plan to go to the Mary Maxim store this month to get a few kits. I have to replace the kits that were donated without me knowing. I don't need as many, but I do want a couple. I will only get a couple at a time. I love sewing. I hope I can sew after I get them. I was unable to make my students' presents because every time I went to sew, I would remember how mom and I sewed together and that would make me cry so I am going to start small with these kits.
I hope your day was good too.
I have another busy day tomorrow. I am looking forward to being busier than I used to be. I have plenty of time to rest included though so I pace myself very well. So far, it is working out quite well. I have my lessons with rests in between. Yes, it takes up potential lesson time, but since I only teach a few, it is okay. I am not going to fill that time up anyway so it works out for me. I am almost up to my limit of what I can take for teaching. I won't go over it because that would be too much for me. I get exhausted so quickly and then I don't feel very well either so that would be bad. Once that cycle starts, oh my, then the ER visits kick in. I am just not going to go there this year if I can help it. i don't want to get into that crash and burn cycle again. I really don't. It is such a hard thing to deal with when it happens.
I am watching Extreme Couponing All Stars. It is insane. They take two extreme couponer and have them compete against each other. They have 30 minutes to shop and whoever has the highest percent of savings wins. I am amused by these shows for some reason. At least these shows benefit the food banks so that is really good. I don't usual have good luck with many coupons because quite often the sale prices are often lower than what I have for a coupon. They can even pre-order the items. Usually, the coupon shopper takes almost all day to shop and go through the check out. I have even watched episodes where they have to break up their order into 35 little orders. I don't know why, but they are entertaining to me.
Anyways, some shows are just crazy and entertaining all at the same time. I often have the TV on at night while I am on the computer. I don't know if I can just sit and watch TV and not do anything. i plan to get a couple of sewing projects in order for next Christmas. I plan to go to the Mary Maxim store this month to get a few kits. I have to replace the kits that were donated without me knowing. I don't need as many, but I do want a couple. I will only get a couple at a time. I love sewing. I hope I can sew after I get them. I was unable to make my students' presents because every time I went to sew, I would remember how mom and I sewed together and that would make me cry so I am going to start small with these kits.
I hope your day was good too.
Monday, January 2, 2012
The New Year has begun 1-2-12
I only had 1 lesson this evening, my handsome boy, Isaac. He had a good Christmas and New Year's. His Dad has some cousins up north so they went to visit them and to go skiing. I am so glad he had a great time. I miss skiing. I used to love to go skiing, but with the new medicine, I can't go, but that is actually okay as I think I am too big to go now. I could break something and that would be bad. Bob had to reschedule as he is just recovering from being very ill this weekend. He is coming on Wednesday instead, which works out just perfect.
I have to pick up some music tomorrow for my new students. These ones are from the online company. There are 3 of them. I have to pick up some other books for a couple of my other students too. I will pick them up tomorrow when I go to the music store. I have written down what I need including the number of books I need of each. This way I will not make the same mistake I did last time. Next week my 3 new ones will be starting. It should be a good January with not many absences planned at this time since there is no big holidays. Tuesdays are my light days at this time. Thursdays are booked completely now. Wednesdays are pretty booked too. I have left spaces open to rest when I need to. I won't get to the point where I am getting sick again and will end up back in the hospital. I only had 1 visit to the ER in 2011 and I would like to make 2012 a hospital free year, that is my goal. I need that this year. I was very lucky though because I owed the hospital a little bit of money from my last few ER visits. I called the hospital to see if I could get a smaller monthly payment. I had to send in some papers and then I got a letter stating that the hospital foundation paid the ENTIRE balance that I owed! Talk about a cool blessing! This included the last ER bill. They didn't even send me the latest bill, they just paid it. It was very helpful to me.
This week I will be organizing what I need to do for the year. I have some of the things on my 2011 list left, but many are crossed off. It makes me feel good that they are slowly getting done. I am so thankful to Julie and Ross because they have helped a lot. It is nice because they ASK what I want and what I don't unlike the previous help I had. I have gotten rid of many things in the family room. I love how my family room looks so far. I am planning to put pictures up on the walls this summer. I am not sure which pictures I will put up, but I will find some. I know that there are some really good pictures in the box under the shuffle board. So far, there is no plans to move it. Right now it is on the sewing side of the room. It isn't in the way like I thought it would be. I am glad about that. I will decide later what to do with it. I have the exercise equipment I don't want in the middle of the room in front of the fireplace. My machine that I am keeping is in its place ready for me to use. I plan to start this week. I hope I can work up to 30 minutes eventually. Right now, I think I am up to a minute, if that.
