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I am going on a mini vacation.  Dad and Mom are taking us all to the Dells with them for the Country Kitchen Convention.  Except we don't have to attend the meetings.  So, we are going on a boat, probably going to the water park, and hopefully sleeping in :) but I'm not counting on that one, especially considering Luke and Sarah will be sleeping in the adjoining room :)  Then tomorrow night Grandma and Grandpa are taking Rebecca and me to the Fireside Dinner Theater to see the Collingsworth Family.  All in all it appears to be an interesting and eventful 2 days.

I want to travel the world

Lately I've been missing Washington D.C. seeing everything new.  Learning so much about so many different aspects of life, history, science.  I want to go back.  But not just to D.C.  I want to go to Virginia and see Mount Vernon, Boston to see where the Declaration of Independence was signed.  To fly the ocean and see England, Chatsworth, Buckingham, and Big Ben from closer than an airplane window.   I want to see the Berlin wall and the Louvre in Paris.  Ireland and it's beauty.  The music houses of Viennam the Parthenon in Rome, to glide the streets of Venice in a gondola. To walk the streets of Jerusalem and see the Sydney Opera House.  I want to take a buggy across Prince Edward Island and see the beauty of Canada.  I want to see how the rest of the world lives, to see the universe God created.  Hey, I'd even go to the moon, I'd love to be gravity less!  But, since that's not exactly a possibilty I would settle for parachuting!  I suppose I shall just have to settle for a day and a half in Wisconsin Dells... maybe I can save money and take a bigger trip later.  I wonder, if I saved all my teaching money at $10 a lesson, how many lessons would I have to teach to actually make the trip worthwhile..... at least 300..... maybe I should settle down with a couple of history books....
What is economic fairness??  I'm just curious....

So, I made Steph do something for me

Take some pics of me so I could get a new profile picture.
Which do you like better?

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No official word yet

But after a talk with a symphony member yesterday I have it on good authority that I did not get a spot in the symphony.  I'm still hoping that maybe I made the substitute list.
Yes, I am sad, no I'm not going to stop playing.  I'm a little upset in that I don't think that I was given a fair audition.  I'm going to talk to my teacher about it.  I'll never say anything to the symphony officials about it.  But, maybe that's how auditions go.... we'll see.... otherwise, I'll just keep working, there's always next year.

9/11/2001

Forget?

Never.

The moment I saw the pictures on the television is forever etched in my memory.  And with that memory is the memory of the immediate fear that gripped my soul.  Which was followed by a complete peace that can only come from God.  The world was gripped with terror, but I was not afraid.  Words like war, bombs, hijacking, had little effect on me, whatever was to come couldn't faze me, my God is real.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." 
~ Philippians 4:7

New Look

What do you think??

New background

New profile picture
Yesterday I auditioned for the Dubuque Symphony.  I won't know for a few days whether or not I made it.  Waiting is VERY difficult!!  I played o.k.  they were running behind and I had to wait over an hour past my audition time to actually audition.  They stopped me before I got to the end of my solo, and the best part was coming up :(  Both of the rooms I was in were COLD! I don't play well when I'm cold. My heart was thumping very loudly.  That's all.  I'm kinda in zombi mode.....

Memories

On August 6th my Great Grandma went to be with the Lord. She was 88 years old, and the last of my Great Grandparents.  You see, I am one blessed person.  I, up until 10 years ago, had 4 sets of grandparents.  My dad's parents, my mom parents, and both sets of my mom's grandparents.  Some people never meet their grandparents let alone great grandparents.  I did.  The thing is, when I heard that my grandma had died, I was at work.  I went right back to work, hoping it would keep me from crying and my mind off my grandma.  It worked, kinda.  You see, I didn't cry, but I certainly thought about grandma a lot. In fact, I thought about all my grandparents.  Memories of them came flooding in.  The last time I say each of them.  Special moments we spent together.  I kept remembering the smile my dad's dad gave me only days before he died.

A few days later, I was at my Gr. Grandparents house, going through her things.   They lived by a river, and there was water in the basement earlier this year.  They were still working on cleaning things out and we needed to get it finished.  We laughed and cried, memories abound in that house, they lived there for 45 years.  The house abounds with memories of them.

A few Saturdays ago all the family was supposed to meet at the house, to help clean up and then divvy up possessions.  There were so many things that meant something to one or the other, or all of us. It's amazing how one of the many unique toys they collected would bring back a score a happy memories.

The funny thing about all of it, was that after the fact, it got me to thinking.  Thinking about all the material things that exist in a person's life. The things that, before they are a person's possession, they are meaningless.  But once they become an owned possession they are important.  They become priceless, and to friends and families a door to memory lane.  What things do I own that will someday be a priceless treasure to someone else?  Make the most of today, and treasure the memories of yesterday.

Did you know?

They card you when you buy bottled air?  I've decided that  I don't want to know what they do with it.