I got mad at my car yesterday because of the repairs that need to be done so I went online to see what kind of value the little red car had. I received a call from a car salesman. I went to see how much the car would cost and things like that. Well, after careful consideration and calming down, I realized that fixing the alternator is much cheaper than a car payment. As nice as the 2012 focus is, it really isn't practical or necessary to get a new car. I mean, the car is 6 years old, in good condition, and only has 55,600 miles on it, which is why they are so anxious to have my car. However, with a cool head, I have decided to just fix the little car and go from there. I also talked it over with Bob before I made my final decision. He also agreed that it was better to wait to get a car when I don't really need a new one right now. So I will keep the little red car and drive her for a longer time.
I woke up again, with a bad headache. It finally went down about 3:30 or so. My tummy was so upset most of the day. I actually thought I was going to be sick at the car dealers. Fortunately, I didn't and the water helped calm down the tummy. It is still a little off now. I figure it will be better by bedtime or I am hoping it will be better.
Bob did very well with his lesson. His spring concert song is really coming along nicely. I am pleased with his progress. Little Rachel is learning a new hand position. She is working on G position and can read the new notes pretty well for just getting the hand position last week. Isaac is learning to play 2 notes at one time. Next week he will start with playing both hands at the same time. He will need a new classical piece next week. Overall, most of the students are doing really well and most practice. I do have a few piano students who don't practice and that is frustrating to me. I don't understand how the parents and students expect to learn and retain the info without practicing. The kids are cute and all, and for not practicing they do advanced but it is very, very, very slow, especially for the youngest ones. For the 4 1/2 year old that doesn't practice, we often do the same pages for a few weeks before adding a new page. He can imitate anything I play for him, but he doesn't understand how the read the music on the page. His brother is doing a bit better since he is older but not by much. On the other hand, my other 2 young students are doing very well. I think much of the difference is that my young man 4 year old cannot read yet but the other 2 4 year olds can read. I believe that makes a big difference as well as the fact the the other 2 4 year olds practice almost every day. Anyways, it was a nice Monday for lessons.
Tomorrow I will take my little car in to be fixed. Poor little car. She almost was traded in. I like the car again. I am not mad at it anymore. Sometimes I need to calm down and think about things before reacting to them. That is all the trip to the dealer was about, pure and simple. It was about a reaction because I have to put more money in the car. It has been a good little car and I am sure she will continue to be a good little car.
I hope your day has been a good one.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
company day! 3-4
Today Wama, Deema, Lulu, and their mother came for dinner. They also helped me put away some things in the office and the living room. I just have the table left to do and that is it. I am glad about that. I have some things in the craft room that need to be taken care of soon. I will look at it tomorrow. I am very tired tonight now. After we worked for about 1 1/2 hours, we sat down for dinner. It was good. She brought a tomato based sauce with noodles. I made rice pilaf and corn. I bought 2 salads from Panera Bread and the girls really liked the dressing. I thought I had some Italian and Ranch, but I was wrong, I don't. I also bought a berry coffee cake. The girls were full and it was time for them to go home, so I had a piece after they left. It wasn't bad, a bit dry, but it was okay. Not quite as good as the cakes I make but passable. We had a nice conversation at the table and I discovered that 5 people do fit quite nicely at the table. It was a beautiful way to finish the afternoon and start the evening. I hope that before they leave we will do this again. It was a lot of fun and we got plenty done. The girls and I were pleased with what we had finished. The living room rocks! The office is starting to rock! In the living room I have to go through the music that is on the table. I do need some of it in the living room, but most of it can be put away. The same with the CDs. Some I need, some I do not.
Tonight is the season premiere of "Army Wives"! I cannot wait! Less than one hour and it will start! I do, however, have a bad headache now. I didn't earlier, but now I do. Ugh, I did take my nighttime and my pain pills are a part of the nighttime meds so I should be okay. If not, I will take some Advil to help it along. I am not dizzy or lightheaded today so that is a step in the proper direction. I did miss church again this week because of the car. I am nervous driving at all with it needing an alternator in it. I don't wish to buy another battery because I drove too much with the car. I am taking it in tomorrow to get fixed. I do hope it isn't too expensive since I don't have that much money right now. Between the 3 emergency cards there is about $450 or so. See what I mean about the irresponsibility factor??? Yeah, I am back on track now.
Last night I had a strange thing happen. I was trimming the toes and when I bent over to do the right foot, I got a cramp in my chest. I thought, wow, okay, maybe I was bending wrong so I tried a different way and it happened again. I stopped what I was doing and went to bed. I will try again tonight before bed and I hope it won't happen again. It is hard to say. I have never had pain like that on my right side, the left side when I had a blood clot, but never on the right. I hope it doesn't mean anything. One never knows with Fibro and Arthritis! We live on a roller coaster at times, don't we? Strange pains, extra exhaustion, dizziness, tummy issues, and a host of other things that plague us. What can I say? Life can be rather interesting.
I will be wrapping up the Christmas Ornaments this evening while I am watching "Army Wives". It is a 2 hour episode so it will be good. I am thankful that I have help with the house. Julie has helped a lot too and Lily. Speaking of Lily, she will be 14 this week! I can't believe it because I so remember her as a little girl. She is so grown up now. Lily has lost that little girl look and looks like a little adult. I am so proud of her. She is doing awesome at school. Her father is in the hospital right now with a post-op infection. Her mother, Julie, needs a heart valve repair operation. That will get done next month. I do hope her dad recovers quickly and comes home safely. The whole family is such a nice family. Mom really liked them too. Both Ross and Julie were so helpful when Mom needed something and when she was dying. Julie came with me to the funeral home and Ross figured out a way to Skype the funeral service for my brother and uncle. Now my uncle can cross the border so I have seen him a few times at my house since then. I really like that he can come over now. I plan to invite him, my aunt Michelle, and my cousin, Jayson for dinner some time this month. I now have crock pot liners so when I make the roast, I will just have to toss the bag and wow, my crock pot is empty. Talk about an easy way to cook!
Well, I think I am going to wrap my ornaments now. I have to re-glue an arm on one of the Huey, Dewey, and Louie ornament. I do hope your day was fun too!
Tonight is the season premiere of "Army Wives"! I cannot wait! Less than one hour and it will start! I do, however, have a bad headache now. I didn't earlier, but now I do. Ugh, I did take my nighttime and my pain pills are a part of the nighttime meds so I should be okay. If not, I will take some Advil to help it along. I am not dizzy or lightheaded today so that is a step in the proper direction. I did miss church again this week because of the car. I am nervous driving at all with it needing an alternator in it. I don't wish to buy another battery because I drove too much with the car. I am taking it in tomorrow to get fixed. I do hope it isn't too expensive since I don't have that much money right now. Between the 3 emergency cards there is about $450 or so. See what I mean about the irresponsibility factor??? Yeah, I am back on track now.
Last night I had a strange thing happen. I was trimming the toes and when I bent over to do the right foot, I got a cramp in my chest. I thought, wow, okay, maybe I was bending wrong so I tried a different way and it happened again. I stopped what I was doing and went to bed. I will try again tonight before bed and I hope it won't happen again. It is hard to say. I have never had pain like that on my right side, the left side when I had a blood clot, but never on the right. I hope it doesn't mean anything. One never knows with Fibro and Arthritis! We live on a roller coaster at times, don't we? Strange pains, extra exhaustion, dizziness, tummy issues, and a host of other things that plague us. What can I say? Life can be rather interesting.
