....And we're back.
I guess it has been a while, huh?
First, from the last entry: I did take/am taking a break from the choir for a little bit. I got myself out of the bells for 4/20, but I'll probably come back after that. We hiatus over the summer, so I suspect our last service until the fall will be Pentecost, May 11th. I do like playing bells, so I'd hate to miss my last shot until September. I'm a bit proud of myself, though, that I took this time, I which I really felt like I needed, despite the fact that it wasn't perfectly convenient for everyone else. (OK, I feel a little guilty, but I'm trying not to.)
Not much in the way of big goings on here. I guess the biggest thing is the surprise we got for the boys. We bought a swingset-- a really neat one. It has a slide, two swings, a two person swing, and...a trampoline. No kidding, isn't that cool? It's only a foot or so off the ground, so it doesn't have the maim potential of one of those big ones. I think we've had every kid on two blocks over at our house the last few days. We had two really nice days to play on it, and now winter has come on back. Ugh.
Still, I'll take the nice days we had and try to bank up the energy that the sun and nice weather gave me.
I'm proud of the swingset since I put most of it together myself. Matt helped with getting the bracket for the two person swing up and with the slide, and he was the only one of us who was going to be able to get the springs on the trampoline. I tried, but I just couldn't pull them. We had a good laugh out of the stereotypre reversal when I started off to the garage to assemble a swingset while he made a piano tape I needed for my little choir. It was also fun because we managed to keep it a complete surprise from the boys until it was out in the yard and staked down, ready to play on. Their reaction was all we had hoped, too.
Tomorrow, I'm going to go to the last planning meeting for the high school RE and youth group at church. I keep thinking about going back to get a teaching credential, so I want to see what I think of being around kids that age. If I like it, I'll have something to put on an application and hopefully be able to get some reccomendation letters out of it. If not, at least I know I need to look somewhere else. They need some new teachers for the high school class in the fall, so they seemed as excited as I was. I'm trying to branch out somewhat. I've been pretty insular for a long time. Kids, home, music, and that's about it. I've been happier this spring that I have in a while with Jubilee and my little group I direct to stay busy with something a little different.
My little group is performing the end of the month. It's finally coming together now, which is a real relief. I was starting to get very stressed out and scared. I'm proud of them and myself, though, because I think we're going to pull off some pretty difficult music. (I hope.)
Well, I should go take advantage of the time Matt and the boys are out of the house for gymnastics and errands to get some things done. The upstairs bathrooms are a fright-- I cleaned them, but the floors didn't get done last weekend. I need to strip beds, too.
I'd prefer to laze around and try to kick this cough that's been hanging on for a week now. I'm going to try to take it easy somewhat, too.
First, from the last entry: I did take/am taking a break from the choir for a little bit. I got myself out of the bells for 4/20, but I'll probably come back after that. We hiatus over the summer, so I suspect our last service until the fall will be Pentecost, May 11th. I do like playing bells, so I'd hate to miss my last shot until September. I'm a bit proud of myself, though, that I took this time, I which I really felt like I needed, despite the fact that it wasn't perfectly convenient for everyone else. (OK, I feel a little guilty, but I'm trying not to.)
Not much in the way of big goings on here. I guess the biggest thing is the surprise we got for the boys. We bought a swingset-- a really neat one. It has a slide, two swings, a two person swing, and...a trampoline. No kidding, isn't that cool? It's only a foot or so off the ground, so it doesn't have the maim potential of one of those big ones. I think we've had every kid on two blocks over at our house the last few days. We had two really nice days to play on it, and now winter has come on back. Ugh.
Still, I'll take the nice days we had and try to bank up the energy that the sun and nice weather gave me.
I'm proud of the swingset since I put most of it together myself. Matt helped with getting the bracket for the two person swing up and with the slide, and he was the only one of us who was going to be able to get the springs on the trampoline. I tried, but I just couldn't pull them. We had a good laugh out of the stereotypre reversal when I started off to the garage to assemble a swingset while he made a piano tape I needed for my little choir. It was also fun because we managed to keep it a complete surprise from the boys until it was out in the yard and staked down, ready to play on. Their reaction was all we had hoped, too.
Tomorrow, I'm going to go to the last planning meeting for the high school RE and youth group at church. I keep thinking about going back to get a teaching credential, so I want to see what I think of being around kids that age. If I like it, I'll have something to put on an application and hopefully be able to get some reccomendation letters out of it. If not, at least I know I need to look somewhere else. They need some new teachers for the high school class in the fall, so they seemed as excited as I was. I'm trying to branch out somewhat. I've been pretty insular for a long time. Kids, home, music, and that's about it. I've been happier this spring that I have in a while with Jubilee and my little group I direct to stay busy with something a little different.
My little group is performing the end of the month. It's finally coming together now, which is a real relief. I was starting to get very stressed out and scared. I'm proud of them and myself, though, because I think we're going to pull off some pretty difficult music. (I hope.)
Well, I should go take advantage of the time Matt and the boys are out of the house for gymnastics and errands to get some things done. The upstairs bathrooms are a fright-- I cleaned them, but the floors didn't get done last weekend. I need to strip beds, too.
I'd prefer to laze around and try to kick this cough that's been hanging on for a week now. I'm going to try to take it easy somewhat, too.