Just got my essay result back for my final TMA in studying essays - and I got 90% - I am so happy! Onwards and Upwards now for future OU courses!

Well done, ET!

90% is usually a good mark in any discipline. Well done!

i'm happy because i'm finished studying for today

I think I recognise the man's feet on this clip!
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=oRXNKPS2v_E

Many congratulations eldatom!

Excellent! Well done ET!

That's an excellent mark, well done.

Reading some reviews about my brother's latest photos exhibition. All excellent! So happy for him!

That is wonderful Missypiano, it is good for you to have had something to make you happy after your last few weeks of trauma.

Thank you everyone for your congratuilations, I must admit I am feeling pretty pleased with myself.

that's good to hear

Hrm a piece I thought I'd forgotten seems to have magically reappeared in my memory.. Hurrah I have 5 minutes of memorised repertoire back!

Playing scales on the saxophone I brought home yesterday evening!

We're moving site at work - to a temporary location at a different town about the same distance from home as where I work now. We are there for a year until the final move to the place far too far away to countenance!

Anyway, as we are moving, we had to box up, log off, and get out of the way by noon. So our manager took us out to the pub for lunch. We all (six of us!) hung about there for a while, then went home. Got home at just gone 3pm. Decided to go out for a ride on my bike.

Which ended up being a nice 10 mile round trip, with lots of ups and downs! A taster of the commute to the new place Just really enjoyed it

Singing Guide me O thou Great redeemer at a friend's funeral today - the roof of the Norman church was in serious danger!

Did an Ellington / Monk playing day today. Worked through 4 tunes (Nutty, and In Walked Bud by Thelonious Monk, and A train and In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington), learnt lots and feel as though I've taken the first steps to getting these tunes learnt and in my repertoire, plus lovely people, great tuition and good food in wonderful surroundings.

A lovely day in Scarborough - making music with Oldnotes, the beach with my family, reuniting a lost child with her mum, tea with Oldnotes and Mrs O (thankyou) AND ...... realising that the CD of our performances actually sounds surprisingly good!!!!

Going over to the Dark Side...

You're not playing jazz are you?

We haz cookies

With intriguing ingredients?

but of course

The return of a certain forumite

Knowing that I have supportive friends!:-)

Doing an hour's gardening before breakfast.

A lovely day and lots of happy moments.



Cor your good and so early on a Sunday morning! Can you pop round and do mine now please, I don't think it is too far for you? lol

Ah, but you're not too far away from ME....*pretty please*...???

I've finally managed to make my front garden look like a garden again.

getting 60 percent of the money i lost back

I'm quite chuffed to see the lady posting again.

You're such a charmer

It's my job - I'm a tenor.

While tenors are generally well oiled, I'm not sure that should be confused with charm...

Well oiled? Madame, I only drink when there's a "Y" in the day (such as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday..)

Having a piano lesson with my violin teacher, and being told she thinks I could comfortably take grade 7 by the winter exam session next year I don't know whether I will or not, but it was nice for the vote of confidence

An e-mail from somebody I see year to year on jazz courses - we were both on the same paying day last weekend. He mailed me out of the blue to tell me just how impressed he was with the improvement in my playing since last year. It's hard sometimes to recognise sloow, incremental progress, so to get this sort of recognition is a real boost.

This : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YISBc8TUrQ&NR=1

Thanks, Fran, that made me laugh

I adore Friends, it's just brilliant! I have yet to think an episode is boring!

getting to play a Steinway this evening, and now strawberries and cream.

I have several trysts with a Steinway lined up over the next few weeks!

Half day today, I have a date with a Steinway this afternoon

How'd it go, Sol?

I've finished the ironing I need to do before my hols

And I'm about half way with the packing......

2 days to go....

I haven't even started! Haven't done the washing, haven't decided what we're taking, certainly haven't thought about actually packing. What the heck - there are still 43 hours before we have to leave!

I do still remember the days when we went with small children and packing had to be more carefully regulated. I just don't need to be so organised any more though.

lucky you!!

We are trying to take 4 bikes with us and only 3 fit on the carrier, so one needs to go in the boot of our ordinarily sized car!! Hence the need to pack early and then readjust if necessary