I will be wrapping up the Christmas Ornaments this evening while I am watching "Army Wives". It is a 2 hour episode so it will be good. I am thankful that I have help with the house. Julie has helped a lot too and Lily. Speaking of Lily, she will be 14 this week! I can't believe it because I so remember her as a little girl. She is so grown up now. Lily has lost that little girl look and looks like a little adult. I am so proud of her. She is doing awesome at school. Her father is in the hospital right now with a post-op infection. Her mother, Julie, needs a heart valve repair operation. That will get done next month. I do hope her dad recovers quickly and comes home safely. The whole family is such a nice family. Mom really liked them too. Both Ross and Julie were so helpful when Mom needed something and when she was dying. Julie came with me to the funeral home and Ross figured out a way to Skype the funeral service for my brother and uncle. Now my uncle can cross the border so I have seen him a few times at my house since then. I really like that he can come over now. I plan to invite him, my aunt Michelle, and my cousin, Jayson for dinner some time this month. I now have crock pot liners so when I make the roast, I will just have to toss the bag and wow, my crock pot is empty. Talk about an easy way to cook!
Well, I think I am going to wrap my ornaments now. I have to re-glue an arm on one of the Huey, Dewey, and Louie ornament. I do hope your day was fun too!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
more to fix on the little red car! ugh! 3-3
I had to get a new battery today, unfortunately, I also need a new alternator. Ugh, I hope this is the end for a while as I will NOT have anymore room on the emergency credit cards. Oh, my irresponsibility! I could just scream at myself over this! I have credit cards for emergency use only, yet, since I have gotten then (I think in the fall), I have used them for non emergency use. Now some of it was for emergency use such as needing new batteries for the scooter and the toilet to be fixed but that is all! I will spend the next year paying them off as soon as possible and then leaving them in the safe! If I can't pay cash, I can't get it. That has been my motto for several years and until I received the new cards, that was what I did. Then the cards came my way. Oh my, what can I say? I have been reckless and irresponsible. I will fix that and go back to my thrifty ways. I liked that I paid cash with everything. I really did. It made me feel good about my finances, now I do not feel good again about them. I will fix this. Also, 2 of my non-online students quit today. Their old piano teacher retired rather abruptly so then they came to me, well she is taking a few students back on so they are going back to her. I totally understood, it is just a drag and I really like these girls a lot. I have a feeling they will be back soon, I just don't know how long. Their mom would like to continue with me when that happens. I have no problem with that. Until then, I will just miss my girls.
So far almost everyone has picked their Spring Concert song except for Calli, Aggie, Laith, Natalie, and Selma. They are the only ones left who need to do this. I have copied a few CD with the group song on it and will be making copies of the music for the students next week. We will need to have a couple of rehearsals for this to work well. I am confident that it will be awesome and the students will sing beautifully. Oh, I just remembered, David needs to pick his out too. Anyways, the spring concert is shaping up really well. I can't wait to see how the students dress up for it. I don't expect every student to dress up, just some but they all can if the wish. I hope I don't forget my camera this time.
Camille is doing super for piano. She is progressing so beautifully. I am so pleased with her. I really am. She is just jamming away. She picked her song this afternoon. her little sisters have been invited to sing with the group at the concert. One of them, Ella, loves to sing and she can start lessons this fall. I just love my students!
Tomorrow, I have Deema, Wama, Lulu, and their mother coming for dinner. I bought fresh broccoli and I have mashed potatoes ready to go. I will also cook another vegetable for the dinner too. I may make some pasta instead of mashed potatoes but I am not sure. I have a nice coffee cake for dessert and rolls to complete the meal. Overall, I am looking forward to it. It should be a great afternoon, I think! I think they are coming around 2 ish but I am not totally sure. I am planning dinner to be ready for 4 pm so they may come around then since their mom is bringing the meat. I hope they like what I am cooking. I really do. Two chances, I suppose, as my lovely, beautiful, wonderful momma used to say. Two chances, either they will or they won't. I am just looking forward to spending some time with them. They will be moving back to Dubai at the end of the school year. I will miss them so much! They are great girls, all 3 of them. Only 2 take piano. Lulu (age 4), is still a bit too young. She is a charmer though! They all are.
It will be weird to go back to no lessons on Sunday for a while. Rick is in Hawaii for the rest of the winter. He will be back in the middle of May, just in time for the recital! I don't mind having one or so lessons on Sunday, as long as it isn't too many because that would be too exhausting for me. It is rather annoying that I must always consider the illnesses I have with whatever I do. I try to be in charge of my life, not them, but I do have to be reasonable about it. I have managed to stay out of the hospital since the last ER visit in October but if I am not careful, bam! I will be back in for a few days. It is truly annoying at times but since it could be so much worse than it is, I will just deal with what I have and be thankful it isn't any worse. I could not be able to teach at all and that would break my heart completely as I love teaching so much. I am thankful that my dance teacher, when I was 18, pushed me into teaching. If it had been left up to me, I would probably never started teaching. Mom helped a lot too because she taught me how to do a lesson plan whereas Karen, my dance teacher, just left me hanging. The first few months were horrible because I didn't have much of an idea of what I was doing. Now I can teach some of the songs, both piano and voice, in my sleep, that is how well I know a lot of this music.
I have to clear of my little round table now for tomorrow. I have been busy burning CDs so I have CDs all over the table. I am going to take them into the living room and them move the new books too so I will have an empty table tomorrow night for dinner!
I do hope that today was so much fun for you!!!
So far almost everyone has picked their Spring Concert song except for Calli, Aggie, Laith, Natalie, and Selma. They are the only ones left who need to do this. I have copied a few CD with the group song on it and will be making copies of the music for the students next week. We will need to have a couple of rehearsals for this to work well. I am confident that it will be awesome and the students will sing beautifully. Oh, I just remembered, David needs to pick his out too. Anyways, the spring concert is shaping up really well. I can't wait to see how the students dress up for it. I don't expect every student to dress up, just some but they all can if the wish. I hope I don't forget my camera this time.
Camille is doing super for piano. She is progressing so beautifully. I am so pleased with her. I really am. She is just jamming away. She picked her song this afternoon. her little sisters have been invited to sing with the group at the concert. One of them, Ella, loves to sing and she can start lessons this fall. I just love my students!
Tomorrow, I have Deema, Wama, Lulu, and their mother coming for dinner. I bought fresh broccoli and I have mashed potatoes ready to go. I will also cook another vegetable for the dinner too. I may make some pasta instead of mashed potatoes but I am not sure. I have a nice coffee cake for dessert and rolls to complete the meal. Overall, I am looking forward to it. It should be a great afternoon, I think! I think they are coming around 2 ish but I am not totally sure. I am planning dinner to be ready for 4 pm so they may come around then since their mom is bringing the meat. I hope they like what I am cooking. I really do. Two chances, I suppose, as my lovely, beautiful, wonderful momma used to say. Two chances, either they will or they won't. I am just looking forward to spending some time with them. They will be moving back to Dubai at the end of the school year. I will miss them so much! They are great girls, all 3 of them. Only 2 take piano. Lulu (age 4), is still a bit too young. She is a charmer though! They all are.
It will be weird to go back to no lessons on Sunday for a while. Rick is in Hawaii for the rest of the winter. He will be back in the middle of May, just in time for the recital! I don't mind having one or so lessons on Sunday, as long as it isn't too many because that would be too exhausting for me. It is rather annoying that I must always consider the illnesses I have with whatever I do. I try to be in charge of my life, not them, but I do have to be reasonable about it. I have managed to stay out of the hospital since the last ER visit in October but if I am not careful, bam! I will be back in for a few days. It is truly annoying at times but since it could be so much worse than it is, I will just deal with what I have and be thankful it isn't any worse. I could not be able to teach at all and that would break my heart completely as I love teaching so much. I am thankful that my dance teacher, when I was 18, pushed me into teaching. If it had been left up to me, I would probably never started teaching. Mom helped a lot too because she taught me how to do a lesson plan whereas Karen, my dance teacher, just left me hanging. The first few months were horrible because I didn't have much of an idea of what I was doing. Now I can teach some of the songs, both piano and voice, in my sleep, that is how well I know a lot of this music.