It has been a decent day especially with Isaac's lesson. I do hope your day was good too.
I have to pick up some music tomorrow for my new students. These ones are from the online company. There are 3 of them. I have to pick up some other books for a couple of my other students too. I will pick them up tomorrow when I go to the music store. I have written down what I need including the number of books I need of each. This way I will not make the same mistake I did last time. Next week my 3 new ones will be starting. It should be a good January with not many absences planned at this time since there is no big holidays. Tuesdays are my light days at this time. Thursdays are booked completely now. Wednesdays are pretty booked too. I have left spaces open to rest when I need to. I won't get to the point where I am getting sick again and will end up back in the hospital. I only had 1 visit to the ER in 2011 and I would like to make 2012 a hospital free year, that is my goal. I need that this year. I was very lucky though because I owed the hospital a little bit of money from my last few ER visits. I called the hospital to see if I could get a smaller monthly payment. I had to send in some papers and then I got a letter stating that the hospital foundation paid the ENTIRE balance that I owed! Talk about a cool blessing! This included the last ER bill. They didn't even send me the latest bill, they just paid it. It was very helpful to me.
This week I will be organizing what I need to do for the year. I have some of the things on my 2011 list left, but many are crossed off. It makes me feel good that they are slowly getting done. I am so thankful to Julie and Ross because they have helped a lot. It is nice because they ASK what I want and what I don't unlike the previous help I had. I have gotten rid of many things in the family room. I love how my family room looks so far. I am planning to put pictures up on the walls this summer. I am not sure which pictures I will put up, but I will find some. I know that there are some really good pictures in the box under the shuffle board. So far, there is no plans to move it. Right now it is on the sewing side of the room. It isn't in the way like I thought it would be. I am glad about that. I will decide later what to do with it. I have the exercise equipment I don't want in the middle of the room in front of the fireplace. My machine that I am keeping is in its place ready for me to use. I plan to start this week. I hope I can work up to 30 minutes eventually. Right now, I think I am up to a minute, if that.
It has been a decent day especially with Isaac's lesson. I do hope your day was good too.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year's Day
It is 2012. Wow, what will this year be like? I have no idea. I was supposed to go to the movies this afternoon with the Muglia girls, unfortunately, 4 out of 9 have the flu so no movie for us. We will go another day, perhaps next week. I want to see the new Chipmunk movie. It looks really cute. I also want to see the Muppets movie, but I probably won't be able to see that one until it is on DVD. Then again, you never know. I hope next weekend or the weekend after we can go.
What is your New Year's Resolution? I am not sure what I will be working on. I really don't know. I don't feel as if I am in survival mode like I was but I don't feel completely out of it either.
I have to work on the newsletter for our subdivision. I have one article for it already from Jerry, my neighbor. He fixes exercise equipment and since many people make their resolution to lose weight and exercise more. I will start working on the newsletter tomorrow. There isn't much happening this month in the sub, but that is okay.
Law and Order:SVU is having a marathon right now. I have watched about 2 1/2 episodes so far. I do like this because I haven't seen any of the ones that I have watched. I was going to watch Harry Potter, but this caught my eye first. All the Harry Potters are still on sale. I am debating on whether or not to get the Ultimate Editions. They have special features that aren't on other versions. It is very tempting but I do have other things to pay for at this time so they are not high on my list right now.
It has been such a lazyish day, with the exception of doing my laundry! I have clothes for the week now. I have to work on the paperwork on my table and in my box this week. Most of the stuff on the table has been accounted for, I have a few papers to mail and then put the boxes away. The house is coming along nicely and I am pleased with how it looks.
I do hope your New Year's Day has been very good, I got some laundry done so I am glad about that.
What is your New Year's Resolution? I am not sure what I will be working on. I really don't know. I don't feel as if I am in survival mode like I was but I don't feel completely out of it either.
I have to work on the newsletter for our subdivision. I have one article for it already from Jerry, my neighbor. He fixes exercise equipment and since many people make their resolution to lose weight and exercise more. I will start working on the newsletter tomorrow. There isn't much happening this month in the sub, but that is okay.
