Music has always been an important part of my family’s history.  My grandfather had his own popular local orchestra, and my father had his very own rock band back in the 60’s and 70’s.  I had to take piano lessons when I was young.  I loved to play the piano; it came easily to me.  I guess it’s in our “blood.”  But having said that I have to admit that learning Piano Chords is not very easy to do!

I remember when I was in seventh grade we had to take music in school.  One of our assignments was to write a song.  I wish I had a copy of it now!  I remember I called it The Dance of the butterflies!”  We had to write it on sheet music and perform it in class.  My teacher could not believe I had written it myself.  She didn’t accuse me of stealing it from someone, but she was very  impressed.  She kept the music.  I wonder if she ever did something with it herself and claimed credit for it!

Posted: September 20th, 2009 under Educational, Entertainment/Fun, Life.
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One of the things that concern parents when they live so far from the big city is whether or not their children can get a good education.  Especially in the areas where so many schools are cutting back on their budgets.  Subjects such as Drama and Music education, along with sports programs often see the big budget cuts in favor of the basic “3 Rs” that are the core curriculum of so many schools.

I think that the children need to have some enrichment added to their lives, some culture, some lessons that go beyond the basics.  So I’m always pleased to learn of other ways that children can learn the things that are so often overlooked, or cut, from the school’s curriculum.  One of the greatest musical performance services that I’ve heard about from my friend Kevin, who is a music teacher in a local high school is the Music Education Resource website that includes services a variety of ways to help the kids to compose music, as well as to play it.

Posted: July 29th, 2009 under Educational, Entertainment/Fun, Internet, Life, Parenting, Technology.
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As a young mother, you can imagine that I don’t always get to watch my favorite television shows when they are airing because my parental duties interfere with leisure time!  That’s why I was glad to find a great website -Spreety TV Online : Watch TV Shows Online Free.  This website lists television shows you can watch online for free – all in one quick easy location!  So I can find my favorite show – Burn Notice – for example without a lot of searching around the web!  I love it!

Posted: July 19th, 2009 under Entertainment/Fun, Family, Internet, Life, Online, Parenting.
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Just when you think you’ve heard of everything, you hear of a dating website for horse lovers!  My cousin Stacy tells me that she has found out about a dating club for horse lovers and she has taken advantage of their offer of FREE sign-up to see if she might be able to meet “Mr. Right.”  My hubby butted in with his “two cents” and said he thought she was more likely to meet “Mr. Ed!”  (Smart aleck!)

When we finished laughing, Stacy told me that she heard about the website from a friend of hers and she decided to check it out.  Stacy claims that it is a social networking group for horse lovers that want to meet other horse lovers, and it doesn’t have to just be people looking for romance, it could also be for people who just want to make new friends who share their love of horses. Besides, having an equestrian cupid might not be so awful!

Stacy has always loved horses and rides whenever she gets the chance.  She’s been talking about buying her own horse someday and has started to look around to see where she could board it when she gets one.  She’d love to find someone to go riding with!

Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Entertainment/Fun, Family, Friends, Internet, Life, Online.
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We’ve been busy getting ready to spend a few weeks at camp.  We’re planning to go out there this weekend and stay until mid-July.  We LOVE spending the 4th of July weekend there!  That is the absolutely best weekend of the year as far as lack of bugs, and nice warm weather.  And of course, all of the neighbors spend a lot of their evenings setting off fireworks to celebrate their vacations!  It’s a great lazy time, with nothing to do but relax and enjoy the simple things in life, and go for an occasional boat ride.

Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Entertainment/Fun, Family, Life.
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