I have to clear of my little round table now for tomorrow. I have been busy burning CDs so I have CDs all over the table. I am going to take them into the living room and them move the new books too so I will have an empty table tomorrow night for dinner!
I do hope that today was so much fun for you!!!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Friday 3-2
Mariela was here this afternoon. She is doing a pretty good job. I am pleased with it. My floors get vacuumed and scrubbed along with the bathrooms. All in all, I am really glad that I got her to help me. It is well worth the money. I also really like her. She is very nice.
My car has the battery light coming on and off. I sure hope it isn't too expensive because I can't afford to fix an expensive fix. I don't think so though. If it needs a new battery, they are not that expensive or at least I hope they aren't. I think they are about $125, which is expensive, but not like brakes. Ugh, more car repairs. I am not ready to get a new car at this point so I will hopefully fix the light situation and then nothing else will go wrong. Yuck, car repairs! I am not ready for a car payment again at this point. I am just not ready. I am not in a financial position to get another car besides, I don't have a lot of mileage on the car at this point anyway so I don't see the point of getting a new car. I am taking the car in after Camille's lesson tomorrow. I already called the auto repair place so they know I am bringing it in.
Acer had his lesson today but Calli is ill so she didn't have her lesson. Acer was kind of funny when he said he didn't want to sing the group song. Bill laughed too and said he was singing it anyway. Acer did. He wants to sing the harmony parts too. Emily picked her Spring Concert song tonight. She is going to play The Bare Necessities from Jungle Book. I like the song. Camille is going to pick hers tomorrow during her lesson. I don't have any lessons on Sunday for a while. Rick is in Hawaii for a couple months so Sundays are free for a bit. This Sunday, I have Deema, Wama, and family coming for dinner. I am going to make a rice or potato dish and vegetables. I just haven't decided what to make yet. It is a rough decision of what to make for dinner. I am also going to have some nice fresh bread. I will go to the grocery store tomorrow after the car gets taken care of.
I catalogued some music today. I also discovered that one of the ones I thought wasn't done, really was so I had to change the number on the music. One book I can't find right now. I know it isn't too far away, I know it isn't. I just can't find it right this minute. I am sure I will find it soon. I have to copy the CDs too. I did burn some CDs today while Mariela was here. I actually got some work done.
I got a call from the doctor today about the tramadol medicine. I finally have some! Apparently, the pharmacy made a mistake and should have marked 2 refills not 1 so she did refill my medicine. She was a little confused about this too but it got taken care of and that is the important thing. I am not as dizzy or as lightheaded now that I have all my medicines. It is awful when you are missing your medicines. I do have a bad headache tonight but not as bad as they can get so I am glad about that.
I hope your day is going good.
My car has the battery light coming on and off. I sure hope it isn't too expensive because I can't afford to fix an expensive fix. I don't think so though. If it needs a new battery, they are not that expensive or at least I hope they aren't. I think they are about $125, which is expensive, but not like brakes. Ugh, more car repairs. I am not ready to get a new car at this point so I will hopefully fix the light situation and then nothing else will go wrong. Yuck, car repairs! I am not ready for a car payment again at this point. I am just not ready. I am not in a financial position to get another car besides, I don't have a lot of mileage on the car at this point anyway so I don't see the point of getting a new car. I am taking the car in after Camille's lesson tomorrow. I already called the auto repair place so they know I am bringing it in.
Acer had his lesson today but Calli is ill so she didn't have her lesson. Acer was kind of funny when he said he didn't want to sing the group song. Bill laughed too and said he was singing it anyway. Acer did. He wants to sing the harmony parts too. Emily picked her Spring Concert song tonight. She is going to play The Bare Necessities from Jungle Book. I like the song. Camille is going to pick hers tomorrow during her lesson. I don't have any lessons on Sunday for a while. Rick is in Hawaii for a couple months so Sundays are free for a bit. This Sunday, I have Deema, Wama, and family coming for dinner. I am going to make a rice or potato dish and vegetables. I just haven't decided what to make yet. It is a rough decision of what to make for dinner. I am also going to have some nice fresh bread. I will go to the grocery store tomorrow after the car gets taken care of.
I catalogued some music today. I also discovered that one of the ones I thought wasn't done, really was so I had to change the number on the music. One book I can't find right now. I know it isn't too far away, I know it isn't. I just can't find it right this minute. I am sure I will find it soon. I have to copy the CDs too. I did burn some CDs today while Mariela was here. I actually got some work done.
I got a call from the doctor today about the tramadol medicine. I finally have some! Apparently, the pharmacy made a mistake and should have marked 2 refills not 1 so she did refill my medicine. She was a little confused about this too but it got taken care of and that is the important thing. I am not as dizzy or as lightheaded now that I have all my medicines. It is awful when you are missing your medicines. I do have a bad headache tonight but not as bad as they can get so I am glad about that.
I hope your day is going good.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Leap Day! 2-29 the beginning of March
Leap Day: Jennie came today and helped me with a few things. She put up the other curtains in mom's room. Then we went through the tools that were in mom's room. The have either been put in one box or in my new tool box. Then we went to lunch, Wendy's. It was yummy. After that I read a bit. I am dizzy today on and off. I think because I am totally out of my Tramadol. I had enough for yesterdays morning dose but that was it. I forgot to call the doctor to gently remind them that they need to send in a new prescription.
March 1: I was so tired last night that I went to bed early. I was so dizzy and light headed that I just couldn't stay sitting up anymore. I had to go lie down. I feel asleep and woke up again about 2 am and then I went back to sleep shortly after that. I ended up waking up for the day around 1:30 pm. I was so exhausted but I think part of it is because of not having the tramadol medicine. Because it has been 1 1/2 weeks since I haven't had it, I think my body is very unhappy about that. It is used to getting it 2 times a day. It does help with the pain, I have decided. It also keeps my blood pressure from getting too low. I think that is also part of the reason I am dizzy and light headed. I remembered to call the doctor's office this afternoon. I found out why she hasn't sent in the refill yet. She doesn't accept email requests, only faxes. I will keep this in mind for the next time I need a refill, which will be in about 2 months as she only gives the medicine 1 refill per prescription. I don't know why but Doctor G did the same thing. Maybe it is a law or something like that. It doesn't really matter to me so it is just curiosity on my part.
I only had 4 lessons today. Brianne and Brooke will have their lessons on Saturday. The girls brothers are flying to Florida for Spring Break this coming week so they needed to reschedule. I didn't mind. They are still having their lessons only now it is on Saturday instead of today. I did have Joiene and Benjy today. They are such joys to have even if they are late most of the time. I also love Deema and Wama when they have their lessons. They are coming for dinner on Sunday at around 2 pm. I am very excited about this. I will come up with vegetarian rice and vegetable dishes and they are bringing the meat. It should be a great time for us. I will have to get one of the folding chairs, but that is okay. I have 4 of them and only need 1. Laith was absent and will be absent next week too.
I have a list started of who is playing or singing what for the spring concert. Joiene, Benjy, Wama, and Deema all chose their songs tonight. Emily and Calli will make some choices tomorrow. I know what Acer is singing, but not what he is playing. I have to pull one more piano book that I really hope is there for the students.
We will have possible storms tomorrow and close to the 50s for the temperature. It is a strange, warm winter we are having. So far, in our area, we have very little snow. Last week, on Thursday, they were predicting a big blizzard north and west of Detroit. We are north but not in a snow belt area. However, schools were closing in anticipation. Well, we got about 2 inches total and some areas, none. Yup, big snow storm. However, I will say that north and west (as predicted) got tons of snow.