Law and Order:SVU is having a marathon right now. I have watched about 2 1/2 episodes so far. I do like this because I haven't seen any of the ones that I have watched. I was going to watch Harry Potter, but this caught my eye first. All the Harry Potters are still on sale. I am debating on whether or not to get the Ultimate Editions. They have special features that aren't on other versions. It is very tempting but I do have other things to pay for at this time so they are not high on my list right now.
It has been such a lazyish day, with the exception of doing my laundry! I have clothes for the week now. I have to work on the paperwork on my table and in my box this week. Most of the stuff on the table has been accounted for, I have a few papers to mail and then put the boxes away. The house is coming along nicely and I am pleased with how it looks.
I do hope your New Year's Day has been very good, I got some laundry done so I am glad about that.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Year's Eve
It is hard to believe, but it is here, New Year's Eve. I will be with Calli, Acer, Heather, and Bill this evening. I am looking forward to it. It should be a lot of fun. Calli and I love to play Uno so I anticipate a few games of Uno between the 2 of us. I am not sure what else we will play, but it will be fun. That is for sure.
Well, I have to go now. More later after I come home!
I am home again! Happy New Year!!!! I had a LOT of fun at their house. Calli and I played Uno, then we all played Apples to Apples, Would You Rather, and finally the kids, Brandon, and I played another game that the name totally escapes me. It was a lot of fun. It really was. I was home by about 12:45 am. I don't like to be on the road too late on this night because of crazy drivers. There were a lot of drivers on the road when I was. I was only about 2 to 3 miles from home so this was a short drive, but I was surprised how many people were on the road at that time.
The kids are so fun to play games with. Acer and Calli both are a lot of fun to play games with. Their cousin Brandon was over (he is a college student now). He also, is fun to play games with. Right after our bubbly (sparkling juice), the kids headed right to bed. They did come down for hugs but then right back upstairs to bed. I left rather shortly after. We did miss the countdown on TV this year, but it wasn't a big deal. Acer was cute though, no, I don't want to do a countdown. (We did one anyway and he joined us). Acer is getting so big now. I was so proud of his practicing these last couple of weeks. He is learning not to scoot his fingers from key to key and to use his thumb more. I am glad he is taking that very seriously. I heard him practice with some compositions he has written. I think he has finally figured out that the more complicated songs that he learns with me, the more complicated songs he can make up. He is really doing much better and I have told him so. Some of the melodies he makes up are quite pretty. Acer very well may be a composer some day. You just never know with the young man. If he can make pretty melodies at just turned 7, what will he be able to do at 17? With Calli, she has a vocal range like an adult. As a matter of fact, she has a wider ranger than any of my singers. Can you just imagine what she will be able to sing when she is older and her voice matures? It is such a joy to see ALL my students develop and grow musically. It really is the best job. I actually think now that it is a good thing I can only teach part time. This allows me to put all my energy into the few lessons a day I have and not spread out the energy over lots of students for the day. I did not feel this way at first, let me tell you. I was disappointed that I couldn't handle as many as I used to, but now, I see the silver lining in it. I still get to teach and can manage my illnesses much better.
My goal for the next week is to get my Power of Attorney Health Advocate papers signed and copied then sent to the people who need them. I will also get my regular Power of Attorney papers in order too. I have a couple of keys to copy and then my emergency papers are all in place. With the seriousness of some of the illnesses I have had, I should have had this done a long, long, long time ago. When Mom was better and could remember things, she was a big help, but even then I should have had things in place, but I didn't. My theory is, if the papers are in order, I won't need them. I hope not anyway. I was very lucky in 2011, only 1, yes 1, ER trip and that was for the dizziness issue I was having. I think I have fixed it mostly. I was able to hold off a couple of crash and burns by resting a lot when i felt my body go into that mode. It used to be that I would end up in the hospital over it. I also was lucky that I haven't had to cancel too many lessons because of bad headaches or flares. When my legs were in the flare, I just stayed in the living room in between lessons if I had a break between them.
