I'm back in York!

It's my four- years forum anniversary today

Congrats - but I think it's five years!

Talking to my daughter this morning and listening to my granddaughter gurgling in the background

Thanks ! Yes ! that's scary - one that it's five years and two that I can't count.

How lovely!!!!!


Not having to de-ice my car this morning.....

A big frothy cappuccino

yes I am a lucky guy.

I know what you mean about the car. I watched my neighbour chucking some hot water over his windscreen the other day. I thought doing that would shatter the windscreen, but it didn’t. I don’t think I will try it.

I thought I wouldn't have enough music for the woodwind ensemble to play on the open nights this week, but as it happens, I have plenty! One less thing to worry about...

I have a hanging basket by my front door, at the moment it has lots of pansies in it.
When it has been cold overnight, the pansies have flopped down but then got back upright during the daytime.
But for the last week, with it being cold all day, the poor pansies have just been flopped the whole time. I thought they must have got so cold that they were done for.

And I left the house this morning, and they were all perked up again! Which made me smile to have some colourful flowers back. I'll water them when I get home, now I know it's not going to freeze in to a solid block overnight!

My husband does this every time his car gets iced up and (so far - but we are talking decades!) it's never shattered the windscreen. Yet I still refuse to do it to my own windscreen, as I feel it ought to shatter it! Is this just me refusing to learn from experience?

I've finished my accounts and sent them off to the accountant.

haha I know what you mean, I dont think I would do it either

Well done with the accounts andante

NO EXAMS!

my beloved uncle is going to get me a new lap-top and he's paying.

The Chilli Pipers... and a Willow Tree figure.

I think you'll find windscreens are made from pretty tough glass!

Today I finished off dozens of boring old chores so tomorrow I can start a new project of work and I'm really excited

(I also feel a great sense of achievement from thoroughly cleaning my oven this morning )

Oh, oh oh and then I had a GREAT practice session with my violin and continued knitting my sock this evening so I'm really happy now...

A commission to sketch a pub so that they can hang it on the wall inside in case the locals forget what the outside looks like.

Ditto .

Having my first piano lesson in 3 months.

Sounds as if your energy levels are back to normal then - anyone who can face cleaning an oven must be very fit! Pleased to hear you're feeling so well.

I know, but knowing my luck I would have the one that gets broken lol

Oh it's a horrible job isn't it!
And not because my oven is that dirty, because it wasn't really, but because of the fumes from the oven cleaning stuff/spray/foamy gunk bleaughghghghg

The reason I was cleaning a relatively clean oven is that we've just bought one of those combination microwave/convection ovens and we won't be using the 'big' oven now. There's only two of us so the 'little' oven will be enough.

And it's the first time in ten years that we've had a microwave... we've forgotton how to use it!

(okay I'll stop going on about ovens now )

What's made me happy today is that I don't have to clean my oven.....

A mug of really good tea.

Not today but at music club a few days ago. One little lad was trying to work out the correct rhythms to fit Polar Bear. He placed three crotchets down. His friend who was a year younger at six years old replaced them with two quavers and a crotchet and said to him "Get real, Mate!" That kept me amused for the rest of the day.

Yesterday really but I'm still happy today

- My clarinet teacher telling me that I'm not as far off thinking about G5 as I thought I was (although I can't say I'm in much of a hurry )

- A fantastic opportunity being offered to a friend!

Grade 5, and I have only just managed to make a noise out of mine lol
I am following Abracadabra, tune one EASY and two EARWIG CRUNCH very catchy

Would he like an adopted niece?

Nothing so far today, but hey, it's still early...

Two more exams out my way now! 6 down, 3 to go!

I've just been shopping online ...

I've bought a new pair of brand new Crocs (£12 from ebay)

A new bridge for my violin as requested by my teacher (from someone that doesn't charge postage because it was making me mad that some companies were trying to charge £2+ to post a tiny little violin bridge )

Some new canvas and paint for my next commissions (yippee)

It makes me very happy I didn't have to drive anywhere for the things I needed because it's throwing rain outside and the city is over 40 miles away....

Lots of happy smiley people at rehearsal just...put me in a good mood I guess

The fact that I played a flute note and it lasted over 25 seconds.

I think I can't count

Happy that there's some different/interesting news tonight (the NY Hudson River Airbus incident) ...and much much happier still that everyone survived, with no real injuries at all- amazing, hooray!

That really is amazing- the pilot is being hailed as a hero.

Quite rightly he is. But precious few people are mentioning the co-pilot, who should be given just as much credit!

There, I've given him a public shout! So that's made me happy (along with some of my code having done the magic "leave it overnight and it might work in the morning" thing)

Finally received my exam dates today! Grade 3 Singing on 16/2, Grade 6 Piano on 27/2.

I am glad I have at least a month to the actual dates. Should be easier to book venue trials this time round.

And my ex-colleague has agreed to be my accompanist! It is her first time too, so we are both excited

Absolutely! Hear hear!

7 DOWN, 2 TO GO!

Feeling I have achieved some stuff today.

I forgot to mention this.

I know i'm going to sound like a freak, but, my grandad was there in spirit today with me in my Spanish speaking exam. I know he was. I could feel him there next to me and when I was getting lost with words, he have me the words I needed. Thank you grandad, i'll always love you x

That's lovely...I feel my dad around me sometimes, and he passed away in 1983. Good luck for the rest of your exams! x

Thanks DaisyChain. My grandad passed away 51 weeks ago today x

*hugs* to heslop1

*hugs Heslop01*

some good news for a friend has cheered me up a lot after a long day of waiting and worrying about it

A Council Tax rebate!

Thanks everyone.

Lets keep !

Youngest son has agreed to play a little solo at his teacher's student concert (trumpet) *is very proud*

Some friends who were more supportive than I thought they were going to be not that they're not supportive, they're fab, just, that it made me smile when they were more supportive than I was expecting

A really good jazz class. The right combination of playing stuff we were comfortable with and being pushed to do new things. I feel as though I've learnt something today.