December 5th

A Quiet Moment 

"Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!" 

-Arthur. The Aardvark. 

(I don't think the kids here got the memo...)

December 4th

Wish List

My beautiful niece Maddie is battling cancer, and she and my sister have inspired me to write my own letter to Santa this year. Macy's donates $1 per letter received at special mailboxes located at Macy's stores throughout the country, through December 24, up to 1 million dollars to the fabulous Make a Wish Foundation. But on December 6th (National Believe Day), they will donate $1 per letter received in addition to the million dollars collectively donated. Get writing! 

What's your Christmas wish? 

December 3rd

Outgoing mail

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear (and also sending dollar store cheesy Christmas cards)" --True story. 

December 2nd

To do list

>2 weeks to go until then end of the semester. Then I go home. Then it's Christmas.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can! 

December 1st

Secret Angel

I just love having great friends who lift my spirits, too. 

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

I did one of these last year, and I really had a good experience with it. This has been a hard year, (it seems to me that everyone has had a rough one!) so I'm ready set to embrace this Christmas season! Last year it really helped me notice the things big and small around me that I was grateful for or just enjoyed. I like this particular cut of photo-a-day challenges because it's kind of different and creative, so I'm looking forward to having some fun with it. Join in the fun! Merry Christmas y'all! 

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Begin Again

Whew. I almost missed the entire month of October.

Also, I've been totally ignoring my blog. Ha. Who reads these anyway?

I just wanted to write a lil something real quick.

So the beginning of the semester, at a new school, I was told that I was going to learn to sing a different way- a better way (link to a page that describes the breathing technique). I was all for it. Cool! And then I tried it-- it is completely opposite of how I was taught to sing for the past 6+ years (I was a loins-girded singer, all the way). So the way my body and mind was used to singing, has been completely challenged. All the muscle memory I've built in the past 6+ years--challenged. And it was incredibly frustrating. (It still is!!) I had been on the verge of tears a few times in lessons, just because I felt like my teacher thought I wasn't trying because I just wasn't getting it. Don't get me wrong, I adore my teacher. She's great. I leave lessons feeling inspired and motivated (signs of a great teacher, in my opinion) it was just the application was bringin' me down!

And then my lesson came this week. She said things like:

"I think you're getting it. You just had a breakthrough didn't you?"
"That's the best you've ever sung that."
"Sometimes we stumble for a long time, and then we make giant strides. And then we take a step back. And then another giant step. And it goes on like that. I think you're making a giant step."
"I know I've turned your world upside down. Majorly. But I can tell you've been working hard."

Can I just tell you HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HEAR THAT? It was great.