ugghh.. it seems like i just can't get any sleep lately. Haven't hit the hay before 2 the past 2 nights. Trying to get everything ready for my big trip, and everything that will be awaiting me upon my return. It will be nice to go to Russia again. I really enjoyed my last trip there. You can see it all here Read more... )

Yes, the grill_maestro is back. After a long hiatus, I have decided to harass all of you again. Now I just have to think of something to write... well, later. As for right now, I have to hurry off to work.

wow.. talk about neglect.. almost a month with no update? how can you, my loyal legion of fans (perhaps merrymen) survive with no update from the loft? i'm suprised that there has been no great protest in the streets! HAHA all 1 of me.. anyways, it has been a busy busy... month.. wow.. i will update you sometime on what went down... if i feel ( Read more... )

Hello, LJ world. I see that you are all still here. I apologize for not being a better LJer, but i do have a life and a few jobs that take precidence over this thing. This was another busy week, but at the church and my other job. Of course we had services this week for the Exaltation of the Cross. Then we had choir practice wednesday night. ( Read more... )

I still have that scratchy throat thing. Fortunatly, there were only 3 of us singing for liturgy today (me and 2 women), so we sang SAB (that's soprano, alto, and bass, for you non choir peeps). That gave my voice a good break, and I was able to sound fairly tolerable. All was good. About 30 people in church, which is always nice for weekday ( Read more... )

Well, here I am.. half asleep.. feeling like ehhhh and updating my journal. I have that itchy eye, scratch throat feeling that usually accompanies the begining of some sort of cold. and i HATE being sick... although better now than a few weeks from now. We had a nice service tonight for the eve of the Nativity of the Mother of God. the choir ( Read more... )

Well, here it is friday again.. and silly me, thinking I would have a 'not so busy' week. Went yesterday and looked at a hotel for the upcoming youth retreat. Looks like it will work well. Good price and great facilities. The hotel has a huge rec area, with pools, ping pong, billiards, even a mini golf course, and arcade. There are some more ( Read more... )

Hello everybody! I know I've neglected updating in a while. This was a very busy weekend. There was church saturday evening, sunday morning, sunday night, and monday morning. Saturday morning I went to St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland. The church is located in a historic area called Tremont. The neightborhood is starting to make ( Read more... )

Well, rehearsal went fairly well last night. I think things are starting to come together for october. We were missing people, as usual, but there were some there who usually dont come, so we made the best of it. They had a teacher's meeting for the parish school as well, and i'm back in the teaching business when school starts back up. We ( Read more... )

Well, Labor day weekend is winding down. I thought that attendence would be down this weekend considering so many people were heading to the Monastery, but we had a nice crowd (@100) and lots of new faces, which i like. And the choir was good, which also helps, since the new faces hear a nice choir. Saturday evening was a little light in the ( Read more... )