posting at September's end

"It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown...that's the way that the world goes round"

Guess that sums up my life these days lol. Panic attack after panic attack over the minor details of all the things that I have in the works. I'm seriously needing a mental vacation from work today so I thought the blog might be a terrific way to start that. Here's a pic from the car wash real quick......

Back in late August, Tanner was with me at school one evening and met Mrs. Leese, my piano accompanist (aka my best friend in the world right now). She was completely charmed by him and she told me she wanted to give him a "scholarship" to her studio and teach him piano lessons. We jumped on that for sure. She has been teaching piano 50 years and she's a sought after teacher by all so he is very lucky to get in with her as a teacher, MUCH LESS on a scholarship. So far he's been doing very well. I know the 2 of them have a good time together, I can hear them joking and laughing from the other room.

I gotta back track over 2 weeks here to think of what all we've done. But we got to go to Brooke's birthday gathering last week which was fun. Her grandma Nancy and her Aunt Judy were there to visit. I have not seen them since way back and that had not seen any weight I had lost yet. So they were commenting a lot on how great I look, etc. I haven't heard that in a LONG time so I enjoyed it lol. Nevermind that I've gained back around 20 pounds in the last several months lol.

Band is still going well, gonna be playing somewhere soon.

A couple of weeks ago our kitchen sink stopped up. We tried messing with it here and there, running a snake. Running another snake. Using all kinds of stuff any time we had the chance to fool with it. But nothing worked. Couldn't find anyone who knew to do anything that we hadn't already done. So we figured we were going to have to call a plumber. And I was broke until the 30th. So we sat like that for about 3 weeks I guess lol. The sink would drain, but VERY slowly. Over hours. So I guess it wasn't as bad as it may sound. But it was still bad. Then last weekend Rusty's dad called and offered to come help him take a look at the pipes in the backyard. As in dig them up. Bless his soul. That was a heck of a job. But it was indeed where the problem was. It was SO clogged up that Rusty and his dad just decided to cut it out and replace it rather than try to unclog it. The clog was several feet deep on the inside, and it was big chunks of white powder with maybe some grease and stuff. The more I looked at it, the more I was convinced it was the powdered Cascade I use in the dishwasher. Incredible. Since then Rusty has said that guys at work told him that they've seen that before, Cascade will do that and you should use liquid dishwasher soap instead. So - now we do!!!!




I finally got the DSL and phone line ordered. The modem and all came in today but I just don't have time yet to mess with it. I hope I get to it this weekend.

I guess most anything else I have to say about anything I've been doing is all work related. Because I haven't done ANYTHING but work. And I've come to notice that no one really wants to hear about all that lol. The "week off" we are getting in October - well, I'm already planning rehearsals for that week. There is SO much to do for that Madrigal Dinner and we just aren't moving fast enough. We just finished up a cookie dough fundraiser and made only about half as much as I had hoped. But it's still something. So now I need to find probably two more fundraisers to do in October. 24 kids still have not brought in their choir fees. And I had to give up $400 to put a deposit on the musical we're doing in the spring. It's just money money money all the time. I need about $1500 more dollars to complete the concert wear order. I just keep going forward as if it's going to happen. Like, if I believe it will it will or something lol. Guess that's all we can do.

And I guess this is my post this week. Halloween's a comin'. Thank goodness, I like Halloween.