Anyways, I have to email Rebecca her scores and comments from competition now. I did call and say that I have the sheets, but her mother has not called me back yet so I am going to email them to her instead.
I hope you are having a good day.
March 1: I was so tired last night that I went to bed early. I was so dizzy and light headed that I just couldn't stay sitting up anymore. I had to go lie down. I feel asleep and woke up again about 2 am and then I went back to sleep shortly after that. I ended up waking up for the day around 1:30 pm. I was so exhausted but I think part of it is because of not having the tramadol medicine. Because it has been 1 1/2 weeks since I haven't had it, I think my body is very unhappy about that. It is used to getting it 2 times a day. It does help with the pain, I have decided. It also keeps my blood pressure from getting too low. I think that is also part of the reason I am dizzy and light headed. I remembered to call the doctor's office this afternoon. I found out why she hasn't sent in the refill yet. She doesn't accept email requests, only faxes. I will keep this in mind for the next time I need a refill, which will be in about 2 months as she only gives the medicine 1 refill per prescription. I don't know why but Doctor G did the same thing. Maybe it is a law or something like that. It doesn't really matter to me so it is just curiosity on my part.
I only had 4 lessons today. Brianne and Brooke will have their lessons on Saturday. The girls brothers are flying to Florida for Spring Break this coming week so they needed to reschedule. I didn't mind. They are still having their lessons only now it is on Saturday instead of today. I did have Joiene and Benjy today. They are such joys to have even if they are late most of the time. I also love Deema and Wama when they have their lessons. They are coming for dinner on Sunday at around 2 pm. I am very excited about this. I will come up with vegetarian rice and vegetable dishes and they are bringing the meat. It should be a great time for us. I will have to get one of the folding chairs, but that is okay. I have 4 of them and only need 1. Laith was absent and will be absent next week too.
I have a list started of who is playing or singing what for the spring concert. Joiene, Benjy, Wama, and Deema all chose their songs tonight. Emily and Calli will make some choices tomorrow. I know what Acer is singing, but not what he is playing. I have to pull one more piano book that I really hope is there for the students.
We will have possible storms tomorrow and close to the 50s for the temperature. It is a strange, warm winter we are having. So far, in our area, we have very little snow. Last week, on Thursday, they were predicting a big blizzard north and west of Detroit. We are north but not in a snow belt area. However, schools were closing in anticipation. Well, we got about 2 inches total and some areas, none. Yup, big snow storm. However, I will say that north and west (as predicted) got tons of snow.
Anyways, I have to email Rebecca her scores and comments from competition now. I did call and say that I have the sheets, but her mother has not called me back yet so I am going to email them to her instead.
I hope you are having a good day.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Another Tuesday 2-28
Tomorrow is Leap Day! It is also the birthday of a composer. I just don't remember which one! Some musician I am. I really don't remember. I wonder if I can look it up. Be right back. It was Rossino, the composer of the Barber of Seville. I should have remembered that but I didn't. Music History was 20 years ago and it wasn't exactly my best subject either.
It is NCIS and Dance Moms night. I found out that several of my facebook friends like Dance Moms. Yesterday, I had to hide one of my facebook friends posts. I just couldn't take them anymore. There are always negative and nothing, I mean nothing, is ever her fault, her kids fault, her sisters fault, or anyone she knows fault. I know she is having some problems, but some of the things she posts are really inappropriate. I just hid them all so I won't have to see any of the inappropriate things again. I like the option of being able to hide some posts if you don't want to see them. Over all, I like facebook a lot. I check it once a day so I know what is going on.
I had a lot of absences today. Just as I expected, Lindsey didn't show for her lesson. I marked her as a missed lesson. Today would have been her last lesson. Sam was absent. I don't think he is feeling very well today. His brother won't have a lesson tomorrow because his mom doesn't have anyone to watch the other two boys. Charlie was also absent. For the first time, he actually forgot to call me and let me know. I asked if he wanted to come Thursday or do an hour next week. He will let me know.
My friend, Jennie is coming over tomorrow to help with a few things. One, putting up the drapes and curtains in Mom's room and taking some boxes downstairs in the furnace room. I am thankful for the help. There are just a few small things that I can't do by myself to have Jennie come and help is great. This spring, Tony and Kathy are coming to go through the attic and see what is up there. I know there is some camping gear and some toys along with some Christmas decorations. Some of the decorations I want, and some I don't. There are some really cute decorations that Mom had that I want. I don't want the trees that are up there because they are old and falling apart. I am hoping to get a new tree for the living room next year. I just want a slightly bigger one than the one I have. After we do the drapes and boxes we will go to lunch. It should be a fun time as well as getting some jobs done around the house that I need help with.
One of my friends has a 6 cm mass on her brain. It is in the frontal lobe. She is married to a classmate of mine. She and I went to college together. She was in the same music fraternity as I was in. As a matter fact, she was my big sister when I was a pledge. I met Kelly in my 2nd semester at Wayne State University. We were in the same Music History class. We sat near each other. Kelly is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I hope that the mass is either able to be removed or shrunk into nothing. She and Greg have 3 (I think) children and they are not adults yet. They need their Mom and Greg needs his wife. We are all praying for her and the rest of the family.
There is a wrap up meeting about competition in March. These meetings are not always well attended by other teachers but the board of directors. I am glad competition is over for the year. We had some real problems this year with how some things were done. I was actually at the point where I didn't really want to go. I really didn't. I didn't want to participate at all but I did and I am glad it is over. I know that the problems we had won't happen again because next year I will be doing a different job. That makes me rather happy. I also decided I have no desire to ever be president. I know some teachers do wish to be, I am just not one of them. I like being the assistant secretary/treasurer. That works for me.
We are supposed to be getting snow, freezing rain, and sleet sometime between tonight and tomorrow. If Jennie's kids don't have school tomorrow, we will have to reschedule our visit. She just messaged me. If we have to reschedule, we will. It isn't a problem. The temperature is supposed to be about 50 degrees by the afternoon tomorrow. This winter has been a really warm one. I can't say that I am upset over it because I don't ache as much as I usually do in the winter. Especially when I am out of pain pills. I will be calling the doctor tomorrow to refill the medicine.
I missed my bi-weekly blood test this afternoon. I thought I was resetting the alarm, but apparently, I didn't so I slept right through it. I was just so exhausted. It was more than usual. I think I should be okay tonight though. I am getting up a bit earlier than usual because Jennie is possibly coming over. She will call around 10 to let me know if she is coming or not. If she doesn't come, I will see if I can go and get the blood test then otherwise I will reschedule it for next week.
I paid a small payment on the 2011 property taxes this after noon. Starting on March 1, the back taxes from 2011 will go to the county. At this point, I am a month behind in my 2011 tax payment schedule that I set for myself. I will be opening a savings account this month to save for property taxes. I should be getting a letter from the county about the taxes in June with the totals of how much I owe. Once I get the letter I plan to send in the money that I have saved and then begin sending in payments every month. So far, I am learning how to stay on a budget and stick to it. I doing okay. I am also working on being thrifty and not use credit cards as a means of additional income. I am not perfect on the credit cards and I must admit there are times I have used them when I shouldn't have. They are meant for emergencies only and well, 2 of them have not been used for just emergencies. I have bought teaching music with them as well as food, both at the grocery store and at restaurants. Yes, I need to improve my credit score, but I have not been doing the "pay off the balance at the end of the month" plan like I wanted to do. It is something that I am going to continue to work on this year. This year, I chose to work on my money issues. It is something I will work on everyday until I am at a point where I am as good as my mother was at this. My mother had very little wants, material-wise. She was more into relationships with people. She did collect a few things, but over all she would rather save her money and see the world. She was an adventurer and she took us on her adventures. When we would go on vacation, we saw as much as we could in that area because you never know when you would be there again. By the time we came home from a vacation, you needed a restful vacation to recover from it. I have seen many places with her both as a child and as an adult. Mom also loved to take us camping. Believe or not, this girly girl who hates to get dirty, LOVES camping. I just can't do tenting anymore. I would have to stay at a cabin because I can't sleep on the ground anymore. It just hurts too much now so my camping is often done in hotels these days. I used to take my 2 cousins (when they were young) Celia and Samantha camping in the summer. Then I got too sick to go and they moved to Niagara and we stopped going. Perhaps one day I will be able to go again. You never know.
