25 years ago today: Although this is the “silver” anniversary, Andrew is giving me lots of brass…many, many trombones with International Trombone Festival starting tomorrow! We’ll celebrate this momentous occasion with a trip to Colorado next month, and this week just rejoice in the spare moments of time around all trombones, all the time! If I didn’t have… Continue Reading
I love to keep track of the first and last roses in my garden each year. Believe it or not, roses are really late this year! Our awesome rain has been accompanied by colder than normal temperatures for here, which of course is still ridiculously warm for someone who grew up in Massachusetts, a land… Continue Reading
24 years ago, on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I married my awesome hubby: We’ve lived in 4 different states since then, are raising 2 awesome boys, supporting each other in good times and bad, and encouraging each other to find time for our passion! We are both lucky to have jobs that actually use one… Continue Reading
24 years ago, on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I married my awesome hubby: We’ve lived in 4 different states since then, are raising 2 awesome boys, supporting each other in good times and bad, and encouraging each other to find time for our passion! We are both lucky to have jobs that actually use one… Continue Reading
Ush, it’s been a long week! BUT! It’s now Spring Break for me! Of course, Hubby will be out of town most of that time doing and NASM accreditation visit in Idaho, and Logan doesn’t have break next week, but there it is, a break for me. And to mark the occasion, my very First… Continue Reading
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that my son Liam is a senior in high school and has been following his passion to play the trombone. He’s worked really hard, had all sorts of awesome successes, (along with a couple of disappointments), and auditioned all over the country… Continue Reading
Today was the day we could go get my sink! Yahoo!!!! The fabricator (JNL Stainless) is located about 30 miles away, so we rented a 10′ U-haul trailer and headed off to Upland! Luckily the guys had it ready to load on a forklift: This thing is REALLY heavy, thank goodness hubby thought to… Continue Reading
It wasn’t that long ago that I posted a picture of my last rose of Winter; January 31st to be exact! Although the bulk of the country is being hit by horribly cold, snow-filled weather, here in So Cal it looks like Spring! Hubby spent few weekends pruning back all the roses in our central… Continue Reading