A bit of a mixture.

Today is such a contrast to the weather of the past few weeks. It is light, refreshing, slightly breezy and in the low 70's. I've been able to pull weeds, trim bushes, dead-head plants etc.

"O Jerusalem" finally showed up in the mail last week so I went out this morning to try and find a really nice frame. Not that easy when the picture itself has a lot of yellow and tan in it and you want a nice contrast. Darn !!! I did find something that might have worked as a second choice but the store did not have all the little important bits to keep everything together in the frame. Double darn !!!

Friday night John and I dragged ourselves off to the Nashville Symphony and surprise, surprise managed to stay alert enough to make it through the whole concert :) The visiting conductor was Hugh Wolff who reminds me of a butterfly flitting from flower to flower when he is in full tempo. (Not a criticism I might add.) The whole concert had a very light, delicate feel to it and worked well with the acoustics for the Schermerhorn. We were at the very back which for me is better than closer to the front.

1st half

"Turn the Key" composed by Steven Mackey. I think this is the first time we have heard this piece and we both loved it.

Concerto no.4 in G major for piano and orchestra, op. 58 composed by Beethoven. Haven't heard that one in a while and enjoyed it. The piano soloist was Horacio Gutterrez.

2nd. half

Symphonic Dances, op. 45 composed by Rachmaninoff. Loooooove his stuff. Need I say more.

Saturday was one of those very stormy days where we took our chances going anywhere. Nikolas and I loaded up the truck and took the re-cycling to the drop off point. We were very surprised to see the soccer games being played in the mud but that all ground to a halt a short while later. We got caught in the rain but it was fun :) Everyone else happily did their re-cycling as well. 

I decided to take Nik for a treat but the closest Sonic was full of soccer players so we went to the one on the other side of our town. Got there just in time for the heavens to open and the storm to hit. Given that we were sitting on a hill it was surprisingly calm. Lightening did strike and we saw smoke billowing not to far from us.

Later in the day Kristina decided she wanted to make a pie. She picked out what turned out to be a fabulous peanut butter cream pie. She also had help from John and Juliet making a chocolate and orange cheese cake. The latter needed to bake at 200 for 8 hours so John went to bed very late !!!!!!

We cleaned house big time as in tackled the bedrooms and bathrooms. The house felt so much fresher after airing everything out for the day and our washing machine worked overtime doing regular laundry and bedroom linens etc.

Sunday, as usual (if no-one is sick) found us at church. Juliet went with one of her friends to a different ward. One of our nursery workers has been asked to lead the Enrichment board in Relief Society. Mmmmmmm, wonder how long we will be able to keep her? John and I love being in the nursery. The kids are wonderful and we have such a good time with them. Some are moving, we have new ones coming and some are out sick. Each Sunday is a different combination. We enjoy seeing them grow and learn together. Yes they can get rambunctious but what 18 month to 3 year old does not? Highlight for everyone ...... blowing bubbles :)

While I am starting to feel much better than I was I'm still getting tired easily. Juliet felt much better after her week-end rest. Trying to work in a day-care when you are under the weather is nooo fun at all and by Friday she was dragging somewhat.

School is out for summer on Thursday. We think the 8th grade has a graduation ceremony either tonight or tomorrow. The info has not exactly been very forthcoming from the school and Nik does not know what is happening. Kris has exams most of this week and she has a reading assistant where needed. Tennessee State Board of Education is changing the way exams are done starting in August so we shall see what happens when the new school year rolls around.