Busy Nothings

I’m assuming it’s for a church? Not that they’d care to mention God or anything!

I am back from the WELS Worship Conference and trip to see my family down south. I intend fully to blog about my experience at the conference, but due to my Grandma’s deteriorating condition, I expect to be flying back down shortly for her funeral. I’d hate to lose the really small reader following that I have, so bear with me!!!

Yesterday one of my piano students played two lines of one of his pieces in the wrong meter. This means that although each measure had only 4 beats he had counted wrong and played each measure as if it had 6 beats. We went through the lines with me counting the written meter, then I asked him to play the whole piece again. He replied, “The right way or can I play it my way?”
Here was a dilemma. Do I correct him, have him play the piece as written and that’s the end of it? Or do I use the opportunity to teach some music theory? Well, being that I have a degree in and passion for Music Theory, not Performance as so many other teachers, I told him, “You may play it your way IF you can tell me what time signature you’re playing those two lines in.” With a little coaching, he was able to figure out that he was playing in 6/8 time, not 4/4. We then went through all the notes in those two lines, changing them a little so that they would be correctly written for the new time signature. The result? One very excited young piano student. “I wrote my own song!” he exclaimed. I explained to him that when someone takes a song that someone else wrote and changes it a little, we call that arranging. So he had arranged his first piece. That boy was so excited after his lesson I could hear him yelling outside all the way to his van, “I arranged a song! I arranged a song!” To me, that boy’s excitement was worth so much more than if I had been a “normal” teacher and just corrected his timing. I love my job!!!

Went to the Dr. today, he ordered a D&C done immediately and a biopsy of the contents for cancer. Will find out results Fri. or Mon. Also ordered a bunch of lab work done tomorrow morning–will get results later next week. Please pray!!!

1 I cried out to God for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.

2 When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;
at night I stretched out untiring hands
and my soul refused to be comforted.

3 I remembered you, O God, and I groaned;
I mused, and my spirit grew faint.
Selah

4 You kept my eyes from closing;
I was too troubled to speak.

5 I thought about the former days,
the years of long ago;

6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart mused and my spirit inquired:

7 “Will the Lord reject forever?
Will he never show his favor again?

8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?

9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”
Selah

10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

12 I will meditate on all your works
and consider all your mighty deeds.

13 Your ways, O God, are holy.
What god is so great as our God?

14 You are the God who performs miracles;
you display your power among the peoples.

15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah

16 The waters saw you, O God,
the waters saw you and writhed;
the very depths were convulsed.

17 The clouds poured down water,
the skies resounded with thunder;
your arrows flashed back and forth.

18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
your lightning lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.

19 Your path led through the sea,
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.

20 You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

(Psalm 77)

I don’t know what to pray for today. I have an appt. with yet another specialist on Tuesday. I will hopefully find a doctor who will help solve my bleeding issues. I would appreciate your prayers.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Brits today. I can hardly believe another terrorist attack has happened. It may not be on the soil of my country (although I’d still love to have a cottage on the moors someday), but it has no less of an impact on me than did our September 11.

At the risk of giving the wrong impression to a possible future brother-in-law, I’m going to blog about this.

The other day I was having one of my “freak-out” days–a day where I get so overwhelmed by what is going on and going wrong with my reproductive system that I’m quite emotional and tormented. I tried to listen to several of my worship CDs that have usually helped before, but found myself longing for–and this is what I’m loath to admit–hymns. Starkindler worked for a while, but eventually I ended up at the Christian bookstore and purchased this 2 CD set. I absolutely love it! Minus a few songs and a few song endings. It’s still the upbeat worship style that I’ve come to really appreciate but the comforting words of the hymns are even better.

And just on a side note, I think all those folks who are anti-Iraqi war (thus anti Iraqi independence) should have to go to work on Independence Day.

About two weeks ago our garage got rearranged to house a bunch of stuff belonging to my hubby’s family. I took out my bike so as to make room, and it never got put back in because we needed to take it in through the house. Well, tonight I am minus one bike because we never got it put away. I hope whoever stole it gets a lot of use out of it. My hubby was quite upset about it, but it could have been the truck, a break in, or a break in while I was home alone! When it’s all said and done, I’m glad they just took my garage sale bike. The proceeds from that garage sale went to our WELS Church anyway so I don’t feel that I’m out anything.

I had to laugh when I came home from Bible Study last night and found my hubby had rearranged the living room for optimum comfy chair speed!