A lovely picture from a 7 year old pupil, of my dog beside the piano.

It's so cute... the dog is bigger than the piano

It's now hanging proudly on the wall

Would love to. But Wednesday is a heavy teaching evening for me, so it'd have to be a day when pupils are missing...

The pic is hanging next to all the other versions of Holly I now have.

Sausage dogs seem to inspire amusing artwork

I know...never mind...

Cyrilla's Kodaly class (technically yesterday but still earlier this evening) when we sang some songs, practised some modes and had some fun

Playing Bach at 5 o'clock in the morning. :-)

Doing 2km on the cross-trainer this morning. It's only my 5th go on it, and I'm only doing 10mins at a time at the moment (first thing in the morning when I get up!) but it's an achievement for me. And I find that doing something that can be described as 'looking after myself' always makes me feel really happy

I've discovered that my new clarinet does fit in my old case after all Which makes me very happy because the new case is twice the size and half the convenience of the old case!

Oh, and having the G4 theory terms posted and so I could add them to my spreadsheet It turns out I can remember almost all of G1-3, so now having the G4 (+5) challenge gives me something to do because work is so boring at the moment (there's nothing to do, but I still have to sit here looking busy!) [It has three columns - grade, term and definition. I hide the column with the definition in, and then write in the next column what I think the term is; which I can then compare to the actual definition]

Happy they've been useful!

happy-making: i have a tuxedo t-shirt that i painted and it actually looks good!
the electricity only went out for five minutes, not 2 hours. yippee!

I was going to put this too!

It was a really, really fab session - made some gorgeous music and we thought we sounded so good we even considered going out busking...*tee hee*

We had a LOT of laughs, too.

So lots of endorphins released and the result was six very happy bunnies !

This is my day...

I have the morning off college for 'study leave' - more like sleep/internet/piano leave.

An exam I'm well prepared for in the afternoon, which shouldn't be too bad.

Sit around for a bit at college till the end of the day, then go to recorder lesson.

Having not had any lessons, I won't have any hwk over the weekend = lots of music time

Yeah, well anyway, I'm quite happy today

possibly sax lesson in sight at last!

but it's sunday early evening...
and at least 2 1/2 hours away...

Getting up early for the adult pupils. Early enough not to be in the usual flap, and able to eat a proper breakfast (instead of cereal bars scoffed while trying to tidy the teaching room)

Musical activities seem to put people in a good mood, judging from everyone's posts

For me it was a call (albeit a short one about nothing that really mattered) from someone I cared about. Really cheered me up and I needed that.

Well, in my case, it not so much the musical activites themselves as the being able to practice, or just play around, whenever I feel like it, however I feel like it. This is quite a novelty to me, so I'm getting a real kick out of it. :-)

Wednesday eve, I played a bunch of stuff to my mom over the phone. And then there's been all the practicing in PJs, playing in the middle of the night, doing odd 10 minutes here and there through the day - sure, I love playing, but doing these things reminds me that I can now play whenever I want to and that makes me /very/ happy.

I guess what's making me happy is having the freedom to integrate practice into the rest of my life instead of it being a logistical nightmare.

T.

Then its probably the lack of them today that is making me grumpy. Sorry body won't let me sing today and I want to. Singing makes me happy. I felt happier when some really gentle pilates stretches started to get thing moving, and I managed some gentle humming, but I know when not to push things.

It's Friday

My Dad got a new job, so things are a lot better at home

The week is over and I can actually relax and have a break at last!!

I'm happy - I've done lots of work this week after a long block.

I'm not happy because I've not had time to practice for two days now and I'm way too tired tonight .... zzzzzzzzz

I'm smiling cuz I got my FLCM cert today (altho it is nowhere near as pretty as the ABRSM ones) and I got 96% in my latest maths assignment. WOOOOOOOOO

Congratulations

No the LCM certificates aren't as nice are they? You could always glue some sparkles on it

Ad_lib, he could always use highlighters on it, or post it notes!!

Aha! The very thing!

Doing all the manual major scales & arpeggios, chromatics, contrary motions, dims and doms, then stopping to eat pizza, then doing all the minor stuff and pedal stuff, then stopping for pudding, then doing pieces. :-)
The novelty of being able to practice at home instead of 20 miles away isn't going to wear off any time soon...

T.

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I've now got a hair straightener that actualy works properly

Ooo cool !!!

What made me happy today was managing to learn my quotations and a poem for my english prelim on Tuesday :D:D

singing/fiddling all day in an empty house when I should've been writing an essay. I should be guilty. Oh well.

I was at the stables and leading in a lesson I normally don't enjoy, but the pupils were transformed today and I enjoyed it immensely despite having to run very fast!

...spending the whole afternoon baking cookies as made me happy, AND I've managed to get all my homework done

I made fifteens

They are currently making me very happy

When I went out for my run, particularly running in time to Foo Fighter's The Pretender (my goodness it's fast!)

singing
: )

got home from a lovely and useful sax lesson-
it was worth the journey

2 pupils 'got' the rhythm in their piece after I made up silly words about builders' mess and rugby teams to help them!

Seeing lots of happy and excited kids with their dads out to watch the football in Manchester. We stayed in a hotel right opposite the field last night and there were several at breakfast this morning, all wearing their red shirts and chattering madly about the game. It was so nice to see them doing something good together.

Funny you should say that. I had almost the same experience yesterday, but it was me (Mum) taking my son to a football match: the first time the two of us had been able to go together to watch our mutual passion, Arsenal.

I had never expected to be in this position, as our eldest two sons were not interested in football, and No. 3's interest has only dated back two or three years. It was a very, very special moment.

I played my chopin nocturne the whole way through without slipping up once for the first time Now i just have to keep it that way.

Well done, Sarah!

I'm told early nights are a good way of getting the brain to be in A1 condition for accurate playing.

That might explain why it took me sooo long then

It probably could explain it for me too!

how can it possibly be 1:20am ?!?!?

you haven't said what made you happy today yet, holz...

Not having to shout at breakfast time!

Swot
Taking the mick out of MrB's popularity with the ladies (see teddington thread) made me happy today

As did my quip about turning his bet about playing naked into a new version of the WI calendar. "Naked Organists" Mr January - Mr Bouffant plays Reger in the Buff!

the RIGHT notes in my practice

That's great SaxFan - well done!

Being offered my first ever job interview
Winning an argument a fight against the Head Boy
The report my parents received from my violin teacher

The best day I've had in a while I think...

Best of luck, Floss! I am happy that you've had a good day!