I never thought...

...I would say this. I have gotten where cold weather doesn't bother me as much as it used to. It's not that I like the cold. Far from it. But I used to have a dread of the cold, and I don't anymore. I HAVE LEARNED TO TOLERATE WINTER. I know there's nothing I can do about it, short of taking early retirement and heading WAAAYYY south (which could happen one day ;-). In a way, it's does seem to last forever. But in other ways, it, like the whole year, seems to fly by faster all the time. It does make me appreciate the warm months even more. And I can't imagine Christmas without the cold to go along with it. I have learned to love snuggling by the fire, marveling at how beautifully picturesque snow can be on a tree lined street, warming up with a cup of coffee or enjoying a few sips of Frangelica. I do wish at least once during the Winter months, we would get a decent enough snow to make some "snow cream". That would make my Winter better. Now if only I could make it shorter...

What happened to Thursday?...

...was just one of the things I learned yesterday. I HAVE LEARNED REALLY QUICKLY THAT SOME DAYS GET SO BUSY I CAN'T FIND TIME TO MAKE A POST. That's ok though. I live by the words, "Never complain how busy you are if you are a musician. Be thankful. VERY thankful". There were many things on Thursday, but the one that stands out most was the fact that I know oh so little about cooking. While a friend was explaining her hand-written recipe of "how to make pot stickers", all I could think was how this must be what my beginning piano students feel like when I start explaining things to them. It's yet another "deer in headlights" moment (2 of them so far this week...). Something that seems so easy to one person, and yet so foreign to another. I guess, as with everything, it all boils [cooking term there] down to how much you've done something to get you into that "comfort zone". I'm not sure at this point I could even recognize a cabbage, much less know how to salt some cabbage, draw out the moisture, and squeeze it out. Cooking always seems like so much work. What little cooking I have attempted has always taken so much time and effort, that by the time it was ready to eat I wasn't even hungry anymore. Hey wait. I may be onto something really big here. Cooking for yourself = major diet plan. Even so, and even though only on paper, through directions at this point, I LEARNED HOW YOU MAKE POT STICKERS. And I am making a promise to myself that I will try this. Someday. Hopefully soon. Now I must go because I'm curious to find out why they call them "pot stickers" 8>)

I have this Love/Hate...

...relationship with sports cars. I think ever since I started to drive, I have driven some type of sports car (ok. maybe I shouldn't count the Pinto). They are fun to drive. Even though I may do a great deal of driving, I never dread having to get in the car and hit the road again. In fact it's quite the opposite. I look forward to driving. But sports cars always seem to demand alot of attention. Deep down I think they are big babies, always doing something to remind you who's really boss. My current ride comes with so many pros and cons. Looks great; High cost repairs. Amazing handling; Horrible gas mileage(in fact, it would've qualified for the "cash for clunkers" program, except it's not a clunker. At least I don't think it is). So all of this brings me to it's latest tantrum. While attempting to clean some of the salt crud off of it (yes, if it's a child, it's only right that I "baby" it), I discovered that the moisture I tried to wipe off the tail light was not ON the tail light, but rather IN the tail light. I'm not sure how or why this happens, but never-the-less, there it is. Obvious, embarassing, and unreachable. I need to eventually find out what to do about this, but for the time being, is there anything I can do to remedy the situation? I firmly placed the thinking cap in the cranial region and "voila". With an extension cord and "situation ending gadget" in hand, I temporarily fixed the condition. I LEARNED TO EVAPORATE THE CONDENSATION INSIDE MY TAIL LIGHT USING A HAIR DRYER. It took a while, but it did the job. Now I'm no dummy. I know it's only temporary. At least it's nothing mechanical that affects the driving. And who knows. Maybe if I let enough condensation build up to where it gets totally filled with water, I could find a way to put some fish in there and have my own mobile fish tail light tank. Cool.

My computer skills...

...are just ok. What I do on a daily basis, I feel pretty good about. But push me outside my safe zone, and I resemble a deer in headlights. So that's why I felt pretty stupid this morning when I needed to use a "does not equal" sign. Sure, I've seen the "equal" sign forever. I know it hangs out below the "plus" sign. But where is the "does not equal" sign? Why have I never needed this sign before now? Well, thanks to one of my college piano students (who's less than half my age, and no doubt twice as smart) I was quickly using the sign I was previously lost in finding. I LEARNED WHERE TO FIND THE "DOES NOT EQUAL" SIGN! Thankfully my life usually hangs in a good balance, but if it ever gets a little out of kilter again, I will know where to go.
*For those of you who also have limited computer skills; go to Word, insert, symbol. You'll find lots of other cool stuff there too ₩ ҈ ₩

Do you think...

...it's possible? That you really do learn something new everyday, even though you may not be aware of that fact?
I thought I would start taking a moment in the evening to reflect on my day. To first of all be thankful for being given another day, and for making it through that day. What a gift! Part of my reflecting would be to give thanks for something new I perhaps learned during the course of the day. It might turn out to be serious, funny, or just matter of fact. I have no idea what it might be or how it might go. But...........here goes.
I definitely learned something new today. Something obvious. I didn't learn alot of details. Just the basics. And the new thing I learned is....
HOW TO BUILD A BLOG.
(I still laugh at the word blog).
Now if I can only figure out how to get people on here to read it. Hmmmmm......