Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Ciao!
Hello everyone,
I apologize it has been so long since I have updated my blog. My poor website probably thought it had been abandoned. :)
Things have been really busy lately with school and preparing for graduation and everything. It’s been really cold here lately, but it has felt so winter-ish. (Is that a word? :) Yesterday on our way home it was starting to get kind of icy. We still have not yet had any true snow though.
Sunday we started choir practice at church for our Easter drama. It is hard to believe it is already coming up so soon! I am excited about it.
Yesterday I had a piano lesson; I am working towards being able to play at weddings, so I have been working recently on “The Bridal Chorus”, and “Simple Gifts”. Yesterday I started “Canon in D’, which has always been one of my classical favorites. We also had YCME choir practice yesterday. We have been singing through some really gorgeous Latin pieces lately that I really like. Last week we also looked through a really elaborate version of “Shall We Gather at the River” that was really beautiful and had huge chords. At one point the sopranos alone were divided on three notes!
Then last night I baked a loaf of White Chocolate Bread. The name might sound odd, but it was really easy and my family really liked it. The white chocolate chips melted and made the bread sweet, but not too sugary. The other flavor is cinnamon, and I added a couple dashes of cloves.
Today I taught a piano lesson after school. It’s really interesting seeing music though the eyes of a five year old, as she takes in all the basics. The biggest question is, why isn’t there a note named “h”? :)
Well, I hope you all have a great rest of your week!
In Christ,
~HannahElizabeth
"Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else."
~Judy Garland