I do hope you are having a good day. I am looking forward to tomorrow with my friend, Jennie.
It is NCIS and Dance Moms night. I found out that several of my facebook friends like Dance Moms. Yesterday, I had to hide one of my facebook friends posts. I just couldn't take them anymore. There are always negative and nothing, I mean nothing, is ever her fault, her kids fault, her sisters fault, or anyone she knows fault. I know she is having some problems, but some of the things she posts are really inappropriate. I just hid them all so I won't have to see any of the inappropriate things again. I like the option of being able to hide some posts if you don't want to see them. Over all, I like facebook a lot. I check it once a day so I know what is going on.
I had a lot of absences today. Just as I expected, Lindsey didn't show for her lesson. I marked her as a missed lesson. Today would have been her last lesson. Sam was absent. I don't think he is feeling very well today. His brother won't have a lesson tomorrow because his mom doesn't have anyone to watch the other two boys. Charlie was also absent. For the first time, he actually forgot to call me and let me know. I asked if he wanted to come Thursday or do an hour next week. He will let me know.
My friend, Jennie is coming over tomorrow to help with a few things. One, putting up the drapes and curtains in Mom's room and taking some boxes downstairs in the furnace room. I am thankful for the help. There are just a few small things that I can't do by myself to have Jennie come and help is great. This spring, Tony and Kathy are coming to go through the attic and see what is up there. I know there is some camping gear and some toys along with some Christmas decorations. Some of the decorations I want, and some I don't. There are some really cute decorations that Mom had that I want. I don't want the trees that are up there because they are old and falling apart. I am hoping to get a new tree for the living room next year. I just want a slightly bigger one than the one I have. After we do the drapes and boxes we will go to lunch. It should be a fun time as well as getting some jobs done around the house that I need help with.
One of my friends has a 6 cm mass on her brain. It is in the frontal lobe. She is married to a classmate of mine. She and I went to college together. She was in the same music fraternity as I was in. As a matter fact, she was my big sister when I was a pledge. I met Kelly in my 2nd semester at Wayne State University. We were in the same Music History class. We sat near each other. Kelly is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I hope that the mass is either able to be removed or shrunk into nothing. She and Greg have 3 (I think) children and they are not adults yet. They need their Mom and Greg needs his wife. We are all praying for her and the rest of the family.
There is a wrap up meeting about competition in March. These meetings are not always well attended by other teachers but the board of directors. I am glad competition is over for the year. We had some real problems this year with how some things were done. I was actually at the point where I didn't really want to go. I really didn't. I didn't want to participate at all but I did and I am glad it is over. I know that the problems we had won't happen again because next year I will be doing a different job. That makes me rather happy. I also decided I have no desire to ever be president. I know some teachers do wish to be, I am just not one of them. I like being the assistant secretary/treasurer. That works for me.
We are supposed to be getting snow, freezing rain, and sleet sometime between tonight and tomorrow. If Jennie's kids don't have school tomorrow, we will have to reschedule our visit. She just messaged me. If we have to reschedule, we will. It isn't a problem. The temperature is supposed to be about 50 degrees by the afternoon tomorrow. This winter has been a really warm one. I can't say that I am upset over it because I don't ache as much as I usually do in the winter. Especially when I am out of pain pills. I will be calling the doctor tomorrow to refill the medicine.
I missed my bi-weekly blood test this afternoon. I thought I was resetting the alarm, but apparently, I didn't so I slept right through it. I was just so exhausted. It was more than usual. I think I should be okay tonight though. I am getting up a bit earlier than usual because Jennie is possibly coming over. She will call around 10 to let me know if she is coming or not. If she doesn't come, I will see if I can go and get the blood test then otherwise I will reschedule it for next week.
I paid a small payment on the 2011 property taxes this after noon. Starting on March 1, the back taxes from 2011 will go to the county. At this point, I am a month behind in my 2011 tax payment schedule that I set for myself. I will be opening a savings account this month to save for property taxes. I should be getting a letter from the county about the taxes in June with the totals of how much I owe. Once I get the letter I plan to send in the money that I have saved and then begin sending in payments every month. So far, I am learning how to stay on a budget and stick to it. I doing okay. I am also working on being thrifty and not use credit cards as a means of additional income. I am not perfect on the credit cards and I must admit there are times I have used them when I shouldn't have. They are meant for emergencies only and well, 2 of them have not been used for just emergencies. I have bought teaching music with them as well as food, both at the grocery store and at restaurants. Yes, I need to improve my credit score, but I have not been doing the "pay off the balance at the end of the month" plan like I wanted to do. It is something that I am going to continue to work on this year. This year, I chose to work on my money issues. It is something I will work on everyday until I am at a point where I am as good as my mother was at this. My mother had very little wants, material-wise. She was more into relationships with people. She did collect a few things, but over all she would rather save her money and see the world. She was an adventurer and she took us on her adventures. When we would go on vacation, we saw as much as we could in that area because you never know when you would be there again. By the time we came home from a vacation, you needed a restful vacation to recover from it. I have seen many places with her both as a child and as an adult. Mom also loved to take us camping. Believe or not, this girly girl who hates to get dirty, LOVES camping. I just can't do tenting anymore. I would have to stay at a cabin because I can't sleep on the ground anymore. It just hurts too much now so my camping is often done in hotels these days. I used to take my 2 cousins (when they were young) Celia and Samantha camping in the summer. Then I got too sick to go and they moved to Niagara and we stopped going. Perhaps one day I will be able to go again. You never know.
I do hope you are having a good day. I am looking forward to tomorrow with my friend, Jennie.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday 2-27
I had my girls lessons this afternoon. They are all doing so well. Natalie is debating between 2 songs for the concert while Hannah and Lydia have chosen theirs. Sarah will pick hers next month when she has her lesson again. I just love my girls. They are so sweet and wonderful girls. Okay, I admit, I have the best students in the world and I know it. Isaac had his lesson tonight too. He has chosen his piano solo for the Spring concert. He is playing Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter. I have a feeling that Harry Potter will be very well represented during the concert along with Star Wars music. I love when we are have themes. Natalie suggested a Classical theme next time, for example, music from the Baroque Period or the Classical Period. We have done Renaissance and Baroque period music before. The kids wore costumes for the Renaissance concert. It was wonderful. I have told the students that if they wished they could wear costumes. Ria also had her lesson. She just started this month and has really worked hard on the first 3 songs she has been assigned. I asked her if she wanted to be in the trio of Double Trouble from the 3rd Harry Potter movie. The song is by John Williams one of the best composers ever. His music rates right up there with Clementi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven. He is also the composer of all the Star Wars Music. I love his work. Bob had his lesson too. He has picked Beyond the Sea for the Spring Concert.
It has been a busy day, first with the Muglia girls and then the 3 lessons. It wasn't too much though, some days I think I may have too many students because I am so exhausted before I am done teaching. I am in the process to spread the schedule around a bit more. That will work. Thursdays are a lot plus I have choir practice. I love choir so I am not going to give that up. It is really nice to be in such a good choir. There are some really good singers in the choir. Everyone is very nice too. It is a very friendly church. I haven't met too many members except for the choir as I sit with choir members after we are done singing and before the final song that everyone sings together.
