Wednesdays Wanderings

Recital plans continue. I met on Monday night with my two fellow organists who have consented to help and it was decided May was much too soon and so I am now trying to choose a date in August. I have to avoid "Musical Mondays", "First Friday", Wednesday nights because of prayer meeting, Thursday "music in the park" and it has to be before the 14th as two of our musicians will be leaving town. That basically leaves Saturday the 2nd, Tuesday the 5th and 12th and Friday the 8th which might not work for my Hubby. UGH! I didn't realize this was going to be so complicated! When it was just my Mentor and I, it was so simple...only two schedules to work around. After the date is chosen then I'll be stressing over the music and putting the program together.

I have had so much on my mind this week that I just look at my 'To do' list and thumb my nose at it! I've decided to just try to manage only the most urgent things this week and try to get back to my projects on Monday.

Daughter #2 told me that Daughter #1 and her Hubby are not going to be able to make it for Easter this year, but Daughter #1 hasn't contacted me personally. Hmmm...

I thought I'd share a couple of things from the internet I found interesting this week:

The Little Turquoise House is small, so I have a difficult time imagining myself living in a house like this. Maybe if it were just me, but then again, there is no room for a piano. Could you live with so little and in such a small space?

I subscribe to a feed called Non-Consumer Advocate. I don't agree with everything they promote, but they do have some good ideas on saving money. Since I love antiques and things of the past, I found this article about a woman who lives as though she were in the 1930's very interesting and the pictures rather amazing. She says the only modern things she owns are her laptop because she needs it for work and a refrigerator because she hasn't found an ice-box that works well and because no one delivers ice anymore. Part of me wouldn't mind doing this, but I don't think I could take it to that extreme. What decade would you choose? I'm partial to the 1950's.

Have you seen this 80 year old woman dance??? I wanted to embed the video but I couldn't get it to work. WOW! I don't know about you, but I find her inspiring. Not only is what she does amazing, but she has such a graciousness and elegance about her...a true lady. I love the reaction of the judges - especially Simon.

Well, time to get some lunch and head over to the church for practice time. I'll be focusing on Easter music today. I won't be playing the offertory on Sunday, I'll just be responsible for the prelude, hymns and postlude. I do want to do a good job on the hymns though and I hope we get to sing some roof raisers!