I'll start with Thursday night, since I didn't really get into ( that. )

I'm not totally up for going into today's saga, as I've ended up with a headache, but mostly things were better than I expected and I made a new friend. Make sure to ask me about Liesel. Oh, yes, and remind me about photographic proof as well.

Three-plus hours in the car for eight measures of music.
WIN.
Not.

Last week, I got a call from Victoria. She'd performed a Josh Groban song at Martha's wedding which had both piano and violin accompaniment. She wanted to do the song at church this coming Sunday and wondered if I'd play the violin part on flute. She's asked me to do this in the past and I always said no, mainly because I worked on Sundays and ( Read more... )

I neglected to post possibly the most amusing part of the party yesterday. When I left, Tim and Victoria and the kids were also leaving to drop some stuff off with Tim's parents. Tonio also left at the same time. I was carrying the remains of the cake out to the car while Tim took care of the kids and Victoria went back into the house. As Tim ( Read more... )

My friends Tim and Victoria have two sons, and the second one is just about a year old--Monday is his birthday. They threw him a party today, and oh, by the way, it's at their new house down in Evergreen Park. That's about an hour and a half southeast of me; their old house was about an hour north. Since it's been a while since I've been in that ( Read more... )

I got a random phone call a little while ago. It was Victoria, whose son got baptized a few weeks back. She called to say she'd gotten a flute, and would I come over and show her how to hold it? I had to laugh and say, what, right now? She was like, sure. Wait, are you kidding? Turns out she wasn't and she really would like me to come over ( Read more... )

I've been busy recently, which is part of why I haven't updated with general news. Let's see what's been happening ( Read more... )

This week's been a little crazy. I worked four days--in a row (gasp)--and today I have not one but two activities. Wow, it's almost like I have a life! :P ( Read more... )

I went to a first birthday party today. It was for the son of my friends Tim and Vicki. It's so hard to believe that Oliver is a year old! I'd never seen him in person before today, so it was great to meet him. He is a cutie pie. It's funny; normally I try to figure out which parent the baby looks like, but I never did that today. He was ( Read more... )