sunburn

Yesterday was spent in York fishing with my uncle - we didn't catch much - he caught a 20" striper, a crab, a skate, and a lobster! We didn't keep any of it - we thought about keeping the lobster, but the poor thing only had one arm. The boy caught a crab, and I caught - NOTHING. Well, I did catch a sunburn. A small one, only where it seems we missed the sunscreen. The boy used spray sunscreen on my back, and it is obvious where it missed! It's not too bad - I've had worse.
Last night we went to my aunt's church for a roast beef dinner. It was delicious.

Today's plans - clean and pack some more of the apartment. Hopefully I will get to grading some of the papers I have stacked up as well.

David vs. David

Who will be the Goliath that is slain?

Cook sounded great. Did Archuleta sound better?

Was anyone actually listening to Rueben as he sang, or were they just watching the video clips?

Did anyone else notice that the song that David A. sang (the new one that no one knows) had a line that sounded A LOT like the song "Don't Cry Out Loud"? It was driving me nuts!!

We'll have to wait till tomorrow to find out.

And now...it's time for Hell's Kitchen!

first post in May

Wow...I can't believe it took me almost two weeks into the month to post!

I've been a very busy girl!

I'm buying a house, I'm planning a wedding, I'm cleaning my house, I'm crocheting, I'm grading papers, I'm planning a field trip, I'm planning a concert, I'm FINALLY hearing from my photographer for the first time!!, I'm conducting band rehearsals, I'm playing in band rehearsals, I'm playing in concerts, I'm attending bridal showers, I'm painting ceramics, I'm getting into fender-benders (don't even ask me about that one! stupid screw scratches in my bumper!), I'm getting my hair cut, I'm attending meeting after meeting after meeting, I'm babysitting (adults no less...grrr....), I'm figuring out how to arrange furniture at the reception, I'm rewiring the auditorium lights and mapping them, I'm making phone calls trying to organize all these things, I'm volunteering time to help at the snack shack at track meets, I'm attending first communion celebrations, I'm logging RSVP's for the wedding, I'm...

BUSY!!

'nuff said.

I'm also reading the blogs of people who actually take the time to blog...and I found this. I think I have students who would like to hire this guy to help them play the flute!!

Tomorrow is meetings with the Reverend and the organist. I think I am supposed to have a NVCB band rehearsal and the HS coffee house somewhere in there as well...

BUSY!!

my one day of vacation

Today was the one and only day I had this week where I didn't do ANYTHING. I think my couch has a permanent butt print. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of things I could have done, and many things I should have done...but I did none of them.

and it was great.

American Idol

I am shocked. Carly is gone. How is Brooke there over Carly? Or John Michaels (or Michael Johns - whatever his name was).

And how cool was Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber??

wow...

Ok...so I haven't written in a while.

I've been very busy.

We've been doing wedding stuff...house stuff...life stuff.

Lotsa stuff.

We signed our purchase and sales agreement today. Lots of signing and initialing.

This is vacation week. It's half over. :-( ::sniff sniff::

I promise I will write more.

I swear.

Well, I'll try...

I think I will...

Maybe...

offer accepted

WOOT WOOT WOOT

they've countered the counter-counter offer

We're back in the counter offering.

They've countered.

We're offering a final offer.

Wow...

Craziness!!

counter offer....counter-counter offer

We offered.

They countered.

We countered the counter.

Boy is this confusing.

But we've talked them down by $7 thousand so far.

House Hunting

Ok,
So we've been looking at houses for a long time now. We've seen over 20 in person. Out of those, we've seen some nice ones, and some not so nice ones.

But today we saw THE one.

So we put in an offer.

:-O

death of a who

ok...so I killed the Who from my earlier post, since the music was driving me crazy.

One Semester of Spanish - Love Song

HA!!! This would be me trying to speak Spanish. :-)

Sax No End - Clarke/Boland Big Band

Peter shared this with me today - wow! Listen for the soli section with the entire sax section playing together!

so worn out

I need a long weekend to recover from my long weekend.

Friday was spent shopping with my sis and mom looking for a dress for my mom for the wedding. We found one - woot!