I am almost out of my Tramadol. I called in the prescription a week ago but it needs doctor approval for the refill. If I don't hear anything tomorrow, I will have to call the doctor on Wednesday. The office is closed on Tuesdays. I have enough for tomorrow mornings dose but that is it. I am not looking forward to not having any tomorrow night. Maybe I will have some tomorrow. I can only hope that it will be refilled by then.
I haven't been dizzy all day so I am glad about that. I don't know why I get dizzy. I have gone to the ER when it was really bad but they couldn't figure anything out either. I am not sure if it because of my anemia. It is possible but I don't know. If I keep having this happen I will have to see my doctor. I have both the arthritis doctor and the tummy doctor next month, two days in a row. I have to talk with the tummy doctor about having an upset tummy in the middle of the night. I sometimes have thrown up in the middle of night for no reason. I just don't know. I also wake up with some major sour stomach and have to go down for Mylanta in the middle of the night. I also am looking for a new neurologist. My friend, Robin, is going to a new one that she seems to like so I may try that one or I may call Dr. Takakoshi, the doctor Mom had and see if she can help me. I will just wait and see.
I do hope you are having a great day!
It has been a busy day, first with the Muglia girls and then the 3 lessons. It wasn't too much though, some days I think I may have too many students because I am so exhausted before I am done teaching. I am in the process to spread the schedule around a bit more. That will work. Thursdays are a lot plus I have choir practice. I love choir so I am not going to give that up. It is really nice to be in such a good choir. There are some really good singers in the choir. Everyone is very nice too. It is a very friendly church. I haven't met too many members except for the choir as I sit with choir members after we are done singing and before the final song that everyone sings together.
I am almost out of my Tramadol. I called in the prescription a week ago but it needs doctor approval for the refill. If I don't hear anything tomorrow, I will have to call the doctor on Wednesday. The office is closed on Tuesdays. I have enough for tomorrow mornings dose but that is it. I am not looking forward to not having any tomorrow night. Maybe I will have some tomorrow. I can only hope that it will be refilled by then.
I haven't been dizzy all day so I am glad about that. I don't know why I get dizzy. I have gone to the ER when it was really bad but they couldn't figure anything out either. I am not sure if it because of my anemia. It is possible but I don't know. If I keep having this happen I will have to see my doctor. I have both the arthritis doctor and the tummy doctor next month, two days in a row. I have to talk with the tummy doctor about having an upset tummy in the middle of the night. I sometimes have thrown up in the middle of night for no reason. I just don't know. I also wake up with some major sour stomach and have to go down for Mylanta in the middle of the night. I also am looking for a new neurologist. My friend, Robin, is going to a new one that she seems to like so I may try that one or I may call Dr. Takakoshi, the doctor Mom had and see if she can help me. I will just wait and see.
I do hope you are having a great day!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday - a Day of Organizing 2-26
My girls came over this afternoon to help put the music away and the CDs. I have only a few books that need to be in the database. I have several CDs that need to be numbered. I have a couple of newer books that I haven't numbered nor have I copied the CDs. I plan to do that this week. I have also discovered that several of my favorite books for students are missing. Yup. Missing! 2 of them are my Harry Potter Books! I love my Harry Potter books. I am hoping that maybe they are just misplaced right now and I will find them when I organized the office. That is my hope anyway. Music in this house does have a tendency to show up in the weirdest places. In a couple of weeks I am going to ask my girls to come over and help start the office. I am hoping we can get some stuff done and at least clear the table up as best as possible so that I can put up the other computer. I love the other computer a lot. Right now it is in its box and has been for the last 3 years, ever since we closed the store. I used to use it in my studio in the store. There are a lot of Finale Files on that computer. It is much easier to create a spring concert program on that computer because it has a much bigger screen than this laptop. I bought it when was working on the cook book that Andrew and I wrote. It was much easier to edit with a screen that could show 2 pages at a time and since the recipes were divided into 2 pages, I could read them both at one time. I am hoping to run the cable to that room soon after we set up the computer, but if not, that is okay. I have the laptop for Internet use.
There is a NCIS marathon on right now. I have seen all the episodes that they have shown but I don't mind. I like the show a lot. Mom liked it too. I pretty much have seen every episode of NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles. I may have missed a few of NCIS Los Angeles because it is on at the same time as Dance Moms, but I try to watch it online when I miss it. I am thankful that they show them online as well as TV. I don't miss Mom as much as I used to when I watch TV or see a movie. I can see movies by myself although I prefer company as it is nice. I am also going to see if the girls would like to play games like Monopoly or sorry. I think the 5 of us would have a good time. Hannah asked me to borrow them more often so I am going too. After we finished with the sorting and putting away the music and CDs, I took the girls to chipotle for dinner/late lunch as a thank you for helping me. I really appreciate the help and anytime I can spend time with them is great for me. I actually will get to see them 2 times this week! They have piano lessons tomorrow! Yeah! I have the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 piano solo music. I should the girls there new books and the HP book. Of course, Natalie put the other books aside and flipped through the HP piano book. I was not surprised about that though. It was totally Natalie. Sarah was the only one who had left overs from lunch/dinner. I hope she liked it. I think Hannah, Natalie, and Lydia did although Hannah got hot sauce and said next time she will get milder because it was too hot. Natalie got hot stuff too. Not me, I get mild and so did Sarah! We are not totally crazy like her sisters. I just love those girls. Then again, I don't have 1 student that I don't like. I like them all.
Today was Rick's last lesson until mid-May. He will be in Hawaii until then. He will be home for a week or two in April so he said if he has time, he will call for a lesson. I said that would be completely fine. I have asked Bill to see if we can have the summer concert the weekend before Memorial weekend. I am hopeful because Rick will be back by then.
I have the new Easter tablecloth on the dining room table now! I put the books away and then I put the bills in the bill folder so I could clear the rest of the table to change cloths. It is now done. I like my choice of table cloths. I also got a spring tablecloth too. I like it a lot too. It is a blue background with flowers on it. It is very springy and very me!
I am going to start working on some Christmas Ornaments this week. With the new medication, my hands aren't as achy as they were last year. Last year at this time, my hands would ache something awful but now I have the meloxicam and that really helps a lot.
I am a little bit dizzy again today but I think it is because I didn't take my meloxicam until about 5 pm. When I don't take it when I normally do, I can get dizzy and it can take a day or so for it to go away. I put my medicines in a little container but I accidentally left it on the counter when we were out. I didn't get back until after 5:30 from eating with the girls, taking them home, and going to Walmart for new blank CDske my meloxicam until about 5 pm. When I don't take it when I normally do, I can get dizzy and it can take a day or so for it to go away. I put my medicines in a little container but I accidentally left it on the counter when we were out. I didn't get back until after 5:30 from eating with the girls, taking them home, and going to Walmart for new blank CDs and CD sleeves. I used many of the sleeves today when the girls changed the original discs from the big blank CDs to sleeves. I was having a problem with fitting all the original discs in the container so that is why I changed to sleeves. I may eventually change them all to sleeves in the original disc box. I will have to start using sleeves for the copies also because there isn't any extra room for even the slim disc covers. I have been using sleeves for copies since before Christmas. It certainly allows me to put more in the 2 drawers for CDs in the living room.
I only have the regular headache today, nothing bigger, thank goodness. Last week I have had about 5 bad headaches. I know some of them is because I was so exhausted from the weekend in Kalamazoo. It always takes about a week to recover from a weekend like that and this year I had wayyyyy more stress with the competition than usual. Usually, I am not super stressed just a little from being nervous of how my students would do but this year with the problems with the judges, well, stress was super high. I even had a bad headache on Sunday when I woke up in Kalamazoo. I went back to bed shortly after I got up and slept for a couple more hours. I didn't feel well for the rest of the day but I did my duties like I was supposed.
