Gratitude Day 75

I'm grateful for a little show called White Collar.  It's on the USA Network.  But it's recently come to Netflix!  The show's premise is interesting.  But that's not why I sit riveted and (re)watching episodes. No.  The reason is the main character, Neal Caffery(that's the fictional character).  He's got amazing hair.  He's good looking.  He's a fantastic dresser.

Too bad he's not real(and the real life actor is probably gay...or would be after spending much time with me...it's a talent of mine).

Gratitude Day 74

I'm grateful for Peanut Butter. I really it wish it weren't so expensive because it's basically its own food group as far as I'm concerned. (fortunately, my mom stocks it in the pantry and us happy to let me steal some) But seriously, if it weren't for peanut butter, I would starve most days.

(mock this gratitude all you want, but I was really struggling yesterday)


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They Just Pop Into My Head

I can't help it.  It usually happens when I'm driving in the car, or blow drying my hair, or watching TV, or trying to sleep.  Things just pop into my head.  It's not like I was thinking hard about them.  They're just little thoughts.  And I don't always know what to do about them.  Sometimes there's nothing that CAN be done.  So now you get to read about some of them...

• I'm really irritated that I have a Passport that I've never used.
• I'm allergic to a lot of flowers, but I kind of want to be one of those people that gets flowers delivered to them at work and everyone is all "Oh!  So cute!  He sent you flowers at work!"
• I'm a chocolate snob.  High quality chocolate is all I eat.  Lindor Truffles.  Godiva caramels.  Ghiradelli Chocolate chips(for my cookies, of course). But I really don't eat much.
• I really need to wash my make up brushes(I know, that's something that can be done).
• I have a serious love/hate relationship with my recital piece.  I love the song!  It's beautiful and I love singing the melody.  I can not, for the life of me, get my mouth to sing German.  So frustrating!
• I organize my movies by genre and then I alphabetize.  I do the same thing with my books(mostly).
• I don't like Reality TV.
• I can eat whole boxes of Nilla Wafers in the right situation.  But I don't do generic and I prefer Nabisco.
• I also don't like generic Peanut Butter.  Call me a snob if you want, that's just the way I feel about it.
• If I blogged half the things that I thought about wanting to blog, you wouldn't be able to keep up with all the reading and what you did read would probably make you very concerned for my sanity. 
• I can't wait until January 30th.
• Some things aren't polite to talk about with most people, and it definitely wouldn't be okay to blog about them.
• I've never hit a person with my car.  But I think about it...more than is probably healthy.
• I still would never intentionally hit a person with my car.
• I love going to see musicals, plays, the symphony, the opera, the ballet...all those kinds of goodness! 
• I love museums.  Pretty much any kind of museum.  And aquariums.  And when I go out of town, those are some of the things I really like doing.
• I have a secret desire to be a Librarian or a Museum Curator.  Seriously. 

There you have it.  My random thoughts.  I'm sure you don't care.  But it entertained me for a minute.

Gratitude Day 73

Today I'm grateful for the end of the semester.  I'm ready to be done watching movies.  It's not that I don't like Fiddler on the Roof(although after my senior year in high school I do have some very mixed feelings about it), but 2 class periods of it, plus talking about it during class and doing the worksheet and having to come up with a test...that's A LOT of Fiddler. 

I'm ready to be teaching.  My 2 new General Music classes and a Boys Choir class will start on Tuesday.  I'm really excited to actually teach something.  And of course, my 9th graders come back.  They're great and I can't wait to really dive into their festival music(unfortunately, that means more german). 

I've got quite a bit to do this weekend to prepare for the new classes.  But that's why I have a 4-day weekend(and yes, I'm grateful for that too).

Gratitude Day 72

Wednesday, I was grateful for my friend Amy.  She lives in North Carolina.  That's REALLY far away!  BUT she's here visiting.  And that means seeing all my other girls as well! 

We got together for Amy's birthday last night.  It was a blast to have dinner and ice cream(of course there was ice cream!) with the girls again.  We chatted and caught up and reminisced(Amy...CREEPY TINY HANDS!) and laughed...a lot!  Good times.

You know, girls, we really don't need Amy to comem to give us an excuse to hang out.  Of course, we do prefer having Amy with us...she needs to not live so far away!

Gratitude Day 71

(Because I'm lazy, I got a bit behind)

TUESDAY I was grateful that I'm not a quitter.  I know this may surprise you, but perhaps I was a little hasty in judging myself so harshly in THIS blog post.

I went to lessons on Tuesday and Cecily's interim teacher(Cecily is in Dallas doing Kismet) was very patient with me and very helpful and didn't point out how awful I was.  I didn't even see him wince(although, I spent a great deal of time wincing...but we fixed a lot of things so that got better).

And the last couple days as I've been practicing(aren't you proud of me, Cecily?) and recording myself(it really was brilliant eventhough it made me want to die a little), I'm hearing improvement and using the recordings as a way to refine my singing and help myself at home(I'm such a good little student).

Now if only I could get my mouth to speak/sing German, everything would be great.

Gratitude Day 70

You know, yesterday I had an epic idea for my gratitude post for the day. And then I took an accidental nap. So...I don't remember what it was...but it was epic. But I am grateful for the little things. The little things that make my life easier. I'm not going to get more specific than that. But I've seen a lot of them lately. And I'm most grateful. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone