At home on the prairie
Yup, I'm home on the Illinois prairie for Christmas this year. I left Virginia early last Saturday morning, and drove all day...alone with nothing but my car and music to keep me company..sniff. Okay, so it really wasn't that bad. No bad roads like last year, and I managed to get here in 10 and a half hours. (It would have been 10 if I hadn't decided to stop at the very busy Champaign walmart.) I know, I have a bit of a bad lead foot going on.
It's been fun and busy here. The Sunday after I arrived we were gone all day with various services and the like. Monday, and Tuesday I don't remember...oh yes I do sort of. Monday night I took all of "my girls" to see Pride and Prejudice. It was fun. My poor brother decided to go with us. He did have the option to go see Narnia, but I think he wanted to humor me. Funny, he laughed louder than anyone in the theater.
Wednesday I was given my flute parts for the songs we were doing that night at a rehersal for the Bellflower community service. I think the flute parts came out okay. I fudged and slurred my way through some of the difficult passages.
I'm hoping to take some pictures of the program and post here to give you all a taste of it. The Bellflower Community Christmas service is really a taste of the grandness of small town life. This program has been going on for 80 some years I think. Every year on Christmas Eve the town puts on a play about Christmas. It's been so fun to go each year and see the kids I once knew as kids, starting families, school, etc. My family always goes, and then we come home and eat sweets, and watch It's a Wonderful Life. Gotta love traditions.
This year we are doing just about all of the music for the program. Two sisters on Violin, one on Cello, mom on piano and me on flute. It's really pretty even if I do say so myself.
Oh, and my lands is it ever cold!! Last night when we got back it was 9 degrees!
Today, I have cooked and cooked some more. Actually it's been a lot of baking, too. It's been a fun, busy day to say the least.
Anyhow, there's an update on my life.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.
Tata.
It's been fun and busy here. The Sunday after I arrived we were gone all day with various services and the like. Monday, and Tuesday I don't remember...oh yes I do sort of. Monday night I took all of "my girls" to see Pride and Prejudice. It was fun. My poor brother decided to go with us. He did have the option to go see Narnia, but I think he wanted to humor me. Funny, he laughed louder than anyone in the theater.
Wednesday I was given my flute parts for the songs we were doing that night at a rehersal for the Bellflower community service. I think the flute parts came out okay. I fudged and slurred my way through some of the difficult passages.
I'm hoping to take some pictures of the program and post here to give you all a taste of it. The Bellflower Community Christmas service is really a taste of the grandness of small town life. This program has been going on for 80 some years I think. Every year on Christmas Eve the town puts on a play about Christmas. It's been so fun to go each year and see the kids I once knew as kids, starting families, school, etc. My family always goes, and then we come home and eat sweets, and watch It's a Wonderful Life. Gotta love traditions.
This year we are doing just about all of the music for the program. Two sisters on Violin, one on Cello, mom on piano and me on flute. It's really pretty even if I do say so myself.
Oh, and my lands is it ever cold!! Last night when we got back it was 9 degrees!
Today, I have cooked and cooked some more. Actually it's been a lot of baking, too. It's been a fun, busy day to say the least.
Anyhow, there's an update on my life.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.
Tata.
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