February, Work, and Hair . . . but not in this order!

There is something to be said about finding a new hair stylist and love what she does with your hair. I have found such a person. Her name is Deana and she works at Elements Salon on Vann Drive. My stylist retired last August and I have been struggling since then on who to go to and what to do with my hair. With desperation I called my dear daughter last week and asked her how she would like to have a "hair cutting party". She eagerly accepted, so with brush, comb, and scissors tucked in my purse, off I went to her home. To me it is fun to cut hair. If I thought I could be like that doll, when you push a button on her back, you can pull on her hair and it grows, I'd probably cut mine out of pure joy every week! Today, I went to Deana, though, and with her suggestion, had highlights put in. She did a fantastic job and encouraged me to keep my "white" streak that is in the front. Deana was right about my white streak disappearing and blending in with my highlights. I am pleased, well pleased in fact, that I have made another appointment to see her in five weeks. By the way, can you believe that in five weeks it will be April 1??!!

Speaking of April, where has February gone? My life sometimes feels like a cassette tape or a VCR tape that someone has pushed the fast forward button and then forgot to stop fast-forwarding me and my life. It just seemed like a week ago that it was February 3 and spring semester began at Union.

The Music Department at Union is having their auditions beginning today and again tomorrow, then again on March 5 and 6. For those who don't know, if you are planning to major in music or have a minor in music, you have to audition to be accepted into the music department program. This also opens the door for a scholarship. The better your performance and knowledge of music, the better the scholarship. Most of our auditions are voice; however, we have some piano, flute, trombone, clarinet, etc. students.

It is so enjoyable working with music students. You get to see them almost on a daily basis. The chair of the music department at Union is Chris Mathews and he is who I work for. He is so young (at least to me he is). He is only 35 years old, has a wife who is just as beautiful in looks as she is personality-wise, and has three lovely daughters. Dr. Mathews is a joy to work for. I have been blessed with this job and my desire is to do the best I can each day I am there. I will share at a later date on all that I do during my work hours, but I do want to share this with you . . . I have been working very diligently on our new Music Department website since November and it is finally up and running. So, when you have a moment and would like to check out our website, please visit http://www.uu.edu/dept/music/ .

I am hoping when my dear husband arrives home from work he will think I look too beautiful to have to cook dinner tonight (with this new hair-do of mine) and will offer to take me out to dinner!

A Beautiful Saturday

Welcome to my blog page! What tempted me to begin this adventure, you might ask? Well, the blogging idea came from reading an article this morning in http://thejacksonsun.com/ about Coach Wooden. Coach Wooden will be 100 years old on October 14th this year and he just recently published his ninth book -- "A Game Plan for Life". (the book was released in the fall and is now available in bookstores) I thought to my self, "self, if Coach Wooden can write a book at age 99 then I surely can write a blog on my daily life and happenings including the ones I love." So, without futher ado, here is my first blog entry!

A Beautiful Saturday

What a beautiful day we had! Temperatures were in the low 60's and Mr. Sunshine decided not to hide all day behind the clouds. Today was just a small taste of what is in store for us soon . . . springtime!
Hal took advantage of the great day by cleaning out a flower bed that is by the top of our driveway. There is this old, old oak tree that stands at the corner of our neighbor's yard and each year that dear tree sheds its leaves on this "spot" of ours that is host to lots of snowdrops, dark purple and yellow iris', an azalea and orange day lillies. The little white snowdrops are blooming as well as these little yellow flowers to which I do not know their name. ( I can remember going with my mother into the woods next door to her home and digging up these little yellow flowers.) Since our property runs downhill, we have a small ditch that carries any water from the top of the hill to Meridian creek, which we try to keep the leaves from stopping up the waterflow.
I, on the otherhand, stayed inside on this beautiful day, doing the normal house chores that needs to get done on a Saturday after working all week. One thing I accomplished was the cleaning of our bathroom. Now, I love most of my house chores, but the one thing that I dread, that I always keep putting off, putting it on the "back burner", is our bathroom. I just despise cleaning bathrooms! I love clean bathrooms, however, and the fact that the sink and counter top is free of dust, soap residue, hairspray residue makes a person feel good. And I spend most of my time getting ready for work or church in our bathroom.
Hal came to the back door and he asked if I would get him a Coke. I went outside and sat with him on our side deck while he took a break from raking and picking up leaves. I said, "Honey, I am going to do the 'unthinkable'." He then responded, "What, clean our bathroom?!"

A Sunny Sunday

We had another beautiful day today with highs in the 60's. I love when the weather permits you to open a window just enough to get some fresh air into the house. Such were the days of yesterday and today. Rain has settled into our area as I write this and attached to the rain is a little thunder. I don't mind the thunder and actually like hearing the rumbles when I know there isn't a threat of severe weather following it.

A Blogging Thought

I don't have any little babies or small children to blog about and share their cute antics with you. I suppose if I had a scanner I could dig into our many photos of our now grown children, scan them from their baby years, then share photos and memories of them. Oh, I can hear my two grown children now, praying that I don't go out and purchase a scanner! Maybe that will come later if this blogging gets off to a good start.

I will close my blog this evening with a few verses from Philippians: "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God." --1:9-11