Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Tonight while Dean has been at work I left my piles of laundry to fold and my checkbook balancing turned on the tv to the Big Band and Swing music channel and did something I've been dreading doing.

I sorted through Grandpa's old sheet music and stored it away.

I'm sure some people think this is silly but that music has been in the same place in the top of his keyboard since he passed away almost 7 years ago and I've let it like that especially in the last year that I've had possession of the piano. Now his music is safely stored away for me to still pull out and play but it's not going to be the constant reminder that it was everytime I even opened the piano let alone sat down and played.

Does everyone remember who Grandpa's favorite band was? I do. :-)

Sunday, April 13, 2008

What did I sing this weekend?

I'm taking my mother's blogging question one step further. :-) Here's what I sang this weekend:

04/12/08 10:30AM A Service of Baptism, Confirmation, Reception and Reaffirmation
"Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven"
"We Know the Christ is Raised and Dies no More"
Jubilate Deo by Paul Halley
Child of the Light, arr. Dent Davidson
I Received the Living God by Richard Proulx
"O Praise Ye the Lord"

This is one of the longest services I've ever sung for but so wonderful to see. Our church was host to several churches and a service which baptized 3 people and confirmed 89. And the bishop of the Diocese of Michigan was there. All in all it was pretty cool (actually it was really hot, but that's beside the point)

04/12/08 5:00PM The Fourth Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday
04/13/08 8:00AM
04/13/08 10:00AM
"All People that on Earth do Dwell"
A Song to the Lamb by Donald Pearson
"My Shepherd Will Supply My Need"
Jubilate Deo by Paul Halley
"I Can Hear My Savior Calling"
"Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!"
(These three services had a mix match of the above songs/hymns as I was the cantor for the 5pm and 8am services and the whole choir was at the 10am)

04/13/08 4:00PM Music at Christ Church Cranbrook presents Classical Bells Hanbell Ensemble
with D. Giles Simmer, soprano and John Repulski, organist
I sang "The Gift of Love" by Hal Hopson with one of the largest (and best) professional handbell choirs in the Midwest. It was pretty cool and also some sort of evidence to the fact that I just can't say no to Joseph...

So that's what I sang this weekend! I put the hymns in parenthesis because I didn't want to italicize and I'm awful for not doing something to the other pieces but I had to show some distinction. And, since I sing for an Episcopal church, all the hymns are from the most recent hymnal (1982 I think).

Now all I have to say is "Thanks be to God!" that my weekend is over but I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow...

Monday, April 07, 2008

Ode to My Toolbox

So I'm definitely NOT a poet but I figure I can do a little "list" poem of all the wonderful things about our toolbox that Daddy gave us for Christmas 2006.

Bright color. Black and Yellow.
Full of surprises.
Has every tool I could think of needing and more.
Plus it has a glue gun! So handy for crafts.
And it has lots of extra room to store items we pick up as our collection grows.

Thanks for the gift Daddy! It's one of the most used! :-)

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The Things I Want

So, I have this dilemma (as I'm sure many people do). Whenever my birthday or Christmas rolls around and people ask me what I want I never know! And then, of course, after the fact I think of all of these things that I want. So, in the ridiculous amount of time that I spend clicking around on Facebook I came across this website on Sarah's list of websites and it's so cool! So for any future reference see here:

http://www.thethingsiwant.com/gazelle0206/