I am supposed to go to the movies with my lovely Muglia girls tomorrow. We shall see because a few of them are not feeling so good. I talked to their Mom earlier today. I told her to see how the girls were feeling and if they weren't feeling too well, we would just postpone it, not a problem. We will still see the Chipmunk movie, we just may not be able to see it tomorrow. Yes, I am disappointed by hey, kids (and people in general) get sick. It happens. For all I know, I could come down with something. I am feeling okay right now, but you never know. If I don't see the movie tomorrow, then I will take down the Christmas decorations and put them away in the new tote that I have. I will also leave the lights on the tree and wrap the tree in the big plastic garbage bag I have. I am planning to store it in the garage. With the big bag over it, I figure it will keep the bugs out of it. I love how my friend, Heather B-T put the lights on it. I really do. They look so beautiful. I also love my Disney ornaments. It was kind of funny that I got comments on how my friends were not surprised to see a Disney Tree. Mom taught me well.
It is weird to start a new year without the little lady Mom. It is the 2nd year since she has been gone, it is just very strange. I do feel better than I did last year about everything. I don't feel that my life is consumed by fear, yes, I still have many fears, but I don't feel consumed by it like I did before. Between the disability and the few students I have, I AM able to pay my bills now. The bankruptcy is behind me. I have payment plans for those things that need it. I also don't think I am in as much as survival mode as I was a year ago. Yes, much of the year is a blank to me, I don't remember too much stuff that went on, but that also could be partly because I have memory and concentration issues. Sometimes it takes about 3 separate times to finish a post. That is just my reality these days. I do miss my mother all the time, but the times it hurts physically aren't as often as they used to be. I think that is a good thing. I can recall some memories that make me smile, although I can still picture her perfectly in the hospital that last week. She looked so small and fragile. She was fragile at that point. I am glad that I was able to keep her without until almost the very end. I will forever be thankful to God for that. I hope I made her last few years good. I hope I did okay at the last 8 months of her life. It is hard to know but I think I did okay. I did give her my best even if my best wasn't perfect for the day. I tried to make sure I always put her first and make sure that I was doing alright health wise too. I don't expect to ever stop missing her but I do expect, eventually, it won't hurt as much. This year will be hard at times, I expect. I was so numb last year that this year some things are a bit harder. Thanksgiving was especially hard. Thankfully, I had 2 wonderful friends and their families to spend it with. The few days before Christmas were hard, although the holidays themselves was not so bad. Spending the New Year's Eve with another dear friend was also good. I can laugh a bit more now than I did a year ago.
Well, it is getting rather late (even for me!!) so I better finish this up. I do hope your New Year's Eve was a good and safe one!!!!
Well, I have to go now. More later after I come home!
I am home again! Happy New Year!!!! I had a LOT of fun at their house. Calli and I played Uno, then we all played Apples to Apples, Would You Rather, and finally the kids, Brandon, and I played another game that the name totally escapes me. It was a lot of fun. It really was. I was home by about 12:45 am. I don't like to be on the road too late on this night because of crazy drivers. There were a lot of drivers on the road when I was. I was only about 2 to 3 miles from home so this was a short drive, but I was surprised how many people were on the road at that time.
The kids are so fun to play games with. Acer and Calli both are a lot of fun to play games with. Their cousin Brandon was over (he is a college student now). He also, is fun to play games with. Right after our bubbly (sparkling juice), the kids headed right to bed. They did come down for hugs but then right back upstairs to bed. I left rather shortly after. We did miss the countdown on TV this year, but it wasn't a big deal. Acer was cute though, no, I don't want to do a countdown. (We did one anyway and he joined us). Acer is getting so big now. I was so proud of his practicing these last couple of weeks. He is learning not to scoot his fingers from key to key and to use his thumb more. I am glad he is taking that very seriously. I heard him practice with some compositions he has written. I think he has finally figured out that the more complicated songs that he learns with me, the more complicated songs he can make up. He is really doing much better and I have told him so. Some of the melodies he makes up are quite pretty. Acer very well may be a composer some day. You just never know with the young man. If he can make pretty melodies at just turned 7, what will he be able to do at 17? With Calli, she has a vocal range like an adult. As a matter of fact, she has a wider ranger than any of my singers. Can you just imagine what she will be able to sing when she is older and her voice matures? It is such a joy to see ALL my students develop and grow musically. It really is the best job. I actually think now that it is a good thing I can only teach part time. This allows me to put all my energy into the few lessons a day I have and not spread out the energy over lots of students for the day. I did not feel this way at first, let me tell you. I was disappointed that I couldn't handle as many as I used to, but now, I see the silver lining in it. I still get to teach and can manage my illnesses much better.
