So, as should be quite obvious, the 30-Day 30-Blog Post Challenge was abandoned shortly after its inception. Complete and utter failure, though I was quite satisfied with myself for attempting to do it and therefore certainly succeeding at remembering the existence of the blog more often and starting to get into a rhythm of regular postings. But it was not to be. No feeble excuses here...let's just say life got in the way.
Here is a recap of the last few weeks:
Astonishing week-long, sunny (cloudless too), tan-inducing, warm weather followed by another week of yes-you're-still-in-the-arctic-dear cold winds with snow. Yes, snow. It always snows at least once in May. I didn't post to the blog during the warm week because I was quite busy attending to a medical condition of mine: lack of Vitamin D! I'm now summer-tanned and full of serotonin.
Other news is that Audie was not here the first two weeks of May. He and his buddy Alan flew south to the east coast and drove back to Alaska a large truck stuffed to the gills with treasures, the most important treasure for us being a grand piano that has been in Audie's family for a few generations. The piano will be going upstairs in the new room, and I will be the pianist. I studied piano for over 13 years when I was growing up. During my last two years of high school, I was practicing over two hours a day. A very serious study it was, and once I got to college I had no more time for it, was tired, and needed a break. I've been missing it greatly the last few years, so Chopin is coming to Paxson!
I have pictures to post of the piano being moved upstairs, and other pictures to post as well, but it's been a long day and need to get to sleep soon. Let me say, however, that I do hope the blogging will get in gear again because as of the last few days we now have HIGH SPEED internet! And wi-fi! After years of cursing at increasingly slower and unreliable dial-up, we have now joined the modern age with a satellite dish. And also, no more fighting each other for internet usage during downtime as we each can get our work done on our respective computers. It's a big relief.