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Translation of yesterday’s photos:

Monday, June 27th, 2011

1. Transplanted Wisconsinite friends went home and brought me some cheese from the Motherland.

2. We took my ring in to get the setting tightened before the sapphire fell out.  The jeweler also smoothed off the prongs so they won’t snag things so often.

3. Another friend gave me her old guitar so I can learn how to play!

So the cheese is fantastic and I’m looking forward to nibbling on that.  And I’m thrilled to be able to wear my ring again.  But I am most excited about the guitar.  I’ve wanted to learn how to play, but there was no way I was going to be able to shell out money for an instrument.  It just wasn’t going to happen. 

On a whim, I asked Facebook if anyone knew where I could get one, and this friend offered up her old one for free!  It has a couple cracks, and she just bought a really beautiful new one, so she was just going to toss the old one in the trash.  It took me six months to get up to her house to collect it (things got busy, she had a baby, life happened), but I drove up on Saturday to bring it home.  I have no idea what I’m doing, really, but I’ve been working on chromatic scales and just getting my hands used to the feel of the instrument.  I’ve got to work up calluses on my fingers and my friend showed me how I should position my left thumb so I’ve been working to keep that set the right way.  Mostly, I’ve just been plucking things out:  playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and short bits of other songs as I find them.  And scales.  Lots of scales.  I haven’t got a clue how to play any chords yet.

But it’s great!  I’m having a lot of fun.  The cracks make the sound a little more muted and mellow, I think.  My friend played for me on both guitars so I could hear the difference.  Her new one is much brighter and louder; it’s a beautiful instrument.  But having one that’s quieter isn’t a bad thing for me right now.  It’s less likely to drive Justin crazy when I’m sitting downstairs making nonsensical noise.

Crack below the bridge

Blemish on the back

My fingertips are sore this morning and I think it’s fantastic!  Does anybody have any beginner tips?

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Loot!

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

 

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Memorial Day weekend

Friday, June 24th, 2011

So, talking with Erica today, I realized that I wrote this whole post about going to the Ren Fest in Atlanta, and then I completely forgot to post it!

So, here you go.  Late and kind of brief, but this is what we did for Memorial Day weekend:

Hey Nunnie Nunnie made me laugh so hard I started to cry and nearly fell off my seat!

Friday:  We ran a couple errands in town before driving up to a small town near Athens, GA, to spend the afternoon/evening with friends.  I got to have Thai food for dinner.  We ended up talking for hours while Justin’s sister worked on homework.  It was so much fun!  And then we drove to Fairburn, GA, (about 80 minutes) to our hotel for the evening.

Jayna Lee's aerial acrobatics: She climbed up the blue silk ribbons with a bowling ball in a baby carrier, flipped over, and dropped the ball on her partner, who was sandwiched between two beds of nails, hitting a plate that was resting on his chest. We didn't see him at the faire the next day....

Saturday:  Woke up slowly after being up so late and got ready to head to the GA Renaissance Festival.  Wandered around the faire, stopping to watch a couple shows and get hit on by jewelers.  Wore a necklace around all day because the vendor wanted me to buy it ($48), but traded it in at the end of the day and bought one not even half as expensive.  Met up with our friends from Friday partially through the day, but then they got stuck in a place trying to buy lunch for more than an hour while we continued to wander around the faire.  Went out to dinner afterward, but to a pizza place instead of the planned-on Mexican place since it apparently went out of business since our last visit.  And then went back to the hotel to meet up with a couple more friends (from the Beaufort area in town for the faire) and played Munchkin for a couple hours before the Athens area friends had to head home.

The queen is firing mini marshmellows from a mini catapault at kids lined up at the back who are trying to catch them in their mouths.

Sunday:  Justin’s sister and I got out of bed earlier to get breakfast and meet up with the Beaufort area friends and head to the faire.  Justin stayed behind to pack up the room and check us out of the hotel and then met up with us later.  We wandered around some more, watching a couple shows and listening to musicians.  And then we had to head out around 3:00 in order to get back home at a reasonable hour for Justin’s sister to drive back to her dorm.

Barely Balanced Acrobats: Big holding Small upside-down between his knees and she's not holding on at all, while Medium stands on Big's arms and spins a hula hoop.

Monday:  Slept.  Read a book.  Poked at computers.  Played a video game.  Ordered pizza.  Relaxed.  Got a little tipsy on wine.  Went back to bed.

Celtic Ties traditional Irish musicians

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SCAD sidewalk art (warning – picture heavy)

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

You think your kid does good sidewalk chalk artwork?  Check out these kids!

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Happy birthday, Luke!

Friday, April 15th, 2011

It’s Luke’s birthday!  And I remembered all day long and still completely failed to call him.  :(   I stink.  But I hope he had a fantastic day!  Just like the rest of my family, I’m going to post pictures, but these are pictures of their garage sale last weekend.  :)

Garage sale set up (9:00)

Books for sale

Book buyers

Book buyers

Dining set for sale

Dining set for sale

Cat free to good home (includes kittens)

Cat free to good home (includes kittens)

Standing around chatting

Butterfly (photo by Krista)

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