Saturday started with shopping (woot! again) with my flower girl and her mom. We found the rest of her outfit - and she looks adorable!!! :-) The rest of the day was ...

MY BRIDAL SHOWER! :-D

It was so much fun - my sister did a great job - all the way from San Diego! We made wine charms (I brought home 37!), and I won $108 in scratch tickets from playing "Stump the Bride".

I'll have to take pictures of some of the crazy cool things that I got. My aunt made me a beautiful quilt! (I know you'd appreciate that Kelly) I got my supercool-everyonewantsone-youknowyoudo pistachio green KitchenAid Mixer. I made cookies tonight in it, and I used the new stacking cooling racks I got this weekend too.

I didn't get home till after 10 on Saturday - showed the boy all the stuff we got and hit the hay.

Sunday - Easter with the future in-laws. Little Ring Bearer hunting for Easter eggs - he had to fight off the squirrels - one ran away with his egg! We hung out with family all day and caught up with all the goings-on. We didn't get home till after 10 that night either.

Then I had to start the work week - Monday all over again.

I adopted a who

Her name is Wahoo Who.
:-)

when I get bored

For no apparent reason, I decided to make a lemon poppy seed cake with cream cheese frosting. I obviously decorated with strawberries.

mmmmm

crazy nascar fans

I saw this in the BJ's Club parking lot.

Crazy nascar fans.

'nuff said.

Thursday blues

I despise Thursdays that feel like Fridays.

It's been a long week.

Monday: School, Elementary Band, High School Jazz Band, Moonlighters (home at 10)
Tuesday: School, Afterschool Lessons, Middle School Jazz Band (home at 7)
Wednesday: School, Afterschool extra help, Union Meeting, NVCB, JPs (home at 11)
Thursday: School, Staff Meeting, home for dinner, back to school for 5th grade orientation (home at 8:30)

and tomorrow there's a concert with the NVCB

LOOONG week

Saturday is more house hunting

LOOONG week

and I better do some laundry on Sunday, or I'm showing up to work on Monday naked.

Goldilocks and the many houses

We came up with a new take on the classic fairytale yesterday. It went a little like this:

Goldilocks and the boy went in search of houses with the very nice Margaret.

House #1: Goldilocks was entranced by the beauty of the outside of the house. It was adorable, surrounded by trees and a post fence. The front entrance was a gorgeous sunporch, however pink it may have been. When Goldilocks and the boy entered the bedrooms, however, they remarked, "these rooms are tooooooo small". So they left in search of the perfect home.

House #2: Goldilocks and the boy found much to like about the outside of the next house, but alas, there was an evil curse placed on the lock, and they couldn't enter the building. They had to leave the house unentered and move on.

House #3: This was the house Goldilocks and the boy were most looking forward to seeing. The road was lined with trees and the entrance of the house was cute as a button. The downstairs of the house was just the right size. Goldilocks and the boy walked upstairs - alas! It was tooooo small. Only a bed could fit into the room, and nary a piece of furniture more. So Goldilocks and the boy moved on.

House #4: This house was the scariest of them all! Surely there must have been some scary monster living here. The wallpaper was peeling, the linoleum was coming up, and it rained inside of the porch! They left in a hurry!

House #5: The fifth house was occupied by a very nice lady who took Goldilocks, Margaret and the boy on a grand tour. The nice lady told Goldilocks and the boy everything they wanted to know about the house (and more). Although Goldilocks and the boy weren't sure if this was the house for them, they decided to keep it on the list.

House #6: The path to this house was long and treacherous. The driveway was dirt and very long. Their carriage almost became stuck in the mud on the way there. There was a lot of land that came with this house and an above ground pool, but the living/dining/kitchen room was too small. Since all of these rooms were combined into one, Goldilocks and the boy couldn't see all of their furniture fitting into such a teeny tiny place - once again - tooooo small!

Goldilocks and the boy are still looking to find a home that is juuuuust right.

Stay tuned for more the next chapter.

callus, schmallus

I played some guitar (for the first time in a long time) this evening.

My fingers HURT!

It hurts to type anything on the left side.

i i h o yp nyhin ihou h l hn
(it is hard to type anything without the left hand)

owie