Anyways, I do hope you had a good weekend and that your week goes great!
There is a NCIS marathon on right now. I have seen all the episodes that they have shown but I don't mind. I like the show a lot. Mom liked it too. I pretty much have seen every episode of NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles. I may have missed a few of NCIS Los Angeles because it is on at the same time as Dance Moms, but I try to watch it online when I miss it. I am thankful that they show them online as well as TV. I don't miss Mom as much as I used to when I watch TV or see a movie. I can see movies by myself although I prefer company as it is nice. I am also going to see if the girls would like to play games like Monopoly or sorry. I think the 5 of us would have a good time. Hannah asked me to borrow them more often so I am going too. After we finished with the sorting and putting away the music and CDs, I took the girls to chipotle for dinner/late lunch as a thank you for helping me. I really appreciate the help and anytime I can spend time with them is great for me. I actually will get to see them 2 times this week! They have piano lessons tomorrow! Yeah! I have the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 piano solo music. I should the girls there new books and the HP book. Of course, Natalie put the other books aside and flipped through the HP piano book. I was not surprised about that though. It was totally Natalie. Sarah was the only one who had left overs from lunch/dinner. I hope she liked it. I think Hannah, Natalie, and Lydia did although Hannah got hot sauce and said next time she will get milder because it was too hot. Natalie got hot stuff too. Not me, I get mild and so did Sarah! We are not totally crazy like her sisters. I just love those girls. Then again, I don't have 1 student that I don't like. I like them all.
Today was Rick's last lesson until mid-May. He will be in Hawaii until then. He will be home for a week or two in April so he said if he has time, he will call for a lesson. I said that would be completely fine. I have asked Bill to see if we can have the summer concert the weekend before Memorial weekend. I am hopeful because Rick will be back by then.
I have the new Easter tablecloth on the dining room table now! I put the books away and then I put the bills in the bill folder so I could clear the rest of the table to change cloths. It is now done. I like my choice of table cloths. I also got a spring tablecloth too. I like it a lot too. It is a blue background with flowers on it. It is very springy and very me!
I am going to start working on some Christmas Ornaments this week. With the new medication, my hands aren't as achy as they were last year. Last year at this time, my hands would ache something awful but now I have the meloxicam and that really helps a lot.
I am a little bit dizzy again today but I think it is because I didn't take my meloxicam until about 5 pm. When I don't take it when I normally do, I can get dizzy and it can take a day or so for it to go away. I put my medicines in a little container but I accidentally left it on the counter when we were out. I didn't get back until after 5:30 from eating with the girls, taking them home, and going to Walmart for new blank CDske my meloxicam until about 5 pm. When I don't take it when I normally do, I can get dizzy and it can take a day or so for it to go away. I put my medicines in a little container but I accidentally left it on the counter when we were out. I didn't get back until after 5:30 from eating with the girls, taking them home, and going to Walmart for new blank CDs and CD sleeves. I used many of the sleeves today when the girls changed the original discs from the big blank CDs to sleeves. I was having a problem with fitting all the original discs in the container so that is why I changed to sleeves. I may eventually change them all to sleeves in the original disc box. I will have to start using sleeves for the copies also because there isn't any extra room for even the slim disc covers. I have been using sleeves for copies since before Christmas. It certainly allows me to put more in the 2 drawers for CDs in the living room.
I only have the regular headache today, nothing bigger, thank goodness. Last week I have had about 5 bad headaches. I know some of them is because I was so exhausted from the weekend in Kalamazoo. It always takes about a week to recover from a weekend like that and this year I had wayyyyy more stress with the competition than usual. Usually, I am not super stressed just a little from being nervous of how my students would do but this year with the problems with the judges, well, stress was super high. I even had a bad headache on Sunday when I woke up in Kalamazoo. I went back to bed shortly after I got up and slept for a couple more hours. I didn't feel well for the rest of the day but I did my duties like I was supposed.
Anyways, I do hope you had a good weekend and that your week goes great!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
last saturday of the month 2-25
I did not wake up with a bad headache or dizziness today. Woo-hoo! I am soooo glad about that. I just have the regular headache.
Camille had her lesson this afternoon and she did wonderful as usual. She wanted an hour lesson so we spent the hour going over key signatures and scales as well as her regular assignment. She did very well. She got key signatures right away. I am so proud of her. Her younger sister might be starting singing lessons in the fall. Apparently, she sings all the time. Since she is only 5 and just beginning to read, I felt she should wait until fall when she is first grade. I think having a full year of learning to read under her belt would help her most with singing. She has been invited to sing with the group for the group song at the end of the spring concert. Ella is very excited about that. I ordered the music today. I also ordered Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 piano book. I ordered Hedwig's theme both in the 5 finger level and the big note level for Isaac. He wants to play it for the spring concert. I have started passing out the music for the spring concert. I have a long list of music that needs to be pulled tomorrow. It is kind of funny, the girls will be putting music away and I will be pulling the music out. I have a long list of books and sheet music to pull. All of them are songs from movies. I have several Disney books, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and of course, Harry Potter! I have a list of 30 pieces of music to pull. Wow. Thank goodness Momma put my music in a catalogue. I am very happy that she did although at first I couldn't see why she was doing it. Fortunately, my mother had much more foresight than i did. I think she was just as tired of music going missing as I was. Some of the music she bought me. Mom often bought me some music for birthday or Christmas presents. Mom was very protective of my music, just like me.
I am watching a marathon of SVU. Most of these ones I have seen before, but that is okay. I have some CDs to burn so it is just on. I bought a couple of books a few months ago that I forgot about. I need to catalogue them and to burn the CDs. I also have to burn a copy of a CD that I only made one copy for. I need a couple more of them for next week since we are starting spring concert songs.
Well, on to copying music. I hope you have a good night.
Camille had her lesson this afternoon and she did wonderful as usual. She wanted an hour lesson so we spent the hour going over key signatures and scales as well as her regular assignment. She did very well. She got key signatures right away. I am so proud of her. Her younger sister might be starting singing lessons in the fall. Apparently, she sings all the time. Since she is only 5 and just beginning to read, I felt she should wait until fall when she is first grade. I think having a full year of learning to read under her belt would help her most with singing. She has been invited to sing with the group for the group song at the end of the spring concert. Ella is very excited about that. I ordered the music today. I also ordered Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 piano book. I ordered Hedwig's theme both in the 5 finger level and the big note level for Isaac. He wants to play it for the spring concert. I have started passing out the music for the spring concert. I have a long list of music that needs to be pulled tomorrow. It is kind of funny, the girls will be putting music away and I will be pulling the music out. I have a long list of books and sheet music to pull. All of them are songs from movies. I have several Disney books, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and of course, Harry Potter! I have a list of 30 pieces of music to pull. Wow. Thank goodness Momma put my music in a catalogue. I am very happy that she did although at first I couldn't see why she was doing it. Fortunately, my mother had much more foresight than i did. I think she was just as tired of music going missing as I was. Some of the music she bought me. Mom often bought me some music for birthday or Christmas presents. Mom was very protective of my music, just like me.
I am watching a marathon of SVU. Most of these ones I have seen before, but that is okay. I have some CDs to burn so it is just on. I bought a couple of books a few months ago that I forgot about. I need to catalogue them and to burn the CDs. I also have to burn a copy of a CD that I only made one copy for. I need a couple more of them for next week since we are starting spring concert songs.
Well, on to copying music. I hope you have a good night.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday! 2-24
I am very thankful it is Friday. I had the brakes fixed this afternoon. It was a very expensive afternoon, that is for sure. $407 to fix the front brakes including rotors. I was really hoping that the rotors wouldn't need to be changed, but they did. They also recommended new struts and shocks. I can't do that anytime soon as I don't have the money right now and not quite enough room on the emergency credit card. Once I pay it down I will get the struts and shocks. Ugh, I didn't anticipate the little car would cost so much money this year. I thought I had some time before anything needed to get done, well, she is all taken care of as far as the breaks are concerned.
