keep a note of that while we seek out the other 40,000s

back again!!

now wondering ....

interesting

I should really do some homework...or I could play the piano for a bit...hmm

Play the piano is a better option

I went to Cambridge yesterday.

I didn't go to Brian Jordan, as I can't leave that shop without music in my hand, and I need to play some of the music I have rather than buy more.

I did browse in Miller's, a shop that is usually busy enough that I don't feel any guilt if I leave without a purchase. Nothing too exciting there.

Yet somehow I managed to come out with Musicianship in Practice Vol 1. G1-3.

These fun thoughts about G1 Prac Mus are all back again :eep:

(I just can't wait to take the day off work. People ask me why I take the day off, or 'are you doing anything nice?' - when I have OU exams I don't usually say, but it makes me smile to myself inside when I know I'm doing something completely insane [by their standards] with my day off!)

Today I had beetroot and parsnip soup flavoured with horseradish and ginger

Sounds as if you had a visit from Gert!

I love beetroot. I can buy locally grown organic ones too with the most glorious flavour.

Roasted in a dab of olive oil, or shredded in salad.

I worry about turning pink at this time of year

I did think of Gert when I was eating it!

My last Early Music Shop carrier bag has just given up.
I got one in July 07 when I bought my treble. I then got another one in Nov 07 at the early music festival. One went in to service as 'the carrier bag that lives in my handbag', the other became my work-clothes bag for when cycling to/from work.
And now they have both given up

I suspect that means I need to go shopping

(In case you are interested, the carrier in my handbag is now Lindisfarne Mead, and my cycling bag is appropriately Ben Hayward Cycles [Cambridge]. I went through our drawer of nice carriers, and they were the best I could find...)

A HUGE spider just landed on the wall beside my desk. I screamed slightly and a male came running to help me.

(Shame he lost the spider and the thing is probably still lurking under one of my books, waiting to pounce.)

The good news is it's nearly time for Greenwich again......

http://www.earlymusicshop.com/exhib/exstart.html


So you'll be able to get a replacement.....

Flossie, that is what men are for

and far be it from me to suggest that it was a tactic to "lose" the spider in the hope that he'd be called back again

Call for Merlin another time - he could turn the spider into a.... erm, well whatever you want!

Good job you're surrounded by them...

I'm not! And none of them are as nice as you.

Right on cue

Can't go this year (clashes with Eccles and the sax day)

Do buy extra recorders for yourselves to make up for the fact I won't be buying any

Hmm, I have just booked the Friday off work. Don't know whether or not I'm actually going to go, the problem will be going and not doing any impulse-purchasing. Still, maybe I could get a bit of music...or a book...or a sopranino to fill in the blatant gap in my collection...or play with a great bass...
I suspect I probably will go, if only to get a new carrier bag

I just had another spider incident, in the kitchen this time. I really need Merlin! *tries to regain composure*

We watched the second Harry Potter film this evening - the one with the enormous spider. I think I'll be having nightmares tonight!!

Don't know what to do!!

I'm scared to go to bed because of the enormous spiders we hve here at the minute.

Can my webmail account please allow me access before I have to go out?

Have also found my MSN is very broken too

Ouch! Hope you get sorted soon, B-C


My random thoughts for the day: why do heels get stuck in the most unlikely places all the time??

MSN/hotmail has just come back. Just in time to see me leave for work...

It is said that if a bird leaves you a little message, it's lucky.

Wasn't exactly thinking that last night, when I was cleaning my coat...

oh bad luck

(that came out as 'cluck' first try haha).

Hope all goes well tonight. Sorry I can't be there - we have a family ordination this weekend.

Please give my best wishes to all.

Will do MM - thank you!

I've just been sent the Cambridge application 'Questionnaire'. Its come with a 4Mb pdf file on how to fill it in

I'm so nervous, and don't have any bananas to hand! Will kalms do, do you suppose?

Why do I always feel like playing the violin when it gets to this time?...

Play, play, play!

petrat is less than 100 posts from becoming a Maestro.

almost time to find a virtual celebratory cake

Just seen this. I'll spend my virtual winnings after my musical horses have won on a party. I think that Addy is to blame for many of them although I do pen a few wise words on odd occasions.

just wondering

Is annoyed how his college is so ###### when it comes to extra things to do with maths that allow you get into university that lots of other places offer for their students!

rudeness of some folk!!
maybe they are on a mission

My mum has just rung..my youngest neice has been taken to hospital. She has had a blood clot in her leg that has gone to her lungs.

Can this year get any worse????

I'm so sorry Daisy. She sounds very young to be getting a blood clot, hope you get good news tomorrow

Oh Daisy Chain - so sorry to hear this.


Thinking of you and your family. x

*hugs* to DC and her niece

At least she is in the right place, and hopefully they will disperse the clot before it does too much damage. Years can always get worse, but I hope yours shows an upturn very soon.

I'm really sorry DC, I hope your niece is ok. It's good they've caught it though. Things can only get better.

Oh DC, sorry to hear that thinking of you, your niece and the rest of your family.

Thanks very much everyone. My niece has had a comfortable night and more tests will be carried out this morning. Thanks to those who have PM'd too. The hugs are very welcome! (She is 24, skylark).

My step dad is now waiting for an ambulance as he is poorly with his prostate cancer.

Hey ho.

*Barry...I need half a dozen (at least!) of your jokes please!*