I had a wonderful weekend. Saturday was the fourteenth annual Gwinnett County Music Teachers Association Piano Ensemble Concert. I was at rehearsal from 8:45AM until 1:45PM, home just long enough to change clothes, and back at the venue at 3:30 for the 4:00 concert. Only three of my students participated this year, but they did me proud. I enjoyed playing the teacher piece, a duet arrangement of Moszkowski's Opus 74, No. 2 Kaleidoscope arranged by Weekley & Arganbright. The concert was not recorded and my camera battery was dead so I wasn't able to take any pictures. But I will always remember.
My neighborhood Borders Books went out of business several weeks ago, but on my way home from the concert I stopped at another location and I treated myself to a frozen cinnamon vanilla twist latte (delicious!) and three new books: To Kill A Mockingbird (our first online book club selection - have you started reading yet?) Bossypants by Tina Fey, and Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - whose name I couldn't recall once I got to the bookstore, so I pulled up Tami Brothers' Blog on my iPhone and scrolled through some of her book reviews until I found it. If you love reading romance and have never visited Tami's site, you really should!
This morning, I added 1746 words to my novel revision for a total of 4,414. Since I was busy all day yesterday with the concert, I am giving myself until Wednesday's ROW80 check-in to meet my goal of 10,000 words for the week.
I also did some beading. I finished a leather macrame bracelet and a resin domino pendant; I made a Czech glass necklace and matching earrings; and I made five pairs of earrings made from Swarovski rivoli beads.
I need to photograph everything and get the listings up on my Etsy site, one item per day. I also had a request for ankle bracelets, so I am looking forward to experimenting with a few of those.
Dinner was baked talapia, roasted red potatoes and onions, and steamed asparagus. I was hoping to make some muffins for tomorrow morning's breakfast, but my time and energy have run out. As soon as I get this posted, I am going to spend a few minutes with Harper Lee and then hit the hay. I have 15 piano students tomorrow, and I intend to get in a couple of hours of writing before my teaching day begins, so a good night's sleep is imperative!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend - and after all those April showers, I bet we are in for some spectacular May flowers!
My neighborhood Borders Books went out of business several weeks ago, but on my way home from the concert I stopped at another location and I treated myself to a frozen cinnamon vanilla twist latte (delicious!) and three new books: To Kill A Mockingbird (our first online book club selection - have you started reading yet?) Bossypants by Tina Fey, and Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - whose name I couldn't recall once I got to the bookstore, so I pulled up Tami Brothers' Blog on my iPhone and scrolled through some of her book reviews until I found it. If you love reading romance and have never visited Tami's site, you really should!
This morning, I added 1746 words to my novel revision for a total of 4,414. Since I was busy all day yesterday with the concert, I am giving myself until Wednesday's ROW80 check-in to meet my goal of 10,000 words for the week.
I also did some beading. I finished a leather macrame bracelet and a resin domino pendant; I made a Czech glass necklace and matching earrings; and I made five pairs of earrings made from Swarovski rivoli beads.
This color is my favorite.
I need to photograph everything and get the listings up on my Etsy site, one item per day. I also had a request for ankle bracelets, so I am looking forward to experimenting with a few of those.
Dinner was baked talapia, roasted red potatoes and onions, and steamed asparagus. I was hoping to make some muffins for tomorrow morning's breakfast, but my time and energy have run out. As soon as I get this posted, I am going to spend a few minutes with Harper Lee and then hit the hay. I have 15 piano students tomorrow, and I intend to get in a couple of hours of writing before my teaching day begins, so a good night's sleep is imperative!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend - and after all those April showers, I bet we are in for some spectacular May flowers!
6 comments:
Good job getting all those words down, even with your busy weekend! I hope you enjoy Bossypants; I'm dying to read it! Happy writing this week! :D
Thanks, Claire! I can't wait to get started. But first, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD!
Congrats on the concert, Pam! Three is a wonderful number. Better than 0 .
Thanks a ton for the shout out. I hope you enjoy the story. Jill Shalvis is one of my very favorite authors and an automatic buy for me.
I can't wait to see those earings. Love the color of those beads.
Keep on writing, girl.
Tami
A good weekend all around! I remember May Day too and a Jewish friend said this year, it was also Holocaust Rememberance Day.
All that, tilapia and new books. Life is good. Here's hoping it will continue!
Thanks for stopping by, Tami! I didn't mean to sound like I was complaining about having only three students participate in the ensemble concert this year; it's just that in the past I have had twenty-something, and I spend a lot of hours preparing for this event. But like I said, I was very proud of my three, and I had a great time performing, as well. I can't wait to get started on "Simply Irresistible" - just as soon as I finish "To Kill A Mockingbird." And I will try to get those earrings on my Etsy site tomorrow. I took pictures today - they turned out great!
Holocaust Remembrance Day - I had no idea. Here's to life!
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