I am watching an old Law and Order SVU episode. It is an interesting one. Of course, most of them are really good and interesting. Mom and I have watched this show since it started although i didn't watch in in 2007 to 2011 because I felt it was too scary for mom and I didn't want to frighten her. She was scared enough.
I have often thought about Mom and her fears. I can't even imagine losing your mind to Alzheimer's. I really can't. Not remembering the people in your life, the place where you live, the ability to make good decisions, paying bills, remembering anything about your past. How frightening it must have been for her. It was hard to watch her cry a lot and shake but it was difficult to calm her except with some medication. I was her person. She knew I would take care of he. I remember the morning she came into my bedroom and asked me what was going on with her. Momma said she knew I knew. I said yes, I did. I started to cry as I told her what was going on. I showed her some info that I printed on the computer. Momma said she wanted a binder made up with the info so she can read it when she wanted. Fortunately, I never had to do this because after I printed it, she forgot about it. It was a hard morning telling her that one of her worst fears have come true. Momma always said that if she got Alzheimer's she would kill herself. Momma said this more than once in my adult life too so that is why I wouldn't let anyone tell her that she had it because I was afraid she would kill herself. I don't know if I should have taken her to the doctor when I first noticed her memory problems. Ultimately, it doesn't matter at this point because God took her home so she wouldn't suffer anymore. I miss her so much all the time. I have time on my hands because I used to spend my time with Mom, taking care of her, talking to her, hanging out with her. I do have more students now than I did when I had Mom with me. I am thankful for the extra students. Not only for the lessons themselves, but for the students. I have really great students right now. I really like them from the littlest ones to the retired ones. They are all wonderful and anxious to learn. I don't have any who are being forced to learn and boy is it nice. Momma used to listen to all the students' lessons. I would help her into the living when it was time for a lesson. She would smile a lot during the lesson. Her face would light up more when Lily would come. She just loved Lily. Lily is the daughter of one of my very good friends. Mom had spent a lot of time with Lily during Lily's young life. We would take her and her sisters to movies and play games with them. Julie, Lily's Mom, really liked my mother and spent time with her too.
I had to go to Walmart to get a refill of my Meloxicam. I am waiting for the refill of the tramadol. I have enough for the weekend so I am hoping at the beginning of the week it will be refilled. After I got some new window clings for Easter and a few necessities (milk, bread, Advil PM, etc) I then went to JoAnn's for a new Easter table cloth. They didn't have any for my size of table at Walmart. I also got a general spring/summery one for after Easter. All my other table cloths fit my old table not the new one so I have to buy new table cloths for the season. What an awful thing to have to do! Buy cute table cloths! he he he!
Well, it is getting late and I have to get up early tomorrow for a new piano student. the new student is a 24 year old male. I do hope he shows up. Often they don't when they are adults. I shall find out tomorrow!
I hope your day is good.
I am watching an old Law and Order SVU episode. It is an interesting one. Of course, most of them are really good and interesting. Mom and I have watched this show since it started although i didn't watch in in 2007 to 2011 because I felt it was too scary for mom and I didn't want to frighten her. She was scared enough.
I have often thought about Mom and her fears. I can't even imagine losing your mind to Alzheimer's. I really can't. Not remembering the people in your life, the place where you live, the ability to make good decisions, paying bills, remembering anything about your past. How frightening it must have been for her. It was hard to watch her cry a lot and shake but it was difficult to calm her except with some medication. I was her person. She knew I would take care of he. I remember the morning she came into my bedroom and asked me what was going on with her. Momma said she knew I knew. I said yes, I did. I started to cry as I told her what was going on. I showed her some info that I printed on the computer. Momma said she wanted a binder made up with the info so she can read it when she wanted. Fortunately, I never had to do this because after I printed it, she forgot about it. It was a hard morning telling her that one of her worst fears have come true. Momma always said that if she got Alzheimer's she would kill herself. Momma said this more than once in my adult life too so that is why I wouldn't let anyone tell her that she had it because I was afraid she would kill herself. I don't know if I should have taken her to the doctor when I first noticed her memory problems. Ultimately, it doesn't matter at this point because God took her home so she wouldn't suffer anymore. I miss her so much all the time. I have time on my hands because I used to spend my time with Mom, taking care of her, talking to her, hanging out with her. I do have more students now than I did when I had Mom with me. I am thankful for the extra students. Not only for the lessons themselves, but for the students. I have really great students right now. I really like them from the littlest ones to the retired ones. They are all wonderful and anxious to learn. I don't have any who are being forced to learn and boy is it nice. Momma used to listen to all the students' lessons. I would help her into the living when it was time for a lesson. She would smile a lot during the lesson. Her face would light up more when Lily would come. She just loved Lily. Lily is the daughter of one of my very good friends. Mom had spent a lot of time with Lily during Lily's young life. We would take her and her sisters to movies and play games with them. Julie, Lily's Mom, really liked my mother and spent time with her too.
I had to go to Walmart to get a refill of my Meloxicam. I am waiting for the refill of the tramadol. I have enough for the weekend so I am hoping at the beginning of the week it will be refilled. After I got some new window clings for Easter and a few necessities (milk, bread, Advil PM, etc) I then went to JoAnn's for a new Easter table cloth. They didn't have any for my size of table at Walmart. I also got a general spring/summery one for after Easter. All my other table cloths fit my old table not the new one so I have to buy new table cloths for the season. What an awful thing to have to do! Buy cute table cloths! he he he!
Well, it is getting late and I have to get up early tomorrow for a new piano student. the new student is a 24 year old male. I do hope he shows up. Often they don't when they are adults. I shall find out tomorrow!
I hope your day is good.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
dizzy day!!!! along with some brain fog 2-23
I woke up dizzy again today. I don't know why I was dizzy, I just was. I didn't wake up with a bad headache, just the normal one but I have a bigger headache tonight. I actually missed choir practice because of it. I just couldn't go and sing, not tonight. I hope to be better on Sunday. I am not sure what song we are singing on Sunday, but that is okay. I will figure it out. Carolyn will pick up any new music for me if we get some. She is such a nice girl.
I was looking online for some books that I saw at competition. I am not going to be purchasing them because many of the songs I have in other books. The other songs are not songs I like or they are unfamiliar to me. So far, I am just wanting one other book, the Kids' musical theatre collection vol 1. I have volume 2. There are a couple of songs I like that I don't have in other books or if I do, I don't have a CD to go with it and now I did.
I am very tired tonight, much more so than usual. I will probably go to bed in a bit, earlier than usual but I don't mind. Anytime I get to sleep works for me. I just hope I sleep. Tomorrow I am taking my car in to be fixed. I do hope it is not very expensive. We shall see tomorrow!
Well, I am so tired so I am going to watch the rest of the show I am watching and then head for bed! I hope you have a good day!
I was looking online for some books that I saw at competition. I am not going to be purchasing them because many of the songs I have in other books. The other songs are not songs I like or they are unfamiliar to me. So far, I am just wanting one other book, the Kids' musical theatre collection vol 1. I have volume 2. There are a couple of songs I like that I don't have in other books or if I do, I don't have a CD to go with it and now I did.
I am very tired tonight, much more so than usual. I will probably go to bed in a bit, earlier than usual but I don't mind. Anytime I get to sleep works for me. I just hope I sleep. Tomorrow I am taking my car in to be fixed. I do hope it is not very expensive. We shall see tomorrow!
Well, I am so tired so I am going to watch the rest of the show I am watching and then head for bed! I hope you have a good day!
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