Today was the only day this week that I did any teaching : and it went well

Getting my son's birthday party over and done with for a year - I hate kids' parties! Bah, humbug!

A good choir practice.

Going to the local operatic society's performance of The Mikado. The guy playing Ko-Ko was fantastic, and the lady playing Katisha very good too - a real comedy duo. I love G & S!

I've only discovered Gilbert and Sullivan in the past year. I've joined a G&S society this term - I may have to give it up due to lack of time, sadly. Well I probably will. Still, I'll go to all the performances, so that will be good.

Acting like a five year old, decorating the house with my lovely boyfriend

A telephone conversation

Ann Widdecombe's Paso Doble. Mum and I laughed until we cried when we saw it live yesterday, and I was equally amused just now when I watched it on iPlayer with no sound.

That alone is worth a whole year's BBC licence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vt...eries_8_Week_5/

I've yet to watch last night's Strictly, but I have to say I always look forward to Ann's dances

I'm most curious about this love affair Mad Tom seems to be enjoying at the moment...

For me, lunch with an old friend.

I'd be a bit worried if a 5 year old were decorating my house!

Safe return of my eldest from Turkey - he was in Istanbul this morning when the bomb went off. Home to news that he has had an offer from Warwick Uni for Maths

It's November

My tutor is so lovely.

only Halloween decorations, cobwebs and such

I've done quite a lot of work this morning. Quite proud of myself. And now I'm going to stop lurking around here and go back to said work

.... yoghurt cover honeycomb...... yum yum.,...

Watching the professionals' Paso Doble from Saturday night's Strictly over and over (and over and over and over) again. That made me very happy indeed.

In 48 hours I'll be home Never thought I'd be excited to go back to my home town, but I can't wait to see my friends and family!



You and me both

Listening to Gaelic songs

Glad to know I'm not the only one

Feeling slightly less than yesterday.

Still not right but hopefully on the up

Two of my pupils coming along and playing three pieces (each) more or less performance standard.

It would appear that come June, I will still have a job!!!!!!!

My flexible working request for 1 day a week at stupid-London-site and 4 days a week at home has been accepted I really didn't think it would be. Apparently my three-sentence medical dispensation request was enough!

Might be a bit awkward as I know colleagues who have had their similar requests turned down (as they don't have medical grounds - "just" young children or a caring responsibility); but we did speak about it before any of us requested and said we wouldn't be narked at one another. Of course, I suspect people will be highly curious at just what my medical grounds are, but there you go.

Trial period in January - shouldn't be a problem for the business, it's really to see if I can cope with it (I might dislike the isolation of four days a week at home, for example).

(I'd go out and celebrate at Greenwich next week, but several vets bills this month and my brother has an upcoming Big Birthday, so I suppose I had better not...)

PS Nearest hire-cycle-stand to Paddington station, anyone?!

Jolly good.

Well since you're going to miss out on cycling to work 4 days a week, perhaps you should cycle the whole way

playing two solos error free at band tonight

hey- that's fantastic! Well done!

I had a new sax pupil (3rd lesson) , who plays piano, recorder , sings etc and she said today "I love my sax lessons- I love the sax' (except in a french accent as she's french!)

Wonderful, Louise!

Sang one of my gr8 pieces in front of 2 strangers at the beginning of my lesson, it was brilliant (teacher didn't have anything to comment on) and I DIDN'T SHAKE - at all!! I am soo happy as I have a full rehearsal tomorrow for recital monday and I now KNOW I can do it and am confident about a performance for the first time in my life. Teacher actually swapped the piece in for another in the recital, it was that good. It's a biggie for me

Thanks Barry





all the best for the rehearsal and recital Dawnmc71




I'm happy today because it's my first lesson with new teacher later on

Free WiFi on the train!!

Thanks Louise, I'm so excited this morning, normally I'd be feeling quite by now!

Enjoy your new teacher later on x

I will be "cycling to work" 4 days a week - I have a ten mile circuit and a thirteen mile circuit in mind, I will get up at the same time as I do now, cycle my 'commute', and then start work about the same time as I do now. Just all based around my home instead of having to go somewhere

I think I am happy today...
i) last night we semi-finalised my Grade VI programme (anyone who heard my list C piece at St Albans...it isn't my list C piece any more!)
ii) this morning when my husband was in the shower it got all very noisy and sounded like heavy rain...in the house...in the loft space...raining through the ceiling...argh, panic! The valve on the cold water tank has got gummed up and won't close. We managed to rig it shut (propping up the ballc*ck) and I drove to work, collected my laptop, and drove home again! 8am, phoned our plumber. We had him come round in April to quote us for a new bathroom, but he never did the quote, we tried really hard to get hold of him But I phoned him and left a rambling message, and he must have listened to it straight away and phoned straight back. And he will be here later on this morning to fix it.
This makes me happy twice - firstly because it will be fixed; and secondly because I can ask him if he would still like to do our bathroom, and if not, could he recommend someone...

The plumber has been, and fixed it! So now I have the heating on to try to dry out some damp bits of carpet And he's going to pop back one evening next week to discuss doing the bathroom up with us

Rehearsal for recital went OK, a few fluffs and shakes but nothing major....and then on the way home I plucked up courage, stood with my busking flute friend and sang Lark in the Clear Air unaccompanied in the street (Gr8 trad song)!! Lots of people slowed and listened as they went past so it can't have sounded too rough and my friend was blown away by it (he hadn't heard me sing before). I WILL kill my stage fright!!


Glad you aren't being flooded any more! And yay to new bathrooms...

Yes!! great Louise.




Good luck






Cool!! Let us know how you get on. Where's he/she based? Do you have far to travel for it?

It's the weekend! and yesterday I got through my mock GCSE solo performance without completing messing up

The fact that the sun was out when I was driving my child to school! It all look so beautiful!

Well this isn't for today, but for the last two days. I had a fabulous time in London! Wicked was just amazing (I was in floods of tears by the end of it) and London itself was lots of fun. We didn't get time to do much, but I still enjoyed it.

Sheep

Glad you had a good time Stephie, I love London too

Lots of and for me today so I'm very

glad you had such a lovely time, Stephie!

Thanks guys! It was really fabulous.

Brilliant, amazing, wonderful rehearsal of sax quartet

I passed my piano exam!!!! so im very happy

Congratulations!

lots more clari and flute practice and a bit of violin practice plus roast chicken for lunch

Mozart, John Ireland and George Dyson

And well done pianostar- what grade?