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I had vocal class again, last night. Very challenging/difficult, but fun too. I had my range tested and it turns out that I am a Second Soprano (not an Alto, like I've always assumed), which was very cool! My teacher said some nice/encouraging things, one being that I have a good blending voice, and since I like to sing with others, that is cool... (I need to work on singing louder though...) We worked on some tough exercises (including singing Amazing Grace in two breaths... GAH! That is difficult!!), we also worked a lot on Ear Training... which is also very difficult...
Anyway, it was very enjoyable.
Afterwards, Daddy treated me and Nicole (another student with whom I've had fun in class) to custard at Murf's... yummy!
And since yesterday was our family's 2nd anniversary at our current house (It seems like just yesterday that a whole group of our wonderful friends helped us move in...! Such a lot has happened since then though...), we kids used it as an excuse to watch an I Love Lucy episode (in celebration of course)... :-)

Tomorrow, I have a packing job with the "Dependable Mover" company. :-) I'm looking forward to it!
- dirgni1986 / Ingrid Reinsch

I just finished reading A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse plots are of Shakespearean complexity (I always feel that Wodehouse novels should be subtitled, "Much Ado About Nothing", "A Comedy of Errors", or "All's Well That Ends Well"... any of those would suit any Wodehouse story... lol), with many humourous tangles, and plot wrinkles.
The writing style is charming (not "Elements of Style"-worthy, but that's okay) and very witty.
The plot has to do with a young man (named George Bevan) who falls in love with a young woman (Maud) who jumps into the cab he is in in order to hide from her brother. She has been in London trying to visit her boyfriend of whom her family disapproves. George is mistaken for Maud's boyfriend (by her family and servants) and hilarious complications ensue (many of them involve Maud's family's butler, Keggs and the page-boy Albert) until all the loose ends are wrapped up and a happy (and very sweet) ending is achieved.
I really enjoyed this story... and I highly recommend it. (I believe it was written around 1919... also a movie was made of it in the 30's... and while the movie is great fun as well, it really ruins the tangled Wodehouse plot.)
Fun, light reading, and British humor at its best. :-)

Saturday: I went to a wonderful Bridal Shower--- sooo much fun!! ;-), and my family and I also went to a small birthday party being held in honor of my Mom...

Sunday: I played offertory (it's nice to have that over with for a few months...), taught Sunday School (LOL! Always interesting....), and "babysat" my siblings while my parents went out to eat. :-)

Monday: I had Voice Class! I took a five-week voice class last October that I really enjoyed... this one is going to be about 10 weeks, and very challenging... it's definitely taking me outside of my comfort zone... which I'm told is a good thing... ;-) Anyway, I get to sing Holy by Nichole Nordeman, for the recital, so that is exciting! (I love that song... one of the other students is singing Brave also by Nichole Nordeman, which is a song that I LOVE!!!!... but I won't be jealous! LOL) For a lot of the class activites/exercises, I was assigned the soprano part with another g i r l... which was also most enjoyable, since I usually sing alto... (we're having our ranges tested next week... so that will be very intwiguing... ;-) ) Anyway... to make a lengthy story shorter, I had lots of fun. :-)

Tuesday (aka, Today/Tonight): My family and I are going bowling with some friends. I really enjoy bowling, although I'm not an excellent bowler by any stretch of the imagination, as any or most of my friends could testify. ;-)

Well... more later... I'm hoping to review a book/movie/CD sometime in the near future.... :-) :-}

I was going to give a blow-by-blow recap of last weekend... but it's the kind of thing I think I'd have to tell in person to keep it from sounding boring... because it was actually very interesting... but it just doesn't sound interesting, okay?

I need to go bake a cake for a bridal shower tomorrow. :-)

Sunday, I teach Sunday School again and I have to play Offertory....

More later...

If anyone has been wondering what I am up to currently or what I will be up to in the next few days here's a (probably boring) update. :-)
Today, since I have to substitute teach a Sunday school class (3rd-6th grade) for the next three weeks, I've been looking over the curriculum, and trying to figure out what I'm doing... GAH! (I've never done anything like this before, so it should be... interesting... Anyway, I'd majorly appreciate your prayers!)
Tomorrow I teach piano, and on Thursday I have an ensemble rehearsal (we're singing on Sunday)... Friday I work, and basically the minute we get home, we leave to pick up Dad and go to Green Bay where we'll be spending the night (so we can attend a morning wedding the next day), possibly visiting my cousin and then (I anticipate) spending time with friends (a.k.a. the bridesmaids and other members of the groom's family) at the hotel pool. :-) Saturday, I have to get up and ready bright and early (!) so I can do the hair of the two flower g i r l s (they're like 12 and 8, and they want "curly up-dos")... then the wedding is at 10:30 and IF we get home on time, we're going to a graduation party (in Milwaukee) for another friend. :-)
LOL! (Not to mention Sunday, which includes singing with the ensemble and teaching a Sunday school class)...
*wonders if she can maintain her sanity through the rest of this week...* *wonders what sanity she has to maintain*...

Anyway, if you read all of that you have to be my friend for life. ;-) :-}