My goal for the next week is to get my Power of Attorney Health Advocate papers signed and copied then sent to the people who need them. I will also get my regular Power of Attorney papers in order too. I have a couple of keys to copy and then my emergency papers are all in place. With the seriousness of some of the illnesses I have had, I should have had this done a long, long, long time ago. When Mom was better and could remember things, she was a big help, but even then I should have had things in place, but I didn't. My theory is, if the papers are in order, I won't need them. I hope not anyway. I was very lucky in 2011, only 1, yes 1, ER trip and that was for the dizziness issue I was having. I think I have fixed it mostly. I was able to hold off a couple of crash and burns by resting a lot when i felt my body go into that mode. It used to be that I would end up in the hospital over it. I also was lucky that I haven't had to cancel too many lessons because of bad headaches or flares. When my legs were in the flare, I just stayed in the living room in between lessons if I had a break between them.
I am supposed to go to the movies with my lovely Muglia girls tomorrow. We shall see because a few of them are not feeling so good. I talked to their Mom earlier today. I told her to see how the girls were feeling and if they weren't feeling too well, we would just postpone it, not a problem. We will still see the Chipmunk movie, we just may not be able to see it tomorrow. Yes, I am disappointed by hey, kids (and people in general) get sick. It happens. For all I know, I could come down with something. I am feeling okay right now, but you never know. If I don't see the movie tomorrow, then I will take down the Christmas decorations and put them away in the new tote that I have. I will also leave the lights on the tree and wrap the tree in the big plastic garbage bag I have. I am planning to store it in the garage. With the big bag over it, I figure it will keep the bugs out of it. I love how my friend, Heather B-T put the lights on it. I really do. They look so beautiful. I also love my Disney ornaments. It was kind of funny that I got comments on how my friends were not surprised to see a Disney Tree. Mom taught me well.
It is weird to start a new year without the little lady Mom. It is the 2nd year since she has been gone, it is just very strange. I do feel better than I did last year about everything. I don't feel that my life is consumed by fear, yes, I still have many fears, but I don't feel consumed by it like I did before. Between the disability and the few students I have, I AM able to pay my bills now. The bankruptcy is behind me. I have payment plans for those things that need it. I also don't think I am in as much as survival mode as I was a year ago. Yes, much of the year is a blank to me, I don't remember too much stuff that went on, but that also could be partly because I have memory and concentration issues. Sometimes it takes about 3 separate times to finish a post. That is just my reality these days. I do miss my mother all the time, but the times it hurts physically aren't as often as they used to be. I think that is a good thing. I can recall some memories that make me smile, although I can still picture her perfectly in the hospital that last week. She looked so small and fragile. She was fragile at that point. I am glad that I was able to keep her without until almost the very end. I will forever be thankful to God for that. I hope I made her last few years good. I hope I did okay at the last 8 months of her life. It is hard to know but I think I did okay. I did give her my best even if my best wasn't perfect for the day. I tried to make sure I always put her first and make sure that I was doing alright health wise too. I don't expect to ever stop missing her but I do expect, eventually, it won't hurt as much. This year will be hard at times, I expect. I was so numb last year that this year some things are a bit harder. Thanksgiving was especially hard. Thankfully, I had 2 wonderful friends and their families to spend it with. The few days before Christmas were hard, although the holidays themselves was not so bad. Spending the New Year's Eve with another dear friend was also good. I can laugh a bit more now than I did a year ago.
Well, it is getting rather late (even for me!!) so I better finish this up. I do hope your New Year's Eve was a good and safe one!!!!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Thursday before New Year's Eve! 12-29
What a day this has been! Well, I had just one lesson as my little ones didn't show up. I tried to get a hold of the parents, but no luck. I did have my Aggie's lesson! She gave me a CD of her singing Christmas Songs for Christmas. I am glad about that. It is a lovely present that I will listen to tomorrow. 1/2 of it is in English and the other half in Polish. She is fluent in Polish and French. She is planning to go to competition this year. I am not sure who else is planning to go outside of Rebecca (who I haven't heard from all month.) and Katie. I have the information for Isaac in case he would like to go. He has an awesome voice and he is such a good boy. I have known him since he was born. He is growing up very fast. He is very talented too.
