SIGH

I passed my Boards!
I've also managed to hold it together emotionally with (at least) 9 extra people in my house for the past 5 days!
I think I should celebrate!
T

Violin Follow Up

I thought I'd write a quick note as follow up to my somber note of several months ago, lamenting the loss of J's violin instructor. Last week J had her first lesson with the new instructor, who is faculty at WVU. She is very energetic, kind and J really likes her. How could I not use her when she wrote the following about my daughter?

"J has such a lovely sound and plays with such clean

intonation. It is rare to hear someone her age play with such

a natural legato sound. I was quite impressed

and am very interested in working with her."

We can all dream of being paid what she does: $30 for a 30 min. lesson! One reason to keep J at it...future income!
T

Reveal

We finally have our basement re-do finished! It looks so much different. Of course, when I was most of the way finished, I realized that I had no "before" photos, so we have to make do with this "before ownership" photo to compare.

We went from this:

To this:

The guest bedroom (yes, it is tiny!) had dark wood paneling on the wall at the head of the bed and the same orange-ish carpet. Now it looks positively glowing!

Hooray! I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks for the whitewashing suggestion, S!

I propose a meeting in the new facilities when K and B are able to be out and about.

And not a mole in sight.

T

And the Color Is

The original Elaine told my mother that if the society "needed a color, tell them the color is purple."

Thought ya'all should know.