I know I've mentioned before that I play the piano.  I also play the guitar a little, and the ukulele a little.  I don't know if I'll ever have the opportunity to learn any other instruments, but one instrument I thought would be cool to play is the clarinet.  Or the flute.  Or any wind instrument, really.  (My cousin used to play the flute and she named her flute "Doug".  Ya know, as in Doug  Flute - the football player, ha ha...)

I was browsing on Buffet Crampon Instruments & Accessories at some of their instruments, thinking about what I would play if I had the extra money to take lessons and buy any instrument I wanted.  Not only are the instruments beautiful, but even the cases for them are gorgeous.  Our daughter has a rental violin right now (from a totally different company) and the case for hers is like a piece of doody compared to these cases (although I certainly wouldn't expect anything good for a rental - I've just never seen such nice instruments and cases).

However, the thing that has always deterred me from ever trying a wind instrument is that when I get really nervous, I get short of breath.  So I worried that if I were in a recital or performance, and got nervous I'd either faint, or not be able to play my instrument.  I can't imagine I'm the only one who feels this way, yet I've never seen a tuba player fall over in a dead faint during a performance, or a clarinet player only be able to squeak out tiny notes at a concert...  Maybe it just doesn't happen?  Or I'm just weird.  Probably the latter.



Maybe when I'm rich and famous I'll get a funky clarinet like this one I saw on the Buffet Crampon website (learn how to play it), invite everyone for a recital, and you can all sit in suspense as you wait to see if I faint, or if I pull it off.  :-)

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Since there won't be any new episodes of Gold Rush for who knows how long, I've been watching Deadliest Catch on Netflix.  That show stresses me out.  Every single time they show anyone throwing the rope/buoy all I watch is their feet to see if this is one of the times a guy gets tangled and either goes overboard or ALMOST goes overboard.  I almost can't watch this show.

A few years back my father went to France, and came back with a love for goat cheese.  I totally laughed at him.  So then I tried it, and it turns out I love goat cheese too.  (If you've never tried it, you definitely should AND it's lower in fat than most other cheese...so you can eat more! :-)  My favorite is Chavrie in the "pyramid" - spreads soooo smooth.

I haven't posted about it, but we have our garden tilled and we have a bunch of seeds planted in the garden, and a bunch of seedlings in pots taking over our sunroom.  We are thinking maybe THIS is the year we have some real success with our garden.  :-P

The gym thing has been going well.  The other day there was a gal complaining that the soap dispensers in the showers were often out of soap.  Now, when I say there is a "soap dispenser" in the shower, I mean it's the kind they put by the sink to use to wash your hands.  Only a tiny squirt of soap comes out.  Truthfully, I figured they were really only there in case you forgot your own soap or body wash - I didn't think anyone would be using 30 tiny squirts from a hand soap dispenser as their means of washing up in the shower.

Ha ha!  Our daughter is hooked on the show "Saved By the Bell" on Netflix!  (I'm sure I've seen every single episode.)  Didn't we all have a little crush on Zack?  (Or Kelly if you're a guy, lol!)  Have you seen the actors who played Zack and Kelly lately?  To the right is a recent photo (courtesy of TMZ) when the two actors happened to meet at a charity event.  They're both still really cute, aren't they?  :-)

I have mixed feelings about the televangelist Joyce Meyers, but, I liked her page on Facebook and I enjoy the inspirational/encouraging things she posts - here is today's: "Every believer has a ministry.  It may not be a public one, but you've got a ministry to your children, your spouse, your family, to God."  Also, Rick Warren (who, amongst many other things, wrote the NYT best seller "Purpose Driven Life") posts really great, thought provoking posts - another great page to "like".

This is a really cool (and short) YouTube video from Alaska of a bald eagle, a fox and two cats all on one woman's porch.  If you check out some of her other videos, you'll see the eagle is a frequent visitor.  How cool would that be, to have a bald eagle just sitting on your porch??


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