My maths exam went OK

Well I think it did, anyway. It hasn't been marked yet :S

!

Sitting in a quiet country pub with Alpha Male Jazz Cat gazing into each other's eyes in manner of teenagers instead of the aging rock cats we are.... (that's him on the left)....

Feel a bit sad now I'm home again....but he writ me a toon which I am just about to attempt to decipher and plop into Sibelius.....(anything to delay having to actually try to play it!).

gah....sigh...wuvved up Bag x

I'm thrilled today because I've just got Sibelius!!! I've been messing around with the demo version for the last week or so, playing my theory exam melody-writing exercises on it to see what they sound like and it's been brilliant! Can't wait to get started on it properly!

Well done skyers!!

I am happy..it's Beethoven week on radio 3!!!!

*And in a moment on Classic fm, they will be playing the complete "Emperor"! *

Thanks for letting me know about Radio 3, skyers!

Leicester City Football Club

Awww....sweet....

Finally finishing an essay that I was beginning to think was completely impossible. (The happiness coming primarily from the fact that it's now over and I can stop spending time writing it, thinking about it and feeling guilty about spending time on other things when I should be doing it, rather than from the essay itself in any way.)

T.

something strange has happened to my left wrist (caused by probably a bit too much piano playing yesterday). Its a bit odd because it feels vaguely sprained BUT i can all of a sudden play staccato scales/fast hanon etc in my left hand as well as in my right without it feeling at all tired or uncomfortable like it did before.

I've come to the conclusion that it must have been slightly dislocated or something similar for the last few years, because i can't think of any other reason for things to so suddenly click into place. And come to think of it, i did always think it was a bit wonkier than my right, but i can't notice the difference now

oops, i seem to have gone on a bit I'm just really happy

Having had a full day off! Mondays are (supposedly) my day off, and I always get some work come in. But today, no!

Finding the book I wanted to buy in Heffers.

Yay! I love getting shiny new books

Getting given a frying pan...(!!!)

Coming back from Tesco's - one of my least favourite times of the week, so it's great to think I don't have to go again for a whole week!

On the other hand, I know I should feel grateful for the ease of buying so many different foods from all around the world in one fairly hassle-free shopping trip, but one so easily takes it all for granted. Have you ever stopped to say a silent thank you to all the people involved in milking cows, picking vegetables, driving lorries, preparing foods etc, just so that you can have a varied diet?

yes - and the guy who drives the ocado van !

Charlton beat one of their promotion rivals

Learning 2 folk pieces off by heart in 10 minutes instead of doing my essay

Singing We were really making a good sound at choir tonight and I just love it

meeting a friend unexpectedly on the bus

Trying on some new clothes.

Going shopping today for something incredibly special and very exciting

getting an early morning email from a good friend...

A concert by an RAF band, including a Michael Bublé look/sound-alike
One of those violin lessons where you can't play a thing but just end up laughing about it...
Knowing that January is just about over!

Had a good day with a good friend helping me layer a patchwork quilt up ready to quilt.
bev.

Getting an order from a customer I thought I had lost to my competitor

Thinking I was badly off from PE yesterday with rather painful calf muscles, then I went in to Music, where my friend announced to me "Oh my legs hurt, my bottom hurts, my back hurts, my arms hurt, Anna I'm just dying !" Drama queen...

Getting a rather sweet and caring email from my music teacher asking how I was because I'd been really depressed last time she saw me and had been off for over a week since. It made me smile to realise that I give so much to the school music department that they really miss me when I'm not there.

One of my pupils FINALLY mastered tonguing yesterday. She's a clever 12 year old beginner and we had sort of been marking time (in her eyes) as she had to improve her tonguing and embouchure and yesterday she learned a new note and was really excited! It was bottom E (on clarinet) and she said "My Dad will love this note"..... followed by "My Dad will love this piece " (loads of lovely low notes which we were playing LOUDLY) and she continued "I'm going to play this to my dad when I get home".
She was the last pupil of the day and that made my day!!

nothing yet... still hoping for it to arrive

Does anyone ever master tonguing? My son is doing his DipABRSM in July, but still has to work on tonguing, and even his teacher, who plays freelance with some top orchestras, says it's an area she needs to improve in her own playing.

Still, I take your point - it's great when there's a sudden improvement in a basic musical skill like tonguing.

A brand new shiny mp3 player that's double the size of my old one

At last I have portable music again

It's FRIDAY!! need i say more...

Yesterday - Cooking for my mum's birthday
Today - Baking a cake

Well, they say simple things...

sounds good Miss R [don't knock the simple things]


for me: the sunshine and the venue for the AL concert, the friendly people...
a good day

Winning our church crossword competition........but there were only two entries!!

Having a lie in until 11.30am - disgraceful but great!

Also hearing from my now moved away sax teacher that she will pursue the teaching diploma with me (for piano,ie) long distance - that could be a separate thread !

Nothing much...


I re-headed my teaching kit, but it still sounds awful, and I've done some failed piano practice...

1. Desperate Housewives - got the second series DVD's and started watching.
2. French TV are starting season 10 of "Inspector Barnaby" next week.

Ex-pat withdrawal symptoms over for the moment. Even got Marmite and Chivers Jelly in the local EcoMarché!

A full two hours or practice both today and yesterday

No schoolwork to be rushed this evening, unlike most Sunday evenings

Saturday: Going to SRP and playing music and thinking 'I really enjoy this' and deciding that I really must do it more often (play, practice, make noise!)

Sunday: All 13 items I had on eBay selling And a couple for pleasantly suprising prices.

Monday: Doing 15 mins of exercise this morning (my first step up from previous 10 mins each morning). And the silly jokes in Amber's 'weird foot thing' thread Hey, I'm work, I take my happiness where I can find it.

a long msn chat, in difficult times, with a very dear friend

I've just had my first cup of coffee in what is going to be a loooonnnng but interesting day.....

Going to england in 4 days to see my boyfriend after not seeing each other for 4 months.

(I'm on my year abroad)

Thinking about Freddy Kempff Goldberg recital tonight.
Oh and winning £10 from a Headingley colleague 'cos my local team Tranmere Rovers won at Leeds on Saturday.
Mind you its was just revenge as Leeds won at Tranmere first match of the season by the same score 0-2, and she took £10 off me then !

a talk on the phone this time with my bestest ever friend... missed my bus... but it was worth it!

Having coffee with a friend I haven't seen for ages. Didn't do what I was going to do (clean house/iron) but it was a nice surprise and worth it!!!

getting to the end of the morning !

my gcse students, some of whom I haven't seen since last term (work experience, exams) were busy today ---

with college interviews.

Yes- they'll need their gcse s presumably to get into college.

TGI pm.

: )

I can have a lie-in tomorrow morning

Not a great deal (yet another of those days) - but I did hear on the radio this morning that Swindon is the most horrible town in the UK.

That made me laugh - it's true.

My friend - "You're the little voice in my head that tells me to think before I speak."

Don't know when I became such a good role model

Seems a bit scary being in someone else's head

Thinking again about last nights Bach recital in Leeds by Freddy Kempf.
We got the Partita No 6 and the Busoni Chaconne arrangement in the first half., then the complete Goldberg Variations , almost an hour in the second half. Absoultely brilliant. And all from memory.
I cant remember when I enjoyed a concert more .