I have been thinking of the new year. I am not sure what I want to work on this year. Except for last year, I usually pick one characteristic of mine that needs improving. Instead of making several resolutions, I pick one thing I need to work on. Last year, (well, this year still) I was just trying to survive the loss of my mom. It does make me sad to know that I am the only one who is still so devastated by her passing. It seems to, on an average day, be better than I am. I know Andrew goes through his days of pain, but he, overall, is doing alright he says. Richard, I don't know but he is always looking forward and never back so I really don't know. The last time I actually talked to him about this, he was doing fine. It was months ago and before he was mad at me. I know my Uncle misses her at times too. I want to take a couple of the pictures of him and mom and enlarge them. I will put them in a frame and give them to him. I have a favorite that I want for sure to use. Here it is:
I have been thinking of the new year. I am not sure what I want to work on this year. Except for last year, I usually pick one characteristic of mine that needs improving. Instead of making several resolutions, I pick one thing I need to work on. Last year, (well, this year still) I was just trying to survive the loss of my mom. It does make me sad to know that I am the only one who is still so devastated by her passing. It seems to, on an average day, be better than I am. I know Andrew goes through his days of pain, but he, overall, is doing alright he says. Richard, I don't know but he is always looking forward and never back so I really don't know. The last time I actually talked to him about this, he was doing fine. It was months ago and before he was mad at me. I know my Uncle misses her at times too. I want to take a couple of the pictures of him and mom and enlarge them. I will put them in a frame and give them to him. I have a favorite that I want for sure to use. Here it is:
I love this picture so much. they both look so young and carefree. That is the mom I remember. A smiling mom, a laughing mom. We shared many a laugh me and Mom. I wish the boys could have really spent more time with her and seen more of her laughter, lighter side but they couldn't.
What do you do for resolutions on New Year's? I haven't decided. Weight is always a thing I am working on. I don't make that my resolution because I have made many resolutions to lose weight. i want something better. Last year, a bloggy friend called the it the year of "embrace". I may choose something like that. I am just not sure right now. I may just not make any resolutions at all again this year. I am still in mourning, although I have more good days now than bad. I still miss her a lot of the time and sometimes it still hurts physically.
Tomorrow Julie is coming over. We are going to work on the Dining Room and Kitchen. Lily changed a few things around last time she was here. My canned food is in the pantry cabinets in the Utility room. I need to move the DVD shelves downstairs and the one little shelf unit in the living room for the kids' toys and pictures.
I bought a new tote tonight. It was on sale for $5 and I needed a new one so I was rather glad about that. I also bought a Disney Movie that was on sale. I can't think of which one I bought off the top of my head. Walmart has several on sale for Family Night. There are several others I want to that are only about $10 or $15. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, the Lion King, The Fox and the Hound, and several more. I need a new Valentine's Day table cloth. They aren't out yet and it is too early to put it out. I have a regular one I will put on the table in the meantime. I will take down the Christmas stuff in the next couple of weeks. I have a nice bag big enough for my little tree so I can put it away in the garage for next year. I won't have to leave it up all year long. I have the Easter stuff put away too now. Yeah, I hadn't put that away either. Now it is in the box ready to go to the furnace room for storage. I will wrap my Christmas ones too and put them away too. The furnace room is pretty well organized unlike my office. I have about 5 stacks of music that needs to be put away. I am going to see what I need in the stacks and put the rest away. Now that Christmas is over and the music will be coming back in for the next week or two. I have to get the regular music back out again. I do hope that this year, I will be putting the music away instead of leaving it on the piano bench for a year. Right now there is only a couple of books on the piano bench right now. I will also be getting the CDs in order too. right now they are on a table in the living room. They so need to be put away. I will be working on that project first. I have about 5 or 6 stacks of them, not to mention the 2 stacks in my room of the originals. I want to change out some of the cases to sleeves so that they don't take up too much room. They really don't fit in the one box anymore so I need to do something about that. Then I need to compare the originals to the copies to see what needs copying. I don't give out originals very often. Katie has a couple of them right now, but she is going to copy them for herself. I will then make copies for the next person who uses that book.
I am watching "Sweet Home Alabama". It is a good movie and I have seen it before. I am heading to bed shortly. I am very tired again. I hope I am not so exhausted by the end of the weekend. I do hope you are having a good evening too.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Midweek, 12-28
It is Wednesday already. I accidentally slept through my blood test. Apparently, I was exhausted. I went to bed at 9 pm last night and slept until about 2 pm this afternoon. Yeah, that is a lot. I did wake up about 5 times to get up and walk because of pain in my hips and legs but I walked to the bedroom door and back then went back to bed. I am still a bit extra tired tonight. I will head for bed soon.
