That was quick - great news, well done

My happy thought is that YESTERDAY was my son's 7th birthday party with 20 six and seven year olds in the swimming pool. Everyone had fun, nobody cried and best of all - we don't have to do it again for a whole year!!

I've had a happy day pretty much free from recent worries (parents etc). What will be will be with them and it all kicks off tomorrow so today I've awarded myself some 'me time'.

I did lots of work (which I love) and I've ticked a lot of things off my current list so things are progressing That has to be good.

Unfortunately I didn't get any viola time but there's always tomorrow

Singing Mozart's Coronation Mass

Actually I feel incredibly sad but the course at the Brum Conservatoire was very fabby so that counts as a 'happy' (I think).

riding on old buses around the lovely Halifax yesterday it's been a fab weekend

Having a musical week ahead. Tonight I will have flutelesson (hopefully), a little rehersal for some christmas charols on wednesday (should not be a big deal) and first rehearsal with my former pianoteacher for my exam next spring on thursday. I am looking forward to it.

Sounds great! Have a good week x

My happy; it's half term here this week. Got all my teaching on one day tomorrow so some precious days with the kids.
Time for daughter to perfect her grade 2 piano pieces for her exam (!!), me to do some practice too for Friday, and then we are going to go ice skating

Full music week: Monday - chamber choir; Tuesday trial lesson with 'cello teacher; Wednesday - choral society; Thursday trial lesson with another 'cello teacher; Friday collapse in heap; saturday hope to go to Gloucester...

How many pupils do you have now?

10 across all the instruments and theory, with another 3 waiting to start for various reasons. Mostly theory/sightsinging still although 2 waiting to start are violin. After half term I'm going to go into some schools to do a taster with the year 3 classes, hopefully something will come of that too.
5 hours teaching tomorrow now if that could just be every day....

Wow you're building up a practise really quick Any tips apprciated!

From June next year I'm going to be an aunty

Thank you and the same to you. Where are you going to go ice skating in Gib?
I am looking forward very much to the rehearsals. The first one will be with a colleage who plays tenorsax and alto recorder. I don't know nothing about her abilities, but I think it will be fun to just play together.
And I am sooo nervous to play again with my former piano teacher. The last time we did it was in june before the masterclass, and since then my tone changed so much that I am really looking forward to her feedback. Beside that she was sooo lovely on the phone. Asked some things about this exam and the ones coming afterwords and then she said: "OK, but first let us sit grade 7!" And on sunday she is joining me for a concert played by Tine Thing Helseth. That will be fun too.


Sounds great, have a good week!


Congratulations aunty Little Elf, sounds like you are looking forward to it!

We have an ice rink in Gibraltar, and it's only ?1.50 a session during the day!!

I already had some of my students before I dropped the day job. The others are slow coming. Generally by talking to people!! And some I'm bartering lessons with too LOL

Tenor viol sounds like my week last week!

Sorry to hear that you're sad, Cyrilla. Coming 3rd in the Member of the Year category isn't the end of the world, you know! Seriously, hope things look better today.


Lovely news - I can recommend it!

Congratulations Little Elf!

and hope you're feeling cheerier now, Cyrilla

Of course she is - EIGHT NEW PAWS arriving at Cyrilla House tomorrow!!



Bag x

Oh yessssss!!!!!!!! Of course! Eight new paws and much purring

...and furballs, wee in shoes, general destruction of new furniture etc....

Auntie-Bag x

*makes note to not take shoes off in Cyrilla Towers*

A pupil who had practiced really hard in the holidays! Not a usual good practiser so I'm so pleased as her progress was obvious! She's done her Gr 2 clarinet and she's beginning to learning some higher clarinet notes and we hadn't managed to get a C in the lessons and today we got a C, a c sharp and a D!

Being asked by a year 6 child I've previously worked with in my capacity as a Volunteer Reading Helper "Why can't I work with you? You're awesome!"

Getting a job offer by email this afternoon, after nearly nine months out of work, and looking forward to signing on for (hopefully) the last time on Friday.

Happy to bed? Very!

P4

NO idea why my response caused QUITE such mirth but... Phew! Realised I could so easily SERIOUSLY have put my foot in it...

I can now happily dye my hair the rest of my life without having to worry about getting pregnant and having to put up with grey hairs for months, as of 10 days ago. Posting on here has been desultory as post-op recovery is bit of a roller coaster... so I thought I'd take a look in here for cheering up...

(by the way MY own very grey-haired (and proudly undyed) sister had bit of a shock last year... 45 years old, always declared she never wanted any kids, was utterly gobsmacked to find herself pregnant. She'd actually gone to her GP half thinking it might be menopause! ... now difficult getting her off the subject of her daughter Makes up for aunty katica making a complete bog of it as far as having kids is concerned...)

Delighted by lots of nice news - very glad that parent-care calvary has had some bright spots for lottie and tonedeafmum, Little Elf is joining the happy band of aunts, pianoeater's audition success (where will you be going to, pianoeater), mel2's wolf whistles, principal4's job offer and other general cheeriness.

Hope Cyrilla was thoroughly cheered up by Bag-invasion and not minding smelly-sounding consequences...

Congratulations! Hope the new job turns out to be just right for you.

A very good judge of character, that year 6 child...

It's November 1st. A new page on my 'Where's Wally' calendar. And I found him in 5 seconds

Why does this not surprise me at all? You would make an awesome wheres wally actually, it should be your costume for next halloween!!

Both of these posts made me laugh.

Lots.

Me too.

I got a new high score in solitaire! Now I'm seriously addicted (its always "just one more game") and its getting harder to get to the piano.

Singing Victoria.

Collecting my two new pussycats!!!

Woo! Looking forward to seeing the pair of them!

Well, they are certainly both 'characters' . I think I've been bounced on and off all night...

enjoy them x

Lovely news Cyrilla - what lovely little friends your cats will be

Aw!!! They like you!!!

My cat doesn't like me and just sees me as a food dispenser! I just came home from school run to find this said cat cuddled up to my son. I walk in, she comes over to me and starts biting me, wanting food. She cuddles up to waiting parents when I'm teaching but NEVER sits on my lap! I think I've gone off cats!

My dad had 2 cats once and one of the cats slept on his bed most nights, however when said cat saw me it would run away or demand to be let out, so it could run away. My dad once picked up the cat to try and get her to stop running away from me and she promtly started scratching him to make him put her down and let her out.

Good to hear they are 'characters'. Have a good time with them. I hope they will love to entertain you. And take care of your hands.

A clean filter in the vacuum cleaner - it now sucks!

W

*tries, and fails, to think of a funny comment about kids believing that 'it now sucks' = 'it's now not very good'*

W

Yes, willobie, I know you're up with the young posse

My Chopin Valse has got much better

A pupil just auditioned for a grant for a new clarinet and the grant givers really liked her, told her she should be thinking about going to a conservatoire and that she was getting the most out of her instrument and definitely needed a new one!

She has just had an hour's lesson with me- so her mouth is probably dead now!