...or at least presentable. One Christmas concert = successfully perfomed!! It was a lot of fun, and it was nice to have the comraderie, getting to know the other people in my section. So, after all the bellyaching, I'm glad I didn't give up. The next concert will be June 4, with six weeks of rehearsals leading up to it. I like this idea of ( Read more... )

Hubby and me took our boy to Legoland Chicago today. Love those bricks. He had a blast. Then we weathered Woodfield mall. It will suit me if I don't have to go to the mall again until after Christmas. Too crowded, too crazy to navigate with a little kid.

Have just discovered I can watch the Clemson game on ESPN streaming live online. Yay!

I joined an orchestra up here, a Pops group sponsored by a local church (though I think there are maybe 3 people in it who go to said church.) Tonight was my second rehearsal, for a Christmas concert the first weekend of December. I suck slightly less this week than last, but still. As far as instruments go, violin kicks ass and does not take names ( Read more... )

Went to excellent fall festival tonight at a friend's church. Son came home with three goldfish, to hubby's dire predictions. Hubby did not come home with us, having an errand to run afterwards. So I come home and completely bumble these fish right into their eternal reward. I mean, everything I could do wrong, I did wrong. All of these errors ( Read more... )

Have a few things I'm not clear on about SGU this season. Anybody aware of sites/discussions out there I might could tune into?

Found a really cool toy for babyboy at my folks discount club today. He had spotted it in a catalog earlier in the year, and when I saw it in the flyer this week I knew we had to go pick it up ( Read more... )

"Mom and Son Dino Nite" at the community center. I am silly-excited ( Read more... )

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Today was my last Sunday at my church for a long while. And it was such an awesome service. Summer attendance can be sporadic, but this morning --at least in orchestra-- we were close to 100%. The orchestra, wow, there are only 20 of us or so, but these folks were my first friends at Duluth FBC,  from the day I walked into rehearsal nine years ago ( Read more... )

'Avatar'

Finally rented at home. Such a beautiful story, and such a vividly created world. Amazing creativity from the folks who imagined it. Best movie I've seen in a loooooooong time.

*yay* for stress relief and entertainment this week. Also finally getting to read annerb 's  magnificent WRECKAGE series. Still re-reading first parts. Looking fwd to ( Read more... )