I am watching this new show called "Extreme Cheapskates". It is insane, completely insane. One man found $7.50 in the couch and went to the Butcher's Shop. He bought Goat Heads for dinner that night! Yes, Goat Heads! It was gross to watch him eat it so I had to change the channel. It was too much for me as I was eating Cream of Mushroom Soup. I love my soup! That was my dinner with some vegetables tonight. Now Toddlers and Tiaras is on. It entertains me. I remember Dance Competitions and these are similar in some ways. I also like Dance Moms. It is nice to know that many dance studios are filled with crazy parents like ours was. Of course, the moms on Dance Moms are way more obnoxious than the ones in the studio I was in, but still there are some similarities. Like our Dance Teacher, this one has favorites too. I never liked that about the dance studio, but since I wasn't in charge, except for my classes that I taught, there wasn't anything I could do about it.
I had a few lessons today. Natalie Z's mom forgot about her lesson. We rescheduled for next week. Katie had her lesson. We have narrowed down her Inspirational Category for competition. We know what she is doing for Classical and for Broadway. She has a sassy, jazzy piece called "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls. She loves the piece and does a really nice job. I really like it for her. It so fits her sassy, jazzy side. Katie is doing a German piece for Classical. She has chosen not to do a pop piece. That works just fine for me so it is okay.
I am having a difficult time finding judges for competition. I seem to have enough for vocal, but not enough for piano. That is the problem. I have a judge who wants to do classical so I let Julie know that we need to have Classical on Saturday or Sunday as she is not available on Friday. Julie said she would let me know if that is possible when the entries come in. Well, that could lead to a big problem if she puts classical on Friday. I was not a happy camper at all. Diane is sure it will all work out but I am not so sure. I am going to be calling the people who judged in 2008 when we were in Kalamazoo last time. I know that Georgette and Diane want new people judging, but I think we have exhausted our contacts and I will have to call those we have used before. I will start this work again next week as I am on the count down now. I never want to this job again, ever. I don't think it is fun and it is very stressful. I would rather do something else instead. I just would.
I do hope your day went well. Mostly mine was good (what little there was of a day).
I am watching this new show called "Extreme Cheapskates". It is insane, completely insane. One man found $7.50 in the couch and went to the Butcher's Shop. He bought Goat Heads for dinner that night! Yes, Goat Heads! It was gross to watch him eat it so I had to change the channel. It was too much for me as I was eating Cream of Mushroom Soup. I love my soup! That was my dinner with some vegetables tonight. Now Toddlers and Tiaras is on. It entertains me. I remember Dance Competitions and these are similar in some ways. I also like Dance Moms. It is nice to know that many dance studios are filled with crazy parents like ours was. Of course, the moms on Dance Moms are way more obnoxious than the ones in the studio I was in, but still there are some similarities. Like our Dance Teacher, this one has favorites too. I never liked that about the dance studio, but since I wasn't in charge, except for my classes that I taught, there wasn't anything I could do about it.
I had a few lessons today. Natalie Z's mom forgot about her lesson. We rescheduled for next week. Katie had her lesson. We have narrowed down her Inspirational Category for competition. We know what she is doing for Classical and for Broadway. She has a sassy, jazzy piece called "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls. She loves the piece and does a really nice job. I really like it for her. It so fits her sassy, jazzy side. Katie is doing a German piece for Classical. She has chosen not to do a pop piece. That works just fine for me so it is okay.
I am having a difficult time finding judges for competition. I seem to have enough for vocal, but not enough for piano. That is the problem. I have a judge who wants to do classical so I let Julie know that we need to have Classical on Saturday or Sunday as she is not available on Friday. Julie said she would let me know if that is possible when the entries come in. Well, that could lead to a big problem if she puts classical on Friday. I was not a happy camper at all. Diane is sure it will all work out but I am not so sure. I am going to be calling the people who judged in 2008 when we were in Kalamazoo last time. I know that Georgette and Diane want new people judging, but I think we have exhausted our contacts and I will have to call those we have used before. I will start this work again next week as I am on the count down now. I never want to this job again, ever. I don't think it is fun and it is very stressful. I would rather do something else instead. I just would.
I do hope your day went well. Mostly mine was good (what little there was of a day).
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